Hi Dave,

Chicago campus/school. And S.I.U. whose main campus is in Carbondale a long way from their medical campus in Springfield.

And I've never had need of any of them. Passed thru the state a number
of times but only stopped for longer than a few minutes was when we stopped on our way to AZ in 1993 to visit my sister. Came thru south of Chicago a few years ago with the camper--roads were horrible!

In the Chicago area that's sorta, kinda understandable. Huge metro
area full of people w/car or trucks, corssroads of a bunch of major interstate highways ... and lots of low RRunderpasses. When I drove
semi trucks I tries as best I could to stay away from Chiciago. And totally refused to return to NYC after one load there.

We've gone a more southerly route back across the country since then but
for that trip, we were starting from West Yellowstone and Steve wanted
to try I-90 for a bit. I forget where we dipped south but do know we
went thru IL south of Chicago.

The roads in my part of the state are *much* better. And the Cracker Barrel where we first met is still there and serving Mama's Pancake Breakfast - even is the fruit selection is down to peaches or apples.
I miss the berries. Bv(=

If we stop at a Cracker Barrel, we usually get supper there. It's easier
to do a fast, in the camper breakfast than a fast, with no hook ups,
supper. Besides, it gets us on the road earlier since we don't have to
go in and wait on breakfast. Are they doing a per egg surcharge like a
number of places are?

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As their e-mail "specials" say at the bottom - "prices may vary". I've been taking advantage of the Eaqster/4-20 special of a #1 in the US
rated chicken sandwich for U$4.20. Monday the price goes back to U$5.

Too bad they can't be (at least the chicken part) frozen to enjoy
later. Or is it something easily copu-able?

They (Popeyes) have come up with another new "special" flavour for
their chicken sandwiches .... according to their e-mail solicitation
"Make it tangy too with our NEW Pickle Glaze." I'll give it a shot

I tried it yesterday at the currently discounted price. Along with a

On the side sounds much better than glazing the chicken with pickle
juice.

Did a side-by-side comparo yesterday for lunch. Bought one each of the "regular spicy" and the pickle glazed and cut them in half when I got home. Dennis had one each of the halves and I had the other. Hard to
tell the difference between the two ... so I thing I'll keep the spicy chicken in my mix and ditch the pickle glazed. If I want pickle
flavour I'll ask for extra pickle slices. Bv)=

OK, enough of a critique to let me know it's not worth trying. We were
in Raleigh today, getting stuff for our upcoming trip and stopped at BK
for lunch. Steve had a Baconator, gave me his tomatoes for my original
chicken sandwich. He ordered some mozzerella sticks but, after looking
at them, wasn't sure if the coating was corn meal or something else so
passed them over to me. TBH, I'd rather have had the Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich but BK was closer and we needed lunch so..............

I go Tuesday afternoon for a "hips to throat" body scan - so they'll
have the latest data to work from. Then present myself at 0515
Wednesday morning for what is *supposed* to be an out-patient
procedure.

Toughest part of the whole mthing is having to hold my arms above my
head while the slide me back and for through the machine and they tell
to breathe or hold my breath. Holding my arms in that position for
more that 30 seconds always gives me cramps.

Saw a comic today, patient going down a slide, arms up, into a CT
machine and one tech saying to another about it being more enjoyable for
the patient that way. Thought of you, knew you didn't have a slide but
hope it wasn't too bad.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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