From: bwebb1104@cox.net   
      
   Yes I think you are correct.   
      
   Its also sad that no one talks here anymore, except for the recent entry of the   
   guy wanting pictures of everything.  lol.  I mean, honestly....how do I send a   
   picture of a verb?  Makes you wonder if people no longer use dictionaries.   
      
   Geo wrote:   
      
   > Wow!....ghost town still and probably for a long time, sad.   
   >   
   > GOMAN   
   > "Bonnie"  wrote in message   
   > news:43C58B1E.31EAD5F9@cox.net...   
   > > Tourism; no conventions, Harrah's still closed, tours of the disaster   
   > zones.   
   > > Under 2000 businesses reopened.  21% percent of restaurants reopened with   
   > > limited hours and limited menus.  10K hotel rooms open, not sure if that   
   > > includes the rooms occupied by FEMA.   
   > >   
   > > French Quarter never flooded, but not everything is open.  However the   
   > midnight   
   > > curfew was recently lifted there.   
   > >   
   > > Cruise ships, well we have a permanently docked one that houses police,   
   > fireman   
   > > and other essential personal that lost their homes.   
   > >   
   > > Geo wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > wow that just sucks,.........hows the tourism going, french quarter and   
   > the   
   > > > cruise ships that depart behind the convention center?   
   > > >   
   > > > GOMAN   
   > > > "Bonnie"  wrote in message   
   > > > news:43C4145C.5E097BCE@cox.net...   
   > > > > Hazmat suits and haul off your own fridge, or wait on FEMA.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Of course here, with our weird since of humor, many fridges were   
   > > > graffiti-ed   
   > > > > for awhile then hauled off, and in the dead zone, they were even   
   > dressed   
   > > > up   
   > > > > for Christmas.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > You would love some of the Tshirts now, lol.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Today will be a happy hour at a noisy place, as all I have heard is   
   > > > > helicopters all day long, which means more bodies, or they are   
   > securing   
   > > > (LOL)   
   > > > > for Bush's 9th friggin visit Thursday...gee talk about wasting fuel!   
   > Got   
   > > > to   
   > > > > find out where he will be so I can avoid it.  Maybe I will clean   
   > toilets   
   > > > > Thursday.  Better to clean it than listen to it.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Geo wrote:   
   > > > >   
   > > > > > And in one really bad area; they are still finding bodies, so....   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > I saw that..........just cant imagine a body rotten in the sun down   
   > > > there   
   > > > > > and   
   > > > > > the smell alone has to be just ungodly.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > GOMAN   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > "Bonnie"  wrote in message   
   > > > > > news:43C2DDDC.2B422752@cox.net...   
   > > > > > > It doesnt stink near as bad as it did in September. (Its only 72   
   > now   
   > > > as   
   > > > > > > I type)   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > But on a warm day, depending where you are at, and what way the   
   > wind   
   > > > is   
   > > > > > > blowing, yes there are odors.   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > And in one really bad area; they are still finding bodies, so....   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > I just want to see something 24/7 again; mainly a bar.  It would   
   > be   
   > > > > > > cheaper than a shrink....lol   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > Geo wrote:   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > Not to be 'funny or smart' but does it completely stink down   
   > there?   
   > > > > > > > I just can't imagine the horror...   
   > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > GOMAN   
   > > > > > > > "Bonnie"  wrote in message   
   > > > > > > > news:43C266E8.5F11467D@cox.net...   
   > > > > > > > > Planet Dead Zone, formally known to the world as New Orleans   
   > LA,   
   > > > > > > > > USA   
   > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > Geo wrote:   
   > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > what planet would that be?   
   > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > GOMAN   
   > > > > > > > > > "Bonnie"  wrote in message   
   > > > > > > > > > news:43C1B846.5B205D81@cox.net...   
   > > > > > > > > > > I can relate very well to wasted space, as I am on another   
   > > > > > > > > > > planet now, and its really dead...lol.   
   > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > Geo wrote:   
   > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > 3 yrs ago........   
   > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > this place was jumping........   
   > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > Now its nothing more then wasted 'net' space.   
   > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > RIP the memories.   
   > > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > > > > > Toodles,   
   > > > > > > > > > > > GOMAN   
   > > > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > >   
   > >   
      
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