my father worked at the Mitsubishi plant for 20-something years. left a few years before they shut down. spent 5 years at Tesla.

he just started at rivian, back in the old Mitsubishi plant.

has to be surreal

My dad started way back in 1989, and had the fortune to take an early retirement package. Now he spends his days doing adult enrichment at Bradley University. Living the sweet mid-century union dream.

Does he blame your generation for being lazy

> adult enrichment at Bradley University

do you have video in HD?

Some friends used to make an annual trip down there. It was where the DSMs were built so it was a fun drive down in our loud rattleboxes.

Neat they're using the plant again.

Oh man, the old turbo Eclipse. Now that was a car. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Eclipse

They don't build them like they used to. Probably for a reason. My dad heard gossip at the plant they had to move away from the racer boy turbo platform because they were just too astronomically expensive to insure–because they were invariably driven by 20-something guys who wrapped them around trees.

And as an adult male who has driven a WRX: yes, that tracks.

My dad had a '91 Plymouth Laser RS and he sold it because it basically said to the cops "point radar gun here."

He had to take one ticket to court because he was being passed by a Caddy, and the gun picked up their speed rather than his.

It was a blast to drive though.

Loved my GSX.

Wonderful car

Fellow Normalite here, you still in the area? Would love to talk shop with a local Hacker Newser. Email in my profile if you're interested.

Your email address is not visible to others unless you put it in the about field along with the other text you have there.

Thanks for the tip! Updated my profile with my email address.

Wow, I would not have expected to find so many Normalites here.

Spent 7 years in Urbana-Champaign. 45 minutes from Normal. There is huuuge potential in that area.

I’ve spent a lot of time there - agreed.

Same! Also a Normalite here.

Checking in. Grew up in Decatur/Forsyth.

Hey there. Graduated from ISU and Fat Jacks.

Great place to get a drink. So is Fat Jacks.

Ex-kinda-Normalite here. I went to ISU

I grew up in Bloomington, the closest city in the world to Normal. I moved away before the Mitsubishi plant was built, tho.

A politician from the Chicago area trashed downstate. <surprised Pikachu>

There's a saying about tigers and stripes for exactly this situation. Anyone who thought he would be good for downstate because he had an R beside his name was thinking very wishfully.