near George
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I knew a girl from Pekin, IL. I did t realize it was that far from Chicago. I thought it was an outer burb.
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@brenda said in near George:
Did you measure?
Sure did. From home addresses of either of us to downtown Pekin is 157 miles.
@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
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I lived in Pekin Illinois for several years when I was little. To be more specific, Creve Coer.
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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.
@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.
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Might not be the same Gloria Jean then. Might be like your elephant story.... "it wasn't the same elephant"
@Larry said in near George:
Might not be the same Gloria Jean then.
Gloria Jean Kvetko is 78 years old.
https://www.mylife.com/gloria-kvetko/e459442686366
(I love that joke)
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