[Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

[Jay Weigel]

Tourism to the US is down considerably, and will be down more, I suspect,
particularly from Down Under after the detention of Mem Fox, Australian
children's author, yesterday. Apparently the Customs people claimed she
"didn't have the right visa"...but she did.

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 2/24/17 5:00 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>
>> Actually the mayor is a Democrat (and a Wellesley graduate)
>>   and this precinct went 65 per cent for Hillary.
>>
>> These miscreants at the pool are renters (as, of course, are we).
>>
>
> "Miscreants"?  Because they like Fox News?
>
>     1A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
>         1.1archaic A heretic.
>
> adjective
>
>     1(of a person) behaving badly or in a way that breaks a law or rule.
>     ‘her miscreant husband’
>         1.1archaic Heretical.
>
>
>> BTW there are far fewer Canadians here this year. Some years
>> a third of the license plates are from Ontario or Quebec or the Maritimes.
>> You hear couples speaking French. Not so many this year because
>> of the exchange rate. Our friends from New Brunswick made it,
>> though.
>>
>
> There's an organized boycott of US vacations going on among Canadian
> Trump-haters.  I got a share on Facebook from Charles de Lint (I'm a major
> fan of his, have, have read, and love all his books) and a FB friend as
> well as member of his mythic fan group.
>
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>