22-12-2002 00:44									#1
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Everyone:

I'll be waiting to see all my fellow 'Poly denizens at that Prairie Junction truck stop north of Sioux Falls on Interstate 29! C'mon on down! We can have a breakfast of sausage, pancakes and chocolate milk!

When's a good date for everyone to meet on the Great Plains in good old South Dakota?

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	22-12-2002 00:46									#2
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I've been through South Dakota.

	22-12-2002 03:08									#3
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It's flat, mostly, at least east of the Missouri River. The further north you go of Sioux Falls, the more obvious the former glacial terrain becomes. All lush and green now, but the moraines are obvious (and big, in many cases, forming valleys).

Where were you heading, Chegitz? The Black Hills?

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I'll go... yeah, right .

	22-12-2002 03:46									#5
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Road trip, Imran, road trip!

	22-12-2002 03:48									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Gatekeeper Where were you heading, Chegitz? The Black Hills? Gatekeeper

We were coming back from Oregon. South Dakota was just in the way. I don't remember much except a glimpse of the badlands off to the south and lots and lots of wheat and soy.

	22-12-2002 05:09									#7
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Chegitz:

I'd hope you would remember crossing that vast, mighty river known as the Missouri. In addition to wheat and soybean fields, we also have ... drum roll, please ... corn fields! And a nuclear bomber base!

Our biggest city is Sioux Falls: 120,000 people and counting!

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It can't be worse than getting to f*cking Leeds.

	22-12-2002 05:16									#9
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You getting to Leeds is easier than me going to Bristol...

	22-12-2002 05:17									#10
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Yeah, but we're doing Bristol, so tough sh!t.

	22-12-2002 05:19									#11
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It took me nearly five hours just to get to Birmingham the other Sunday...

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It took me six hours to get from Brum to Bristol the other week (less than a two hour car ride).

Two of those were taken up getting from my friend's house to Birmingham New Street, since the local train broke down after one stop...

	22-12-2002 05:31									#13
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The other week I had to be in Birmingham for about 10.30am. The first train from York to Birmingham on a Sunday doesn't get in until about 2pm, so I had to go via Manchester... engineering works meant it took two hours just to get there... then another 2 hours to Birmingham, and then the local train wasn't running so I had to catch a "replacement bus service". Left York 7am, arrived University of Birmingham 11.45am. Bleh.

	22-12-2002 05:35									#14
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Are you trying to goad me into a privatisation jibe? Because I'm not going to do it...

	22-12-2002 05:36									#15
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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* You getting to Leeds is easier than me going to Bristol...

Well join me and Johan and chip in with the petrol you tight-fisted git

	22-12-2002 05:39									#16
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5 hours with the Trojan Rocksteady Box-Set and 100 Greatest Sea-Shanties? Maybe not...

Seneca, maybe you should start a new thread on Britain's railways...

	22-12-2002 06:25									#17
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And maybe you should all stop spamming this thread

	22-12-2002 06:32									#18
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You mean this is a serious attempt to arrange a South Dakota meet?

Well, I'll stop spamming as long as my Krasnoyarsk meet thread is treated with the same respect. (If it proves difficult, I could do Evenkia).

	22-12-2002 06:37									#19
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Well it surely wasn't a thread to talk about the UK...

	22-12-2002 09:16									#20
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You tell 'em, Ming! The last time I checked, an ocean and lots of land separated my home state of South Dakota from Merry Old England!



Seriously, though, I bet I'm the only Poly person living in South Dakota. Hey, maybe this thread will get my fellow Sodak Polyites to speak up! C'mon, now! Add your voices to mine! Let SD Polyites ROAR!!!

Oh, and eat at Prairie Junction, of course.

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	22-12-2002 09:25									#21
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Too bad. I would have driven through Saskatchewan, Manitoba, into North Dakota and from there into South Dakota, but you neglected to mention a date. My secretary just booked me up for the next few months, so can you hold off til March?

	22-12-2002 10:17									#22
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Heh, sure. That's about how long it'll take me to recover from the holidays.

I went to Canada once, with my parents; Toronto, I believe. I vaguely remember the border crossing ... the armed soldiers, machine gun nests ... oh, wait, no, that's from my father's time in the military over in what used to be West Germany.

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	22-12-2002 10:38									#23
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Yes, Canada is more about scarlet tunics, fresh water, and toques, ya hoser. Eh.

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Hoser? **LOL**

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I'll meet you there

	22-12-2002 22:52									#26
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I want to see the Corn Palace next time I'm in SD. I don't really remember the Missouri River that time. I was most likely napping, since I'd been driving for a while, and we had to be back in Chicago that evening.

I'd also like to see the bad lands, Pine Ridge Indian Res, Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, and a few other things.

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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* It took me nearly five hours just to get to Birmingham the other Sunday...

I could get to Bruxelles in that time.

It took me 2hrs to get into London the other day. Damned fire at New Cross. Plus Connex is putting fares up more than anywhere else in the country.


Regards South Dakota. I stopped by there when I went to Mt Rushmore. Its a hip and happening place, compared to Nebraska.

	22-12-2002 23:36									#28
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now if you make it South California I can make it. SD is out of the question. Although I've always wanted to visit the badlands. I just like the name

	23-12-2002 00:23									#29
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Chegitz:

Yep, there's a number of interesting things you can find when poking around South Dakota — most are off the "beaten path," so to speak, however.

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Dissident:

Hey! I was waiting for you this morning at Prairie Junction! It took me three hours one-way to get there ... and nobody was there! Then I come back home, log on to Poly and see you later said that southern California is a better place to meet.

My feelings are hurt.

I'm sending you my gas bill.



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	23-12-2002 01:24									#30
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quote: When's a good date for everyone to meet on the Great Plains in good old South Dakota?

How about Sturgis, early in August.