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PeoriaIllinoisan 10k+ OP 
~ 6 days ago    
Going to California
 
I picked up a guy in Morton tonight who claimed he'd had six beers but "wasn't good and drunk yet." I'll give him credit though, he's honest, and he called an Uber.
 
I dropped him off at a country bar outside of town. I think it was actually called The Country Bar. Go figure. Since I was there, I went inside to use the restroom.
 
Nice little place. It had a pool table. "Going to California" from Led Zeppelin IV was playing. Someone was singing along.
 
I got back in my car, plugged in my phone, and got ready to leave.
 
15,231 songs on my phone were on shuffle.
 
Something hummed - then flashed - like the flux-capacitor was firing up. Then the unbelievable happened.
 
"Going to California" came on.
 
You've GOT to be kidding me!
 
Now, I'm no mathematician, but the odds of that song coming up would be simply one in 15,231. Then I asked Google the odds of a specific song starting at a specific moment, such as what just happened, and the answer was 1 in 2.7 million.
 
One in 2.7 million!
 
So now I'm sitting there outside The Country Bar, listening to Zeppelin, wondering what in the world is going on here!
 
Maybe it was a random coincidence. Maybe it was cosmic intervention. Whatever it was, it was weird as hell.
 


Video Title: Led Zeppelin - Going To California (Official Audio)
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Mahkno 10k+
~ 6 days ago    
So California theme....
 


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Mahkno 10k+
~ 6 days ago    


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Mahkno 10k+
~ 6 days ago    


Video Title: Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Official HD Video)
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~ 6 days ago    


Video Title: Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977) (Official Video) [HD]
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Mahkno 10k+
~ 6 days ago    


Video Title: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Official Music Video) [HD UPGRADE]
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SuzyH 500+
~ 6 days ago    
Full circle moment?
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Mahkno 10k+
~ 6 days ago    
It is a subtle hint to get hip and make that California trip on Route 66.... which is having a centennial this year.
 
Springfield has a thing... or multiple things going on for Route 66.
 
route66fest.com/
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Skimo 100+
~ 6 days ago    
Could the bar have been Country Saloon on Meadows near the Morton/ EP line? If so, nice place, good food..
 
On another note, "Standing on a Corner in Winslow Arizona" on Rte 66. Kind of a spiritual area for yours truly
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DennisinPeoria 10k+
~ 6 days ago    
Only other local place that has "Country" in its name (that I can think of offhand) is the Country Club BBQ place on Farmington Road.
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skutfarcus 10k+
~ 6 days ago    
@DennisinPeoria :
Country Saloon on Meadows in East Peoria.
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CCubs 1k+
~ 6 days ago    
California Dreamin'
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kraziebill 5k+
~ 6 days ago    
Technically there is no "Meadows" street in East Peoria. Even Meadows Avenue Tap got it wrong. It's "Meadow"
 
So who added the "s"
 
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RambleOn 10k+
~ 6 days ago    
Grew up near Rt. 66. First home I remember was in Broadwell. If you traveled between Lincoln and Springfield, you may remember the Pig Hip restaurant and motel. From there we moved to rural Williamsville, closer to Springfield. Lots of Rt. 66 memories.
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AntiRanchDrssng 25k+
~ 2 days, 4 hrs ago    
@kraziebill :
I grew up on Meadow Ave. I'd say "Meadow Avenue" and you wouldn't believe how many people would say something like "oh, Meadows Avenue". To which, in later in life and being a smart*****, would reply "No, there is only one Meadow", which would always leave puzzled looks on faces.
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MadScientist 100+
~ 2 days, 3 hrs ago    
"No, there is only one Meadow", which would always leave puzzled looks on faces. #msg1944567
 
@AntiRanchDrssng : Now that the source of the problem, Meadows Avenue Tap has been identified, you can say oh no I don't live in the bar, the Meadows Avenue Tap, I live on the street called Meadow Avenue!
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