Ironically, I can't seem to grow sweet corn here. Tomatoes kick ... (checking which list I am on) ... butt. I buy sweet corn at the local farmer's market. Peppers and cucumbers do well. And if you don't want to garden, you just walk to the farmer's market and buy freshly picked organic produce for an embarrassingly low price.
You'd love it here, Wilton. Jefferson is an ... er, elderly community. The 65+ age group has a better social life than I do. And when the time comes to get some care, you move into one of three facilities where you have your own apartment, your own nurses, and an on-call physician. Wanna do the VFW thing? They are the biggest club in town, complete with a former Special Forces Army guy in charge. You can't pay for your own beer in Jefferson if you are a veteran. $100K, maybe $70K in this market, will get you a house like mine, a 3 bedroom ranch with a four car garage. $200K will have lawyers and doctors next door. $300K+ you are living in one of the new construction custom mansions. It does get cold during the winter, but as God is my witness, 10F here feels like 30F did when I lived in Elizabeth City. We get snow, but for $30 a guy comes by and clears your sidewalk and driveway. You might see -20F once or twice a year, but you just stay indoors and remark on how cold it is. A retired O-5 could live like a king on his retirement income in Jefferson, and shove money into a savings account every month without feeling the pinch. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > 'Don't need no stinkin' code to grow (or cook) corn in Iowa!!!!! > ;<)))))))) > > Wilton > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090318/311e8d70/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
