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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 7:08 am
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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
I can't imagine the Teamsters Union not putting up a fight when it's time to end the era of the mobile lounges.
I doubt they are unionized. lot of part timers. always looking for more drivers. horrible hours.

In the late 50's(pre beltway), Tyson's corner commerce consisted of a single gas station on the corner of rt 7 & rt 123.
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 3:02 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
I doubt they are unionized. lot of part timers. always looking for more drivers. horrible hours.

In the late 50's(pre beltway), Tyson's corner commerce consisted of a single gas station on the corner of rt 7 & rt 123.
I've seen a photo of that! I used to work in the SAIC tower (the original one) on Goodridge Drive overlooking the intersections of 7 and 123, but that was in the 80s. Dulles was still a backwater and Al Gore had barely invented the Internet. The first time I saw the main terminal from a distance I thought it looked like the brontosaurus ribs that tips over Fred Flintstone's car. It STILL looks like that, but is twice as big as it was back then.
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 10:46 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
Held up for almost 50 years. much longer than most GM products.


Anyone seen 'Children of Men', a lot of the filming took place at Dulles
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 3:22 am
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Never loved Dulles, not even the name.

Whenever possible, I've chosen to fly from DCA to another city in order to catch a flight overseas rather than go out of IAD.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
Never loved Dulles, not even the name.

Whenever possible, I've chosen to fly from DCA to another city in order to catch a flight overseas rather than go out of IAD.

what airports are good choices for overseas? particularly arrivals. my winter experience with JFK & Newark have been very bad. most seem to badmouth PHI.my overall experience at ATL has been unfavorable, and MIA & ORD seem to have thunderstorms all summer, and DFW/DEN is a long way in the wrong direction for europe(did I miss any? Detroit?Boston?)
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