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One thing about New Orleans -- the French Quarter, anyways -- is there seems to be a lot of places that are cash only, for some reason. Those little ATM machines are ubiquitous, and the fees usually annoyingly high -- $5 or so, as I recall. I can second Jeff's suggestion of Le Richelieu as a great place to stay. It has the added attraction of a ghost lurking about, but that pretty much goes for the entire Quarter. There's a little restaurant upstairs above the dive next door to the Spotted Cat. Don't recall the name, but I had a great meal there. But if Jeff's on board, you'll have a great guide. Enjoy!

Thanks Jeff. I just love that rendition of "I Surrender Dear." Quite unique.

Has the Nessa clan landed in New Orleans yet?

Congratulates. And I'm guessing you'll love being a grandpa, when the time comes.

Very nice.

Thanks for bringing that to our attention Jeff. Wasn't aware of Mr. French, so much appreciated for bringing his contributions to light. I'm sure there'll be a second line up Frenchmen. RIP

I like it! (he says, opening the cabinets and peering inside the dishwasher). May take a little while to get familiar with things, but that's fine.

As the thread starter, I think you can change a thread title by editing the original post, and changing it there. By coincidence, Allen's mammoth "Really the Blues?" was coming together just as I was going through a somewhat less bruising battle of my own with cancer. And like you, the music gave me great nourishment. Best, Paps

Hey! Hope you had a great birthday Jeff.

I was always a bit curious about how albums were named. I figured the artist(s) had some input, but I assumed it was more of a marketing department thing -- more so for mainstream music certainly than, say, Brotzmann's latest release. Miles Davis falls somewhere in between, I guess. Anyways, cool post Jeff.

Yeah, copy editors, juggling the final barrage of stores stories like a fist-full of fiery batons on a deadline halfway between dusk and dawn, and bearing down like a bullet train, loathe this stuff. A dispatch filed with 5 minutes to spare, and they dive in with one last slurp from their now-tepid, sour coffee dispensed from the stained cauldrons of the linoleum lunchroom at the far end of a hallway now squeezed tight by a cleaning crew, their vacuums already humming diabolically around the surrounding desks, abandoned long ago, in daylight. I'll be working tonight. "Yeah, hi. Quick question. What was the score?"

Yeah, guess so. Darn, self-serving MSM.

I wonder what else the foreign supplier manufactures?

Thanks Jeff. Sounds good. Do you have any of this stuff in your 78 collection?

I'm with you. I loved this recording immediately. Wide-ranging as well. Never feel like they're locked into a certain "sound."

A sorry state of affairs?

Fred who?

If one of the purposes of eliminating duplicate threads is to reduce confusion and/or direct people efficiently to a given topic, one helpful tool is a "recommend this post" button, where members can recommend the most insightful/relevant/amusing posts in a given thread. That way, a reader can tap into a thread, scan it for the posts with the highest number of recommendations and glean the desired information directly and efficiently. You could even set up a search criteria for the most-recommended posts. But again, this is housekeeping. As a reader, I have never fumed over duplicate threads or the elimination of them.

BT, what would satisfy you?

I'd guess it's a pretty common request. After all, they were your teeth up until they were extracted. Rather than have to negotiate with each patient after every extraction, it's probably easier for the dentist to just stick to the guidelines for disposal and not even entertain a single request for the extracted teeth back. I had an extraction earlier this year and the tooth was gone and disposed of as soon as it was taken out. Didn't even get to see it. I was just glad it was out, as it was causing a lot of discomfort for several weeks.

Me too. Kinda. Something along the lines of, 'get thee to Frenchmen Street if you want a jazz party.'

Nice writeup indeed. Makes me want to get that bad boy off the shelf and give it a spin.

I believe this is a duplicate thread. ... That aside, all sympathies to everyone involved and best wishes for good fortune going forward.

All the best. Have a good one Dan.