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wwb_99 t1_j9omn0h wrote
Reply to comment by becuzzathafact in Question geared towards longtime DC residents. by nfw22
This captures it effectively.
Another way to look at it is where the party was at. Bush was republican lobbyists doing lots of blow in gtown. Obama moved the party uptown to M street. By the trump era we had republican bars and democrat bars.
wwb_99 t1_j840voa wrote
Reply to comment by WayyyCleverer in All-time greatest r/WashingtonDC thread by AuthorityRespecter
I think so -- in my book it involves actually threatening someone and taking the vehicle. Not crimes of opportunity like jumping behind the wheel of a car someone was dumb enough to leave running unattended. Seems like current parlance is just about every auto theft is a carjacking.
wwb_99 t1_j81kqvi wrote
It is new but https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/10yy1l1/purchasing_new_car_which_is_least_likely_to_get/ seems to capture every angle of this sub.
wwb_99 t1_j6nor37 wrote
Personally I ask for a dinner menu and continue to have a 1980s style multiple martini lunch.
YMMV.
wwb_99 t1_j6iqk09 wrote
This is going to be one of those years where be get no snow until St Patrick's day then get 2 blizzards in late march.
wwb_99 t1_j60ny10 wrote
Reply to comment by Snoo-33261 in where can I find the best jar of kosher pickles in DC? by IrememberXenogears
Who said you can't get yours blessed by a rabbi?
wwb_99 t1_j60l3zp wrote
Making your own is disturbingly easy. Got cucumbers, salt, vinegar and a jar?
wwb_99 t1_j07262i wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Did anyone do the Philly Cheesesteak challenge in high school? by Uptalker
You could do that and not miss afternoon classes.
wwb_99 t1_j02vw8c wrote
Reply to Are most people in Washington DC liking the new Metro connection out to Dulles Airport? by pizza_4_all_
Why would I care that much? Airport is still far away, it still takes an hour + to get there and flying is a PITA on top of that.
wwb_99 t1_iy3rxhj wrote
The biggest challenge at union station is the lack of a decent bar.
wwb_99 t1_iu48okb wrote
Reply to comment by 51stStar in Is there a law that requires USPS, UPS, FedEX, Amazon, etc. delivery trucks to park in crosswalks or bike lanes? by floppydisk1995
Understood -- usually my goal is to get the truck to stop idling outside my window because it makes my head hurt, walking outside and asking nicely is quicker than calling and waiting for enforcement to show. If your goal is to spare environmental pollution rather than noise pollution then the same logic probably applies. Frankly the process is probably quicker than actually reporting it anyhow. YMMV.
wwb_99 t1_iu1ap93 wrote
Reply to comment by 51stStar in Is there a law that requires USPS, UPS, FedEX, Amazon, etc. delivery trucks to park in crosswalks or bike lanes? by floppydisk1995
I've had roughly 100% success rates just asking the driver to stop idling, no need for calls they know the score.
wwb_99 t1_itsxyi9 wrote
Reply to comment by EastoftheCap in Sign of the Whale is having their grand re-opening on Thursday! by Musichead2468
Mad Hatter right next to Sign of the Whale; forgot what it is now.
Front Page was up 19th stacked on top of Buffalo Billiards.
wwb_99 t1_itpw7r6 wrote
Reply to comment by vautwaco in Sign of the Whale is having their grand re-opening on Thursday! by Musichead2468
What it was in Falls Church? Did I go off, have a kid stop going to bars and miss a decade where tentpoles of the herpes triangle moved to the burbs?
wwb_99 t1_jeareo2 wrote
Reply to comment by new_account_5009 in If You Could Fix One Tiny Thing about Metro. . . [Serious] by Cooking_with_MREs
> They were originally installed at a time when cash was more common (and Metro still used paper farecards), so they made sense back then.
They were installed at a point where you processed credit cards with a carbon paper swipe in general and the concept of electronically debited accounts was newfangled and required massive amounts of custom software.