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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:13 AM Original message |
The Rosslyn Metro Station escalator is scary (with pic) |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's not bad. Really. Just a long wait. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Looks like a science fiction movie. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. You won't like the Dupont Circle Metro either. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Beat me to it. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I used to ride into that station quite a bit (worked in Dupont Cir. for a few years) |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Or Porter Square |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. there's one in Prague like that, but maybe even longer |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. My dear Lyric! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. Scary escalators? I had no idea. |
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SallyMander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. ... |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Don't get near the south Capitol station then |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Nope; only the Wheaton station is longer than Rosslyn's. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. I was on that one a couple of weeks ago. I love escalators!! |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. There's one in Victoria Station Underground that's about twice that length |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Here's my picture from a DC escalator |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Moscow's subways are incredible - really, really, REALLY |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been up and down those escalators many times |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. For me, it's not the height--I don't really have a fear of heights. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Me too. A good strategy is to look at your feet while you hold the rail. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh goody. Guess where a lot of the area's short-term furnished housing is |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. My only consolation when it snows. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Looks cool! |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. A fellow escalatorphobian! |
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marzipanni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yikes, your elevator experience |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. WHOA! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. I can't see shit |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. I run down that thing. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. I was inspired |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Don't get in the habit of taking pictures yourself - post 9/11, it's illegal in Metro stations. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That is not true. Photography is legal in any public space. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You live here, counselor? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I took pictures in the DC Metro with no problems whatsoever. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I jaywalked past some cops yesterday. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "arrogant, snotty ignorance of the first person to respond to me in this thread" |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I just looked all over the Metro site (at the Rules and FAQ) and nothing |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Sorry, I decided |
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electricmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Metro photography is legal |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Thank you for that info. and the links. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I was just about to post this. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I'm not even going to alert on your personal attacks. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. *chirp**chirp* *crickets**crickets* |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. As a matter of fact, I do. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I got yelled at by the cops for taking pics in the London Underground. In 1991. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. The UK is an entirely different story. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. I didn't take any pictures inside the Metro. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Don't worry Lyric, it's not illegal to take pictures in a D.C. Metro station. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
28. I love it! |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. What fear do you feel? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. Bethesda Metro is my morning workout |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm a stairs kinda girl myself. Escalators twerk me off because they move so slowly. nt |
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