Lott’s garlic in the diet helps keep the pests at bay, and a healthy supply of alcohol
Orlando doesn’t get much of the sea breeze effect plus all the damn I4 traffic
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Looking for a warm weather coastal place to retire where the medical care is great and we won't die from a hurricane.
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Orlando doesn’t get much of the sea breeze effect plus all the damn I4 traffic
@Bender
Wait a second...dont you have a boat?
There's a place for sale right next to mine. Howdy neighbor.
Wait a second...dont you have a boat?
There's a place for sale right next to mine. Howdy neighbor.
@Bender
I see you are mad at me, with good cause. I apologize profusely, and hope sincerely we can patch up our relationship.
What a team we could make. My vast experience in saltwater fishing, your obvious mastery of marine navigational skills. It's a match made in heaven.
Also, could you send pictures of the boat?
I see you are mad at me, with good cause. I apologize profusely, and hope sincerely we can patch up our relationship.
What a team we could make. My vast experience in saltwater fishing, your obvious mastery of marine navigational skills. It's a match made in heaven.
Also, could you send pictures of the boat?
Laugh now.. bc it was my experience.. save the tears for when it's yours. Those cockroaches... revolting. I still have bad dreams about them. You step on one and the crunch snap sound is so loud it's like you broke a bone and the squirt of gray guts that flies out sideways about sends you screaming into the night. You def will not be walking into your house with those shoes on ever again. Can we talk about the average IQ or general evolvement/awareness of people? Coming from CA it's like going back in the twilight zone... especially out the the burbs into the deep rural areas. I swear there's a portion of the population that still hasn't gotten past the Civil war. You will be shocked at some of the entrenched bias that seemed to be the norm. No offense anyone.. just my experience.
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Have you considered a place where you can own a rental property or two as well?
lots of folks can sell a house in CA and buy 2-3 in Florida or 2 in lake havasu.
that is if you have the mindset for rentals.
i have seen couples where the man dies and the wife is ignorant with investments.
some get taken advantage of or move 2-3 times following grandkids and go broke buying, selling and moving.
Whatever you do, be on the same page as the spouse
lots of folks can sell a house in CA and buy 2-3 in Florida or 2 in lake havasu.
that is if you have the mindset for rentals.
i have seen couples where the man dies and the wife is ignorant with investments.
some get taken advantage of or move 2-3 times following grandkids and go broke buying, selling and moving.
Whatever you do, be on the same page as the spouse
You forgot about stepping out of the shower, drying off and never actually getting dry unless you stand under the ceiling fan for 5 minutes.
Then there's the roaming bull gators looking for love.
Water moccasins.
Rattlesnakes.
Coral snakes.
Big giant pythons in the south.
Bull sharks that refuse to stay in the salt water.
Oak leaves trying to kill your expensive St. Augustine grass.
Chinch bugs doing the same.
Old, really old people that still drive.
Golf carts on the road.
Orlando has to be one of the worst places to live in Florida.
Tourist morons everywhere and a city built on a 45* angle.
It's as if the Saxons built it instead of the Romans.
It's as if you gave a 3yr old a paper and a crayon and let them scribble. Okay guys, we have our road layout!
Did I mention all the lost tourists?
Don't push otherwise you may need to schedule another repair job:Shut up! I need to poop before I start wrenching.
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Well, it's basically Disney City. The only place I like in Orlando is Foga de Chão (I think that's correct).
Not in your AO....quite yet. I do need to go down there and cut my brambles again soon.
Getting close:
OK, Orlando is definitely out
Ocean Front property in Arizona sure is tempting.....dry heat and the ocean would be awesome. I used to scuba dive in Sharm el Sheikh which was absolutely glorious at least way back then. Health Care was unfortunately a helicopter ride away.
Ocean Front property in Arizona sure is tempting.....dry heat and the ocean would be awesome. I used to scuba dive in Sharm el Sheikh which was absolutely glorious at least way back then. Health Care was unfortunately a helicopter ride away.
Yeah, Orlando really does suck. They should call those skeeters "Antonovs."
Coastal FL is where it's at. Sea breeze keeps those nasty critters at bay. But you still have roaches galore (no freeze). I actually like the Ocala area; but it's explode and the beach is too far away. If I were to do the inner Florida I'd rather be closer to the Suwanee.
I shoot at several inland ranges from Tallahassee to north of Mobile. Ten degrees hotter and the wind doesn't blow unless you're in a hurricane. I'll stay by the coast.
Florida has a lot of retirement tax advantages, but you pay for it by being in Florida. Property taxes there aren’t cheap either, especially if you’re close to the coast where home values go through the roof.
Hurricane wise, the key is to stay out of the Cat 5 prone area, and stay 15 miles or a bit more inland. For Florida, it’s all Cat 5 area, along with the entire Gulf of Mexico. There’s great building codes there so long as the house is post-94 built, as Florida learned a lot from Andrew and changed the laws afterwards. CMU construction outside of the surge zone and roll shutters, backup generator and a month supply of food/water/fuel, you’ll be fine. Hurricanes are just a thing to me, you can see them coming and plan/evacuate accordingly, better than earthquake and tornado territory.
Never, ever buy a stick built home in Florida, termites are horrible there. That pretty much goes for anywhere in the Deep South, at a minimum get an inspection and a good termite monitoring plan.
I recommend coastal Georgia and the Carolinas. Savannah, Charleston, Myrtle, Wilmington, along with their surrounding areas all have great beaches and fishing, good communities, and good medical care. Just don’t go too rural, it gets really shady in the Carolina sticks for medical. The Atlantic coast cuts the water temps just enough that Cat 5 storms at landfall are extremely rare, making the survival of your home with minimal damage easy in comparison.
As for Wyoming, only the pussies leave for the winter. I shoveled the drive for my very elderly neighbor once, he was appreciative but pissed I took his exercise away. The man can’t even stand upright, but the tough old dude is out there after every storm without fail. I hope I’m able to be the same.
Hurricane wise, the key is to stay out of the Cat 5 prone area, and stay 15 miles or a bit more inland. For Florida, it’s all Cat 5 area, along with the entire Gulf of Mexico. There’s great building codes there so long as the house is post-94 built, as Florida learned a lot from Andrew and changed the laws afterwards. CMU construction outside of the surge zone and roll shutters, backup generator and a month supply of food/water/fuel, you’ll be fine. Hurricanes are just a thing to me, you can see them coming and plan/evacuate accordingly, better than earthquake and tornado territory.
Never, ever buy a stick built home in Florida, termites are horrible there. That pretty much goes for anywhere in the Deep South, at a minimum get an inspection and a good termite monitoring plan.
I recommend coastal Georgia and the Carolinas. Savannah, Charleston, Myrtle, Wilmington, along with their surrounding areas all have great beaches and fishing, good communities, and good medical care. Just don’t go too rural, it gets really shady in the Carolina sticks for medical. The Atlantic coast cuts the water temps just enough that Cat 5 storms at landfall are extremely rare, making the survival of your home with minimal damage easy in comparison.
As for Wyoming, only the pussies leave for the winter. I shoveled the drive for my very elderly neighbor once, he was appreciative but pissed I took his exercise away. The man can’t even stand upright, but the tough old dude is out there after every storm without fail. I hope I’m able to be the same.
The cockroaches aren't an issue if you keep a clean house and pay the $40 month to treat your property and home.
The only time I see roaches is when I grab wood for the fire pit.
The wood rack is off my property line and that's fine. Occasionally, one rides down into the fiery pit of hell.
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Keep the good medical people you have and just commute to Doctor's appointments. Close enough to see the grand-kids who continue to live in SoCal, keep a boat on the river, small house with a top shelf AC..... Lots of So Cal people over there.
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LHC is interesting in the winter, but it’s literally the surface of the sun in summer with temps pushing 120. I do some work there year round, it’s a ghost town in the summer as many there are snowbirds.
"As for Wyoming, only the pussies leave for the winter."
Wrong on that one Red. Some people, me for instance, just hate the cold. Why put up with what you hate when there is a simple solution? Scuba dive in Belize. Ill take this...
over this
Any day.
I lived in nome Alaska for a couple years, one time one of the mosquitoes made the mistake of landing near the airport terminal, they had that fucker refueled and passengers boarding before they realize their mistake.........
Entrenched bias against the atrocities of reconstruction following the Civil War, perhaps ?
Hi,
Take your pick...
Malta
Greece
Morocco
Ras al Khaimah
Jordan
Gibraltar
Sincerely,
Theis
Take your pick...
Malta
Greece
Morocco
Ras al Khaimah
Jordan
Gibraltar
Sincerely,
Theis
Then you stand wrong. For me at least its a matter of preference. If one prefers bourbon to scotch does that make him a pussy? If one pefers a Remington to a Savage? Preference.
Bullshit. People leave the cold because they don’t want to move snow, they don’t want to deal with scraping their car, or they suck at driving on ice. They flee to the south at the first snowflake and don’t come back until the leaves are back on the trees, fair weather residents who try to claim toughness, but they cave (most often at the pleas of their women) and bail. Just a preference? A preference for an easy life, can’t take the heat and can’t take the cold.
I’ll take the skiing, the ice fishing, and the good pay in blizzards, right along with the solitude because weaker folks can’t take the cold and the wind. Sounds just fine to me.
Wrong again and yours is the bullshit attitude. I lived in upstate NY and dealt with it. I just choose not to deal with it any more. Has nothing to do with caving to a woman, thats laughable, I do what the fuck I want. I love the heat and the solitude. Owned a ranch in Texas where my nearest neighbor was 3 miles. Suited me just fine.
You like the cold, ice fishing, skiing? Thats just wonderful for you. I prefer the desert, or scuba diving. Id say that your not being able to respect others choices makes YOU the pussy.
We've all got'em bubba. No need to show it off though. Now Ive gotta end this fun little exchange and go get cleaned up. Later, red.
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