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Marta Marta Marta

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MARTA is the mass transit train system in Atlanta. They just upgraded the ticketing system. It was totally free for about 6 weeks, no ticket kiosks, or need for tickets, just walk through the turnstiles ... crazy stupid. I have sworn off using Marta several times and I still find myself back on it... We have been ridiculed, and been made very uncomfortable and worried about our safety a number of times. But it continues to be the best option getting to and from the ATL airport. I take the train from Doraville to the Airport. The entire length of the Gold Line. The city (I guess) is trying to get MARTA a bit more orderly before the FIFA events in Atlanta this year. They have a lot of work to do. Although I saw a few more security/MARTA Police and quasi security foilks, the same crazy bullshit is still happening. It is home to people who want to stay cool or get warm during the operaing hours. It's not a place to be... its a place to travel. The unmedicated mentally ill folks se...
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I completed my bi-annual flight review. Good. We had a neighborhood garage sale, and we participated, made a few bucks and got the exercise and refreshed/repacked "the stuff". We found a couple very useful items as well that we put to use, (didn't remember it was in storage). Earlier in the week we went downtown and met briefly with a former US Ambassador to Venezuela.
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It was a good week. They are all good, even if I don't think so. Stay with the program! My Aunt was in town for a day. Buddy the goose has been missing. We were getting to enjoy his sassy attitude around the house. The back up camera in the leaf came in handy so I didn't run him over. I started calling the camera "The Buddy Cam". More than once I caught him flapping his wings warning me not to leave as I backed out the driveway. I am working on my IFR rating. It is requiring more focus that I originally thought it would. It will be worthwhile. Getting a pilots license is a really good thing to do, getting additional ratings is quite a natural thing to do. Being a licensed pilot is a reasonably small club worldwide. It is always fun to meet other pilots and talk planes.
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Charles Raymond Dowdell and Angelica Batueva were married at Christ the King Episcopal Church in Lilburn, GA on Sept 8th 2014!
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