near George

[George K]

A true Minnesooootan would have said, "It's over 2 hours."

But I'm not that person.

[Mik]

You betcha.

[brenda]

@George-K said in near George:

@brenda "Near George?"

It's over 150 miles!

But the pic is cool!

I think it's nearer to you than anyone else here, thus it's near George.

Yes, the pic is very cool!

[George K]

@brenda said in near George:

I think it's nearer to you than anyone else here, thus it's near George.

Mark is just as close!

[brenda]

@George-K said in near George:

@brenda said in near George:

I think it's nearer to you than anyone else here, thus it's near George.

Mark is just as close!

Did you measure?

[George K]

@brenda said in near George:

Did you measure?

Sure did. From home addresses of either of us to downtown Pekin is 157 miles.

[jon-nyc]

I knew a girl from Pekin, IL. I did t realize it was that far from Chicago. I thought it was an outer burb.

[kluurs]

Seems close on the globe.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in near George:

I knew a girl from Pekin

That could be the start of a limerick.

"I once knew a girl from Pekin...."

[George K]

@kluurs said in near George:

Seems close on the globe.

165 miles for you.

[kluurs]

@George-K I’ll pick you up on the way. We can meet Mark at Cracker Barrel

[George K]

@kluurs said in near George:

@George-K I’ll pick you up on the way. We can meet Mark at Cracker Barrel

That adds 100 miles...

[brenda]

@George-K said in near George:

@brenda said in near George:

Did you measure?

Sure did. From home addresses of either of us to downtown Pekin is 157 miles.

LOLOL

[Larry]

I lived in Pekin Illinois for several years when I was little. To be more specific, Creve Coer.

[George K]

@Larry said in near George:

I lived in Pekin Illinois for several years when I was little. To be more specific, Creve Coer.

Was that when you knew that coffee girl?

[Larry]

Yep. Gloria Jean. Cant remember her last name... but i wuz in lurrrv....

[Horace]

Her last name was Jean.

[Larry]

Hahahaha

[Larry]

Her daddy had a small airplane and a landing strip in a field behind his house. He would take me and Gloria Jean up in it every once in a while.

[George K]

@Larry said in near George:

Her daddy had a small airplane and a landing strip in a field behind his house. He would take me and Gloria Jean up in it every once in a while.

I remember that story from TOCR. I thought it was pretty neat.

"Gloria Jean's Coffees was founded by Gloria Jean Kvetko in 1979 in Long Grove, Ill., a small town just outside Chicago."

Long Grove is a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Chicago. Nice town.