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- Sigh. More misery for the Cubs. I thought it might happen for them this year. Uncle Bill and I became Cubs fans watching WGN in the mid-’80s. I haven’t followed baseball closely since the ’94 strike, but I thought I might watch a Cubs World Series. Alas…
- I’m having epic allergy troubles. I can’t remember ever being so miserable in the fall.
- I saw a black ribbon magnet on a car this morning that said Support Tattoos, in Gothic script. How does one support tattoos, exactly?
- Halo 5 is ordered. The new $150 controller, not so much. I have no doubt it’s beautiful hardware and I’d enjoy it, but the cold hard truth is that I’m just not good enough anymore to realize any advantage from it. I’m too old, and too tired on the rare occasions I do sit down to play, for it to do anything for me.
- I go to church with a Memphis alumnus and huge football fan, and he’s about to go nuts. Memphis has a legitimate shot at finishing undefeated. Sadly, I don’t think there will be enough carnage in the Power 5 for an undefeated Memphis to sneak into the playoff. Great shot at a New Year’s Six spot, though.
- We’re constructing a new grocery strategy. Stay tuned for more details. Aldi will be a newly regular stop for us, I have a feeling. I’m not terribly excited about spending time on 72 through Madison by design, but I’ll do it for enough money.
- Speaking of Aldi, sriracha hummus sounds good, don’t you think? I’ll open it Saturday for football.
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If you’re worried about the congestion of going east on 72 plus turning left across 72 (I tend to weight my routes based on things like number of left turns and stop lights) for the Aldi parking lot, you might consider:
Head up County Line/Old Railroad Bed up to Capshaw (where Good Shepherd, possibly making this route ideal to work into a routine) and turning east on Capshaw. Then head down to the light at Nance and turn south onto Nance. From there, you can either cut through the parking lot of Kohls without even going down to 72 (look for the driveway across the street from Academy’s Nance entrance) or you’ll only be making right turns on 72 and I believe even have a protected right turn lane.
Just a thought.
I get that that’s easier, and I use Capshaw that way a good bit. But it’s still having to deal with it. Indeed, I do go that far north at least weekly for church, so there may be a routine to be written there.
I don’t use 72 between Balch and Slaughter/Jeff during the week except before 7 am or after 9 pm. Weekends the no-period is still in the middle of the day but a little smaller–maybe 9 am to 8 pm.