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I have returned from Washington, D.C. and Foxwoods. Lets start with the Nation's Capitol.

The traffic is un-real! The people who live in the DC, Md, Va area are glutons for punishment. However, there is a unique system that many folks use. It is call slugging and the people who do it are called sluggers. And when they do it, they "slug".

High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes are used in Virginia. These lanes allow you to travel in certain directions depending on the time of day. In Virginia, the lanes are actually in between the East and West bound lanes. There are only a few exits on and off. So they cannot be used for a quick trip as they are designed for the long haul to and from DC. You must have three people in your vehicle and the pentaly is high. $50 for a first offense and upwards towards $500.

Now for the sluggers. There are car-pool parking lots along the routes. You pull up to a lot and you will find lines of people (sluggers). You call out that you are going to the "M street metro station" and two sluggers get in your car and off you go to the H.O.V. lanes.

There is a certain etiquette that is followed by the sluggers. No talking, no drinking, no smoking. Now if your driver speaks to you, then you are allowed to talk. If you have a cup of coffee you must pour it out unless it is okayed by the driver.

My son tells me he does this everyday and it works fine. He saves about one to two hours everyday in comuting time.

It seems to me that slugging is the way of the future. We will all be slugging in the future. When we all are sluggers and the H.O.V. lanes slow to a crawl, we will look over into the regular lanes and see four cars whizzing by and wonder "how the hell did this happen?"

Tomorrow, my report on The Foxwoods Casino.

To all you future sluggers out there, have a nice day and thanks for playing!!!