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@huskerdont 191556 wrote:

“”State”” because we’re really a Commonwealth?

We’re a state with an old nickname.

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Hi, cyclist salmoning around cars stopped to allow me to cross as a pedestrian in Ballston, almost hitting me. Don’t do that.

If only Bob had been there, he would have chased you down and given you a stern talking-to, but alas.

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@rcannon100 191481 wrote:

Bitching to each other does nothing. That is exactly my point. You want change – STOP KVETCHIHNG and when you have a problem with someone, stop them, talk to them.

“Area man kvetches about kvetching”

Waiting till you can post a whitty remark on the forum is just an ego game.

Well, shit, why didn’t you tell me that before I posted that last witty remark?

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@Nadine 191471 wrote:

Lol you guys! I’m in the 1% too, and you two guys both make it fun to be here!

I am married into the 1% and my kids both bat mitzvahed in, so I have heard the references before but still don’t know what most of them mean. I know what kvetching is though. Boy, do I know.

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@lordofthemark 191219 wrote:

No no no no no.

We kvetch because if we did not, it might appear that we thought the world is fine as it is – that we ignore the exile, the destruction of the Temple, the unredeemed state of the world. By kvetching we make it clear that the world needs perfecting and that we long for the coming of moshiach. In other words the proper answer to “are you okay?” is “You don’t want to know!” Or at best “not so bad”.

Stop kvetching about my kvetching about kvetching!

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@creadinger 191202 wrote:

So myself and the other idiots would rather “kvetch” sometimes.

Yes, we kvetch to warn others of similar behavior or situations, or because we couldn’t catch the rude person to confront them, or the transgression was very small and not worth a confrontation, or we don’t want to risk a violent encounter. or we just don’t have time because we need to get to work. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

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@rcannon100 191201 wrote:

That’s my point. Kvetching pretty much is pissing in your own water stream.

So…you’re kvetching about kvetching.

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Now let’s do “deraileur” and “gruppo.”

Then let’s just start using “derailer” and “group.”

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@scoot 191135 wrote:

I think (hope?) we all agree that Arlington cannot legally prohibit bicyclists from taking the lane on Quincy. However, that is precisely the message communicated by this sign. If you interpret this sign as an indication that motorists are forbidden to use the bike lane, then by symmetry the sign also indicates that bicyclists are forbidden to use the general lane.

I see the sign as simply an indicator of which lanes are which, not requirements. At least that’s the intent that I perceive. They are like painted lane markers in that regard. Of course, now we can ponder whether lane markers are legal requirements….

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@DanB 190822 wrote:

Did New District give out pint glasses last year like they did two years ago? That’s why I’m thinking of stopping there today instead of Heavy Seas.

My wife usually works at New District with a table but found out this year they aren’t having tables, so it might be dead there.

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@trailrunner 190341 wrote:

We have had a couple of incidents like this around here.

For a while, someone was sticking nails in logs in Wakefield to catch mountain bikers. I think they finally caught the person (or persons).

During one winter about 15 years ago, I was out for a morning run on the Bull Run-Occoquan trail. I was probably the first person on the trail that morning. I started at Fountainhead, and just past the 2 mile marker, there is a small, dense grove of small pine trees that crowded the trail as it went up a small rise. I just happened to look up the hill at trail, and noticed something strange. Somebody had taken fishing line and criss-crossed it across the trail at ankle level. This wasn’t some lost fishing line that blew away from the pier (which was a long way away) and got tangled — this was deliberately set, tensioned, and tied off. I don’t know if it was intended for runners and hikers, or for the horses that are allowed on the trail, but it could have been nasty either way. I tore it all apart and reported it when I got home. I felt fortunate that I just happened to see it.

Someone was putting tacks on the Mt. Vernon Trail a while back:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/19/tacks-still-a-concern-on-bike-trail/acfe1f83-1d41-42cf-842c-81b7a7051cf4/?utm_term=.dc62f591183c

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@Steve O 189492 wrote:

Um, tongue in cheek.

That said, all the bridges “flow” in both directions, too–which is the analogy with Rte 50. It’s what is under the bridges that flows in one direction. In the case of Rte 50, it’s the sewer pipes: they flow from north of 50 to south of 50. So perhaps “Up-pipe side” and “Down-pipe” side.

(If we wanted to think about prevailing winds instead, we could say “upwind side” and “downwind side”)

Roads have “tides” – morning rush hour is the tide in and evening rush hour is the tide back out.

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When I’m not recovering from a damned foot injury (almost there) I also avoid the Custis this way. I often take Key Blvd. instead of Wilson between Fairfax Dr. and Veitch St. No lights and low traffic.

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@ChristoB50 189195 wrote:

How quickly the irony of this will unfold…

This story reminded me of one from long ago, before the Missed Connection thread, or this forum, or even the internet.

I was walking down the street, I think from Adams-Morgan Day to Metro. A jerk cyclist was hotdogging his way down the street. I’m talking wheelies and weaving through traffic. No stopping for lights and such, of course. I see him continue down the street ahead of me, jerk-like, until I lose sight of him.

Then I hear screeching tires.

I soon catch up with jerk-face, now walking (uninjured) carrying his smashed-up bike.

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Hi Sam, let me be the first to welcome you.

I am currently going crazy on a beautiful day while recovering from a foot injury and watching everyone else ride, but it shouldn’t be long before I see you out there.

-Rick

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