I haven't been since 3 weeks after 9/11, so maybe things were a bit more subdued then. I had visited several times over the decade before that and was under just the opposite impression of what you say Sue. But, as you point out, I wasn't a local.

You know the whole damn world is falling apart when Las Vegas can't keep the crimals out. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Bad joke, sorry.
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