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This year in Chicago?
EGK Started conversation Oct 11, 2000
A fascinating article.
If my arithmetic is correct, the Chicago area should be due for a plague of 17 year periodic cicadas just about now. It would be good to make mention of this in the article.
Are there any Chicago residents out there who can comment?
Deano
This year in Chicago?
Shorn Canary ~^~^~ sign the petition to save the albatrosses Posted Oct 12, 2000
Hey Deano! 73 + 17 = 90. Is it time you updated your calendar? I certainly wouldn't criticise your arithmetic because that would be pure hypocrisy coming from me. 
This year in Chicago?
Salamander the Mugwump Posted Oct 12, 2000
Thanks Deano and Hi Shorn.
If I was going to live in a different decade to everyone else I think I'd go back to the 60s or 70s. Good music, laid-back attitude and of course, the bugs were just as interesting. [Sigh] I wish ... 
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