Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 28, 2020 Would you be worried about moving near @AirwickWithCheese? My wife is very seriously looking at the Carolinas. Do they have a hockey team? Can I still root for the Bruins? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted November 28, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Would you be worried about moving near @AirwickWithCheese? My wife is very seriously looking at the Carolinas. Do they have a hockey team? Can I still root for the Bruins? They have the Hartford Whaler franchise. But I doubt anyone would care about you rooting for the Bruins. They care a lot more about your choice of NASCAR drivers. Tread carefully there. And church attendance is mandatory, even if you’re not a believer. You’ll love it there. Might want to lose one of your front teeth if you want to fit in quicker. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #3 Posted November 28, 2020 Buff Jim is very culturally astute. Bir that is a very tricky and real thing. I don’t think my wife can fit in anywhere other than NJ which is unfortunate because the taxes are so -\]#^¥¥ high OTOH, I don’t have the energy to move anyhoo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted November 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, BuffJim said: They have the Hartford Whaler franchise. But I doubt anyone would care about you rooting for the Bruins. They care a lot more about your choice of NASCAR drivers. Tread carefully there. And church attendance is mandatory, even if you’re not a believer. You’ll love it there. Might want to lose one of your front teeth if you want to fit in quicker. I'm all set on the missing teeth front. Not going to church, not an option. I will never watch NASCAR. Never. Jeff Dunham nailed it. They're taking a left turn... they're taking another left turn... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted November 28, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 28, 2020 North Carolina was our #1 choice, but it wasn't @AirwickWithCheese that threw a ringer into it. With son living in CT, and daughter getting PhD in NY, plan was to move within a day drive of grandchildren after she graduated and settled somewhere. Her settling in Switzerland blew that idea out the window. We do still toy with leaving FL though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Tizeye said: North Carolina was our #1 choice, but it wasn't @AirwickWithCheese that threw a ringer into it. With son living in CT, and daughter getting PhD in NY, plan was to move within a day drive of grandchildren after she graduated and settled somewhere. Her settling in Switzerland blew that idea out the window. We do still toy with leaving FL though. Bermuda? Or maybe Greenland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted November 28, 2020 I am worried about the @AirwickWithCheese thing. Will I need to host Saturday tea and learn how to play bridge? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I'm all set on the missing teeth front. Not going to church, not an option. I will never watch NASCAR. Never. Jeff Dunham nailed it. They're taking a left turn... they're taking another left turn... Ya'll might want to think about what's behind door 2. The only remaining option for door 1 is to become an accomplished banjo picker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #9 Posted November 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tizeye said: North Carolina was our #1 choice, but it wasn't @AirwickWithCheese that threw a ringer into it. With son living in CT, and daughter getting PhD in NY, plan was to move within a day drive of grandchildren after she graduated and settled somewhere. Her settling in Switzerland blew that idea out the window. We do still toy with leaving FL though. Why in the world would you want to leave Florida. You are just entering the optimum age bracket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: Why in the world would you want to leave Florida. You are just entering the optimum age bracket. Too hot, too humid, too many gators, too many people in general and bozos in particular. Hurricanes. OTOH, low taxes! And nice winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted November 28, 2020 I got this for my wife so she'll fit in. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Square Wheels said: I got this for my wife so she'll fit in. Yes she will, quite nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #13 Posted November 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Too hot, too humid, too many gators, too many people in general and bozos in particular. Hurricanes. OTOH, low taxes! And nice winters. All told I've lived in FL for about 3 years total with 2 in Key West and 1 in Orlando. It was great. On the other hand, I lived in very solid buildings quite capable of surviving storms. My only real worry would be with the future of the water level there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted November 28, 2020 Share #14 Posted November 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I am worried about the @AirwickWithCheese thing. Will I need to host Saturday tea and learn how to play bridge? Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted November 28, 2020 Share #15 Posted November 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Why in the world would you want to leave Florida. You are just entering the optimum age bracket. Too many old people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 28, 2020 Share #16 Posted November 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Philander Seabury said: Buff Jim is very culturally astute. Bir that is a very tricky and real thing. I don’t think my wife can fit in anywhere other than NJ which is unfortunate because the taxes are so -\]#^¥¥ high OTOH, I don’t have the energy to move anyhoo. What is Bir? I'm glad we don't have NASCAR up at our end. Admittedly there are some states which up in Canada we never hear much about in media often or its history is buried under the importance of other states where U.S. history began or another great natural beauty location somewhere else. For instance other than the Cour d'Alene bike trail in Idaho, I don't know much else. Nor even hear anything else in the mainstream media about what's going on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #17 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, shootingstar said: What is Bir? Bir is a typo or Otto Correct version of but. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 28, 2020 Share #18 Posted November 28, 2020 In fact, some states, we never about anything up in Canada, except if there was a terrible shooting, major disaster or....during an election presidential campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted November 28, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 28, 2020 I think being comfortable with the people and customs is a lot more important than the weather. I'd rather be helping an old neighbor move snow than sitting alone on park bench feeding pigeons in the sunshine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted November 28, 2020 Share #20 Posted November 28, 2020 Mrs and I have been duking it out aboot retiring. She says she wants to move somewhere warm wants and be near the grandkids. The problem with that is our son is in the military and moves around every few years. I have one move left in me. I told her if I do move south it would be near the smoky mountains/Pigeon Forge area. Maybe buy one of the thousands of rental cabins with a mountain view and an indoor pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #21 Posted November 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Square Wheels said: looking at the Carolinas. My brother keeps floating Charleston SC as his next move. I like the idea of coastal or mountainous areas in the Carolinas, but you're still in the Carolinas. With that goes a good bit of proud in being backward looking rather than forward thinking. I do think it is a fun place to visit and even live for a spell, but not sure about it as a permanent retirement spot. Could be a split-location sort of thing, where you get the Utah place and she gets the Carolina place and you move between them as desired. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #22 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Razors Edge said: Could be a split-location sort of thing, where you get the Utah place and she gets the Carolina place and you move between them as desired. You have me confused with a 1%er, I'm only a 2%er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted November 28, 2020 Share #23 Posted November 28, 2020 Now that we are both retired we are going to stay right where we are now besides all my stuff is here anyway. It cost us almost nothing to live in our house, some of the things that I like to do are near by and Road America is only a minutes away. If we get sick of winter we will just jump in the motorhome and head south for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #24 Posted November 28, 2020 What's wrong with NASCAR other than lacking a proper frame of reference to understanding exactly how much skill is involved in turning left 1 1/000 of a second better than the guy you are racing against who is just as good as you are. I was a drag racer, which surprisingly doesn't involve a straight line as much as you might think but rather a series of controlled slides more or less in the direction of the finish line. I attended a driving school at Orlando speedway to get to drive a stock car at speed. Then I did a ride around with a professional driver at Daytona Speedway to gain an appreciation of what that was like. Wholy carp, this is nothing but a two lane road barely suitable for 2 cars wide going into the next turn and I've seen them do it 3 wide. The worst driver in the Daytona 500, the one who can't even get a sponsor, has more left turning skill that you or I will probably ever have. I suppose that it's something that one grows up with, much like soccer or hockey, sports which also have their detractors. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zephyr Posted November 28, 2020 Popular Post Share #25 Posted November 28, 2020 My retirement plan is to buy a brand new snow shovel, put it in plain view and drive south until someone asks me "What the hell is that thing?" When that happens, I will start looking for houses for sale there 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 28, 2020 Share #26 Posted November 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Zephyr said: My retirement plan is to buy a brand new snow shovel, put it in plain view and drive south until someone asks me "What the hell is that thing?" When that happens, I will start looking for houses for sale there Here is my motto, it may work for you. “I go to the snow, it does not come to me”. We were talking about where we would live when we retire to our son and my wife, for the first time ever said we’d probably stay here. For 23 years she wanted to live everywhere but here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #27 Posted November 28, 2020 56 minutes ago, team scooter said: Mrs and I have been duking it out aboot retiring. She says she wants to move somewhere warm wants and be near the grandkids. The problem with that is our son is in the military and moves around every few years. I have one move left in me. I told her if I do move south it would be near the smoky mountains/Pigeon Forge area. Maybe buy one of the thousands of rental cabins with a mountain view and an indoor pool. Could have sold you an entire "mountain" about 30 miles north of Knoxville about 25 years ago....The old house actually had a tobacco barn...and indoor plumbing 😁...and a front porch where you could learn banjo. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #28 Posted November 28, 2020 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: “I go to the snow, it does not come to me”. A great one! I love snow where snow is supposed to be - at ski resorts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted November 28, 2020 Share #29 Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, Razors Edge said: A great one! I love snow where snow is supposed to be - at ski resorts! I have told this to the dreaded MIL for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #30 Posted November 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Square Wheels said: I'm all set on the missing teeth front. Not going to church, not an option. I will never watch NASCAR. Never. Jeff Dunham nailed it. They're taking a left turn... they're taking another left turn... How many guns do you have and/or plan on buying? N+1 applies to them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2020 Share #31 Posted November 28, 2020 Be careful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 28, 2020 Share #32 Posted November 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Razors Edge said: My brother keeps floating Charleston SC as his next move. I like the idea of coastal or mountainous areas in the Carolinas, but you're still in the Carolinas. With that goes a good bit of proud in being backward looking rather than forward thinking. I do think it is a fun place to visit and even live for a spell, but not sure about it as a permanent retirement spot. Could be a split-location sort of thing, where you get the Utah place and she gets the Carolina place and you move between them as desired. The only attraction to keep place where am now for work, is that it's only 100 km. away from Rocky mountains....which really are international attraction that places Canada as a powerful draw for tourists before and after covid. It's not hard to get quickly away from the crowds in vast wilderness. Like get lost for rescue... But will be heading out the B.C. for a majority chunk. People who have money from our area have vacation homes in these areas: mountain resort towns of Canmore, if they are rich enough in Banff (owning property is expensive because you are living in a national park...therefore but effort for environmental protection, more green local transportation choices, etc.), Okanagan Valley (vineyard region for B.C. wines) or Vancouver. Cost of Vancouver home, was different 20 yrs. ago compared to now. I do know of people from the prairies who retired to Canadian Gulf Islands by Vancouver Island. So those choices are for Canadians who either love alot of snow, vast amounts of mountain wilderness areas, (mountain ski towns are bit too long winter-wise for me..I would feel snow trapped. And spring would too muddy to go hiking) or don't mind chance snow or some rain. For living, I tend to like temperate climates with more vegetation/trees, where seasons change noticeably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #33 Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, 2Far said: How many guns do you have and/or plan on buying? N+1 applies to them, too. None and none. I'm not going to fit in, am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #34 Posted November 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Square Wheels said: I got this for my wife so she'll fit in. I think this is a bit more appropriate. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #35 Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, SpeedDemon said: I think this is a bit more appropriate. Is that for me? Awwww. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #36 Posted November 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Razors Edge said: My brother keeps floating Charleston SC as his next move. I like the idea of coastal or mountainous areas in the Carolinas, but you're still in the Carolinas. With that goes a good bit of proud in being backward looking rather than forward thinking. I do think it is a fun place to visit and even live for a spell, but not sure about it as a permanent retirement spot. Could be a split-location sort of thing, where you get the Utah place and she gets the Carolina place and you move between them as desired. My mother pointed out that Charleston is hotter than H#$L in the summer. No thanks. I'd rather do mountains and a lake. Lake Keowee is my first choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #37 Posted November 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: None and none. I'm not going to fit in, am I. No. retire in Connecticut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #38 Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, 2Far said: No. retire in Connecticut May as well stay where I am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #39 Posted November 28, 2020 Quite honestly I'd like to live on Maui up on the mountain on a big piece of land where I can plant a garden and see the ocean. But Mr. Square Wheels does not like that plan. Oregon is my second choice. He does not like that either. SC is my 3rd choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #40 Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, SpeedDemon said: Quite honestly I'd like to live on Maui up on the mountain on a big piece of land where I can plant a garden and see the ocean. But Mr. Square Wheels does not like that plan. Oregon is my second choice. He does not like that either. SC is my 3rd choice. Where is Utah in this "plan"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #41 Posted November 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Where is Utah in this "plan"? Not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share #42 Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, SpeedDemon said: Not. I want a divorce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #43 Posted November 28, 2020 Okay, so I'm more afraid of Utah than the south. I grew up in the south and can handle any redneckness we might encounter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted November 28, 2020 Share #44 Posted November 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, SpeedDemon said: Not. Kansas is the perfect compromise, everybody's miserable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedDemon Posted November 28, 2020 Share #45 Posted November 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: I want a divorce. Yeah, that's not happening... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #46 Posted November 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Razors Edge said: My brother keeps floating Charleston SC as his next move. I like the idea of coastal or mountainous areas in the Carolinas, but you're still in the Carolinas. With that goes a good bit of proud in being backward looking rather than forward thinking. I do think it is a fun place to visit and even live for a spell, but not sure about it as a permanent retirement spot. Could be a split-location sort of thing, where you get the Utah place and she gets the Carolina place and you move between them as desired. Punny that you used the word “floating” and Charleston in the same sentence. Article in the Post last week talked about Charleston wanting to build a 12 foot wall to keep the streets from flooding. Don’t get me wrong, I love Charleston, it’s a beautiful city. But in ten years the battery will be underwater unless they do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #47 Posted November 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: Punny that you used the word “floating” and Charleston in the same sentence. Article in the Post last week talked about Charleston wanting to build a 12 foot wall to keep the streets from flooding. Don’t get me wrong, I love Charleston, it’s a beautiful city. But in ten years the battery will be underwater unless they do something. It's the same in Norfolk VA. A combination of the coastal plate sinking and the water level rising has a 2X effect on these areas. That's the only reason I'm afraid of starting a family housing project in FL Some very pretty coastal areas are getting wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted November 28, 2020 Share #48 Posted November 28, 2020 28 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: It's the same in Norfolk VA. A combination of the coastal plate sinking and the water level rising has a 2X effect on these areas. That's the only reason I'm afraid of starting a family housing project in FL Some very pretty coastal areas are getting wet. Another reason I’m liking the Blue Ridge mountains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Square Wheels Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share #50 Posted November 29, 2020 2 hours ago, SpeedDemon said: Yeah, that's not happening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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