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<blockquote data-quote="LouHenson" data-source="post: 1545592" data-attributes="member: 746834"><p>Thanks </p><p></p><p>Thanks for putting me and my two sisters through college we really appreciated it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. My parents are in their 80’s now, so it was time. The building was a great location so it had some value. Just sad to see things change.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Someone on here posted about being from downstate and how all we had to root for was the Illini. That’s how it felt. The St. Louis and Chicago pro teams were always favorites, but nothing like the Illinois kids.</p><p></p><p>When I was in grade school we had a girl working for us that dated a QB named Mike Gow. He was like my hero back then. Well long story short, I got to go meet him in his fraternity it was such a high for a 9 year old lol.</p><p></p><p>When I lived there it was sort of a negative to be a “townie”, but now it is something I am simply grateful I got to experience. Watch the movie Breaking Away, sort of the child hood of growing up in a small Midwest college town. Only thing is, all the kids that came from Chicago and the suburbs were great to us. It was a fun time to live there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouHenson, post: 1545592, member: 746834"] Thanks Thanks for putting me and my two sisters through college we really appreciated it :). My parents are in their 80’s now, so it was time. The building was a great location so it had some value. Just sad to see things change. Someone on here posted about being from downstate and how all we had to root for was the Illini. That’s how it felt. The St. Louis and Chicago pro teams were always favorites, but nothing like the Illinois kids. When I was in grade school we had a girl working for us that dated a QB named Mike Gow. He was like my hero back then. Well long story short, I got to go meet him in his fraternity it was such a high for a 9 year old lol. When I lived there it was sort of a negative to be a “townie”, but now it is something I am simply grateful I got to experience. Watch the movie Breaking Away, sort of the child hood of growing up in a small Midwest college town. Only thing is, all the kids that came from Chicago and the suburbs were great to us. It was a fun time to live there. [/QUOTE]
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