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kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 11:12:39 AM10/20/09
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The only RC racing in Chicago. Carpet racing three times a week. Now in
our third year of club racing. Beginners to sponsored racers find a race
every week.

Underground RC Racetrack, 40 E. 54th St. Chicago IL

http://www.undergroundrcracetrack.com

Visit us on rctech.net too:

<http://www.rctech.net/forum/wisconsin-illinois-racing/157260-underground
-rc-race-track-chicago-41.html>

See us on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xy_a1vL9Nc

HUey

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Oct 20, 2009, 12:41:53 PM10/20/09
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In article <kenji-0AC9E6....@news.ripco.com>, ke...@ripco.com
says...

<yawn>

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Michele

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Oct 20, 2009, 3:40:20 PM10/20/09
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I can't help but think this is like watching show jumping. It's only
exciting if you're the rider. Or in this case, driver.

kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 4:32:03 PM10/20/09
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In article <hbl3n4$ufr$2...@ftupet.ftupet.com>,
Michele <mic...@buggeroff.net> wrote:

I wouldn't expect to see anyone but people who are addicted to and
really enjoy their car hobby to be showing up. We get spectators on the
Southside but it's usually sotuhside church people checking us all out
after church on Sundays. Lots of kids with elders and pastors and the
like......Our NW side outdoor venue in the Summer is a different crowd.
We get lots of spectators there who camp out to watch the races many
make a day of it with lawn chairs and tables.....

Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:02:54 PM10/20/09
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kenji wrote:


WHITES are more likely to be able to afford accroutements like lawn chairs
and tables...


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Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:04:30 PM10/20/09
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Michele wrote:


kenij posting this would be like me posting, "Hey, come on over and watch
while I assemble my new model airplanes...!!!"

I'd rather watch potholes form, basically...


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kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 4:57:25 PM10/20/09
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In article <pMKdnZ45ba88vkPX...@earthlink.com>,
"Gregory Morrow" <flyoka...@csaok.cz> wrote:

you build airplanes? Electric or nitro?

cool.

Where do you fly?

We have three planes and four heli's.

RC flight generally speaking isn't as social as surface RC

kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 4:58:50 PM10/20/09
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In article <b_CdnT7r4MTfvkPX...@earthlink.com>,
"Gregory Morrow" <flyoka...@csaok.cz> wrote:

over by the outddor track in Norridge it's lots of Europeans and Asians
hanging out watching. Scale model racing is big in their home countries.

Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:24:57 PM10/20/09
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kenji wrote:


I collect those plastic model airliners...they are cool-looking, but they
basically just hang around and collect dust. They are civil airliners,
everything from an old Cubana Tupolevs to A380's in various Asian liveries.

Most I've gotten as gifts, they run about 25-30 bux. If you have the bux
there are some real nice and expensive ones, handmade from wood, the kind
you used to see in travel agency or airline office (remember them!?)
windows, those can run up to a thou or more...

Basically I am a geek at heart...


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kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:32:39 PM10/20/09
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In article <Vfydnaci6aDxtUPX...@earthlink.com>,
"Gregory Morrow" <flyoka...@csaok.cz> wrote:

come to our small scale track at the hobbyshop. there's a flying
simulator. we're there tomorrow evening. Between Cumberland and Harlem
on Lawrence

Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:44:48 PM10/20/09
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kenji wrote:


I'm having a friend over for chicken and dumplings tomorrow eve, but thanx
for the invite...

Are there still any hobby shops around...???


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Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:49:07 PM10/20/09
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kenji wrote:


BTW about 15 years ago a friend who worked for TWA in St. Louis took me to a
*real* flying simulator at their HQ at Lambert Field there, it was one of
their 747 simulators that pilots used to train on. We "landed" at London
Gatwick...

Corporate security was pretty lax in those daze, you could not get away with
that shit now...


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kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:44:54 PM10/20/09
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In article <-bOdnXubo46OsEPX...@earthlink.com>,
"Gregory Morrow" <flyoka...@csaok.cz> wrote:

nearest you:

http://strictlyrc.net , Lawrence Ave. Norridge, mostly flight RC

http://chicagoland-hobby.com , Nprthwest Highway, Edison Park, mostly
trains

http://alshobbyshop.com , Elmhurst IL

Sadly Stanton Hobbyshop closed a while back after 49 years in biz.

Being that yer an old fart and prolly enjoy something more experiential,
Al's Hobbyshop in Elmhurst is where I'd tell you to go if you were
looking for that "old time" feeling, something that might hark back to
when your dad or uncle took you to a hobbyshop. Al's has been there for
62 years and they have TON's of merchandise on their shelves. If you go
plan on lunch downtown or dinner. It's a pretty nice downtown area there
in Elmhurst. Very upper-middle and very white with lots of boutique
kinda places. Not as huge as downtown Naperville but just as nice.

kenji

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Oct 20, 2009, 5:54:59 PM10/20/09
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In article <ftSdndxQEciLs0PX...@earthlink.com>,
"Gregory Morrow" <flyoka...@csaok.cz> wrote:

I'll bet yer in The Mile High Club

Gregory Morrow

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Oct 20, 2009, 11:44:42 PM10/20/09
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kenji wrote:


NOP

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Nicko

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Oct 31, 2009, 7:56:38 AM10/31/09
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On Oct 20, 4:02 pm, "Gregory Morrow" <flyokayfly...@csaok.cz> wrote:
> kenji wrote:
> > In article <hbl3n4$uf...@ftupet.ftupet.com>,

But only if the NEGROES haven't stolen them from their lawns. ,>)

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