Cubs Win the World Series
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Yeah the teams are so young. 7 games, extra innings, down to one point. It just shows these teams are as evenly matched as the universe could make them.
Are you at the Parade?
We thought about taking the kids out of school for a minute, but that's so many people it's almost freighting getting separated in that mess.
Are you at the Parade?
We thought about taking the kids out of school for a minute, but that's so many people it's almost freighting getting separated in that mess.
I debated going to the parade or the Millennium Park celebration downtown. But the crowd was forecast to be huge. (some said 5mm total along the route.)
Turns out the TV coverage was better than you could have done with being there. And I could drink my own beer!
Turns out the TV coverage was better than you could have done with being there. And I could drink my own beer!
I only went near Chicago one time back in '63. (a long time ago, evn before i was 39) I had occasion to close down my busines for 6 months and took a trip to the West Coast. On my way back to CT, the regulator quit in my truck. I could either waste some time searching the wilds of Idahoe and Montana for a new regulator, or take the lazy approach. I turned on every light anywhere on my truck to hopefully prevent burning up my battery, and kept driving. Early in the morning, i was proceeding past Chicago along a main route along Lake Michigan shore when I was pulled over by a friendly gendarme. He told me to stop and to stay put while he drove a couple hundred feet down the road. He told me to get out of my truck and to walk down to where he was waiting.
I had no idea what he was doing until he stopped me and told me to turn around. As I turned around to look at my we'll lite vehicle, he told me to take a good look. I was not sure what I was supposed to be looking at, excpt, at that point, my truck actually looked like a Christmas decoration. He said, and i did not take it as a question, "What the h--l is THAT!?!"
I explained my electrical problem and was told in no uncertain terms that the first thing I was to do was to turn off all of my lights and to get out of Chicago NOW. I did as told and breathed a sigh of relief to have been stopped by a cop with somewhat aparent sence of humor. Once down the road for about half an hour, i turned on all my lights, kept my fingers crossed until back home in Connecticut, where upon i got my electrical system repaired.
I don't recall that my sighting of Lake Michigan had been affected in any way by the deep blue [member=3373]Dovetail65[/member] that you are showing.
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I had no idea what he was doing until he stopped me and told me to turn around. As I turned around to look at my we'll lite vehicle, he told me to take a good look. I was not sure what I was supposed to be looking at, excpt, at that point, my truck actually looked like a Christmas decoration. He said, and i did not take it as a question, "What the h--l is THAT!?!"
I explained my electrical problem and was told in no uncertain terms that the first thing I was to do was to turn off all of my lights and to get out of Chicago NOW. I did as told and breathed a sigh of relief to have been stopped by a cop with somewhat aparent sence of humor. Once down the road for about half an hour, i turned on all my lights, kept my fingers crossed until back home in Connecticut, where upon i got my electrical system repaired.
I don't recall that my sighting of Lake Michigan had been affected in any way by the deep blue [member=3373]Dovetail65[/member] that you are showing.
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As a die-hard, lifelong White Sox fan (and season ticket holder) I AM happy for all of my lifelong die-hard Cubs fan friends. It's about time they got the feeling that comes with winning it all. Congrats to them. I DO have to agree that it was probably the greatest World Series game in World Series history. Talk about intensity. Not only was that game good for the Cubs fans, it was very, VERY good for baseball itself. One for the ages.
I hate to admit it (as a White Sox fan) but this Cubs team is the best all-around team I have seen in decades. I truly believe they will win 3 of the next 5 World Series. They are young, that good, and almost all under contract.
Speaking of the Rugby thing, too. The loss streak that Ireland had vs. the All Blacks got broken too. I thought I heard that Ireland hasn't beaten them in something like 118 years or some crazy number like that?
We went from the city of cursed sports franchises to the city of curse breakers.
The 5 million people at the parade was said to have been the 7th largest gathering in HUMAN HISTORY. I took the day off so I wouldn't have to drive through THAT mess. Good call on my part if I do say so myself.
I hate to admit it (as a White Sox fan) but this Cubs team is the best all-around team I have seen in decades. I truly believe they will win 3 of the next 5 World Series. They are young, that good, and almost all under contract.
Speaking of the Rugby thing, too. The loss streak that Ireland had vs. the All Blacks got broken too. I thought I heard that Ireland hasn't beaten them in something like 118 years or some crazy number like that?
We went from the city of cursed sports franchises to the city of curse breakers.
The 5 million people at the parade was said to have been the 7th largest gathering in HUMAN HISTORY. I took the day off so I wouldn't have to drive through THAT mess. Good call on my part if I do say so myself.
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