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sluDgE
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[^] Stella is BEER! [^]
According to Wikipedia: "Stella Artois is a 5.2% ABV global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for "star."[1] Although Belgium is best known internationally for its ales, the so-called "table beers," the bottom-fermented pilsner lagers such as Stella Artois head the list for domestic consumption, making up almost 75% of Belgian beer production. Stella is promoted as an international brand by its brewer, InBev. In its home market of Belgium, however, it is marketed, priced and sold as a regular lager." |
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DC2RV
Master Slug Joined: 28 Feb 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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Stella Artois - aka the "bud" of Belgium... And also a product of the company that recently bought Anheuser-Busch.
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getmehome pweeze
Master Slug Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 501 |
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to quote a Red Stripe commercial (Jamaican beer-yum!) "Yay Beer!"
Slug'n till 2013 (when the HOT lanes roll in) |
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toomuchcoffeelady
New Slug Joined: 27 May 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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LOL, I'm more a boxed wine gal myself...
ain't free speech a wonderful thing, until you don't like the views being stated? - Ceejay2 |
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OMG, I also bought a home for a nice price and a yard for my son, about 2 months ago and my stress level is hitting the sky!!!!! Commuting with kids sitting in traffic, when I could be productive with them!!!! Not sure what to do besides hoping VDOT hears us mom's and are able to hop on the HOV with our kids...
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psueric
New Slug Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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can't speak for everyone,
but I commute from Manassas to Downtown 4 days a week. (Telework every monday.) And I love my commute. I vary my commute between slug riding, and the PRTC OMNIRIDE Bus. It's a 15 minute drive to the commuter lot, and then a 25-45 minute relaxing ride into the city. I can read books, newspaper, or my favorite...nap. It's my sanity check in the afternoon, after a crazy day in the office, before getting home to a family of 4. Not sure about the F'burg area, but the PW County busses run from 5:00am until 8:00pm. So regardless of your work hours, you should be able to find some way to "ride" to work, instead of "driving". And for me, that's the key to my sanity. If I drove to work everyday, I would be a monster by the time I got home everyday. Hope this helps |
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sluDgE
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In case LilPeachesPam isn't aware, children do count as passengers for HOV purposes. If she has two kids in the car with her, her using the HOVs during restricted hours meets the HOV3+ rule.
We know a lady who had daycare arrangements near her workplace in Arlington and her two little ones were her regular slugs. That was a few years ago, and her kids are both school aged now. I don't think she ever had a problem using the HOV lanes with only small kids in the car back then. |
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psueric
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sludge is absolutely correct.
For several years, I worked in dc, and slugged to BOBS, and picked up my 2 kids from daycare in springfield, and then got back into HOV at 7900, where I continued to Horner Rd. One day, I had my two kids in the back seat, and a very angry lady was driving next to me in HOV, and she indicated her displeasure with my riding in the HOV lanes (because she couldn't see the kids in the back seat) When I exited at Horner Rd, there were VA State Police monitoring the exit. They waved me through, and as I waited to turn Left into traffic, the Angry lady actually got out of her car, and approached the Police officer, ranting about the fact they he didn't give me a ticket. He politely explained the situation, and she crawled back into her car with her tail between her legs. I love slugging... |
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toomuchcoffeelady
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quote: LOL, that is awesome. ain't free speech a wonderful thing, until you don't like the views being stated? - Ceejay2 |
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