Look Out, DC

Juniper · 10-20-2009, 07:20 PM

My 8th grade daughter just left on a class trip to Washington DC.

How the heck did she get old enough to do this?!

Please join me in sending good vibes and prayers of the safety of the class of 2014 on their journey!

Class of 2014!!!!

Trilby · 10-20-2009, 07:39 PM

Consider the good vibes sent!

skysidhe · 10-20-2009, 08:10 PM

How awesome!

lookout123 · 10-20-2009, 10:10 PM

I pass my blessing upon this warning.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2009, 01:16 AM

Did you warn her about the bloodshot eyed, hairy knuckled, lobbyists?

Juniper · 10-21-2009, 07:50 AM

It's a whirlwind tour - their itinerary is exhausting just to read. I think she's safe from hairy knuckled lobbyists.

joelnwil · 10-21-2009, 08:24 AM

I hope everything goes fine. Be sure that she does not wander off, but stays in the hotel and with the group. DC is a very crime-filled place. I once had somebody on the street try to sell me a watch (stolen, I imagine) within sight of the White House.

glatt · 10-21-2009, 09:14 AM

"I'm cold, and those teenagers are frightening me."

Shawnee123 · 10-21-2009, 09:15 AM

I was thinking something along those lines.

monster · 10-21-2009, 08:56 PM

me three.

Juniper · 10-21-2009, 11:00 PM

Spoke to her tonight. She said they had encountered a "protester" - some woman with about four teeth who lived in a tent and said she'd been there since 1984, had a poster calling Bush a terrorist and told the kids "you don't know nothin'."

Ha. I asked her if anyone had told the woman that Bush wasn't prez anymore.

10-21-2009, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Spoke to her tonight. She said they had encountered a "protester" - some woman with about four teeth who lived in a tent and said she'd been there since 1984, had a poster calling Bush a terrorist and told the kids "you don't know nothin'."

Ha. I asked her if anyone had told the woman that Bush wasn't prez anymore.

That would be Conchita

glatt · 10-22-2009, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

said she'd been there since 1984

Before we moved offices, I used to go for walks on my lunch hour past the White House and around the Ellipse pretty much daily. She's always there. Rain or shine. A landmark, like a tree. They did move her over about a hundred feet last time I was there a month ago, but I can say I've seen her there for the past 20 years. Never talked to her though.

Redux has the correct link.

Juniper · 10-22-2009, 08:37 AM

OMFG!!! Really!

My daughter's gonna be amazed by this. What an education she is getting!

10-20-2009, 07:20 PM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Look Out, DC My 8th grade daughter just left on a class trip to Washington DC. How the heck did she get old enough to do this?! Please join me in sending good vibes and prayers of the safety of the class of 2014 on their journey! Class of 2014!!!!

10-20-2009, 07:39 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Consider the good vibes sent! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-20-2009, 10:10 PM	#4
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I pass my blessing upon this warning. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

10-21-2009, 01:16 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Did you warn her about the bloodshot eyed, hairy knuckled, lobbyists? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-21-2009, 09:14 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"I'm cold, and those teenagers are frightening me." Attached Images

10-20-2009, 08:10 PM	#3
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	How awesome!

10-21-2009, 07:50 AM	#6
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	It's a whirlwind tour - their itinerary is exhausting just to read. I think she's safe from hairy knuckled lobbyists.

10-21-2009, 08:24 AM	#7
joelnwil Major Inhabitant Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Silver Spring MD Posts: 128	I hope everything goes fine. Be sure that she does not wander off, but stays in the hotel and with the group. DC is a very crime-filled place. I once had somebody on the street try to sell me a watch (stolen, I imagine) within sight of the White House.

10-21-2009, 09:15 AM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I was thinking something along those lines. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-21-2009, 08:56 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	me three. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-21-2009, 11:00 PM	#11
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Spoke to her tonight. She said they had encountered a "protester" - some woman with about four teeth who lived in a tent and said she'd been there since 1984, had a poster calling Bush a terrorist and told the kids "you don't know nothin'." Ha. I asked her if anyone had told the woman that Bush wasn't prez anymore.

10-22-2009, 08:37 AM	#14
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	OMFG!!! Really! My daughter's gonna be amazed by this. What an education she is getting!

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