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what you do is tell her about all the other wife's that are going.. and she mite change her mind 
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Well that would be good, but I am not sure if I can handle her hitting me in the back of the head all the way up there, telling me to slow down or watch for that car 
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get her a mp3 player and life will be good.. Ed
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Sounds like ED may have some experience here.
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I'm still not sure if my wife is going to come out or not. She'll be like 7 1/2 months pregnant by then, so she obviously can't ride. She may come out w/her cousin and do some shopping or whatever in Galena.
The MP3 player idea is a good one!
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get her a mp3 player and life will be good..
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May make that two of them, one so she can be entertained and one for me so I wont hear her yelling
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Sounds like ED may have some experience here.
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naaa.... my wife is a great rider and in the last 24 years she has rode behind me and hung on in the rain the sun and the snow..I can't say enough great things about her and the good times we have had on two wheels 
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a mp3 player is a great thing on the open road .. and i see more and more helmet company's are making a place for the ear phones .. Ed
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a mp3 player is a great thing on the open road .. and i see more and more helmet company's are making a place for the ear phones ..
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I havnt tried mine yet, been meaning to. Not sure if I can hear it over the Epco's,,lol
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Room is booked for the wife and I for the 10th and 11th. I look forward to meeting you folks...
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You're just up the road from me in kenosha. When are you planning on heading to the rally?
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Wife is checking her work calendar, I am taking a vaction day. If she can get the day off as well, I would imagine we'll head out in the early afternoon.
Where are you at in Lake County? If the timing works, maybe we can find a place to meet up for the ride out...
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I'm in Grayslake. Planning to leave very early friday, want to be there by noon, so i'm thinking around 9am.
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Is there a hard plan for the boat cruise Friday night?
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The stop at Field of Dreams is not bad. If you loved the movie then it is worth the stop. When I was there, some of the outfield was back to corn. If you want to go and haven't seen the movie, see the movie first, you will appreciate it more.
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Is there a hard plan for the boat cruise Friday night?
How you gonna get all these bike on a boat?
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A hard plan? Not really. I'd like for everyone to go, but I don't want anyone to feel like they have to be tied down to an agenda, know what I mean? Why do you ask? Don't have your sea legs yet?
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The stop at Field of Dreams is not bad. If you loved the movie then it is worth the stop. When I was there, some of the outfield was back to corn. If you want to go and haven't seen the movie, see the movie first, you will appreciate it more.
Read the book, too. It's called "Shoeless Joe", by W.P. Kinsella 
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Is there a hard plan for the boat cruise Friday night?
A hard plan? Not really. I'd like for everyone to go, but I don't want anyone to feel like they have to be tied down to an agenda, know what I mean? Why do you ask? Don't have your sea legs yet?
If I make it, that looks like it would be fun, I would be in for it!
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I can imagine. Books usually best the movie by some measure. Interesting name of the author. I guess they paid tribute in the movie - wasn't Costner's name Joe Kinsella in the movie?
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Ray Kinsella, I'm pretty sure
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The stop at Field of Dreams is not bad. If you loved the movie then it is worth the stop. When I was there, some of the outfield was back to corn. If you want to go and haven't seen the movie, see the movie first, you will appreciate it more.
Read the book, too. It's called "Shoeless Joe", by W.P. Kinsella
One of the all time great baseball movies. That and Bull Durham are my favorites. Never read the book though.
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Is there a hard plan for the boat cruise Friday night?
The HARD plan is to cheat the ticket booth and gangway and climb the rat rope up to the deck. Most of the rest of us are going with the easy plan. 
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The HARD plan is to cheat the ticket booth and gangway and climb the rat rope up to the deck. Most of the rest of us are going with the easy plan.
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I think I will go the easy way if you dont mind. I dont have enough room to bring my scuba gear with me.
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UPDATE-The Happy hour cruise by www.americanladycruises.com is booked for friday July 10th at 5:30. Price is $13 plus tax that includes free beer, sloppy joes, appetizers, soda, and free f'n beer! Check out the site for more info. I booked the reservation for 25 people. I can change it to 30 or more if necessary. Maybe we should have a roll call to find out just how many of us are definitely coming...
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WIfe and I are heading out from Kenosha around 10, count us in on the dinner cruise... free beer and $13??? It's not King Cobra fer crissakes is it?
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Three in my group & we will be in for the cruise.
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WIfe and I are heading out from Kenosha around 10, count us in on the dinner cruise... free beer and $13??? It's not King Cobra fer crissakes is it?
Haha, hope not!
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Anybody have the 35 day weather forcast yet?
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Umm, well if it follows suit, I will say rain one day, sun the next, rain the next and so on. Temps anywhere from 110 to 30,,. This has been one of the oddest Spring/Summers so far for the weather. I never know if I should drive or ride from day to day or what to wear.
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I am gonna head out Thursday night. I will be staying with my brother in Hanover, IL. Count me in on the cruise thingy. I am heading out Saturday morning to get to Chicagoland Speedway for the NASCAR race in Joliet. Lookin' forward to meetin' and hangin' with all ya'll.
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Count ME in too for the $13 beer/joes/boat ride thing...oh wait...that could be a bad mix...  ha ha...count me in too!!!
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Anybody have the 35 day weather forcast yet?
In this neck of the woods, and with our forecasters, it's always the same forecast... Chance of rain, chance of rain, chance of rain...... Eventually, and occasionally, they get it right! 
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It always kills me when I hear a forecast claiming 35% chance of rain today... while it's raining. Call me thick, but doesn't that make it a 100% chance of rain??
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Count me in for the cruise as well. Just me this time.
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