Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-07 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
It worked out well for Tom Vilsack. Mt. Pleasant was a small town with 30-40 lawyers. I don't remember the population of town, but the whole of Henry county was about 7500 in the late 80s when he became Mayor after someone shot up the city council over a backed up sewer. I'd guess about

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Maybe in days gone by, today the Winchendon School is a high end prep school and basketball feeder school. C Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: A friend of mine went to some prep school there, I think

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On September 1, 2017 at 1:27 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > I'd always wondered why county government makes sense. In your case I > understand. County government is for unincorporated areas. Too bad we don't have a good mechanism in place for dissolving

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
A friend of mine went to some prep school there, I think it specialized in problem children... --R On 9/1/17 12:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I guess you'd call Winchendon a small town, the IGA closed last year so for groceries we have to go to either Rindge, NH or Gardner. We've

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Randy wrote: "I hope it works out for you Don. I had a look on the google maps and it looks like a nice small town with most of the amenities one is used to - and it is only an hour out of Wichita. Sounds like a perfect situation." Thanks! I was a little worried. But, my wife and I checked

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'd always wondered why county government makes sense. In your case I understand. -Curt On Friday, September 1, 2017, 1:07:24 PM EDT, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: That's about now many people our entire county has. Town is about 3700. Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
That's about now many people our entire county has. Town is about 3700. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2017, at 11:47 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > I guess you'd call Winchendon a small town, the IGA closed last year so for > groceries we have to go to

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I guess you'd call Winchendon a small town, the IGA closed last year so for groceries we have to go to either Rindge, NH or Gardner. We've got 1 stoplight, I think 3 cop cars. Wikipedia says 10,300 people as of 2010. -Curt On Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:42:20 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I really enjoyed living in a small town when we were in WI. It's nice doing business with your neighbors, like the butcher, dry cleaners, jeweler, etc. My butcher resisted taking credit cards for a long time, but since they had a lot of FIB touristas coming through on the weekends to see our

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I hope it works out for you Don. I had a look on the google maps and it looks like a nice small town with most of the amenities one is used to - and it is only an hour out of Wichita. Sounds like a perfect situation. RB On 01/09/2017 9:54 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: Max wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-09-01 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
Max wrote: "Sounds like the kind of small town that people don't lock their doors at night." Dwight wrote: "Sounds neat." Randy wrote: "But they sue each other??" Max and Dwight: Thanks, yea it does! Randy: I certainly hope so or I won't have much business! I'm just kidding - mostly.

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-08-31 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
"One Lawyer in a small town will starve. Two Lawyers in the same town will both eat well their entire lives." Abe Lincoln circa 1830 On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > But they sue each other?? > > RB > > On 31/08/2017 12:10 PM, Meade

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-08-31 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
But they sue each other?? RB On 31/08/2017 12:10 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Sounds like the kind of small town that people don't lock their doors at night. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-08-31 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Sounds neat. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Aug 31, 2017 12:52 PM, "Donald Snook via Mercedes" wrote: > I have decided to take a position at a firm rather than keep my own > practice going. So, I will moving from Wichita (a fairly large city) to > McPherson Kansas

Re: [MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-08-31 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Sounds like the kind of small town that people don't lock their doors at night. - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have decided to take a position at a firm rather than keep my own > practice going.

[MBZ] OT: moving to a small town

2017-08-31 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
I have decided to take a position at a firm rather than keep my own practice going. So, I will moving from Wichita (a fairly large city) to McPherson Kansas (about 15,000 population). I didn't one interesting thing. My office is on main street right by the Courthouse. It is a typical small