Hamillfest

[BigBalledOX]

Ok, I'm still iffy on if I'll be able to go or not, it may come down to the wire, but since it sounds like Reagan and Terry are both planning on heading up on Friday, if I do get to go, do you guys wanna caravan or something?

Its a long, lonely effing drive all the way up and back, and barring an unforseen miracle with this girl I'm sort of talking to, I'll be flying solo, so it'd be cool if there were some Cougars to share the ride, so to speak.

[jaged]

no we dont like your kind in caravans

[BigBalledOX]

no we dont like your kind in caravans

You go to hell Jason. You go to hell and you DIE!

[jaged]

mmmmmkkkkkkkk


i guess its gonna be partial last minute planning then with a lot of stuff depending on this or that. Hell if you guys want to leave thursday after work thats fine with me. depending on what time you all get off work we could get there at a somewhat decent time still

[bensenvill]

ya I havent given it much thought on when I/we would be driving up there.

anyone who's interested should probably ask off for friday.

[Frosty]

Ohh, I was thinking about going, but I can be counted out now.

[Phantom]

Well, Jen and I are in for sure. I highly would prefer driving up Friday morning... early... like 6 am meeting Terry at Hinsdale Oasis... and meeting Jason around 8 am somewhere along 80/94 in Indiana. Unless you guys are car pooling, and then we can meet Jason somewhere to drop off a car and keep going.

I'm not sure where the STL people can meet us... any ideas?

Ryan, could you get over here that early? Or did you want to push it back?

Otherwise, let me know if you guys are going Thursday night...

[BigBalledOX]

That shouldn't be a problem. Depending on how my work schedule shakes out, I may be able to drive up to your hizzle Thursday if you don't mind me crashing on the couch, that would make it easier for Friday morning.

I'm still pending payment on a couple things and waiting to see how some other things shake out, but I should be down for this. :)

[bensenvill]

Otherwise, let me know if you guys are going Thursday night...

ya either 6am or thursday night.

[oh christ, I can officially say my suspension is sick.... I just want to drive long distances... that is a direct command from your president]

[BigBalledOX]

Well, it appears I have a buyer for my nitrous, so I should be in for this. Six in the morning is a tad early though. :(

[Moraki]

Candy ass.

doug is gay, like hot pants gay

[BigBalledOX]

**** you ****, that means getting up at two. I don't even go to bed until two a.m.! :tongue:

[ND4SPD]

For those bovine livestock who aren't sure about going, let me just give you a friendly Canadian reminder: :)












GET YOUR F*KKCING A** TO GDAMN HAMILLFEST OR YOU WILL BURN IN A LAKE OF FIRE WHILE FIERY PIRANHA CONSUME YOUR GENITALS!!1!



that is all.
:grouphug:

[BigBalledOX]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bensenvill]

wow, the canadians are aggitated when they miss their morning beer.

[cougarprophet]

damn right....:disgust:

[Phantom]

Ryan, dude! You're welcome to crash at my place Thursday night. 6 am is damn early coming from Aurora, can't imagine from the other side of the state. PM me. Actually, any of the STL guys are welcome to, too.

So, Der Fuhrer, you okay with the 6 am Friday?

[BigBalledOX]

I'll likely take you up on that. I don't know when I have to work til on Thursday, hopefully it won't be later, otherwise I might not get in to town until 11 or later. Once I know whats going on with work I'll let you guys know.

[jaged]

earlier would be better. I-94 in MI sucks and we will hit rush hour at that time, thats not fun

[BigBalledOX]

If we leave at six, just what rush hour are we gonna hit? :crazy: And is there a reason we need to leave so early?

[Phantom]

yeah... if we left the Hinsdale Oasis at 6ish... we'd actually be skirting the rush hour for Chicago (I know, because I leave for work at 6 am) and hitting the rush hour in south-western Michigan at around 8 or 9 ish... but how bad can it really be? they're about 11 million people less than here. :)

I can't see leaving Hinsdale Oasis much earlier... already getting up at 4:30 or 5... I donno... Terry, what do you think?

[BigBalledOX]

Oy, you guys are killin me . . . I mean, I'll suck it up and roll, but I'm far from a morning person. :tongue:

[jaged]

there is always construction on I-94 and it always sucks, it rivals chicago in spots. you know me, the earlier we can leave the better

[BigBalledOX]

there is always construction on I-94 and it always sucks, it rivals chicago in spots. you know me, the earlier we can leave the better

I know sweetie. I've been there more recently than you have. :tongue: Just pray they have **** cleaned up on 94 South on the way home or we can add an extra hour to the drive.

[jaged]

its been that way for the at least the past 3 yrs ( i know its been more than that though) snookems

[bensenvill]

Oy, you guys are killin me . . . I mean, I'll suck it up and roll, but I'm far from a morning person. :tongue:

I will be hauling a sizable supply of redbull.

but as reagan said, we will be skirting rushhour. Its still very quick at that time but this would be a prompt 6am departure. Its not going to be the easiest place to keep a caravan but it will be very difficult if we leave any later.

[BigBalledOX]

I may rock an IV drip of Monster . . . I'm gonna need it for that ungodly hour.

I'm not too concerned about keeping a caravan through the Chicagoland area. We can always choose a place in Indiana as a rally point lest we get seperated.

[Phantom]

Actually... we'll have a Caravan of three... as long as all three of us have our radios, keeping together will be a sinch.

Old Timer Story: ages ago when coming back from Cougarfest 2001 (yeah, I said 2001) we had about 10 of us caravaning... We stopped in Michigan City to prepare for the imminant traffic... five us us (me, Amber, Jen (WickedLimits), Jay (Pikachu), and Al (Zincat)) decided to make a break for it... the result was a thing of beauty. Getting five people with radios and suicidal personalities through traffic was fun... no one led... the person in front would radio his intentions, cut off a car in another lane, slow down, and the other four would zoom in front of that car... and we'd repeat that... when traffic opened up a bit it was every one for themselves... we took our own lanes and just stayed within sight of each other... it was fun.

[BigBalledOX]

Hmmm . . . and we'll have you, Terry and myself . . . sounds like we're gonna be dive-bombing through traffic again. :evil:

I may have another NECO member making a special guest appearance, I'm working on getting said person to agree to join up with us. :)

[Frosty]

Who would that be?

[jaged]

bring karin, leave ron behind lol

so itll be
car 1 regan and jen
car 2 terry and jason
car 3 ryan and mystery person

correct? its not looking good for the stl peoples with doug going west, and steve being crispy, and tom....well tom is maybe

[Phantom]

cool... so where are we meeting you Jason to pick you up and leave a car? Your Dad's place or somewhere else?

Ryan, who's the mystery person?

[BigBalledOX]

I'm not gonna divulge any names until I get a clear answer one way or another. :)

[Phantom]

:poke:

[BigBalledOX]

Hey, you poke away, you ain't gettin nothin outta me. :tongue: The person's not from Midwest, I'll tell you that much.

[Phantom]

Fine... be that way. :tongue:

[jaged]

we dont want no chicken heads in canadia

we can meet at my house or my parents. its a toss up as far as ease of getting there. terry has been to both places so ill let him chime in if he wants

[Badazzcougar]

I'm kinda debating if I should go to this festival? It looks like a lot of fun and I'm sure the beast could handle it, I dont know if I could handle 8hrs of driving:eek: Maybe possibly if I stayed with one of you guys in IL or IN for the night on Thurs I would definatly be in:thumbsup:

[BigBalledOX]

I'm kinda debating if I should go to this festival? It looks like a lot of fun and I'm sure the beast could handle it, I dont know if I could handle 8hrs of driving:eek: Maybe possibly if I stayed with one of you guys in IL or IN for the night on Thurs I would definatly be in:thumbsup:

DAVID! **** yes you must come! Drive to Reagan's house Thursday night and crash there, thats my plan!

[bensenvill]

Hmmm . . . and we'll have you, Terry and myself . . . sounds like we're gonna be dive-bombing through traffic again. :evil:

I may have another NECO member making a special guest appearance, I'm working on getting said person to agree to join up with us. :)

_please say korean hooker... please say korean hooker_

[bensenvill]

we dont want no chicken heads in canadia

we can meet at my house or my parents. its a toss up as far as ease of getting there. terry has been to both places so ill let him chime in if he wants

jason you are going to meet us at exactly the 20 mile marker on eastbound I-80, I am going to slow down to 15 mph and you are going to jump in the car just like in the movies

[BigBalledOX]

_please say korean hooker... please say korean hooker_

Is Filipino ok? And she's not a hooker! She's a massage therapist!

[bensenvill]

less work for me, I can deal with that.

[Phantom]

Alrighty... cars fixed up enough to make a 20 hour drive... I'm ready... can't wait to go!

Ryan... you decide who your mystery guest is?

[bensenvill]

well I am going to be minus car for Hamillfest.

I wont get it back from paint until next saturday at the very earliest.

[Phantom]

Where do you live again? Ryan and I can swing up your way and meet at your house at 6 am. You can ride with one of us to Jasons, and then hitch a ride with any of us.

Ryan will have to drop you back off on Sunday though... since I'm not coming home Sunday with you guys...

Let me know... also, Ryan... let me know if that's alright (I just volunteered a detour for you on the way home)... and also let me know if I should expect you Thursday night for sure.

:)

[Phantom]

wait... you have a 2nd car now, I forgot. You driving the lincoln then? Let me know either way.

[BigBalledOX]

Right now, its EXTREMELY iffy if I can go or not. Once I figure out why my car is making this godawful clacking sound and how much its gonna be to fix it, I'll know more.

[bensenvill]

wait... you have a 2nd car now, I forgot. You driving the lincoln then? Let me know either way.

:biggrin:

if your referring to the lincoln 'pimpjuice' towncar... then yes.

[jaged]

so this means that your in then terry? we can take my atx. I just need to do an oil change since im over due

[bensenvill]

so this means that your in then terry? we can take my atx. I just need to do an oil change since im over due

well money wise I seem to be OK [against my better judgement, but hey].

right now it boils down to work giving me the day off... I've more or less only been working half days for the past 5 weeks with my grandfathers health. So I've kinda [no actually greatly] exceeded my vacation/personal/sick days for the year.

And to add to the matter [as I was just reminded by my boss] is that monday is URSA Monday [the day where UPS randomly uploads new shipping rates and changes all their code without any notification... this ones suppose to be a big one, because its the whole preholiday rampup time]...So when I get in Tuesday morning, I know its going to be 12 straight hours of every customer calling up because their shipping system is dead. I'll know wensday if there is any possibility of getting friday off.

[BigBalledOX]

Well. I'm out.

Dad and I couldn't find the rattle, and there's no way in hell I'm driving the car with that lovely noise coming from it until I know what the hell it is and what its gonna take to fix it. I'm taking it to a shop on Monday, but they won't be able to look at it til Tuesday soonest, because of the holiday. So, barring a miracle, I'm not making it to Hamillfest.

[LadyX]

:( Take a bus to the next nearest Cougar person??

Are you guys crossing at Windsor/Detroit? If so, what time? Perhaps you can meet up with us, before we leave.

[bensenvill]

I have no frickin idea, I have had no success with mapquest trying to start in the US and end in canada... I have no concept of where this even is.

[jaged]

im gonna do some looking to see if i can find the addy of the campsite. i think there is a mapquest.ca if we start at the ambassador bridge we should be good from there. does your GPS have canadian roads terry?

[bensenvill]

im gonna do some looking to see if i can find the addy of the campsite. i think there is a mapquest.ca if we start at the ambassador bridge we should be good from there. does your GPS have canadian roads terry?


I have no idea... this is like an apollo mission.

[BigBalledOX]

I have no idea... this is like an apollo mission.

:rofl: Drama queen.

Mapquest worked for me, I'll see if its still saved there.

[BigBalledOX]

Frankly Terrance, I'm disappointed in you. (http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=1&2l=A4e%2FOSyTcoQ%3D&2g=8SGvih2eMxA%3D&2pl=&2v=ADDRESS&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=Rock+Island&1s=IL&1z=&2pn=&2a=9537+Army+Camp+Road&2c=Lambton+Shores&2s=ON&2z=N0N&r=f)

[bensenvill]

Frankly Terrance, I'm disappointed in you. (http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=1&2l=A4e%2FOSyTcoQ%3D&2g=8SGvih2eMxA%3D&2pl=&2v=ADDRESS&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=Rock+Island&1s=IL&1z=&2pn=&2a=9537+Army+Camp+Road&2c=Lambton+Shores&2s=ON&2z=N0N&r=f)

I shun technology.... actually thats not too bad of a drive.

now it all comes down to my boss allowing me to take a 4th extended weekend in a row.

[BigBalledOX]

No, and obviously thats from my hizzle, so you can lop about 150 miles off that.

[Phantom]

:( Take a bus to the next nearest Cougar person??

Are you guys crossing at Windsor/Detroit? If so, what time? Perhaps you can meet up with us, before we leave.


So to answer your question, Jen. Nope, not crossing at Windsor/Detroit... apparently there's somewhere way north of Detroit that is right by the campsite. Mapquest has us crossing there...

[Phantom]

Terry, you gotta bug your boss to get that Friday off! I can't be the only guy from Chicago going!

Jason... where do you want us picking you up from? Your dad's place, or yours? Either or, just give directions to one or the other...

Ryan... you suck. It must be a bad rattle though... so I understand. So now that you're out... who was your mystery guest going to be? I hate suspense.

[bensenvill]

Terry, you gotta bug your boss to get that Friday off! I can't be the only guy from Chicago going!

As stated before (http://newcougar.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1085533&postcount=51), alot of this is beyond my control. I'm putting in 12-14 hour days this week, hopefully that will be enough for me to slip away early.

[BigBalledOX]

Terry, you gotta bug your boss to get that Friday off! I can't be the only guy from Chicago going!

Jason... where do you want us picking you up from? Your dad's place, or yours? Either or, just give directions to one or the other...

Ryan... you suck. It must be a bad rattle though... so I understand. So now that you're out... who was your mystery guest going to be? I hate suspense.

Its a sound that makes the skin crawl, because a car should NOT be making that noise. It sounds like it might be coming from inside the transmission. Trust me, you wouldn't wanna drive your car a thousand miles round trip sounding like this.

I was attempting to convince ov3n to join us. :)

[jaged]

from my parents house it came out to 350 mi. if you want to meet up there that would be ok since youve been there before.

any chance to get the pops charger ryan?

[bensenvill]

Its a sound that makes the skin crawl, because a car should NOT be making that noise. It sounds like it might be coming from inside the transmission. Trust me, you wouldn't wanna drive your car a thousand miles round trip sounding like this.

I was attempting to convince ov3n to join us. :)


no I completely agree with you... If I get the slightest noise, my car is not driven PERIOD. I can tell you guys aint going to be seeing my car until may or june. even though my lug nut bolts were replaced, I am not satisfied. I am replacing the front knuckles [thanks tom for the loaners], new hub bearing assemblies on all 4 wheels, new stut mounts, 4 new tie-rods. at that point I can say every suspension component has been replaced in the past few months, and my car will be ready for the road again.

[bensenvill]

nope I am officially out, my repair estimate puts me beyond my financial means.

[jrak123]

Dude that sucks! Sorry to hear about your problems. I was looking forward to meeting you. Best of luck on the car.

[BigBalledOX]

Terrance, would it be possible for you to meet with perhaps jaged and transfer the item(s) of interest you have in your possession?

[jaged]

?? theres bees in the what now??

anyone want to ride up there with me since regans not coming back on sunday?? anyone.....anyone....

[bensenvill]

Terrance, would it be possible for you to meet with perhaps jaged and transfer the item(s) of interest you have in your possession?


ooorrrr, I could transfer it to the capable hands of Reagan... you know, because he's like a crap load closer to me.

but yes, I was fully intending on doing that.


jrak, you'll be seeing me soon enough!

oh ya, wasnt clear enough on the "repairs", its alot of dent pulling and "removing of superfoloius items". since the cars already having some actual damaged fixed, nows my best opportunity to get everything else taken care of.

[BigBalledOX]

ooorrrr, I could transfer it to the capable hands of Reagan... you know, because he's like a crap load closer to me.

but yes, I was fully intending on doing that.


jrak, you'll be seeing me soon enough!

True that, I forgot about him. As long as said item(s) of interest get to their intended destination. I need something to look forward to.

[Badazzcougar]

I wish I could have made this,I couldnt get today off of work:mad:

[Phantom]

Hamillfest was awesome! You guys missed out. :(

[cougarprophet]

they truelly did, :disgust:

[LostRacer]

Yeah..we missed the rain out :tongue:

I just wanted to say thanks for the drunk call you guys..That was fun :)

[Moraki]

How come nobody drunk calls me? oh wait thats the reason i changed phone numbers.

[jaged]

because we were in another country with almost zero reception. I could barely hear ty when we called

[Frosty]

What is this HamillFest you speak of?

:tongue: