Yes! It's even worse when that person is over 25.

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Pick a lane!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

When you're young and a girl doesn't know what she is doing you can overlook it. When you're in your 30's and and a woman in her 30's doesn't know what she is doing she is either lazy or a bad student. Either way it pisses me off.

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so, I'm at Starved Rock being an awesome dad and at the end of a long day of hiking the family is hungry. I access the old memory bank for any food in the LaSalle/Peru area and recall my good friend Dr. Ken's recommendation of Rip's. I hate fried chicken but everyone else loves it so I act like this was my plan for the day to the applause of everyone in the car. Closed on Labor Day. So much for country hospitality. It looked like it would have been great and they had things other than fried chicken for me.

My son told me yesterday he would like to try to go back but without the hiking.

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Yes, we get it ... you're not actually a black woman ...

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The last couple times I've been to Joe's Stone on Rush, I've been persuaded to go with "can't miss" items that you wouldn't normally think of ordering at Joe's. First it was the cod. Next it was the "unreal" fried chicken (turned out to be ok, nothing earth-shattering).

I was also underwhelmed by the "world's greatest" chicken at White Fence Farm.

Still hard to beat original recipe at KFC (if it's done right, i.e., properly drained and not sitting in excess grease).

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They're closed every Monday and Tuesday. They print so much money the rest of the week that they don't bother.

Too bad you couldn't try it. I'd wager that even you would enjoy the chicken.

But, if not, look like a local and get some pickles for the table with your beer, take some of the "cracklins" that serve as a bit of a country amuse-bouche, then fill a pickle chip slice with the cracklins like a little mini taco and enjoy. You'll look like a regular local yokel.

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Sounds like a place I would be very comfortable at.

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How was it? We looked to go over the summer but a lot of the trails were closed.

Cold fried chicken is for undocumented Chinese immigrants to eat in a room devoid of furniture or light save for a eingy, tattered area rug and a 40w bulb hanging from an electrical line from an untiled ceiling swaying ever so slightly from an overused and underpowered a/c unit perpetually on the 'fan only' setting.

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If any of you make it up to Waukegan, go to Louie's.
Fanatstic old school bar/restaurant with kick ass chicken, pasta, pizza, and more.

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I like it. They have both bluff trails and lakeside trails both with interesting views. There are lots of steps in case your kids complain about those things, as mine do.

The Polish immigrants were out in full force on Monday.

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To the best of my knowledge, only about a third of the trails have been re-opened.
Call first to make sure the trails to the waterfalls are open before you go.

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I didn't notice any closed trails and the waterfalls were dry

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uncle remus has never let me down.

but i'm not much of a fried chicken hipster, per say. i'll take church's when i'm in the area and that's about my standard.

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