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May 24th, 2023, 10:39 AM
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Thanks both.
Funny story about the Jimmy John's Italian sub. I think it used to be called Italian Night. It's got onions, and Italian dressing, and all sorts of meat and cheeses.
In the fall of 17, I was buying a relay press in Stamping Ground, Kentucky near the TMMK plant at Georgetown, KY. I would drive over the night before, visit in the morning, leave at lunch, drive to Georgetown, get a Jimmy John's, go into the K plant, go to our office there, eat it, and do paperwork and benchmarking at K for a few hours, then drive back home to Indiana.
One time, I selected the Italian Night, and that hoagie stunk up the office. I was getting asked if there was anything else on my onion sub, and similar jokes. I was harassed for the rest of my visits for that project to make sure I picked another sub.
Funny story about the Jimmy John's Italian sub. I think it used to be called Italian Night. It's got onions, and Italian dressing, and all sorts of meat and cheeses.
In the fall of 17, I was buying a relay press in Stamping Ground, Kentucky near the TMMK plant at Georgetown, KY. I would drive over the night before, visit in the morning, leave at lunch, drive to Georgetown, get a Jimmy John's, go into the K plant, go to our office there, eat it, and do paperwork and benchmarking at K for a few hours, then drive back home to Indiana.
One time, I selected the Italian Night, and that hoagie stunk up the office. I was getting asked if there was anything else on my onion sub, and similar jokes. I was harassed for the rest of my visits for that project to make sure I picked another sub.
May 24th, 2023, 10:46 AM
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Love Jimmy John's. For years, maybe ever, I get #10 Hunters Club double roast beef. And a Coke. Haven't been in a few weeks.
I used to go to JJ every couple of weeks. But now that I drive the pickup to work, I don't dare take it out until it's time to go home. Our lot is full every day, and if I left and had to come back, there'd be no place for me to park. Either someone would take my space and I'd have none, or there would be one in the middle of the aisle that my truck doesn't come close to fitting down, much less backing out of if there's cars parked near.
I used to go to JJ every couple of weeks. But now that I drive the pickup to work, I don't dare take it out until it's time to go home. Our lot is full every day, and if I left and had to come back, there'd be no place for me to park. Either someone would take my space and I'd have none, or there would be one in the middle of the aisle that my truck doesn't come close to fitting down, much less backing out of if there's cars parked near.
May 24th, 2023, 10:54 AM
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JJ's has essentially two Dago subs:
(1) The East Coast Italian - made with a double serving of hand-sliced salami and capocollo, plus hand-sliced provolone cheese, and topped with easy mayo, hot Jimmy Peppers®, house-made oil & vinegar, oregano-basil and fresh-sliced lettuce, tomato and onion served on a gutted, fresh-baked 8" or Giant 16" French bread; and,
(2) The Italian Night Club - made with hand-sliced salami, capocollo and smoked ham, topped with mayo, fresh-sliced lettuce, onions, oil & vinegar and oregano-basil served on a fresh-baked 8" or Giant 16" French bread.
(1) The East Coast Italian - made with a double serving of hand-sliced salami and capocollo, plus hand-sliced provolone cheese, and topped with easy mayo, hot Jimmy Peppers®, house-made oil & vinegar, oregano-basil and fresh-sliced lettuce, tomato and onion served on a gutted, fresh-baked 8" or Giant 16" French bread; and,
(2) The Italian Night Club - made with hand-sliced salami, capocollo and smoked ham, topped with mayo, fresh-sliced lettuce, onions, oil & vinegar and oregano-basil served on a fresh-baked 8" or Giant 16" French bread.
May 24th, 2023, 11:10 AM
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Pretty good story about Jimmy John the man and the store. There's a couple in close proximity to this side of the airport, and one on the other side of Stockbridge. I wish one would open on my side of Stockbridge. Although that might siphon my attention away from Awful house...
May 24th, 2023, 12:09 PM
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Little Jimmy (John) is closer to your age, Mikey. He went to school at Elgin Academy, Elgin, IL (where I grew up). Elgin Academy was a peculiar building in Elgin, for sure - dank & kind of sterile with no real defining lawn, landscape, etc. - just a very bare basic square building. It was located about one mile from our house in Elgin, IL. I think I may have met two people (maybe three) who attended Elgin Academy - it was a private preparatory school and they never really integrated into any either academic or sports affiliation programs in the area. By the time little Jimmy opened his first restaurant in Charleston, IL (our next door neighbors were from Charleston, IL), 1983, I had graduated w/ my B.S. from U of Illinois, Champaign, IL (1981). I did eat at the original Jimmy John's restaurant once or twice in Charleston - the restaurant reminded me a lot of a couple of the small restaurants in and around Champaign, IL (which became little Jimmy's headquarters and I think where he opened his 2nd restaurant). He certainly made good for himself.
May 24th, 2023, 01:03 PM
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May 24th, 2023, 01:21 PM
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I know, I know...but I wasn't using it in a derogatory manner. I'm German, if someone calls me a Kraut I don't take offense. Same for Polack, it's derogatory if used in a derogatory manner.
May 24th, 2023, 05:13 PM
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Hey guys,
Sounds like everyone had a pretty decent day! Beautiful here today, sunny and got up to about 88°. Just got back from a short motorcycle ride and it was great to be out, hadn't been out on either bike in awhile. We went to our granddaughter's kindergarten graduation this afternoon and she was very cute.
There's a big judged show at a Sportsman's Club in Mascoutah, IL this Saturday that I plan on going to. It's about 65-miles one way northeast of me, which is about the limit I'll go to get to a show. I went to it last year and it was a beautiful setting and a good time. Right now the weather forecast looks great.
Mike - The only reason I remembered this was the day I retired on is because my phone told me. There is a feature on it that pulls up certain photos from special events and reminds me of when it happened. I don’t have it marked on my calendar or anything.
John - Damn good looking meatloaf!
Norm -- Nice round for it being cold and windy. Hope you did well in the shootout.
Hope ya'll have a relaxing evening!
Sounds like everyone had a pretty decent day! Beautiful here today, sunny and got up to about 88°. Just got back from a short motorcycle ride and it was great to be out, hadn't been out on either bike in awhile. We went to our granddaughter's kindergarten graduation this afternoon and she was very cute.
There's a big judged show at a Sportsman's Club in Mascoutah, IL this Saturday that I plan on going to. It's about 65-miles one way northeast of me, which is about the limit I'll go to get to a show. I went to it last year and it was a beautiful setting and a good time. Right now the weather forecast looks great.
Mike - The only reason I remembered this was the day I retired on is because my phone told me. There is a feature on it that pulls up certain photos from special events and reminds me of when it happened. I don’t have it marked on my calendar or anything.
John - Damn good looking meatloaf!
Norm -- Nice round for it being cold and windy. Hope you did well in the shootout.
Hope ya'll have a relaxing evening!
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May 24th, 2023, 08:05 PM
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Reminds me of many years ago on ROP a few of the south Louisiana guys were calling each other coonass and some yahoo made a profile, logged on, and proceeded to chastise folks about it. He was under the impression that the "coon" part was a racist epithet toward blacks. We had to set him straight. I was amazed that someone would find that thread on the internet, then take the time to sign up just to point and scream "racism!". Do people have nothing better to do with their lives?
May 24th, 2023, 10:03 PM
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Reminds me of many years ago on ROP a few of the south Louisiana guys were calling each other coonass and some yahoo made a profile, logged on, and proceeded to chastise folks about it. He was under the impression that the "coon" part was a racist epithet toward blacks. We had to set him straight. I was amazed that someone would find that thread on the internet, then take the time to sign up just to point and scream "racism!". Do people have nothing better to do with their lives?
May 25th, 2023, 03:02 AM
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May 25th, 2023, 03:09 AM
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May 25th, 2023, 03:56 AM
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Good morning everyone.
Beautiful morning out. Clear sky, a bit cool but not bad. Gonna be a nice day. And I have inside stuff planned for after work.
Went and got the SRX yesterday after work. What a pain. At one time they said they'd send a Lyft for me since I didn't have a ride, but I thought better of it. So I hooked up the trailer and retrieved it that way. It isn't a big deal, but my trailer is a piece of junk, and it was a hassle messing with it. I found out the valance on the car is again too low for the trailer, and I tore up the other side of it. I think I'm just going to leave it off.
So my neighbor the hot rodder came over yesterday when i was putting the trailer up and brought the Chevy. He's done an enormous amount of work to it the last month. It runs really nice. Now I need to get tires for it, get the front end lined up, and hit the road! It was really nice driving it yesterday, first time in years. I keep forgetting Reverse is all the way down.
I think my wall guy is just in a funk. He said yesterday he thinks it's time to move on. I fully understand this. I hate being stuck in a job I don't want to be in. But the reality is he can't transfer anywhere for about a year, and if he doesn't shape up he'll find himself in the back doing teardown. Believe me that's a place you'd start to hate immediately.
Okay I think I'll take my hourly walk. Hope everyone has a good day.
Beautiful morning out. Clear sky, a bit cool but not bad. Gonna be a nice day. And I have inside stuff planned for after work.
Went and got the SRX yesterday after work. What a pain. At one time they said they'd send a Lyft for me since I didn't have a ride, but I thought better of it. So I hooked up the trailer and retrieved it that way. It isn't a big deal, but my trailer is a piece of junk, and it was a hassle messing with it. I found out the valance on the car is again too low for the trailer, and I tore up the other side of it. I think I'm just going to leave it off.
So my neighbor the hot rodder came over yesterday when i was putting the trailer up and brought the Chevy. He's done an enormous amount of work to it the last month. It runs really nice. Now I need to get tires for it, get the front end lined up, and hit the road! It was really nice driving it yesterday, first time in years. I keep forgetting Reverse is all the way down.
I think my wall guy is just in a funk. He said yesterday he thinks it's time to move on. I fully understand this. I hate being stuck in a job I don't want to be in. But the reality is he can't transfer anywhere for about a year, and if he doesn't shape up he'll find himself in the back doing teardown. Believe me that's a place you'd start to hate immediately.
Okay I think I'll take my hourly walk. Hope everyone has a good day.
May 25th, 2023, 05:26 AM
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Good morning everyone.
So my neighbor the hot rodder came over yesterday when i was putting the trailer up and brought the Chevy. He's done an enormous amount of work to it the last month. It runs really nice. Now I need to get tires for it, get the front end lined up, and hit the road! It was really nice driving it yesterday, first time in years. I keep forgetting Reverse is all the way down.
So my neighbor the hot rodder came over yesterday when i was putting the trailer up and brought the Chevy. He's done an enormous amount of work to it the last month. It runs really nice. Now I need to get tires for it, get the front end lined up, and hit the road! It was really nice driving it yesterday, first time in years. I keep forgetting Reverse is all the way down.
May 25th, 2023, 08:36 AM
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Good job Jamesbo! Which one did you get? I love the bread.
Thanks Chris. I hope the Chev fares better than the Imperial has, I have tires for it and it still sits! I need to get busy for cruising this summer.
Thanks Chris. I hope the Chev fares better than the Imperial has, I have tires for it and it still sits! I need to get busy for cruising this summer.
May 25th, 2023, 09:23 AM
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Mike - If Summit is having a cruise-in tomorrow evening get the Chrysler out and get it up there! I think lots of folks would love to see it and you'd have a great time! Just my 2-cents.
May 25th, 2023, 09:51 AM
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Summit's cruise ins here in Georgia are Monday nights. Actually this next Monday they won't have one, they never do on a holiday. I don't want to drive it because the tires are so old. it's gonna be the same thing with the Chev. Driving it yesterday was like the tires were made of concrete.
There used to be an old guy went to Summit every week with his 57 Chevy. For years he'd tell me I needed to get mine going. He hasn't been going the last couple of years, and he's also sold his Chevy. I should stop by his house with the car and show him, I know he'd get a big kick out of it.
There used to be an old guy went to Summit every week with his 57 Chevy. For years he'd tell me I needed to get mine going. He hasn't been going the last couple of years, and he's also sold his Chevy. I should stop by his house with the car and show him, I know he'd get a big kick out of it.
May 25th, 2023, 10:01 AM
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I am starting to think that maybe when I sell stuff, I should haul and sell up north at the cottage. Sold a fridge and my parts Yard Bug mower in record time, $250 that immediately was used for septic tank pump-out.
May 25th, 2023, 01:30 PM
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Summit's cruise ins here in Georgia are Monday nights. Actually this next Monday they won't have one, they never do on a holiday. I don't want to drive it because the tires are so old. it's gonna be the same thing with the Chev. Driving it yesterday was like the tires were made of concrete.
May 25th, 2023, 01:53 PM
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May 25th, 2023, 02:12 PM
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May 25th, 2023, 02:32 PM
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I'll get some pictures of the Chevy after I wash it tomorrow. I don't care if it's going to rain Sunday, I'm washing the car! The guy I got the Imperial from said he drove it to Carlisle from his house a couple years ago. A couple years ago the tires would have only been 18 years old. He lives in Virginia, said it was 3 or 4 hours on the interstate. Years ago I didn't give two hoots about tire age. I drove my Cutlass with at least 20 year old tires from Chicago to Moline and back. About 300 miles round trip. Never gave it a second thought. Wouldn't do that now.
