Extra duty

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

It's a typical reaction from beyond the cheddar curtain. Something to do with an inferiority complex that most cheese heads have. Even if packers win today, fans still have to live in Green Bay.

Sign at a Green Bay night club...... Two tooth minimum.

I've lived in Wisconsin for 9 years. Before that I lived in PA, TN, LA, WA, and MA (including in or near Philadelphia, New Orleans, Seattle, and Boston). My favorite US city is probably Seattle (it's the only one I'd live in again of the ones I've lived in before).

Trust me when I say that the best result of that game today (for me) would've been some natural disaster in which nobody got hurt but both the Bears and Packers would've lost the game. I think the main reason I don't like Chicago is that I like cities where I land at an airport and am already there. The drive from Madison to Chicago is my least favorite drive in the world and why I don't like going to the city. I'd rather drive to Minneapolis.

And the hockey game was great -- I'm a Flyers fan and they won 4-1.

On day I'll actually go to Green Bay. I've umpired college baseball in DePere, but have never actually been in Green Bay.

[chseagle]

Then Seattle is not a good city for you as when you land you are in the city of SeaTac. To get into Seattle takes a 15-30 minute drive.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I've lived in Wisconsin for 9 years. Before that I lived in PA, TN, LA, WA, and MA (including in or near Philadelphia, New Orleans, Seattle, and Boston). My favorite US city is probably Seattle (it's the only one I'd live in again of the ones I've lived in before).

Trust me when I say that the best result of that game today (for me) would've been some natural disaster in which nobody got hurt but both the Bears and Packers would've lost the game. I think the main reason I don't like Chicago is that I like cities where I land at an airport and am already there. The drive from Madison to Chicago is my least favorite drive in the world and why I don't like going to the city. I'd rather drive to Minneapolis.

And the hockey game was great -- I'm a Flyers fan and they won 4-1.

On day I'll actually go to Green Bay. I've umpired college baseball in DePere, but have never actually been in Green Bay.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by chseagle

Then Seattle is not a good city for you as when you land you are in the city of SeaTac. To get into Seattle takes a 15-30 minute drive.

I don't need to be lectured about a place where I've actually lived. SEA to the city is a cakewalk compared with the drive from Madison to Chicago.

[chseagle]

LMAO True it can be a cakewalk of a drive depending on which route you take.

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I don't need to be lectured about a place where I've actually lived. SEA to the city is a cakewalk compared with the drive from Madison to Chicago.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I don't need to be lectured about a place where I've actually lived. SEA to the city is a cakewalk compared with the drive from Madison to Chicago.

I'm guessing it beats the drive from O'Hare to Chicago. Just a guess, though, since I've never been to Seattle.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I don't need to be lectured about a place where I've actually lived. SEA to the city is a cakewalk compared with the drive from Madison to Chicago.

I will say O'Hare is my least favorite airport.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

I will say O'Hare is my least favorite airport.

I flew out of O'Hare for the first time in 5 years in November. Miserable, miserable experience. I had to interview a potential new employee for my company and then head directly to Kansas City, so I had little choice. I got yelled at by the TSA and the ridiculed when I refused to go through the nude-o-scope (I refuse to subject myself to unnecessary radiation just cause it makes Ma and Pa Kettle feel safer when they fly once every 5 years).

I won't fly any airlines that even *connect* at O'Hare, which is why I've flown nothing but Northwest (now Delta) for the past 5 years.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I flew out of O'Hare for the first time in 5 years in November. Miserable, miserable experience. I had to interview a potential new employee for my company and then head directly to Kansas City, so I had little choice. I got yelled at by the TSA and the ridiculed when I refused to go through the nude-o-scope (I refuse to subject myself to unnecessary radiation just cause it makes Ma and Pa Kettle feel safer when they fly once every 5 years).

I won't fly any airlines that even *connect* at O'Hare, which is why I've flown nothing but Northwest (now Delta) for the past 5 years.

I go to O'Hare several times a year. My mom flies out of O'Hare several times a year to go to conferences twice during the summer and she drives up here to fly out of Chicago as opposed to flying out of St. Louis or the Quad Cities Cities. I also have picked up many people at Midway as well.

I love O'Hare as most flights I take are obviously from there and I go there often to pick up friends and family when they come to Chicago. It is easy to get in and easy to get out of. Midway is a nightmare to get to at many times a day, while O'Hare is 20 minutes from my house and even on the worst day of traffic it is relatively easy to get to. Midway would take me an hour get to and I have no idea when I can get back. I can leave late to pick someone up at O'Hare, park and be at the terminal so fast that I can do this all in my sleep. And having been to the Miami and LAX and DFW, I would take O'Hare any day over those I mentioned and the wait to get on a plane. I do not travel as much as others, but I have had very good experiences for the most part (other than United Airlines who I hate until this day). It just shows that we all want different things when we travel.

Peace

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I go to O'Hare several times a year. My mom flies out of O'Hare several times a year to go to conferences twice during the summer and she drives up here to fly out of Chicago as opposed to flying out of St. Louis or the Quad Cities Cities. I also have picked up many people at Midway as well.

I love O'Hare as most flights I take are obviously from there and I go there often to pick up friends and family when they come to Chicago. It is easy to get in and easy to get out of. Midway is a nightmare to get to at many times a day, while O'Hare is 20 minutes from my house and even on the worst day of traffic it is relatively easy to get to. Midway would take me an hour get to and I have no idea when I can get back. I can leave late to pick someone up at O'Hare, park and be at the terminal so fast that I can do this all in my sleep. And having been to the Miami and LAX and DFW, I would take O'Hare any day over those I mentioned and the wait to get on a plane. I do not travel as much as others, but I have had very good experiences for the most part (other than United Airlines who I hate until this day). It just shows that we all want different things when we travel.

Peace

I live near MSN (Madison). I can get there about 30 minutes before the flight, there's no traffic, parking is $10 a day in the garage, and I'm usually upgraded into first class (because of my frequent flyer status). I pay with always having a connection.

Last year was the first year in about 7 that I was below 120K BIS (butt-in-seat) miles. I hope I make it 2 years in a row.

The worst part of travel is....the travel.

[Jay R]

Rich,

I noticed in another thread that hockey is your favourite sport and that you would officiate it if you could skate. Well I live in Canada and I played hockey for 20 years but I couldn't see myself refereeing hockey. Once you stop going to those cold arenas on a regular basis it's hard to go back. I do have friends who officiate hockey and they're always trying to get me involved. But I've got a full basketball schedule at this point and of course the two seasons conflict. Hockey is a great sport; watching a great goal, a great save or a great check is as exciting as any play in any sport (IMHO).

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Jay R

Rich,

I noticed in another thread that hockey is your favourite sport and that you would officiate it if you could skate. Well I live in Canada and I played hockey for 20 years but I couldn't see myself refereeing hockey. Once you stop going to those cold arenas on a regular basis it's hard to go back. I do have friends who officiate hockey and they're always trying to get me involved. But I've got a full basketball schedule at this point and of course the two seasons conflict. Hockey is a great sport; watching a great goal, a great save or a great check is as exciting as any play in any sport (IMHO).

+1. Ovechkin's famous goal is among the top plays of the decade.

[chseagle]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I don't need to be lectured about a place where I've actually lived. SEA to the city is a cakewalk compared with the drive from Madison to Chicago.

It's even more a cakewalk now thanks to the Sounder