National Tonkoon's Vacation

[Yeti]

Just as a matter of interest, by the way, will you get two adults and two kids into a taxi?

do they have smartphones where you're at?
you'll want to get the Uber app and UberX it everywhere.

On the subject of which, what about phones?  I'm know you can get a cheap burner for calls but can you also get a throwaway smartphone for calls and data?  I can use my European smartphone, of course, but with the roaming price of data it might be cheaper to get something local.

Fuck me, this holiday's going to cost me an absolute fortune.

Does your carrier offer any sort international add-on? When I came your way, I was able to add an unlimited international data plan for a month for like $20, then I just canceled it before the next billing cycle. Pretty painless.

Unlimited? Fuck you, man. I paid $20 for 100MB of data that was going to be my GPS shit.... 15 minutes into driving, I used like 11MB

For future reference, you can cache Google maps and then just use the GPS to find your way around for nothing...

Yea, I guess I didn't really expect to burn through it that fast. Irregardless, it was fun to map out my drive during breakfast and reference a random piece of paper saying "R600 to R604 to R600 (Ballinspittle) etc" whilst driving on the wrong side of the road.

[Tonker]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

[Saul Goodman]

20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.

Any topics you plan to address with Governor Ricketts?

[Chuck to Chuck]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Spent many a summer in my mom's home town of Omaha. Some great steak joints.  I'll get you some names.

[R-V]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

I recommend taking an early morning stroll or two in the quietude of Winnemac Park to clear your head. There's even a couple of baseball fields where you can practice Dexter Fowler slides.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

I recommend taking an early morning stroll or two in the quietude of Winnemac Park to clear your head. There's even a couple of baseball fields where you can practice Dexter Fowler slides.

That is a beautiful park.  Back when I was actually in moderate shape in 2002-2005, I probably jogged through that park 300 times.

Should that second sentence've been in the humblebrag thread?

[CBStew]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

[Tonker]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

[Tonker]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women.  I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities).  I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage.  The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.

In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate.  I just don't get it.

[Tonker]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women.  I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities).  I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage.  The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.

In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate.  I just don't get it.

Sorry, mate.  I didn't realise how much it was upsetting you.  I'll call Nick, and we'll stop doing it.

[Quality Start Machine]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women.  I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities).  I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage.  The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.

In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate.  I just don't get it.

We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.

[Eli]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women.  I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities).  I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage.  The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.

In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate.  I just don't get it.

We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.

Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Okay, accommodation all booked up.  For those of you who are interested, here's where we'll be, and when:

• 
  13-20 July: West LeMoyne Street (on the Eastern edge of Humboldt Park, just off Kedzie, south of North Ave), Chicago.
  
• 
  20-21 July: Hilton Omaha West, Omaha, NE.
  
• 
  21-27 July: North Speer Boulevard (near 29th and Federal), Menver, CO.
  
• 
  27-28 July: Hyatt Place, Overland Park, Kansas City, KS.
  
• 
  28 July-2 Aug: with friends (and also with the I-Cubs) in Nashville, TN.
  
• 
  2-18 Aug: West Winnemac Avenue (between Clark and Lawrence, and Foster and Broadway), Chicago.

Many thanks to you all for your input, and for saving me a long stay in Rogers Park.  If you're around any of those places on any of those dates, we'll look forward to seeing you.

Who can come to the U.S. and not visit beautiful Menver?

I've a feeling that you're pulling my leg, Stew, but the last laugh is on you: Menver is a thing.

I always just assumed it was something that Oleg's friend Nick coined which you have subsequently beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity.  Huh.

You say "beaten into the ground with breathtaking regularity", I say "the comedy of repetition".  In any event, although it never fails to make Nick and me laugh, we're not responsible for it: so do your worst, COMEDYBITER.  You can't pin nothing on me.

Well for starters I'm pretty sure it's a fallacy that men "drastically" outnumber women.  I've only been there twice but both times have been struck by the attractiveness, physical fitness and, yes, abundance of women there (most of whom share those first two qualities).  I think that definition is shoehorned in there because it sounds funny to say "Menver" because it's not like we're talking the Twin Cities or Anchorage.  The place is hardly some sort of 24-hour metropolitan sausage fest.

In summary, not only does the appellation stop being funny after having been uttered by the same Fork person 100 times, but it's supposed etymology is not even remotely accurate.  I just don't get it.

We get it, you like Menver because you're too big to get into Aspen.

Huey likes men because he can't fuck them in the ass?

Forget it, Eli.  It's ForkTown.