Engine 15, Chantilly.
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thought it started on Fridays Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hmmmm. i went to fcps in the early-mid 70s and i > recall that it started out on Fridays. no > fooling. You're waking up a distant memory here. I wonder if it started out with schools being able to pick the day for themselves, and the county had to put everybody on the same page, so went to M
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Don't have the glossy photo Captain Dan gave me of the WWDC helicopter, so this screen cap was the best I could find. He visited just about every school in the area back then. Complete with Safeway sponsorship on the side.
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Tamara Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My kids, and myself included, like the Monday half > day. I enjoy getting to spend that extra time with > my children, especially after a very busy weekend. > We aren't the only school system in the country > that do this either.I know of a lot of states that > have a half day. School days are much longer no
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Old Fairfax open top hook & ladder.
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Jess1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "VolvoCops of Falls Church" > You mean cops of "Don Beyer, Va" Yep, they kept a Chevy station wagon for K-9 because they thought the Volvos were too small for the dog.
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McLean and Vienna V.F.Ds, including McLean's first ambulance,'29 LaSalle.
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Remember when the State Troopers had the big Furys? Every one of their unmarked cars was the same baby blue color you could see for miles away when they were running speed traps on I-95. And then there were the poor VolvoCops of Falls Church in the 80s.
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Gettin - you sure about that Wed thing? always > been Monday. Maybe yr confusing it with PW who > has/had it on Thursdays? No, I went to FCPS the whole time. It started out as a Wed thing in the early 70s and changed to Mon before I left elem.
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Evans Farm Inn, McLean.
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They started that early day thing in FCPS when I was in elementary school. Originally, it was on Wednesdays. That proved so wildly unpopular with folks trying to schedule around it that it was moved to Mondays after a year or two. Don't remember the rationale behind it...teacher work time?
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The cops'll be against it. They have those cameras on their cars now that can read plates and run them through the computer while they drive past you. Those are set up to see the front plates, from what I can tell. Interesting to see if the bill gets any traction.
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If you hear the sound like the flapper valve in your toilet needs replacing and you replace it but it continues to make the sound, you have the problem greybeard talks about. Made my bill go up almost that much.
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They actually had a competition only a few years ago, and that design won. Don't know how. I thought the old, blue signs were fine. Always thought Welcome to Virginia sounded better than Virginia Welcomes You, anyway. The poorly drawn bird is part of the new design, not the sign painters' fault.
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @gettin - nah, I gotcha beat on this one :) > http://redhotrussia.com/lovers-dead-sex-car-garage > / At least they won't be reproducing...
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Ya know, if I gotta go while driving the car, I'd rather it be by a huge old tree than by some ass-wipe talking on their cell phone and blowing through a red light. You don't usually get to choose when or how, though. RIP to the guy and the tree.
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Back in the 70s & 80s, there was a subset who referred to the community college as NOVA CoCo. Very cutesy and usually folks you didn't hang around with much.
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maybe not Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've lived here since 1972, and I've called this > area NoVa ever since then. > > Most everyone seemed to know what I was talking > about, even when I went away to college in > southern Virginia. If they didn't initially, they > caught on fairly quickly. > > Ever since '72, I've heard others re
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Gordon Blvd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wow. Fort Hunt had it's own Guantanamo LoLz > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._O._Box_1142 Werner Hencke was shot while trying to escape there. He's buried at Fort Meade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Henke
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newgatedenizen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Royal Oaks House (Centreville Historic District) Judging by the pictures, I'd say you're really an old gate denizen :-)
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Viewing Great Falls.
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love me some roy's Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That would be four mile run. The train is running > east. Yup, and I can't type, apparently. Thanks for confirming Four Mile Run.
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NoVA transplant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or dialing. How do you know that they aren't > dialing a phone number to call? We ought to be allowed to euthanize those dumb enough to talk on a phone and drive at the same time.
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flogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i agree with public flogging of distracted drivers I disagree. Prompt mandatory sterilization would help the gene pool much more.
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stopped or not Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can not tell if any of these people are > actually driving or just sitting at a traffic > light. Still shouldn't have the phone in their hand in the driver's seat. Then someone who is paying attention has to lay on the horn to wake their ass up and get them moving on the green.
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Auto-rail car on the W&OD. Late view of the W&OD. I wonder if that's Four Mike Run?
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Agnes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This says that it's the Rt 1 bridge being washed > out during Agnes but I think that it's actually > the smaller bridge that crossed upstream into > Occoquan. > > src="http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/550x/d1/ > e7/55/d1e7556d21d08dc4943c53e857cf3659.jpg"> I think that's the 123 bridge. I was po
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Difficult Run flooding Route 7 (a two-lane Route 7) at Colvin Run.
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Burke Brat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not Really a Picture but some pretty interesting > reading during the Civil War here in Fairfax for > the eyes of a Vermont Soldier. > > http://dotcw.com/category/army-life-in-virginia-by > -george-grenville-benedict-12th-regiment-vermont-v > olunteers/ That was a fun read, thanks!
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