9:30=good, neighborhood=bad

I think you should be worrying about killing people more than you should be worried about getting caught for a dui.

Originally posted by xcanuck:
I find the area around the club safe and getting safer. I always park on the 8th street.

But I'm definitely down with the whole idea of taking the metro there and cabbing back. No more worrying about DUIs. After all, you never know when a friendly bartender will entice you with vodka shots. And I just can't say no…. :)

dude, I'm not taking this personally and I'm not denying the fact that you've seen broken car windows …

i AM quibbling with your statements that a) the neighborhood is "shite" and has "gotten to the point" where you tell your friends not to come

the neighborhood is fine, and it has gotten and is getting much much better than it ever was.

Originally posted by Fico:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:

Originally posted by Fico:
what a shite neighborhood..it's gotten to the point where I don't invite friends to my band's gigs at DC9 or Velvet out of fear they'll break into their cars..

huh?!? "it's gotten to the point"?!? … that area has improved immensely in just the last few years, anyone with eyes can see that …

I've been attending and playing shows in the U st. area for a good five years. I'd have to say that with my own eyes I have seen more than a dozen broken car windows…that is something I can not say of any other neighborhood in DC, granted I practically never leave NW…I don't undertand why some people seem to take this personally and try to deny the fact of the matter…this is by no means the 9:30's, Velvet's, DC9's, etc doing, it's just a fact of life in this specific area of the district. If your car has never been broken into, if you have never seen a car with a freshly broken window, fine, great.. but don't argue with those who've seen it or have had it happen to them, as if its something we are trying to make up…

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:

dude, I'm not taking this personally and I'm not denying the fact that you've seen broken car windows …

i AM quibbling with your statements that a) the neighborhood is "shite" and has "gotten to the point" where you tell your friends not to come

the neighborhood is fine, and it has gotten and is getting much much better than it ever was

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Originally posted by kill:
Have you forgotten the enticement of the Swiffer?

In the burbs, they'll take your car stereo, your tires and put your car on blocks. When my car was broken into in DC, they took nothing – not the cds, stereo, or coats. However, they did take two advil tablets and some gum that were inside a coat pocket.

Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
However, they did take two advil tablets and some gum that were inside a coat pocket.

That wasn't a regular thief…just a hipster with a headache. :D

i think the bottom line is (as someone else mentioned earlier)
it doesn't really matter where you are……. you should always keep your wits about you (some will find this harder than others…….. :p )

and it really doesn't matter what you leave visable in a car……….just don't leave anything visable…………

really people………come on………why leave anything in a car on show…….? it's like when you see people driving and picking their nose or singing ……………..we can see you.

Originally posted by poorlulu:
i think the bottom line is (as someone else mentioned earlier)
it doesn't really matter where you are……. you should always keep your wits about you (some will find this harder than others…….. :p )

and it really doesn't matter what you leave visable in a car……….just don't leave anything visable…………

really people………come on………why leave anything in a car on show…….? it's like when you see people driving and picking their nose or singing ……………..we can see you.

oh gosh you saw me? i do that all the time, except i pick my nose and sing while im driving. Ahwell its fun. yippie!!!

the metro!!!!

the other day i went to the movies and my side mirrors were stollen. they also went through all my shit and took the ash tray but couldn't get my shitty radio. (i wish they did, then i could get a cd player…)

Originally posted by rockplease:
]oh gosh you saw me? i do that all the time, except i pick my nose and sing while im driving. Ahwell its fun. yippie!!!

yeah but what do you do with the little excavations………..?

i hope you are not a picker and flicker…………….?

icky ick……..ick

You can't see me!!!!

Most shocking incident for me in DC. Went to the museums on the mall with friends. Well one was from Vermont, she left her wallet VISIBLE on the back seat. Plain view. Shockingly, no one broke into my car to get it.

Only time I have had my car broken into was in baltimore on a side street. I didn't leave anything in view, hid all well before I parked.

Hiding stuff in advance is usually good enough. Don't park and put a purse or other valuable in the trunk, yes it is out of view, but still it is known to be there.

Rule of thumb, if the incident doesn't make the paper it was nothing serious, was in vegas this past weekend and the mart across the street from our hotel was blocked off with police tape and about 12 cop cars. Never made the news, guess it wasn't that bad…

i'd like to take this opportunity to rant about something.
i showed up this past march for the george clinton show, recording gear in hand because the band allows taping ( http://georgeclinton.com/taping_policy.htm ).

when i got there we were told we couldn't bring the stuff in. now whenever questions are asked to the faq board about what's allowed and what's not, the statement typically is (if a direct answer isn't available) to bring it to the club and if it's not allowed it'll be put in the office to pick up later). this being the case, we inquired about doing that until the matter could be cleared up because the band does in fact, despite what we were told at the door, allow taping and this issue could have been cleared up. the response we got to having the gear in the office was 'no'. when we brought up that it was never a problem/issue before, the response was simply 'not tonight', so i had to go take thousands of dollars of equipment and put it in my car, which didn't make me too comfortable.
if my car had been broken into that night, i can't guarantee to be able to convey the extent of what my rage would have been.

that sucks - let me look into it

Ed?

Originally posted by Sir HC:

Rule of thumb, …

I'd just like to point out for this overly pc message board, "rule of thumb" comes from medievel England when it was within the law to beat your wife with any stick/whip that was no thicker than your thumb.

Bad HC, bad, bad HC.