Smithsonian museum at Dulles

94th Aerosquadron, one of my fav places to eat.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Robert M. Gary wrote:

By the time I got there it was 59 minutes before closing and they close
the main gate an hour before closing. So 2 hours of driving all over
the place were wasted. Next time, I'm bringing the laptop with the
built-in GPS and teach my wife to use it.

Say what? The main gate stays open well beyond closing. As a matter
of fact after 4PM the parking lot toll takers depart so you don't
even have to pay.

Sorry about our rather confusing road systems. Theres all sorts of
stupid political reasons. You don't have to ride out the Dulles road
both ways however. Once you make the (quasi improper) pass by the
main terminal you can exit at the first exit (all the airport road
exits FACE the airport, the road is a going-to-from Dulles only
exercise). The museum is three miles or so down Route 28 (which
nobody really calls Sully Road) on the right. Along with another
curiosity that NOBODY has explained to me: the employee entrance
to the airport used to be "GATE 4" but when they built the museum
entrance at the same point it is now Gate 317? Nobody has been
able to explain where 317 comes from. I call it gate 9 3/4 now.

The gate itself was actually closed. The exit gate was open and I was
inclined to go in through the out door but my wife was there and I knew
I'd hear about it for years.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
The gate itself was actually closed. The exit gate was open and I was
inclined to go in through the out door but my wife was there and I knew
I'd hear about it for years.


Years? If you're married to a woman it's more likely to be for the rest of your
life. Don't ask me how I know this.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

Years? If you're married to a woman it's more likely to be for the rest of your
life.

Not with the divorce rate the way it is. :-)

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

Robert M. Gary wrote:
The gate itself was actually closed. The exit gate was open and I was
inclined to go in through the out door but my wife was there and I knew
I'd hear about it for years.

-Robert

All five of them were closed? That's really odd.

Margy

Robert,

I have lived here next door to Dulles since 1976, moved here from
Elkheart, KS. I've been here ever since one could buy a house for
$15,000.00. Now single family homes are starting at $600k+ not
including options. I lived in Herndon when there was only one traffic
light in town and we kids used to go see it change colors when, on rare
occasions, a car would come by. I knew the sherriff and his one and
only deputy by name and they would just scoll me if I did anything
wrong. Now Herndon is overflowing with cops and each one will stun-gun
you and mace you before writing you a ticket for failing to proceed at
a green light within the first two seconds of the color change.

All that land now under the flight paths (departure/arrival) of the
heavies were once cheap, cheap, cheap. Now, you can't touch them
without first selling your momma to a Thai whore house.

Anyways, welcome to NOVA (Northern Virginia).

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Now Herndon is overflowing with cops and each one will stun-gun
you and mace you before writing you a ticket for failing to proceed at
a green light within the first two seconds of the color change.

Wow -- what a great law!

Here in the land of the eternally mellow government employee (can't be THAT
much different than D.C.), the light can be green for 3 - 5 seconds before
anyone even THINKS about moving. If you're 20 cars back, it can be three
changes of the lights.

I think the stun-gun would prove quite useful, actually...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

......the light can be green for 3 - 5 seconds before anyone even THINKS
about moving.

It is ironic. Physically operating a car doesn't require a great deal of
skill. But traffic is a dynamic system, and the one requirement for system
smoothness that crosses all boundaries is that people must pay attention,
else the system grind to a halt of its own weight. Yet, inattention and
oblivion are the constants you can find no matter where you go.

It is ironic. Physically operating a car doesn't require a great deal of
skill. But traffic is a dynamic system, and the one requirement for
system smoothness that crosses all boundaries is that people must pay
attention, else the system grind to a halt of its own weight. Yet,
inattention and oblivion are the constants you can find no matter where
you go.

True.

And this is accentuated when you live in an employment culture (AKA: A city
where the Gubmint is the primary employer) that exerts little pressure to
perform, or even to arrive at work on time.

No one is paying attention here because there is no reason to do so. They
cannot be fired, so why worry about being late?

For those of us who work in "The Real World" it can be incredibly
frustrating.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"