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On 12/14/2016 at 6:58 AM, T-Mo said:

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Welcome, Brian.  I see you're in Somonauk, Illinois.  I was an Army recruiter in that area back in the 80s.  I was stationed in Dekalb and Somonauk was one of our recruiting areas.  We had Somonauk, Sandwich, Waterman, Shabbona, and other small towns to our south, and to our north, we had Malta, Sycamore, Genoa, Kingston, Kirkland.  We also had Kaneville, Maple Park, Sugar Grove, Elburn.  That is a nice area, but I bet there have been some changes in the last 30 plus years since I recruited in that area.

 

Hey T, and thank you!  Yes sir, been in this area going on 20 or so years. I can definitely say all the towns you listed are my neck of the woods nowadays. You are right though, many many changes. You would be shocked.  The Chicago burbs have slowly creeped their way out to us quiet towns and are causin a ruckus. :(   

 

Its funny, you being in Bonne Terre, my grandparents lived in the hills of Festus probably what, 30 minutes from ya? I miss that area dearly. I also have a younger sister in college at Cape Girardeau. 

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roadapples

This thread sure is getting a lot of mileage for an introduction...:ychain:            :WRS:

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BrianK
23 minutes ago, roadapples said:

This thread sure is getting a lot of mileage for an introduction...:ychain:            :WRS:

Haha thank you sir! It sure is, what an awesome forum!

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T-Mo
9 hours ago, BrianK said:

 

Hey T, and thank you!  Yes sir, been in this area going on 20 or so years. I can definitely say all the towns you listed are my neck of the woods nowadays. You are right though, many many changes. You would be shocked.  The Chicago burbs have slowly creeped their way out to us quiet towns and are causin a ruckus. :(   

 

Its funny, you being in Bonne Terre, my grandparents lived in the hills of Festus probably what, 30 minutes from ya? I miss that area dearly. I also have a younger sister in college at Cape Girardeau. 

Festus is just to the north of us, and you're right about 30 minutes from me.  It's a small world, ain't it?

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jay bee

:text-welcomeconfetti: to :rs:and good luck with the project.  Lots of help here.

 

Jim

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BrianK
50 minutes ago, jay bee said:

:text-welcomeconfetti: to :rs:and good luck with the project.  Lots of help here.

 

Jim

 

Thank you, Jim! I'm in the thick of it now. I'll be posting pics and a progress update in my thread over in the trans section tomorrow. 👍🏻

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