Hmmm....I'm still freezeing to death from being outside this morning.......I am shivering and trying to type....So are you going to be on a warm beach with an organic cocktail? Short version: how much should I despise this post right now?!? Most hotels have computers with internet access....There is no excuse for not keeping us posted so I may warm my cockles by the fire of my own petty jealousy.
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Have fun! And at least remember to take some photos to post here!

We're flying direct. I don't want my wallet stolen until we get into Mexico.

Jesus, you forgot already.

I don't associate New Mexico with cold. How cold was it?

Most of the hotels we stay in don't even have running water, let alone internet. But if I can get a connection, of what would you like a picture?

It's a girl! (Well, they're 90% sure anyway, there was this pesky umbilical cord in the way...)

Woohoo! Congrats :cheerldr:

HLJ-I'll make it easy...just post the photos when you get back. It's vacation time, have fun! Oh, I want a beach sunset photo with you wearing something very attractive if you are taking requests.

35 degrees when I left the house this morning. We don't live in a low lying desert. We are at a high altitude, higher than people think. Before I got here I didn't even think it snowed here. I was so....so wrong. Naive about NM.......

Yes, we have to wear coats, gloves, and scarves right now like everyone in the north right now. All the photos of NM just look really hot unless you take a photo of all the snow. It's a desert, yet it is a high desert, and that makes all the difference. I was snowed in, in Taos, (on vacation) in May. Maybe not as cold as everyone else right now, but yes, cold.


Clod- Wow, congratulations!!! Girls rock!!!

Yey! Congrats Clod! All good wishes for the little clodchen

Awesome, congrats Clob.

This

From CNN:

RAmen!

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Congrats Clod! :thumb:

In concept, FSM is really no different than Scientology or Mormonism.

edit: different from or different than?

from or to.....I think 'to' actually.

Something differs from...but is different to...I think.

I think in this case you mean different from. "Than" would imply that Scientology and Mormonism are different (from something else, i.e. standard religions) and FSM is no more different than they are. At the very least, "than" would require a modifier like "more" or less to indicate a side (like you could say A is uglier than B, but not "A is as ugly than B.")

Are you sad you asked? :)

Edit: regarding Dana's post, "different to" is entirely a British idiom.

Ahh. I didn't realise that.

Dana, I'm glad we had this exchange. It inspired me to look up different.

Here's what it says about different in Dictionary.com:
So different words can be used after different, and the different words are different in American and British English.

Does anyone have a different opinion?

"Different from" and "different to" sound foreign to me. I understand them, but they are definitely a linguistic out-marker to me.

I routinely hear both now that I live in the UK. Before I came here, "different to/from" wasn't something I heard said.

If you want, I can try and formalize some of the grammatical oddities in the speech here (I'm talking mainstream British English, not Geordie) and post it in another thread.