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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Spotted in the Wild: Premature Silver Line Signage

Silver Line to Reston
Some fancy DC "web log" posted this v. v. exciting photo of some Silver Line signage already up and pointing towards our earth-toned community at the Eastern Market Metro station downtown. Wow, we've finally hit the big time! Too bad it's a bit, you know, premature at this point, which means we're just days away from the requisite story about the hapless tourist standing on the platform all day, waiting for a Silver Line train that would never come, all because he wanted to go visit that place he remembered driving up to with his parents back in the 1970s to visit his step-cousin -- the step-cousin he was never really close with because they didn't listen to the same kinds of music or hang out with the same kinds of kids, but his aunt and New Uncle were still pretty cool, and he never quite forgot about how when talked to the aforementioned step-cousin about what he did for fun, he mumbled something about skateboarding at "that weird underground elementary school" before turning back to his dog-eared copy of Oui, the end.

9 comments:

  1. Ah, it's just a short matter of time before I can hop a train and ride all the way to Stadium/Armory to see my favorite Roller Derby.

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  2. I think the station should be renamed to Wile E. Coyote-Reston East to help outsider with the proper pronunciation of Wiehle Avenue ;)

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    1. No, no, that would be deemed a software bug and it would take months and billions of dollars to fix ;)

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  3. I'm sorry. You can't get there from here.

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  4. I actually noticed this at Metro Center last week and Instagrammed it because it amused me: http://instagram.com/p/i4kRo5l121/ I guess they had it on the schedule to put up the signs before all the delays happened.

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  5. I've seen the signs going up at various stations along the Orange line since at least November, maybe October. I think they are just there to taunt me daily as I wait through another single-tracking delay.

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  6. This explains why I've been standing here waiting for a Silver line train for three hours. What the heck?!

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  7. Cue the comments about the MWAA financial debacle and mismanagement. Complaints about high tolls, yada, yada, no progress, yada.

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  8. Oui? Restonian, you've outdone yourself, n'est ce pas?

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