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..forgot to mention th' sand. It gets in EVERYTHING. What is referred to as "dirt" here is just more sand with some organics mix'd in.
And bilingual Braille. Who'd a thunk it?
HATEFUL place, I tell ya. STAY AWAY!!!
GO to California. Even the ones livin' there like it. :smirk:
And bilingual Braille. Who'd a thunk it?
HATEFUL place, I tell ya. STAY AWAY!!!
GO to California. Even the ones livin' there like it. :smirk:
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DNK said:
Don,
If I decide to come out to Whidbey Island, what is the dry week?
tony barnhill
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They don't measure by the week - its hour by hour at best!Brooklands said:
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3 week of august. Actually Aug. is the driest season. less than an inch an at least 15 days of sun.
Widbey has it's own weather as it gets all the stuff coming down the straits. They kind of block some of the weather of the place we play golf at so in the winter it isn't "too" bad at the course.
Widbey has it's own weather as it gets all the stuff coming down the straits. They kind of block some of the weather of the place we play golf at so in the winter it isn't "too" bad at the course.
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tony barnhill said:
Tony, it is not so much that we dislike it here in sunny Fl (80 degrees today), it's just that we tire of listening to how much things are better up North (usually referring to NY, NJ).
I grew up in Massachusetts, so I know what it is like in the great white North. It was not any different there than it is here, just lots more immigrants and tourists. At least here we don't get inundated with leafers (those who ohh and ahh at the changing colors of leaves).
As for staying here, I am planning on moving once my youngest is out of HS. Who knows, I may be dropping by Northern Alabama and making a drop by to say hi.
bugimike
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Thought this recent email might be germain to this thread!!!
Subject: FW: Florida Lifestyle(reasons not to go????)
A TYPICAL DAY IN RETIREMENT IN FLORIDA
We get up at 5:00 am, have a quick breakfast and join the early
morning Walk and Talk Club. There are about 30 of us. Rain or shine
we walk around the streets, all talking at once. After a nimble walk
avoiding irate drivers out to make us road kill, we go back home,
shower and change for the next activity.
My wife goes directly to the pool for her under water Pilates class,
followed by gasping for breath and CPR.
I put on my 'Ask me about my Grandchildren' T-shirt, my mid-calf
shorts, my socks and sandals and go to the club house lobby for a nice
nap.
Before you know it it's time for lunch. We go to Costco to partake of
the many tasty samples dispensed by ladies in white hair nets. All
free! After a filling lunch, if we don't have any doctor
appointments, we might go to the flea market to buy a Rolex watch for
$2.00.
We're usually back home by 2 PM to get ready for dinner. People start
lining up for the early bird about 3 PM, but we get there by 3:45 because we are late eaters. The dinners are very popular because of the large portions they serve. You can take home enough food for the next day's lunch and dinner, including extra bread, crackers, sweet-and-low packets and mints.
At 5:30 pm we're home ready to watch the 6 o'clock news. By 6:30 we're
fast asleep. Then we get up and make 5 or 6 trips to the bathroom
during the night and it's time to get up and start a new day all over
again.
Doctor related activities will eat up most of your retirement time. I
enjoy reading old magazines in sub zero temperatures in the waiting
room, so I don't mind. Calling for test results also help the days fly
by. It takes at least half an hour just getting through the doctor's
phone menu. Then there is the hold time until you are connected to the
right party. Sometimes they forget you are holding, and the whole
office goes to lunch.
Many of the receptionists are quite rude. They keep you standing at
that dopey little, closed glass window, totally ignoring you. After
1/2 an hour, I ignore the 'Do not tap on the window' sign and tap on
the window. This always drives them nuts. If you do, they put down
their Egg McMuffin or their copy of the Enquirer, and fling open the
window, ready for a fight. I lie, explaining I tapped on the window
accidentally because I have Parkinson's.
They claim they are required to keep the window closed because of the
privacy law but I don't believe it. Are they afraid if I were to overhear Sol Lipshitz has hemorrhoids, that I would blackmail him or sell the information to a foreign government? In Florida everyone has hemorrhoids!
Choosing a development with suitable amenities is an important
decision. The various clubs in these communities provide most of the
activities. Our development has over 300 clubs. There's something for
everyone. Clubs like the kidney donating club, the Taliban Club, the
East meets West club, not to be confused with the West meets East
club, etc. A truly active community is one where the ambulance is
there several times a day and is part of the Travel Club.
Mostly, it's important to choose a development with an impressive
name. Italian names are very popular in Florida . They convey... world
traveler, uppity sophistication and wealth. Where would you rather
live... Murray 's Condo's or the Lakes Of Venice ? There is no
difference. They are both owned by Murray who happens to be a cheap
SOB.
I hope this material has been of some help to you future retirees. If
I can be of any further assistance, please look me up when you're in
Florida . I live in 'The Leaning Condos of Pisa,' in Boynton Beach.
Subject: FW: Florida Lifestyle(reasons not to go????)
A TYPICAL DAY IN RETIREMENT IN FLORIDA
We get up at 5:00 am, have a quick breakfast and join the early
morning Walk and Talk Club. There are about 30 of us. Rain or shine
we walk around the streets, all talking at once. After a nimble walk
avoiding irate drivers out to make us road kill, we go back home,
shower and change for the next activity.
My wife goes directly to the pool for her under water Pilates class,
followed by gasping for breath and CPR.
I put on my 'Ask me about my Grandchildren' T-shirt, my mid-calf
shorts, my socks and sandals and go to the club house lobby for a nice
nap.
Before you know it it's time for lunch. We go to Costco to partake of
the many tasty samples dispensed by ladies in white hair nets. All
free! After a filling lunch, if we don't have any doctor
appointments, we might go to the flea market to buy a Rolex watch for
$2.00.
We're usually back home by 2 PM to get ready for dinner. People start
lining up for the early bird about 3 PM, but we get there by 3:45 because we are late eaters. The dinners are very popular because of the large portions they serve. You can take home enough food for the next day's lunch and dinner, including extra bread, crackers, sweet-and-low packets and mints.
At 5:30 pm we're home ready to watch the 6 o'clock news. By 6:30 we're
fast asleep. Then we get up and make 5 or 6 trips to the bathroom
during the night and it's time to get up and start a new day all over
again.
Doctor related activities will eat up most of your retirement time. I
enjoy reading old magazines in sub zero temperatures in the waiting
room, so I don't mind. Calling for test results also help the days fly
by. It takes at least half an hour just getting through the doctor's
phone menu. Then there is the hold time until you are connected to the
right party. Sometimes they forget you are holding, and the whole
office goes to lunch.
Many of the receptionists are quite rude. They keep you standing at
that dopey little, closed glass window, totally ignoring you. After
1/2 an hour, I ignore the 'Do not tap on the window' sign and tap on
the window. This always drives them nuts. If you do, they put down
their Egg McMuffin or their copy of the Enquirer, and fling open the
window, ready for a fight. I lie, explaining I tapped on the window
accidentally because I have Parkinson's.
They claim they are required to keep the window closed because of the
privacy law but I don't believe it. Are they afraid if I were to overhear Sol Lipshitz has hemorrhoids, that I would blackmail him or sell the information to a foreign government? In Florida everyone has hemorrhoids!
Choosing a development with suitable amenities is an important
decision. The various clubs in these communities provide most of the
activities. Our development has over 300 clubs. There's something for
everyone. Clubs like the kidney donating club, the Taliban Club, the
East meets West club, not to be confused with the West meets East
club, etc. A truly active community is one where the ambulance is
there several times a day and is part of the Travel Club.
Mostly, it's important to choose a development with an impressive
name. Italian names are very popular in Florida . They convey... world
traveler, uppity sophistication and wealth. Where would you rather
live... Murray 's Condo's or the Lakes Of Venice ? There is no
difference. They are both owned by Murray who happens to be a cheap
SOB.
I hope this material has been of some help to you future retirees. If
I can be of any further assistance, please look me up when you're in
Florida . I live in 'The Leaning Condos of Pisa,' in Boynton Beach.
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Rural New England for me.
I've lived in Texas, Wisconsin, England, and now Connecticut. Found good things, and good people - and the opposite - everywhere.
But something really keeps me feeling I'm home here. Maybe because the first member of my family to leave England and come to America bought land from the Indians in 1638 and called it ... Fairfield. And the land was called QUINNEHTUKQUT.
I've been to his burying ground, which looks out over Long Island Sound. I've stood by the stone with "TM 1658" carved on it. You can make heaven, or its opposite, from lots of things. It's great to have cities nearby, but here I'm home.
Tom
I've lived in Texas, Wisconsin, England, and now Connecticut. Found good things, and good people - and the opposite - everywhere.
But something really keeps me feeling I'm home here. Maybe because the first member of my family to leave England and come to America bought land from the Indians in 1638 and called it ... Fairfield. And the land was called QUINNEHTUKQUT.
I've been to his burying ground, which looks out over Long Island Sound. I've stood by the stone with "TM 1658" carved on it. You can make heaven, or its opposite, from lots of things. It's great to have cities nearby, but here I'm home.
Tom
tony barnhill said:
I will answer this seriously, even though I don't actually dislike where I live, but I would like a change of scenery for a few years.
The honest answer? For me, it's money and the support system. Until very recently I did not have much (and I wouldn't say I have a lot now, just more than before). Any moves I make are going to be made by me alone, financially speaking. Some of you may remember a thread I started last winter ruminating about moving to California, a move that never happened. It never happened because I had no money to do it, nobody was going to give me any, and I didn't have any way of earning money once I'd driven out there with whatever clothes I could pack in the trunk of my car. A lot of people simply told me to "just go and do it", but I refuse to live on the streets, and knew nobody who would take me in indefinitely.
To Doc's original post, he has nothing to worry about from me. The humidity down there makes me so miserable that I can't be paid enough to even visit, much less move there.
-Wm.
There are few places in the world as pleasant to live as Australia.
JamesWilson
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Or you could go all the way...
to New Zealand.
I'd kind of like to visit both for an extended period... and maybe drive all around and over them.
to New Zealand.
I'd kind of like to visit both for an extended period... and maybe drive all around and over them.
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William said:
Well said, William. Every year at about this time I start to think about why I'm still here in the Utah mountains, as I hate winter and don't really fit in with the local culture. Then I remember that my friends are here, as is my job and my wife's family. Were I still single, I might make a go of it as I did when I moved here 15 years ago. But, well, I'm not and the connections run deep after so many years.
Still I wish it were warmer right now.
