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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:27 AM
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Chicago is to New York as Pyrite is to spanish dubloons.
Midwest hicks!

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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:29 AM
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1. Wow, you're right.
Good for you. Hey, by the way, can you make sure you bring the ever-present scent of Noo Yawk urine with you when you come visit me?
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:30 AM
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3. A day in NY without sidewalk vomit is no day at all
And we're proud of it!
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:34 AM
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6. Oh, and hey, since you're already in the bathroom/kitchen/living room
of your cracker-box apartment that rents for 4,000,000 a month, can you fix me an omelet while wiping my butt?

Besides which, Chicago has the lakefront trail. (sigh) You should come visit. There's so much of this place you haven't seen, bro.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:36 AM
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7. Well - since it never gets much below 20 degrees here I can actually go outside
year-round.

I'd love to come out again - but there's this whole school thing....
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:30 AM
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2. It's true because it's true. nt
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:30 AM
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4. damn straight!
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:33 AM
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5. :
:rofl:
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:36 AM
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8. They both suck


:D



The West is the Best...

:P

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:39 AM
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11. You mean Staten Island?
Big up to the Shaolin!
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:37 AM
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9. You made me cry.
And the straw fell out of my mouth into the cuff of my bib overalls.

:cry:

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:40 AM
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12. Go and bed down with your sister, Cooter!
Damn hayseeds.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:53 AM
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14. The jokes on you!!!!
I'm way ahead of ya.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:57 AM
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16. D'oh!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:38 AM
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10. You should have seen what that Arnold Ziffel did today!
He never ceases to amaze me.

Oliver and Lisa Douglas send their best!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:41 AM
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13. Y'all tell em go on home now, y'here?
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:53 AM
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15. Ahem...
That's "y'hear". Don't try to do the accent, son.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:58 AM
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17. Dude - you're from Connecticut - you pathetic shit!
Word is bond
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 11:58 AM
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18. Boston kicks BOTH asses hands down
NY - feces-laden streets & rude people

Chi - 4 degrees in august & shitty pizza




























:hide:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:02 PM
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19. Boston......um - beans? A once great basketball team noone remembers?
:shrug:
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:23 PM
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21. the Red Sox, North End, Samuel Adams
etc...etc...etc...
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:34 PM
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26. Hell Boston is better than Chicago too
I'll give you that.

I did acid there a few times. No complaints.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:20 PM
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20. Hey, what about the Big Dig?
That's something to be proud of, right?

:sarcasm:
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:24 PM
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22. a modern marvel
:rofl:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:35 PM
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28. And Uncle Grandpa
I can walk like a penguin!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:32 PM
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23. I'm not joining this argument!
:popcorn:

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:33 PM
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24. There's no argument - it's a statement.
NY is better than Chicago.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:34 PM
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25. yes and superman can beat batman
and my dad can whip your dad so NYAAHHH!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:35 PM
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27. You're dad would cower before mine
And that's a fact
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:38 PM
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30. i was just joking
my father is actually deceased. his ass stomping days are long gone.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:40 PM
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31. I actually have 3 dads due to my mom's marrying escapades
so it was a joke on my part too
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:38 PM
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29. At least the Hudson River ran in the right direction in the first place.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:40 PM
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32. and has never been dyed to look clean
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:42 PM
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34. And it runs into an OCEAN.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:45 PM
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35. as God intended
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:03 PM
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52. I don't think enough dye exists to make the Hudson look clean
And how much fun it is to pay a toll to leave your apartment???

EZ-Pass, folks, EZ-Pass. The government needs to keep track of where are are and where you're going.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:42 PM
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33. asheville is to paris as grape juice is to wine
:hide:
































:yoiks:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:45 PM
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36. NC?
Eeeeeew
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:47 PM
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37. can you believe it???
who in the world:shrug:

:wtf:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:47 PM
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38. i KNOW!
What's their damage?
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:55 PM
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40. biltmore house, grove park inn, hot springs, haywood street
blah, blah, blah...bunch of wannabees:P
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:57 PM
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42. they wish they were Black Mounain
Hippy wannabees
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:24 PM
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49. yeah, they're jealous of the seven sisters
bunch of granola heads...sheesh:P
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:53 PM
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39. hahahahahahahaha
:hi:
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:58 PM
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43. Hello my queen
*curtsies*
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sir_captain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:57 PM
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41. Haha. You speak the gospel truth.
I'd say the best thing Chicago has going for it is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. ;-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 12:59 PM
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44. They do have the Sausage King
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:50 PM
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50. You can leave me out of it, thank you very much.
Although my actual title is "The Kielbasa King".
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:10 PM
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45. Excuse me while I gag thinking about that shit New Yorkers call their pizza.
I'll take the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and other Chicago architecture over some bridge any day.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:16 PM
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48. Real pizza comes from New Haven but that's not the point.
As for architecture we've got Stamford White and the best parks on the planet.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:14 PM
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46. Ahem. Chicago has me. New York doesn't.
We win.

:P
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:15 PM
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47. Now there's a convincing argument finally
*bows*
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 01:55 PM
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51. Skyscraper envy
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:05 PM
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53. Wow that's ONE big building.
*yawn*
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:06 PM
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55. so big an impressive
that not even Osama bin Laden wants to blow it up, right? It must be because of the architecture.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:09 PM
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56. Chicago wishes it was Taipei
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:05 PM
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54. oh, now that is just low.
serious.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:11 PM
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57. No, New York is low. Have fun when the poles melt!
The Brooklyn Bridge will make a nice pier, I think.

In the meantime, I'll stay in the Twin Cities area. :-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:14 PM
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58. Like the Lakes won't rise. Have fun swimming 1 day a year in the streets
The Ice skating wil be nice I bet.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:22 PM
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60. Midwest is in a drought, ice caps melt into the ocean
Lake Michican is almost 600 feet above sea level.

You'll soon be living in the Midwest anyway once the East Coast is part of the Continental Slope. Welcome!
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:24 PM
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62. Not when I can't wear a tshirt 11 months out of the year
I'd head for North Carolina
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:35 PM
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65. Another point in the Cities' favor:
White Castles galore, open 24/7 :-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:40 PM
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68. There's one 3 blocks from me
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:41 PM
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69. Lucky dog!
Although it's probably better for me the way it is now...
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:42 PM
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70. Thank God they don't deliver
I'd be dead :)
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:21 PM
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59. yeah, 25-30 degrees of warming
and maybe y'all won't have to spend all winter in the world's largest shopping mall.

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:23 PM
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61. Has it ever gotten to 20 below in NY?
I don't think so.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:31 PM
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64. Like it matters. I have a thermostat!
And I wear T-shirts or short-sleeved button-down shirts year round anyway :-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:35 PM
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66. Outside Chicago year round doesn't mean August
:P
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:28 PM
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63. 2nd largest, but we're working on it
Oh, and the Twin Cities rank 13th in healthiness of it's citizens, Chicago 29th, NYC 43rd

http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/healthy_list.aspx

Looks like all that mall walking and deep-dish pizza is good for us Midwesterners.
:-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:37 PM
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67. what you call pizza is more like a casserole
NY pizza sucks too. It's all about New Haven when it comes to pizza:

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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:42 PM
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71. Sally's? Look across the street! PEPE'S!!!!
Just don't go to The Spot, though.

Modern Apizza is pretty good, too.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 02:47 PM
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72. Modern is great - ate there New Years day
To be precise Sally's and Pepe's are on the same side of the street - Now Tony and Lucille's restaurant (not their calzonne shop which is on the same side as Sally's Pepe's and the amaxzing Liberatto's dessert shop) is on the other side.

:D
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-22-07 03:05 PM
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73. you mean a Hot Dish?
that there's some darn tootin' good eats!

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-24-07 11:18 AM
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74. are thore tater-tots in there?
*drool*
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