Return of the “Ope”-in - August 18th and 19th 2023: The Battle for Stattis

I hope it happens. Kwik Trip is getting lazy and it’s time they have some competition.

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Saw that a couple days agontoo. May need to stop taking backroads up to SV, Lawsonia and Dells now.

When I saw the title I selfishly hoped it was going to be at The Worlds Largest Truck Stop on I80.

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That has to be on the list of places they are targeting, no?

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The World’s Largest Kwik Trip that’s 8 PTM drivers from my office is a massively disappointing use of space.

They‘ve become heavily dependent on templates and procedures that they can’t innovate.

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The bigger one off 41 in Richfield is basically the same way. It’s time they have some real competition. Don’t care if it’s Buc-Ees or Casey’s, but they have to be big enough they don’t have the ability to buy them. PDQ was always solid, so they bought them, as an example.

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I would think so. The gas stations there now kinda stink. Its basically a weird mall food court and shop. It would clean up.

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It’s a very strange place.

Buccees would be a welcomed upgrade

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me waiting for the next person in line to drop out

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We just have to wait until the deposit/payment date approaches. Come June they’ll drop like flies.

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Messed around and booked some flights just now. Who’s taking me to my first Culver’s experience?

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I am here in great sadness to announce my Ope spot is now officially up for grabs. To many family things to make it work without getting divorced/murdered.

Let the odds forever be in your favour.

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Damnit. Mayhaps you can make it to the North Star Shootout in July…

Also @Cinnamon?

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sadly not!

God I would love to get out there; that stretch of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota golf looks absolutely insane.

I’m hoping with a little more forethought and planning for next year I can get out for a stretch run down there in the summer.

This summer apparently everyone decided to get married within a two week time frame; and I have to go to 4 in that period.

Honestly as a self confessed fast food aficionado; I’m sad I can’t start adding American Fast Food to my rankings list this summer.

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if when you find yourself in this part of the country, you have my number. Happy to grab a bite at the very least, golf obviously on the table too.

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Did the damn thing.

Is it August yet?

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did the same yesterday

Snow is slowly starting to melt.
The Ope is one day closer.

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We got more snow here last night,

Morale is…low.

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Thought we turned the corner.

Work up this morning, pulled the blinds and see we’re covered in the white shit. “What. The. Fuck…” I exclaim, inadvertently waking my wife

“What’s wrong…” as she turns to open her blinds. “Are you fucking kidding me?!”

I head to the living room where my 11yr old son raises the living room blinds. “What the heck!”

It was bullshit all around.

It. Is. Time.

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