I'm Coming to DC!!

“This past weekend I attended my court reporters' state convention where I was chosen to be one of two representatives of Indiana to attend a legislative "boot camp" in Washington DC. I'm pretty excited about the prospect although I was told I would be exhausted from the work. I was hoping to meet up with some of the local TT flavor there. The trip will be five or six days near the end of February if I remember correctly.”

“i'll be in reston the second week in october. planning on climbing on the potomac on the weekend, camping somewhere nearby. are there any tters in the reston area?

by the way, ruby, when court reporters have a convention who takes meeting minutes?
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“Sorry. Nobody left but me. Reston is ~15mi outside the Beltway...........camping? AT/SNP.”

“I can handle ya, BM, alone or in a group! What happened to Y2?

JimmySan, to answer your question, another reporter. We had a captioner caption most of the weekend. She was fantastic! I don't know how she does it.”

“Keep us informed, Ruby.

I'm only 50 miles away and my wife and I like a good excuse for visiting the old home town.”

“I'm not a good enough excuse????????

Y2 lost his mind and went North. There might be a few in the suburbs still.....?”

“Y2 moved to Maine.

Lyra moved to Vermont about two years ago and now lives in York with a Dork.

There are a few others in the BaltoWash area.”

“Y2 moved to Maine.

I already said that.

York's a pit...
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“Yes, and it's only 40 miles away.

Nope, you said Y2 lost his mind and moved north.

>8^b”

“90 from DC.”

“There abouts.....”

“There are a bunch of us in PA, mebbee three hours away. Count me in. When we get the dates, lets plan something that we can get to without taking a day off of work, if possible.”

“We could all meet at Ben's for some half smokes...”

“The only thing I know is that I have to be there working Sunday through Tuesday, full days. Saturday we are doing the White House tour hopefully. The rest is wide open. I was hoping to tack on a couple more days before or after to do some sightseeing since I've never been there before.”

“I don't know anyone who's done the WH and said it was worth it?”

“Monica?”

“LOL! OK. One.”

“Sorry. Nobody left but me. Reston is ~15mi outside the Beltway...........camping? AT/SNP.”
bearmagnet
3:51:04 PM
9/30/07

NuUhhh! I live in DC. I just live in Chuck County thats all.”

“Marilyn?

"Worth it".... maybe not.   Conspiracy theories, anyone?”

“Yep. Just south of Walled-off Marilyn in Laplata.”

“That's clean outside Pee Gee Canny, Jack.”

“I'm a Baltimoron that might be able to make a drinkfest. Keep us posted.

"when court reporters have a convention who takes meeting minutes"

LOL, love it!”

“Challenge her to see who can drink a boilermaker faster. I will guarantee no one comes close.”

“I am a couple of hours south of DC. I would love to come up and meet ya'll.
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“Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.”

“By the time February rolls around there could be quite a crowd.”

“and such a diverse crowd - might have to go to the Hawk & Dove.

Hey MarkO - 1200-1300 block of H St NE is almost completely gentrified now. pseudo-Hipster bars and all!”

“I am excited for this trip as if my partner. Supposedly they are putting us up at the Ritz Carlton. And I found out a bit more of what I have to do...lobbying. Ughhh. This is way out of my comfort zone, but I think it will be a great learning experience.”

“Party in Ruby's room! Do you know which Ritz?”

“I could be wrong, but I think in the District.”

“That narrows it down to:

1150 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037
3100 South Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007

the latter is Georgetown and "really" ritzy so we can assume(?) you'll be at the 22nd st one (22nd & L/M St-ish)

You'll be in Foggy Bottom/Dupont Circle area. Touron/Too Much Money Central! :D”

“My interest is piqued. I can't wait to find out now where I will be. All I hope is that my TTers show me a goooooooooood time.

BTW, my Congressman's office called me today to get my info for a background check and to ask me if I would like a Capitol tour in addition to the White House tour.”

“"tour" with a congressman? ;)”

“You wait until I move and then go to DC - typical.

BM - H Street is kinda like anywhere that gentrifies. They do up the shops and bars, but then you still got to deal with the crack heads who hang out there. We looked at a house near there about a year ago, which was great, but I wouldn't want to walk home there late at night.”

“H Street N.E.??

Man, you should have seen that area 20-30 years ago.”

“Ohhh I thought you lived in Merlin, Jackstraw! ha. "Walled-off"...that one took me awhile!

York is about eleventy million times better for me than the DC area! So why don't you eat it, bearmagnet :-)”

“Bearmagnet might EAT IT if it's organic.”

“Y2 - it be "cleaning up" fast. But yeah, I wouldn't walk home at night yet either. But I haven't been able to feel safe at night in my last two hoods, neither.

Lyra - the MegaSPRAWLopolis known as "Silver Springs" isn't DC. But what are you offering me to eat?

;)”

“Who's talking about Silver Spring??”

“Have either two of you trannies(tranplants) seen The Silver Spring?”

“i thought you lived in SS? Or was it Bethesda? Same diff.

And who you callin' transplant, Mr. Bodymore?”

“I lived there for a couple years, VA for a couple years, DC for a couple years...worked in DC the whole time.

Of all the random places on earth to live, that area was not for me! I'm 395413% happier in York. :-) Yay me.”

“word”

“.....from somebody's mother!”

“York is smaller and smellier...”

“York has a baseball team!”

“That's actually why I like it so much, the baseball team!”

“http://www.yorkrevolution.com/

The baseball team and the availability of crack, right?”

“So that's the Old York the Dutch hauled ass from after they bought Manhattan..... ($24 worth of bauble and bagatelle, in 1626 dollars, from the wrong tribe)

But I digress.   Back south to the swamp!

Watch out for that body search at the Capitol.”

“Are they doing free colonoscopy now?”