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  1. dwsmith78 avatar

    RE: Is St Louis MO that dangerous??

    by dwsmith78 01 June 2012

    I lived there for about 4 years and St. Louis is NOT DANGEROUS. How not dangerous? My wife, who had never lived in a big city before,…

  2. marcopolko avatar

    RE: Carrying wine onto the plane from the duty-free shop

    by marcopolko 26 May 2012

    The only way you'll be able to do this is putting the wine in your checked luggage, so there goes the duty-free. I doubt that there is…

  3. zashibis avatar

    RE: Backpacking in the US

    by zashibis 25 May 2012

    >Is there such a thing? Good God. This has to be one of the most shockingly ignorant not-an-obvious-troll questions in a while. [Backp…

  4. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Backpacking in the US

    by ianw6705 25 May 2012

    Indeed ... the South Island of New Zealand is not that large (about 58,000 sq miles - roughly the same as Georgia or Illinois) but it…

  5. tomerKLE avatar

    Re: Backpacking in the US

    by tomerKLE 25 May 2012

    Thanks for the responses. I used to live in California until i was 6 years old so my knowledge with the American multiday trails is obviousl…

  6. NorthAmerican avatar

    RE: Charlotte's Web

    by NorthAmerican 25 May 2012

    >Well, what would have been the "Charlotte's Web" for that era? I don't think there was anything like it, Manch. One book I remember…

  7. stopthebus avatar

    RE: Backpacking in the US

    by stopthebus 24 May 2012

    There are multiple lifetimes worth of fantastic trails in the United States. However, Illinois is not really known as a hotbed of backpackin…

  8. VinnyD avatar

    RE: Anymore

    by VinnyD 24 May 2012

    Wikipedia on "positive anymore": Positive anymore is the use of the adverb any more in an affirmative context. While any more is typicall…

  9. mrpenney avatar

    RE: East St Louis

    by mrpenney 23 May 2012

    Not what you're looking for... ...but the best reason to cross the river into Illinois is to see [Cahokia Mounds.|http://cahokiamounds.or…

  10. RoadWarrior avatar

    RE: Delusions of grandeur

    by RoadWarrior 18 May 2012

    In Illinois, the inclination would be to privatize the global crossroads, selling it off to a foreign toll road operator.

  11. mrpenney avatar

    RE: National Parks Annual Pass

    by mrpenney 14 May 2012

    As others have said, it varies widely--not only from state to state, but from park to park. In Illinois, for example, the parks are free.…

  12. jackied33 avatar

    Re: Travel USA for 4 months

    by jackied33 09 May 2012

    Thanks for the advice. We have heard a lot of positives and negatives about RV hire and we are yet decide how we feel about it. Sorry,…

  13. SusieGirl7 avatar

    RE: Travel USA for 4 months

    by SusieGirl7 09 May 2012

    I assume you know that coming to the US for 4 months requires a visa. There is lots of discussion on this board about RVs and how they…

  14. bzookaj avatar

    RE: What to do in 5-7 days in Chicago and the surrounding areas of Illinois?

    by bzookaj 06 May 2012

    For you, defintely visit Milwaukee. The Art Museum is fantastic, both inside and [out|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUlcS2mwun0]. Trains…

  15. carracar avatar

    RE: What to do in 5-7 days in Chicago and the surrounding areas of Illinois?

    by carracar 06 May 2012

    As your last thread here did not end well... why would you returning to abuse we here, more ??? carracar

  16. lsquare avatar

    What to do in 5-7 days in Chicago and the surrounding areas of Illinois?

    by lsquare 06 May 2012

    I have about 5-7 days to spend in Chicago. It's not a lot of time, but does anyone here have any suggestion on what to do? I'm mostly…

  17. a4kinthyme avatar

    Travel Agent to book flight from US to Nepal?

    by a4kinthyme 01 May 2012

    Hello, I plan to visit Nepal In October, and my first task is to book my airline tickets. I was told that sometimes better deals can…

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  19. NorthAmerican avatar

    RE: Pizza!

    by NorthAmerican 25 April 2012

    The neighborhood where my family lived when I was a child, trixie, was on the West Side; you have no doubt heard of North Lawndale and…

  20. Midwesterner avatar

    RE: Canadian on road trip in USA - South east - what to experience

    by Midwesterner 24 April 2012

    I mapped it [here | http://g.co/maps/vjncz] and was quite surprised to see this is 35 hours of driving time and about 2100 miles. You'l…

  21. Bannotated avatar

    RE: Which city is most representative of your country?

    by Bannotated 20 April 2012

    They don't say, "If it plays in Peoria ... " for no reason. Peoria was always seen as demographically representing the U.S. as a whole…

  22. DaBaba avatar

    RE: We do not need any stinkin' voter ID Law

    by DaBaba 20 April 2012

    Well, old B-1 Bob thought that Loretta Sanchez stole the election with the help of ineligible voters, not sure that there was voter fraud…

  23. whiskey_smash avatar

    RE: States that are also rivers

    by whiskey_smash 19 April 2012

    In the case of Illinois, they are both named after the native American tribe.

  24. mrpenney avatar

    States that are also rivers

    by mrpenney 19 April 2012

    Alabama Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Ohio Tennessee Wisconsin

  25. jimmywatson4321 avatar

    real estate tax liens

    by jimmywatson4321 13 April 2012

    For all legal matters concerning real estate taxes, liens, laws,properties foreclosure, sales and deeds throughout the State of Illinois.…

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