I would replace all the wooden bridges on the WOD trail.
Starting with the one over Broad St. in Falls Church.
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I would replace all the wooden bridges on the WOD trail.
Starting with the one over Broad St. in Falls Church.
If I had a million dollars and wanted to fix something on the W&OD, I'd replace all the trees that were cleared out between Herndon and Leesburg, and I'd buy out the power company to prevent them from removing any of the trees between Leesburg and Purcellville. And if there was any money left over, then I'd take care of those bridges for you.
I'd buy you a green dress, but not a real green dress. That's cruel.
Karen
I would buy you a K car, a nice reliant automobile.
Then I'd build bridges instead of street crossings on that WOD, widen the whole thing and prohibit nitwits with aeorobars from using it for "training"
I like wooden bridges, though.
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
You took the words right outta my mouth!!! :D
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
I missed something, and I want to know what.
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
I like that line, because my canadian mother always called the couch the chesterfield. :)
Pssst, DB - they are lyrics to the barenaked ladies song "If I had a million dollars".
I always wondered what a Chesterfield was. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
chesˇterˇfield (chěs'tər-fēld') n.
1. A single- or double-breasted overcoat, usually with concealed buttons and a velvet collar.
2. Chiefly Northern California & Canada A sofa.
[After a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield.]
Chesterfield, a term for a sofa, especially a large one with upholstered arms, was probably brought down from Canada, where it is common. In the United States, it was largely limited to the trade region of San Francisco in northern California. According to Craig M. Carver in American Regional Dialects, the word probably comes from the name of a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield and originally referred "specifically to a couch with upright armrests at either end." It appears to have come into use in Canada around 1903 and in northern California at about the same time.
Source: Dictionary.com
Dijon ketchups.
(I have almost every version of that song that has ever been recorded, including Steve and Ed singing it on a table in the dining room of a cruise ship) so that might not be in your version.)
Karen, Arkansas' only BNL fanatic
eta: sorry for the thread-jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhqyiqUe7uEQuote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
LOL, I agree. You definitely need a carbon fork for that one. All of those wooden bridges freeze up pretty quickly, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
Oh, no wonder I didn't get it. Never heard a barenaked ladies song...if it wasn't popular in the 70s, then forget it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
I'll bet you HAVE heard a BNL song, and just didn't know it. Think Toyota commercial.
They do the theme song for a newish sitcom called Big Bang Theory, too.
Karen
A monkey! Have you forgotten about the monkey?!?
If I had a million dollars, I'd hire 5 more teachers at my school so we could reduce our class size. I'd also bring our librarian back to full time and hire an art teacher.
Veronica
V's right. Seriously, if I had a million dollars I'd pick a school, any school and take it off the grid with solar. I wonder what our schools could do with the money they'd save by not having an electric bill and earn selling power back to the grid? Maybe bring a librarian back, have art and sports and more teachers? Maybe some bike racks? Who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Because I'd be poor really, a million's not that much compared to some people, like Bernie maybe :rolleyes: I'd ask that school to take the money they save and earn to help another school to do the same. And maybe this could snowball.
Everyone debates "solar's great but where are we gonna put it?" blah blah blah. Well how about on our schools? They have roofs, they could use new roofs anyway.
Before you know it you'd have a lot of schools saving and earning a lot, a lot of green jobs, and a lot of solar power.
And that's what I'd do if I had a million dollars. :cool: Seriously.
I'd also buy a green dress. :p but not a real green dress, that would be cruel.
I've always wanted a monkey.Quote:
Originally Posted by MDHillSlug
At least until that recent unfortunate chimpanzee thing :(
Oh happy day!Quote:
Originally Posted by ny biker
They have resurfaced the horrible Broad St. bridge! It's still wood, or something that looks like wood planks, but they're new and smooth. I hope they've been massively treated to resist water damage so they stay nice and smooth for years and years.
The short flat bridge that's east of Broad St (near the fire house and the big intersection with Lee Hwy) was also redone.
They fixed the bridges out between Smith's Switch and Ashburn a few years ago, so I think now all the bad wooden bridges have been made new and smooth. :D:D:D