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"What is it that no man wants to have yet no man wants to loose?"
"Holy Bogglers Batman I've got it the answer is a Lawsuit."
It takes about 50min to get to SFGAm from my parents house (10 blocks due south of the Museum of Science and Industry). I've gotten to/from there in as little as 25-30min (yes we *were* doing 90 and weaving in and out of traffic) and I've had it take an hour and a half (but most of that was *after* getting on the tollway). I've never had a problem getting through the city, but that might be because I'm already *in* the city and right off LSD (or should I say US-41 to not wake the druggies :)) to start with. The northen suburbs seem to be the worst!
But dont take my slant on things as I HATE the suburbs :)
jeremy
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"To get inside this head of mine, would take a monkey-wrench, and a lot of wine" Res How I Do
I always try to get to a park early. And I am coming from the east. Right where Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan come together. Right off of 80/90.
I live in the middle of cornfields. As I look out the window right now I see a hay filed that badly needs cut.
Thats my problem, I have spent too much time driving a tractor to go drive in the mass of people that is Chicago.
BTW I would never take the Ryan in the morning on a weekday. I will not go downtown on a weekday at all. But I do take it on the weekends.
I don't think it really makes a difference anyway. It's the price I have to pay to get my Viper and Bull fix. But dangit I wish there was an easier way.
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1989, 9 years old bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and look at me now. Why did ya make me do it Dave? ;)
To 2Hostyl:
Wow. I live right by the intersection of 294 and 57. Becasue of this, I have taken both 294 and the Ryan to get to SFGAm. In good traffic, I've always found 294 takes from an hour and a half to two hours. Always. Via the Ryan and LSD or the Kennedy, it takes a bit longer. When the Ryan's backed up, it's more like three. When the Tri-State's at its worst, it's like, two and a half.
25 to 30 minutes from the Museum of Science and Industry? Wow. You must be one of those people my dad always had to restrain himself from giving the finger to in front of us impressionable kids (if you meet me on the roads, though, I probably won't be so corteous).
*** This post was edited by (SF)Great American on 9/19/2002. ***
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"Look, we all go way back, and uh, I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place and I'll never forget it." "That was our pleasure." "I'd never been to Belize."
Yeah but CP is in a Town of 10000 peeps and 50 miles from a Metro area. In other words it's in the country.
Did I mention CP is good ;)
I could get you to CP in about 20 different ways coming from the west, which one do ya want? LOL ;)
Thanks for the advice guys, next time I go to GAM I will definitely take the Tri State.
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1989, 9 years old bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and look at me now. Why did ya make me do it Dave? ;)
bigboy said:
Welcome to "ChicagoAreaTransportationBuzz"! What was this topic about?
lol its funny, when track arrives at CP they speculate on how tall it will be. When track arrives at SFGAm everyone speculates on how much traffic they will have to go through to get to it.
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SFGAm CoasterWorld
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"Look, we all go way back, and uh, I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place and I'll never forget it." "That was our pleasure." "I'd never been to Belize."
That's because there are almost no roads in Sandusky to talk about.
Although this year, it seemed like we had to take a lot more turns to get on the cuaseway than we did four years ago...
About how this topic had gotten off track... When it comes right down to it, we already knwo what SFGAm is getting next year. so if other topics come up, why not talk about them? I think some people might actually get something out of this discussion, while staying on the riddle subject is pointless (unless we get soem pics). MagnumForce, I'd like to know how your next Chicago adventure goes, so please post about it. I'll bet all us other SFGAm'ers are waiting to see if we gave you good advice, too.
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MagnumForce said:
"Thats my problem, I have spent too much time driving a tractor to go drive in the mass of people that is Chicago."
You need a boat!
Go screaming up Lake Michigan to Gurnee, and take a taxi from there!
Cam.
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Cameron Silver
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Ric Flair was hitting on the female host, he told her - "Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line." WOOOOO!
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1989, 9 years old bawling my eyes out because I didn't want to ride Magnum. I did anyway and look at me now. Why did ya make me do it Dave? ;)
Closed topic.