Yeah, advance notice is more what I meant I guess. I think maybe shooting for the springtime would be best/easiest. I might be going up there the weekend of the 20th but if I do I'll be out in the woods most of the time.
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, ok.
― KitCat, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the other thing is that if I went up there, I would ideally want to take both Friday and Monday off work. Otherwise, with driving, you're only there for a day and a half.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
This is a very good point.
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey John or anyone else who knows these things:
Which of these places is easiest to access via public transportation?
http://fpdcc.com/tier3.php?content_id=45
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
PS:
http://media.twango.com/m1/large/0006/73cb22e9ef1a4c1baee4bb59efc2048e.jpg
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I would also be intersted in knowing that.
And yes, that is a very good point. Speaking of time off, I just got those 3 days off! WHOO HOO!
― KitCat, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Spiderpug
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
(can he swing/from a web/no he can't/he's just a pug etc.)
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Ok this is why we need new threads: you go away for a few hours, 50 posts happen, you come back and can't see where you left off, so you have to load the entire thread and it takes literally minutes. Amirite, people?
this happens to me several times a day, most days. new thread, anyone?
― JuliaA, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Jenny, I didn't look at that link that closely, but I'm pretty sure that North Branch Trail System is the only one in Chicago proper. You can get there by taking the Red Line up to Bryn Mawr and then the #84 Peterson bus.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Ohh my poor mother. She just called me b/c my sister is, completely unsurprisingly, being a giant baby. Also, DIDN'T take any Lamaze classes, as it turns out, and has no idea how to handle contractions or how to focus on anything else when she's in pain, and is totally refusing to pull herself together. I realize this may sound like a harsh judgement of someone who's IN LABOR RIGHT NOW, but this is so, so Kati all over that it's 100% unsurprising...I'M FINE I DON'T NEED YOU GO AWAY LEAVE ME ALONE OMG OMG WHAT'S HAPPENING HELP ME SAVE MEEEEEE SOMEONE MAKE THIS NOT MY PROBLEM HEEEELLP!!!!
xp to Jordan ahahahahahahahhaaa
― Laurel, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I solve that problem by not reading anything above the cut.
err... xp to Julia.
John are any of them accessible via Metra?
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I told my mother to slap her, that'll give her something else to focus on.
― Laurel, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
You should consider becoming a doula.
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I know, how has the world gotten this far without my help? It is a mystery.
― Laurel, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
It looks like that same North Branch Trail also has a Metra stop very close (the Central stop on the Milwaukee District North Line). As for the rest, I couldn't tell you, without consulting my big Chicagoland atlas.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Thank you John. You're my fact-checkin' cuz.
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
It's either that or fact-check the article on current events in Bosnia sitting in front of me.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know if this will be funny to anybody but me, but I just laughed so hard I nearly peed myself:
http://download.yousendit.com/47233F18623D90F3
― Jenny, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
That must be like this:
Will Yates - Everybody's Moving Out of Michigan
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Although that song's not supposed to be all that funny I don' think.
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 20:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Wowee. Bike guy from Craigslist is a DICKHOLE. (Not the one I linked to.)
― Jesse, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone doing anything tonight? i'm bored as fuck and need to get out of my apartment.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Is a dickhole worse or not as bad as an asshole?
― kenan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi. First a question - the headline says 21" and the ad says 19". Which is it?I am interested in seeing the bike. I'm available tonight after 5:30 or Saturday after 2:30
Thanks Jesse *************************
On 9/27/07, Ross Kaliza <forus2klean @ yahoo.com . wrote: Hi what bike are you talking about please? *************************
Men's/Womens 21" lightweight Schwinn world sport road bike - $85 -Jesse *************************
The bike is actually a 22 inch. It has the high frame. I am 6"1 and it has room to spare when I ride it. if your height is over 5"7. it will be fine for you. Ross 773-440-DOUCHEBAG *********************
OK. I am actually 5'6" so I guess this would probably not work for me. But thank you.
Jesse ********************
Hi, why in the world you so hung up on this crap?, why don't you simply ride the bike and see how it feels.. GEEZ!!
― Jesse, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Uh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
haha wtf. Internet full people who don't understand basic human interactions.
― kenan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
OK I am not sure but there was a post on CL recently saying that some dude named Ross was suspected of selling stolen bikes.
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Because I have a taste for drama, I responded.
Why would I take up my time and yours to go see a bike that is I know from the measurements you told me is not suited to my height? I know from experience that I need a 18-19" bike.
But I do have a question for you--why don't you write an accurate ad and not turn into a fuming jerk at the drop of a hat? "GEEZ" indeed!
― Jesse, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/432863113.html
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG you're right! it's that same guy!!!
― Jesse, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
uh. xpost
Aw, you should have asked him for the serial number!
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
hee hee hee I just emailed the dude about the same bike
― dan m, Thursday, 27 September 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Apparently a local bar that I've previously written off as lame serves this:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/1373173673_51899f28d4.jpg
It seems like a great idea, although smores + drinking seems like not such a good idea.
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
And that local bar is Cosi?
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
no
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I have never been to one of those, but I guess they do the smores thing too?
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Some of them do. The ones that also serve liquor, I think.
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
I am going to see Eastern Promises tonight!
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
guys, apparently delilah's is celegrating it's 5000th straight day of being open tonight?
― river wolf, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
cele....grating?
I think an annoying party is a celegration.
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
delilah's is out of my price range. i may be in uptown tonight if anyone is near the red line. or the ashland bus. or the irving park bus, or the clark bus, or the sheridan bus...
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't think i've even been to delilah's.
tonight: STNNNG v. Melvins v. staying at home like a responsible adult
― river wolf, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:19 (sixteen years ago) link
delilah's = awesome punk rock bar and maybe the best selection of bourbon in the city.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 27 September 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, this is the most-viewed page on ILX, after new answers for ILE, ILM and Noise. Viewed 17,500 times in the past week.
er carry on /captain stats
― stet, Friday, 28 September 2007 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link
that's because we have a large number of regular posters without jobs. and those with gainful employment aren't really fanatics about it.
― chicago kevin, Friday, 28 September 2007 01:40 (sixteen years ago) link
FUNEMPLOYMENT AMIRITE
― river wolf, Friday, 28 September 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link