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  Gapers Block : Merge : Gapers
Gapers Block is looking for a columnist to write Blackhawks (and possibly Wolves) in Five for our popular Sports in Five column.
That's right, Gapers Block is three years old, and in case you've missed the big banner at the top of the page, we're having a party tonight at the Hideout.
A dear friend of the Gapers Block staff, Alicia Frantz died Friday morning when she fell off her bike on Division Street and was run over by a truck.
www.gapersblock.com /merge/archives/Gapers   (8022 words)

  
  The Most Annoying Things Gapers Do - Teton Gravity Research Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Gaper snowboarders who lie down in the middle of the slope, usually in groups across the middle of the slope instead of one behind another on the sides.
Gapers who stop for a breather in the middle of a headwall when they are not visible to skiers above them.
I don't really like talking about gapers as a category of people, but one thing that scares the bejeezus out of me is when someone you are overtaking does the "random turn of death".
www.tetongravity.com /forums/showthread.php?p=50047   (1653 words)

  
 The Official Shotgun Rules - Gapers
Shotgun Gapers are people who do everything in their power to obtain the privilege of riding Shotgun.
Gapers are generally disliked and can be an embarrassment to the other riders (such as when they sprint for the exit of a building).
To deter the Gapers from ever gaping again, we've created a printable certificate that you can customize with their name.
www.shotgunrules.com /gaper.shtml   (115 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: gaper
Gapers also do the "Gaper Tuck" which is an attempt at being a ski racer by tucking, however, it is done incorrectly with the poles sticking straight up like thunderbolts and lighting, very very frightning!
Did you just see that gaper getting landed on because he was sitting like a dumbass at the landing of a jump.
Refered to as a gaper because of the gap between their hat and goggles, also known as a gaper-gap.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=gaper   (576 words)

  
 Gapers Block - A site about Chicago, IL.
This Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing will be for a $250 million jackpot, so if you find yourself in a checkout lane with a dollar or two to spare, it might be your lucky day.
Gapers Block just received word that Saturday night's Windy City Rollers bout was cut short by an incident that left Fury player Tahirah Johnson, aka Tequila Mockingbird, with a fractured cervical vertebra.
No content may be reproduced without the express permission of Gapers Block.
www.gapersblock.com   (911 words)

  
 Drie Gapers - Wikipedia
De Drie Gapers, met het ruiterstandbeeld van Leopold II De Drie Gapers zijn, komende van de Koninginnelaan, als het ware de poort naar het strand van Oostende, België.
De Drie Gapers zijn twee immense doorgangen en de derde gaper dat ben jij, althans in de volksmond.
De Drie Gapers werden gebouwd in de typische art-decostijl van de Brusselse architect Antoine Courtens (1899-1969).
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drie_Gapers   (354 words)

  
 Gapers Block Presents: Book Club, home of the GB Book Club and a literary weblog
Gapers Block Presents: Book Club, home of the GB Book Club and a literary weblog
The Gapers Block Book Club is a reading group dedicated to reading fiction by Chicago area authors and non-fiction works about our city.
The GB Book Club is a Gapers Block production.
www.gapersblock.com /bookclub   (1501 words)

  
 Bob Greene
At least on the literal gaper's blocks, a gaper had to have worked up the energy to be in an automobile in order to participate.
The new coast-to-coast gaper's block requires nothing more than sitting back on the couch, or in bed, in one's own home, aiming the remote control device, and gaping day after day, night after night, until there is something newer to gape at.
Far from wanting the gapers to move on, these video traffic cops are desperate for the gapers to stop, to stare, to stay.
www.jewishworldreview.com /bob/greene080599.asp   (830 words)

  
 Gapers
Maar echt fijn is het voor het overgrote deel van de gapers niet om te zien hoe met schijnbaar gemak, zonder echt kracht te zetten, Ton er weer eens vandoor gaat.
Als hij iets overtuigender was van zijn eigen kwaliteiten en niet zou schromen pijn te lijden zoals de andere gapers kunnen dan was het een echte killer.
Klein manneke, klein fietsje, klein hartje, grote gaper.
home.planet.nl /~3038xl64/Gapers.htm   (2340 words)

  
 Gapers Block: Transmission Updated | Live Music Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Gapers Block just did a design refresh and update on their newish music blog, Transmission.
They've agreed to sign on and be a part of The Music Network, so they join a cast of characters that should tickle any music blog media buyer's fancy...
They're looking to expand their writing staff on Transmission as well as a few other Gapers Block sections (including a food blog), so if you think you've got what it takes, head on over to their Detour section for more info...
www.livemusicblog.com /links/07/01/16/gapers-block-transmission-updated.php   (258 words)

  
 Best Gaper Sightings - The Barking Bear Forums
In the last couple of weeks I have had a good chuckle or two when seeing folks in jeans with gaiters over them, a starter jacket emblazoned with a hometown sports team, sunglasses and earbands as a means of protection against blustery winter wind and snow.
lady gaper: she was on the most green of green terrain, making her wedge turns and she had a smile on her face -- one can pressume she was having a good time.
Gaper bashing isn't my bag, but I did see a lady skiing while talking on her cell phone the other day: head down, one hand on the phone, the other covering her other ear and holding her poles, snowplowing down a crusty cruiser, completely oblivious.
forums.epicski.com /showthread.php?t=38845   (2442 words)

  
 Cheers to gapers!
A man was happily skiing at Stevens Pass, Wash., in typical gaper wear: jeans, Carhartt jacket, and an ugly hat.
Gaper Fool’s Day is when Jackson locals take over the hill, dressed as run-of-the-mill gapers, ducks, Ninja Turtles, naked raccoons (don’t ask), Captain America, little old ladies, rock stars, swimmers, referees, climbers, and thug snow bladers.
After the battle on the hill, the gapers frolic down to Nick Wilson’s and the Village Café to continue the shenanigans with libations.
www.biglines.com /blarticles/3473/Cheers_to_gapers   (1026 words)

  
 Vail Daily News for Vail and Beaver Creek Colorado - Sports
Gapers garnered their nickname because, while standing somewhere they shouldn't be, thus making them an accident-waiting-to-happen, the mouth tends to be agape.
On-mountain attire is also something that distinguishes gapers to locals, meaning a liftie can pick out a gaper standing in a lift line, or a waiter can pick out a group of gapers having drinks during apres-ski.
Gaperdar (gaper radar) is not an innate attribute, but a proficiency which locals generally acquire over time.
www.vaildaily.com /article/20050224/SPORTS/102240022   (1201 words)

  
 Gapers block - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A gapers block (or gapers delay) is a traffic jam caused when drivers slow to look at an accident or other incident on, or next to the road.
Gapers Block is also the name of a Chicago-centric webzine.
A 'gapers block' is also known as a gawkers block.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gapers_block   (186 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune | Hypertext   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Their ambition is admirable: to cover corners of the city and region that are often missed by the city's big media outlets such as the Tribune, the Reader and TimeOut.
Gapers Block and Chicagoist, run more as collectives, may have more leeway, but Dougherty says he has given himself a year to try to make his online paper work.
Gapers Block, Beachwood Reporter, Chi-Town, and Chicagoist are good picks to profile (and we're pleased you picked them because at least Naz Hamid from the first and Steve Rhodes from Beachwood are slated to speak at Making Media Connections June 8).
featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com /technology_internetcritic/2006/04/chicago_web_jou.html   (1679 words)

  
 Gapers: Sign of the Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was derived from the visage of a stranger of fascinating and exotic appearance.
Most often found was the Oriental gaper, recognizable by his turban and strings of beads.
There were also gapers in the uniforms of the fireman, police agent and Roman legion soldier.
www.aida.net /gaper-t.htm   (381 words)

  
 GAPER DAY: If you live in a ski town you deal with them everyday
To you they might be known as Uncle Phil and Aunt Bunny, but to most people they’re known as gapers.
On most slopes these doers of fashion faux-pas are laughed at and avoided, but in Whistler they not only provide comic relief, but also inspire the most ridiculous day of the year.
Although Gaper Day started with just a small group of friends, it has slowly grown into a local phenomenon.
powdermag.com /features/events/gaper-days   (576 words)

  
 Summit Daily News for Breckenridge, Keystone, Copper and Frisco Colorado - Ski and Snowboard
They're gapers, or to be more politically correct, spring break tourists.
If you're not familiar with the term, a gaper is someone who becomes overwhelmed by the sight of a tall mountain, to the point where they become paralyzed for a brief period.
If you see someone with his or her jeans tucked into ski boots, you may have stumbled upon a gaper.
summitdaily.com /article/20050320/RECREATION01/103200032&...   (849 words)

  
 Gapers Gone Wild (Lerkin Entertainment) - Film Sales Distributors Market - Film TV Production Mandy's Directory
Definition of Gaper: Function: noun 1: one that gapes 2: one that gazes with mouth wide 3: one who gazes stupidly in openmouthed surprise 4: one who stares in awe or wonder
Gapers Gone Wild is one of those rare films that captures the essence of a sub culture.
Gapers Gone Wild is one of those special films that leaves the audience excited about life when the end credits roll, and that is a rare thing in a genre saturated with garish figures who are eternally cooler than you.
www.mandy.com /1/film3.cfm?id=7810   (506 words)

  
 Gapers Block : Detour : Illinois Seems Like a Dream to Me Now: An Interview with Sufjan Stevens
As Stevens explains in the interview that follows, he's concerned about commercial capitalism, the relationship between artists and their work, and how we connect to where we are and aren't from...
Gapers Block: The lead-off song on the record deals with an alleged UFO sighting down in the southern part of the state.
True to his word, after this interview, Stevens scheduled a date for the Metro; he'll be there September 16.
www.gapersblock.com /detour/illinois_seems_like_a_dream_to_me_now_an_interview_with_sufjan_stevens   (1883 words)

  
 Keeping Pace: Getting around the gapers
While enduring the "gapers" who insist on leaving no less than a 7-car gap between them and the car...
You ask, "Does it make that much difference?" The answer is YES, it *does* because car after car slips into the gap and the gaper slows down even more to maintain the required 7-car length gap.
While slipping into the gap only to come upon another gaper a couple minutes later, I thought of a 10 race that I did with Conor and Cindy earlier this year.
www.breakingthetape.com /keeping-pace/2006/09/getting_around_the_gapers.html   (537 words)

  
 Kinja card for Gapers Block - A site about Chicago, IL. - Kinja, the weblog guide
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 cbs2chicago.com - Listen Here, Gapers... Stop Lookin'!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
People also wonder how gapers cause such big back-ups, and why drivers slow down to look at things in the first place.
Veteran traffic reporters say gapers' delays account for about a fourth of all back-ups in the Chicago area.
It's unlikely we would resort to such extreme measures, but other things are being done to reduce gapers' delays, like clearing crashes as quickly as possible and moving some accident investigation sites off of the expressways, where they can't be seen.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_342192841.html   (523 words)

  
 About Lumilux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
March 1st, 2006 on Gapers Block Rearview photoblog
March 15th, 2006 on Gapers Block Rearview photoblog
April 3rd, 2006 on Gapers Block Rearview photoblog
lumilux.org /about   (181 words)

  
 Gapers swarm the slopes... - Colorado Whitewater Kayaking & Skiing Community
Watch them carry their skis/boards to the lodge, click into bindings, load the lifts, etc. You want to help them but it's so goddamn funny that you decide not to just so you can have another story to laugh over with your buds at the bar.
To my knowledge, skiing is the only sport that this "gaper phenomenon" is so prevailent, meaning that said gapers have NO IDEA that they are gapers.
What is a gaper and how do I camouflage myself so as not to be seen as one (even though I probably am one, with my second day on the mountain being Friday...)
mountainbuzz.com /viewtopic.php?t=7181   (1149 words)

  
 dannyman.toldme.com / Gapers, Cubicles, Redeyes
Gapers Southbound,” is how that might have been reported on Chicago radio.
Gapers is a traffic delay that you get when drivers slow down to gape at something interesting along the highway.
And in many cases, it is only reasonable to slow down, just to make sure people aren’t leaking from the incident into the traffic lanes.
dannyman.toldme.com /2006/01/30/gapers-cubicles-redeyes   (1097 words)

  
 F Newsmagazine October 2003
We’ve gathered here for an F interview with ten of her friends — like Cooper, all contributors to Gapers Block, a five-month old Chicago-centric cultural and social site that is poised to prove that our kind of town is no snot-nosed kid.
Here, a “gaper’s block” or “gaper’s delay” is the phenomenon of a traffic jam due to an accident, exacerbated by motorists gaping at the scene.
The fact that you can get to know Gapers Block contributors online through their posts and blogs makes me feel like a bit of a voyeur, as if I haven’t just met them for the interview tonight.
www.artic.edu /webspaces/fnews/2003-oct/page16.shtml   (1509 words)

  
 Angst-ident Prone: Gapers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Gapers Block is three years old, and we're celebrating tonight at the Hideout.
The current Fuel question at Gapers Block is about dining pet peeves.
Super-hottie Neko, of course, has a brand new live album partially recorded at Schubas, but she and Dave do spend nearly half the interview talking politics and election.
www.angst-identprone.org /archives/gapers/index.html   (965 words)

  
 Ward-o-blog: Gapers Block is hiring
One of our favorite Chicago blogs, Gapers Block, is looking to expand their staff in a couple key areas of the site...
We are currently looking for people to contribute in three areas: Merge and Slowdown, our blog and calendar; Transmission, our local music blog; and a new food blog that will be launching very soon.
This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
www.justinward.org /07/01/16/gapers-block-is-hiring.php   (245 words)

  
 LISTSERV 14.4
He sharpened his English by issuing orders as an officer in the military police and as a patrolman by giving advice and tickets to motorists and truck drivers before he took to the air.
(...) Among the Haydenisms nominated for academic recognition are: "gapers block," backup," "loosening," and "tight pocket." The expressions are descriptive and require no definition.
They are familiar to all expressway drivers and all W-G-N listeners during the rush hours, all who commute behind the wheel hoping for Hayden to report traffic ahead as "heavy but steady."
listserv.linguistlist.org /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0503A&L=ads-l&P=R15914   (257 words)

  
 Get a Life—April 7, 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I didn’t know this, but apparently “we in Chicago” call a traffic jam caused by a car accident a gapers block, or gapers delay.
This is where Gapers Block, an everything-Chicago web publication, gets its name.
Flavorpill describes itself as “an e-mail magazine covering a hand-picked selection of music, art, and cultural events.” You sign up on their website, and every Tuesday you get a newsletter with a listing of various events going on in the city in the coming week.
maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2006/04/07/get_a_lifeapril_7_20.php   (637 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Our first major outing of this year was to join Kemmel Historic Comite’ on their Gapers Historic Tour commencing on the out skirts of Ypre in Belgium, travel and accommodation arrangements having been made by Continental Car Tours.
We made and early start from our home in Aylesbury for the 9:30 am ferry crossing from Dover to Calais in bright if chilly April sunshine.
We trust David, his wife Marion their friends returned safely to Lincolnshire and they have now dried out.
members.aol.com /stalbansmgoc/index.html   (765 words)

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