[CoLoCo] Aaron is coming to town

[Mitch Mahan]

How about south D&B off I-25?

 

It's closer for Aaron.

It's a 10 minute longer drive (probably quicker to get there than to Falling
Rock due to parking issues) for people heading from the north.

 

It has beer / games / entertainment. if you're bringing the non-geeky along
you can catch a movie afterwards (or have them go to a movie).

 

Again my vote:

D&B:

I

 

Falling Rock:

 

Cheers,

- Mitch

 

Google Maps! Link to D&B Location:

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=dave+and+busters+colorado&
sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.462243,96.328125&ie=UTF8&ei=6OO5R8SsJJmgigHE2
KyqBQ&cd=1&cid=39680143,-104940736,8055540263707360990&li=lmd>
&hl=en&geocode=&q=dave+and+busters+colorado&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.4
62243,96.328125&ie=UTF8&ei=6OO5R8SsJJmgigHE2KyqBQ&cd=1&cid=39680143,-1049407
36,8055540263707360990&li=lmd 

 

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From: ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-us-co-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of TheZorch
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 12:38 PM
To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team
Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Aaron is coming to town

 

Kevin Fries wrote: 

 
All good points, Kevin, but a couple thoughts. Having gone to a
downtown meeting once, I won't be doing it again. I had to pay $10 and
fight a ton of traffic because of a rockies game. True, we can
schedule around them but downtown is still too much of a hassle for
me. I may fight it for a release party but that's about it - not that
my being there is all that important.
 
Yep, pretty much my argument, but the meeting is now supposed to be in 7
hours, and nobody has picked a place?
 
Anyone, other than Downtown?

Don't get me STARTED about Downtown!  Have any of you been to Washington,
D.C.?  You'd go insane trying to navigate the streets.  I don't drive but
you roomy takes me everywhere in his van and the streets of D.C., even
downtown, are so twisted and convoluted its crazy.  Basically, the street
layout is a throwback to the days when the city was designed to thwart
invaders.  In the War of 1812 the British burned down the Capital.  Not only
that, but the Beltway is a nightmare.  They fixed the twisted mess known as
the Mixing Bowl but the Beltway is still a nightmare to travel on.  Its not
designed to handle the massive amount of traffic that goes in and out of the
capital each day.  It was built during and era when there weren't as many
cars on the road, and upgrades to the Beltway are slow and mired in
red-tape.  Then, there's the Metro.

The Metro as a whole is a system of bus routes (they also work closely with
regional county buses in Maryland & Virginia, and use the same electronic
fare card together) and subway rail system in and around the metropolitan
Washington, D.C. area.  The Metrobus coverage is actually pretty darn good
around here, but buses are subject to the same traffic problems as cars
though most of Metro's buses are natural gas hybrids and they are investing
in clean bio-diesel models.  The subway rail system is somewhat reliable but
its an old system in need of upgrades.  They are working on that but the
system is strapped for cash and thus the upgrades are slow.  The whole
Washington, D.C. area would grind to a screeching halt if the Metrorail
system were to collapse.  The roads and Beltway can't handle the capacity,
and can barely handled the capacity that's on them right now.  Matrorail is
the release valve that keeps D.C. from blowing up, but if that gets clogged
the area is in for a whole world of hurt.  Oh, and parking in downtown D.C.
.... mwaahahahahahahaa ... you gotta be joking!  Parking ... in downtown
Washington, D.C. ... man that's a riot.  So, don't complain too much about
downtown Denver because there are worse places, much worse.



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