Forums.gunboards.com for the military pieces. There are several forums, dedicated to different military arms, and a lot of knowledge. You will need clear overall photos and some of the markings for proper estimates. You can also watch auctions on gunbroker.com to see what comparables are selling for.
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Somali.Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is't possible to do it? Back in 2004 when I was > attending NVCC, I saw one on Little river trnpike > with strange plates. Probably diplomatic plates. Some of those folks bring their cars with them while they're assigned here. A lot of them around his area.
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JustCurious Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > GettinOld Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Looked back through the thread. Haven't seen > these > > yet. > > Gum Springs Ca. 1960. > > Annandale 1960s. > > Do you know more about the photo other than "Gum > Springs" circa 1960? Unfortna
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ABC store #294, Bailey's Crossroads, 1970. Betty Wilson becomes the first female clerk at a Virginia ABC store.
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They built Tiffany's in the parking lot of the Tysons K-Mart, and the K-Mart became a parking garage. Marked the beginning of the downhill slide of that area, for sure.
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I propose you all just shut the f**k up and go to > a damn store like NORMAL PEOPLE DO to buy a soda. > > Schools are for teaching and learning. THEY ARE > NOT SHOPPING MALLS. This here is the point of the whole matter. The soda machines should never have been allowed in the schools in the first place,
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tailchaser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks. > > I mean if mail carriers, county trucks, and other > public works vehicles use the road, can they > really pawn off the maintenance to me and my > neighbors? > There's no 'pawning off' if it doesn't belong to them. You need to determine who owns the road. My HOA regularly reminds us (for
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The one thing that sticks in my memory from Transpo 72 for some reason is seeing the X-15 there. And riding on the demonstration train.
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Found this while going through some stuff. Dulles is really Loudoun, but there are some Dulles pictures here already.
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Looked back through the thread. Haven't seen these yet. Gum Springs Ca. 1960. Annandale 1960s.
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > so if you look at Pike 7 Plaza there, the blue > part there is TJ Maxx. Red part is Staples. > Anybody remember what was in the middle before > DSW? Orignially, there was Dart Drug on the left of the center, and a big Zayre's. Half of the Zayre's became the TJ Maxx (I worked at the Zayre's then), and whe
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Herndon VFD 1947
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Jess1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FWIW, that's Elizabeth as in "Queen Mother", not > the current British Monarch (Elizabeth II) Yes, but it's Queen Elizabeth, who was a mother, before she was the Queen Mother. Oh brother...
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I've eaten at Mellow Mushroom in Birmingham a couple times. Not very impressed. Could have been just that location, I s'pose.
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King George VI of Great Britain and Queen Elizabeth visiting the CCC camp at Fort Hunt, 1939
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And a trolley of the Washington-Virginia Railway at their Vienna station.
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Trolley of the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railway at the Great Falls station
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Please buy War Bonds
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I take it you want the bullets for reloading? Because bullets without cartridges and powder aren't going to help you out with the shooting part much.
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If the trapper story is true, wonder what he was identifying as pear trees? Pears are native to the old world.
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Scenes from the Harrison farm, near Floris, mid 30s. Have to admit, I'd never heard of Floris before.
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Gallows Road was the road to the Gallows, from the Courthouse. People were tried at the county courthouse, not in Alexandria, and were taken to the gallows to be hung. The courthouse was located near what later came to be called Freedom Hill during the time that Fairfax County encompassed both modern Fairfax and Loudoun counties. When Loudoun became a separate county the courthouse was moved to i
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Max V. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if you have to lie, what are you embarrased > about? > Another loonie who makes all gun owners look bad. I don't have to lie, and I'm not embarrased by anything. You apparently have to troll for yor anti-gun cronies, or your lack of perspicacity is truly astounding. Another believer in stripping people's rights
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The simple response if you own a gun is to lie to the doctor. It's not really a health related question, and they have no business asking it. There's no legal obligation for you to answer this person. If a cop asks you if you have a gun in your car, then yeah, you need to answer truthfully. Not to the doc in this instance, though. If all the gun owners refuse to answer, or get upset with the doct
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Traffic was slow in Fairfax even in 1911.
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from ffx Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the early 90's , in Bedford Village near inova > hospital off gallows rd, a male was found hanged > outside of his apartment balcony. I was in > kindergarten at the time attending Camelot > Elementary School and I remember counselors asking > us how we felt about it. Does anybody remember > this? M
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Sleepy Holla Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @GettinOld...I remember the story about some guys > who broke into Giant Music in Falls Church and > stole a bunch of guitars....they were driving a 66 > Impala wagon and outran the Volvos, although his > stupid buddy was already throwing the guitars out > the window...they still could not catch them.
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Old Dude Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also remember back not that long ago when Dulles > was a ghost town. You could go out there > mid-week, pull right up in front, no cops there > making you leave, and you could look up and down > the terminal both ways and you might see 20 other > people. It was that way right up until after deregulation
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Length of School Day. > > It was the consensus of the Board that the > Superintendent and staff could assist schools in > moving to a modified schedule where desired (no > motion by the Board)…. “Mr. Davis made some > … remarks to the report on the modified > elementary school day, indi
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I remember watching Dunn-Loring Company 13 putting out the fire in the Pagans' garage when an acetylene tank blew. Was a bit newer equipment than this.
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