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[BIGNASTY]

Leaving Indy in Wee hours of the AM tommorow. If you haven't been here (we hadn't) its pretty nice. People are fun to talk to have an interest in what others have to say Food is PRETTY GOOD went to breakfast after a almost 2000 mile 32 hour drive at Lincoln Square Pancake house on Madison Ave. ordered up and the waitress looked at our Daughter (shes a regular) and asked is he for REAL??? He will eat that and half of my Mom's :-lafLots of food and great for the price. Dinner at Mcallister's on Shelby blvd. another Great place.



Indy has the best Hardware store and help that We have ever been in, Menards on Emerson Ave I KNOW ITS GOIN TO BE HARD TO BELEIVE but the store help ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and are WILLING TO HELP YOU!!!!



Im sorry but I cant remember the name of the TDR Member that lives in Indy and that I have talked to I dont have my list its at home. But we have 2 questions?



1) Really????? a McDonalds with a TWO LANE DRIVE THRU are you guy's for real NOT ONE LANE IN ONE STORE but TWO DRIVE THRU LANES IN ONE STORE :-laf Im sorry but that's a first :-laf



2) What is the deal with Pizza? there is the regular kind of the major companies BUT THERE HAS TO BE A MOM AND POP PIZZA place on just about every corner. :-laf



seems like a nice place but time to go home we have no Mc Donalds and the only pizza is what you make yourself.



Thanks for the visit Indy



BIG

 

[ABennin]

Reading your post made me chuckle. Always a good read. Two lane McDonalds drive thru. :-laf I was out in Spokane this past August visiting family after years of nagging and the never seen so many coffee shops. Guess it's like bars around here. In the small town I live in we have a grocery store, 2 restaurants, 2 gas stations and 5 bars. Have a safe trip.

 

[Jim W]

Almost all new and recently remodeled McDonalds will have the two lanes drive thru's in the MID-West at least in the Chicago area and WI.

There is a fast food company called Portillo's that have several locations in the Chicago land area. They have usually two to three order takers outside every night taking food orders from drive thru customers to speed up the process.

Jim W.

 

[JLEONARD]

I was only in Indy twice. Once sorting for bad parts at the Ford Indy plant, once got stuck overnight there in a snowstorm after driving from Detroit with our salesman.

I rememeber the beer being nice and cold on both trips.

 

[Flying_gage]

Portillo's = yum... . Anyone going through Chi-town should try this place out. They are a chain, yet they have great food! Save room for the Chocolate cake!

What you are seeing is a mid-west thing when it comes to pizza. Being so close to Chicago, it is normal. I live in a town of 12,000 and we have 8 pizza shops. The town where I grew up in Colorado didn't get it's first pizza shop till the mid 80's and it had 8,000 residents.

 

[crispyboy]

Indy has the best Hardware store and help that We have ever been in, Menards on Emerson Ave I KNOW ITS GOIN TO BE HARD TO BELEIVE but the store help ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and are WILLING TO HELP YOU!!!!

BIG

I've been to a lot of hardware and stores of this type but by far the best I have been to was a "Runnings" store in Rapid City, South Dakota. I have never seen such variety.
http://www.myrunnings.com/

 

[Rattler]

Glad you are enjoying your trip Big. We have been to Indy quite a few times. The last two times we were there was for the Diesel Nationals. There were far too many 25 year olds with daddy's truck and credit card for my liking. Other than that, we may head up to the Monster Mopar Weekend at the dragstrip this year. Have a safe trip home.

 

[jgillott]

Glad you are enjoying your trip Big. We have been to Indy quite a few times. The last two times we were there was for the Diesel Nationals. There were far too many 25 year olds with daddy's truck and credit card for my liking. Other than that, we may head up to the Monster Mopar Weekend at the dragstrip this year. Have a safe trip home.

Yea, we haven't been back since 2005. I can't believe how quick I became the old guy that has to actually go to bed at night sleep. I can't handle the all night burnout contests and party in the parking lot. But, from what I hear, it has calmed down some since then.

 

[JMetzger]

BIGNASTY, I think that I am the one you talked to as I live in Greenwood which adjoins Indy. As someone said here they did a lot of remolding it the McDonald's in the area & they have made dual drive up windows at most of them. I shop at the Menard's that you were at & you are right they are very helpful. Never been to the Lincoln Square pancake House, McAllisters is good. If you are ever back in Indy & there is a good place on New York Street Called Ralph's Great Divide. Our son in law is one of the owners & we like there food.

 

[JR]

I love the history of Menards, starting out as a basic carpenter in his childhood years to everything hes got today. He sponsors his son Paul in the cup series every year which is truly awesome. The fact that he can go out and compete on that level, its like another David and Goliath tale.

 

[ALSAN]

As a carpenter /builder Menards is where I do a lot of shopping was just there today, his main office is in Eau Claire Wis (french for clear waters) was a big lumber town in the day I live just north of E. C and have been in his plants -steel forming pole barn steel and trim -door - truss- etc. . it is a small city in it self.
But if you want to see the granddaddy of all hardware stores look up Seven Corners Hardware in St Paul Minn. my wife will not let me go in there with any cash or C. cards any more
I could write more about John Menard and how he got were he is today but I dont type that fast and would still be here pecking tommorow nite yet and I need my beauty sleep

 

[Rattler]

Yea, we haven't been back since 2005. I can't believe how quick I became the old guy that has to actually go to bed at night sleep. I can't handle the all night burnout contests and party in the parking lot. But, from what I hear, it has calmed down some since then.

Yea J, the last trip there we were woke up about 1:30 in the morning by the cheering at the motel next door. Somebody had mounted a "stripper pole" in the bed of his truck.

 

[BIGNASTY]

BIGNASTY, I think that I am the one you talked to as I live in Greenwood which adjoins Indy. As someone said here they did a lot of remolding it the McDonald's in the area & they have made dual drive up windows at most of them. I shop at the Menard's that you were at & you are right they are very helpful. Never been to the Lincoln Square pancake House, McAllisters is good. If you are ever back in Indy & there is a good place on New York Street Called Ralph's Great Divide. Our son in law is one of the owners & we like there food.

Seems like the people were nice and fun to talk to wish I could have had more time in the area I would have liked to go to the towns outside of Indy to see the farms. I went to a Amish made furniture store to haul back some things for the Daughters friends that was an experience those Amish can really build some furniture solid as a rock a bit pricey but should last for sure. It was a good trip.

 

[JR]

Glad ya made it back safe and sound, BIG. If theres one thing I hate worse than moving, its helping someone else move

I know in your case its for a good cause and youve got your family together now, but its still gets down right tiring. I bet it feels good to be home and settled in

 

[BIGNASTY]

Glad ya made it back safe and sound, BIG. If theres one thing I hate worse than moving, its helping someone else move

I know in your case its for a good cause and youve got your family together now, but its still gets down right tiring. I bet it feels good to be home and settled in

D4L

Yes its good to have the family as one again it makes the wife and I very happy to share our lives with our children and see them grow. The moving part wasn't bad the Daughter had the Pods loaded up and ready to go it was me that just couldn't load and roll. I guess im getting old but after a 30 hour drive I was pretty tuckerd and needed a break. Loading up the Pods was a snap just pulled them up on the trailer had the Daughter have them drop the containers on a 4x4 and I just put a pipe under the Pod hooked on to it with the winch at the front of the trailer and kept putting another pipe at the front of the pod. same with the second Pod slid the winch cable under the first and pulled the second up the same way. Went to a scale and put the drive wheels of the truck on them and pulled the pods up until I had the weight right on the drive wheels the trailer axles could have taken the entire weight but it would have pulled funny. When we stopped at my Aunts place in NE I added some more weight on the trailer she has all of my Grandfathers farm equipment in a barn its a GOLD MINE of fun for me she said its all yours none of the other family members know how to use it anyway and want nothing to do with the farm. I brought home a New Idea manure spreader its in like new condition, dont mean much to most but to me its priceless its GRANDPA'S a couple of tractors and some other horse drawn equipment I cant wait to get up here. This is not it but this is what it looks like we have had a long winter and I have a pile of crap to use this on ALL SUMMER :-laf









Stopped at the I 80 truck stop WOW is not enough for that place, got a couple of Pro tech aluminum boxes and two 5" straight stacks for the International truck high enough to not smoke out the mules when they go for a ride. A good trip all in all got to see my Aunt and her hubby shes coming up in the summer to see our place she's a kick in the pants for an 90+ year old lady, no holds bard for sure. But glad to be home it will feel good to sleep in our bed and NO NOISE!!! the rest of the world is so noisy.



BIG

 

[GHarman]

Glad ya made it HOME, BIG!
GregH

 

[BIGNASTY]

Thanks Gman good to be home THE WORLD IS SO LOUD !!!!!! its good to be home and hear nothing but the wind and water.