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I wish I was there

Cannes is a neat city. Beautiful water, neat boats, great old section of town.

<http://www.cannes.com/Anglais/uneuk.html>

Where to go for dinner

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"Boxing, by the rules, in my opinion anyway, is NOT "fighting", it is a form of Art to me, and sport, and it takes real talent to be good at it."

Good boxers are skillful athletes. They have a lot of mental discipline and the training is grueling. It's not like a tennis match where after you lose, and you go take a shower. Lose a boxing match and you might go to the hospital.

But the finality and the brutality are compelling. That's why they make so many movies about it.

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Thanks for the links to Cannes, Rick. It is a beautiful place. Interesting that it was just a dusty little backwater until the Brits came in and irrigated it, then they and others brought in trees and plants from as far away as Africa and the US. It looks lush and green. I take it you've been there?

A couple times. Once on business, and another as part of a vacation. It's a beach town. Some people don't like it for that reason. But I think it's great. It looks fantastic after the last three days we've had here.

Try the Pale Ale

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Tens of thousands of 'trucker bombs' litter roads

Geez, you go away for a few months and the place is in shambles ;) I stopped in to see what was going on and it looks like the place is shutting down? What's goin on? That's a shame if true since I've enjoyed talking with everyone here over the years. I truly have.

I hope everyone is well. I've enjoyed taking a break from politics. I haven't been reading as many newspapers or articles or websites either and it's been kind of nice. It's better for the blood pressure anyway.

So what or where will everyone be going?

I hope all here are doing well. And I hope to talk soon before the lights get turned out.

JT E-gram me. I didn't have your addy.

 

 

Luv! Welcome back.

This site had technical problems for about a week or so. It just recently got back up. Many of the die hards are at Water Cooler

I hope everything is alright with you and your family.  I hate to bring up bad memories, but the last I heard there was some big problems with an accident or something.

Thanks Dan! :)

Everything's o.k and everyone is doing well thanks.

I decided to take a break from here is all so I haven't been on. I thought I'd stop in and say howdy to everyone. Sad to see the place is shutting down. Looks like everyone is heading to the new place! Cool. Is everyone heading over there?

How've you been?

I hope things are going good for you.

How's Zeph?

Hopefully I'll catch you at the new place if I miss you here.

 

 

 

 

Petty annoyances prompt strange acts of obsessive rebellion

"Wesley Williams spent more than a year exacting his revenge against junk mailers. When signing up for a no-junk-mail list failed to stem the flow, he resorted to writing at the top of each unwanted item: "Not at this address. Return to sender." But the mail kept coming because the envelopes had "or current resident" on them, obligating mail carriers to deliver it, he said."

Next, he began stuffing the mail back into the "business reply" envelope and sending it back so that the mailer would have to pay the postage. "That wasn't exacting a heavy enough cost from them for bothering me," said Williams, 35, a middle school science teacher who lives in Melrose, N.Y."

After checking with a postal clerk about the legality of stepping up his efforts, he began cutting up magazines, heavy bond paper and small strips of sheet metal and stuffing them into the business reply envelopes that came with the junk packages.

You wouldn't believe how heavy I got some of these envelopes to weigh, said Williams."

Travel survey I got in e-mail today. I can post results later.

"Gauging evolving attitudes of Americans on-the-go, RPMC (www.rpmc.com) has released a benchmark study of 1,000 consumers conducted in late May by market research firm Synovate of Chicago.  The survey sheds light on consumer aspirations in the U.S. amid a changing world, increased opportunities and greater mobility.

Posing the question -- “assuming money and time were not an issue, which one of the following would you most like to do?” – the survey offered consumers five alternatives: have a VIP-type experience at a major sporting event (e.g., Super Bowl or the Final Four); have front-row seats at a major musical event in a distant venue (e.g., U2 concert in London), rub shoulders with celebrities during a blockbuster entertainment event (e.g., the Grammy Awards), spend a week in Hawaii or a week in Paris."

Hawaii!  Hands down. 

It's a great place. Pretty hard to turn down.

"Significantly, those at the lowest end of the income spectrum – with annual incomes of less than $25,000 – were most apt to dislike all five alternatives; nearly 25 percent voted for “none of the above.” 

"Are you saying you think I'm at the lower end of the income spectrum?"

No. I'm just reporting what they said. So, don't shoot the messinger.

I'm just reporting what they said. So, don't shoot the messinger

"In the survey’s most telling finding, men preferred Notre Dame (Indiana) to its namesake cathedral on the Seine – just 16 percent would rather spend a week in Paris than have that VIP experience at a major sporting event.  It is, without doubt, a guy thing: when presented with options for ultimate dream experience, some 22 percent of men chose the sports happening, as opposed to just 6 percent of women.  Both genders did prefer sports over these entertainment or music-related opportunities -- somewhat surprising considering the culture’s fascination with celebrity, but confirming the nation’s passion for athletics. "

and....

"Sultry Hawaii remains everyone’s favorite hot spot -- a preference that may well be due to an uncertain world and a growing affinity for tried-and-true destinations.  Both genders across a wide age group, from ages 35-44 and 45-54, made Hawaii their number one pick, tallying a decisive 54 percent. 

"Respondents generally were much cooler to Paris than Honolulu, perhaps indicating that residual resentment against France persists three years after the Iraq invasion. Somewhat surprisingly, even women preferred Hawaii to Paris (by a wide margin -- 52 percent to 21 percent). 

"The more education you have under your belt, the more likely it is that you’ll keep Paris on your wish list.  Those with a post-graduate education favored the City of Light by a better than 15 percent margin, over those with some college and high school. Interestingly, the post-graduate group is relatively less enamored of Hawaii – 13 percent fewer of them want to head to the islands than the rest of the sample. Still, post-grads aren’t too stuffy – they’re also the most likely to go for the VIP sports event (at 17 percent, by a three-point margin)."

You could scalp the U2 tickets and spend the money around town.

I'd like to see the Pink Floyd show in London this weekend myself.  But that wasn't on the list.

The should have U2 in Dublin, but that's not the draw that London is.

I think they can rock.

At what age should rockers quit rockin' and start grooving on ambient music?

And what do you mean by "greasy?"

Here's an old rocker. I wonder if this is what he meant?

I'm sure.

I know nothing of Bono's personal grooming habits. "He's just gross," tells me about as much as I'd expect from a 13-year-old.

"Just trying to bring it to your level."

Thanks.

JT's just mad because liberals get the women.

Here's the conservative's idea of a fun-loving woman.

...and you don't like Bono's grooming habits.

I seen those guys on Furgeson the other night and they rocked!  They said that they get the cops called on them many times because a lot of people see their dance style and think their fighting.  It's pretty powerful stuff.

true samich Joe

The music sounds like stuff I hear in the gym where I work out.

It's either rap or frantic Latino. It's in an old warehouse or something. There's an outdoor exercise area with a sand pit and the four metal walls are covered with grafitti. An urban-decay look. Two treadmills a stair climber, weights, bags, medicine balls and two boxing rings.

Pretty cool, actually.

Rock 'n' roll Boneyard Central is in St. Paul this weekend

"Taste of Minnesota, an event that should've been put out to pasture years ago."

And:

"The concessions on Harriet Island have steadily downturned to a menu of corn dogs, mini-donuts, turkey legs and buffalo wings. Anybody who thinks Taste represents Minnesota cuisine would think we live for county-fair food."

They must not be able to get Twin Cities restaurants interested in having stands for some reason. It ends up one stand after another of fair food.

Went once. It was hot, crowded and covered with litter. Someone must like it.