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From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:33 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re:there is hope
Nope - not long at all:
There was a Quizno's sub shop one gate over from where our plane came in
(Southwest concourse). Timed it: limping with m' cane, from out the door of
the plane to back on again, with the sandwich, was 7 minutes flat :-)
Never went out through security. Zoom-zoom <g>.
bb
>Yeah as I recall its a pretty long walk from the terminal to any kind of
restaurant.
>
>Dana
>
>>Great news!
>>
>>BTW I was in Albuquerque last night for all of 25 minutes - just long
>>enough to "dash" off the plane, buy a sandwich, get back on
>>(you don't really "dash" much with a cane <ha>)
>>:-)
>>
>>-Ben
>>
>>
>>>I think my faith in democracy has just been restored.
>>>
>>>I have not talked about this here before as it seemed a foregone
>>conclusion
>>>and very far afield for most of you, but... we just had an election
>>here in
>>>Albuquerque.
>>>
>>>Masquerading as "road improvements" was a measure on the ballot which
>>would
>>>have put a four-lane road through the middle of a national monument,
>>which
>>>is, incidentally, sacred to a dozen or so Native American groups,
>>and
>>>contains thousands of prehistoric rock paintings. The costs were
>>also
>>>rather high as the city declined to seek federal matching funds ---
>>would
>>>have required an environmental impact statement :P
>>>
>>>And it was defeated at the polls. Wow :) Who'd have thunk it? Either
>>people
>>>have started thinking, or the ones who do came out to vote. Either
>>way, I
>>>am very glad to see it.
>>>
>>>Just had to share :) the news just hit my inbox.
>>>
>>>Dana
>>>
>>>
>>>You sing a song while sittin' at a red light -Jonny
>Lang
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