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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03-12-2009, 10:52 AM #1
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03-12-2009, 01:09 PM #2
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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.
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03-12-2009, 01:11 PM #3
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03-12-2009, 02:22 PM #4
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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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03-12-2009, 04:16 PM #5
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
You took the words right outta my mouth!!!
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03-12-2009, 04:39 PM #6
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Originally Posted by Tuckervill
I missed something, and I want to know what.
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03-12-2009, 04:44 PM #7
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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".Last edited by Possegal; 03-12-2009 at 05:34 PM.
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03-12-2009, 05:18 PM #8
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I always wondered what a Chesterfield was. Thanks! Originally Posted by Possegal
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03-13-2009, 03:12 AM #9
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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. Originally Posted by Possegal
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03-12-2009, 07:53 PM #10
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhqyiqUe7uE Originally Posted by divingbiker
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03-13-2009, 02:34 AM #11
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LOL, I agree. You definitely need a carbon fork for that one. All of those wooden bridges freeze up pretty quickly, too. Originally Posted by ny biker
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03-17-2010, 05:47 PM #12
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Oh happy day! 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.
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