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   Little T to Bonnie   
   Re: Sad.....   
   24 Jan 06 02:45:21   
   
   From: allenclan@charter.net   
      
   Sorry, I didn't respond sooner.  I have been sick for a month with   
   bronchitis!  I am still here lurking, but I have no idea why!   
      
   Toni   
      
   On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:56:10 -0600, Bonnie  wrote:   
      
   >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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