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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 08:57 PM Original message |
DUers! Who's been to New Orleans? Any memories? |
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bliss_eternal
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Family is from there... |
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FightingIrish
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember there was this drunken asshole from Texas who |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. LOL! He resembles someone I've heard about! nt |
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PatriotMom
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
87. This is a GREAT thread .......NOMINATED n/t |
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. What a great city. |
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Radio_Lady
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. We went there in the early '90s on a Labor Day weekend. It was |
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. 5 times |
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billbuckhead
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Lucky dogs, Dixie beer, Airline Highway, saxophones |
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Dudley_DUright
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Four times also |
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me b zola
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. A road trip |
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bluedawg12
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was a hypnotic mix of |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Amen, bluedawg12. I never knew I loved it so much |
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electron_blue
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Twice - first to see King Tut |
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3days
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Lived there for 7 years |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. 7 years! You must have many memories! I'm sure it's not |
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nonconformist
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. *sigh* I had a trip booked for this October. |
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dsc
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. My favorite memory was of my 29th birthday |
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RoyGBiv
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many memories ... |
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ThoughtCriminal
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. Train trip layover |
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Vox_Reason
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Been only once... |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I figured there were memories such as these. |
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Lilsarah
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. My husband and I lived there |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Ah, Lilsarah, welcome to DU, and I hope you are okay! |
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abluelady
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. Jazzfest |
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DoYouEverWonder
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. 3 Jazz Fests and a bunch of other trips |
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tk2kewl
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:11 PM Original message |
'94 Mardi Gras |
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tulsakatz
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. I was there once........... |
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democrat in Tallahassee
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. I used to live there and I am just sick. That bastard destroyed |
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erinlough
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. Went to the French Quarter in1990 |
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oneighty
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. In the seventies |
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jobycom
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. Many, many times |
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pitohui
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. lived there for decades |
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FogerRox
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Lived there for 3 years early 1960s the |
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democraticinsurgent
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. 3 times, all wonderful |
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kestrel91316
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. 1980, Mardis Gras parade, raw oysters standing at the oyster bar at |
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Missy Vixen
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. I have |
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getmeouttahere
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. The VooDoo Museum! |
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CrownPrinceBandar
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. Lived there for a year.............. |
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juajen
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. I have so many lovely memories of New Orleans |
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. My parents took us when I was 15 |
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NNadir
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. I've been there eight or nine times on business. |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. "There was always a darker side..." Agree, but isn't there |
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Lasher
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. I went there once. |
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saged52
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. two years ago nearly to the day - |
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babylonsister
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. "It climbed into my heart and soul" - what a sentiment! Yes! |
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Nitrogenica
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
41. It was January and I was walking near a park by downtown |
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idiosyncratic
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
42. Twice. Grayline bus tour and Garden District tour plus oysters |
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enki23
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. never lived there, but spent two and a half years in baton rouge |
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KamaAina
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. Lived there during early '90s. Became an activist there, actually. |
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Lindacooks
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. When we first drove into New Orelans' French Quarter, I looked |
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WePurrsevere
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
49. Last June ('04) ... for eBay Live |
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KC21304
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. Just once in 1978. My husband and I and another couple |
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Behind the Aegis
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fun times. |
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gauguin57
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Went there for two Sugar Bowls (and two New Year's Eves!) |
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Individualist
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. I've been there twice, |
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elderly man
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
54. Memories: Preservation Hall,Pete Fountain,Al Hirt, Antoines,etc. |
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PsN2Wind
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
55. Carnival 1965 |
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juliaj193
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
56. very long time ago |
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On the Road
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. In the Early 80s with My My Ex |
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. One More, and This is a Great Memory |
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. I was there with my husband when I was pregnant with my second child. |
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Brother Buzz
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Fri Sep-09-05 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Once in 1964 as a child |
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drdtroit
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
60. Just recorded a CD 4 weeks ago at Ultrasonic, |
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Graf Orlok
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. I've always wanted to visit the French Quarter. |
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XOKCowboy
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. Lots of them.... |
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dbt
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. The gumbo in New Orleans just KICKED my ass! |
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SheilaT
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
65. Once, about six or seven |
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AgadorSparticus
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
66. Been there about 4 times (during and post college). I have good |
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barb162
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Fri Sep-09-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
67. I was there in March and have been there about 20 times |
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GodHelpUsAll2
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Been there about 6 times |
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barb162
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I don't see how it will be the same |
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kath
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
69. The food, oh the food! |
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GodHelpUsAll2
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Ahhhhhhh |
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barb162
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. oh yeah? I just liked getting powdered sugar all over my face |
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barb162
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. breakfast at Brennan's/ champagne at 10am |
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sadly, my first memory of NOLA will start next week. |
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PatriotMom
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #74 |
88. Good Luck to you and my thoughts will be with you n/t |
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Freedomfried
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Fri Sep-09-05 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
75. I was a Lykes Brothers Steamship Company seaman |
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AgadorSparticus
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
76. oh, I have to add: I got the best damn bloody mary in the world |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. You're right |
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lpbk2713
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
77. Went to the Mardi Gras once. |
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
78. I was twelve and a prostitute tried to get my business. |
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babylonsister
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:26 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I can't even fathom that. Say it ain't so! |
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Occulus
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Nothing else really happened to me. |
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Corgigal
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
79. Been there |
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babylonsister
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:30 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Being from NY? I love the fact that I'm from NY! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I'm not grabbed on the streets of NYC |
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
84. I lived there for over a year back in ’87 |
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PatriotMom
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
85. OK it was 1970 and I was a Hippie...... |
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babylonsister
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #85 |
102. You jarred another memory for me, PM! |
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
86. Hottest city ever. |
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barb162
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Sat Sep-10-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #86 |
106. I have been ther in summer too; yeah you can pass out from |
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OneBlueSky
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
89. went to Mardi Gras in the early 70s . . . |
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PatriotMom
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Sky that was wonderful, |
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RiDuvessa
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
91. I've been there once. |
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
92. I was stationed at Biloxi for tech training in the Air Force |
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Alamom
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
93. Many times when we lived in Mobile |
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
94. Vegetarian gumbo at The Gumbo Shop |
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brettdale
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
95. Been there once |
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ForrestGump
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Sat Sep-10-05 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
97. Oyster po' boys at Mother's |
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Sat Sep-10-05 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
98. The food, and our stay at the French Quarter Maisonettes |
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babylonsister
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Sat Sep-10-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
99. a.m. kick! |
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TayTay
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
100. I was there in '91, loved the city |
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blackcatpgh
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
101. i'm usually a threadkiller, but here goes... |
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DoYouEverWonder
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Sat Sep-10-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. I love those old guest houses |
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Sat Sep-10-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
104. Twenty-five years ago - camping with our dog |
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shrike
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Sat Sep-10-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
105. That sweet, putrid city |
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kristndem
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Sat Sep-10-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
107. Rode The City Of New Orleans |
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babylonsister
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Sat Sep-10-05 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
108. Thank you all for sharing your memories! May NO |
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