[RP TownTalk] Dog Park

[Dannielle Glaros]

Audrey,

The sound coming from light rail is relatively quiet especially when
compared to metro.  Light rail does not travel as fast either.  Think old
trolley cars, but with new technology.

Dannielle

Dannielle Glaros
4800 Sheridan St

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 1:38 PM, <ABragg7393 at aol.com> wrote:

> Just a note about my experience at the dog park.
> Yesterday I went over to the Hyattsville Dog Park near Ager Road.  As you
> all know we did have some rain on Thrusday and Friday was a nice day.  We
> went late in the afternoon around 3.  This was supposed to be a treat for my
> furry kids because they have been cooped up in the car and hotel (we had a
> fire at our house).  So I stopped at Rite Aid and bought 2 balls and a bag
> of treats and off we went.  We got in the dog park and we see a red plastic
> fence running through the middle.  Getting closer, we see there is a small
> pond right in the middle of the park but not deep enough to swim in just
> enough to get muddy and messy.  The grass is mushy under your feet as well.
> My dogs took a few steps, looked at me and I believe they said "What, you
> want us to run around in this mess?"  So, I said, ok we will play here on
> this little area of gravel, I will throw the ball and you guys can go
> fetch.  Ok, great.  I throw the balls.,
> The collie won't even pick it up and the Sheltie does pick it up, but not
> happy and won't do it a second time. The ball gets all gravelly and feels
> yucky in her mouth. So that was the end of Hyattsville dog park.  We got in
> the car and came down to the walking trail in Riverdale Park and had a nice
> long walk.  Delightful.
> So, I am thinking who's idea was it to build a dog park in a swamp/wet
> lands?  Sometimes people get so excited about getting what they want they
> don't take the time to think it through.  The money spent on that dog park
> was a waste as far as I can see.
> I also became aware of another possible threat to our quiet enjoyment of
> our property.  The purple line is planned to go down Kenilworth Ave.  Just a
> couple of blocks from my house.  While I was at the Hyattsville Dog Park
> which is a couple of blocks from the existing metro I could hear this
> annoying whoosh/whistle/wlwwlwj
> every few minutes.  This is a sample of what I will be hearing in my back
> yard as soon as they complete the purple line.  I don't know if I can take
> it.  Please don't put the purple line so close to our town unless it goes
> under ground, and why isn't it going underground where it won't be so
> annoying.
>
> I must end this on a nice note and say that today I went to Staples because
> my computer was not behaving. The guy, his name is Matthew, and the store is
> in Greenbelt, was so helpful and wonderful and pleasant and knowledgeable
> and I just loved him.
> Audrey
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Dannielle Glaros
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