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Posted: May 31, 2005 11:05 pm
by Brown Eyed Girl
Folks here keep asking me why on earth I'd want to move to Florida. I grew up in SoCal and I love our beaches, but they are NOTHING like Florida's. And I don't think FL has nearly as many freeway shootings.
I just tell them the truth. I know in my heart I am meant to do something else with my life, the one thing that touches my soul. And I think Florida will help me get to that place. Besides, I really have more friends in FL and the southeast than I do in Cali now. And I can always get my Cali friends to come visit.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:07 pm
by PHBeerman
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:Folks here keep asking me why on earth I'd want to move to Florida. I grew up in SoCal and I love our beaches, but they are NOTHING like Florida's. And I don't think FL has nearly as many freeway shootings.
I just tell them the truth. I know in my heart I am meant to do something else with my life, the one thing that touches my soul. And I think Florida will help me get to that place. Besides, I really have more friends in FL and the southeast than I do in Cali now. And I can always get my Cali friends to come visit.
I really like San Diego (Don't tell Lightning Bolt) But the rest of SoCal....... A little too much crime for me. Go where your heart leads you.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:12 pm
by HsvParrothead
Yeah... Great Post Quint... Good Angle On The Situation and VERY interesting story dude
'preciate that link you sent me too...
BEG -- Mid life crisis?!?!?!? Your not 40 yet
But I think we're all in the same boat on this one... Me, You, John... we're all lookin for better days, blue sky and ultra violet rays... and I'm just lookin to get back to livin Floridays...
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:15 pm
by Brown Eyed Girl
I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste. It takes forever to get anywhere if you don't know the area.
I loved Newport Beach. We'd get a place on the beach every summer, it was great. But again, too crowded and too expensive. And yeah, the crime here sucks, as does the traffic.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:16 pm
by Brown Eyed Girl
HsvParrothead wrote:Yeah... Great Post Quint... Good Angle On The Situation and VERY interesting story dude
'preciate that link you sent me too...
BEG -- Mid life crisis?!?!?!? Your not 40 yet
But I think we're all in the same boat on this one... Me, You, John... we're all lookin for better days, blue sky and ultra violet rays... and I'm just lookin to get back to livin Floridays...
6 more days...
Hey...a boat! We need a really big yacht...then we could all just live there!
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:16 pm
by balcony girls
ok . .here's my story . .
I was a tax accountant at a major refinery in Memphis . .one day . .I did the Norman Paperman thing. . literally stood up and said . . " I will not do this anymore . "
next day gave my 2 weeks notice . . .took my profit sharing $ $ . .and took off for a year . .
during that time I traveled via AmTrak all the way to Seattle to see my keets . .and down to New Orleans to have some fun . .
came back and enrolled in college for the first time . . at age 48 . .got a job at FedEx slingin packages ( and bigger ) into a can . .
jumpseated to Tampa one time to visit a friend and ran into an old co-worker that was a manager in Tampa. .
" I think I need to work here " , I said . .he said " you'll have a job when you get here" . . only it will be part time . .20 hours a week . .
I came to Tampa with a suitcase . .and very little money
and found paradise . .
. . .trust me . .
you will never regret it . . . .
I've never had a bad day since I've been here . .
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:18 pm
by PHBeerman
balcony girls wrote:ok . .here's my story . .
I was a tax accountant at a major refinery in Memphis . .one day . .I did the Norman Paperman thing. . literally stood up and said . . " I will not do this anymore . "
next day gave my 2 weeks notice . . .took my profit sharing $ $ . .and took off for a year . .
during that time I traveled via AmTrak all the way to Seattle to see my keets . .and down to New Orleans to have some fun . .
came back and enrolled in college for the first time . . at age 48 . .got a job at FedEx slingin packages ( and bigger ) into a can . .
jumpseated to Tampa one time to visit a friend and ran into an old co-worker that was a manager in Tampa. .
" I think I need to work here " , I said . .he said " you'll have a job when you get here" . . only it will be part time . .20 hours a week . .
I came to Tampa with a suitcase . .and very little money
and found paradise . .
. . .trust me . .
you will never regret it . . . .
Damn that is a good story.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:19 pm
by HsvParrothead
Odd you should mention it... I just submitted a resume today to sell Yachts...
Can you imagine it... Me as a Yacht Broker
I figured it was kinda fitting... givin my sales background and my lifestyle
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:20 pm
by Quint
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste.
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Crowded? Ya FLA is getting pretty crowded too. As a matter of fact, forget anything good I said about Florida. Y'all better just stay where you are
Only thirty eight minutes till Hurricane season oPHicially '05 starts.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:21 pm
by PHBeerman
Quint wrote:Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste.
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Crowded? Ya FLA is getting pretty crowded too. As a matter of fact, forget anything good I said about Florida. Y'all better just stay where you are
Only thirty eight minutes till Hurricane season oPHicially '05 starts.
Hurricanes kick ass. Can I come sit one out with you? We can tell lies, drink and watch the wind blow.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:25 pm
by Brown Eyed Girl
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:26 pm
by FinzEast
I came really close a number of years ago. We hit KW during a week vacation in Ft. Lauderdale. We went on a snorkel trip on a catamaran, i was sold..once we docked I found the office and applied for a job...I never heard back from them and never followed up with it, cause i met a women, who later became my wife...but i still always wonder
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:27 pm
by Quint
PHBeerman wrote:Quint wrote:Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste.
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Crowded? Ya FLA is getting pretty crowded too. As a matter of fact, forget anything good I said about Florida. Y'all better just stay where you are
Only thirty eight minutes till Hurricane season oPHicially '05 starts.
Hurricanes kick ass. Can I come sit one out with you? We can tell lies, drink and watch the wind blow.
If you can handle listening to DKD whine about the lack of power. I love the power loss. I think of it as forced family fun time.
Just bring your gas powered blender.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:29 pm
by PHBeerman
Quint wrote:PHBeerman wrote:Quint wrote:Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste.
.
Crowded? Ya FLA is getting pretty crowded too. As a matter of fact, forget anything good I said about Florida. Y'all better just stay where you are
Only thirty eight minutes till Hurricane season oPHicially '05 starts.
Hurricanes kick ass. Can I come sit one out with you? We can tell lies, drink and watch the wind blow.
If you can handle listening to DKD whine about the lack of power. I love the power loss. I think of it as forced family fun time.
Just bring your gas powered blender.
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:33 pm
by HsvParrothead
PHBeerman wrote:Hurricanes kick ass. Can I come sit one out with you? We can tell lies, drink and watch the wind blow.
There's ANOTHER FINE POINT...
Been through the Hurricanes as a child in Florida and numerous Tropical Storms... Been through Numerous Tornado's...
I'll take a Hurricane anytime... at least you can see them coming for several days
NOT AT ALL TO DOWNPLAY THE DESTRUCTION FROM LAST SEASON
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:35 pm
by balcony girls
PHBeerman wrote:Quint wrote:Brown Eyed Girl wrote:I like SD too, but it has gotten way too crowded for my taste.
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Crowded? Ya FLA is getting pretty crowded too. As a matter of fact, forget anything good I said about Florida. Y'all better just stay where you are
Only thirty eight minutes till Hurricane season oPHicially '05 starts.
Hurricanes kick ass. Can I come sit one out with you? We can tell lies, drink and watch the wind blow.
how bout y'all come over here and keep me safe . .
I plan on fillin up the tub with ice . . gotta have my beer . .
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:38 pm
by HsvParrothead
balcony girls wrote:how bout y'all come over here and keep me safe . .
I plan on fillin up the tub with ice . . gotta have my beer . .
In the words of the man himself.... "if ya gonna get blown away, it's best to be blown away while it's happenin"
Posted: May 31, 2005 11:41 pm
by balcony girls
HsvParrothead wrote:balcony girls wrote:how bout y'all come over here and keep me safe . .
I plan on fillin up the tub with ice . . gotta have my beer . .
In the words of the man himself.... "if ya gonna get blown away, it's best to be blown away while it's happenin"
and I bet he added . .
and do it with your phriends. .
Posted: June 1, 2005 12:03 am
by HsvParrothead
Ya know... so far I'm seeing a connection here... all the Floridians in here have the same common thread...
They all just up and left for Florida to improve/change their lives
Without a whole lot of forethought on the matter..
Posted: June 1, 2005 12:08 am
by balcony girls
HsvParrothead wrote:Ya know... so far I'm seeing a connection here... all the Floridians in here have the same common thread...
They all just up and left for Florida to improve/change their lives
Without a whole lot of forethought on the matter..
" goin where the weather suits my clothes " " . .
" lookin for Floridays . ."
" I have found me a home " . .
among other things . .
. . . .Jimmy knows. . .