[muawiyah]

There are vast stretches of Annandale where people have TWO ACRE YARDS, although that central core has a lot of 1/4 acre lots. Much of that was carved out in the 1950s ~ the soil around here tends to not perc to standards so if you wanted residential properties without sewers you absolutely had to GO BIG. That attracted gardeners, and through the early 70s there were lots of folks with 4 acre lots between Springield and Arlington/Alexandria who actually had horses. Then the county did the big territory swap with Alexandria and split along the beltway, and the horse lots were zoned out of existence.

When I moved in this development one of the neighbors in the older surrounding area still had a farm tractor ~ he ploughed hundreds of acres in the Spring ~ and harrowed in the Fall. Then he had a large earth mover and regularly hired out with residential developers to do site prep. Guy weighed about 400 pounds.

[xrmusn]

You still on the last (?) house on right pretty close to the sub station? (by close I mean within running distance - which takes more time than walking)

as to 187 OF course THAT Charlie Mc....excellent review....one of the greats, legend in his own time.

Haven’t heard from Mike “Red” R for a while but ‘Big Ed’, passed away couple of years ago.....

Back then I was “GTRB” or ‘Roadbuilder’ as per Charlie.