Or any big city. Try Dallas or Houston (both of which I try to avoid also!)
I guess they would be FTBs...
I once had to go to Rockford, Il airport and took the United Airlines bus
there... :rolleyes: Couldn't fly into the airport since at the time it was
not a commercially serviced airport. The next time I rented a car from
O'Hara and drove myself. I remember being told they have all four seasons
there... Almost winter, winter, still winter and construction. I was there
both times during construction. :^)
Paul
-----Original Message-----
The urban dictionary is for those who have never driven through Chicago.
:-)
Sent from my keyboard
> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Paul Herder via Spridgets
<spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Interesting... the urban dictionary has it as FBI agents...
>
> Urban dictionary is national whereas your definition is regional...
> :^)
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> The acronym is actually "FIB" and becomes "Fibbies" in common speech.
> FIB is an acronym for three words - the second is Illinois and the
> third is Bastard. You can figure out what the first is.
>
> I first heard it in everyday speech in southern Wisconsin and actually
> saw it in use on a billboard there advertising Greyhound dog racing -
> "Faster than a speeding Fibbie". The driving habits of those from
> Illinois are not appreciated in Wisconsin.
>
> Rick
>
> Sent from my keyboard
>
>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Jeff Kelly <jeffsbugeye@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok Rick, Enlighten me ---- Fibbies ???
>> Jeff Kelly
>> Aurora IL
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Fisk via Spridgets
>>
>> I take the long way to avoid Chicago no matter what I'm driving.
>> There's
> a reason they're called "Fibbies". :-)
>>
>> Sent from my keyboard
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Mark Haynes <haynes386@netzero.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well that's why it would be 8 hours for me, Interstates with a 948
>>> and
> 4.11s aren't fun-really they're boring, so I'll have to go the long
> way around to keep things interesting and within the relative limits
> of a 58 year old car.
>>> And, yes, it still looks as bad as it did in 2011 when it won 'Most
>>> Likely to Score Last in a Concourse" ;}
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Haynes
>>> It only goes one way-Pay it Forward
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>>> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:31:42 -0400
>>>
>>> If I can make it I'll be driving a Spridget. Don't know which one.
>>> 1100
> plus miles. Have to take the long way to avoid Chicago.
>>>
>>> Sent from my keyboard
>>>
>>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 1:50 PM, Mark Haynes via Spridgets
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So who's planning on driving? It looks like ~8 hours in the BE for
> me.... But I can bring tools too!
>>>> I guess that I should anyway, Hunh?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark Haynes
>>>> It only goes one way-Pay it Forward
>>>>
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