I have been since graduating from college, but I grew up in the Ely area about 90 miles north of Duluth.

Bet you had some beautiful aurora viewing up there.

A town must really have a lot of lakes to be given that moniker in MN

Being the gateway to the Boundary Waters will do that.

 

You've earned my trust and that is where I will go... at your suggestion. 

You meant Kansas City, Kansas, right? That's where Joe's is.  Q39 is in KC Missouri.

 

I have eaten at both. Love both.

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Ely with all those lakes... Always looked like a nice area of Minnesota to grow up. 

 

But then again... with all those lakes... My Car probably would have ended up in one of them. 

 

I  could kind of see you taking a dare to drive your car on a frozen lake in mid to late April.

 

 

Is this the good Gibson?

A picture is worth a thousand Fangraphs.

 

And you get a free base, and you get a free base, and you get a free base

Tonight's trivia:  What is the major league team record for wild pitches in an inning?

 

I  could kind of see you taking a dare to drive your car on a frozen lake in mid to late April.

 

More like July

More like July

Probably drive across the lake on a layer of mosquitos in July.

 

And you get a free base, and you get a free base, and you get a free base

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Tonight's trivia:  What is the major league team record for wild pitches in an inning?

Cubbies !!

A picture is worth a thousand Fangraphs.

 

Let's see what you looked like in the 80s, bud

 

You meant Kansas City, Kansas, right? That's where Joe's is.  Q39 is in KC Missouri.

 

I have eaten at both. Love both.

 

I'm stopping where the food is. I'm going with Joe's

Tomorrow morning I'm driving to Dallas

 

Planning on stopping for the night in Kansas City

 

I've done Arthur Bryants

 

What Barbecue place should I try?

Off the Bone Barbecue... The brisket is great (ask for burnt ends) and their sausage is very good as well.

 

And you get a free base, and you get a free base, and you get a free base

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Let's see what you looked like in the 80s, bud

You say that as if that picture is of you...

 

I'm jealous. Been a while since I've been to Ely. We usually head up the north shore and tool around there. My wife won't camp, so that's as close as I get much of the time. It's always hard to come home from up there.

 

We went off of the Arrowhead trail north of Grand Marais last weekend, so not exactly where I grew up, but still God's country.

 

I actually grew up in a town called Babbitt about 20 miles from Ely, but I usually say the Ely area, because people are much less likely to have heard of Babbitt unless they are big fans of taconite mining of the 1970s.  

 

 

Funny - Ely and Babbitt were much closer than a lot of suburbs in the Cities, but if we wanted to call my grandparents in Ely, it was long distance and so was Embarrass, which was only separated from Babbitt by a dirt road.

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There is no chance for escape, make your time.

Well, who saw THAT coming.

 

I'm stopping where the food is. I'm going with Joe's

I believe there are three now.

 

http://www.joeskc.com/pages/restaurant-menu

 

 

Well, who saw THAT coming.

 

Raises Hand...

 

 

Let's see what you looked like in the 80s, bud

Now we just need the monsoon so we can revert back to when we didn't hand the Tigers 2 runs

 

Let's see what you looked like in the 80s, bud

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Plouffe having a good night.

 

Let's check that sarcasm detector.

 

Plouffe having a good night.

Let's check that sarcasm detector.

He did make a really nice defensive play to hold a runner at third earlier, somewhere in between all the walks and wild pitches that ultimately rendered the play meaningless.

He did make a really nice defensive play to hold a runner at third earlier, somewhere in between all the walks and wild pitches that ultimately rendered the play meaningless.

True, he did field that ground ball.

 

 

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