South Dakota Poly Meet!

Gatekeeper · December 21, 2002, 15:44

Everyone:

I'll be waiting to see all my fellow 'Poly denizens at that Prairie Junction truck stop north of Sioux Falls on Interstate 29! C'mon on down! We can have a breakfast of sausage, pancakes and chocolate milk!

When's a good date for everyone to meet on the Great Plains in good old South Dakota?

Gatekeeper

chequita guevara · December 21, 2002, 15:46

I've been through South Dakota.

Gatekeeper · December 21, 2002, 18:08

It's flat, mostly, at least east of the Missouri River. The further north you go of Sioux Falls, the more obvious the former glacial terrain becomes. All lush and green now, but the moraines are obvious (and big, in many cases, forming valleys).

Where were you heading, Chegitz? The Black Hills?

Gatekeeper

Imran Siddiqui · December 21, 2002, 18:09

I'll go... yeah, right

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Gatekeeper · December 21, 2002, 18:46

Road trip, Imran, road trip!

chequita guevara · December 21, 2002, 18:48

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Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Where were you heading, Chegitz? The Black Hills?

Gatekeeper

We were coming back from Oregon. South Dakota was just in the way. I don't remember much except a glimpse of the badlands off to the south and lots and lots of wheat and soy.

Gatekeeper · December 21, 2002, 20:09

Chegitz:

I'd hope you would remember crossing that vast, mighty river known as the Missouri.

In addition to wheat and soybean fields, we also have ... drum roll, please ... corn fields! And a nuclear bomber base!

Our biggest city is Sioux Falls: 120,000 people and counting!

Gatekeeper

Seneca · December 21, 2002, 20:12

It can't be worse than getting to f*cking Leeds.

*End Is Forever* · December 21, 2002, 20:16

You getting to Leeds is easier than me going to Bristol...

Seneca · December 21, 2002, 20:17

Yeah, but we're doing Bristol, so tough sh!t.

*End Is Forever* · December 21, 2002, 20:19

It took me nearly five hours just to get to Birmingham the other Sunday...

Seneca · December 21, 2002, 20:26

It took me six hours to get from Brum to Bristol the other week (less than a two hour car ride).

Two of those were taken up getting from my friend's house to Birmingham New Street, since the local train broke down after one stop...

*End Is Forever* · December 21, 2002, 20:31

The other week I had to be in Birmingham for about 10.30am. The first train from York to Birmingham on a Sunday doesn't get in until about 2pm, so I had to go via Manchester... engineering works meant it took two hours just to get there... then another 2 hours to Birmingham, and then the local train wasn't running so I had to catch a "replacement bus service". Left York 7am, arrived University of Birmingham 11.45am. Bleh.

Seneca · December 21, 2002, 20:35

Are you trying to goad me into a privatisation jibe? Because I'm not going to do it...

Provost Harrison · December 21, 2002, 20:36

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Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
You getting to Leeds is easier than me going to Bristol...

Well join me and Johan and chip in with the petrol you tight-fisted git

*End Is Forever* · December 21, 2002, 20:39

5 hours with the Trojan Rocksteady Box-Set and 100 Greatest Sea-Shanties? Maybe not...

Seneca, maybe you should start a new thread on Britain's railways...

Ming · December 21, 2002, 21:25

And maybe you should all stop spamming this thread

Seneca · December 21, 2002, 21:32

You mean this is a serious attempt to arrange a South Dakota meet?

Well, I'll stop spamming as long as my Krasnoyarsk meet thread is treated with the same respect. (If it proves difficult, I could do Evenkia).

Ming · December 21, 2002, 21:37

Well it surely wasn't a thread to talk about the UK...

Gatekeeper · December 22, 2002, 00:16

You tell 'em, Ming! The last time I checked, an ocean and lots of land separated my home state of South Dakota from Merry Old England!

Seriously, though, I bet I'm the only Poly person living in South Dakota. Hey, maybe this thread will get my fellow Sodak Polyites to speak up! C'mon, now! Add your voices to mine! Let SD Polyites ROAR!!!

Oh, and eat at Prairie Junction, of course.

Gatekeeper

notyoueither · December 22, 2002, 00:25

Too bad. I would have driven through Saskatchewan, Manitoba, into North Dakota and from there into South Dakota, but you neglected to mention a date. My secretary just booked me up for the next few months, so can you hold off til March?

Gatekeeper · December 22, 2002, 01:17

Heh, sure. That's about how long it'll take me to recover from the holidays.

I went to Canada once, with my parents; Toronto, I believe. I vaguely remember the border crossing ... the armed soldiers, machine gun nests ... oh, wait, no, that's from my father's time in the military over in what used to be West Germany.

Gatekeeper

notyoueither · December 22, 2002, 01:38

Yes, Canada is more about scarlet tunics, fresh water, and toques, ya hoser. Eh.

Gatekeeper · December 22, 2002, 02:03

Hoser? **LOL**

Dis · December 22, 2002, 03:17

I'll meet you there

chequita guevara · December 22, 2002, 13:52

I want to see the Corn Palace next time I'm in SD. I don't really remember the Missouri River that time. I was most likely napping, since I'd been driving for a while, and we had to be back in Chicago that evening.

I'd also like to see the bad lands, Pine Ridge Indian Res, Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, and a few other things.

Dauphin · December 22, 2002, 14:07

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Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
It took me nearly five hours just to get to Birmingham the other Sunday...

I could get to Bruxelles in that time.

It took me 2hrs to get into London the other day. Damned fire at New Cross. Plus Connex is putting fares up more than anywhere else in the country.

Regards South Dakota. I stopped by there when I went to Mt Rushmore. Its a hip and happening place, compared to Nebraska.

Dis · December 22, 2002, 14:36

now if you make it South California I can make it. SD is out of the question. Although I've always wanted to visit the badlands. I just like the name

Gatekeeper · December 22, 2002, 15:23

Chegitz:

Yep, there's a number of interesting things you can find when poking around South Dakota — most are off the "beaten path," so to speak, however.

Gatekeeper

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Dissident:

Hey! I was waiting for you this morning at Prairie Junction! It took me three hours one-way to get there ... and nobody was there! Then I come back home, log on to Poly and see you later said that southern California is a better place to meet.

My feelings are hurt.

I'm sending you my gas bill.

Gatekeeper

Peter Triggs · December 22, 2002, 16:24

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When's a good date for everyone to meet on the Great Plains in good old South Dakota?

How about Sturgis, early in August.