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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,673
    catefrances wrote:
    passport.. check
    flights booked... check

    13 days and i am outta here.

    Cool! Looking forward to Travels With Catefrancis, Pt. II
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    bands i miss seeing cause ill be o/s:

    city and colour

    calling all cars

    dEUS.     this will be their first tour of oz and im so very disappointed i wont get to see them. highly unlikely ill get the chance again.

    anti flag

    dead letter circus

    the butterfly effect    ... this one is gonna be really missed. they lst toured in october when i was in the US. i know what i missed and it still pains me to know i wasnt there. then it was announced their lead singer was leaving the band and this may tour was a farewell tour of sorts for him. personally i think without him its not the butterfly effect and i know i wont see them again because of his absence.


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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    THat sucks you'll be missing those gigs...definitely a few in there I'd love to see. Soooo, with Mr. Vedder's cancellations, have your plans changed drastically? Still coming through the Jax/St. Aug area?
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    he.who.forgets wrote:
    THat sucks you'll be missing those gigs...definitely a few in there I'd love to see. Soooo, with Mr. Vedder's cancellations, have your plans changed drastically? Still coming through the Jax/St. Aug area?

    not drastically changed but florida is out. :( but it opens up me being able to check out the warhol museum in pittsburgh if i can get motivated.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    ESTA... check
    train ticket... check
    mark lanegan ticket... check

    8 days to go. :clap:
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    this time next week(its around 8am AEST saturday morning) ill be somewhere near the new mexico/arizona border. EXCITEMENT!!!!!
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,779
    catefrances wrote:
    this time next week(its around 8am AEST saturday morning) ill be somewhere near the new mexico/arizona border. EXCITEMENT!!!!!
    is this where you fly into the country?
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    no. i fly into LAX. and then im training it. thanx to eddies postponement i wont have to greyhound anywhere. :)
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,779
    catefrances wrote:
    no. i fly into LAX. and then im training it. thanx to eddies postponement i wont have to greyhound anywhere. :)
    Awesome for you. I hear the train affords views you cant get by interstate. Hope you have a blast. Oh, bring lots of money. BAR CAR!!!!!! :mrgreen:
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    when do you hit chicago? :lol:

    we could have a rare 20K club photo op :mrgreen:
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    81 wrote:
    when do you hit chicago? :lol:

    we could have a rare 20K club photo op :mrgreen:


    im seeing mark lanegan at the metro on the 17th. 8-)

    woowoo!! 4 days to go.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    VANS and heaps of lemonheads... thats what the kids have asked me to bring back.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,779
    catefrances wrote:
    VANS and heaps of lemonheads... thats what the kids have asked me to bring back.
    too expensive to order the Vans online? Just curious. Or are there certain "USA only " styles they have?

    Who wouldnt want a bunch of lemonheads!!!!! :mrgreen:
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    81 wrote:
    when do you hit chicago? :lol:

    we could have a rare 20K club photo op :mrgreen:
    You two are my holy grail :lol:
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited April 2012
    mickey,
    VANS are nearly $100 here.


    oh and BD,

    good luck with your quest. :lol:
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,779
    catefrances wrote:
    mickey,
    VANS are nearly $100 here.


    oh and BD,

    good luck with your quest. :lol:
    :shock: Fuck that. Hell in the future , your kids want em again, shoot me a PM with their sizes and desired styles and I'll get them and ship them. You can paypal me once they're shipped.
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,408
    edited April 2012
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Black Diamond wrote:
    81 wrote:
    when do you hit chicago? :lol:

    we could have a rare 20K club photo op :mrgreen:
    You two are my holy grail :lol:


    :lol:
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    edited May 2012
    waiting waiting waiting at LAs beautiful union station. wheres the train? no body knew and no amtrak employee could tell us... anything.. aside from the train hasnt left the sheds yet. well duh! we all know that cause an hour after its departure time were still waiting waiting waiting. now as a frequent traveller on public transport i usually take delays in my stride. theres not much you can do about them and it usually works out in the end. this time however my concern was being at kansas city for my transfer. what happens if our train is late? will they hold the connection? are there alternate arrangements if they dont? i know they try to make up time and i was somewhat counting on that getting us to KC not too late for them to hold the connection. so we stop at albuquerque for longer than expected and i can see time dwindling away... then as we appraoch raton NM were informed that this is be a quck 5 minute stop so DO NOT wander away from the train cause it will leave without you. as we cruise to a stop in raton, i notice 3 state police cars in the car park... and as im sitting there pretending were in colorado, 3 state police officers walk towards the pointy end of the train. i figure this will NOT be a 5 minute stop. close to 20 minutes later we leave raton.

    all hope of making the connection in KC fade to nought. as we roll through the lovely state of kansas the voice above informs us that the connection at KC will not wait cause we are too far late. and lets face it it wouldnt be fair to the passengers on that train who aslo have connections to make in st louis. so it looks like we will have to wait for the 4pm train. as it turms out thatll be a wait of around 6 and a half hours. how exciting i think. :roll: but wait theres more... then were informed that amtrak will provide a bus for us to get to st louis. oh good i think.. at least that means getting to st louis in the afternoon and not the night. so thats good, right? sure it is.. except the bus isnt waiting for us when the train arrives.. nooo thatd be too efficient wouldnt it? im not sure how long we waited for the bus to arrive but in the scheme of things, it wasnt too long. im sure it was less than an hour.

    in the end after seeing a prime mover burnt all the way down to its wheels and the miles long traffic jam extending eastward along route 70 i get into st louis about an hour and half later than i wouldve had we made the connection in KC.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    when running on the amtrak time table....it's best to know...it's a recommended schedule. :lol:

    did you get the junior suite at the hyatt in St Louis?
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