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"Beartooth" <karhunhammas@LServ.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.21.0106041545210.28298-100000@saltmine.radix.net...
>
> A guy I've had some contact with, on usenet and
> email, but never in person, is going to be in DC for a
> while.
> I don't want to go into the District, nor
> (preferably) drive much farther in than the Beltway -- been
> there, done those, don't have to any more.
>
> What's a good place -- say, walking distance from
> the Orange Line -- to meet for a beer and get acquainted?


I don't remember the routes anymore but since transfers within the system
are free you might suggest the Crystal City complex.   There are a bunch of
cheap places to get coffee or beer there.

Also, most stops in Arlington County are close to cheap restaurants.   Just
meet at the information booth in just about any Arlington County stop.

Have fun!

> --
> RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger
> karhunhammas (at) lserv.com
> On the Internet, you can never tell
> who is a dog (supposing you care) --
> but you can tell who has a mind.
>

In article <3b1c02e6$0$31186@dingus.crosslink.net>,
John Gilmer <gilmer@crosslink.net> wrote:
>Also, most stops in Arlington County are close to cheap restaurants.   Just
>meet at the information booth in just about any Arlington County stop.
	In particular, the Clarendon stop has a lot of fairly good
bars (for certain definitions of "good bars", of course) nearby;
Whitlow's on Wilson, and a couple on Highland whose names escape me,
are all pretty decent meet'n'greet locations.

	-- Sweth.

-- 
Sweth Chandramouli ; <sweth+dining@gwu.edu>

In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106041545210.28298-100000@saltmine.radix.net>,
Beartooth <karhunhammas@LServ.com> wrote:

>         A guy I've had some contact with, on usenet and
> email, but never in person, is going to be in DC for a
> while.
>         I don't want to go into the District, nor
> (preferably) drive much farther in than the Beltway -- been
> there, done those, don't have to any more.
> 
>         What's a good place -- say, walking distance from
> the Orange Line -- to meet for a beer and get acquainted?

Well, I might be willing to respond if you would be so kind as to define
"Potomian."  I couldn't find it in any of my dictionaries.  Didn't know
from the subject if you were referring to a body of water, a person, or
some other venue ;-).  For example:

He:  "What do you want to do about dinner tonight?"

She:  "Let's go to that new restaurant that just opened in Clarendon.  I
hear they have great Potomian cuisine."

He:  "Are you sure?  I heard from a guy at work that the place also
features scantily clad Potomian dancers that perform right in front of
your table!"

She: "Well at MY office they said it was a group of five Potomian
strolling accordian players that play "Lara's Theme" right at your table!

He:  "Sounds fine with me.  I'll make a reservation."

John Wood (Code 5551)        e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil                     
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

In article <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106041545210.28298-100000@saltmine.radix.net>,
Beartooth <karhunhammas@LServ.com> wrote:

>         A guy I've had some contact with, on usenet and
> email, but never in person, is going to be in DC for a
> while.
>         I don't want to go into the District, nor
> (preferably) drive much farther in than the Beltway -- been
> there, done those, don't have to any more.
> 
>         What's a good place -- say, walking distance from
> the Orange Line -- to meet for a beer and get acquainted?

Well, I might be willing to respond if you would be so kind as to define
"Potomian."  I couldn't find it in any of my dictionaries.  Didn't know
from the subject if you were referring to a body of water, a person, or
some other venue ;-).  For example:

He:  "What do you want to do about dinner tonight?"

She:  "Let's go to that new restaurant that just opened in Clarendon.  I
hear they have great Potomian cuisine."

He:  "Are you sure?  I heard from a guy at work that the place also
features scantily clad Potomian dancers that perform right in front of
your table!"

She: "Well at MY office they said it was a group of five Potomian
strolling accordion players that play "Lara's Theme" right at your table!

He:  "Sounds fine with me.  I'll make a reservation."

John Wood (Code 5551)        e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil                     
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:17:03 -0400, wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil
(J. B. Wood) wrote:


>Well, I might be willing to respond if you would be so kind as to define
>"Potomian."  I couldn't find it in any of my dictionaries.   (snip)

	Oh good. I *thought* I just coined it. By analogy
with cisAlpine and transAlpine -- this side of vs. beyond
the Alps -- you might at first (briefly) get cisPotomackian
or cisPotomacan.  But those look and sound insufferably
awkward. 

	My stab at what it will quickly wear down to, if it
ever gets any real use -- as I, obviously, think imnsho it
should -- is cisPotomian. (On further consideration,
cisPotoman might be better.)  

	Just the way languages work -- especially if you
happen to be a historian of tongues, even an amateur one.
<grin>

	Gawdknows the biggest river we've got ain't no
mountain range; but, like the Beltway, it marks a major
divide. All kinds of things depend on which side you're on.

In article <3b1d302f.21157451@news1.radix.net>,
Beartooth <neus57@mail.taftalumni.com> wrote:
>	My stab at what it will quickly wear down to, if it
>ever gets any real use -- as I, obviously, think imnsho it
>should -- is cisPotomian. (On further consideration,
>cisPotoman might be better.)  
[snip]
>	Gawdknows the biggest river we've got ain't no
>mountain range; but, like the Beltway, it marks a major
>divide. All kinds of things depend on which side you're on.
	Fewer syllables are better, so I propose "cisPot/transPot" (for the
Potomac), "cisLoop/transLoop" (for the Beltway), "cisPons/transPons" (for
the Wilson Bridge), and "cisAnd/transAnd" (from the Latin for "aisle"
(andron), for people in the same/different political party as you).

	obdc.dining: inspired by all of the Pho talk, I decided to
go to Pho for lunch.  We'll see if I'm still up for it for dinner tonight
as well.

	-- Sweth.

-- 
Sweth Chandramouli ; <sweth+dining@gwu.edu>

On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 20:41:52 GMT, sweth+dining@gwu.edu
(Sweth Chandramouli) wrote:

>	Fewer syllables are better, so I propose "cisPot/transPot" (for the
>Potomac), "cisLoop/transLoop" (for the Beltway), "cisPons/transPons" (for
>the Wilson Bridge), and "cisAnd/transAnd" (from the Latin for "aisle"
>(andron), for people in the same/different political party as you).

	All great! -- though I doubt the last will catch on.
(Would you make transPilatan, or transBrutan or something --
maybe with latin for 'coat' -- for Jeffords et hoc genus
omne? )

>	obdc.dining: inspired by all of the Pho talk, I decided to
>go to Pho for lunch.  We'll see if I'm still up for it for dinner tonight
>as well.

	Also ob food: the restaurant of that name? Remember
to report! And remind me if it has a bar . . .

--
RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger
karhumhammas (at) lserv.com 
And I with these mine eyes have seen
A dreadful stuff called margarine
Consumed by men in Bethnal Green ...
		Hilaire Belloc

In article <3b1e70e7.4647083@news1.radix.net>,
Beartooth <neus57@mail.taftalumni.com> wrote:
>	Also ob food: the restaurant of that name? Remember
>to report! And remind me if it has a bar . . .
	I have absolutely no idea what the above sentences mean...  I
mean, I understand all of the words.  I'm just completely confused by
them.

	-- Sweth.

-- 
Sweth Chandramouli ; <sweth+dining@gwu.edu>

In article <3b1d302f.21157451@news1.radix.net>, neus57@mail.taftalumni.com
wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:17:03 -0400, wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil
> (J. B. Wood) wrote:
> 
> 
> >Well, I might be willing to respond if you would be so kind as to define
> >"Potomian."  I couldn't find it in any of my dictionaries.   (snip)
> 
>         Oh good. I *thought* I just coined it.

Ummm, OK, maybe it will eventually make it in Webster's but perhaps not the OED.
Someone's (usually the Feds and marketing types) always trying to coin
something in this town - usually making verb forms out of nouns.  There
was a rumor years ago that the folks in the Pentagon had to have a special
dictionary to look up terms contrived by Alexander Haig and we're not just
talking acronyms here.  To the proponents, it's a more efficient way of
communicating; to the opponents it's obfuscation.  Enough of linguistics,
it's time to get back to the linguine.

John Wood (Code 5551)        e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil                     
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:30:53 GMT, sweth+dining@gwu.edu
(Sweth Chandramouli) wrote:

>In article <3b1e70e7.4647083@news1.radix.net>,
>Beartooth <neus57@mail.taftalumni.com> wrote:
>>	Also ob food: the restaurant of that name? Remember
>>to report! And remind me if it has a bar . . .
>	I have absolutely no idea what the above sentences mean...  I
>mean, I understand all of the words.  I'm just completely confused by
>them.

	oops! Thought I had copied what I was replying to :

>	obdc.dining: inspired by all of the Pho talk, I decided to
>go to Pho for lunch.  We'll see if I'm still up for it for dinner tonight
>as well.

>	-- Sweth.

In article <3b1e9d84.16069745@news1.radix.net>,
Beartooth <neus57@mail.taftalumni.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 19:30:53 GMT, sweth+dining@gwu.edu
>(Sweth Chandramouli) wrote:
>
>>In article <3b1e70e7.4647083@news1.radix.net>,
>>Beartooth <neus57@mail.taftalumni.com> wrote:
>>>	Also ob food: the restaurant of that name? Remember
>>>to report! And remind me if it has a bar . . .
>>	I have absolutely no idea what the above sentences mean...  I
>>mean, I understand all of the words.  I'm just completely confused by
>>them.
>
>	oops! Thought I had copied what I was replying to :
>
>>	obdc.dining: inspired by all of the Pho talk, I decided to
>>go to Pho for lunch.  We'll see if I'm still up for it for dinner tonight
>>as well.
	
	You included that the first time; I just don't see enough
verbs and things in your question to grok it.  Maybe I'm just being dense;
multiple bowls of Pho in succession can do that to a person.
	
	-- Sweth.

-- 
Sweth Chandramouli ; <sweth+dining@gwu.edu>

I would suggest Gaffney's (Fairfax Dr.), Carpool (also Fairfax Dr.), or
Rock Bottom Brewery (Ballston Common Mall) - all walking distance from
the Ballston Orange Line stop in Arlington.

Beartooth wrote:

>         A guy I've had some contact with, on usenet and
> email, but never in person, is going to be in DC for a
> while.
>         I don't want to go into the District, nor
> (preferably) drive much farther in than the Beltway -- been
> there, done those, don't have to any more.
>
>         What's a good place -- say, walking distance from
> the Orange Line -- to meet for a beer and get acquainted?
> --
> RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger
> karhunhammas (at) lserv.com
> On the Internet, you can never tell
> who is a dog (supposing you care) --
> but you can tell who has a mind.