KU drops to No. 18 in coaches’ poll; MU leaps to 10th

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by frazod

I remember driving across Kansas about 20 years ago. I was helping my cousin move to LA, and driving the rental truck while she and her roommate drove their cars. The ****ing truck had a governor on it that limited the speed to 65 mph. It was brutal, and endless. The odd clump of trees surrounding a distant farmhouse, flat endless horizon in either direction, heading towards a distant rise. When you nearly reach the top of the rise, you pray for something, anything different, but all you you'd get is another rise that looks just like it. Over and over. Ugh.

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

The worst part is, you keep creeping closer and closer to Colorado, thinking about the forests and the mountains, but when you finally get there, you find that eastern Colorado is actually WORSE than Kansas. It's another three hours until you even see a ****ing mountain.

Of course, once you get PAST that pit of despair otherwise known as Denver, the drive becomes breathtaking, all the way to Los Angeles. I guess the desert would get old eventually, but since I'd never seen it before even that was awesome.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Ohhhhh....the most brutal ****ing drive in existence; Lawrence to Denver/Boulder.
That's a drive that screams "massive narcotics please".

Yeah, driving westward through Kansas is most definitely not fun, but driving anywhere for a long time is just as bad. The only difference between driving through Missouri and Kansas is that there are definitely less white trash gas stations and adult stores in Kansas. I'm sorry, but trees and half-ass hills don't make the drive any more pleasant for me.

The only pleasant long drives I've ever had were through the Smokey Mountains and through Northern California.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

I remember going on a road trip to Brownsville Texas once. I was just a kid, so I got all excited when we crossed into Texas... thinking we were almost there...

Yeah, Texas is big.

I've been there.... yeah, it sucks when you get to Dallas and think you have to be getting close, only to realize that Dallas is only halfway between KC and Brownsville.

[Reerun_KC]

Just fly....

Travel is so much easier at FL390

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Just fly....

Travel is so much easier at FL390

Love flying - hate airlines and airports. If I can drive somewhere in a day or just a bit over that, I'll drive every time. Cheaper, less bullshit, I control where and when I go, and I'm not at the mercy of a system that cares absolutely nothing about me or my problems because I'm not a filthy rich frequent flier.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by frazod

Love flying - hate airlines and airports. If I can drive somewhere in a day or just a bit over that, I'll drive every time. Cheaper, less bullshit, I control where and when I go, and I'm not at the mercy of a system that cares absolutely nothing about me or my problems because I'm not a filthy rich frequent flier.

I agree, commercial flying is a pain in the ass... I freaking hate it! But private or when I fly myself, nothing is better than turning an 8 hour drive into a 2 1/2 hour flight...

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

I agree, commercial flying is a pain in the ass... I freaking hate it! But private or when I fly myself, nothing is better than turning an 8 hour drive into a 2 1/2 hour flight...

Oh yeah. God I'd love to have my own plane. One of the first things I'll pick up when my lottery investments pay off.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by frazod

Oh yeah. God I'd love to have my own plane. One of the first things I'll pick up when my lottery investments pay off.

Just give me a call, I will fly your sorry MU ass where ever you like!

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by frazod

Love flying - hate airlines and airports. If I can drive somewhere in a day or just a bit over that, I'll drive every time. Cheaper, less bullshit, I control where and when I go, and I'm not at the mercy of a system that cares absolutely nothing about me or my problems because I'm not a filthy rich frequent flier.

When I was working in Auburn Hills, I loved the thought of taking a 7:30pm flight out of Detroit and (with the time change) being in my apartment in Omaha at 9:30.

But, when I got to thinking about it, I'd have to leave work around 2pm so I could make it back to the hotel and then avoid the awful Detroit traffic... so it took 7.5 hours of my time, as opposed 9 hours of driving... which is why I drove back and forth, except on weekend trips.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

When I was working in Auburn Hills, I loved the thought of taking a 7:30pm flight out of Detroit and (with the time change) being in my apartment in Omaha at 9:30.

But, when I got to thinking about it, I'd have to leave work around 2pm so I could make it back to the hotel and then avoid the awful Detroit traffic... so it took 7.5 hours of my time, as opposed 9 hours of driving... which is why I drove back and forth, except on weekend trips.

That's the thing - you piss away so much time in an airport (even if your flight is one time, which at O'Hare is doubtful) that by the time you get to the airport, stand in line, check in, go through security, then wait to board, wait on the tarmac, and wait some more, then the flight, the go through it all over again once you get where you're going and then deal with a rental car, chances are you could have already driven to anywhere in the midwest in your own car.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by frazod

That's the thing - you piss away so much time in an airport (even if your flight is one time, which at O'Hare is doubtful) that by the time you get to the airport, stand in line, check in, go through security, then wait to board, wait on the tarmac, and wait some more, then the flight, the go through it all over again once you get where you're going and then deal with a rental car, chances are you could have already driven to anywhere in the midwest in your own car.

The upside is that I don't waste any time here, because Omaha's airport and KCI are so easy. I get strange looks when I mention showing up 2 hours early (and still show up an hour early, which is 30 minutes too early).

It's getting easier though... Atlanta was the first place that I've seen where they have the ticket kiosks out in the open, so you don't have to wait in line to use one (and there were like 25 of them just for Delta). It was so easy, in fact, I walked the 2 miles to my gate because I was so early.

[Mr. Laz]

i drove from KC to the North Carolina coast straight through once ............ once


it was in Datsun 280z, 2 people so there was no room, hatchback so you couldn't even lean the seat back more than 3/4 inches




UGH!!!!

[KcMizzou]

Road trips seem so much more fun in the movies.

Take the few fun things that might happen... and stretch them over friggin' 40 hours... you've got torture.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Laz

i drove from KC to the North Carolina coast straight through once ............ once


it was in Datsun 280z, 2 people so there was no room, hatchback so you couldn't even lean the seat back more than 3/4 inches




UGH!!!!

Newport, Rhode Island to St. Louis - 17 hours, only stopped when I needed gas. My '85 Cutlass was certainly more comfortable than that 280Z, but it was brutal nonetheless.

I was in my early 20s when I did that - don't know if I could hack it now.