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I'm glad some saw humor in this - and like I said in the first post - mostly making fun of the oven thread that I (and apparently several others) misread!

I usually don't use hate in everyday language and it is a word that carries a strong characteristic. We've been to New Orleans only once - we were gifted one night at the Hotel Dupree as a gift so the wife and I took a quick trip. It was during the OJ trial - as many store window fronts had a tv blaring the live coverage.

It was good food and drink - and music. But, it was humid! And the alley ways that you walked by always smelled of puke, urine and who knows what. I think it was early spring - maybe April timeframe - but already warm and VERY humid. One thing I do recall - I thought no wonder Mardi Gras is celebrated there in February - cause if it was in June, July or August - almost certainly no one would come. (And yes I do understand why Mardi Gras is in February - I know it's not a coincidence.)