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Grand Canyon

BACK TO THE THREAD: Happiness is... ....living for the moment (something I don't do well at all; I live in the yesterday mode and in the future mode)

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The C&G name is now visible and those extended tire tracks add the sensation of motion. Great job.

braces (as in corn on the cob + braces = bad news)

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Madeleine Albright

Very, very nice! See if you can upsize or bold-up your C&G name just a tad and have just a little more field space under the front tires. Otherwise, nicely put together as I think about my upcoming vacation in Quebec and fall colors.BTW, in what state/area was that taken?

You have WAY too much time on your hands!

Damn it, TYD, now you're going to make me comb the Newfoundland map to look for this town.

Yeah, well, their rendition of the French language may not be as elegant, but good gawd, they actually LIKE Americans (more so than Canadians from the Anglophone provinces) whereas there will be a "mixed bag" reaction in the authentic Frogland...though I did have a French lady walk up to me outside of the gates at Versailles seeing that I had a tourist map, asking me if I needed assistance. UNBELIEVABLE. when I spoke French to her, she became even nicer!

Go back again. You'll appreciate it and have a blast. The nightlife is great, if you're into that. I'm not. I don't think there's a "real" Canada. Exactly like the US, the East of Canada is more densely populated, older (in terms of construction) and more culturally savvy. The West of Canada has large unpopulated expanses, like the US, and the cultural meccas are few (in their case, Vancouver and Calgary and Edmonton) whereas we have LA, SF, Seattle and Denver. So, is any part of the US more "real" than another...probably not. If I had to live in Canada it would be the Eastern provinces despite the fact that the Western provinces are more scenic. I recommend Montreal highly to everyone.

I'll call our departed friend "JT" for Jiggly Tits...she will be right up there with Nick's "Silkey"...the funniest on this board EVER.

My response: time WMJ: What happened to jiggly tits? While you might like looking at her (and maybe more), would you bring her home to your parents to put on THAT show?

about the leaves about Travelodge, I've stayed there 2x, for the money, the location is great but the digs aren't; however, it has a great breakfast. When I stayed there in 2003, the day person was a Chinese chick, the afternoon person was Argentinian and the graveyard person was Moroccan....all of them a riot. And the breakfast room had both an Italian and a Brazilian guy working there, I spoke with those guys every morning. I will not be staying there this time...I plan to spend a little more for more upscale digs. Travelodge on Blvd. Rene Levesque...6 degrees of separation, I swear...LOL.

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You are on it, sir !

Cindy Brady

Wow. What a different take on Montreal. I think the food is expensive because of the exchange rate. If it had been 1: 1.5 (wishful thinking, 1999), you wouldn't have said that. I didn't know when you were going to go, but I was going to tell you "no right turn on red, even after a full stop." I will be there in 2 weeks. Are the trees already turning color? I hope I don't miss it. You mentioned a lot of things that are true: they do dress up, the sex shop type stuff is everywhere in what is a Catholic stronghold (what can I say, the French are libertines ), the women are beautiful (again, the French blood line, no corn-fed Germanic or Scandinavian hefers to be found), and yes, they love Pontiacs (I think the reason is that this line has historically had the Frenchiest of nameplates -- Grand Prix, Bonneville, LeMans, Grand Ville, Parisienne, etc. etc.) so the Quebecois like that the same way a WOP likes to have "Monte Carlo" roll off his or her tongue. I get treated well there. My French is decent. Needless to say, I love going there. Now, Mustang dude, what sights did you go see of the long list that I gave you? And where did you eat? Did you try any Italian or Greek food? They do it quite well there as both communities are large. Did you go onto McGill's campus (the Harvard of Canada)? Dorval has been face-lifted...it was very 60s and 70s looking about 3 years ago. Well, so you had a good time, right? This is good preparation for expanding your horizons...(read "Europe next year.") I LOVE that damn city.

Man 'o' man, I would not make a good Amish person at all. I guess I am Sicilian to the bone, meaning that I have to show trespassers where the boundaries are. I am way too vigilant in this regard. I think there's a happy medium, though.

Feliz aniversario a voce! Quando?

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