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Evadman

Evadman

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Super windy today. I was out doing shopping, and a shopping cart was flying down the main 4 lane street at a good clip (a good 20 mph or so) sill it went across an intersection and a truck hit it. That was funny as hell :D

Still windy. a garbage can just flew down the street, and garbage day insn't 'till tuesday. I think someone on the other side of the park left it out.
 
MustangSVT

MustangSVT

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was driving down on 94 into kennedy earlier and i could feel the car being pushed from side to sid e:)

didnt stop me from havinf fun with a bmw and a corolla chasing each other @ 90mph hehehe..
 
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I went to one of those air-supported golf domes today. The thing was moving so much that I thought it was going to collapse.
 
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Trogdor91

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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Yeah I have been afraid to leave the house. Just hearing the wind blow against it has scared me. :(;)
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Same here.

Well, actually I was just too lazy to leave the house, but it was very windy.
 
MartyMcFly3

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Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Yeah I have been afraid to leave the house. Just hearing the wind blow against it has scared me. :(;)
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Same here.

Well, actually I was just too lazy to leave the house, but it was very windy.
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Well same here, but id like to just blame it on the wind :D
 
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Trogdor91

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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Yeah I have been afraid to leave the house. Just hearing the wind blow against it has scared me. :(;)
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Same here.

Well, actually I was just too lazy to leave the house, but it was very windy.
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Well same here, but id like to just blame it on the wind :D
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:beer: Wind it is!
 
Savarak

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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Yeah I have been afraid to leave the house. Just hearing the wind blow against it has scared me. :(;)
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Same here.

Well, actually I was just too lazy to leave the house, but it was very windy.
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Well same here, but id like to just blame it on the wind :D
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sorry guys, it was last night's taco bell
 
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Rudee

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The term "Windy City" when referred to Chicago has nothing to do with the weather. It has to do with the early impressions of the Chicago businessmen being long winded. That's a fact.
 
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saltedeggman

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Originally posted by: Rudee
The term "Windy City" when referred to Chicago has nothing to do with the weather. It has to do with the early impressions of the Chicago businessmen being long winded. That's a fact.
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PROVE IT :)


gusty windy...try driving on lakeshore !!
 
Evadman

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Originally posted by: Rudee
The term "Windy City" when referred to Chicago has nothing to do with the weather. It has to do with the early impressions of the Chicago businessmen being long winded. That's a fact.
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That is 100% wrong. It was a slogan used by the Tribune to promote the city. They were refering to the off the lake breeze. Before that we were the garden city (yuck)
 
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Originally posted by: Savarak
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: Trogdor91
Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Yeah I have been afraid to leave the house. Just hearing the wind blow against it has scared me. :(;)
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Same here.

Well, actually I was just too lazy to leave the house, but it was very windy.
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Well same here, but id like to just blame it on the wind :D
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sorry guys, it was last night's taco bell
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HAHAHA :laugh:
 
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Chicago got the nickname of the windy city around the time of the great exhibition of 1893 and it referred to the politicians of the city as windbags. i wrote a paper on it when i was an undergrad history major a couple years ago.
 
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MaxDSP

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<-----Didn't leave the house all day, just lounged around in my PJs watching TV, Xbox, and browsing the web. All things considered, it was a great day. :D
 
Evadman

Evadman

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Originally posted by: ncclaw
Chicago got the nickname of the windy city around the time of the great exhibition of 1893 and it referred to the politicians of the city as windbags. i wrote a paper on it when i was an undergrad history major a couple years ago.
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Wrong wrong wrong. Sad that a history major can get such an elemental piece of Chicago history incorrect. Lemme guess, you wrote the history book I had in middle school that sad the Statue of Liberty was from Portugal.

Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: ncclaw
Chicago got the nickname of the windy city around the time of the great exhibition of 1893 and it referred to the politicians of the city as windbags. i wrote a paper on it when i was an undergrad history major a couple years ago.
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More than you wanna know on a Sunday night
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Thank you!
 
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dak125

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I'm just glad it's finally starting to act like winter around here. It was a little funky driving on 294 :)
 
rh71

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what makes it windy ? It's not like it's the only city near water or the only city with high-rise buildings creating funnel action...
 
Evadman

Evadman

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Originally posted by: MartyMcFly3
Originally posted by: rh71
what makes it windy ? It's not like it's the only city near water or the only city with high-rise buildings creating funnel action...
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God. :p
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I swear I am gonna rip someones heart out with a spork.
 
EMPshockwave82

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Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: Rudee
The term "Windy City" when referred to Chicago has nothing to do with the weather. It has to do with the early impressions of the Chicago businessmen being long winded. That's a fact.
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That is 100% wrong. It was a slogan used by the Tribune to promote the city. They were refering to the off the lake breeze. Before that we were the garden city (yuck)
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i was always told it was because of the politicians back in the day were long winded and didnt get anything done
 
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