Survey Monday Feb 15
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You should try Google Earth, and zoom in on these areas - it would give you a great idea of how close they are to the coast.
I think we should all go tailgate this winter at Ms. Hutchins' yard, somebody just has to think of a great excuse and get her permission. GGG
(My wonderful cute Wife got ANOTHER SNOW DAY today. It's GREAT ! But the snow is so deep, you can't really walk out to the barn...)
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I don't know about the Keys, or Florida, or the Gulf Coast, or the Carolinas. I don't know if I would want to be annoyed by a potential major hurricane. Does anyone who has family/friends in those areas have those concerns?
Of course, when La Palma blows, the entire East Coast from the Keys to New York will be inundated by a 2000 foot tsunami.
I don't know about the Keys, or Florida, or the Gulf Coast, or the Carolinas. I don't know if I would want to be annoyed by a potential major hurricane. Does anyone who has family/friends in those areas have those concerns?
Of course, when La Palma blows, the entire East Coast from the Keys to New York will be inundated by a 2000 foot tsunami.
My wife's uncle & aunt moved to New Bern, NC. They've been hammered a few times by hurricanes, no fun at all.
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1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.
I was in class all weekend, so I missed a lot of sports. I caught some of the Olympics and that's about it.
2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)
Couldn't tell you!
3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.
NOPE!
4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?
Absolutely!
5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.
Flowers, Chocolate truffles, a new Lebron shirt (She really wanted one and I saw it in passing so I couldn't help but to get it for her.), and a card. We went to dinner last weekend because of how clogged our schedule was this weekend.
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Zombo said:
Here in Naples the weather is very consistent in the Summer. The high is about 92-93* every day, it very rarely gets higher than 93 or lower than 90. The mornings are warm and sunny, the afternoons are humid, it rains late afternoon and the evenings are nice and comfortable.We don't get extreme high temps or cool streaks as in the midwest. It's always hot ... but everything is air conditioned. I love summers down here, the Beaches, restaraunts and streets are not crowded, the weather is consistent and the lifestyle is laid back.
As for Hurricane's we've had one direct hit since 1960, and that was 2005. In 2004 -2005 there seemed to be a hurricane watch every week but most of them end up heading toward Pensacola / New Orleans, etc. Hurricane parties are a lot of fun.
Here are the average high's in Naples from Jan thru Dec:
75
76
80
83
87
90
91
91
90
87
82
76
My favorite months are May and November ... but they are all great.
If you are coming to Florida, make sure you are in Tampa (although I would avoid a large metropolis) or South. No frost, no cold. The West Coast lifestyle is much less hectic and more "midwestern" than the East coast. And you want to be near the Beach.
So that leaves Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, Port Charlotte, Fort Myers and Naples areas. And of those Naples / Marco Island has the best cultural activities, most attractive landscape and cleanest streets and Beaches.
The Sarasota area would be my second choice.
I have lived here for 18 years, and the only areas I would consider re-locating to would be Hawaii or Southern California, but, frankly, I think Southwest florida has those places beat, all things considered.
Another nice thing about Naples is that we have no "big city" problems or mentality ... but we are within two hours of the Buccaneers, Rays, Lightning, Dolphins, Marlins, Panthers and Heat ... not to mention all the MLB spring training games that are right down the road.
And this year the Browns play in Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville ... I get to see the Brownies three time without leaving the state! You should come down for the Dolphns or Bucs game and tour the areas for yourself....
Zombo
As the old saying goes: its not the heat, its the humidity. I guess though, the way to beat the humidity in the Florida summers is to do one of three things: hang inside in the A/C, or hang out in the pool, or hang out at the beach under an umbrella. (Can't go out into the sun all that much...to fair of skin)
Fair to say?
And, correct me if I am wrong....it is probably practically as far to go from Naples to Jacksonville as it is to go from Cleveland to Jacksonville. I know when my nephew lived in Ft. Lauderdale I was taking a trip to Panama City and he said it would be farther for him to drive from his place in SoFlo as it would be for me to drive from my place in Ohio.
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Zombo said:
Here in Naples the weather is very consistent in the Summer. The high is about 92-93* every day, it very rarely gets higher than 93 or lower than 90. The mornings are warm and sunny, the afternoons are humid, it rains late afternoon and the evenings are nice and comfortable.We don't get extreme high temps or cool streaks as in the midwest. It's always hot ... but everything is air conditioned. I love summers down here, the Beaches, restaraunts and streets are not crowded, the weather is consistent and the lifestyle is laid back.
As for Hurricane's we've had one direct hit since 1960, and that was 2005. In 2004 -2005 there seemed to be a hurricane watch every week but most of them end up heading toward Pensacola / New Orleans, etc. Hurricane parties are a lot of fun.
Here are the average high's in Naples from Jan thru Dec:
75
76
80
83
87
90
91
91
90
87
82
76
My favorite months are May and November ... but they are all great.
If you are coming to Florida, make sure you are in Tampa (although I would avoid a large metropolis) or South. No frost, no cold. The West Coast lifestyle is much less hectic and more "midwestern" than the East coast. And you want to be near the Beach.
So that leaves Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, Port Charlotte, Fort Myers and Naples areas. And of those Naples / Marco Island has the best cultural activities, most attractive landscape and cleanest streets and Beaches.
The Sarasota area would be my second choice.
I have lived here for 18 years, and the only areas I would consider re-locating to would be Hawaii or Southern California, but, frankly, I think Southwest florida has those places beat, all things considered.
Another nice thing about Naples is that we have no "big city" problems or mentality ... but we are within two hours of the Buccaneers, Rays, Lightning, Dolphins, Marlins, Panthers and Heat ... not to mention all the MLB spring training games that are right down the road.
And this year the Browns play in Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville ... I get to see the Brownies three time without leaving the state! You should come down for the Dolphns or Bucs game and tour the areas for yourself....
Zombo
As the old saying goes: its not the heat, its the humidity. I guess though, the way to beat the humidity in the Florida summers is to do one of three things: hang inside in the A/C, or hang out in the pool, or hang out at the beach under an umbrella. (Can't go out into the sun all that much...to fair of skin)
Fair to say?
And, correct me if I am wrong....it is probably practically as far to go from Naples to Jacksonville as it is to go from Cleveland to Jacksonville. I know when my nephew lived in Ft. Lauderdale I was taking a trip to Panama City and he said it would be farther for him to drive from his place in SoFlo as it would be for me to drive from my place in Ohio.
As the old saying goes: its not the heat, its the humidity. I guess though, the way to beat the humidity in the Florida summers is to do one of three things: hang inside in the A/C, or hang out in the pool, or hang out at the beach under an umbrella. (Can't go out into the sun all that much...to fair of skin)
Fair to say?
And, correct me if I am wrong....it is probably practically as far to go from Naples to Jacksonville as it is to go from Cleveland to Jacksonville. I know when my nephew lived in Ft. Lauderdale I was taking a trip to Panama City and he said it would be farther for him to drive from his place in SoFlo as it would be for me to drive from my place in Ohio.
i used to live and work in tempe, az when my dad retired there back in the 80's. he moved there because of the dry humidity. i used to hear that crap all the time: "yes it might be 115 degrees but it's dry!". bullshit! you'd sweat walking from your home to your car to turn the ac on, from your car into work etc. etc. i my self am not a beach person but do like the water. when 'we' retire it will probably be back to where i grew up in sandusky. remember: you can always put more clothes on to keep warm but there's only so much you can take off.
and as for florida, how do you like the four inch flying bugs?
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As the old saying goes: its not the heat, its the humidity. I guess though, the way to beat the humidity in the Florida summers is to do one of three things: hang inside in the A/C, or hang out in the pool, or hang out at the beach under an umbrella. (Can't go out into the sun all that much...to fair of skin)
Fair to say?
And, correct me if I am wrong....it is probably practically as far to go from Naples to Jacksonville as it is to go from Cleveland to Jacksonville. I know when my nephew lived in Ft. Lauderdale I was taking a trip to Panama City and he said it would be farther for him to drive from his place in SoFlo as it would be for me to drive from my place in Ohio.
i used to live and work in tempe, az when my dad retired there back in the 80's. he moved there because of the dry humidity. i used to hear that crap all the time: "yes it might be 115 degrees but it's dry!". bullshit! you'd sweat walking from your home to your car to turn the ac on, from your car into work etc. etc. i my self am not a beach person but do like the water. when 'we' retire it will probably be back to where i grew up in sandusky. remember: you can always put more clothes on to keep warm but there's only so much you can take off.
and as for florida, how do you like the four inch flying bugs?
i used to live and work in tempe, az when my dad retired there back in the 80's. he moved there because of the dry humidity. i used to hear that crap all the time: "yes it might be 115 degrees but it's dry!". bullshit! you'd sweat walking from your home to your car to turn the ac on, from your car into work etc. etc. i my self am not a beach person but do like the water. when 'we' retire it will probably be back to where i grew up in sandusky. remember: you can always put more clothes on to keep warm but there's only so much you can take off.
and as for florida, how do you like the four inch flying bugs?
Florida? The scariest "flying bug" I ever saw was in Tuscon. A tarantula wasp. I thought it was a hummingbird.
(In a prior post I said that I would not want any part of the Phoenix area precisely for the reasons you cite.
But I understand that if you are at a higher elevation in AZ it might be quite a bit more pleasant)
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Picture of a Tarantula Wasp:
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More info on the Tarantula Wasp. These things scare me to frakking death. Thank God I am not a tarantula:
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Zombo said:
Yes, in the summers it is A/C, pool or Beach. Unless you are crazy like me, I ride my bike in the Summer to lose those pounds I gained in the Winter.Jacksonville is a 6-hour trip from Naples. Still worth it to see the Browns though. Jacskonville is more of a "Deep South" city, rather than Floridian, it might as well be in Georgia, and they get cold weather up there. Froze my ass off at a Jags game once, Spegreon Wynn started and I think we lost 43-0.
I'm not a big fan of Orlando as it is a landlocked tourist-infested klusterphuck. And not a fan of Miami as it is New York City Meets Havana. Sothwest Florida is where it's at.
And as for the guy that is afraid of bugs ... please.
We spray for bugs down here year round, I get more bugbites when I visit Pennsylvania for a week than I get down here all year. Unless you want to go camping at night in the Everglades ... yeah those flying bugs might just carry you and your tent off.
Zombo
The worst mosquito swarms I have ever seen have been in Minnesota and Canada, though, certainly, SoFlo has a lot more of those than I care for.
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1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.
2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)
3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.
4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?
5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.
1. With football over for the season, which sporting event did you watch: Winter Olympics, NBA All Star Game, Daytona 500, College Basketball, Pebble Beach Pro-Am, or something else.
I watched a little of the NBA All Star Game but that was pretty much it.
2. With the damn snow and ice mounting up this week, and at my age I am thinking of going somewhere warmer for retirement. Suggest a good retirement community. (Even if you aren't personally old enough to do this, I suspect you have parents/granparents or other relatives that have considered this)
I've never traveled out of Ohio but my sister told me Arizona is nice but the heat can be killer. My aunt lives in Hunstville Alabama and she loves it down there.
3. Have you seen Avatar in 3-D, if so, report.
I didn't see it in 3-D but I did see it in theaters. Story is closely resembling something we've all heard before (Pocahontas) but the visuals are amazing and I really enjoyed it Look forward to the sequel(s).
4. Should the Cavs make the trade for Amare Stoudemire?
YES!
5. What did you get your main squeeze for Valentine's Day? If you don't have one, tell us, and the rest of us can give you hints on how to get one.
No current main squeeze.
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Some retorts on some of the things said so far:
1. Someone mentioned Supercross....is that the Olympic snowboard event? Or the thing in dirt with mopeds?
2. I am over 55, so any suggestions can take that into account.
3. Someone asked the same question that was on my mind: would they be able to produce some kind of 3D DVD or whatever for home viewing.
4. On the various suggestions for retirement, I think Florida would be OK only in winter. A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
My father in law lives in South Carolina. But up near Columbia. SC is not high on my list. Same godawful hot summers as the Florida issue.
I have been to both Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, and they could be excellent choices except for 2 things: cost of living and distance from family. (Same problem I have with going to Ireland)
Arizona is a thought, but not the Phoenix area. If we went it would probably north of there. Around Prescott maybe. Sedona would be too rich for our blood, but some areas near Sedona might be more reasonable.
4. On the various suggestions for retirement, I think Florida would be OK only in winter. A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
My father in law lives in South Carolina. But up near Columbia. SC is not high on my list. Same godawful hot summers as the Florida issue.
I have been to both Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, and they could be excellent choices except for 2 things: cost of living and distance from family. (Same problem I have with going to Ireland)
Columbia, SC is THE WORST. I wouldn't want to live their either. It's hot, humid, and miserable in the summers. I'd still recommend Greenville. It has a whole different feel than the rest of the state.
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A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
No, I can tell you it's not.
First, I am a northerner and in many way prefer the cooler temps.
That said, unless you really get inland, Chattanooga is hotter than Fla.
At least in Fla there always seems to be a breeze to cool you off.
No doubt it is humid, but rarely do you feel a bead of sweat drop from the crown of your balding head, down your back, to the crack of your butt.
That's N.O, Mobile, or Houston in the summer.
Trust me, I know the feeling
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The only complaint I have about Florida is the water pressure in the showers. Ive stayed in alot of different houses and hotels and none of them had any water pressure. Everytime I take a vacation and head down there that's about the only thing I miss lol.
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The only complaint I have about Florida is the water pressure in the showers. Ive stayed in alot of different houses and hotels and none of them had any water pressure. Everytime I take a vacation and head down there that's about the only thing I miss lol.
The only complaint I have about Florida is the water pressure in the showers. Ive stayed in alot of different houses and hotels and none of them had any water pressure. Everytime I take a vacation and head down there that's about the only thing I miss lol.
It's all in the low volume shower heads. At your own place you can install any head you want.
Go to California and you get a wet wipe to wash down.
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Back in the early 60's, we were moving into a house in Cambridge Ohio, and
I walked into the mostly empty house just after some stuff was unloaded from the truck,
and I saw a wasp that big. It was 3 1/4 inches long, and was some kind of thing just like that.
A teacher had an uncle who was an entamologist sp?, and said is was not all that uncommon, they only
hunt at night. Well, it freaked me out, so I killed it with a cardboard tube of Christmas wrap... @@.
It wasn't called a tarantula wasp, though. Very strange to see something like that, never saw it again.
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4. On the various suggestions for retirement, I think Florida would be OK only in winter. A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
My father in law lives in South Carolina. But up near Columbia. SC is not high on my list. Same godawful hot summers as the Florida issue.
I have been to both Hawaii and the Virgin Islands, and they could be excellent choices except for 2 things: cost of living and distance from family. (Same problem I have with going to Ireland)
Columbia, SC is THE WORST. I wouldn't want to live their either. It's hot, humid, and miserable in the summers. I'd still recommend Greenville. It has a whole different feel than the rest of the state.
Columbia, SC is THE WORST. I wouldn't want to live their either. It's hot, humid, and miserable in the summers. I'd still recommend Greenville. It has a whole different feel than the rest of the state.
Sounds to me like a little parochialism rearing its head. Kind of like us saying "who the hell would want to live in Pittsburgh, its the worst".
Are you trying to tell me that the heat and humidity they get in Columbia in the summers is no where to be found 75 miles up the road? And you don't get snow? If that is so, indeed, it must be a paradise. Somehow, I am skeptical.
So, what are you: a Gamecock or a Tiger?
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A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
No, I can tell you it's not.
First, I am a northerner and in many way prefer the cooler temps.
That said, unless you really get inland, Chattanooga is hotter than Fla.
At least in Fla there always seems to be a breeze to cool you off.
No doubt it is humid, but rarely do you feel a bead of sweat drop from the crown of your balding head, down your back, to the crack of your butt.
That's N.O, Mobile, or Houston in the summer.
Trust me, I know the feeling
A summer there may in fact be worse than a winter here.
No, I can tell you it's not.
First, I am a northerner and in many way prefer the cooler temps.
That said, unless you really get inland, Chattanooga is hotter than Fla.
At least in Fla there always seems to be a breeze to cool you off.
No doubt it is humid, but rarely do you feel a bead of sweat drop from the crown of your balding head, down your back, to the crack of your butt.
That's N.O, Mobile, or Houston in the summer.
Trust me, I know the feeling
Well, I lived in Florida for one summer when I was young, and to me, even at 20 years old, it was unbearable. I mean, it really is just a sauna bath. Maybe if you are right on the beach it may not be so bad, but I only lived 5-6 miles inland, and it was crazy hot and humid. I later years when I would go down in the summer, just going from the car into a store would result in a feeling like I was doused with water, the sweat was rolling so bad. Maybe its just me.
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mikeyP72 said:
Southern California trumps all of those places. I cant imagine living anywhere else ever again.Weather wise, the San Diego or LA areas are probably ideal. Though don't they have a saying about the 4 seasons there:
Fire, mudslides, earthquakes, and...something. The issues there is overpopulation, smog, traffic, and cost of living.
Are there some smaller less congested, less expensive areas in SoCal you could reccomend?
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being in the army in my 20's and driving moving trucks till a couple of years ago i've seen a great deal of not only this country but the world, and i've got to say colorado has got to be one of the most beautiful places i've ever been. drove out to telluride a couple of years ago by myself in a busted old 26' truck and man, it was a life changing experience. but then again i don't mind the north and the changing seasons. i don't know if i could handle the same weather everyday. especially after retiring. fall into a lull and die. maybe the best thing to do is buy a freakin winnebago and go where you want, when you want. (too bad you couldn't fly it over to germany where i was at. i would move there in a heartbeat. best looking women in the world, and the best beer! and it's close to italy, swtz and AMSTERDAM!) hey gip: good luck with whatever you decide to do!
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being in the army in my 20's and driving moving trucks till a couple of years ago i've seen a great deal of not only this country but the world, and i've got to say colorado has got to be one of the most beautiful places i've ever been. drove out to telluride a couple of years ago by myself in a busted old 26' truck and man, it was a life changing experience. but then again i don't mind the north and the changing seasons. i don't know if i could handle the same weather everyday. especially after retiring. fall into a lull and die. maybe the best thing to do is buy a freakin winnebago and go where you want, when you want. (too bad you couldn't fly it over to germany where i was at. i would move there in a heartbeat. best looking women in the world, and the best beer! and it's close to italy, swtz and AMSTERDAM!) hey gip: good luck with whatever you decide to do!
being in the army in my 20's and driving moving trucks till a couple of years ago i've seen a great deal of not only this country but the world, and i've got to say colorado has got to be one of the most beautiful places i've ever been. drove out to telluride a couple of years ago by myself in a busted old 26' truck and man, it was a life changing experience. but then again i don't mind the north and the changing seasons. i don't know if i could handle the same weather everyday. especially after retiring. fall into a lull and die. maybe the best thing to do is buy a freakin winnebago and go where you want, when you want. (too bad you couldn't fly it over to germany where i was at. i would move there in a heartbeat. best looking women in the world, and the best beer! and it's close to italy, swtz and AMSTERDAM!) hey gip: good luck with whatever you decide to do!
Well, here are the issues with what you say: I have done a lot of traveling, and would like to continue to do a lot of traveling, but the fact is, traveling, while fun, can also be fairly wearying. Especially so as you get older. I can't roll all day down the highway the way I used to. Even 5 years ago I took trips where I would put upwards of 3000 miles on a rental car in a week or 10 days. I don't think I really want to do that now. I would be too wiped out to enjoy the travel.
And the other thing is, yes, I like the seasons, but I am about fed up with struggling with ice and snow just to get around.
I wouldn't mind a location that gets a little snow, but this 2 feet of snow that sticks around for a month is a big PITA. My neighbors elderly mother just fell and broke her hip on the ice. I really don't want that happening to me when I get about 70.
I know I complained about the summers in Fla. and South Carolina, which are bad. But one thing about them: You don't have to shovel sunshine.
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