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   Message 1,888 of 2,097   
   Little T to momarch27959nospammywhammy@earthlin   
   Re: Sad.....   
   26 Jan 06 04:42:55   
   
   From: allenclan@charter.net   
      
   Not much to miss, but letting go is tough to do. =)   
      
   Toni   
      
   On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:36:07 GMT, Carolyn   
    wrote:   
      
   >lol---like me T....are we afraid we'll miss something if we leave?? LOL!!!!   
   >carolyn   
   >   
   >Little T wrote:   
   >> Hardly.  I haven't even so much as looked at a Beanie Baby in years!  Oh   
   >> yeah, I looked at some I sold. =P   
   >>   
   >> Toni   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:26:49 -0600, "Geo"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Toni,   
   >>>   
   >>>Ty Warner haunts you........LOL!   
   >>>   
   >>>GOMAN   
   >>>"Little T"  wrote in message   
   >>>news:43d59482.34924709@nntp.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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