NWI INGO General Post - Part 22 - Racoon Pets, Sadclowns Kids, and golf carts

[Doug28450]

Man, I remember going to River Oaks back when it was still a place to go.

I remember going to River Oaks when it was all open.

 

[Snapdragon]

I used to like the open-air layout where you could access the different stores from the center courtyard.

Yes. I think they killed it when they enclosed it.

 

[CTC B4Z]

I remember going to River Oaks when it was all open.

Me as well.

Back then Arby's were $5 for $5.95

 

[jedi]

Wrong way driver killed, man injured in crash on Indiana Toll Road

A person died after driving the wrong way and crashing into another car early Thursday on the Indiana Toll Road.

www.fox32chicago.com

 

[marvin02]

Me as well.

Back then Arby's were $5 for $5.95

You are young they were 5 for $5 for a looong time. Now 2 for $5 is the deal I've seen.

 

[tv1217]

I distinctly remember they were in the process of closing it off when my dad took us to see Jurassic Park, which had to be around 92 or 93

 

[marvin02]

I saw the first Star Wars movie and Apocalypse Now on their release dates at River Oaks.

 

[darkkevin]

Yes. I think they killed it when they enclosed it.

the surrounding neighborhoods rapid decline basically made it unsafe for any respectable shopper to go there.

 

[KLB]

Me too. Those big concrete saucer chairs in the center area between the stores. I used to sit there waiting for my mom to shop when it was safe for a 10-yr-old girl to sit by herself in Calumet City (or anywhere, for that matter).

It was probably more dangerous for kids back then than it is now.

 

[Ballstater98]

Ridiculous. The main reason we quit our annual membership at Washington Park Zoo.

 

[marvin02]

Ridiculous. The main reason we quit our annual membership at Washington Park Zoo.

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That's just parking? Admission not included? We used to ride the South Shore to Michigan City and take the kids to the zoo.

 

[Ballstater98]

That's just parking? Admission not included? We used to ride the South Shore to Michigan City and take the kids to the zoo.

Yep, just to park. It costs more than a family zoo membership! We only used the zoo lot for the zoo.

 

[Bugzilla]

More appropriate here because few will get it in the funny pic thread.

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Should post it else where to keep them guessing. I bought a Pocher 1931 Cadillac model at a hobby shop there for about $180 in the ‘80’s, a crap load of money for me to spend. Still have the model in the original box. I’m about 40 years closer to starting in on it!

 

[actaeon277]

PT is the worst but I don't think I would have regained almost full range of motion without it. Except the booboo finger, but that's got mechanical(biomechanical?) reasons.

I never minded therapy.
Except trying to do it 3 times a week, while working my weird schedule, and paying for it (copay).
Then, there was the time I was off work doing it 3 times a week, and then it was a real pain paying the copay.

 

[tv1217]

I never minded therapy.
Except trying to do it 3 times a week, while working my weird schedule, and paying for it (copay).
Then, there was the time I was off work doing it 3 times a week, and then it was a real pain paying the copay.

Mine sucked. The surgeons had to cut out damaged tissue in my forearm and piece both bones back together with Ti plates and pins. I can still visibly see where there's missing muscle in my arm compared to the other. The majority of the PT was about range of motion so they'd warm it up with towels and compresses and then there was a lot of uncomfortable manual twisting and bending the wrist and hand.

 

[1775usmarine]

Knee scope went good. Wheel back at 845 and left hospital at 1130.

 

[marvin02]

We used to ride the South Shore to Michigan City and take the kids to the zoo.

When the kids were small they liked the train ride as much as the zoo. We would also take the train into Chicago for ball games at Comiskey & Wrigley.

The old South Shore trains had the seats that you could flip the backs over, they loved those.

 

[Snapdragon]

Body Found Along Lake Michigan - Region News Source

Indiana Conservation Officers & The Porter County Coroner’s Office was working to identify a body found near West Beach shoreline Thursday morning. Around noon family was finally given closure after the body of Bryce Dunfee, 22, of Indianapolis was located and recovered at West Beach in Porter...

regionnewssource.org

 

[CTC B4Z]

In the cold. Bodies sink and preserve. In the warmth the gases start to form Then they rise to the surface.

 

[Bugzilla]

Blood and guts don’t bother me, but kudos to the team that had to retrieve the body.