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otaking
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response 29 of 80:
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Jun 29 23:08 UTC 2000 |
I buy most of my CDs from Record Exchange nowadays. Occasionally, I can find
some good stuff for 50 cents to a dollar. Recently, I foind a Hedningarna
album and the Anastasia soundtrack for $1 each.
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iggy
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response 30 of 80:
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Jun 29 23:21 UTC 2000 |
hedningarna?!!
i love those guys. i have all their stuff.
my fav is 'tra', of course.
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jerryr
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response 31 of 80:
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Jun 30 00:12 UTC 2000 |
pornopolka?
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krj
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response 32 of 80:
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Jun 30 04:24 UTC 2000 |
Iggy is a Hedningarna fan?
jerryr is a Hedningarna fan?
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iggy
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response 33 of 80:
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Jun 30 15:09 UTC 2000 |
hedningarna AND wimme will be at the lotus fest in
bloomington indiana this fall.
i'd think about going myself, but i have a prior commitment.
i think it is like a 6 hour drive from ann arbor.
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lelande
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response 34 of 80:
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Jun 30 15:27 UTC 2000 |
cutters.
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krj
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response 35 of 80:
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Jun 30 15:59 UTC 2000 |
((( Agora #79 <---> Music #263 )))
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krj
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response 36 of 80:
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Jun 30 16:10 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, Hedningarna seems to come over and play one or two festivals,
and that's all for their American tour. I think it was 1999 when they
played the Northside Records Scandinavian Music
Festival in Minneapolis, over Easter weekend. Ten years ago I would
have gone, but I think I'm getting too old to drive all those hours
for a band, no matter how much I love them. But an Indianpolis show
is tempting... maybe there was also going to be a Chicago show?
I need to look at the e-mail from their record company.
KAKSI remains my favorite, I played it daily for six months after I
got it back in what, '93? TRA has some songs which are better but
I don't think it's as consistent end-to-end.
Has iggy heard Hoven Droven's GROOVE compilation CD?
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jmsaul
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response 37 of 80:
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Jun 30 16:22 UTC 2000 |
How many hours is the drive to Minneapolis?
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krj
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response 38 of 80:
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Jun 30 16:45 UTC 2000 |
14 or 15 hours? It's farther than driving to Philadelphia or DC, I think,
which are the long-haul family trips we do regularly.
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iggy
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response 39 of 80:
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Jun 30 16:58 UTC 2000 |
the only hoven droven i had heard is from the two nordic roots
CD's.
kaksi.. yeah, 'vottikaalina' cracks me up.
loosley translated is about "if my mother-in-law messes with me, i'll
kick her ass! you want a piece of me? YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?!!"
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goose
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response 40 of 80:
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Jun 30 17:21 UTC 2000 |
DTW-MSP is about 13 hours by car.
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brighn
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response 41 of 80:
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Jun 30 17:44 UTC 2000 |
#23> Ken, you're one in a million. That means there are several thousand
people on this planet just like you.
Net v. store shopping> I prefer shopping in the stores, because I like to
browse, and browsing on the net is slow and cumbersome. OTOH, if there's
something I really want, and it's not a likely Billboard 200 listee, I'll go
to CDNow or (if it's English) CDZone. OF the last 20 CDs or so that I
purchased, I'd say about half were on-line purchases.
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goose
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response 42 of 80:
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Jun 30 18:23 UTC 2000 |
#40 shoudl be ARB-MSP...
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jmsaul
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response 43 of 80:
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Jun 30 19:14 UTC 2000 |
(Thanks for the driving times)
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krj
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response 44 of 80:
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Jun 30 20:00 UTC 2000 |
mapquest.com says 655 miles, 12 hours, from Ann Arbor to Minneapolis.
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jerryr
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response 45 of 80:
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Jun 30 20:09 UTC 2000 |
i have a friend driving to north dakota this weekend. she intends on using
the ferry from wisconsin to michigan on her return leg. i wonder if the six
hour boat ride makes for all that much time saving. anyone ever do that?
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jmsaul
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response 46 of 80:
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Jun 30 20:16 UTC 2000 |
Never. I can't imagine it would help that much, but it might since she's
coming into WI way north of where I've been (I've never been north of
Milwaukee, so the Chicago route makes much more sense for me).
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krj
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response 47 of 80:
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Jun 30 20:19 UTC 2000 |
The boat ride is only worthwhile in itself, is my take on it.
The departure times are very restricted, there's little if any time
savings, and the ferry toll is pretty large. We've thought about the
ferry ride several times but we have never done it.
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jerryr
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response 48 of 80:
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Jun 30 20:26 UTC 2000 |
there will be four people. she said the cost was 100 bucks, but they got a
room included for that price. i think they are doing it to get a break from
driving on the 4th and for the experience.
i find ferry's chancy since they load by size, not by when you get there and
buy a ticket - at least they do on the east coast.
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scott
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response 49 of 80:
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Jun 30 21:26 UTC 2000 |
Careful with the Mapquest directions and mileages... I asked for a route from
Ann Arbor to Columbus recently, and it wanted me to drive 90 or so extra miles
so as to stay on freeways the whole time. I was being routed thru Cleveland!
Sheesh.
The ferry probably doesn't save time, but then it does save time that you are
stuck behind the wheel. That's an improvement in my book, anyway.
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gypsi
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response 50 of 80:
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Jun 30 22:40 UTC 2000 |
Mapquest also overestimates driving time because they average you at 45 mph,
or something like that. If I'm taking freeway the whole way, I divide the
mileage by an average speed of 65-70 mph.
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cyklone
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response 51 of 80:
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Jun 30 23:00 UTC 2000 |
Re #48: The Ludington Car Ferry is "drive up, drive in" and runs on a very
strict timetable. Though as krj mentioned, the cost is not cheap. The
shoreline cruises ($25 per person, no cars) are a lot more fun, but
there's only a couple a year.
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slynne
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response 52 of 80:
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Jul 1 05:47 UTC 2000 |
The ferry from Tobermoray to Manitoulin Island saves a ton of time and only
costs like $30 Canadian. It wont help you if you have to get from WI to MI
though.
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arabella
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response 53 of 80:
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Jul 2 08:07 UTC 2000 |
But how far is it to Indianapolis?!
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