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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 01:39 PM
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Paris disillusionment... we've seen it here on this forum.. from Margie. to Ziana's rant, and more recently mdtravel - - now with "Mitsuko" it's a syndrome!

Re-citing some of these old classics...

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...mp;tid=1377338

("I'm going to get clobbered for this, but about Paris...&quot

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34491145

("Paris, I am happy to be home !&quot

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34503066

("Paris Trip Report - The truth about Paris&quot

and now...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ncejapanhealth

("Paris is the City of Blight for culture-shocked Japanese: report&quot

Best wishes,

Rex
(snowed in... just south of Evansville, Indiana, with too much time on my hands - - North Dakota was paradise compared to this!)
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 01:57 PM
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you forgot "Paris, what a dump!"

Enjoy your white Christmas.
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Mon Dieu, Rex. Have a Chianti, and call me in the morning. Happy holidays from So. Cal.
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Now Tom, that's just mean.

Jocelyn (a former SoCal-er now in 9 degree weather)
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 02:11 PM
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So this is what it means to be "snowed in"! And they told us, San Franciscans, to keep a supply of water!

Running out for Chianti (or Limonchello)!
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PLEASE send some of that snow to Northwest Montana for Christmas!!
POSSIBLE snow in forecast---Another green Christmas?
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 02:38 PM
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"I love Paris in the springtime, I love Paris in the fall" and I'm sure I'd like fizzling winter but probably not a real fan of sizzling summer...Have a hot mulled wine and watch the snow fall. I'll take some of that snow also..had a great storm and cold weather around Thanksgiving but no chance here again til maybe Monday....so snuggle up and enjoy. Merry Christmas.
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 02:48 PM
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"Jocelyn (a former SoCal-er now in 9 degree weather)"

Seasons greetings Jocelyn. Yikes, it's cold for me when it dips into the 50s. Take care.

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Rex, I never thought I'd see you going over to the Dark Side. LOL.

John in Montana, so you're in for a green (or perhaps more accurately brown) Christms too, eh? Calgary's weather forecast presently is calling for 35 deg F on Christmas Day! This is so unusual for us.
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 03:41 PM
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When people get really bored don't they start rummaging through closets and dragging out old stuff...or is that when they feel ignored?
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I just heard from a friend/Fodorite and she said they are about to get socked in by a big snow storm in Michigan! From a NYC girl now in Florida, stay warm and throw a snowball for me and Pup ((&amp)
I think the Paris is a dump thread was a hoot
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At the risk of being a tormentor, here in Canberra, Australia, we're heading for a top of 32C (90F) today, low humidity, cloudless and with light breezes. At this stage Christmas Day is likely to be a bearable 26C (79F) with a possible thunderstorm later in the day. Barring accidents it will be mango daiquiris, chardonnay and sparkling shiraz (hey, don't knock it if you haven't tried it!) on the back deck Chez Cammack. Plus some food if Chef gets around to it. This bulletin has been brought to with best wishes for the Christmas (or if you prefer, holiday) season from your friends Down Under. Enjoy it, whatever the weather!
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 04:43 PM
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LOL, Neil, real torment will be after tomorrow , here in the US where the big snow storms are coming overnight.
You and I can compare our warm days and balmy nights, dinner under the stars, maybe walking on the beach
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I can't believe I was used in a thread title...that's a first.
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I was thinking about Australia the other day...watching something about Christmas in Hawaii and then remembered it's summer down there..I met a lovely lady from Australia several years ago when in Europe and I asked her about Christmas in the summer...she laughed and said "we just put another shrimp on the barbie".
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I hope that big snowstorm hits Maryland Monday or Tuesday. I want some time off next week.

#@%@#@ sadistic female dog boss insists on having two members of the management team on duty every day--even though nothing with an iota of importance has happened the week between Christmas and New Years in our office for the past 65 years.
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I live in Louisville , across the Ohio River from Rex. Today began with rain, followed by 5 inches of snow...and now it's sleeting.
Here's our local forecast for the next two days:
Dec 23 Snow 27°/5°
Dec 24 Mostly Cloudy 14°/-7°



When my husband and I moved to Louisville from Minneapolis, he promised me that my dainty hands would never again have to touch a snow shovel or ice melt chemicals. ;-)
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Old Dec 22nd, 2004, 05:20 PM
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Oh poor starspinners!
You can always move to Florida
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By the way, I forgot to say" Send brandy"
and "I happen to love Paris."
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Scarlett,
I won't actually be in Louisville on Christmas, we're flying to Portland, OR to spend the holidays with my sister. The weather there is a tad wamer than here.
BUT, we have to change planes in Minneapolis to get to Portland.. shades of deja vu!
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