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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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looks like we are having a fall preview . rain rain and more rain I know we have a month more of summer and maybe a month more of nice fall weather . but still this is crap hate to think of winter coming but thats the facts of living up north
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looks like we are having a fall preview . rain rain and more rain I know we have a month more of summer and maybe a month more of nice fall weather . but still this is crap hate to think of winter coming but thats the facts of living up north
You can always move South I know of a lot of bargins in Florida
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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Hey weren't you the ONE who told me to STOP talking abut Fall?
60 degrees and rain here sure gives us a bad preview
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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It's Fort Lauderdale area for us, Rudy. Already have family there. I'll take their rainy season and summer humidity over the Chicago winters anytime!

"I'm goin where the weather suits my clothes"...

PS - Any connections at the Park West? I got Steven Kellogg tickets for October, the night before Road America!
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looks like we are having a fall preview . rain rain and more rain I know we have a month more of summer and maybe a month more of nice fall weather . but still this is crap hate to think of winter coming but thats the facts of living up north
I feel like I'm under house arrest this weekend after not being able to take any toys out for 2 straight days!
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It's Fort Lauderdale area for us, Rudy. Already have family there. I'll take their rainy season and summer humidity over the Chicago winters anytime!

"I'm goin where the weather suits my clothes"...

PS - Any connections at the Park West? I got Steven Kellogg tickets for October, the night before Road America!
Where you looking for passes of some sort?
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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It sucks because we got so few months of summer and warm weather, and then you hit a streak like this were it rains for 5 days straight
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I like to ruffle feathers . we still have a lot of nice weather coming . but days like these are a wake up call for us midwesteners . we know whats around the corner !!!!
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I like to ruffle feathers . we still have a lot of nice weather coming . but days like these are a wake up call for us midwesteners . we know whats around the corner !!!!
5 days of rain at least up here
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Originally Posted by FrankTank
It sucks because we got so few months of summer and warm weather, and then you hit a streak like this were it rains for 5 days straight
On a positive note, we do need the rain
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Where you looking for passes of some sort?
I have tickets, but its GA so I was hoping for someone that could get me a box or maybe a backstage. I have never been to that venue so I'm not sure how it's setup. We don't really wanna go early and be first to rush the stage with all the screaming youngsters - but we will if we have to.
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Originally Posted by RandyVettes
I have tickets, but its GA so I was hoping for someone that could get me a box or maybe a backstage. I have never been to that venue so I'm not sure how it's setup. We don't really wanna go early and be first to rush the stage with all the screaming youngsters - but we will if we have to.
Last time I was there was with Tori Amos a few years ago. Its a small night club owned by JAM Productions, GA is the norm and there are no boxes. Depending on the show you may be able to snag one of the small tables/booths by showing up early. Stage is very small and only 12" from the dance floor. Artists enter and leave the venue through the door across the ticket office (on your right facing the venue doors). Parking can be more than a challenge. I've taken my Jeep to park at a meter a couple of blocks away on Clark.
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Cool, thanks for the info, Rudy.
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Cool, thanks for the info, Rudy.
Forgot to mention that one of the "pains" or neat things (depending on one's perspective). The stairs behind to the left of the sound board facing the stage is where the artists have to use to get to and from the stage (normally walk around to the entrance and down the outer hallway). If its really packed or depending on the artist's tour manager, the side door across from the ticket office will be used to access that outer hallway instead. The dressing rooms are upstairs behind the lighting board/spot light above those stairs.

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On a positive note, we do need the rain
Need the rain where? Florida maybe.
They say here (Chicago) it is the 6th wettest August on record and climbing.

Enough rain already.

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Need the rain where? Florida maybe.
They say here (Chicago) it is the 6th wettest August on record and climbing.

Enough rain already.

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I like to ruffle feathers . we still have a lot of nice weather coming . but days like these are a wake up call for us midwesteners . we know whats around the corner !!!!

I may miss the gatherings up there in Chicago, but the weather stays reasonable down here in the Far Far Southwest Burbs so that the Vette does not go to sleep until just after Thanksgiving and wakes up about mid-February.


Usually...
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I feel like I'm under house arrest this weekend after not being able to take any toys out for 2 straight days!
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Originally Posted by BLOWN ECS Z06
I feel like I'm under house arrest this weekend after not being able to take any toys out for 2 straight days!
Some of us ventured out with our toys for the Frank Lunch. It didn't melt and I even found out the wipers work.

Wonder if the wife is done cleaning it yet?

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