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I made it to Alexandria. Sitting here at my roomie's puter because my wifi PCMCIA card for my old-ass ThinkPad died. *argh*

It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania...right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc. Mostly overgrown bushes in the guise of trees. Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know?

Anyway. Just wanted to let y'all know I made it alive and in one piece to my new abode. I'll probably be offline until I get my laptop sorted out. :p

Forgive my British ignorance, but whereabouts in America is Alexandria?

Forgive my British ignorance, but whereabouts in America is Alexandria?

I think it's vancouver, but only because of the VA thing in Texes locationometer.

if I'm right, huzzahs and promotions all round for British cartography :D

Virginia

*silent despair about the grasp of geography....

Vancouver is Canada, dear. And he said in his post that he's in Virginia... :rolleyes: ;)

Alexandria, Virginia is across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Damn.... no huzzahs OR promotions. I gone and put all the eggs in one basket :D

Congrats on the move, Tex. But you missed Scotland, the REAL best place in the world.*


*if by best you mean cold, average, and small.

Wait till you check out the Old Town section. And Georgetown is pretty cool too.

*silent despair about the grasp of geography....

Vancouver is Canada, dear. And he said in his post that he's in Virginia... :rolleyes: ;)


Read second post.... :D 'twas a joke. Besides, it almost WASN'T a joke, hum har. If it was say...
the middle east, then I'd have been serious. I CANNOT get middle eastern places right. like erm... oh yeah. When I thought OMAN was in Norway :D

I know some Geography. Not others.

I made it to Alexandria. Sitting here at my roomie's puter because my wifi PCMCIA card for my old-ass ThinkPad died. *argh*

It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania...right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc. Mostly overgrown bushes in the guise of trees. Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know?

Anyway. Just wanted to let y'all know I made it alive and in one piece to my new abode. I'll probably be offline until I get my laptop sorted out. :p
Yayyy! That makes you one of the NSers who live closest to me now! It's just a four-hour drive to DC. How 'bout the next time I visit The Wall, I drop by and toss back of few wid ya? :D

Yayyy! That makes you one of the NSers who live closest to me now! It's just a four-hour drive to DC. How 'bout the next time I visit The Wall, I drop by and toss back of few wid ya? :D

Did you retire around Fayetteville?

Yayyy! That makes you one of the NSers who live closest to me now! It's just a four-hour drive to DC. How 'bout the next time I visit The Wall, I drop by and toss back of few wid ya? :D
Sounds like a plan...as long as we hit up someplace with fake beer. ;)

It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania...right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc. Mostly overgrown bushes in the guise of trees. Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know? All the better to hide behind while shooting Red Coats... :p

I made it to Alexandria. . . It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania. . . right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. . . . Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know?


I'm envious. I love the DC area. :p As for it looking like PA, that's not really surprising. You're almost in PA. You're only about a 2 - 2.5 hour drive away, depending on how fast you drive.

All the better to hide behind while shooting Red Coats... :p

oh sure, dehumanise them! Redcoats are people too! I'll have you know that it was entirely possible that one of my great great great old relatives may have been a redcoat at one point in their lives possibly.

Read second post.... :D 'twas a joke. Besides, it almost WASN'T a joke, hum har. If it was say...
the middle east, then I'd have been serious. I CANNOT get middle eastern places right. like erm... oh yeah. When I thought OMAN was in Norway :D

I know some Geography. Not others.


Sheesh, you missed the perfect opportunity to slam back with "Sheesh, ain't ya ever heard of Vancouver Washintgon, USA????? some people are just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo uninformed...." followed up with a dozen rolly-eyed guys

oh sure, dehumanise them! Redcoats are people too! I'll have you know that it was entirely possible that one of my great great great old relatives may have been a redcoat at one point in their lives possibly.
Well, I DID want to differentiate them from our English NSers...

Been a long time since we shot at the British. Didn't want to confuse 'em.

Just a few helpful tricks:

* Never drive on the beltway from 7-9 or 3-7 unless you have to.
* 66 is an HOV road in some sections.
* The Metro is NOT open 24 hours.

Just a few helpful tricks:

* Never drive on the beltway from 7-9 or 3-7 unless you have to.
* 66 is an HOV road in some sections.
* The Metro is NOT open 24 hours.
* I don't drive.
* I don't drive.
* My roomie informed me of this on the way home from the airport yesterday. :p

Thx for the tips, though. :)

I used to live right across the river, in Georgetown!

If you're ever walking down R Street, and you pass that little park there -- you know, the one near the Dumbarton Oaks conservatory garden -- would you mind painting a huge sign and putting it there reading "The Supreme Ruler of the Universe used to play ball here"? Thanks a lot!

(Alternately, I'll do it the next time I'm down there, which might not be for a long time.)

Did you retire around Fayetteville?
Sorta. Fayettenam is about 90 miles away, but that's just incidental to my family having moved back to NC after living in GA, KS, VA, NY ( Upstate ), and OH. :D

Sounds like a plan...as long as we hit up someplace with fake beer. ;)
"Fake beer?" :eek:

Never touch the stuff! Heh!

Yeah, we can do that. I'd love to meet ya. :)

* I don't drive.
* I don't drive.
* My roomie informed me of this on the way home from the airport yesterday. :p

Thx for the tips, though. :)

:D
* That holds for friend's cars, taxis & busses, too.
* That holds for friend's cars, taxis & busses, too.
* Cool.

Though I wouldn't mind a "Peanut Butter Thing" from Bistro Bistro right about now... :)

I made it to Alexandria. Sitting here at my roomie's puter because my wifi PCMCIA card for my old-ass ThinkPad died. *argh*

It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania...right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc. Mostly overgrown bushes in the guise of trees. Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know?

Anyway. Just wanted to let y'all know I made it alive and in one piece to my new abode. I'll probably be offline until I get my laptop sorted out. :p

HEY! I live in Alexandria, right around the old torpedo factory in old town, welcome to Virginia.

* I don't drive.
* I don't drive.
* My roomie informed me of this on the way home from the airport yesterday.


How can you be from Texas and not drive, I have been there a few times

I used to live in the Fayettenam area as my father was stationed at Pope AFB twice

How can you be from Texas and not drive, I have been there a few times
Well.. technically.. I *do* drive...just not up here... yet. :)

HEY! I live in Alexandria, right around the old torpedo factory in old town, welcome to Virginia.
Cool! I'm 2 blocks off the beltway near Huntington Station. :)

Just a few helpful tricks:

* Never drive on the beltway from 7-9 or 3-7 unless you have to.
* 66 is an HOV road in some sections.
* The Metro is NOT open 24 hours.

I live in Herndon, and work in Sterling. I no longer drive on the Beltway unless I absolutely have to, which means that I haven't driven on it in months.

I drive the opposite way of traffic for about 5 minutes to get to work.

66 is a nightmare. So is 28.

I don't ride Metro anymore, because I try not to go downtown - I can't carry a gun there.

* I don't drive.
* I don't drive.
* My roomie informed me of this on the way home from the airport yesterday. :p

Thx for the tips, though. :)

You don't drive!
How in the hell did you manage to survive in Texas?

You don't drive!
How in the hell did you manage to survive in Texas?
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9120314&postcount=26

Sorta. Fayettenam is about 90 miles away, but that's just incidental to my family having moved back to NC after living in GA, KS, VA, NY ( Upstate ), and OH. :D

I lived in Rock Hill, SC while I was in high school. Just across the border from Charlotte.

@ Tex, sorry, I didn' finish reading the thread before I posted. Obviously I'm not the only one who realizes it's almost impossible to survive in Texas and not drive.

I lived in Rock Hill, SC while I was in high school. Just across the border from Charlotte.

@ Tex, sorry, I didn' finish reading the thread before I posted. Obviously I'm not the only one who realizes it's almost impossible to survive in Texas and not drive.

My mother is from Shelby (originally), and my aunt and uncle lived in Rock Hill (until she left him and he blew his brains out).

The inbred side of my family is all over Spartanburg, Columbia, Gaffney, Myrtle Beach, Chester, and Shelby.

Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc.
heh, I'm not sure where in Texas you were from, but in my part of Texas, we definitely don't have palm trees... :P

congradulations on the move.

heh, I'm not sure where in Texas you were from, but in my part of Texas, we definitely don't have palm trees... :P

congradulations on the move.

There are thousands of pine, oak, magnolia, and sweet gum trees where I live.

Come to think of it, there are a lot of "trees" in the Corpus Christi area... Hmm...

* The Metro is NOT open 24 hours.

This one irritates the heck out of me every time I visit!

This one irritates the heck out of me every time I visit!
Think one in the morning, really shouldn't be out of the house, need to come back before 7, you get the idea.

I got lucky and found a taxi. That was really, really lucky.

Anyway, on the original topic, welcome! If you get a chance to go into the city, go to a restaurant called Spices at the Cleveland Park metro stop. It's fantastic.

This one irritates the heck out of me every time I visit!

Yeah... but then, the NYC subway and the Tube in London aren't 24/7 either. Though they *should* be... :(

I made it to Alexandria. Sitting here at my roomie's puter because my wifi PCMCIA card for my old-ass ThinkPad died. *argh*

It's odd. This area of Virginia looks just like Pennsylvania...right down to the hills and trees and the way the freeways and cities are built into them. Beautiful area, still. In Texas, we had what we called "trees": mesquites, palm trees, etc. Mostly overgrown bushes in the guise of trees. Up here, y'all have trees...and I mean trees everywhere. It's just nice, y'know?

Anyway. Just wanted to let y'all know I made it alive and in one piece to my new abode. I'll probably be offline until I get my laptop sorted out. :pand thus the evidence of a Hard Core NS'er... gotta get on-line and let the peeps know I'm moved... even before I'm done unpacking and my pc/laptop is truely set up...

It's great that it's so much like home, Greater chance of 'feeling at home' then.

See ya.

Yayyy! That makes you one of the NSers who live closest to me now! It's just a four-hour drive to DC. How 'bout the next time I visit The Wall, I drop by and toss back of few wid ya? :D

I'd be afraid, very afraid.. LOL j/k . :D

Yeah... but then, the NYC subway and the Tube in London aren't 24/7 either. Though they *should* be... :(

We're a 24 hour society now. What good does it do to have the most efficient, effective and useful public transporation system if it stops running at midnight? We visit Alexandria most summers (my godfather lives there) and I love that I can take the Metro just about anywhere I want to go -- but having to be back by midnight is a bit of a downer. Last time we were there we went to Citronelle, but we had late reservations. (We were lucky to get them at all! The only way I could even get 9:00 was by dropping names.) Knowing that a Citronelle dinner can take quite long, we opted to drive meaning that we missed the wine pairings. Well, we paid for them, but being conscious of the need to drive we didn't fully partake. (Godfather lives within walking distance of a metro stop, and the neighborhood doesn't intimidate me, even at midnight.)

If it's not going to be 24/7, it could at least go until 3!


Sorry for the rant. :eek:

heh, I'm not sure where in Texas you were from, but in my part of Texas, we definitely don't have palm trees... :P

congradulations on the move.
South Texas (Corpus Christi). Not much in the way of trees. You'll find some oaks and a few other types...but it's mostly palms and mesquites.

I lived in Rock Hill, SC while I was in high school. Just across the border from Charlotte.
Sorry I missed you! :headbang: :D

I'd be afraid, very afraid.. LOL j/k . :D
Not Texpunditistan. Now you, on the other hand ...! :D

Not Texpunditistan. Now you, on the other hand ...! :D
"If you've done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about." :eek:

:p

"If you've done nothing wrong, then you have nothing to worry about." :eek:

:p

"By the time you've heard the siren, it's already too late."

It sounds like your first impression is good, so that's a good sign. Now you get to unpack. ;)