Ldub, thanks for the lift

[Solitude]

An Epiphany I have had over the years of traveling coast to coast in the last 15 years (2 million Miles)

Illinois is a great place to be FROM!!!!

and if you actually gauged the separation of the country according to attitude... The Mississippi river is about right.

just my 2 cents minus emoticans

Jeff

[nocturnalVX]

How did we highjack this thread so bad?

And yeah, we did jack hell outta this thread, my apologies Mark...

x2... Our bad!

Oh, and I agree....the Red Rock porch is no place for feudin'. Only good natured ribing, tall tales, and swash buckling stories coupled with some adult beverages will be tolerated.

[Marlin]

Wait a second, I don't really count Chicago as Midwest. There are no farmers in Chicago!!! Even the people from Illinois don't like to claim chicago!!!!!! It is it's own corrupt little world. Kind of like grouping So Cal with the rest of California. They are not even remotely the same. I realize a majority of California is farmland. But much the same as NY, everyone thinks of NYC, where as it is physically a very small part of the state. Upstate is awesome, I went to school in the Albany area, gorgeous and great fishing/camping.
I just like "stirring the pot". There will certainly be no fisticuffs from me!!! We (nukes) just like to spin people up, we sometimes play devil's advocate just for something to do. It keeps your mind sharp, and boredom at bay.

As far as the East Coast, well, I suppose its just the East Coast..how about the Mason-Dixon Line, so we can have the New England area, and the South East...
And Bart, it does take 2 hrs at McDs to get a burger here in the south...but at least they are polite about being ridiculously slllllllooooooooowwwwwwwww.

ummmmm, keep up the good work LDUB, (now its not thread jacking )

[CrnCnn]

Wait a second, I don't really count Chicago as Midwest.

See I am from southern AZ. Very, Very close to the US border, but im not considered from the south. I know what people mean when they say they're from the south but I'm from a place thats physically south as SC.

Drives me nuts.

[Moncha]

I can say first hand you cannot generalize anyone into any category. Everyone is so different no matter their current location or their origin. Can we try (hard) and keep this to the topic at hand?

[VCrossfan]

I can say first hand you cannot generalize anyone into any category. Everyone is so different no matter their current location or their origin. Can we try (hard) and keep this to the topic at hand?

I hear ya Bossman, I've lived in Illinois all my life and love it. It's where you live, family and who your friends are. Some people slam Chicago which doesn't bother me much because as some have mentioned it's kind of it's own little world and I myself hardly ever go there but when I did (chaperon class trips) I had a very good time and it offers allot of history. I'm in central Illinois and which farming is big which help keep this nation going. If people who used to live ahhh, let's say Chicago have left the windy city and obviously hated living there, you have made a choice and moved on to a better place "for you" so let Chicago go. Illinois is a great state with good people, but there are "unfriendly" areas, but all states have them. Family and friends is what it's all about ! !

Anyway back on the thread topic, Ldub that was a great thing you did installing MSHardeman's lift. You would fit in "right-kindly" around my neck-of-the-woods

[Ldub]

Anyway back on the thread topic, Ldub that was a great thing you did installing MSHardeman's lift. You would fit in "right-kindly" around my neck-of-the-woods

Well...on the surface it would seem so, but as I've stated in other threads,(or somewhere) when Mark first bought the springs, he wasn't sure he wanted them installed.
So I knocked twenty bucks off the price.
Then he decided to have them put on, so I said OK...let's have that twenty...
Either way, no problem...just don't want anyone thinkin I'm St.dub...
That would definitely be a misassumptulation...
Also, as stated earlier, I was FAR from alone in the effort. I had help from Jim, Jay, Jo, Mark, Carrie, Clint & Jesus...OK, I prolly left out a few, but I tried to get the situation as straight as memory will allow.
I guess in hindsight, I shoulda bought the rest of the "pit crew" some beverages with that twenty...

[VX KAT]

Boy this thread jack was interesting. Having been born & raised in Pennsylvania, then living in Los Angeles/Long Beach for 15 yrs, then 11 years in the South (Dallas), now 16 months in Central/Northern Arizona, and hubby born/raised in Chicago......I can relate to virtually every description all of you have described! Guess I'm one messed up DUDE (err, dudette I guess). :grinp:

Since this is already pretty jacked......Lookin' forward to Moab sooooooo much, got the Ranchos on yesterday and all my pissin' & moanin' about the ride is over! Thanks Deermagnet for pushing me over the edge!

[djvx]

Milwaukee is awesomely midwest. We have festivals here all summer. Beer flows non stop. Most people know and help their nieghbors. There are Harley Davidson Rally's and all kind's of fun. Chicago is a blast to go visit too. I like winter sports-snowmobiling and hunting and although the weather can be rough, the change of seasons is nice. To each there own, but many are chosing to put the midwest down. I for one enjoy it.
I go to AZ quite often and I have noticed no difference in the people. My brother lives in Fort McDowell just northeast of Scottsdale and Fountain Hills.
It's awesome- they can legally drive ATV's and dirt bikes,golf carts on the street!

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

We just had a guy in the Army Reserves return from Iraq after 14 months IIRC (I know it was less than 18 months) that is a coworker & the first place he visited for a small 4 day vacation once returning to the states (Erie, PA) was Chicago. He had a Blast and wants to return at a later date.

I only know Gill & CeCe (Chicago transplant) are GREAT people to travel with! (just don't let CeCe work the elevator...)

& to keep with the REAL thread subject....LDUB is the man...a real lend the shirt off your back kind of guy! I needed a PCV when mine failed in Moab and he offered me his (okay...not the one being used by Suzie...but a back-up nonetheless...lol)

[Ldub]

We just had a guy in the Army Reserves return from Iraq after 14 months IIRC (I know it was less than 18 months) that is a coworker & the first place he visited for a small 4 day vacation once returning to the states (Erie, PA) was Chicago. He had a Blast and wants to return at a later date.

I only know Gill & CeCe (Chicago transplant) are GREAT people to travel with! (just don't let CeCe work the elevator...)

& to keep with the REAL thread subject....LDUB is the man...a real lend the shirt off your back kind of guy! I needed a PCV when mine failed in Moab and he offered me his (okay...not the one being used by Suzie...but a back-up nonetheless...lol)

Dude...I'm sorry, if you had let me know you needed a shirt, I had some extras...

[Pepino]

Beer flows non stop

Ya tell me about it, back in Mexico we usually dont drink beer, its all about hard alcohol at nightclubs and parties never beer, and here in Milwuakee at parties thats usually the only thing they have