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BurnItDwn

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Originally posted by: sm8000
But him a beer?

That is what happens when I update my sig after drinking Jaeger.



EDIT: as far as the picture goes, yea, in the sig, that's me ... but I've trimmed down quite a bit since then.



LIST HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ORIGINAL THREAD
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: sm8000
But him a beer?

That is what happens when I update my sig after drinking Jaeger.



EDIT: as far as the picture goes, yea, in the sig, that's me ... but I've trimmed down quite a bit since then.



LIST IS COMING


it was the firey aura emanating from your skin that frightened me--not the grizzly adams look. (I too am bearded for the winter)

Add me to the count as long as K1052 will give me a ride...I'll throw a rock into his window to remind him. I need to make sure the gf won't be too pissed either since I would have just returned from a week in CO....
 

K1052

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: sm8000
But him a beer?

That is what happens when I update my sig after drinking Jaeger.



EDIT: as far as the picture goes, yea, in the sig, that's me ... but I've trimmed down quite a bit since then.



LIST IS COMING


it was the firey aura emanating from your skin that frightened me--not the grizzly adams look. (I too am bearded for the winter)

Add me to the count as long as K1052 will give me a ride...I'll throw a rock into his window to remind him. I need to make sure the gf won't be too pissed either since I would have just returned from a week in CO....

I'm sure I can manage that.
 

vi edit

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Wife just got a trade for that night. We'll be up there. Any suggestions for nearby hotels? We have one downtown for Saturday night, but it's a long haul down there after several beers.
 

evilsaint

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Wife just got a trade for that night. We'll be up there. Any suggestions for nearby hotels? We have one downtown for Saturday night, but it's a long haul down there after several beers.

Doubletree Suites maybe 5-10 minutes away, and a Courtyard (I think it's a courtyard) about five minutes away... all I can think of off the top of my head.
 

vi edit

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I booked a room at the Marriot just a few miles west of this place (Milwaukee & Lake).

If the location is changed...you fsckers are picking up my bar tab. :D
 

Platypus

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
I booked a room at the Marriot just a few miles west of this place (Milwaukee & Lake).

If the location is changed...you fsckers are picking up my bar tab. :D

Sweet, glad you're coming!
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: ScottFern
Glenview is 50 miles from Tinley Park! :(

Is anyone bringing their SO ?


I actually might....she might not be into the distance and possible late night though...
 

blue1friday2

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Man, I totally wanna go but my SO says it's ridiculous... and I'm too much of a baby to drive to Chicago by myself. Not to mention the fact that the last time we took my car up there it almost, but not quite, made the trip home. Makes me a little wary.
 

blue1friday2

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Originally posted by: Platypus
Just come, Chicago isn't scary :p

I know Chicago isn't scary. I'll be there all this weekend. I just don't know where I am going and I really hate not knowing where I'm going. Plus I get freaked out in traffic. Maybe next time. I just drove up there for the 1st time (with company, not alone) and I did okay so maybe I'll get better, or maybe I can talk him into it.
 

Steve

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Originally posted by: blue1friday2
Originally posted by: Platypus
Just come, Chicago isn't scary :p

I know Chicago isn't scary. I'll be there all this weekend. I just don't know where I am going and I really hate not knowing where I'm going. Plus I get freaked out in traffic. Maybe next time. I just drove up there for the 1st time (with company, not alone) and I did okay so maybe I'll get better, or maybe I can talk him into it.

Drop me a line if you need any help, even a lift there. Glenview is up in the north suburbs, the driving there isn't hectic at all.
 

K1052

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Originally posted by: Krazy4Real
So how do we know who's from ATOT?

A bunch of guys standing next to the wall, shuffling around, and avoiding eye contact with women shouldn't be too hard to spot. :p
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: blue1friday2
Originally posted by: Platypus
Just come, Chicago isn't scary :p

I know Chicago isn't scary. I'll be there all this weekend. I just don't know where I am going and I really hate not knowing where I'm going. Plus I get freaked out in traffic. Maybe next time. I just drove up there for the 1st time (with company, not alone) and I did okay so maybe I'll get better, or maybe I can talk him into it.


The lake is East. Almost all streets run N-S or E-W. addresses increase as you go north (North Side) and as you go west. The increase as you go south on the south side. The N/S "0" address is at Monroe or Madison? Downtown.

That's about all you need to know to find your way through Chicago.

As for Glenview...I don't know. Never been.
 

Krazy4Real

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Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: Krazy4Real
So how do we know who's from ATOT?

A bunch of guys standing next to the wall, shuffling around, and avoiding eye contact with women shouldn't be too hard to spot. :p

Good call! I'll look out for that.
 

Steve

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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: blue1friday2
Originally posted by: Platypus
Just come, Chicago isn't scary :p

I know Chicago isn't scary. I'll be there all this weekend. I just don't know where I am going and I really hate not knowing where I'm going. Plus I get freaked out in traffic. Maybe next time. I just drove up there for the 1st time (with company, not alone) and I did okay so maybe I'll get better, or maybe I can talk him into it.


The lake is East. Almost all streets run N-S or E-W. addresses increase as you go north (North Side) and as you go west. The increase as you go south on the south side. The N/S "0" address is at Monroe or Madison? Downtown.

That's about all you need to know to find your way through Chicago.

As for Glenview...I don't know. Never been.

State and Madison. Madison runs east-west, and therefore is 0 N. State runs north-south, so it's 0 W. Actually, I think one of them is 1 instead of 0, but close enough.

Off the top of my head:

800 N: Chicago Ave.
1200 N: Division Ave.
1600 N: North Ave.
2000 N: Armitage Ave.
2400 N: Fullerton Ave.
2800 N: Diversey Pkwy.
3200 N: Belmont Ave.
3600 N: Addison Ave. (Wrigley Field is on this street)
4000 N: Irving Park Ave.
4400 N: Montrose Ave.
4800 N: Lawrence Ave.
5200 N: Foster Ave.
5600 N: Bryn Mawr Ave.
6000 N: Peterson Ave.
6400 N: Devon Ave.
6800 N: ????
7200 N: Touhy Ave.

Every "400" or four streets is a half mile. Sorry, not too familiar with South Side streets, but most of those (that run east-west) are numbered anyway. For example US Cellular Field (formerly Comiskey Park) is on 35th Street.

Now, N/S streets off the top of my head:

800 W: Halsted Ave.
1200 W: Racine Ave.
1600 W: Ashland Ave.
2000 W: Damen Ave. (The United Center is on this street)
2400 W: Western Ave.
2800 W: California Ave.
3200 W: Kedzie Ave.
3600 W: Central Park Ave.
4000 W: Pulaski Ave.
4400 W: Kostner Ave.
4800 W: Cicero Ave. (Midway Airport is on this street)
5200 W: Laramie Ave.
5600 W: Central Ave.
6000 W: Austin Ave.
6400 W: Ridgeland/Narragansett Ave.
6800 W: Oak Park Ave.
7200 W: Harlem Ave.

Again, 400 or 4 is a half mile. The whole point is that the grid system makes locations easy to find - if I told you to come to my apartment at 3845 W Cullom Ave, you'd know I'm between Central Park and Pulaski. As for how far North/South I'd have to give you more information. I'm between Irving Park and Montrose.

There are a few streets that run diagonally, probably to supplement some of the expressways. On the North side you have Grand (which runs straight for a bit then slants NW), Elston (which I live right off of), Milwaukee, Lincoln, Clark, Clybourn, Higgins, Talcott, Northwest Highway (it's a street), Caldwell, and a few others for short stretches. I could ramble on but it's time for lunch! :D
 

Krazy4Real

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Originally posted by: aidanjm
I hope someone will take a camera and post the pics :)

Pics of
Originally posted by: K1052
A bunch of guys standing next to the wall, shuffling around, and avoiding eye contact with women.

Why do you want pics of that? :p