FUNdamental Wrote: > Remember Gino's Roy Rogers, Red Barn, Burger Chef? > All pretty much gone do to consolidation of the industry. I remember Ginos and Burger Chef from (eg. Annandale in) the 60s/70s, and Red Barn (Annandale Road near Route 50). I think there are still Roy Rogers up north (eg. NJ, MA). Until a few years ago they dominated the Route 95 plazas. (Someone above has said tha
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Jester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I remember there was a meat packing place on the > corner by RT 7 and 123. People would bring their > deer kills in to get them packaged for Winter. Yes, my father and I used to use that place after hunting! (I was just about to post about it but you beat me to it...) I don't recall there being much of anything el
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Concord ghost flight.
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Daniel J Wrote: > It problably costs $250 an hour per fuel usage > alone. You have to consider maintenance, and > other factors. Keep in mind helicopters are > generally high maintenance, and labor costs in > this area are through the roof. take it a little > further training costs problably factor in also. > > Am i babbling yet? Yes, because the person who gave that $2
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VABorn/Raised Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My mother worked at Skyline Towers around 78' and > many people still to this day sware they hear > things in that building. Alot of the workers still > won't go into the top floors because stuff moves > and they get "pushed" or "touched." I'll have to watch for that: I live exactly on the part that fe
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Rowsdower Wrote: > Any place local serve Chicago hot dogs? I doubt it - hard to find outside of Chicago. I just make them myself. The secret is celery salt.
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I remember the 66 and 79 ones, too. In 79 stayed on the air for close to 24 hours because it was too hard for the other guys to get to Fairfax City (I was just coming from Falls Church). Well, that, and I think they conspired to see how long I could keep it up for humor's sake...
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$1.99 in VA on the delmarva near the Bay Bridge/Tunnel last night. It was $2.16 in the Boston, MA area a couple days ago.
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I voted a provisional ballot without too much trouble. I did have to argue and make them call the election commission, even though I had the required government documents in hand. Once the calls were made, instant total compliance.
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Polling place #520 at Skyline Mall (Bailey's Crossroads), 3-4 PM; no waiting. I voted a provisional ballot on paper. Regular voters could use either the machines or the paper, I think. Was there for a long time due to my situation, didn't see any problems. Volunteer staff and officials of the usual competence. Helpful and working hard for everyone.
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I contacted the League of Women Voters with my story, thinking that they are a group that collects these kinds of reports as ammunition for bringing such problems to light for the future. And indeed they were interested in exactly that and wrote it up. They also took it upon themselves to use their more direct lines to the state elections commission, and after trading voicemails with some offi
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I registered to vote at the DMV (in Richmond; I live in Fairfax) on September 16, but never received my voter registration card. I waited the 30 days as instructed, but that put me past the time limit for the election. I am not in the registration database -- my registration appears to have been simply discarded. Election officials tell me that I MAY NOT cast a provisional ballot. (Becau
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Some more people from Virginia (but mostly from Tidewater): Ella Fitzgerald Pearl Bailey Wayne Newton Roy Clark Patsy Cline The Carter Family Statler Brothers Dave Matthews Band Bruce Hornsby Gary "U.S." Bonds Lamb of God Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Robert Cray Chris Brown already mentioned: Duke Ellington (DC) Eva Cassidy Keeley Smith Jim Morrison Mary Chapin Carpenter Marvin Gaye some 70s ba
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Keeley Smith ("That Old Black Magic") was picked up from Norfolk by Lois Prima.
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Jim Morrison grew up around here (Mclean; a friend of mine knew him), but The Doors is really a California band.
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I'm new around here, but don't you have to show some kind of ID to vote?
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By the way, is passing on the right, illegal?
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tubby Wrote: > > > BTW, how many students are old enough to vote, > > Most every high school senior is old enough > only high school seniors that just missed the cut-off > to start school...or were held back for some reason, > would be old enough to vote in this election. > A tiny minority. I don't know what the calculation is, but when I went to high school in Annan
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NostinkinName Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No its not if your only shoplifiting. Read the > code again. Correct: it says "or (ii) ". > Your right mall security guards can't effect an arrest > under the code because they are not armed Correct: un-armed guards are not covered by the part of the law entitled "LIMITATIONS on REGISTERED ARMED security
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> right to appeal to the Circuit Court any decision > where the amount in controversy exceeds $50.00 Here's a few questions for lawyers. 1. In a state where I used to live, fines from traffic violations were not considered crimes, since the penalty was not jail. (However, they could arrest and jail you for not paying the fine, which is seperate.) Therefore, you did not have a rig
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Well, what was the code?
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What are your favorite delicatessens in the area? Celebrity Deli in Loehmans Plaza has been cited by a number of people as a good place. The most recent things I ate there were the "Milty" (hot pastrami and provolone) and the "Goldberg" (pastrami and corned beef Reuben-like) and their Reuben. And the chicken matzoball soup. All very yummy! http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=citygui
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I remember when we had lines and rationing. I also remember when it was like 65 cents a gallon...
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pgens Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I did some online research on other boards to see > what people think about this, and the clear > majority says no tip except for situations where > someone brings it out to your car (a couple of > bucks) or if a bartender packaged it up or took > time away from serving drinks to do something for you. I don'
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formerhick76 Wrote: > There really was no halcyon time for public safety in > Fairfax except maybe before 1960 or during Clinton's second term. I don't know what the numbers are, but Fairfax County seemed a lot safer back in the 1960s up into the 1970s. I don't know if the rate has changed, but your chance of encountering danger is not related only to the rate, but also to the density. Th
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Is this "car wash" you speak of some kind of euphemism for prostitution, a head shop, or does it have something to do with illegal aliens?
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Nate Wrote: > CELEBRITY Deli has great sandwiches. I liked them when they came onto LP years ago, and since I've been away for the last almost-3-decades (and now jaded by the NYC deli scene), I tried them again the other day. Still good!
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I tried out Todai the other day for dinner and liked it. Sushi, sashimi, crab legs and even some lobster. A bunch of other hot and cold stuff, and even crepes to order for dessert! The chef made me an uni sushin on request -- if you see something on a window label or otherwise think it might be back there but don't see it, make sure to ask for it. My waitress was attentive with the drinks an
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Holy crap! I remember when the Springfield Mall was the nice new place to go!
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> If you choose to go slower than the flow of traffic, > no matter what the speed limit it, > please stay to the right. This is difficult to do when being passed on both sides because everyone else is driving 5-15 mph over the limit (even in the rightmost lane). I'm not talking about the dangerous weaving crazy assholes who are trying to kill everyone, I just mean really everyone drivi
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