[Mamzelle]

Anyone who's ever visited NO's French Quarter and the French Market has to have noticed that the Mississippi is higher than the sidewalks. And most residents would shrug, and often remark that it was just a matter of time before disaster struck. Such fatalism was part of the charm of the place.

And it wasn't the river that got them, but the lake.

Do you know what it means, to miss New Orleans? I've been there many times. What a shame...

[syriacus]

Do you know what it means, to miss New Orleans?

I've never been there.

[syriacus]

Do you know what it means, to miss New Orleans?

Even though I haven't been to New Orleans, I think I understand, a little, what you are saying.

My home town has changed so much that it is nearly unrecognizable. I hurts to go back.