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    • CommentAuthorjrieber
    • CommentTimeApr 12th 2008
     (1493.101)
    hope to see you there, mr. e.

    bring smokes sufficient for the day, if you're still burning 'em. or get someone local who lives outside cook county to import 'em for you. it's a three bucks per pack difference, god bless what passes for civilization around here.
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    American cigarettes are rolled muck. I always bring my own.
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    it looks like me and my misses will be making an apperance at this now. going to jumble it in amongst the wedding plans!
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    i dont think theres any way my schedule is going to allow this....concentrating 100% on the APE in SF in november now! sorry guys, i would have loved to meet some of you. someday...
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    someday...

    Yes.
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      CommentAuthorZ
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     (1493.106)
    The city of Chicago is bracing for your arrival, Mr Ellis. The <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1151373599">trains are failing</a>, and <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1150814314">the big cats are on the hunt</a>. Translation: if you try to leave the airport, you'll either sweat to death or get mauled by a large animal.

    Wait..

    ..

    .. were we talking about the convention, or the city?
    • CommentAuthorjrieber
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008
     (1493.107)
    <blockquote>American cigarettes are rolled muck. I always bring my own.</blockquote>

    camel straights are lethal and delicious. and endorsed by many dead olympic atheletes of the pulp era. i can't believe a man of your experience and vision would lump them in with all of the filtered crap that passes for cigarettes in the states these days. what's the world coming to?

    next you'll be telling me you don't like tesla. or dogs.
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      CommentAuthororwellseyes
    • CommentTimeApr 16th 2008 edited
     (1493.108)
    Regarding that Cougar. I love the advice given for encountering one.

    ENCOUNTERING A COUGAR

    – Pick up children immediately. (To feed to cougar)

    – Do not approach it. Give the cougar an avenue for escape. (Or flank you)

    – Do not run; this can trigger an attack.(Do not stay; this can trigger an attack)

    – Back away without turning your back on it. (This is disrespectful to the cougar, who value honor)

    – Do all you can to look bigger. Don’t hide or crouch down.(Gain Weight, if possible


    And the newscasters can't stop making jokes because "Cougar" is a euphemism for a sexually aggressive older woman.

    Welcome to Chicago
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    @orwellseyes

    Nice. :)
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      CommentAuthorscooter23
    • CommentTimeApr 17th 2008
     (1493.110)
    i am definitely coming out to chicago this year, despite the fact that the last time i was there, having a brick thrown thru my buddy's rear window on the way back from a bar called Delilah's. cool bar. bricks bad.

    on smoking: here in cleveland there are still a few local punk-rocker/scumbag bars that don't care and people still smoke in there regardless with no problems. anyone on the forums from chicago that know of this trend out that a-way?

    i normally don't go to comic-cons, and will probably spend most of the time in a mildly alcohol-induced haze...
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    And now we have Earthquakes


    By the time Warren is here Lake Michigan will have flooded and bacteria people will be running around with seaweed guns.
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      CommentAuthorzarhooie
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     (1493.112)
    I will remain safe from the WWC madness by hiding under my bed in Massachusetts and praying that the plane carrying Mr. Ellis doesn't fall on top of me.

    Also, there's no point in going to a convention if I can't get drunk, and I've already allotted my three binges this summer. My poor liver is screaming already (fucking triple metabolized medication).
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    Hotel secured. Very pleased with how that turned out, I am.

    Next up flight.
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    JTraub:

    If it's feasible for you, United has the best in and out service here in Chicago. It's the hometown hub and the general idiocy is kept to a minimum.

    And as cheap as it might be, do NOT get a flight into midway. It's usually less coin, but it's run by the damned. The actual...damned.
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      CommentAuthorZ
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     (1493.115)
    @orwellseyes

    Any reason I should be wary of flying JetBlue into Chicago...? That was going to be my plan, but I haven't booked the flight yet.
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    United has the best in and out service here in Chicago.

    @orwellseyes

    Good to know - thanks (yes, my flight's with them).
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    Z:

    Jetblue's actually pretty good too. Nothing to do with their just chicago service, but I've always had the best experiences in-flight with them domestically.

    The really awful ones serving O'Hare
    -British Airways (used to be fantastic here, now their service and support has vaporized)

    -Northwest (Simply the Anti-Christ. Unlike BA who are simply not around, NW people seem trained to not help you.)

    I'm judging these based on counter service and at gate service. With NW they never anounced that our flight was delayed over 3 hours due to "Mechanical Issues" and simply lied when asked. When the flight was finally cancelled the counter staff all but demanded blodd samples just to secure rebooking. Saw one of them yelling at an older gentleman "HOW CAN I BE SURE YOU AREN'T LYING ABOUT THIS?" assuming that because he was old, he was deaf. Similar stories about NW abound around here.

    And Midway is simply godawful. Smaller and cheaper lines fly out of there, but their service is smaller and cheaper too. The whole place is run pretty slipshod and security seems to only hire from the finest prisons and madhouses. I was pulled out for "extra security" and had one of these "people" ask why I had a copy of Harper's with a picture of George Bush on it (The headline was "The Case for Impeachment") and why did I hate the president? I think the fact I simply started laughing at him helped get me out of there faster.

    Midway is also hard to get to, surrounded by a neighborhood that varies from block to block from "Decent folks" to "Escape from New York". If you're getting picked up at the terminal by friends it's decent. Public transit from there is not a good thing.

    This is our safe, reliable and pleasant airline system here in the states.
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    @Orwell

    Taking Delta both there and back myslef. As is part of my residency requirements* for living in Georgia.

    (Four others are: Drink Coke products, Enjoy Baseball, Watch Turner Network Channels, Annoy Z.)
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    For others are: Drink Coke products, Enjoy Baseball, Watch Turner Network Channels, Annoy Z.

    We have a fine baseball team here on the south side. The boys in black are off to a decent start.

    On the north side we have an open air yuppie cesspool that will soon be renamed "Viagra Field" or something equally humiliating. Though how you can be further shamed after 100 years of LOSING is beyond me.
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      CommentAuthorZ
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     (1493.120)
    <strong>@J </strong>
    You're not getting out of paying for coffee, you owe me.

    <strong>@orwellseyes</strong>
    Thanks for the info on flights, much appreciated.

    - Z

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