Living that dream now. All my tools are a very long drive away. Burns me to know I have the needed tool, but not on hand. Good excuse for me to just look at SWMBA forlorn when she wants something fixed.
I have no use for two homes, where neither one has what I need. SEA has all my gear, nothing I can use up here. Trying to reconcile retirement locale for when SWMBA taps her pension. Aussieland is out, as you have to be younger then 45 to emigrate. clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > On Aug 5, 2020, at 7:36 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > You DO NOT want to move to Illinois. > > My brother in law left Illinois two years ago to move back to Indiana, after > living near Champagne/Urbana for a number of years. Great area, wonderful > college town with a very vibrant community,low crime, etc. His tax burden > dropped by double digits when he moved out of IL. > > The state is going down the financial tubes, and they're increasingly placing > the burden on the taxpayers while doing little to remediate the problems that > caused the issues to begin with. > > I would move back to WI in a heartbeat. SWMBO would never sign off on this > unless it was for a summer home, but I don’t want to split my life between > two places so far apart. All I can think of is what I would do when I needed > something and it was at the other house… > > -D > >> On Aug 5, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> We have had 32 days with highs over 110 degrees this summer so far. More are >> forecasted for the next week. Now, granted, our humidity is nonexistent, so >> it’s just as stifling but in a different way. >> We’ve lived here since 1982. I am getting ready to retire, living in a place >> where many retire to. SWMBO says she misses seasons (I interpret that as, >> “let’s move”). >> We both grew up in Illinois, we have family there, but taxes are killer (my >> dad reminds me every time I talk with him on the phone). >> So much to consider..... >> >> Bob R >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 5, 2020, at 8:15 AM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am with you Curt. Been over 90 here for 5-6 in a row with wicked >>> humidity. We live on the bay but even the breeze off the water is hot. >>> Reminds me of our 8 years in Nashville. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dwight Giles Jr. >>> Wickford RI >>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 11:00 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> You're bonkers, I'd rather have 0F than 85F and 95% humidity. >>>> The storm yesterday has brought us some cooler temperatures which is a >>>> blessing, its been 80+ and 80+% humidity for nearly a month now. >>>> Folks around here are complaining about their electric bill "mysteriously" >>>> going up. Its been way hotter than normal. They don't seem to understand >>>> that the AC works harder when its hotter... >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 7:18:29 PM EDT, Buggered Benzmail via >>>> Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I love the hot humid weather after spending my first 45 years in Indiana >>>> and Boston and the winters there. I love being out in it. >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> Sent from iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Aug 4, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That’s the one thing that’s different about Indiana and Florida. It >>>> doesn’t cool off overnight here like it does there. I lived relatively >>>> close to where Allan lives (I was on the far southside of >>>> Indianapolis/Marion County just east of SR37, the main highway to >>>> Bloomington) and did a lot of farm work north of Martinsville as a teen, >>>> not far from him. >>>>> >>>>> -D >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 4, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I grew up here also and agree, the summer weather hasn't changed >>>>>> much. It's actually very pleasant today, I have had the windows open >>>>>> since last night and it's a comfortable 73 degrees right now. That's >>>>>> unusual for early August. >>>>>> >>>>>> Allan >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Growing up in central Indiana I don’t see where it’s any hotter (or >>>> humid) then as it is now. in the months of July, August and even into >>>> September 90s with maximum humidity was the norm, and I can recall it well. >>>> I was usually baling hay in August or working in greenhouses the rest of >>>> the time as a teenager, hydrating heavily and staying covered if out in the >>>> sun for extended periods. Baling hay you had to wear dungarees and long >>>> sleeved shirts or you would be itching for days afterwards. Stacking in the >>>> barn loft was the worst because it was hotter than Hades in there and there >>>> wasn’t a lot of air moving around. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I don’t ever recall “dangerous heat advisories” when I was a kid. We >>>> were lucky to get the parents to turn on the AC. They were convinced you >>>> could crack the windows and use the attic fan to keep it cool all day long >>>> (wrong!) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -D >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2020, at 5:14 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Its been raining on and off here in MA for an hour or so. It'll pour >>>>>>>>> for a little and then quit and repeat.We had tornado warnings a >>>>>>>>> little while ago but its been quiet, no twisters that I've seen. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There was a time when a tornado "warning" was a fairly serious >>>>>>>> situation, and specifically meant that a tornado had been spotted. >>>> Now, >>>>>>>> it just means that radar has detected conditions that are "likely" to >>>> be >>>>>>>> associated with a potential tornado. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not exactly sure when this changed but it seems to go along with >>>> the >>>>>>>> "dangerous heat advisories" being issued for normal summer >>>> temperatures. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Allan >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > clay I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
