Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:29:36 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Jack L. Chalker" <jchalker at miragepress.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Urban studies; Ornithology
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Not true. The link on local transit from Aberdeen to Wilmington was
eliminated not long ago. If not, then you would be able to do it.

At 09:04 PM 11/15/2004, you wrote:

>"Robert MacIntosh" <macbuccfo at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > They both share the same suburbs.
>
>As far as I know, BWI airport is the only point on both city's transit
>systems.  I don't consider it to really be in DC's suburbs, but since
>it's on a Metrobus line, I guess it technically is, so there is one
>point that is in both city's suburbs.  Which is useful for getting to
>Balticon without using intercity transit.
>
>I've heard that it's possible to get all the way to Boston entirely
>on local transit, though it takes a while, and requires detailed
>knowledge of numerous cities' bus and subway systems.  But there's
>still no such city as BosWash, though it has appeared in various SF
>novels.
>
> > But a dodo bird...I mean, like what could be meant by that?
> > (Douglas DC3 military variant, the C-47, was referred by its
> > pilots as the goony bird, which is another name for the now
> > extinct dodo bird.)
>
>Nope.  The gooney bird (note the spelling) is a species of albatross,
>and is very much alive, and capable of flight.  The dodo was an
>unrelated flightless bird.
>
>That's why I was puzzled about the sudden mention of the dodo.
>I knew we had been using the gooney bird and the DC3 airplane.
>