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Train to Wisconsin

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:34 pm
by Orange
Anyone doing this for the game and if so how are you guys going about it? I really would like to do this because I dont feel like driving 7 hrs to Madison.

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:30 pm
by 1987alum
Go to Amtrak's Web site and see for yourself, but I don't think you'll like the options from Toledo to Madison. Price is OK ( about $112 r/t), but your busing it from Chitown to Madison and leaving from Toledo veeeeerrrrry early.[/url]

Re: Train to Wisconsin

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:40 pm
by Metz
Orange wrote:Anyone doing this for the game and if so how are you guys going about it? I really would like to do this because I dont feel like driving 7 hrs to Madison.
Get a ride with some other BG students! If we have room in my carpool I'd be glad to hook you up!

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:50 pm
by It's the Journey...
Those time are not so bad. I use the train a lot to visit my future wife in Normal, Illinois where she is in grad school. You can sleep on the train, you aren't crowded at all, and it's a nice ride. I don't know about the bus. That may make me think about other options.

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:08 pm
by SaxyIrishTenor
Finally in 04 wrote:Those time are not so bad. I use the train a lot to visit my future wife in Normal, Illinois where she is in grad school. You can sleep on the train, you aren't crowded at all, and it's a nice ride. I don't know about the bus. That may make me think about other options.
Are you actually engaged now?

Don't TELL me you got engaged and didn't let me know!?!:twisted:

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:45 pm
by It's the Journey...
OOooppsss. I'm gonna go and hide under something Saxy-proof now :wink: Seriously, on March 18 at the Italian resturant on Main St. Rebecca Carbone agreed to be my wife. And she was sober and not high. See you all SATURDAY!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:33 am
by Metz
Finally in 04 wrote:And she was sober and not high.
Sober and not high and still agreed...I'd hate to see her when she is high and not sober!

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:12 am
by Warthog
Finally in 04 wrote:OOooppsss. I'm gonna go and hide under something Saxy-proof now :wink: Seriously, on March 18 at the Italian resturant on Main St. Rebecca Carbone agreed to be my wife. And she was sober and not high. See you all SATURDAY!!!
Congratulations Matt. It is the beginning of the end for you. Run. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:51 am
by 1987alum
Run, Forrest! Run!

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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:11 am
by transfer2BGSU
See Matt? I'm not the only one....

Marriage is a three-ring circus:
Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

Why were hurricanes usually named after women?
Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, but when they go, they take your house and car.

90% of men kiss their wife goodbye when they leave the house.
10% kiss their house goodbye when they leave the wife.

First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel"
Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and then it was too late."

Love may be blind, but marriage Is a real eye-opener!

I must admit, you brought religion in my life.
I never believed in Hell until I met you.

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

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A: A closed mouth and an open wallet.


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A clergyman happened by and to soothe the man he offered a prayer. Afterward he said, "I assume the person lying beneath this mound of earth was someone of great importance to you."

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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:04 am
by Class of 61
1987alum wrote:Go to Amtrak's Web site and see for yourself, but I don't think you'll like the options from Toledo to Madison. Price is OK ( about $112 r/t), but your busing it from Chitown to Madison and leaving from Toledo veeeeerrrrry early.[/url]
FWIW;,
Latest airfares from Cleveland to Madison (via Continental) are around $325 or so, round trip.... would make it more expensive for me and Joyce than the GMAC Bowl trip...have to look at driving...since my son and friends are supposed to come in to game from Colo. (one friend is a Wisky grad), I don't want to miss this one, if at all possible.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:24 am
by Warthog
After explaining to my wife that we probably won't have a home game until October, I convinced her that I need to make the trip to Madison. She agreed that it would be ok. I may be looking to hitch a ride with someone 8)

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:34 am
by Falconfreak90
Mrs. Freak and I looked into the possibility of going to Madison but the airfare is gonna be too much. After having to miss the GMAC Bowl, I will make sure THAT does not happen again. I've used 6 1/2 vacation days for our Florida trip last month and have 8 1/2 days left.
Plenty of days for the UT game, MACC and Bowl. :wink:

Must sacrifice the Wisky game.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:35 am
by niucob86
Don't forget about the Amtrak Hiawatha that runs between Chicago and Milwaukee.
Bus or rent a car in Milwaukee to get to Madison.

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:42 pm
by momtartin
Being the cheap guy that I am, I'm driving with 4 other buddies of mine. 7 hours in a car with 5 guys, should be a blast, :D