Arlington Alumni » Springfield http://www.arlingtonalumni.com Virginia, Springfield, Salem, New England, Rosslyn, Washington, Texas Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How do you get to the Springfield Gardens United Methodist Church from Jamaica Train Station? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-do-you-get-to-the-springfield-gardens-united-methodist-church-from-jamaica-train-station http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-do-you-get-to-the-springfield-gardens-united-methodist-church-from-jamaica-train-station#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:33:15 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-do-you-get-to-the-springfield-gardens-united-methodist-church-from-jamaica-train-station How do you get to the Springfield Gardens Methodist Church from Jamaica Train Station by BUS? The address is 131-29 Farmers Boulevard. If anyone can help me out, that would be great. Thanks!

That address is located between Davis St & Bennett Ct.
Step 1: Cross Bennett Ct and wait for Q3 Jamaica
Step 2: Take Q3 to Jamaica Bus Terminal aka 165th St Bus Terminal.
Step 3: After you get off at Jamaica/165th St Bus Terminal, go passes the Long Island Bus Office, where there is layover for MTA Bus Company.
Step 4: Take either Q6,, Q8, Q9, Q40, Q89 buses to Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av where is Jamaica Station for LIRR & AirTrain JFK, well as Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av Subway Station.

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-do-you-get-to-the-springfield-gardens-united-methodist-church-from-jamaica-train-station/feed 1 What fun attractions does Springfield, Illinois have to offer for a couple of tourists? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-fun-attractions-does-springfield-illinois-have-to-offer-for-a-couple-of-tourists http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-fun-attractions-does-springfield-illinois-have-to-offer-for-a-couple-of-tourists#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:26:21 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-fun-attractions-does-springfield-illinois-have-to-offer-for-a-couple-of-tourists I’m planning a mini road trip from Chicago to St. Louis this summer, just for a weekend. We’ll be passing through Springfield, and I’ve always wanted to check it out. Is there anything fun to do for 19-21 year olds? I heard there’s an amusement park nearby? Or is there a nature reserve nearby? Anything outdoorsy, cheap, fun, exciting, etc.?

not realy to much for that age group
unless your into History and checking the Lincoln Sites in and around Springfield
good place to eat is Smokey Bones just off Dirkson drive

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-fun-attractions-does-springfield-illinois-have-to-offer-for-a-couple-of-tourists/feed 1 How did the sniper from saving private ryan get a scope on his springfield? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-did-the-sniper-from-saving-private-ryan-get-a-scope-on-his-springfield http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-did-the-sniper-from-saving-private-ryan-get-a-scope-on-his-springfield#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:02:16 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-did-the-sniper-from-saving-private-ryan-get-a-scope-on-his-springfield I thought that Springfield 1903 didnt have a place to put a scope? how did he mount on on? it was a 1903 right?

Well..

All of the enemy combatants in WW2 had scoped rifles available.

The U.S. used two different rifles:
1903A4
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144114638
M1D
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144300758

The Germans used three, though two were predominate.
Scoped K98s
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144267702
G43
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144198735

The British used a scoped variant of the #4 SMLE the #4Mk1T
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl04-e.htm

The Russians scoped the 91/30
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=143981187
The SVT40
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=144448927
http://www.buymilsurp.com/scope-mount-svt40-rifle-p-7603.html?zenid=3d2eaa38177799e9ff2cd936f95573ba

and so on. Scopes were in wide civilian use for over eighty years prior to the war.

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/how-did-the-sniper-from-saving-private-ryan-get-a-scope-on-his-springfield/feed 6 Why the hell do all the good bands avoid coming here to Springfield? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/why-the-hell-do-all-the-good-bands-avoid-coming-here-to-springfield http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/why-the-hell-do-all-the-good-bands-avoid-coming-here-to-springfield#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:10 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/why-the-hell-do-all-the-good-bands-avoid-coming-here-to-springfield Okay, I moved here to Springfield, MO, about a year and a half ago from Los Angeles (which I might add has a very prominent music scene) and I’m just wondering why there is no music scene out here in the Mid-West and why all thesigned bands try their hardest to avoid this place. The nearest venues that most bands I like (metal bands by the way) play at are about three ours away in St. Louis and Kansas City. The local scene (which has only two bands at least) isn’t that great either.

cause they don’t want to be seen on the Simpsons!

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/why-the-hell-do-all-the-good-bands-avoid-coming-here-to-springfield/feed 3 What is there to do in Springfield IL? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-there-to-do-in-springfield-il http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-there-to-do-in-springfield-il#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:23:07 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-there-to-do-in-springfield-il This summer my girlfriend and I are planning on meeting some friends in Springfield, Illinois because it is the same distance for all of us to drive, but we don’t know what there is to do there.

Hope you like the movie "Children of the Corn", ’cause that’s all that’s here – CORN! Oh and beans!

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-there-to-do-in-springfield-il/feed 6 What is the plastic red clip for that comes with a Springfield XD 40 kit? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-the-plastic-red-clip-for-that-comes-with-a-springfield-xd-40-kit http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-the-plastic-red-clip-for-that-comes-with-a-springfield-xd-40-kit#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:23:13 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-the-plastic-red-clip-for-that-comes-with-a-springfield-xd-40-kit I just bought a Springfield XD 40 subcompact and I cant find anything that tells me about the little red clip that comes with the gun kit.

I believe it’s an empty chamber "flag"

Stick the two pronged end into your chamber and the piece that runs perpendicular to that will stick out of the ejection port not allowing the gun into battery. It’s a fast visual indication that the weapon is safe.

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/what-is-the-plastic-red-clip-for-that-comes-with-a-springfield-xd-40-kit/feed 5 Does anyone know where I can find Macintosh games in Springfield Missouri? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-find-macintosh-games-in-springfield-missouri http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-find-macintosh-games-in-springfield-missouri#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:30:15 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-find-macintosh-games-in-springfield-missouri I need to know where i can find a store that sells mac games in Springfield, missouri. Best Buy doesn’t seem to have any and i really want to get some games.

Want games? Buy a PC.
Haha, sucker.

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-find-macintosh-games-in-springfield-missouri/feed 1 Where is the best place to watch the fireworks in Springfield MO? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-is-the-best-place-to-watch-the-fireworks-in-springfield-mo http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-is-the-best-place-to-watch-the-fireworks-in-springfield-mo#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:00:12 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-is-the-best-place-to-watch-the-fireworks-in-springfield-mo I want to take my kids to see the fireworks they have at the "I Love America" celebration in Springfield, MO but I don’t want to fight the crowds. Does anyone LOCAL know the best place to watch from town?

On TV.

]]> http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-is-the-best-place-to-watch-the-fireworks-in-springfield-mo/feed 3 where would it be better for retirement Eugene or Springfield oregon? http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-would-it-be-better-for-retirement-eugene-or-springfield-oregon http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-would-it-be-better-for-retirement-eugene-or-springfield-oregon#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:52:12 +0000 admin http://www.arlingtonalumni.com/springfield/where-would-it-be-better-for-retirement-eugene-or-springfield-oregon We have seen both cities but dont know where it would be better to live after we retire? I know Springfield is older and Eugene has more hippies and protesters. Which city would give us a better quality of life?

I would choose Springfield myself, since it’s smaller and less
youth oriented, than the college town of Eugene. My aunt
moved from S. California and retired in a new subdivision
outside of Eugene tho. And lived there about 20 years. She
had everything in her community and didn’t need to go far to
get to everything. She drove up to Portland alot to shop as
she liked the big mall at Washington Square,and had family
in the city. She was very contented in Eugene, and her
children eventually moved there from other locations.

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I would choose Springfield myself, since it’s smaller and less
youth oriented, than the college town of Eugene. My aunt
moved from S. California and retired in a new subdivision
outside of Eugene tho. And lived there about 20 years. She
had everything in her community and didn’t need to go far to
get to everything. She drove up to Portland alot to shop as
she liked the big mall at Washington Square,and had family
in the city. She was very contented in Eugene, and her
children eventually moved there from other locations.

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