<<Midwest Coffee Talk: The Tens>> - Page 50

rockyi · #1 Posted **May 22, 2011, 10:55 PM**

I thought so.....and he's usually dating a fat chick named Lynette or Donna.

Strange Meat · #2 Posted **May 22, 2011, 10:56 PM**

I don't think I've ever met anyone named Lonnie. A few Larrys, but that's it.

My friend (from Des Moines) and I were at a Culvers today, and joking a lot about the midwest. Heh.

rockyi · #3 Posted **May 22, 2011, 11:05 PM**

Funny you should be making fun of the Midwest while eating at Culvers. Isn't Culvers about as Mid-American as you can get?

Strange Meat · #4 Posted **May 22, 2011, 11:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by rockyi

Funny you should be making fun of the Midwest while eating at Culvers. Isn't Culvers about as Mid-American as you can get?

Exactly, being in the Culvers is what started the jokes. They have an iPhone app, you know... yeah, it was hilarious. Hehe. I swear I like those butter burgers but damn I can only eat there like, once every year or so.

rockyi · #5 Posted **May 22, 2011, 11:13 PM**

Hell, we have Culvers all over around here and I've only been there once.

hudkina · #6 Posted **May 23, 2011, 12:29 AM**

There's only half a dozen Culver's in Metro Detroit with all opening only in the last few years. The burgers aren't half bad for a fast food place.

Rizzo · #7 Posted **May 23, 2011, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by hudkina

There's only half a dozen Culver's in Metro Detroit with all opening only in the last few years. The burgers aren't half bad for a fast food place.

I get scared seeing the majority of the people there. Will this food make me like that? It tastes good though. Haven't eaten at a Culvers in maybe 4 years.

touraccuracy · #8 Posted **May 23, 2011, 5:08 PM**

Never heard of Culvers outside of this thread. Is it more fast food like or sit down restaurant?

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Had a fucked up weekend. Went out of town to hang out at a friends place in the interior of the province... hiked an awesome trail, sampled the local nighlife and women, and then totaled my car yesterday on the home. Spent a couple hours in the hospital, got xrays done. Nothings broken but I have a concussion and my car is fucked.

Strange Meat · #9 Posted **May 23, 2011, 6:16 PM**

I totalled a GTI once. Hit a tree head on at 70mph. Spent the night in the hospital (was fine), but those assholes catheterized me. It was some bullshit.

Centropolis · #10 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:01 PM**

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I totalled a GTI once. Hit a tree head on at 70mph. Spent the night in the hospital (was fine), but those assholes catheterized me. It was some bullshit.

STRANGE MEAT. Whats the deal with the snowpack in Colorado? I booked a short, nice little flight to Denver and then I found out how deep the snowpack was. I'm a novice mountain hiker and not a skier, I heard that the Sangres had less snowpack (I was planning on being there mid June), so I was thinking of doing that, but I am leaning towards just doing some hikes around Portland under 5000 ft, and getting fucked up in Portland. Flying to Denver from St. Louis is extremely, extremely pleasant, however, and flying to the west coast is a huge bitch (on southwest, anyway...I have to go through LAX)and costs me 3X as much as Denver , so I'm kind of irritated. I don't mind snowshoes, but I saw that photo of that road being cleared in RMNP...

I guess my question is...how fast will that melt off under (10,000 ft or whatever) by mid june, you think the 13r/14r trails will be gushing with water? My guess is that the trails will be a mess in mid june.

hudkina · #11 Posted **May 23, 2011, 7:07 PM**

Culver's is like a McDonald's but with a lot of ice cream.

Centropolis · #12 Posted **May 23, 2011, 10:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by hudkina

Culver's is like a McDonald's but with a lot of ice cream.

Culvers is worse than McDonalds somehow, in my opinion. It always jacks up my digestive track....not that McDonalds isnt problematic.

mobyhead · #13 Posted **May 26, 2011, 12:30 PM**

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Strange Meat · #14 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:09 PM**

It's been an insane year for snow. LOTS of snow this spring. A-Basin will probably be open through the 4th of July.

However, not all areas are like that. Like, can't really predict. Sangres should clear out, but they're farther south. Some areas never lose snow, keep in mind. And, being mountains, there can be extreme variation in just a mile or so. 14ers should be open. Like, nothing will be closed by snow come June. It's expensive to fly to Denver? That sucks, because it's pretty freaking cheap to fly anywhere from here.

Centropolis · #15 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Strange Meat

It's been an insane year for snow. LOTS of snow this spring. A-Basin will probably be open through the 4th of July.

However, not all areas are like that. Like, can't really predict. Sangres should clear out, but they're farther south. Some areas never lose snow, keep in mind. And, being mountains, there can be extreme variation in just a mile or so. 14ers should be open. Like, nothing will be closed by snow come June. It's expensive to fly to Denver? That sucks, because it's pretty freaking cheap to fly anywhere from here.

Thanks. No, it's really cheap to fly to Denver from St. Louis, but it's a bitch to fly to PDX using southwest, and not real cheap. At this point I'm planning on flying into SEA for this reason, and then out of PDX connecting with the Cascades Amtrak. I'll come back to Colorado in August, probably, and hike a 14r. I'll make sure I am in better shape.

Strange Meat · #16 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:40 PM**

Shit I think Denver to Portland is like, $99. Or less. Just like pretty much everywhere on the west coast is for us (via Southwest at least).

Centropolis · #17 Posted **May 23, 2011, 11:51 PM**

It's crazy how big the west is. Portland is further from Denver than St. Louis is from Denver. Southwest has really expanded at STL but fuel has gone up, it sucks. The east coast is still reasonable but the west coast isnt.

Strange Meat · #18 Posted **May 24, 2011, 12:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by Centropolis

It's crazy how big the west is. Portland is further from Denver than St. Louis is from Denver. Southwest has really expanded at STL but fuel has gone up, it sucks. The east coast is still reasonable but the west coast isnt.

I'm not surprised by it. I mean, Boise is something like a 10 hour drive from here, which is not much shorter than it would be to drive to STL. I can get down to SoCal in like, 14 hours though, depending on weather and traffic. I do a road trip every spring break from here through Reno/Tahoe then down the coast and back. It's not that bad.

mobyhead · #19 Posted **May 24, 2011, 12:40 AM**

Nevermind.

Buckeye Native 001 · #20 Posted **May 24, 2011, 4:36 AM**

I used to be able to get from Southern California to Columbus roundtrip for about $200, but that's doubled in the past couple years thanks to fuel prices.

Apparently there was a tornado warning in Central Ohio (maybe it was a watch?) if my mother is to be believed. Sounds like the storms that pounded Missouri are making their way eastward.