Text 17283, 78 rader
Skriven 2008-06-05 18:21:42 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 17182 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Motorcycles
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Hello Ward!

05 Jun 08 08:11, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Not sure when you were last in the DC area, ...

 WD> Last July (2007). Will be back there in roughtly 3-4 weeks. An amazing
 WD> city to vist and visit again as you pointed out in your message.

 WD> We are not motorised there and use the metro system for all transport
 WD> which now extends far and beyond the city.

I left the area in 1987, havent been back since.

 WD> I remember it just went as far as National Airport. As you know it now
 WD> goes much farther.

I think they have a line go out as far as Manassas.

 RC>> 5 miles away from Tysons Corner, a well known shopping mall and if
 RC>> you can remember a Kmart across the street from that mall, I
 RC>> worked at that one from 1980-85.

 RC>> 10 or so miles away from Dulles Airport.

 WD> I've been to all these places. Must've passed in front of your
 WD> doorstep and was at Tysons Corner.

When I left, construction had begun on Tysons II, its done now obviously, but
thats one heck of a mall.

Obviously it doesnt hold a candle to the Mall Of The Americas in Minnesota or
that big one in Canada (Alberta???)

The Kmart I worked at got closed down, told an Office building sits atop the
original structure.

 RC>> Depending on when you were last there, I-66 used to run from I-81
 RC>> in the Virginia Western Mountains and terminate at the Capital
 RC>> Beltway, they since extended I-66 to go all the way into
 RC>> Washington, terminating at the Potomac,

 WD> Is that the one passing by the Pentagon?

The Interstate you are thinking about, which I referenced in earlier reply goes
from Springfield I-95/495 interchange (one of the nations deadliest
interchanges because 3 interstates converge) runs to the NE, through Alexandria
and Arlington, near the Pentagon. Its the same Interstate the hijackers
followed  on 9-11 when they rammed the Pentagon.

I used to love going into Old Town Alexandria, especially on St Patricks Day.

 RC>> One year I did so and was able to get free tickets at the Air And
 RC>> Space musuem to hear General Chuck Yeager give a speech, something
 RC>> he always did yearly. I sat less than five feet away from him and
 RC>> was able to get him to autograph a book he wrote.

 WD> Amazing the people you sometimes can meet ... just like that.

 WD> Interesting ...

The year I did that was in 1986, I was in management training for Kmart, at
another store. My boss was a huge Chuck Yeager fan, I was already paid on a
salaried basis. The event was free to the public, on a first come, first serve
basis, he asked me to go into the Air And Space Musuem and get in line for the
tickets, so I waited all day long from 8am til 6pm, then he and his wife met up
with me and we went in and enjoyed his talk. Not bad getting paid to wait in
line for tickets. I had fun, all of us in line had a good comraderie going,
holding each others place in line so we could grab a snack, bathroom break or
smoke break.

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Ross
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