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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:45 PM
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I just voted (early) in IL's primary -- negative 15 degrees out, and it was PACKED!
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 02:50 PM by iconoclastic cat
Here's a hopeful sign: Early voting started this weekend in IL, and I decided that I couldn't wait. I went to my polling place (far north side of Chicago) despite the fact that it's about 15 below outside with wind chill. When I got there, the line was to the door! I've never been so happy to wait in a line.

Wow, I'm a geek. But, still! That's awesome, right?
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:46 PM
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1. Yes -- that IS awesome! Gives me hope for our fellow Americans. nt
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:47 PM
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2. I voted in Cook County today, too!
At least, I assume my committeeman found someone to do it for me. I haven't lived there in four years.

:bounce:
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:51 PM
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8. You could vote in Cook county if you're deceased, even. nt
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:48 PM
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3. Glad to hear people are really serious this year about the elections. Try to stay warm!
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:48 PM
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4. It is 15 degrees in Illinois? I'm in Iowa and it is -3 at 1:45 pm.
Windchill -18.

Are you in southern Illinois?

I'm happy to hear about the line.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:49 PM
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6. Fifteen *below* zero with wind chill!
I'm in Chicago, by the way.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM
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10. Sounds like a nice day for a stroll along the Chicago River between Michigan Ave and Wacker Drive.
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM by TahitiNut
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!


Been there. Done that.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:58 PM
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12. Yeah, that would be a bad idea.
It does serve a purpose, though: most of the mosquitoes die in this weather.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:59 PM
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14. Man, you made my eyes tear and my eyelashes freeze shut just reading that
lol!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:09 PM
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18. Yup. At least. That's the COLDEST I've ever been in my life.
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 03:13 PM by TahitiNut
February. Single-digit temperatures with killing windchill ... walking from the Hyatt Regency to the IBM building on State Street - across from the circular, multi-tiered parking/apartment buildings. Even though I had a heavy, pile-lined, sueded leather coat, gloves, hat, wool trousers, and good shoes ... that wind sliced through me like an iceberg through the Titanic. It was, quite literally, life-threatening cold. I'll NEVER forget those days.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:17 PM
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20. The IBM Plaza is considered just about the worst windchill spot in the whole city
Can you imagine the days when women mostly wore skirts even in winter? As a young secretary I worked across from the Wrigley Building, and just crossing the Michigan Ave bridge would turn my chubby legs red and then white with cold. Here's to telecommuting!
:toast:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:49 PM
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5. Woohoo!
:woohoo:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:51 PM
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7. i`m waiting to see what happens with dennis
before i vote...
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:51 PM
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9. I'd hug you if I could. nt
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:58 PM
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11. Dayum, I am waiting for a warmer day
Like that's gonna happen.

But my early polling place is a tiny branch library, and regular is a senior citizen apt hi-rise, and there's almost never any waiting there.

Maybe that explains why there were so many cops at the library yesterday.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 02:59 PM
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13. Are you in Edgewater? nt
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:00 PM
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15. Kinda
:D
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:03 PM
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16. I used to live right at that corner by the retirement home!
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 03:04 PM by iconoclastic cat
Hey, have you ever gone to the Kitty Moon, that jazz club a little south of Clark and Devon? GreatAuntofTriplets used to live right over there, too, but she moved.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:08 PM
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17. Hope you never ate at Barry's
I will order from anywhere but there.

To quote a favorite song, I'm an old pervert and I don't get around much anymore. But I hear it's a nice place.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 03:16 PM
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19. No, I never did go to Barry's.
But there's a lot of good stuff down that way.
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