My Mom will be visiting my Brother in Charlottesville - taking a train after visiting a friend in NY. She has a number of airport options from there - but one that looks good on paper is taking a train to Union Station in DC and a cab from there to Dulles airport. Question: she is 84 years old with various minor medical conditions that keep her from carrying her own bags. How easy will it be to get help with the bags in Union Station in D.C.? How easy will it be for an old lady who has not been in big cities in years to get a cab from there? How long a cab ride is it from Union Station D.C. to Dulles airport anyway?
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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Typo Boy - May 12, 2006 4:31:44 pm PDT #7053 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - May 12, 2006 4:32:42 pm PDT #7054 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Just as well I have no info to help you, TB. Because my brain skimmed your post and thought it saw a math word problem.
I need a nap.
Atropa - May 12, 2006 4:33:18 pm PDT #7055 of 10002
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Cass - May 12, 2006 4:34:22 pm PDT #7056 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
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Jesse - May 12, 2006 4:35:38 pm PDT #7057 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It would be easy to get a cab at Union Station (they're right out front), not sure about the redcap to help with her things, but if she's on Amtrack, they should be able to hook her up, and it's pretty far to Dulles.
Jesse - May 12, 2006 4:40:08 pm PDT #7058 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Typo, this page prices a cab from Dulles to Capitol Hill (where Union Station is) at $54. [link]
Pete, Husband of Jilli - May 12, 2006 4:40:52 pm PDT #7059 of 10002
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Hugs for Jilli.
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Typo Boy - May 12, 2006 4:43:56 pm PDT #7060 of 10002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah - just realized the Union Station is 30 miles from Dulles Va.
§ ita § - May 12, 2006 4:52:05 pm PDT #7061 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jilli, I got the balm! And the tights! I can't tell you if the balm is a migraine trigger right now, because I'm in one, but I'll check in the morning. Thank you so much.
It's very chuffing to get a package (well, aside from normal Buffista package chuffedness) that's address TO: ITA and FROM: HOUSE O'REASON.
It's a thing. We know who we are.
And now I realise that I've been sitting on a package that was supposed to have gone out forever ago! That, and my Zappos return. I know where I'm going tomorrow afternoon.
Atropa - May 12, 2006 4:55:30 pm PDT #7062 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh yay, I'm glad it got there so quickly! And I hope the balm works for you. I also hope my handwriting on the letter was legible-ish.