Any former SIUers out there?

[LearAv8r]

going back on the memories...I was a bagelman for a couple of years....ohhh the power... after the bars closed anyway. that was fun. I remember Woody Harrelson going to the Hangar one night (in town to visit his dad in Marion) and going up on stage and singing and then he came out and signed the bagel cart....that was fun. man was he wasted.


Don't forget about the cardboard regatta......

 

[Popeye0537]

Cardboard boat regatta!!!! Holy crap does that bring back memories. We won it back in 94. Boy I'm showing my age...anyone remember "The Tap", Frankies where Jenny McCartney worked...or is this WAY before any of you young grasshoppers time???

Chris Ghighes?? LOL I was his first instrument student

 

[Stuka Luva]

^^

Hahah, prolly took the bus out to the airport at the same time. Man, I'm gettin' old too!

Frankie's was the first bar I went to in college (second night)



SIU doesn't have the Best Inns internship anymore do they?

 

[GFunk20]

They got rid of the Best Inns Internship when I was still there a few years ago. Apparently the guy who owned the Citation died.

Interestingly enough, the guy who setup that internship with SIU is now the Program Manager for the E-170/190 at FlightSafety in STL. I met him last summer when I upgraded.

PINCH PENNY PUBS! WET-TSHIRT CONTESTS AT THE GALLERY

 

[flyinlow67]

I know you remember JB's. And don't try to hide it either!

 

[flyinlow67]

Is Nate still there? How about Miranda?

 

[DGdaPilot]

Yes; No.

 

[SLFLYHI]

Cardboard boat regatta!!!! Holy crap does that bring back memories. We won it back in 94. Boy I'm showing my age...anyone remember "The Tap", Frankies where Jenny McCartney worked...or is this WAY before any of you young grasshoppers time???

Chris Ghighes?? LOL I was his first instrument student

Ahh yes, Jenny McCarthy. She actually served me my first underage drink at Frankies. You remember, you had to get there before 6 to get in at age 18. She also gave me a body shot (no, I'm not kidding) on my 20th birthday. Who knew those hoo-hoo's would become so famous! And for all of you who flew with Chris Geighes.....he was my roommate for two years. What a tool. Me and my other two roommates Tom and Jeff used to steal his food all the time. He was sooooooo anal - we couldn't help but mess with him. And his car, his stupid POS Mustang - we teepeed it one night when we were drunk. He just about had an anuerism (sp?). Good times.

 

[ALSF 2]

Ahhhhh! Some great memories! If you want to know where all the SIUers are at, check out this site.

http://www.aviationinterviews.com/siualumni/

great list started by a SIUer, has like 250 of us ... and counting!!

Cheers!!

 

[Homer Jay]

HAHA! I remember JB's. I actually dated a white trash stripper from there, stage name "Autumn", for about a month. I guess I just wanted the bragging rights at the time, now I look back and hang my head in shame. In any case, I ended it when I dropped her off at home...which turned out to be the Knight's Inn by the airport!

 

[EDUC8-or]

The beer at T-Birds was Olympia Light. I had a friend who worked in the beer store upstairs with the inside scoop.

It's kind of scary that all of the names of bars ring a bell, but I don't really remember any of my professors. Graduated in '97, but I won't tell you when I started. I wish I could say it was because the Elementary Ed classed I was taking were really tough...

Oh yeah, what about Beer N Bowl, 10 bucks all you can drink and throw.

 

[Empennage]

Yes - many of us here at Southwest.

I can not believe nobody mentioned Winston!!!!

 

[Popeye0537]

Bagel Man!!!!

 

[Airtran Fanatic]

Boat Regata!! Oh yeah!!

American Tap... first bar I went to in Carbondale. Closed shortly there after.

I was drinking Olympia Light at T-Birds?????!!?!?... BLEEEHHHCK!!!!

Oh well. Great times...

Bagel man .... awesome! cream cheese, baconbits, and cucumbers and sunflower seeds!

Dont forget Halloween..

I remember coming out of a party and walking back to my house with my roommates at 2am and seeing a big crowd of people over on college st. We went to go check it out we see some drunk idiots chucking beer bottles at police officers (who were in riot gear), right about the time we are thinking "its time to get the *** out of here"... a canister of tear gas comes streaming over the crowd right towards us and about 200 people turn around and start running right towards us... holy crap!!! Ill never forget it.

 

[Burt Reynolds]

I tell ya, it (Halloween) used to be so much better in the early 80's (when I was in high school). Much less of a frat party atmosphere. Before people started throwing bottles full of beer into the middle of a crowd and setting cars on fire. Same with Springfest...

I remember (mostly) seeing Fishbone at Springfest in 1989. That was awesome. Don't forget Giant City too!

 

[Airtran Fanatic]

yep, it (Halloween) was definitely getting way out of hand when I was there. They closed the dorms and sent everyone home the following year.

Another great thing was the Sunset concerts during the summer..
What a great time!

I saw Big Bad VooDoo Daddy at Copper Dragon... awesome!

 

[DGdaPilot]

Halloween my junior year (fall of 2003) was quite nuts. I was living at Creekside and there was a party below me in the parking lot that had probably close to 300 people there. It was an awesome party, but then the cops showed up and people started being stupid. I went back up to my apartment to watch from my balcony. Beer bottles started being thrown at the cop cars, cops showed up in riot gear, and threatend everyone with pepperspray. They even threatend to spray the bystanders on the balconies. God that was fun! Ahh, the memories.....

P.S. I'll take my bagel with cream cheese, apples, raisins, cinnamon, and bacon bits.....from Winston, that is. Only the original! I'll never forget the night, drunk off my butt on the strip, buying a bagel from Winston. The dude gave me a bunch of flavored condoms as a good luck charm....hahaha...

 

[LearAv8r]

ohh yeah..........don't forget the spillway too.....drinking and swimming...what fun.

 

[coex]

Can't forget winstons famous one liners
"we're proud and envious of my brother, he's a sophomore at the local high school.....and he's only 27"

"it only takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 minutes"

I think he's been using those same lines since I showed up at SIU in 96 LOL

Oh, and the link that someone posted above......if you haven't got on the alumni list already, check it out! If you need help, just PM me.

 

[Stuka Luva]

Interestingly enough, the guy who setup that internship with SIU is now the Program Manager for the E-170/190 at FlightSafety in STL. I met him last summer when I upgraded.

You're not talking about Dan Lasner are you?

 

[Kaman]

Hello,
SIU 96' grad here via the military extension program at NAS North Island. Retired from the Navy in 00', and now fly the Beech 1900 for CJC.

Regards,

ex-Navy Rotorhead

 

[aceshigh]

You're not talking about Dan Lasner are you?

Stuka,

No, he's talking about Jeff Tartar, who works at FSI in STL now. Lasner took over after Tartar blew his eardrums and lost his medical. Mr. Brewer, who owned the CJ, did pass on a few years ago and the jet was sold and the internship ended. Last I heard Lasner was working for Arch Helicopters out of Sparta, IL. and doing some 135 work for aeroflight in Marion. All of this info is about two or three years old, so it may have changed a bit. Hope that helps.

Aceshigh

 

[Stuka Luva]

Thanks Aces

Interesting stuff. That internship was quite a valuable experience. Lasner was ok to fly with I guess. But, having to split a hotel room with him in EWR because the hotel was all sold out and having to see him watch TV in his T Shirt and tighty-whities was not my idea of a good time.

Glad to hear he's doing well though.



Shoot, I remember my first class; Weather with Mauro Ruiz in Faner Hall. Faner's so confusing it's a miracle I made it to class at all.

 

[inthegoo]

Bringin back memories!

Wow, yeah Faner, that was the "riot proof" one right?

I am old, I graduated spring 94, the years have passed quick, I miss Carbondale, Winston, Frankies, Pags, La Roma wed night special (now that i think about it, that pepsi was flat!), burning cars, all the racial tension, thompson point hoes (don't walk back to Mae Smith through the woods after you slip out of her room at 3 am), 710 bookstore, the bbq festival in murphysboro, Giant city, the lakes, spillway, Zips 99cent burger, sidetracks, the hot babes at U'hall, NewMeyer that goofball remember his office? (the small one before like 93?) S**t everywhere! Oh how bout all the hot dental hygienists in the CTC with us?

anyone other than me live at wides village between m,boro and c'dale?

anyone ever eat at triple E bbq?

Was is just me or did everyone crossing the road on foot around campus just walk off the curb and cross the street without looking? they had the right of way and they knew it!

I miss the love from the Detours bouncers, they were so kind and gentle.

You know my last day before I left SIU I went behind the cafeteria that served the towers (name escapes me) and I was looking for boxes to move my stuff home in, and the empty chicken boxes I found said, "GRADE F (edible)" on them, no s**T!

-GOO

 

[SoCentralRain]

Ahhh, memories.

BTW, there's quite a few of us here at B6. In fact, our head of pilot recruitment is an alum. Heckuva guy, too.

A couple of posts by Burt Reynolds had me thinking. Yes, I remember 611 Pizza. And Happy Inn. The "hump day special" at La Roma's was outstanding, even if the soda was flat. Sitting out in front of the place late evening over the summer with a pitcher of MGD watching everyone stumble from Pags and The Hangar...hilarious.

Oh yeah, here's one that no one has mentioned yet-- The Munchie Truck. Munchie Man. Mr. Munchie. Mr. Sandwich. The Munchie Dude. I know these well. That was one of my jobs for 3 years. All the Roast Beef and Swiss sammies and Honey Buns you could eat, gratis.

What a great place.

Cheers to my Saluki brothers!

SCR

 

[rogerdoger]

OMG its really good to see there are some salukis out there that are still kickin it. I know there are a few of us that I know of at SkyWest.

Are you guys still flying around those old 152's?

BTW. bambas rocks.

 

[flyinlow67]

They sold a bunch of them and got new 172's. BIG improvement. Saw one of the old 152's a couple of weeks ago sitting on a ramp. Can't remember which one but it still had the letters on the tail. Gave it away instantly.

 

[inthegoo]

roger

who are u roger? I am SkyWest also and I dont know anyone who is former SIU? pm me

-Goo

 

[hoover]

There are several of us here at Air Wisconsin too

 

[flyinloki]

Theres a bunch of people at Skywest. I know of at least 3 or 4. One of them is a former SIU instructor.

Unfortuantly the Munchie Man got shut down like 2 years ago. When I lived at the towers that was so convinent. Turkey and swiss sub man, only way to go. Had a bunch of those. SIU officials made him shut down operations in the circle in front of Schnieder Hall because it was dangerous or it clogged traffic or something. Not sure if he moved to a different locale or not because I never saw him again really after leaving the towers in 2000. La Bambas is the bomb. When someone says I want to go to Chipotle, I say I want to go to La Bambas and they say La bam wha? I've walked many miles from pinch to get one of those supers. Hmmm...i'm hungary now.