There aren't many places in the world that would be worse going to than a strip club in Fort Dodge.
How many remember The Hungry Eye, or Scarlett O'Hara's?
There aren't many places in the world that would be worse going to than a strip club in Fort Dodge.
I haven't worked in Dodge long enough to know what those are.How many remember The Hungry Eye, or Scarlett O'Hara's?![]()
I haven't worked in Dodge long enough to know what those are.
There aren't many places in the world that would be worse going to than a strip club in Fort Dodge.
The Tico must not be denied!! All hail the Tico!!There was a feature on the channel 13 news yesterday on Dirty Dodge. Talked about Fort Frenzy, the Dariette, a few other places of interest.
But no Tico!!!!![]()
For those of you who have kids that are now "on their own". Did you notice much of reduction in expenses when you were no longer paying for everything of them? Wife said she wants to retire at first chance she can and that would happen in 7 years. Youngest would have one year of college done. Penciling things out and trying to see what that would require of me. Thinking without vehicles, insurance, food, extra utilities, gas, clothes it could save a decent chunk. I know it doesn't just stop, but trying to wrap my arms around this. Would also like to not have to work until my early 70s if possible.
Must have had a hell of a lot of them since there was Chris' Go Go in Cambridge with a population probably around 850 in 1990. So Dirty Dodge would have to have had more than 30 of them.Former strip clubs that no longer exist. At one time, we probably had more strip clubs per capita than anyplace in the state.
Not a real bragging point, though.![]()
How about one in Cambridge, IA (pop. 806)?There aren't many places in the world that would be worse going to than a strip club in Fort Dodge.
Great (or gutter?) minds think alike.I seriously did NOT see Velo's post!
Precisely why Lew & I jumped the gun a little early. We were having a blast traveling & visiting...until last March, that is.Well, 4 of 5 of them ended up "borrowing" money from us. Some more than once. So maybe it never ends.
I'm pulling the pin next summer when I hit 65. I figure with my health issues, the vixen and I need to do some things we want to do now, before it's too late.
At this point in your story I was wondering where this strip club story was going...Strip club flashback (I do love me some Thursday Throwbacks).
1977 at B's Lounge. Was never a big fan of strip clubs but B's was different. Downtown Ames, pool tables, cold Budweiser on tap, the ancient barmaid, the Bally Freedom pinball machine (hey 1776 200 year!). Co-worker, Greg, and I had gotten laid off at Smith-Voorhees-Jensen in DSM and hung out there that summer bemoaning our employment status. Only guy who ever made me laugh so hard that I strained an abdominal muscle, and that happened at B's.
If I hear ANY of these songs it reminds me of that place and time:
Couldn't Get it Right - Cimax Blues BandBrick House (aka Brick 'oues) - The CommodoresMain Street - Bob Seger (What could be more approp, a strip joint playing a song about a stripper)
I’ve been to the Outer Limits before just to say I’ve been. I’d imagine the Top Hat in Fort Dodge is very similar to it.Saylorville Township on the north edge of Des Moines had 6 strip clubs around the Firestone plant. Then the Outer Limits a mile away on highway 69.
They started opening at 7am on a Friday to get the Firestone workers getting off the night shift. They could cash their checks at The Cave.
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When we first started dating, he lived in the middle of the "triangle". When my boys (early teens) and I would go down to visit, my boys were NOT allowed to go for "walks". He had a half-acre and an above-ground pool out back...they didn't need to be "exploring"...Saylorville Township on the north edge of Des Moines had 6 strip clubs around the Firestone plant. Then the Outer Limits a mile away on highway 69.
They started opening at 7am on a Friday to get the Firestone workers getting off the night shift. They could cash their checks at The Cave.
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We're still one vehicle, two cell phones and the youngest daughter from being child-free. We have noticed a difference -- just a little at a time.For those of you who have kids that are now "on their own". Did you notice much of reduction in expenses when you were no longer paying for everything of them? Wife said she wants to retire at first chance she can and that would happen in 7 years. Youngest would have one year of college done. Penciling things out and trying to see what that would require of me. Thinking without vehicles, insurance, food, extra utilities, gas, clothes it could save a decent chunk. I know it doesn't just stop, but trying to wrap my arms around this. Would also like to not have to work until my early 70s if possible.
Minx Palace and the Lumberyard are also pretty close. J & Rs and the Cave are both pretty low rent. Hitching Post is gone now. Not familiar with Shakers or The Grapevine -- and I thought I knew them all.Saylorville Township on the north edge of Des Moines had 6 strip clubs around the Firestone plant. Then the Outer Limits a mile away on highway 69.
They started opening at 7am on a Friday to get the Firestone workers getting off the night shift. They could cash their checks at The Cave.
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We're still one vehicle, two cell phones and the youngest daughter from being child-free. We have noticed a difference -- just a little at a time.