Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:54:22 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] 24/7,  was: Good news and bad news on Metro
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>sgs at aginc.net 06/27/03 07:43PM
>>Michael Walsh wrote:
>>>kfl at KeithLynch.net 06/26/03 07:55PM
>>>I have good news and bad news on Metro.  The good news is that closing
>>>times on Friday and Saturday nights will be extended by an additional
>>>hour.  This means Metro riders never need leave WSFA meetings early
>>>again.  I can catch the last train from Greenbelt even if Third Friday
>>>runs until 1:50 am, which I doubt it ever does.
>>
>>
>> Back when the geezers were younger meetings lasted sometimes past that =
=
>> hour . . .
>
>And quite often would reconvene at the local IHOP, to continue until =
God
>only knows when.  Unfortunately, the food at IHOP went from mediocre =
to
>poor to inedible.  Are there any other 24hr places around?

Let's see . . .there is a 24 hour McDonaqlds just off of Herald Square in =
NYC, and there are a couple of 24 hour McDonalds in Sydney, Australia.

Or do you mean something more locally?

There are a few IHOPs near both meeting locations (visit http://ihop.know-w=
here.com/ihop/ for searching)  There seems to be no information about =
their hours tho.

As for Denny's this http://clients.mapquest.com/dennys/mqlocator reveals a =
fair number also near both locations.  They note "served 24 hours a day at =
most locations".  (The assembled multitudes may find this amusing: =
http://www.p7a77.net/dennys/index.shtml - "To visit every Denny's =
restaurant in the world (or at least as many as possible), getting lots of =
free stuff along the way."

Which brings to mind a few years ago Denny's decided to allow restaurants =
to close on Christmas day (or some other big holiday).  The problem was =
that since most of them had been open 24/7 all year round for ages . . . =
well, where are the keys to the doors?  Or this could just be a delightful =
Urban Legend.

Anyway, I have no recollection of why the late night dinner trips expired, =
but I suspect it just "sort of happened".  Sometime after Lee Smoire left =
us for the Land Down Under the midnight singing of "God Save The Queen" =
and the post meeting poker games sort of expired.

mjw