ExiledInIllinois

So... Radiator Springs is dead? They won't build a dome there? 😏

This is the story outta Chicago if anyone wants to see what's happening there:

Galena, Illinois is a nice town to stop in. Old Northwest. Had the largest hotel in the west, IIRC correctly @ 7 stories (since lowered to 3), when Lincoln stayed there, the DeSoto House Hotel... https://desotohouse.com/hotel-history/ The driftless zone kinda unique geography... Untouched by glaciation. So it's kinda hilly, looks unlike the rest of upper midwest. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftless_Area Old mining area, lead mines... Almost all the Union lead during the Civil War came out of that area of Iowa, Minnesota, & Wisconsin... Dubuque, Iowa still has a shot tower. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_Tower_(Dubuque) The saying in Galena was: "Galena is the city, Chicago just the town." 😆

Like the game hasn't already historically favored the pitchers over the batters from day one. Maybe lower the mound because of the pitch clock?

Probably not much different. Maybe worse. But there's less people! 😏

I live a few miles... Word of advice: Drive really, REALLY FAST through Ford Heights, Illinois! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Heights,_Illinois "...Often viewed as one of Chicago's most impoverished suburbs and at one point the poorest suburb in the United States,[9] Ford Heights has experienced high levels of political corruption, decaying infrastructure, and an elevated crime rate. In 2008, the Cook County Sheriff's Department took over law enforcement duties for the village.[10] Between 1980 and 2010, the population of Ford Heights declined by more than 48%."

I am Will County... If you find yourself there, you can check out the tall grass prairie... They have a herd of N.American bison: https://www.fs.usda.gov/midewin We want the full Congressional reports in 3 years, by the winter of ole '26... Pics of Meriweather Lewis much obliged too..

I have been to Wilmington, Illinois and drove past the "Gemini Giant"... "Launching Pad Restaurant." Is kinda neat... Antique shops in Wilmington, nice little town on Kankakee River...

Just be careful with dolphin encounters... This poor girl took it upon her own to make her own encounter, leave her jetski and attempted to swim with them... Just recently. https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/teenage-girl-killed-shark-jet-skiing-australia-96894090 😔😟🙁😥😞

Those mid-season "adjustments" was called: "Josh'sElbow." 😏

ADHDing of a game, I guess it was bound to happen given people's short attention spans. Might as well install a time clock, punch in and punch out. Why can't the ump reign things in? Slowpokes get it done!

You think a "safety zone" would have been set up? Bystanders seem a little too close, no?

NOT supposed to be a clock of any kind in baseball. "All in time, but the clock is another demon that devours our time in Eden, in our Paradise."

Getz w/Astrud Gilberto version: *EDIT: Guess they are all the same, enjoy!

Holy crap! Did the camera just catch that backdraft!

"You'll get nothing and like it!" 😆

Not sure how out of Chicago Area people would get this... BUT NBC Sports Chicago is airing: Documentary... "Bear Down and Out: The Chicago Bears move to the suburbs" Building a dome in Arlington Heights, Illinois... The Bears are calling Soldier Field a "dump." Putting a dome on it will be putting a dome a dump. 😆 They don't wanna make the same mistakes they made 20 years rehabbing Soldier Field. As the football business changes, go big or go home the Bears are saying...

And it creates more inequality in society.

A guy at work does it... Disc golf looks interesting, big business too. Got all kinds of equipment. 😆... That's what I thought at first.

Until those PSLs kick in and you're dreaming of "TheDrought." 😉

Funny story old timer at work (2 tour Vietnam Vet) told me about 30 years ago. So this lawn service guy is going around the neighborhood hawking a lawn service... Comes up to my co-worker and says: "Hey your lawn looks stressed, you could use our lawn service." My co-worker responds: "You think my lawn is stressed, you should see how stressed out I am! No thanks, it will be fine." I can't imagine Pandemic/Post Pandemic grass and people now. LoL...

"Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done." Telling right here. It's freakin' grass... But the scary part is, what's the League telling others to do with bigger issues!

Population is dwindling. Younger generation isn't having children! The business model, Bills last of dinosaurs, wants to be moved from spending the money @ Tops, Wegmans to the League's pocket. Old model... They have to clean up the parking lots. Ever see what the area looks like after a game? You can feed a 3rd World Country on Monday... They are moving away from that. Unfortunately, Bills fans are sweater wearers and cooler draggers...

Well I guess it's better to do that in the suburbs. At least he's got that going for him. Probably worse in the city, potential for more people killed.

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