Lizzie

Rainy, miserable, and unseasonably warm in New York City!

njgirl

Wet, dreary, Northern NJ

Grah

Siasconset on Nantucket Island! Rainy, dreary, windy, fog on the way! Ideal island weather!

brit

Does worldly mean something else in American English? I thought it meant materialistic or unspiritual, and not "universal" as seems to be implied here.

Sandy

Hi, from Central Illinois! 37 degrees here... a little chilly.<BR><BR>Sandy &lt;dreaming of Paris&gt;

Bobby

Hello from a very chilly Sarasota, Florida. However, I am not complaining. I could be somewhere cold.

rar

Bologna, Italy

Marg

The caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Heading for Spain and France in a couple of days.

Marg

Oh...for all those cold weather people it's about 92 here today and beautiful.

Rani

posting from Beautiful British Columbia, Canada....Vancouver to be exact and it's about to rain...again, Barcelona and Paris in April though, 5 more months!!

joanie

I wasn't aware that worldly meant materialistic or unspiritual; I always thought it meant cosmopolitan or sophisticated.<BR>Anyway, I'm here in mid-Michigan, sunny and 45 degrees outside, dreaming of the Italian Riviera (and gelato)!

brit

Joanie I see we are both right. Merriam-Webster online gives both definitions:<BR><BR>1 : of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs.<BR><BR>2: possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs<BR>synonym see SOPHISTICATED <BR><BR>But it is hardly used in conversation in the UK, in my experience. I would say it would sound rather old-fashioned and would probably be understood in the first sense. Interesting, these subtle differences in our languages.<BR><BR>BTW, Oxford, UK.

Grandma

Just clicked on this thread to see what it was all about. Realized that when Bill sent original message (9/24)we were on Delta's NYC to Venice flight... probably passing over Nantucket (our favorite island)as he typed.

cor

truth or consequences, nm. hey. great thread. excellent replies.

JAGIRL

Checking in from warm, sunny JAMAICA! <BR>

James

Hey you all. Sitting on the river in Davenport, Iowa. Checking out beautiful downtown Moline: life is good.

john smith

happy thanksgiving from plymouth, ma.

carol

Lovely Petersburg, Alaska

joan

Penrith...site of the rowing for the 2000 Olympics...my daughter and I are off on a two and a half month journey!...I'm wondering why those who find Bill's ? so moronic or whatever have bothered to post a reply....it was a curious ?..Bill, I enjoy browsing the replies...I hope your travels are wonderful!...

Karen

Aussie living in Seattle, Wa.