graymoose1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unique thrift store on gallows road I got a nice cake saver (glass dome thing) there.
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MrMephisto Wrote: > I've never seen anyone open carry, period. I see a lot of people open carry once a month in Annandale at a restaurant (which erves alcohol). More of them are concealed carrying most of the time, but you can't legally do that at a bar. Only criminals are allowed to (illegally) carry concealed guns at the restaurant serving alcohol. Don't think for one second that they ar
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Furfur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, she is kinda like Scientology: She threatens > people with lawsuits that bring up her past, and > she actually searches out articles about her on > the internet. Every time someone edits her > wikipedia entry, it gets erased soon after. There is no Wikipedia article on her. (And it was not erased.)
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Ray's Hell Burger is yummy; been there 3 times. I hope that the Obamedia will not cause it to be overrun. I work nearby and it's a good lunch spot but doesn't need more customers to slow it down. Ben's Chili Bowl is really really slow long lines of very drunk kids waiting for really greasy nasty half-smokes. Been there about 3 times, too. Average wait time for your take-out hot dog is 45 unpl
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ITRADE Wrote: > No no no on Jack in the Box. I used to eat at the Annandale one (now a Popeyes) by PEP Boys all the time when I was in high school. I remember noticing the Ralston-Purina checkerbox logo on the bag one day, and thought it was funny that the company was in the business of feeding both me and dogs. Loved it!
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The last time I visited a Sonic was a few months ago in Newport News (Oyster Point). I ordered a couple of chili dogs, and had eaten a few bites, when I noticed that the bread was just covered in green mold. So I still retch when I hear the word "Sonic".
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Crab Fiend Wrote: > For what reasons would you not eat female crabs > (besides their impact on the crab population)? > Crab roe or mustard is considered a delicacy by a > lot of "true" crab lovers. I noticed in the big Asian supermarket in Merrifield by the school that they have half-shelled female crabs for sale alongside the bushels of live crabs. You can tell they are female beca
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I don't get why anyone is upset about airplanes flying low like this.
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56% even though born and raised here (five decades). What is this mhet-row of which you speak? Some new kind of driving?
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Gravis Wrote: > LOL! dream on. Like someone else mentioned, I get good results by calling in dangerous drivers on the cell phone. I always give the plate # and exact location. Crazy assholes are not anonymous any more.
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I move over if I can, unless the person is being dangerous. I'm in the left lane ahead of the pack or running with the speeders there a lot, myself. I absolutely never weave, and I always try to maintain lots of stopping space. I never tailgate or ask (eg. flash) people to get out of my way. I rarely feel frustrated with anyone going a little slower in the left lane -- most people are reasonab
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I used to go to Storybook Land in its heyday when I was little. It was in Woodbridge on Route 1, approximately here if I remember right: Lat: 38°37'37.81"N Lon: 77°16'38.13"W and there are just woods there. (Put 14934 Jefferson Davis Hwy into Google Earth to see.) I think it closed down in the late 70s. Here's someone's page about it: http://www.billreeves.us/archived-features/storybook-lan
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LoopHole Wrote: > The gun show loop hole does still exist in Va! I believe you are looking for the "glory hole" thread, which is to the left, please.
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Are we going to talk about Storybook Land now?
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Lunix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the only gangs on here are like this one: > http://i42.tinypic.com/msdget.jpg I swear that looks just like Kirk, Scotty, redshirt (rear), Bones (mini-Linus), and Spock. I guess the rabbi in the back there is some kind of alien.
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The main thing I know about Culmore (which is where my childhood church is, and I now live down the road in Skyline) is that the 7-11 there always has a huge number of illegal immigrants hanging out. Our of morbid curiosity I tried to count them when driving by the other day, but I lost count around 30 people. Also, there seems to almost always be a cop car patrolling them.
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I went there when I was a kid. See also Pick Temple: http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/pick2.html
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MrMephisto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A shotgun is best for home defense because of the > close quarters inside a house or apartment, but > more importantly, the shot from a shotgun shell > will lose a lot of its force after a short > distance. A handgun round can easily punch > through drywall or windows and still have enough > force t
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tabasco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > has there been any documented cases where having a > concealed handgun permit > in Fairfax County, or anywhere > in Virginia, has saved someone's life? Yes, there have been.
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joe woa Wrote: > fairmont gardens What's that place like now? I lived there for a couple of years in the mid 70s; it was just a slightly lower-rent garden apartment complex. Nothing particularly dicey about it back then. Walls were thin, but it was perfectly safe and all.
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Everett Seamans Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Close FCPL (the public library). Its an agency > that is run by a bunch of back bitting bitiches. I > used to work as a manager at a regional county > library and their management team is one that > cannot be trusted. The organization is also > clearing the shelves of classic works and > replacin
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When people say that a police department "has jurisdiction", I think they might be referring to two different things. I am not sure how it works in Virginia, but in other states, the state police have authority anywhere in the state, not just on state-run roads. Their authority is superior to the county or local police - the state police can take over any case. If a county police officer has
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It's not any practice well-known to the Fairfax County police. Maybe it just fell off a truck and landed there, or it was on the road and someone moved it from the gutter to your lawn.
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Brenner's Bakery in Alexandria (used to be in Arlington). Happy customer since the early 1960s.
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Culmore 7-11
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Seems like all the cars I rent are registered in MD; no idea why. Don't know how large the rental fleet is, but can imagine that it could make an impact with selective attention. I have noticed lately that there are a god damned lot of MD plates around here, and most of them seem to be VA residents.
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curious Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I learned how to drive on these crazy roads- > nowhere else in the country do you get a regular > 75+ mph in a 55 mph twisting highway (495), > universal tailgating, and no logical police > enforcement. I dunno, that's like every highway I've ever driven on in MA and CT as well.
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What construction? I was just there watching a movie a few weeks ago.
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dono Wrote: > Every employee has the right to go to work in a > place, free from to exposure to harmful levels of > known carcinogens and poisons. Second hand smoke This legislation won't help employees: restaurants and bars will still have "enclosed, ventilated" smoking sections where the employees will be forced to work in. This bill is an anti-smoking bill designed to protect the h
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