[SkateDC] Trivia & other stuff

[Carl Ford]

   I might as well answer a few emails at once...

   George, thanks for posting the minutes of the meeting.  Though  
since I am being called President Ford so much lately, I am wondering  
if there is someone that I can pardon.

   Seriously, though, to answer George's question, there is a small  
triangle of DC territory south of the Wilson Bridge and just east of  
the water line along the west shore of the Potomac.  The upshot of  
this is that during the Wilson Bridge skate of SkateDC Weekend, we  
will skate from DC to MD to DC to VA to DC, as there is about 100 ft  
of bridge bike path in the District.  Quoting George Marinkovich  
<skatewash at yahoo.com>:

> Everyone knows the beltway (Interstate 495) surrounds Washington,   
> DC, leading to the popular phrase "inside the beltway."  But, did   
> you know that all of DC is not inside the beltway.  Where is the   
> part of DC that's not inside the beltway?  Hint:  we've skated  
> there  before.
>
> Did you know that most of the public libraries in the DC metro area   
> have reciprocal membership policies?  So for example, if you live  
> in  Montgomery County you can get a library card in DC and Fairfax   
> County.  The reverse is also true.  The library system I'm most   
> familiar with, Montgomery County Public Library, has a very nice   
> recorded book collection on cassette tape, CD, PlayAway digital   
> audio (http://www.playaway.com/about-playaway/[1]), and digital   
> download.   It's the only way I could possibly afford my   
> books-on-tape addiction.  Many very recent computer books are   
> available for online viewing through Safari Tech Books.  And you  
> can  get online access to things like the Oxford English  
> Dictionary.   Movies on DVD too.  All at no cost to the user.
>
> Enjoy,
> George
>
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Carl Ford
ford at dcaccess.net

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane  
people who
are willing to admit that they are crazy. -Nora Ephron, novelist (b. 1941)

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