On Monday 14 June 2004 09:34 pm, Darren Hayes wrote: : Current GlobeTrekker on PBS/OPB has an entire hour on what to do in DC and : how to do it, much on a bicycle and/on foot. Compelling enough to motivate : me to want to try it out. I caught the last minute (or maybe it was a commercial) for that show... I was bummed that I missed it... I dont really have time to enjoy stuff out here, or it will delay my return (Im soo ready to get the heck out of here!) BTW, if you come out here, bring your own water, water out here sucks (and is leaded in the city!) I really miss the water back there...
Jamie : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Max Lemieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 8:02 AM : Subject: [Eug-lug] Re: [VA/DC traffic chatter] : : > DC offers a great pedestrian experience, at least from Georgetown to the : > central area, Dupont Circle, etc... basically all the ritzy parts of : > town. I'm sure bicycling would be a blast too. There are a myriad of : > back paths, canals, alleyways etc. : > : > The trains are very easy to use as well. : > : > IMO, if you can get into DC without a car, you'll never miss one. : > Dodging the speedy gummint motorcades which plague the downtown area : > will be your biggest concern as a hoofer. : > : > -Max : > : > Linux Rocks! crafted these words on 06/14/04 13:50: : > >On Monday 14 June 2004 01:11 pm, Howard Fredericks wrote: : > >: VA is ten minutes away at what time of the day? [Passingly curious] : > > : > >I should have said 10 miles, which is really about 15 minutes. There are : : only : : > >a few hours of the day that Im even interested in going on a freeway out : > >here... the traffic is so bad that at the wrong time it can take 2 hours : : to : : > >go 10 miles. driving out here is nuts... : > > : > >: My wife is recently back from visiting relatives and relayed her : > >: recent chagrin at stop-and-go traffic in the Sunday early AM between : > >: Fredricksburg and DC on I95. The non-stop traffic congestion is : > >: definitely one aspect of living near the DC beltway that I don't miss. : > > : > >Theres been a lot of stuff going on in DC the last few weeks. between : : the : : > >normal onslaught of people visiting DC in the spring/summer, there has : : aslo : : > >ben a lot of events (like the ww2 memorial, regans corpse, ...) Driving : : and : : > >parking in DC is one of the things that has kept me from enjoying some : > > of DC's sights... the nations capital does offer some bitchen stuff to : > > do... DC does have Metro which isnt too bad, however its not cheap : > > (about $10 : : for : : > >fare and parking) : > >I much prefer a 2 mile bike ride in eugene to trying to find a parking : : spot in : : > >DC! : > > : > >Jamie : > > : > >: --Howard : > >: : > >: On Jun 12, 2004, at 5:23 AM, Linux Rocks! wrote: : > >: > On Friday 11 June 2004 10:22 pm, Bob Miller wrote: : > >: > : Linux Rocks! wrote: : > >: > : > : We have members in California, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, : > >: > : > >: > Virginia, : > >: > : > >: > : > : Wisconsin... (Did I miss a locale?) Is it time for another : > >: > : > >: > MiniTrue : > >: > : > >: > : > Im currently in Maryland (DC area). I will be returning soon : > >: > : > >: > though :) : > >: > : > >: > : Oh, I thought you were in Virginia. So strike Virginia and add : > >: > : Maryland. Sorry... : > >: > : > >: > From here, virginia is about 10 minutes away also... I have my : : choice : : > >: > of : > >: > virginia, DC , or maryland sales tax. I cant wait to get back... I : > >: > plan on : > >: > leaving in a couple weeks :) : > >: > : > >: > Jamie : > >: > : > >: > : > >: > -- : > >: > Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a : > >: > good excuse : > >: > for some of the brain-damages of minix. : > >: > -- Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum : > >: > : > >: > _______________________________________________ : > >: > EUGLUG mailing list : > >: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > >: > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug : > >: : > >: _______________________________________________ : > >: EUGLUG mailing list : > >: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > >: http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug : > : > _______________________________________________ : > EUGLUG mailing list : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug : : _______________________________________________ : EUGLUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug -- We use Linux for all our mission-critical applications. Having the source code means that we are not held hostage by anyone's support department. -- Russell Nelson, President of Crynwr Software _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
