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Posted: 8/7/2004 7:40:06 PM EDT
Went to the Highlands Festival in Abingdon today. Tons of people from all over the country in downtown.
There I was with my G19 on my hip. Didn't get any dirty looks, didn't get detained or arrested. Had a few people tell me they were glad I was exercising my 2nd Amendment right. If only we could cede NOVA to Maryland. 
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Posted: 8/10/2004 1:05:20 PM EDT
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I love Abingdon. I dated a girl from there. Her parents lived right on Main Street in beautiful old house that backed up to Plum Alley. Really cool place...her dad is a photographer down there and had his studio in what used to be a pharmacy that was attached to the house. Walk through the freezing cold and then warm up with a bourbon by the round fireplace at The Hardware. Man, I really miss that town!
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Posted: 8/11/2004 9:04:48 PM EDT
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It is a nice little town.
Ate at the Hardware Co a couple of times. Not bad food, but too damn high dollar unless I'm on the company tab. Only bad thing is there isn't really any nightlife. Place was closed down at 9PM Saturday night. We couldn't find a damn thing to do. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 8:43:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2004 8:48:33 AM EDT
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 IF YOU TRY TO TURNTHEM OVER TO US YOU WILL BE TIED TO A TREE AND WATCH AS WE HAMMER YOUR GUNS INTO PAPER CLIPS. WHEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH THAT WE WILL TATTO "I LOVE KERRY" ALL OVER YOUR FACE. Glad you had fun. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 11:17:55 AM EDT
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For those of us down here (West of Roanoke, sans Blacksburg), NOVA isn't really a part of Virginia. It has been overrun by people who have no idea what Virginia and living in the commonwealth is about. What sucks is to have to deals with laws that do not really apply down this way, simply because some soccer mom from Fairfax thinks it to be a good idea. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 12:14:19 PM EDT
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Better watch out. The retirees are moving into southern/southwestern VA and bringing the developers with them. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 1:06:46 PM EDT
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Not this far down.
Living in BFE has advantages. The Blacksburg area has been completely overrun by soccer mommies. Abingdon & Bristol are on their way towards that end, but hopefully we are stemming the tide. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 1:09:22 PM EDT
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Got a question for you.....how long have you lived in Virginia? I believe your attitude is how we lost West Virginia. For the record I was born in Northern Virginia and have lived here my entire life. How about we raffle your town off to West Virginia. Or maybe you should now be a Tennessee citizen....kind of close there to a few states we can send you to...... One of the areas of this state has got to keep the standardized test scores above the bare minimum. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 1:23:20 PM EDT
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I'm also sure that Maryland would happily inherit Arlington Cemetary {Robert E. Lee's home}, Mt. Vernon {George Washington's home}, Gunston Hall {George Mason's home}, etc, etc, etc.....
All of our students would then be able to get in to University of Maryland on in state tuition and leave VT, UVA, Longwood, Radford and all the other Virginia state schools high and dry -- Blacksburg, Farmville, and Charlottesville LIVE for NoVA money by way of students and their spendy parents. Nothing like keeping our money up here in OUR part of the country. |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 1:38:46 PM EDT
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27 years and 6 months.
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Posted: 8/13/2004 2:25:30 PM EDT
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I'd rather stay up here and WIN BACK my state, then sit down there and auction it off.
If you hadn't of posted this  in several threads I might have known, or thought, you were kidding...This is at least the third one I've seen where it's Southern Virginia against Northern Virginia. I think that SUCKS!!! |
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Posted: 8/13/2004 2:34:22 PM EDT
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So with me at 29 years 3 months who has been in Virginia longer? Me or you? Please provide SPECIFIC examples of laws that encroach on YOUR life that have been devised by SOCCER MOMS up here.... Considering that most of the counties create their own laws within the structure of the Commonwealth's Laws, this should be interesting. Were you ever effected by the 3 day wait for handguns? How about waiting an ACTUAL 90 days for you concealed permit to return? Last I checked our state laws were made in Richmond. Not exactly considered NoVA. I also seem to believe that the other districts are represented at the State Legislature in the consideration of NEW LAWS for the Commonwealth.
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Posted: 8/13/2004 5:24:08 PM EDT
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Don't worry SoVA,
We are actively working to win NoVA back. We need your help with doing what you can to retain control of the state legislature and hopefully the Governorship will return to R as well. Arlington is a lost cause, but overall, NoVA is close to 50/50. -LS |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 4:17:43 PM EDT
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One does, but Henrico County is not in NOVA, Sir... |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 4:21:16 PM EDT
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I guess that is why this end of the state regularly has the highest test scores. Wise Co Scott Co Two of the best school systems in the state. |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 4:25:56 PM EDT
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Yeah, I hate northern Virginia and the condescending assholes that inhabit that godforsaken area. |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:04:11 PM EDT
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Henrico, Scott, and Wise as compared here to Fairfax County and Arlington and Loudoun: Fairfax 4 67 60 68 75 79 70 73 65 66 75 71 Fairfax 6 74 70 74 84 86 77 70 52 68 76 77 Fairfax 9 73 70 73 74 78 65 66 59 66 62 71 ARLINGTON 4 71 64 71 79 83 71 74 68 67 74 73 ARLINGTON 6 70 68 69 81 82 76 63 47 62 69 73 ARLINGTON 9 64 61 66 67 74 53 57 51 61 55 63 LOUDOUN 4 69 61 70 79 80 75 75 66 69 76 73 LOUDOUN 6 74 71 74 81 84 74 68 49 69 75 75 LOUDOUN 9 73 69 75 71 79 54 64 57 65 62 69 Henrico 4 63 57 63 72 76 65 73 65 64 74 68 Henrico 6 65 65 63 69 74 61 62 49 62 67 67 Henrico 9 62 62 61 58 68 41 55 52 57 53 60 Scott 4 50 48 52 66 70 61 64 53 59 70 59 Scott 6 52 55 50 63 65 59 51 41 54 57 58 Scott 9 57 51 63 53 69 30 52 50 60 48 56 Wise 4 59 57 60 70 75 64 70 61 64 72 66 Wise 6 60 62 59 68 71 64 55 40 59 64 63 Wise 9 63 61 65 59 70 42 47 47 53 46 58 |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:09:23 PM EDT
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Then maybe you should think about moving to one of the close and neighboring states to your south and west. Would hate for you to be condscended upon...... I'd rather be up here in NoVA where there is little to no chance that my mother is also my sister, or aunt...... Yeah, maybe you should move....we'd hate to make your life difficult. Why don't you answer my question? What laws were started here in NoVA that have effected you??? Hmm.....?? |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:39:04 PM EDT
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Exactly the attitude I'm talking about. |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:51:00 PM EDT
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www.homefinders.com/county_maps/virginia/fairfax.php
Fairfax Average SAT 1107 www.homefinders.com/county_maps/virginia/loudon.php Loudon Average SAT 1036 www.homefinders.com/county_maps/virginia/arlington.php Arlington Average SAT 1034 64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:AYcB4yKvHqEJ:images.apple.com/education/profiles/henrico2/pdf/henrico2_042704.pdf+henrico+county+SAT+scores+2003&hl=en Henrico Avg 2003 SAT score = 1018 www.fcps.k12.va.us/mediapub/pressrel/sat03.htm Statewide Avg of 1024 Farifax County Avg of 1110.... |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:51:44 PM EDT
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Exactly the attitude I'm talking about.....fricking pathetic that you would sell your own fellow statesmen out..... Weak. |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 5:56:37 PM EDT
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Still dodging my question???  What laws effected you??? |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 6:02:25 PM EDT
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Ed, the last time we had one of these discussions it was about two weeks after you had stated that you were going to try to be nicer. You haven't forgotten, have you?
 Burley, like you I have chosen not to live in NOVA. I even enjoy a good joke about NOVA too. I don't like the area, but there are plenty of fellow ARFCOM members that reside there. Everyone of them I have met have been great, and I'm glad that I have gotten to meet all of them. Even Shivan who can be quite abrasive on the boards, is a decent fellow in person. You should try to come out to one of the get togethers, and meet the people from around the state. I think you'll be surpised how great everyone is. Just so everyone knows, RobertM doesn't like people typing vulgar words in their posts. He likes to keep things friendly. I don't like fighting in here either. If you want to discuss an issue that's fine. If you want to fight about stuff, we have other forums for that. As far as I'm concerned this forum is for people to keep up with what's going on locally, and to help everyone meet people who have the same hobby. I think everyone can abide by that. Thanks |
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Posted: 8/14/2004 6:06:22 PM EDT
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But Anthony, it can't be possible.....all of us in Northern Virginia are a-holes. There is no way we could actually be decent guys.  A fellow Virginian who would sell me out to Maryland is not the kind of person I'd like to associate with.... |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 12:38:24 PM EDT
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Trade you guys NOVA for Baltimore City.
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Posted: 8/17/2004 12:40:28 PM EDT
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That would show him, huh???  |
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Posted: 8/17/2004 1:48:46 PM EDT
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As one who lives in South Eastern VA but works in the NOVA area I can say you are wrong about our brothers and sisters in that area. Believe it or not we have some outstanding gun-rights folks in NOVA and you need to look no further than VCDL for proof. I've also had dinner with a dozen members who opened carried and we didn't have a single second or concerned look directed at us. Try not to buy into the hype or the newspapers, NOVA isn't a lost cause and every pro-2nd Amendment citizen in this state should stand beside the folks that live there because if they lose their rights, so do we! Come on out to BRD and meet some of these guy and gals and if you don’t walk away with a few new friends from NOVA I will personally refund your entry cost. I’d even be willing to bet you and Shivan end up having a good laugh. He’s really quite a character in person 
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Posted: 8/17/2004 4:43:24 PM EDT
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You're right about that. 
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Posted: 8/17/2004 4:44:25 PM EDT
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 Aw schucks guys...... |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 3:46:53 AM EDT
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No, not Shivan?!?! See ya next dinner Ed
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:01:37 AM EDT
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Too far for me to drive. I generally limit myself to no more than 2-3 trips upstate a year. And two of those are to the Lynchburg area for deer season. I was being somewhat facetious with that one post. Gun owners are a different breed. Usually the only people who get my goat are those who think that everyone on this end of the state lives in little shacks, have no teeth, and screw our sisters every day. And actually believe it. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 4:02:19 AM EDT
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Good Lord that's an uneven trade. Baltimore is the nastiest place I've ever been. And I've been in some trashy cities. |
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Posted: 8/18/2004 5:27:54 AM EDT
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Actually, you guys would get baseball, another football team, the Inner Harbor, a bunch of strip clubs, ESPN Zone- it's not all bad.
Who do we talk to about making this happen?
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Posted: 8/24/2004 10:15:38 AM EDT
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That hurts man.....really hurts.... |
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Posted: 8/24/2004 11:07:51 AM EDT
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Oh com'n guys. let's be nice...
I am on the Loudoun/Fairfax boarder, i.e. Potomac Falls. I greatly appreciate our amenities and find plenty of conservatives to play with. I am very pleased to live here and find that having the limited few liberal dipshits transmigrating through the area amusing. I also had the pleasure to vacation down in Sandbridge a few weeks ago and had the opportunity to visit the surrounding areas, i.e. Tidewater, Pogo, VA Beach, and Gloucester (sp?). I was struck with awesome beauty of the place and something else...unlike in previous vacations out of state, I was still armed... I did not have to give up my rights as I would have in Delaware or MD. The people were great, honest, and civil. Yea... there probably are idiosyncrasies that us NoVA folks have, a function of being part of the Beltway culture... and I am sure there some idiosyncrasies in the southern/western side... I say so what! As long this state continues to vote people like Sen Allen, Rep Wolf, and Rep Goode (just to name few) into office (damn even our Dem Gov is pro-gun), I'll be proud to be a Virginian. By the way... my vacation convinced me to start looking for land to build our second home in the VA Beach/Sandbridge area! Having grown up in MD... I can say in comparison VA is a paradise (yes, NoVA too!) |
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Posted: 8/24/2004 11:55:15 AM EDT
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Man, I don't know what happened with your post, but that text size sucks.
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Posted: 8/24/2004 12:57:04 PM EDT
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You wouldn't happen to have some close friends in Reston, would you? Just curious. |
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Posted: 8/25/2004 1:39:30 PM EDT
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Once upon a time in the kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for 6 days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the 7th day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds. "Look Michael, see what I've made?" Archangel Michael looked puzzled and asked, "What is it?" "It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put life on it. I am going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor. The Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I have placed a continent of white people and over there, a continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot and arid, while this one will be bitterly cold and covered with ice," God explained. The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a place..."What's that?" God said, "That's Virginia. It has beautiful mountains, bright, clear streams, a wonderful shoreline, a temperate climate, green grass, tall trees, and it will be the birthplace of some of the greatest men in the world, and where the creators of the greatest government will live." "But God, what about balance?" said the Archangel. "Ah, wait until you see the twits I'm putting next to them in Washington, DC!" Anyway, I see a lot more Bush stickers up here in Fairfax than I do Kerry, you know. I mean, just because it is more liberal than the rest of the state, doesn't mean it's liberal. District 11 has elected a Republican for as long as I can remember. |
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Posted: 8/25/2004 3:10:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/26/2004 5:31:41 AM EDT
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BTDT, live in Norfolk now. Tried to move to NoVA and absolutely hated it. I felt my stress level drop as I passws Quantico on I-95 heading south. |
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Posted: 8/26/2004 5:52:58 AM EDT
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Well, if you are refering to the incident surrounding open carry, no I don't know the parties involved. I am glad I was not involved in any of that mess. I can say that the aftermath had some supervisors giving roll call training about what was and was not legal. If I told you what the training consisted of you would get a laugh. I am glad to see that gun owners are able to exercise their rights and protect themselves and their families. I still think concealed carry is the best way to go personally. Arlington really is a great place to live. Very safe, lots of places to eat and work with metro access. I have to admit there are some liberals in the area but thats part of life. |
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