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Re: Wiskey Tango Foxtrot?
It's a friggin mess. IDOT is asleep (no plows, no salt) and La Grange Rd. has not had anything done to it. The slip'n'slide demolition derby has started... 
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Jon
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said by Dennis  :it's like the wind just done sucked everyone's brain out of their heads.  Yeah I think. The roads aren't great but I saw not reason for the parking lot on 355. No accidents or anything. Just everyone going about 2mph. |
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insomniac
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1 edit | said by Jon :The roads aren't great but I saw not reason for the parking lot on 355. No accidents or anything. Just everyone going about 2mph. Same thing on every other expressway... the Kennedy is 2-1/2 hours out to O'Hare, the Ike is 3 hours out to Thorndale, and the Stevenson is 2-1/2 hours out to 355.
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join:2000-05-11 | There are things I don't like about Cook County, but on days like this I am really glad I live here and not out there....and don't have to deal with that.
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jsinaiko
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| Well, I have noticed that I-57 and the Ryan, which are IDOT's responsibility to plow and salt tend to be worse than the city streets.
Streets and San ain't great, but ever since Bilandic they know that keeping the arterial streets clear is a huge political deal, so they do so.
Our illustrious gov and his cronies don't give a damn.
That said, if the Kennedy is 2.5 hours out to O'Hare, that's only about an hour more than usual at this time of day
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kcazzie
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I use this live Cam (of Clark and Addison) to get an idea how bad the streets are... Things don't look good, the system seemed to stall so that will add another 3/4 inches ... May hit 12 inches my the end of today... They're saying 2 maybe 3 times longer to get to work... A lot of spin-outs and accidents so be careful everyone it's a mess,,, Like I needed to tell anyone this...Be safe and remember Sunday we'll be by our TV sets just cooling out watching the Super Bowl or whatever you taste in relaxing is...  ... |
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Warzau
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Well I wasted gas yesterday snowblowing. Seems like the weather people finally predicted spot on. |
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL | reply to kcazzie
My wfe canceled her class at DeVry this morning - 2 1/2 hours to get from Hyde Park to California and Belmont.
Fugitaboudit.
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Chinabound
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said by Warzau :Well I wasted gas yesterday snowblowing. Seems like the weather people finally predicted spot on. They got it right down there, but they only predicted a couple of inches by the time you reached the state line up north. So, I put my six year old daughter to work yesterday afternoon.
Now she's going to have about 175 feet of eight or nine inches to shovel when she awakens!
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kcazzie
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2 edits | Chinabound you have a nice backyard ... Should we put you on the list for the ATT/Chicago area get-together next summer... In fact it looks so nice maybe a winter one too... We'll even save money on the ice, wouldn't need any...  ... |
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL | reply to Chinabound
I'm calling DCFS! Oh, wait, I have my 12-year-old out there later today doing the same thing.
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Chinabound
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said by kcazzie : Chinabound you have a nice backyard ... Should we put you on the list for the ATT/Chicago area get-together next summer... In fact it looks so nice maybe a winter one too... We'll even save money on the ice, wouldn't need any... ... That would be wonderful - I've wanted to meet the people in our local forum for a long time! However, between Memorial and Labor Days, I'm only home on Fridays and Saturdays, and those two days I am working very hard restocking the truck and our little store. Anytime before Memorial day or after Labor Day would be no problem though, and we'd love to host a party for this forum.
Let's plan one for late Spring - I'll need a good time prior to my three months of non-stop work.
One of my favorite aspects of living precisely where we do, is if I feel like cranking up some Alice Cooper at 4:30 in the morning while stocking the truck out here, I don't disturb anything but the wildlife. We can make a lot of noise!
Wireless and plenty of room for passing out too!
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kcazzie
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3 edits | reply to snipper_cr
My principal got fired for not calling DCFS on our priest, my boss...Dan McCormack ---> »abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sectio···=3860077
I don't know what to do about you guys...I don't want to get in trouble... ...
Edit; China I was just kidding...
EditII; You have a great space and place... I lived in a smaller mobile home then yours in college... How big is that thing...?... Oops, I guess there is a down side, gas...!...
EditIII; China, the way you put it, might be an idea... Get the old tent out...Hell, have ATTFest... or ATTStock... I'm more of a Grateful Dead guy... |
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jsinaiko
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| Oh jeez - that's where you work. Man. that must have been pretty traumatic for you guys.
That one was just awful - he was a rising star in the diocese and it turned out he was really, really messing around in the worst way, if I remember correctly.
Folks were pissed off with the plea deal if I remember, and lots of people - including my wife's uncle who is a priest - are very pissed off at George for soft-peddling the entire thing.
He sounded like of of these guys who is totally compulsive - he just couldn't not do it.
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jsinaiko
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1 edit | reply to Chinabound
As I write this he's bitching to my wife about how we don't have a snow-blower (we live in a townhouse - c'mon!).
This gives me a great opportunity to head downstairs and deliver one of those "when I was a kid sonny..."
hell, the snow shoveling is what is getting him hie Wii!
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kcazzie
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said by jsinaiko :Oh jeez - that's where you work. Man. that must have been pretty traumatic for you guys. That one was just awful - he was a rising star in the diocese and it turned out he was really, really messing around in the worst way, if I remember correctly. Folks were pissed off with the plea deal if I remember, and lots of people - including my wife's uncle who is a priest - are very pissed off at George for soft-peddling the entire thing. He sounded like of of these guys who is totally compulsive - he just couldn't not do it. Never liked him, always thought something wasn't right... But some priests can be like that...
And he was one of the young and up and coming priests in the Archdioceses ... He got nothing, 5 years (he'll be out in 3), ppl get busted with pot get more time... It was all BS... My principal deserved to get fired, a parent came up to her at the start of the school year about him and she did NOTHING... Sick because the Archdioceses new about him since Seminary ... He was caught with other young men in the '90s... And there is more, read the article...
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jsinaiko
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| My uncle-in-law (if such a thing exists), the priest says that there are many parishes that are well known in the diocese as "gay" (which to me is irrelevant - it's none of my business what adults do with each other, oath or no oath) and others that at least used to harbor pedophiles.
From what I read, McCormick was pretty blatant about it - arrogant and thinking he was untouchable.
The scandal was just as huge in Ireland when we lived there. Still ongoing.
The sad ting is that the church was perceived as a place where pedophiles could practice their sickness.
Of course if you have ever read any popular medieval poetry or literature, Chaucer for example, it was the priests that everyone warned their daughters about.
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Chinabound
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said by jsinaiko :As I write this he's bitching to my wife about how we don't have a snow-blower (we live in a townhouse - c'mon!). This gives me a great opportunity to head downstairs and deliver one of those "when I was a kid sonny..." hell, the snow shoveling is what is getting him hie Wii! Show him what a six year old girl and her 48.8 year old father will conquer in about two hours time! Start at the mailbox.
I just can't bring myself to buying a snow blower. I really love the exercise. I also enjoy the silence that a fresh blanket of snow brings.
( kcazzie , the travel trailer is 24 feet, I think. I know it's 5300 pounds.)
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Jon
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said by Chinabound :Now she's going to have about 175 feet of eight or nine inches to shovel when she awakens! She's gonna need a bigger shovel. |
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I would soooo use that driveway as an excuse to buy a little tractor with a baby plow on it.
heck i'm still using a 15 year old 3hp toro w/ a broken starter mount. and of course....i'm out of gas
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