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Subject: [OM] Re: Anybody going to Supercomm in Chicago?
From: "Gary Holder (c)" <gary.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 12:53:47 -0400
I'm headed to Chicagoland in about a week, probably after Supercomm.

Gary H.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 6:44 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Anybody going to Supercomm in Chicago?


> 
> Yes, there are lots of memories for lots of folks at Dixie's.  We never 
> at there a lot, but if you were going out to Funk's Grove for a stroll 
> in the woods, it was a good place to land afterwards for a bite.  There 
> was another truck stop in Lexington right on Route 66 that we liked a 
> lot better, but it didn't take long for it to fold after I-55 was put 
> in.  For the life of me I can't remember the name of that one.
> 
> You're right, the food could be decent.  I just wouldn't be counting on 
> it if you're on a low-fat regimen.  ;-)
> 
> Earl
> 
> Paul Braun wrote:
> 
>>On 1 Jun 2005 at 21:25, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>As in Dixie Trucker's Home?  Please, no...
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>I've been stopping at the original Dixie off of I-55 in McLean for more 
>>than 20years when I drive down from NW Indiana to southern IL to 
>>visit my dad.  Food's decent, depending on the cook, and the pie is 
>>good.
>>
>>It's more of a tradition than anything -- back in '72, when my family 
>>moved from Chicago down to Southern Illinois, my dad moved down 
>>several months ahead of the rest of us so I could finish school.  
>>Every Friday, my mom would pack up my little brother, take me out 
>>of school at 2pm, and we'd drive down to spend the weekend with 
>>Dad.  Always stopped at Dixie going both ways -- it became a 
>>landmark on the trip.
>>
>>Now that Mom's gone, I stop there because it holds good memories 
>>for me.  And it's roughly halfway down.
>>
>>Paul Braun  WD9GCO
>>cygnus at ctgonline.org
>>Valparaiso, IN
>>
>>"Enjoy every sandwich." -- Warren Zevon
>>
>>"At Microsoft, Quality is job, oh, I dunno, maybe 7 or 8?"
>>  
>>
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