I've grown close to a few of you guys over this journey. You are a part of my everyday life and I find myself saying... oh well, @Orchids&Dragons said this.... and people look at me funny.

Anyway, crazy enough I find myself day dreaming of some sort of get together. Like a giant family reunion or a retreat of sorts. LOL.

I know this will never happen, but if anyone's ever in IL.... let me know! I'd love to meet you!

6 hours ago, SleeveinIL said:

I am in the Chicagoland area - NW burbs. If you are around, let me know and we can possibly get together.

That would be great!

14 hours ago, Sosewsue61 said:

I am 90 mi west of Chicago - but as a square dancer I do some 'circling around' - to dances, conventions, mtgs about conventions, lol etc

Illinois Convention used to be in Peoria until the convention center became too pricey - nxt 2 years in Decatur then Itasca. Pic is National Convention in Kansas City MO last month. Illinois is 26th-29th this month.

Wow, bet you have not trouble getting your exercise in. What fun!

I would live dancing a few sets nearby,to you!

On 7/13/2018 at 11:43 AM, AshAsh1 said:

I've grown close to a few of you guys over this journey. You are a part of my everyday life and I find myself saying... oh well, @Orchids&Dragons said this.... and people look at me funny.

Anyway, crazy enough I find myself day dreaming of some sort of get together. Like a giant family reunion or a retreat of sorts. LOL.

I know this will never happen, but if anyone's ever in IL.... let me know! I'd love to meet you!

Well, I'm in if it ever comes to fruition, that is after I have my surgery, of course... (-:

oh, and the catering bill will very very small - just saying...

On 7/13/2018 at 12:43 PM, AshAsh1 said:

I've grown close to a few of you guys over this journey. You are a part of my everyday life and I find myself saying... oh well, @Orchids&Dragons said this.... and people look at me funny.

Anyway, crazy enough I find myself day dreaming of some sort of get together. Like a giant family reunion or a retreat of sorts. LOL.

I know this will never happen, but if anyone's ever in IL.... let me know! I'd love to meet you!

We need to meet in the middle in Springfield at some point. I'm there several times a month, but I don't make it up your way very often.

On 07/15/2018 at 21:10, istytehcrawk said:

We need to meet in the middle in Springfield at some point. I'm there several times a month, but I don't make it up your way very often.

Absolutely!

9 hours ago, istytehcrawk said:

We need to meet in the middle in Springfield at some point. I'm there several times a month, but I don't make it up your way very often.

Might want to be a little more specific with "Springfield"... seems there are 33 Towns/Cities in 25 states named "Springfield" LOL.

Matt Z my personal guess would be Illinois. That said, in My State- OHIO- we have both a Springfield and a New Springfield and they're nowhere close to each other!?

1 hour ago, Matt Z said:

Might want to be a little more specific with "Springfield"... seems there are 33 Towns/Cities in 25 states named "Springfield" LOL.

Not necessary to be more specific, because I was talking to Ash, who knows exactly which Springfield I mean (Frust is correct) because Ash and i have previously discussed where we are in relation to each other (I went to college where she lives now).

10 hours ago, Matt Z said:

Might want to be a little more specific with "Springfield"... seems there are 33 Towns/Cities in 25 states named "Springfield" LOL.

And it's where the Simpson's live too...

8 hours ago, istytehcrawk said:

Not necessary to be more specific, because I was talking to Ash, who knows exactly which Springfield I mean (Frust is correct) because Ash and i have previously discussed where we are in relation to each other (I went to college where she lives now).

I think he was trying to be funny... and also, do you really trust a man who lives in a state that is neither a road nor an island?!?

12 hours ago, macadamia said:

I think he was trying to be funny... and also, do you really trust a man who lives in a state that is neither a road nor an island?!?

History matters (it's actually got a really rich history, how old it is, the fact that we were the first to celebrate the 4th of July and have the oldest, continually running 4th of July parade in the country, we were the first to break away from England.... etc etc etc. And we've got plenty of Islands... and it's Rhode, not Road due to explorers finding it similar to the Rhodes, in Greece, which is an island.)
http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/RI-History

2 hours ago, Matt Z said:

History matters (it's actually got a really rich history, how old it is, the fact that we were the first to Celebrate the 4th of July and have the oldest, continually running 4th of July parade in the country, we were the first to break away from England.... etc etc etc. And we've got plenty of Islands... and it's Rhode, not Road due to explorers finding it similar to the Rhodes, in Greece, which is an island.)
http://sos.ri.gov/divisions/Civics-And-Education/RI-History

I was joking...

I have not had the chance to visit Rhode Island yet. I did live in upstate New York for about 10 months in 1986 & 1987 when I was in the Navy. I loved to ride my motorcycle to visit my friend in Brandon, VT. That winter was very snowy - I lived in Ballston Spa, NY.

Edited July 17, 20188 yr by macadamia

9 minutes ago, macadamia said:

I was joking...

I have not had the chance to visit Rhode Island yet. I did live in upstate New York for about 10 months in 1986 & 1987 when I was in the Navy. I loved to ride my motorcycle to visit my friend in Brandon, VT. That winter was very snowy - I lived in Ballston Spa, NY.

I'm not mad or anything... I just posted the information as it is... because it's interesting. Living here you learn to ignore the "jokes" or misconceptions... because it just happens all the time. You'd think at this point people would know that Rhode Island is a state and not part of New York... but yet, you have no idea how often I'm speaking to folks, older folks that should know better ask me, "So how's the weather in New York?" or "How far are you from Times Square?" When I answer that one with, 3-4 hours depending on traffic, they get confused... "isn't Rhode Island near Long Island"... no dumba$$ it's it's own state LOL

Rhode Island has an impressive history, that hardly anyone knows about... that's my only reason for posting what I did.

1 minute ago, Matt Z said:

I'm not mad or anything... I just posted the information as it is... because it's interesting. Living here you learn to ignore the "jokes" or misconceptions... because it just happens all the time. You'd think at this point people would know that Rhode Island is a state and not part of New York... but yet, you have no idea how often I'm speaking to folks, older folks that should know better ask me, "So how's the weather in New York?" or "How far are you from Times Square?" When I answer that one with, 3-4 hours depending on traffic, they get confused... "isn't Rhode Island near Long Island"... no dumba$$ it's it's own state LOL

Rhode Island has an impressive history, that hardly anyone knows about... that's my only reason for posting what I did.

and thank you for sharing the link...

BTW, where I work, the land the Idaho National Laboratory is located on is roughly 85% the size of the state of Rhode Island. Until I saw this statistic, I did not realize how large INL is and how small RI is.