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Old 12-12-2016, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Hi, Jezer.

welcome back! Missed it last week.


I also don't like crowds and traffic. Is it too much to ask for everyone to stay out of my way?


( yea, I know-I don't really own the road and I can stand in line like everyone else. )

Love those photos, Jezer. Interesting neighbors there.
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Old 12-12-2016, 12:02 PM
 
Location: The Circle City. Sometimes NE of Bagdad.
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Towns/shops getting busy.

All I know is that I have escaped most of the crowds and traffic this year. So I feel pretty lucky.
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Old 12-12-2016, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I love going downtown Fort Worth to people watch and get a drink at Starbux...well there are SO FLIPPIN' many people downtown there are always 20-25 people in line. And the employees are painfully, crushingly slow preparing the drinks

Also a #firstworldproblem I guess!
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Old 12-14-2016, 12:22 PM
 
Location: "Arlen" Texas
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Imagine how much busier they'd be without all that online shopping!
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Old 12-15-2016, 04:37 PM
 
Location: In a chartreuse microbus
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Great peeve.


When I was young, it was a treat to walk from store to store downtown, enjoying the crowds, lights, window displays, etc. Now, much of that downtown is no longer, and the mall is a demolition derby. It's all about perspective, I suppose. Keep those tranquil pictures coming, Jez! Love. Love.
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Old 12-15-2016, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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Towns/shops getting busy.

Yeah there's a much larger group out shopping in the stores these days here in my area. The worst part is the heavy traffic on the streets. Seems like I see many out of state license plates on cars. Most of them are winter visitors or those who came down for the football game on the weekend. I can live with it if I plan on adjusting my time needed for my own errands and shopping.
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Old 12-15-2016, 11:34 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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The photos are outstanding, as always. Thanks, Jezer.

I live in a big city which is a year-round tourist destination, so the crowds and traffic don't faze me too much. I'm used to that. It's even worse at this time of year, though. I make a point of avoiding the downtown Union Square shopping area because it is even more busy and frantic, and there are lots of pickpockets and scam artists out there. I might go just once to see the tree in Union Square, the ice skaters and the window displays. But on the whole, online shopping has made my holiday season a lot easier.

Enjoy your visit to Italy, Jez!
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Old 12-16-2016, 12:57 PM
 
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Last time I went to a (2) barber barbershop...........


One customer........ non stop talking about how important he is, how he tells loan officers to take a hike, how he is constantly gets out of speeding tickets because of who he is..............


Sad part this big ,arrogant, man is about 70 so he probably has sons and grandsons just like him.
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Old 12-17-2016, 08:01 AM
 
Location: Chicago area
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Mornings around here is a culture shock for me. I don't do mornings but I had to be up early to help a friend which meant driving in the tail end of the morning rush. I like late night bile rides where I don't see another soul about. Me in a store shopping around the holidays? Kill me now.
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