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ArkRescue

Adopt me please !
Their biscuits are the only thing worth eating, everything else is :barf:

Their biscuits used to be better until they cut back on the fat. We used to use Red Lobster for special outings but that one in Waldorf could use some improvements in terms of service. The last time we went we were hunting down our waiter, several times. That wasn't good for his tip, and we paid the bartender the tip on the drinks because we dealt directly with her since the waiter was MIA.
 

vince77

Active Member
I disagree. It's current population plus how they planned things many moons ago (before SoMD ever had much of a population). There's more population at the stops near VA, Montgomery, and PG counties. Outside of the red line and the new silver line, none of the stops go very far at all beyond 495, even for more populated areas like Baltimore, Annapolis, etc. It's not like they're inconsistent with how they developed the metro. There are more populated areas that have to travel just as far to a metro in the Virginia area. After you pass Branch avenue, there isn't a reasonably populated area in the nearby vicinity worth having a metro stop at. The next stop would be way down at Brandywine or Waldorf, which wouldn't be worthwhile, even if it would be convenient for our relatively small population.

http://wamu.org/sites/wamu.org/files/images/attach/metromap-silverline.png

I don't think SoMD is any more of a "red-headed step-child" to DC than a number of areas once you get a little way beyond the beltway. I don't see any targeted unfavorable treatment regarding access at all. Do you know anything about the surrounding areas that are a 1-1.5 hour drive from DC to make that kind of statement?

Lived in DC area (Va and Md) for more than 50 years. They've been studying a transportation plan for So Md for more than three decades. Nothing but lip service, offering transportation options encourages commerce and makes an area desirable.

If you want an 1 to 1.5 hour drive from DC, hop on the Keller bus in Waldorf, St. Mary's or Calvert County in the morning.
 

Beta

Smile!
Might as well have said in the '00s "with the Xbox, Dreamcast, and the PS2 who need an arcade", or in the '90s "with a N64 and a Playstation who needs an arcade", or in the '80s "with a NES and a Genesis who needs an arcade?", or in the late '70s "With an Atari and an Intellivision who needs an arcade"?

Literally ever since "video arcades" (as opposed to pinball) have been around, home based systems have also been around and been fairly popular. The issue with arcades in big cities is violence and anti-social behavior, not lack of interest.
There's a difference in how it's evolving, plus the high quality you can now get at home. I haven't seen nearly as much interest these days now that the options at home (don't forget computers) have vastly expanded over the past decade. I don't think the outdoor behavior has magically changed. People have gravitated to doing less "outdoors" and having more access to their indoor activities at home. Plus, with the recent upgrades where you can play with your friends from home, why pay $$ and get in lines? Just because there was a gaming system like Atari doesn't mean it competed with arcades anything like today's options.

I just have one question: When did the Cheesecake Factory become "high end"?

Good point :roflmao:

They're decent. I usually enjoy my meal and get way too much food so I have 2 or 3 meals. But definitely not "high end". Even they don't consider themselves high end. They opened the Grand Lux Cafe to offer a slightly closer to high end option that's still identical to the Cheesecake Factory.
 

BernieP

Resident PIA
:yay: I dont know how that place stays open! Seems like almost everythign is stuff you could get from the frozen section of the supermarket.

and your point is?
It's a chain, it probably IS from a freezer and most likely they sell it retail like PF Chang, Taco Bell, trying to think what other chain foods I've seen in the freezer case.
 

sm8

Active Member
Question for those who seem to always be in the know. I am chalking this up to my dad having a senior moment but he claims to have been talking to one of the county commissioners (this person is no longer on the board of county commissioners). He said he was told that Wal-mart purchased the land that is across from the old "Wood's Stand" in Charlotte Hall. The empty field that is next to the Cord's Cabinetry shopping center. Does any one know if there is any truth to it? He just will not drop it and is driving me nuts over it, He is telling any one that will listen. I really just want to yell "Will you shut up about it already" but that would be terribly disrespectful.
 

BigBlue

New Member
Their biscuits are the only thing worth eating, everything else is :barf:


When we first got married and the only T-R-Us was up DH we would treat ourselves to Red Lobster as one of our Christmas treats to each other while we were shopping for our three girls ,we still try to keep the tradition up but as others have said it is way over priced with average food .....but the beer is still cold and the one in Waldorf is only a few miles from the house !!!:lmao:
 

kom526

They call me ... Sarcasmo
Question for those who seem to always be in the know. I am chalking this up to my dad having a senior moment but he claims to have been talking to one of the county commissioners (this person is no longer on the board of county commissioners). He said he was told that Wal-mart purchased the land that is across from the old "Wood's Stand" in Charlotte Hall. The empty field that is next to the Cord's Cabinetry shopping center. Does any one know if there is any truth to it? He just will not drop it and is driving me nuts over it, He is telling any one that will listen. I really just want to yell "Will you shut up about it already" but that would be terribly disrespectful.

I talked to two commissioners yesterday and as of 10 days ago nothing has come across LUGM concerning that property and Wal Mart. Given the size of even the non super Wal-Marts, it will cost them at least 5-8 MILLION just to do the required road improvements for that area. All the scare tactics that Larry Jarboe used about Charlotte Hall being over developed with garden apartments like Hillcrest Heights is coming to fruition anyway with every fast food restaurant, auto parts store and nail salon that goes in up there.

BOCC public meeting on Tuesday night at 6:30pm in the Chesapeake Bldg. :yay:
 
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sm8

Active Member
I talked to two commissioners yesterday and as of 10 days ago nothing has come across LUGM concerning that property and Wal Mart. Given the size of even the non super Wal-Marts, it will cost them at least 5-8 MILLION just to do the required road improvements for that area. All the scare tactics that Larry Jarboe used about Charlotte Hall being over developed with garden apartments like Hillcrest Heights is coming to fruition anyway with every fast food restaurant, auto parts store and nail salon that goes in up there.

BOCC public meeting on Tuesday night at 6:30pm in the Chesapeake Bldg. :yay:

I wonder if it is just coincidence that the name you used was the same one my dad claimed to have spoken to.
 

ltown81

Member
In case anyone missed it, looks like DB Mcmillans closed. Not a shocker..medicore food, and a sports bar the closes Sunday.
 
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