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Offline Dingbat

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« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2003, 06:26:09 PM »
You know what, fine whatever, jest me all you'd like. Lepaul, I see you can't validate your little witticisms.

Perhaps I'm a little upset because Meigs was going to be one of the first airports on my to do list.  Partly due to Flight sim, but for the other reason that it's a beautiful airport to fly into.  

I wouldn't have posted this if this was the reponse i was going to get.  While I listened to Mini-D and didn't agree with his opinion, I didn't make any insignifant comments or bash him.  Guess it's true all lifeforms have varied degrees of intellegence.
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« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2003, 06:34:28 PM »
Dingbat, you ignorant slut. More people in the Chicago area own dogs than own planes, so unless you're willing to share the field with people throwing Frisbees for their Rottweilers I'm afraid you'll just have to land your little airplane at another field.

"Megis Dog Park"- has a nice ring to it, don't you think? :)
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« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2003, 06:47:50 PM »
So where's your owner :D
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« Reply #18 on: April 21, 2003, 06:51:37 PM »
LOL Well, I can see you aren't a dog person :)
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« Reply #19 on: April 21, 2003, 07:05:46 PM »
LOL, Actually I am, I've got a 110lb GreyHound/Rottie mix.
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« Reply #20 on: April 21, 2003, 07:32:21 PM »
Wow, a greyhound/rottweiler mix?  That's marvelously efficient, a dog that can outrun your speeding car THEN pull the door off and eat you.  ;)
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« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2003, 07:57:49 PM »
Chairboy man you have a big head. Are you Eastern European?
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« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2003, 08:32:48 PM »
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Wow, a greyhound/rottweiler mix?  That's marvelously efficient, a dog that can outrun your speeding car THEN pull the door off and eat you.  ;)


And that's not all, he can do it without breaking a sweat :p
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« Reply #23 on: April 21, 2003, 08:33:27 PM »
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Chairboy man you have a big head.  


Not going to touch that one
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« Reply #24 on: April 21, 2003, 08:57:39 PM »
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I've got a 110lb GreyHound/Rottie mix.


I'm married to a 125 pound German/English mix.

Hey, whatever floats your boat. SOB is married to a 140 lb. Suffolk/Oxford cross. Don't ask don't tell I always say.
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« Reply #25 on: April 21, 2003, 09:16:04 PM »
Gents:

If you're not from Chicago, or haven't ever lived in/near Chicago, ever flown down the lake front, and landed at Meigs, taken your kids to watch the airplanes takeoff/land at Meigs from the 95th floor of the Hancock building, sunbathing at Oak street beach watching the airplanes either upwind or on final to Meigs, or out on lake Michigan in a boat looking at Meigs, flown into Meigs to a convention at McCormick Place, flown into Meigs to watch Da Bears, you would understand why Meigs should stay open.  I don't think a Mayor should have the ultimate power to erase a place like Meigs.  I believe it was voted on, and was voted to be open.  Mayor Rich Daley has driven a stake through his re-election chances.  Rich, this isn't your daddy's Chicago anymore.

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« Reply #26 on: April 21, 2003, 10:11:07 PM »
the thing is not that meigs was a airfield, meigs was WATERFRONT PROPERTY and as we all know the only "higher and best" use for WATERFRONT PROPERTY is MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HIGH RISE CONDOS, i mean the rich have to live somewhere and WATERFRONT views sell for more.

we have been fighting off the developers in st pete fla for more than 30 years, they want to build condos on albert whitted field, some day they will win , they always do.
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« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2003, 10:53:54 AM »
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I believe it was voted on, and was voted to be open. Mayor Rich Daley has driven a stake through his re-election chances. Rich, this isn't your daddy's Chicago anymore.


You're right, it's his son's Chicago now. This will not impact his reelection one bit. In fact, when people even do care about it (and there aren't all that many, unfortunately), they seem to support his decision. I disagree with his actions, but I stopped voting in Chicago elections about 1.5 years ago.

What's interesting will be to see if they put in a riverboat like the rumors suggest. The new Gov. has already made it know that he wouldn't be against another riverboat/casino in the state to help meet the current budget shortfalls.

Charon
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« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2003, 12:50:38 PM »
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« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2003, 01:00:06 PM »
Charon,

   It's interesting you say that there aren't many people who care.  The articles I read indicate otherwise.  But then again it's doesn't get much play down here in Virginia.
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