Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Draw an acorn on your forehead
USA public transport options?
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Srt8madness
Omono
One could always watch one of Leatherback/Jelle's videos to see what he looks like 
vp999
Masterpiece
Wait...Didn't Superfly go out of business ????
vp999
Masterpiece
The Indian women wouldn't be too happy.
vp999
Masterpiece
I should be there around noon tomorrow, I know what you look like Jelle and will stop by to say "Hi" if I do see you...If I don't see you, have a great and safe trip sir. If there's an emergency situation arises and should you needed help in anyway while in DC, message me and I'll give you my phone number.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
lots of bnutters were spotted today
WNC Bonsai
Masterpiece
Must have been the red dot!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
end results...
Rented a car. Although I selected "with GPS" the car did not have GPS. My phone will not connect to cellular services in the US, so a WIFI hotspot got me to download a route out of DC on my phone, and as long as I do not deviate, that gets me to the destination. Google lying that it is 2 1/2 hours drive. In the end it took me >5.
Got in a fenderbender in the first hour out of DC, with a person deciding he did not want me to merge into a left-lane-turn. Arrived in Ocean City with only scratches on the car, which is going to cost me more than the flight over.
Ended up in Ocean City, which is very much a tourist trap, but .. who cares for a few days. Got sunburnt yesterday, editing movies today, well.. FOr a little bit.
Rented a car. Although I selected "with GPS" the car did not have GPS. My phone will not connect to cellular services in the US, so a WIFI hotspot got me to download a route out of DC on my phone, and as long as I do not deviate, that gets me to the destination. Google lying that it is 2 1/2 hours drive. In the end it took me >5.
Got in a fenderbender in the first hour out of DC, with a person deciding he did not want me to merge into a left-lane-turn. Arrived in Ocean City with only scratches on the car, which is going to cost me more than the flight over.
Ended up in Ocean City, which is very much a tourist trap, but .. who cares for a few days. Got sunburnt yesterday, editing movies today, well.. FOr a little bit.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Drive up North to Rehoboth (a little less congested) or south to Assateague and Chincoteague Wildlife refuges, find a decent crab place (restaurant). There are lots. Crab season in the just began.
vp999
Masterpiece
Yup ! Assateague island is only about half an hour away or less from Ocean city, you can see the wild ponies there and such. Ocean city is mainly for the kids and the drunks in the summer time, If you like fishing you can rent a rod at the pier on the inlet in Ocean City and spend a few hours there relaxing. Have fun and be safe !
gooeytek
Shohin
It was cool to meet you during Sergio's tour on Sunday, albeit briefly. Have a safe trip back.
Gabler
Masterpiece
Wood
Chumono
[Camera pans across golden fields of wheat waving in the wind and focuses on a man fixing a fence post.]
David Attenborough: And here we have the rarified, regal Rural American, Homo americanus. Frequently seen driving twenty minutes to the nearest grocery store, they enjoy their one-light town and the privacy it provides. They are solitary creatures, though they will frequently strike up friendly conversations with their distant neighbors.
Not to be confused with a separate species, Homo pseudoamericanus, the Urban False American. Packed into tight colonies referred to as "cities", they live totally estranged from nature in these concrete jungles.
[Camera cuts to Times Square, with dubbed in taxi cabs angrily honking on a loop.]
It is a soulless existence, scratching out a living in an expensive, unforgiving world of office buildings with high-paying jobs, experimental cuisine and restaurants, and multiple cultural attractions such as museums and theatres.
rockm
Spuds Moyogi
Oh for crying out loud. Don't really know what you're getting at here, really. But is smells bad
FWIW, I was told only half-jokingly as child in the rural South in the 60's-70's that Northerners (and in particular Ohioans) weren't to be trusted and they had no souls. Obviously not true and fueled by resentment. Just like the silly BS about "real" America is beyond the cities and that city people are soul less.
I've lived all over this country, in mostly rural places--(I can skin a buck and I can run a trot line--and if you don't know what that means or where it comes from--you prolly ain't country enough). Have spent decades living in urban and suburban areas as well. Yes people outside of cities are a bit more open, but they tend to harbor the same resentments and have similar stupidities as "city people" not to mention a measure (in some cases A LOT) of hidden, suppressed crappola, either race or religion-related.
Also FWIW, thinking that D.C. has no soul is simply ignorant and fearful. Beyond the silliness on Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Ave., there is another world here that can be as welcoming as any country berg. (Chuck Brown rules, so do the Bad Brains. the Nats and the Caps, as well)
jszg
Mame
Sounds like DC driving! Second only to New Jersey....
wrt what is the real USA, from my time traveling, every part of the US really is just a little different. Or a lot. Mass media, mass transit, and the collapse of domestic industry has smoothed out a lot of variation, but it's still there. (You can match, in my opinion, a lot of our cultural contours with the geography and origin of the locals: regions settled by Englishmen, by Scots-Irish, by Germans, by Swedes, by Irish, all are pretty distinct: the Deep South owes a lot to both West Africa and Southern-English aristocrat culture, while Appalachia and a good bit of the Midwest have the same Scots-Irish ethos.)
Rockm is right, to paraphrase Tolstoy, All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way... and there are unhappy families everywhere. But I hate DC.
vp999
Masterpiece
I live only 20 mins to DC but I hate going into DC, the traffic is very hectic. Luckily I only have to go there when I have visitors over.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
@leatherback it was nice to meet you in person. You're much taller than you look in your videos. Hopefully one day our paths cross again.
WNC Bonsai
Masterpiece
I told you it would be memorable. That drive always was a chore. Also look out for speed traps on the way back. I got picked off one time in a sleepy Delmarva town on my way back from Lewes Delaware. Glad you enjoyed the beach, don’t passup the saltwater taffy.
Fishsauce
Sapling
That's funny, that's the same thing I said to him when I met him on Saturday..lol
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