Apparently there is a large black hole there with a gravitational field that is strong enough to suck packages into and it takes them several days, if not weeks, to break free. It is so strong that occasionally a package will break free and make it to Des Moines or Omaha or even Billings...only to get sucked back into the Hodgkins black hole to remain for more days.

Is the Black Hole Generator powered by

• USPS?
  
• FedEx?
  
• United Parcel?
  
• Some of the above?
  
• All of he above?

UPS. If we could harness the power generated we'd solve all of our energy issues.

I have noticed the Hodgkins black hole. USPS has a black hole in Memphis. Memphis sucks in all packages coming from California where they stay for a minimum of two days before being thrown back out.

Probably nobody in Illinois knows where Billings is.

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Apparently there is a large black hole …

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Originally posted by Expert308:
Probably nobody in Illinois knows where Billings is.

Due east of Bozeman on I-90, and thats without looking at any map.

Now, If you know where Hodgkins is, and who pretty much works there, you'll understand the problem.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Due east of Bozeman on I-90, and thats without looking at any map.

Touché.

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Now, If you know where Hodgkins is, and who pretty much works there, you'll understand the problem.

I confess I don't.

No offense to any of SF's Illinois folks was intended, apologies if so.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
Probably nobody in Illinois knows where Billings is.

I do. And I’ve never been to Arkansas before.

The problem with the UPS center at Hodgkins is that there's no convenient transportation network nearby.

That is, apart from the two interstates, the huge railyard, and nearby airport. Other than those, it's tough to move packages in and out of there.

IIRC, that UPS site is the old GM Fisher Body Plant site.

Having grown up in a nearby suburb, we never referred to Hodgkins as a Black Hole, we called it a S... Hole.

From the thread title, I thought it was speed trap.

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Originally posted by Expert308:

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Due east of Bozeman on I-90, and thats without looking at any map.

Touché.

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Now, If you know where Hodgkins is, and who pretty much works there, you'll understand the problem.

I confess I don't.

No offense to any of SF's Illinois folks was intended, apologies if so.

No offense taken at all!!!
In regards to the “SF’s Illinois folk”- you know we’re not like the rest of the people in Ill?!?!
I’d go out on a limb and say the same about New York residents.
Hey, if we’re on Sig Forum, you know where our head is at!

I’ve been to Southern Montana and Wyoming a few times. Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful places on earth!


Hodgkins Il,…
Let’s just say that the cure for cancer or the solution to life on Mars will NEVER be found there.
The sad thing is, if it’s a critical part to either one, it will get lost in Hodgkins.

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:
The problem with the UPS center at Hodgkins is that there's no convenient transportation network nearby.

...the huge railyard...:

I can almost guarantee you that this is the problem. UPS packages arrive by rail and either sit waiting to be offloaded, or get bottlenecked coming out of the intermodal facility there. It's been years since I was there, but that yard is pretty busy around the clock. Lots of tractor traffic moving containers around coming and going. Its amazing more stuff doesn't get lost TBH.