Proposal: 01/01/19 Another Round - Downers Grove HF meet up

[ChiHawks10]

Thought I'd get a thread going to gauge interest in doing another WC HF Hawks meetup somewhere. Have had a great time at all the others ones, and it's always a good day since most are off on New Year's Day. Anyone have ideas for a venue? Who all is in?

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[ChiHawks10]

34 views and not one reply. Screw you guys.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Gotta see if I can get a vacation day, but I'll be down. If I use a vacation day, I get double time and a half. If I call off, I get nothing.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Gotta see if I can get a vacation day, but I'll be down. If I use a vacation day, I get double time and a half. If I call off, I get nothing.

No PTO, eh?

 

[AmericanDream]

you guys should just get tickets and go as a group, God knows they need more asses in the seats

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

No PTO, eh?

Railroad doesn't do that. Have plenty of time, but you need to get it approved.

 

[ChiHawks10]

you guys should just get tickets and go as a group, God knows they need more asses in the seats

I'd rather sit in a warm bar, enjoy some food/beer, and be able to actually talk to people, than sit in the cold, and possible snow, and pay overpriced ticket prices, overpriced food and beer prices, and be miserable for 3 hours.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Railroad doesn't do that. Have plenty of time, but you need to get it approved.

Gotcha. I knew they didn't do traditional "holidays" like most places. As the RR still runs on holidays, right? You got almost two months. Put in for that vaca day before someone else does!

 

[AmericanDream]

I'd rather sit in a warm bar, enjoy some food/beer, and be able to actually talk to people, than sit in the cold, and possible snow, and pay overpriced ticket prices, overpriced food and beer prices, and be miserable for 3 hours.

...just trying to help the ticket sales lol

 

[ChiHawks10]

...just trying to help the ticket sales lol

Thanks McDonough.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Gotcha. I knew they didn't do traditional "holidays" like most places. As the RR still runs on holidays, right? You got almost two months. Put in for that vaca day before someone else does!

24/7 365.

 

[ChiHawks10]

24/7 365.

Yeah, thought that's how it was. Worked for an IT company that provided all the automatic gate entry systems/camera inspection for the trucks coming into the railyards a bunch of years back, and always hated it for the year I was there because we had no holidays, either. We didn't have to be in the office, but we had to be on call on all of them. Sucked.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Yeah, thought that's how it was. Worked for an IT company that provided all the automatic gate entry systems/camera inspection for the trucks coming into the railyards a bunch of years back, and always hated it for the year I was there because we had no holidays, either. We didn't have to be in the office, but we had to be on call on all of them. Sucked.

Remprex?

 

[ChiHawks10]

Remprex?

Yep.

 

[BK]

Railroad doesn't do that. Have plenty of time, but you need to get it approved.

Wait you drive choo choos?If so that is awesome.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Wait you drive choo choos?If so that is awesome.

Gantry cranes. Load em up.

 

[BK]

Gantry cranes. Load em up.

Nice.

You need to find a gig doing it in a major port. HUGE $$$

 

[Kurtosis]

I’m down to meet up as always if I don’t end up going. Hearing the horror stories about driving conditions on the way down has me leaning towards not attending.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I’m down to meet up as always if I don’t end up going. Hearing the horror stories about driving conditions on the way down has me leaning towards not attending.

Lake effect snow going to South Bend can be absolutely awful. I have horror stories from my own amateur games and tournaments played in South Bend. We'd have 1-2 a year there, and the drive that should be less than 2 hours turned into 4 hours numerous times.

 

[Pez68]

Yep. If there is even a 10% chance of snow that day, you better plan on a 3-4 hour commute. The lake effect snow is awful. Complete white-out at times.

 

[Kurtosis]

Thanks for making up my mind guys

 

[ChiHawks10]

Thanks for making up my mind guys

You'd rather meet up and drink with us again, anyways.

 

[Kurtosis]

You'd rather meet up and drink with us again, anyways.

Haha yeah, never opposed to that. I’m not married to having it in the city either. If we want to do it somewhere in the burbs this year that’s fine. I can just take the Metra out.

 

[deytookerjaabs]

I'd rather sit in a warm bar, enjoy some food/beer, and be able to actually talk to people, than sit in the cold, and possible snow, and pay overpriced ticket prices, overpriced food and beer prices, and be miserable for 3 hours.

That's not the spirit!


First, boots and plastic flasks go well together. Booze problem solved, which is all you need to stay warm.


Second, it's a football stadium in the dead of winter for ****'s sake, I fully expect shirtless "HF HAWKS BOARD" spelled out on live television.


Third, talking to each other at the game will be easy, just yell everything you say as loud as you can.

 

[ChiHawks10]

That's not the spirit!


First, boots and plastic flasks go well together. Booze problem solved, which is all you need to stay warm.


Second, it's a football stadium in the dead of winter for ****'s sake, I fully expect shirtless "HF HAWKS BOARD" spelled out on live television.


Third, talking to each other at the game will be easy, just yell everything you say as loud as you can.

I guess I just don't have the spirit, then.