[Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow

[Doug Kitchener]

Blair knows - he's also from the good ole days!  :)

(No elephant jokes, or cleaning up after the Republicans jokes, anyone?)

:)




----- Original Message -----
> From: Joel Kahn <jrkahn at att.net>
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow
> 
> Blair:
> In these days of terrorist attacks on MPDC officers (hence all encrypted 
> transmissions), MPD probably did not want bad press about closing streets during 
> 
> rush hour or the chance an elephant would hurl something at them!!
> 
> My Dad drove a Diamond cab for years and when I was pre-teen, he would park at 
> their lot a couple of blocks from Uline Arena so I could sit on the hood next to 
> 
> the Washington Terminal tracks and siding and watch them unload animals and 
> equipment and parade the few blocks to the arena.  
> 
> 
> Doug can tell you....those were the good ole days!
>  Joel 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com>
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, March 19, 2013 10:00:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow
> 
> That's odd. This is usually done in the middle of the day, to garner maximum 
> 
> publicity. 
> 
> 
> I remember watching this a few years back. Right as the parade, coming north on 
> Third Street, was approaching Constitution Avenue, the cops stopped the cross 
> traffic on Constitution Avenue. What should be first in line in the stopped 
> traffic, headed west on Constitution Avenue, but a bus loaded with middle school 
> 
> kids on their spring break trip to Washington, DC? Everyone poured out of the 
> bus to get a pictures of the circus animals strolling by. They really got their 
> money's worth. I still smile thinking about it.
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>  From: Doug Kitchener <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>
>> To: Scan- DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> 
>> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 9:42 PM
>> Subject: Off-Topic - Elephant Walk tomorrow
>> 
>> 
>> I got a text that the annual Elephant Walk is tomorrow, March 19th...
>> 
>> 
>> http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/03/17/d-c-police-say-circus-elephant-walk-to-close-roads/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=213279293104121752923.0004805b3a0c377e64516
>> 
> 
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