mmmm, kinky, BenD ! ;-) > More to the point: > > Who is Georgia? > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:44 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: Georgia Bound! > : > : > : Georgia bound? > : Does that mean Phil's been teaching you about English sex? > : > : /me ducks lacquered muffin barrage... > : > : -Benny > : > : > So! Some weird news from across the pond ... > : > > : > I was waiting until we had final approval on the house we wanted before > : > I made an announcement, and since the money is being wired today to hold > : > our spot, I figure now is as good a time as any! > : > > : > Since Phil has joined me in my business and we've also started our own > : > company and we are both working from home, we can live wherever we > : > choose. He's gone and decided that he'd like to spend some time in the > : > states, so away we go! ALSO, we were going to buy a house here (UK), but
> : > the housing costs have skyrocketed since I moved here in 2001, and it > : > makes no sense to buy here right now. Even though I'd like to stay. > : > > : > In Georgia, the Gainesville area, which is where were headed, 4 & 5 > : > bedroom houses are going from $100,000 - $170,000 with a decent chunk of > : > land. The nice top of the line, custom jobbers are going for $250,000 - > : > $300,000. > : > > : > The house we almost bought here was almost $375,000 and NOWHERE near the > : > : > size of the ones we're looking at in Georgia. So it just makes no sense > : > to buy over here, when our money stretches farther in the US. We could > : > probably find quite a bargain in the hills of Wales or the outskirts of > : > the Scottish mountains, but then we'd get no internet access. :-/ > : > > : > Why Georgia of all spots? > : > > : > Professionally, a bunch of our friends (you guys!!!) and business > : > contacts live in and around the Atlanta/Georgia area. It's also a Delta > : > hub and they have non-stop flights in and out of Gatwick, so that makes > : > it easy to fly back and forth. The Atlanta area also appears wired to > : > the hilt with broadband options, so we're all set there. It's on the > : > East coast which was a requirement and close and in the South, I refuse > : > to sit through another NorthEast winter. :D There area we are looking at > : > has a huge lake (Lake Lanier) and I've always wanted to live on or near > : > water. > : > > : > We were going to wait a year before coming over when we first made the > : > : > decision, but while we were sitting and waiting at the US Embassy to > : > replace my passport 2 weeks ago, we decided "why wait?" We had to fly to > : > Georgia in September for Adam's class anyway ... Why not just make it > : > permanent? So immediately upon arriving home from London, we searched > : > for a place to rent and a week later we had one. 3300 square feet later, > : > cheaper than we pay now at three times the size. Bing bang boom. Done. > : > > : > We're 80% packed, will finish the rest this weekend, all that's left is > : > to sell off the vehicles, finish the paperwork on the pets, buy the > : > plane tickets, supervise the movers picking up the stuff - and we're > : > off! > : > > : > > : > Cheers, > : > Erika > : > With a K > : > Soon to be - not in the UK! > : > > : > > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
