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I don’t know where we’re at on all of this, but just in case, here is mine for Sherry Rowlands.
From the New York Times:
“In an average day, the District of Columbia police make 300 to 500 arrests, on a variety of charges, of men and women engaged in prostitution as either ”johns” or hookers. Yet a spokesman for the Police Department said it had no plans to bring charges against Mr. Morris over his reported frolics at the Jefferson Hotel, or to launch an investigation into whether such charges were warranted.”
Source: https://mobile.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/weekinreview/dick-morris-s-behavior-and-why-it-s-tolerated.html
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“On June 2, 1919, a militant anarchist named Carlo Valdinoci blew up the front of newly appointed Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home in Washington, D.C.—and himself up in the process when the bomb exploded too early.”
From: https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2007/december/palmer_122807A real estate article puts the address of the home at: 2132 R St. NW (now home of an orthodontist!)
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From the link: “Those who avoided participation in the draft came to be known as “slackers.”* Derived from the Latin “laxus,” the word was used primarily for nautical purposes prior to the war; a description for a slow moving current (e.g., a “slacker tide” or “slacker water”). Once the war effort began, however, “slacker” became shorthand for a range of activities perceived to be unpatriotic.”
Here is DC’s memorial to the “slacker” antonym, those who did serve, and died, in WWI.
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I did my best to not look suspicious as I cased the stables. I found a Thirsty! Not sure whether there were others…. Didn’t find em
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From Wikipedia: “Contemporaneous conjecture placed the book under the joint authorship of Clarence King,*John Hay*and Henry Adams and their spouses who lived side by side on H street in*Washington, D.C.*and were collectively sometimes called “the Five of Hearts.”
Photo is of the Hay-Adams hotel that now sits where their houses were… Thanks to non-Vision Zero compliant construction, I couldn’t get closer. [emoji852]️
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@streetsmarts 173420 wrote:
And me at “polka dancers”. Now fess up bikers…there must be some polka dancers here…??
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I’ve done it once or twice. I can do it if I have a partner who knows what they’re doing.
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Thanks to IrishNomadic for a fabulous team ride today. Further, it was super cool to ride with you from afar Bobco! I love the spirit!
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Remember everyone! Today is Michigan Day! If we don’t get any OPM Snow Days, miles ridden TODAY will determine the winner of the prize.
@Mtansill 173301 wrote:
I just got back from a week in Michigan, where we had some nice snow to ride in.
That’s fabulous! I just love the photos. Where did you go up there?
From Rosslyn Magazine:
“The garage is inconspicuous at best, hidden behind a gray-bricked wall under the commercial office building at 1401 Wilson Blvd., off N. Nash Street. (pictured at right).* But it holds a unique place in American history.
In a dark quiet corner, slot 32D is the space where, in 1972 and 1973, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward would meet at two in the morning with “Deep Throat,” his secret source on the Watergate break–in.”
http://www.arlingtonarts.org/cultural-affairs/heritage-arts/uncommon_places_deep_throat_garage.aspx
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@LeprosyStudyGroup 173154 wrote:
Like at least 30 people on this forum pass this twice a day. You can see the frizeman from a hundred yards when going southbound. It’s nearby Jefferson’s balding dome.
Nice! I’d guessed right! Well someone better get it before I make a special trip down there.
In other news I nabbed the Thirsty under Chain Bridge
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