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Capital's law school is downtown (Cols., of course).

Well, you've definitely been flagged.

Actually, I'd rather have a Stupid car.

^ I think it will have to be the "or something"; Tower Records is out of business.

I like Crystal Gravy.

+1 on flip-flop hatered. When I was growing up, ('80s-'90s) only the DIRTIEST white trash wore flip-flops away from the beach/pool. I can't shake that imagery. Also, they make the wearer look incredibly lazy.

No, no, Beijing is Peking again. And Leningrad is St. Petersburg again. Zaire has changed back to "The Congo".

Saved by the Bell was a manipulative show.

Pluto's not a planet any more. Half of the dinosaurs are different now. No Brontosaurs or Stegosaurus, and many have different names.

^ You pretty much have to lock it to something with a big chain.

Ooops, It doesn't! I had two windows open and posted in the wrong one! Thank god tomorrow is Fri. Lumborg's going to want you to work this weekend. Mmmmmm, yeah. I'm going to have to... ask you to go ahead and... come in... this Saturday. We ah, lost a few people this week and need to... catch up. Oh... by the way... I'm going to have to ask you to come in Sunday as well.

There still is a ton more volume on our highways compared to when they were designed.

Why's that? Because of the hardon collider?

^ Very good point. Somebody (X, I think) mentioned that there are articles about how suburbanites and urbanites increasingly have trouble seeing eye-to-eye, while the mindset of this forum shows that urbanites do appreciate truly rural lifestyles and small towns outside of exurbia.

Now that I think of it, a Rooster's won't work at this site because current Rooster's policies do not allow restaurants to be located in new buildings, only renovated ones. That's actually a great company policy for making a small dent in sprawl. Well, this is not a sprawly area, though some parts look a suburban.

To add a second comment to KJP's European train pictures after he added the text, I actually rode the same Thalys train route, except we got on at Amsterdam, went through Brussels and ended at Paris Nord. Man, that thing tears ass. Amsterdam to Paris in 4-4.5 hours. It went so fast that elevation changes caused your ears to pop just like an airplane -- even though train tracks are limited to grades of what, 5%? Those big paint chips on the front of the train are from hitting birds at hyperspeed! I also was in the same Frankfurt Haufbahnauf station less than two weeks ago, transferring to a Regional Express train to Wiesbaden from an ICE (Inter-City Express) train originating in Berlin. Again, awesome. By the way, notice how most people kept a tidy appearance because they would be seen by others, not isolated in their automobiles exiting only for McDonald's and to get gas.

That's what I thought, but I bet Gam-be-yay is actually how it is supposed to be pronounced. Mispronounced Ohio and its Ver-sales, Lank-a-stir, Nerk, Pat-a-skalla and My-lan.

Eh, I can see why IHOP bailed. How many other urban IHOPs can you name? They are almost like Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel. You know what would work really awesome at this location, though? A Rooster's!

I am already flabbergasted by this thread.

Gam-BEER or Gam-be-yay?

^ Scarborough Mall started as an anchorless four-corridor, enclosed mall. Eventually, Sofa Express took over 2/3rds of the building, leaving basically one corridor of mall shops consisting of a dollar theater, comic book store, used video game store and R/C racetrack.

It might actually already be closed; I haven't visited it lately.

I just got back from Europe on Tuesday, and we used trains to get everywhere! It was mind-blowing how efficient, perfectly timed, relaxing and fun they were. Everyone in the States (non-believers, especially) needs to use the European rail system to understand how screwed up things are in the U.S. due to our poor selection of travel modes.

The comically oversized sunglasses that girls/women wear. They are like a mask -- like Cobra Commander wears. Listen ladies, if you wear those big sunglasses I can't tell if you are good looking. I can't do anything but assume that you are not.

There is actually quite a bit of resistance to the name Washington Beach. Apparently, some people are creeped out by the notion of a real place being named after a place in a video game.