My family and I are going to go out of town with my cousins for Spring Break but we don't know where to go. We live in Chicago, IL and we can't fly so we need somewhere we can drive to. Probably like 4 - 5 hours drive from here. Any ideas? Thanks.
Have you been to Niagara Falls?
What type of vacationer are you? I'm a beach and big city guy.
rorytmeadows said:
Have you been to Niagara Falls?
What type of vacationer are you? I'm a beach and big city guy.
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Honestly, Niagra Falls in 9-Hours away and weve been there before. It's 9 of us so I can't tell you exactly, but we wantd to go to Missouri but it didnt work out. somewhere with like, cabins and such. Somewhere good for Spring Break.
G1BRICKED said:
Honestly, Niagra Falls in 9-Hours away and weve been there before. It's 9 of us so I can't tell you exactly, but we wantd to go to Missouri but it didnt work out. somewhere with like, cabins and such. Somewhere good for Spring Break.
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Hmm, from Chicago, let me think here.
I hear that Nashville and Memphis have a really fun nightlife.
Cedar Point, although I'm not that big into rollercoasters.
My good friend said he loved Indianapolis, but I don't believe him.
Cleveland and Detroit are dumps.
Pittsburgh is fun, but smaller than Chicago.
I'm sure you've been to St. Louis many times.
No I've just moved here actually... and from Detroit too. Loll. But yeah. I don't know. We have to get away for lik, 3 nights. So idkk.
When are you going? Honestly, if you're into rollercoasters and the weather is nice, go to Cedar Point.
If you're not into that and into cities or beaches...
Beaches...good luck. The great lakes are TERRIBLE places for beaches. Might as well fly to the coast.
Cities...I recommend going to St. Louis, Nashville, or Memphis. All cities, I'd definitely visit and all are said to have a good nightlife and regional cuisine.
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I'm in the USA! And right now I wish our dollar was more valuable then the euro so I could buy a Touch HD. . .lol
here here too
in a place called bournville....your know...
the place where cadburys chocolate was born
I'm in the same place as the op tito...Las Vegas, Nevada
Canada, Northern Ontario and is is damn cold here brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..
Miami, Florida here.....hot as hell, as usual
Kocani aka Qualcomm city Macedonia. Only 2 hours and 26 minutes left for new year. Also here is too cold -10 °C
Hallo from Gorizia, deep Nord East in Italy,also here is to much cold for me... -6°!
In Southern California here; weather's great
Surabaya - Indonesia,.
Weather pretty screwed, sometime rain, sometime hot,. pff,.
Im in stourbridge, which is somewhere near the middle of England.
Weather here right now is freezing. Plus its half 2 in the morning. : /
Oh well
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UK here and right now you'd be better buying from us, given the state of the British Pound!!
Mike
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Hmmmmm, that would mean I would have to pay more?
I live in southern Sweden. That means cold but not so much snow in the winter.
Garches
West of PARIS, France.
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Probably one of the deans of this site.
you'll be surprised.
I'm posting the Last of the Summer Wine Country in the just outside of Huddersfield, UK.
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Dave
Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
-6 Hrs UMT, So I think im in the Occident side.
Always warm.. sometimes at 12 °C Heat comparison to others isnt it?
Always Drunk.. (well sometimes ) cause this is "The land of !!!!!!!!TEQUILA!!!!!!!!"
the top side I'd like to believe
Denmark flat windy rainy place with lots of fields
DaveShaw said:
I'm posting the Last of the Summer Wine Country in the just outside of Huddersfield, UK.
Ta
Dave
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Nora Batty RIP
+ Que PPC said:
-6 Hrs UMT, So I think im in the Occident side.
Always warm.. sometimes at 12 °C Heat comparison to others isnt it?
Always Drunk.. (well sometimes ) cause this is "The land of !!!!!!!!TEQUILA!!!!!!!!"
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MEXICO!!!!
i am from mumbai INDIA
"Scotland mountainous windy rainy place with lots of fields
Mike"
but you have wild nature around
things growing on their own and such
Who are you rooting for? Me? Canucks, usually a Rangers fan, but enemy of my my enemy is my friend. I hope the Bs lose, they knocked the Rangers out if first rounds, and hurt Callahan breaking his leg.
I used to be a huge hockey fan but I lost interest. I guess the Canadian inside me is rooting for the Canucks /lack of Canadian pride, hahaha.
Definitely the 'Nucks for me!!
Lost interest when the Red Wings got knocked out. At leas San Jose isn't there!
I found my love of hockey when I was living in Calgary during the 2002 Olympics. Definitely supporting the 'Nucks. I live in NW WA now, and can even get a couple radio stations out of Vancouver.
The Bruins have enough cups, dammit.
cbronson41 said:
Lost interest when the Red Wings got knocked out. At leas San Jose isn't there!
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Same here! If I have to say I would rather the Nucks win. I don't really care for Boston.
3 more wins! No reason we shouldn't win. Canucks are way too deep for Boston to handle.
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So I'm selling a phone on craigslist...a guy calls me this morning wanting to buy my phone...I go to meet up with him at a QT gas station in Decatur, Ga....to make a long story short, there were two guys and they robbed me for my phone and drove off.........well....long story short....my car is faster than theirs and they quickly found out that I had an assault rifle in the car...my phone was promptly returned to me. Then next thing I know, I get a call a few hours later from someone telling me they saw my story on the news...but the guys who robbed me are on the news crying victim (saying they got robbed). Well anyway I went to Dekalb County Police and showed them the receipt for the purchase of the phone, craigslist ads, and online auction ads, and I easily proved I own the phone. Now there's a warrant out for the arrest of the guy who is on the news pretending to be a victim. Moral of the story: You guys out there who use Craigslist..BE CAREFUL!!....especially in Atlanta.
Here's a link to the story (this is what the robber told them): http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28442577/detail.html
Update: The guy who gave the bogus news story is now in police custody (as of 9pm last night) and is facing robbery charges. I interviewed with the reported today and they will broadcast an updated story today. I will post it up when it airs.
Update:
The robbers are in police custody now and Channel 2 news has aired the corrected story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tTwkq8usas
wow, what a great story.
Which ever way it went... BBC son, BBC.
omfg thats epic, there are LOTS of craigslist robberies (myself included, but got my laptop back), and i love hearing the retaliation stories, this is on the top 3 for sure
EDIT: just read the article, wtf is wrong with the media?!? they still make it seem like you are the bad guy, id demand a redaction or reprint with the facts
THUG LIFE!
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omfg thats epic, there are LOTS of craigslist robberies (myself included, but got my laptop back), and i love hearing the retaliation stories, this is on the top 3 for sure
EDIT: just read the article, wtf is wrong with the media?!? they still make it seem like you are the bad guy, id demand a redaction or reprint with the facts
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Yeah I spoke with Tom Jones over at Channel 2 and informed him of what really happened and the fact that the police will be picking him up (if they haven't already). I also pointed out to him the inconsistencies in his story (the same inconsistencies the detectives noticed from the beginning). He said, when they ran the story they weren't able to speak to anyone besides the guy who robbed me...so they didn't have anything real to go on....my thing is if you couldn't do any fact checking then why the heck did you run the story?!....
hahaha thats hilarious, they were speaking to the CRIMINALS, and let them go anything for a story
at least it had a happy ending!
Story is confusing. It starts of correct talking about the seller got robbed but half way through the article they make it seem like the buyer went after the seller with a gun.
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" I had an assault rifle in the car" !
I live in the UK, sod the robbery having a rifle in the car is far more serious!
But what did the prick think was going to happen going on the news, criminals can be so dumb.
Great story thanks for sharing.
NardVa said:
Story is confusing. It starts of correct talking about the seller got robbed but half way through the article they make it seem like the buyer went after the seller with a gun.
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U read the op? The robbers gave the statements
Always take a friend. Always take a gun. That's my craigslist chekclist
Yes great story wild wild west *lol*
Cheers
*Im Jahre des Herrn 2011*
Jasand said:
" I had an assault rifle in the car" !
I live in the UK, sod the robbery having a rifle in the car is far more serious!
But what did the prick think was going to happen going on the news, criminals can be so dumb.
Great story thanks for sharing.
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Yeah he's definitely a dumb criminal. He could have just left, and we would have only had a phone number to go on, and probably would never have caught him. But because he was dumb enough to get on the news, and make a false statement to the police, they have his information. And as it turned out, HE HAD PRIORS TOO! lol The cops showed me a picture lineup and had me pick him out. Now he'll soon be behind bars where he belongs.
xnifex said:
Always take a friend. Always take a gun. That's my craigslist chekclist
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hahaha thats an important life lesson in the XDA world
i bought my S4G off craigslist, cash in hand, and the system ive worked out for buying/selling work pretty well for tech.
i got him to put my sim in the new fone, turn it on and show its carrier unlocked, if all is well, do the handoff, let him count the ducketts, and we were on each others way in less than 5 min
also it was done in a subway station, so lots of ppl, lots of cameras and a friend standing nearby nonchalantly
but if you have an assault rifle, he is your best friend in that situation
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Always take a friend. Always take a gun. That's my craigslist chekclist
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Really? You're going to have a shootout (if they have a gun as well) with the robbers over a $250 smartphone?
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And as it turned out, HE HAD PRIORS TOO! lol The cops showed me a picture lineup and had me pick him out. Now he'll soon be behind bars where he belongs.
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hahaha finally! some justice! even thought you had to do most of the legwork
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Really? You're going to have a shootout (if they have a gun as well) with the robbers over a $250 smartphone?
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Better to have one and not need it than need one and not have it.
I'm sick of these lying bums in Dekalb County. I feel you bro,glad you got the phone back. I'm on that side of Atlanta too so I know.
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Great story! But one thing... an assault rifle in the car!? Your allowed to have assault rifles!?!? Damn California.... I cant have jack **** here. Pretty funny those robbers didnt have any idea what they were getting into. How did they rob you in the first place? Did they pull a gun or what?
glad it all went well. sometimes robbers **** with the wrong people and get what they deserve.
I dont do craigs list. Too sketchy, rather sell on ebay and not make as much money.
My LTE Speedtest Results in San Antonio
Wow. Nice speed there. I'll have to take a drive to San Antonio this weekend just to mess around with my phone lol.
The highest I have seen with a phone in Dallas is 46/14 and with the USB dongle 46/24.
I am more impressed with the latency. It usually runs ~55ms. That really blows UMTS out of the water and makes web pages load *much* faster.
I got some decent speeds in Dallas. Including a consistent 25 and 26 up with one and 2 bars as well as 45 up a few times on full bars.
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My LTE Speedtest Results in San Antonio
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Gotta love living in the 210!!
LoL I just realized something. Everyone posting in here is some where in Texas.
Yah for some reason they love to deploy it in Texas which I have no idea why? You would think you would deploy this in the bigger cities first. I don't see why Washington D.C., etc. wouldn't be a top priority.
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Yah for some reason they love to deploy it in Texas which I have no idea why? You would think you would deploy this in the bigger cities first. I don't see why Washington D.C., etc. wouldn't be a top priority.
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Just a shot in the dark here but... Would you want to create a new product that may or may not work 100% out of the gate in a large or small city?
If they have problems in the beginning, it's much less newsworthy in San Antonio than say New York City.
Make sense if you think about it.
I have created and launched technical products before and I can tell you that the last thing I wanted to do is sell it to a huge customer right out of the gate. Better to mess up in the small cities with fewer customers than to have an Epic fail in a large city.
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Just a shot in the dark here but... Would you want to create a new product that may or may not work 100% out of the gate in a large or small city?
If they have problems in the beginning, it's much less newsworthy in San Antonio than say New York City.
Make sense if you think about it.
I have created and launched technical products before and I can tell you that the last thing I wanted to do is sell it to a huge customer right out of the gate. Better to mess up in the small cities with fewer customers than to have an Epic fail in a large city.
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Oh and I think it might have a little to do with the fact that their headquarters are here in Texas (Dallas) and lots of corporate operations still here in San Antonio.
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Oh and I think it might have a little to do with the fact that their headquarters are here in Texas (Dallas) and lots of corporate operations still here in San Antonio.
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That has more to do with it than anything.
Dallas is the 4th largest city in the US. And here are my results
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WOW!!! Wish I had LTE here... I've been trying to find a roll out schedule for the rest of the country but can only find select cities (all large). Tell me... is your data consistent on LTE? I often try to use data (browser, speed test, insert other random app here) and get NO data connection at all... I have manually put in a second APN which seems to help but it's flaky at best.
Thanx
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I've seen my connection drop to hspa+ maybe twice since Monday when I got the phone and even that was only for a moment. So yes the speeds are incredibly consistent. From what I understand, Dallas' lte covers a 240 mile radius.
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From what I understand, Dallas' lte covers a 240 mile radius.
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Do you happen to know where you found this info? I'm looking for something similar for the Atlanta area but can't find it. I know LTE is working about 25 miles north of the city but that's all I know for now.
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Do you happen to know where you found this info? I'm looking for something similar for the Atlanta area but can't find it. I know LTE is working about 25 miles north of the city but that's all I know for now.
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I was told by a rep at the AT&T store. I was glad I got to talk to him because most of the time I deal with idiots there. He seemed to know his stuff.
Hello,
A a Colombian citizen I would like to know what you people think about my country
well I would say don't judge based on TV series as television tend to exaggerate things to gain audience
To be frank nothing really. Why would you even ask that? Each country in the world from Micro to Macro level is contributing to human lives.
Whenever someone reminds me of Colombia I always end up thinking of the Amazon & Colombian Rainforest
Doesn't Columbia have snow capped rocky mountains and is in South America. That's all I know/care about. But I live in Australia which is pretty far away.
I know a bit since there a lot colombians here in spain
Jesse72 said:
Doesn't Columbia have snow capped rocky mountains and is in South America. That's all I know/care about. But I live in Australia which is pretty far away.
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i will travel to your country next year
Pablo Escobar ; -)
I don’t know too much about your country. I only know about your football team and Shakira. James and Falcao are my favorite players.
Coffee
To be more precise, coffee plantations that produce crap, okay, good and really good coffee beans (something for everyone I guess).
Not much
But I could imagine the weathers real nice. Being the fact you guys are South America. Aint that like tropical climate are something. I personally would love that Weather year round. Where I'm at its cold about 6 months out of the year, kinda warm about 3 and then so-so for the other 3 months. This time of year is about Winter for us, but actually these last few days have been rather warm actually. Other than that Coffe, Shakira, Cocaine( could be Bolivia I'm thinking with that), and Nice weather are about what I think comes to mind when I think Colombia. I always thought they were warm over there. Didn't know they had snow capped mountains ( you learn something new everyday).
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But I could imagine the weathers real nice. Being the fact you guys are South America. Aint that like tropical climate are something. I personally would love that Weather year round. Where I'm at its cold about 6 months out of the year, kinda warm about 3 and then so-so for the other 3 months. This time of year is about Winter for us, but actually these last few days have been rather warm actually. Other than that Coffe, Shakira, Cocaine( could be Bolivia I'm thinking with that), and Nice weather are about what I think comes to mind when I think Colombia. I always thought they were warm over there. Didn't know they had snow capped mountains ( you learn something new everyday).
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Hello
Yes Have 2
Sierra nevada santa marta and Nevado del ruiz
Cocaine. Drug lords.
Than again I was born in Puerto Rico all I think of from there is Rum and lazy people.
Raised in the states. But everywhere has there stereotypes. I've heard it's a nice place.
Cool
Cool. Although I'd rather opt for the warmer parts. Don't really like the snow and the cold. got about three more months off this stuff left to go.
Braycel said:
Hello
Yes Have 2
Sierra nevada santa marta and Nevado del ruiz
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Cool. Although I'd rather opt for the warmer parts. Don't really like the snow and the cold. got about three more months off this stuff left to go.
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Understand Here In Cucuta Temp Is Very Hot
even more of a reason for me to like it.
Love warm weather. I wish it could be like that all year here. I hate this cold part of the year here. Allergies, colds, flus and all that crap. I can't wait till these next three months fly by so it can warm up.
see on televisión is doing very cold in usa
Yup its that time of year over here.
Colombia, well i remember your national soccer team goalkeeper, it was a dude with a lot of hair . Ofcourse, Pablo Escobar and the well known coffee
The only thing I know about Columbia is that it's home to wicked drug lords that make billions and live in mansions and have pet tigers.
I would love to make a visit.. Can't judge something I havn't seen or felt.