Impressions in Illinois including Iowa

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 09/25/2017 at 19:20 • Filed to: None

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It is 90 degrees and raining here. I mean, come on already. We don’t do this in California. I also broke my sunglasses on the plane.

But I have learned something already on my second trip to the Quad Cities! I apologize ye of the Cities of Four, as I have unfairly mocked you for naming FIVE cities as 4. But as is typical, California arrogance ignores the facts.

As you can clearly see, there are 2 cities in Iowa (Davenport, Bettendorf) and 2 in Illinois (Moline, Rock Island). Who the fuck decided East Moline gets to call itself No. 5?

Sounds to me like some shady Illinoisians are working some shit to tip the balance of power in their favor. Probably some Chicago power brokers looking to make shit move. Even Wikipedia is on their side— “East Moline is one of the five !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ,” it says. I am calling bullshit on that.

Watch your back, Iowa. I see you, East Moline. Not on my watch.

As an aside, Rock Island is a fucking awesome name for a town, and it is twice as badass because they have a freaking arsenal. But as good as that name is, Bettendorf is its opposite in town names, carved in the purest awfulness. The town may be lovely, but that name is really bad.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 19:29

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InFierority Complex > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 19:35

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Speaking of the Arsenal, they’ve got to have a museum that might be interesting to check out.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 19:37

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Little known fact: Bettendorf was named after the famous Tim Conway character.

XJDano > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 19:48

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Must be an Illinois river town thing. Further south and just north of Stlouis there is Alton, IL and East Alton.

RacinBob > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 21:43

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If you have the time, you can run 20 minutes upstream to La Claire Iowa and the Buffalo Bill Museum. The star of the museum is the Lone Star steam boat. A genuine “ran when parked” oldest working river boat on the Mississippi.

You can probably get my dad to come down and give you a tour. He is a retired engineer. He will probably tell you more about the boat and the buildings HVAC and control system than you would ever want to know.

Anyway, if interested call the Museum and ask how to get a hold of John R.. Tell him Bob thought he ought to give a personal tour. You will recognize him by the ‘84 Mercedes 300 CD coupe.

BTW - American picker, a good restaurant (Faithful Pilot) and a micro distillery are in Le Claire too.

RacinBob > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 21:57

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Also, about 2 blocks away is Klemme Classic Cars. http://www.klemmeklassickars.com/for_sale

Cash in your return ticket a and drive home in a 32,000 mile $9900 “77 Lincoln!

shop-teacher > ImmoralMinority 09/25/2017 at 23:18

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We’re going to miss each other by a few days. The Gambler 500 will be nearby on Saturday.