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Oracle.com slash bandwidth. I go immediately to Simon Constable, my good friend and colleague

in the south of France, reporting for the Wall Street Journal and Barons and other distinguished

publications. We've been watching the climate, both in the south of France, paradise, compared to and contrasted watching the climate both in the south of France paradise compared to and contrasted

with the climate in southern New England it is cold above and below freezing for these last days

four inches of snow that quickly melted the stream roaring however it's frosty again and we've been dipping in and out of freezing. How is it

with you, Simon? Good day to you. Good day to you, John. Well, here it's very sunny, and it's been

very sunny most days over the last week. This morning, it was cold when I got up. My phone says

it was 36 Fahrenheit when I got up and 59 at the height of the day.

But I think my phone is lying because when I stepped outside the door of the house,

it was just barely above freezing.

So not as cold as where you are, but certainly chilly and required

many layers to keep warm. Simon has traveled from his hacienda and surrounded by farmers near Albi

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