tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882015497769441762.post6488721192519150225..comments2023-07-14T06:20:27.052-07:00Comments on Taking Back Our Brave New World: The DC Metro Ellen RM Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11778933118130435874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882015497769441762.post-55638505898701714212012-10-03T15:22:58.733-07:002012-10-03T15:22:58.733-07:00Well, Mr. Bloch, perhaps I am one step closer to b...Well, Mr. Bloch, perhaps I am one step closer to becoming a local; the AC was out of order, and it was AWFUL. I suppose I need to ride different sections of it, though, to fully experience what you're describing. I do take the orange line, but only for 5 or so stops out towards the Vienna end of the line (right through the video-featured Clarendon, as a matter of fact). Maybe it's not so sketchy through Falls Church and Arlington as it is in other places.<br /><br />Next time you're in Boston, be sure to ride the T. Maybe you'll feel a little happier about DC public transportation.<br /><br />That video is AWESOME, by the way. I'll have to watch it at least 10 more times. "No, Announcement Lady, that is NOT my bag!"<br /><br />I'm glad you approve of my preposition placement. Thank you :)<br />Ellen RM Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778933118130435874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882015497769441762.post-57044374781565955792012-10-01T06:29:58.619-07:002012-10-01T06:29:58.619-07:00Wow.
Are you sure we ride the same metro? Your de...Wow.<br /><br />Are you sure we ride the same metro? Your description sounds more like a German metro station than a DC one. Once you're acquainted with the less pleasant aspects of Metro, such as the stench of urine in some stations, the occasional (and devastating) lack of AC, the single-tracking, the inefficiency, the crazy hobos who ride the orange line end to end and sleep the whole way, and many others, you will definitely be a local.<br /><br />For a much more artistic portrait of the DC metro than I can paint, please enjoy the Metro song by Remy (a local comedian best known for the Arlington Rap): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkjfh5klUzM<br /><br />My take on the sentence-ending preposition is that it ought to be avoided when doing so is not too awkward. So I would have written that sentence the same way.John P. Blochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956444996197177835noreply@blogger.com