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| Steven J. Sobol 2006-08-27, 3:31 am |
| In article <Xns982BC49E61E2Aghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake wrote:
> But California, is so expensive to buy/live in.
I live in the one region of California that's still relatively cheap. But
you would not like the extreme temperatures here in the desert.
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| Blinky the Shark 2006-08-27, 3:31 am |
| David Hennessy wrote:
> sir robert blake wrote:
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> Check out Portland, OR. Great weather, beautiful city, plus I heard the
I thought it rained all the time, up there.
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-27, 6:40 am |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> "Gwin" <gwin@mindless.com> wrote in
> news:1156613888.004133.133760@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:
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> Ever been to Victoria in Canada? Looks lovely. Tho I suspect coolish
> in winter time.
I'm about 45 miles south of Victoria/Vancouvar ... Bellingham, WA. Sure
could've used an air conditioner more than once this summer and we tried
going without using the furnace last winter. Thank the gods we have a
woodstove and a steady supply of fuel.
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-27, 6:40 am |
| Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in
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> I thought it rained all the time, up there.
That's why it's so GREEN! Portland gets HOT in the summer. Eugene, Oregon
is further south, less wet and a bit more moderate. BTW, I've lived in all
these places :)
Judy
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in
news:slrnef24l5.2n9.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net:
> In article <Xns982BC49E61E2Aghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake wrote:
>
>
> I live in the one region of California that's still relatively cheap. But
> you would not like the extreme temperatures here in the desert.
>
if I may ask, what desert area are you in, Steven?
Yes, that is the problem in life.....it's hard to find the perfect
weather/pace.
I don't want to jump out of the fridge and into the frying pan......nor to
go to an area of natural disasters, eg earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes,
etc.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f140af$0$8950$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote in
> news:slrnef2iec.6d2.no.spam@thurston.blinkynet.net:
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> That's why it's so GREEN!
that's what i keep telling folks about Ireland.
A place is GREEN for a very good reason!
> Portland gets HOT in the summer. Eugene,
> Oregon is further south, less wet and a bit more moderate.
I must seek out this new place Eugene in google.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in news:44f13fe2$0$8950
$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982BC49E61E2Aghtyu@140.99.99.130:
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>
> I'm about 45 miles south of Victoria/Vancouvar ... Bellingham, WA. Sure
> could've used an air conditioner more than once this summer and we tried
> going without using the furnace last winter. Thank the gods we have a
> woodstove and a steady supply of fuel.
how hot/cold does it get across the year there, Judy?
I've been put off by the cold temps of canada..even in BC.
And that north western area, at the top left corner of the usa, makes me
think of rainy depressing Seattle. :(
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982CAD35A63BBghtyu@
140.99.99.130:
> how hot/cold does it get across the year there, Judy?
The hottest it's been here this summer is 85F and average summer temp is
70F. Winter seldom (like once in a blue moon) sees sub-zero temps. We
have a good share of rain but very little snow.
> I've been put off by the cold temps of canada..even in BC.
>
> And that north western area, at the top left corner of the usa, makes me
> think of rainy depressing Seattle. :(
Again, we are "Emerald" because of the rain. Born and raised in the
Northwest and no, my feet aren't webbed and I don't rust. I don't think!
I should check :)
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982CAC2BAA43Fghtyu@
140.99.99.130:
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> I must seek out this new place Eugene in google.
Not a great place for right-wing conservatives, if you get my drift :) The
entire west coast is much more progressive and user-friendly than the rest
of the country, IMHO.
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982CABF0511F9ghtyu@
140.99.99.130:
> I don't want to jump out of the fridge and into the frying pan.....
Which leads me to wonder wtf you would want to move across the pond. Many,
many of us would love to trade places with you or any other nation that
minds its manners.
Judy
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| Jerry Stuckle 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie wrote:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982CAC2BAA43Fghtyu@
> 140.99.99.130:
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> Not a great place for right-wing conservatives, if you get my drift :) The
> entire west coast is much more progressive and user-friendly than the rest
> of the country, IMHO.
>
> Judy
Those of us on the East coast have another description, if you get my
drift :-).
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| Jerry Stuckle 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
> news:LKidndmia4zSe2zZnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@comcast.com:
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> Quit trolling, Jerry.
>
> Judy
Naw, Judy, I'm not trolling :-) But a lot of people not on the west
coast have a common opinion of the area.
Note i didn't say it was bad - just different.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f1b7ae$0$8869$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982CABF0511F9ghtyu@ 140.99.99.130:
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> Which leads me to wonder wtf you would want to move across the pond.
> Many, many of us would love to trade places with you or any other
> nation that minds its manners.
i know what you mean
I am just seeing what is available over there. I had researched usa a fair
few times - but had always ruled it out on a number of scores.
My main love these past 9 months is New Zealand...up in the northern region
- northland - of north island
As for Ireland - VERY expensive, and wet/cold for most of the year.
I think Charles will correct me if I am wrong, but over in Scotland (which
is at the same latitude as me here, they have record suicide numbers. This
weather woudl depress anybody.
BTW we have record numbers leaving the UK and Ireland. In a survey
yesterday, they found that over 10 million people in the UK want to leave
(we have a 60 million population)
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f1b5ae$0$8869$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
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>
> Not a great place for right-wing conservatives, if you get my drift :)
> The entire west coast is much more progressive and user-friendly than
> the rest of the country, IMHO.
>
sounds like my type of place!
I LOVED San Francisco. I can't imagine anything more romantic than living
and falling in love in that wonderful city by the bay.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f1b527$0$8869$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982CAD35A63BBghtyu@ 140.99.99.130:
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>
> The hottest it's been here this summer is 85F and average summer temp
> is 70F. Winter seldom (like once in a blue moon) sees sub-zero temps.
> We have a good share of rain but very little snow.
I like the sound of that climate - very moderate.
Is humidity bad?
And how cool does it get in night time in summer?
>
> Again, we are "Emerald" because of the rain. Born and raised in the
> Northwest and no, my feet aren't webbed and I don't rust. I don't
> think! I should check :)
LOL
I like the sound of your part of the world.
I am gonna google for Eugene tonight.
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| Steven J. Sobol 2006-08-27, 6:39 pm |
| In article <Xns982CABF0511F9ghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake wrote:
> if I may ask, what desert area are you in, Steven?
http://www.applevalley.org/
Apple Valley, California. San Bernardino County has the distinction of
being the largest county in the US, stretching three hours from Riverside
county almost to Las Vegas (south to north), and from the Antelope Valley
to the Arizona border east to west. We touch both Nevada and Arizona.
This region is huge, but is mostly unpopulated north of Interstate Highway
40. In fact, on I-15, if you drive from Apple Valley to Las Vegas, there
is absolutely nothing other than tons of dirt on either side of the freeway
between Baker and the Nevada state line, except at Mountain Pass where there
is a small strip mine.
> I don't want to jump out of the fridge and into the frying pan......nor to
> go to an area of natural disasters, eg earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes,
> etc.
This area sits on the San Andreas Fault, but we don't have much in the way of
earthquakes. There was a 4.5 an hour south last year, and it shook the Victor
Valley, including my neighborhood, but up here it wasn't even strong enough
to rattle dishes off the shelves.
Los Angeles and San Francisco are more prone to earthquakes because they are
on a network of fault lines, and even they aren't bad. I was in Northridge
this past spring, that's the site of the big 1994 quake, and it was completely
quiet.
You need to worry more about brush fires than earthquakes if you live here,
and brush fires are generally easy to avoid if you don't have tons of weeds
in your yard (which is against the law anyhow).
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Apple Valley, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-28, 6:40 pm |
| "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in
news:slrnef44n4.b0b.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net:
> In article <Xns982CABF0511F9ghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake
> wrote:
>
>
>
> http://www.applevalley.org/
>
> Apple Valley, California. San Bernardino County has the distinction of
> being the largest county in the US, stretching three hours from
> Riverside county almost to Las Vegas (south to north), and from the
> Antelope Valley to the Arizona border east to west. We touch both
> Nevada and Arizona.
>
> This region is huge, but is mostly unpopulated north of Interstate
> Highway 40. In fact, on I-15, if you drive from Apple Valley to Las
> Vegas, there is absolutely nothing other than tons of dirt on either
> side of the freeway between Baker and the Nevada state line, except at
> Mountain Pass where there is a small strip mine.
looking here at the above website, Steve...wow, 65 degrees and very
little humidity (32 percent) - sounds lovely.
Are you ghigh up? My friend in Reno, Nevada is at 4500 feet.....makes
for essentially no humidity....tho the extremes are big (ie when the
summer is over, the daily temps fall VERY quickly)
Yes, i can picture it being sparsely populated and lots of nothingness on
either side of the highway for vast stretches.
>
> This area sits on the San Andreas Fault, but we don't have much in the
> way of earthquakes. There was a 4.5 an hour south last year, and it
> shook the Victor Valley, including my neighborhood, but up here it
> wasn't even strong enough to rattle dishes off the shelves.
wow. I don't know how i would handle the ground being liable to shake
and buckle below my feet/house.
> Los Angeles and San Francisco are more prone to earthquakes because
> they are on a network of fault lines, and even they aren't bad. I was
> in Northridge this past spring, that's the site of the big 1994 quake,
> and it was completely quiet.
when i was in Universal Studios in LA in 96, I met an english lady and
her son who wer eliving there......and she told me of the damage that the
94 quake did to their home.........shook her up a bit.
> You need to worry more about brush fires than earthquakes if you live
> here, and brush fires are generally easy to avoid if you don't have
> tons of weeds in your yard (which is against the law anyhow).
yes, i have seen a fair few fires on our tv news, from CA in recent
years.
I guess with so little water at times, everything is tinderbox dry.
PS - been looking today at another tip in this thread re Eugene in
Oregon. The homes and area looked very impressive (especially given that
I had had negative imagary of Oregon in the past)
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| Robert Broughton 2006-08-28, 6:40 pm |
| TechnoHippie wrote:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982BC49E61E2Aghtyu@140.99.99.130:
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>
>
> I'm about 45 miles south of Victoria/Vancouvar ... Bellingham, WA.
You should note that technohippie didn't nominate Bellingham as one of the
"best places". :-)
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-28, 6:40 pm |
| Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in
news:FMadnbCC2sGHbmzZnZ2dnUVZ_vKdnZ2d@comcast.com:
> Naw, Judy, I'm not trolling :-) But a lot of people not on the west
> coast have a common opinion of the area.
>
> Note i didn't say it was bad - just different.
True apologies for maligning your intentions, Jerry.
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-28, 6:40 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982CD3BDFDD48ghtyu@
140.99.99.130:
> TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
> news:44f1b527$0$8869$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
>
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> Is humidity bad?
Hardly ever.
> And how cool does it get in night time in summer?
It doesn't really start cooling off until after 11pm. By 3or4am I have to
close my bedroom window to keep from getting chilled but I'm old and prone
to such things. Maybe 55F?
Actually, the Vancouvar Island Gold Coast is nearly identical to my area.
Less rain, more protected. Victoria is actually southwest from here.
[color=darkred]
> I like the sound of your part of the world.
>
> I am gonna google for Eugene tonight.
Go Oregon Ducks!
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-28, 6:40 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:Xns982D984547DDAghtyu@140.99.99.130:
> PS - been looking today at another tip in this thread re Eugene in
> Oregon. The homes and area looked very impressive (especially given
> that I had had negative imagary of Oregon in the past)
HEY! I was born in Hillsboro, Oregon. Oregonians are a different breed,
altogether ... which may have something to do with Jerry's comment :)
Judy
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| Steven J. Sobol 2006-08-29, 6:46 pm |
| In article <Xns982D984547DDAghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake wrote:
> looking here at the above website, Steve...wow, 65 degrees and very
> little humidity (32 percent) - sounds lovely.
That must have been relatively early. There's a 30-35 degree difference btw.
overnight and mid-afternoon, usually gets to about 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit
during the day, in the summer.
> Are you ghigh up? My friend in Reno, Nevada is at 4500 feet.....makes
> for essentially no humidity....tho the extremes are big (ie when the
> summer is over, the daily temps fall VERY quickly)
3000 feet here.
>
> yes, i have seen a fair few fires on our tv news, from CA in recent
> years.
Ignore the 2003 fires, they were an anomaly, they don't get that big if they
are just accidents. Everyone pretty much agrees that it was probably arson
that caused those fires.
> I guess with so little water at times, everything is tinderbox dry.
Yes.
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| Robert Broughton 2006-08-29, 6:46 pm |
| TechnoHippie wrote:
> Robert Broughton <rbronews2@broug8hton.ca> wrote in
> news:ecv1h4$nqj$1@venn.bc.ca:
>
>
> hardy har har
> Bellingham is my favorite place to live ...
Which is why people who live there usually try to keep the place a secret.
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| William Tasso 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| Fleeing from the madness of the jungle
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> stumbled into
news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:
> ...
> Summer: Toronto
> Winter: Ft. Myers, Fl.
aye - makes sense. The great and the good have been keen on seasonal
migration for many years. Can't say I blame them.
Mobility seems to be the key.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote in
news:slrnef709c.d5m.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net:
> In article <Xns982D984547DDAghtyu@140.99.99.130>, sir robert blake
> wrote:
>
>
> That must have been relatively early. There's a 30-35 degree
> difference btw. overnight and mid-afternoon, usually gets to about
> 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit during the day, in the summer.
jeepers.....big extremes.
being high up i guess makes for such conditions.
> Ignore the 2003 fires, they were an anomaly, they don't get that big
> if they are just accidents. Everyone pretty much agrees that it was
> probably arson that caused those fires.
ahhhhh, ok
over here in europe in the past 2 or 3 summers, there have been big forest
fires in Portugal. With so little rain these summers over there,
everything is tinderbox dry.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| Robert Broughton <rbronews2@broug8hton.ca> wrote in
news:ecvuh2$pd7$1@venn.bc.ca:
> TechnoHippie wrote:
>
>
> Which is why people who live there usually try to keep the place a
> secret.
I must google for bellingham :)
What makes it so good I wonder?
Does WA get loads of rain.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f33b17$0$8870$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
>
> Hardly ever.
great to hear.
>
> It doesn't really start cooling off until after 11pm. By 3or4am I
> have to close my bedroom window to keep from getting chilled but I'm
> old and prone to such things. Maybe 55F?
that is ideal
drinkin on the porch in the evenin is important
>
> Actually, the Vancouvar Island Gold Coast is nearly identical to my
> area. Less rain, more protected. Victoria is actually southwest from
> here.
ahhhhh.....maybe i outta have a new look at Vancouver Island's Gold Coast.
Any specific town/area you'd recommend on that island?
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982E9EA06EFFFghtyu@
140.99.99.130:
> Does WA get loads of rain.
Not so much, really. We don't have seasonal monsoons here or anything.
More of a soft, ocean mist most mornings ... we've had lots of clouds
lately but no rain. Water is unmetered for a flat-rate per/month so I can
keep my garden green. Our water comes from Whatcom Falls and Lake Whatcom.
The oil pipeline exploded here some years back, killed a couple of young
boys playing on the creek. We are sharply divided in the community re eco-
restoration and preservation issues. Folks with speed boats want to have
thier drunken outings on our major water supply for most of our zip-code.
Our politics are rotten. Dems/Reps = same/same ... on the same team but
wear different colors to look like a two-party system. We are on the left
coast so our vote doesn't count. By the time our polls close, the winner's
already been announced. The electorial-college system sucks. We don't get
much help from the feds because we tend to reject thier money and
influence. We are less religious and more spiritual. We are less
prejudiced and more curious. If the notion of self-governance has a chance
to succeed, it would be in Cascadia. There are caves here, in the
foothills. We have lots of public lands, land that belongs to the
citizenry of this country. See, it's illegal for our government to own and
control property ... but it's not illegal for a corporation to do it.
That's why our government incorporated and ... you know the rest. Has to
to with Delaware and zip-codes and representation. Totally XXX-backwards
from the way it was probably set-up ... People here don't know thier
history.
Judy
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| TechnoHippie 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in news:op.te1ok2u9m9g4qz-
wnt@tbdata.com:
> Mobility seems to be the key.
Soon to be further restricted. California has state-line border crossings
as does Arizona. I'm sure there's more but those are the only one's I've
encountered, personally. Our rail and bus systems have been virtually
ignored by homeland security and are likely a focus for further clamp-
downs. I wouldn't be surprised if our national ids become our domestic
travel visas. The European Eastern Block looks more like we did and vice-
versa circa the '70s/'80s. We have 400 to 600 domestic containment camps
that are prepped. For what and whom, I can only guess. But we're on the
verge of our own political revolution and I still can't figure out why sir
robert wants to move here. Is it really that much worse in the rest of the
world?
Judy
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| William Tasso 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| Fleeing from the madness of the TechnoHippie.com jungle
TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> stumbled into
news:alt.www.webmaster
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> "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in news:op.te1ok2u9m9g4qz-
> wnt@tbdata.com:
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> Soon to be further restricted.
of course - gated communities cost more when they're designed to keep
people out - much cheaper to keep folk in.
> California has state-line border crossings
> as does Arizona.
Is there a word missing there - or is that short form for something I
should understand?
> ...
> Is it really that much worse in the rest of the
> world?
Population mobility is terrifying - if you are a govt.
In any event, the well-heeled I was referring to earlier mainly restricted
their seasonal migrations to mainland europe - until the (19)60s when
cheap air travel saw a little variety added to the mix.
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| Blinky the Shark 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| William Tasso wrote:
> Fleeing from the madness of the TechnoHippie.com jungle
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> Is there a word missing there - or is that short form for something I
> should understand?
Vegetable checks. Problems with pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly
and such.
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| Blinky the Shark 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| TechnoHippie wrote:
> versa circa the '70s/'80s. We have 400 to 600 domestic containment camps
> that are prepped. For what and whom, I can only guess. But we're on the
Cite, please.
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| Blinky the Shark 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| Blinky the Shark wrote:
> William Tasso wrote:
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> Vegetable checks. Problems with pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly
> and such.
Addenda
That one got so bad a decade and a half ago that for a year or something
like that, groups of helicopters flew nighttime formations over Los
Angeles County (and I don't know what else) spraying malathion. The
schedules were published so you'd know when to cover your cars.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f46bc5$0$8817$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982EA02CED8EAghtyu@140.99.99.130:
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> Look at the map here: http://local.yahoo.com/?csz=Point+Roberts%2C+WA
> Zoom out until you see that Point Roberts is part of the U.S, Whatcom
> County to be more specific, but you have to enter Canada to get there
> from here. Nice concept :)
>
> Roche Harbor: http://local.yahoo.com/?csz=Roche+Harbor%2C+WA+98250
> Same deal, zoom out 3X and notice that this sacred place in on San
> Juan Island. This is where I would live, on a houseboat, if I had any
> money to CHOOSE my life.
>
> Pardon moi, the Sunshine Coast of B.C. Canada
> http://www.bigpacific.com/ Halfmoon Bay: Lots of old-fashioned living
> happening in this neck of the woods
> http://www.bigpacific.com/halfmoonbay/index.html
>
> Chemainus - "The Little Town That Did" *****
> http://www.vancouverisland.com/Regions/towns/?townID=31
Judy, thanks for all the great links.
I am busy looking through those sites and related sites...........so far
seen Roche Harbor (looks lovely, tho low lying area).
Busy here on Moon Bay.
I will report back.
PS - I don't ideally want to live in the USA, because like you say,
Bush's regime have changed everything :(. But I want to just run my
research over it one final time.
Canada would be a lot better I imagine....thus why Vancouver Island has
some interest for me.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in news:44f46890$0$8931
$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in news:Xns982E9E62F1010ghtyu@
> 140.99.99.130:
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> When you google ... look for "temperature ranges day night"
will do
I always look out sites that offer daily max and min across the months
eg wunderground.com
and weatherbase.com
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-29, 6:47 pm |
| TechnoHippie <technohippiechick@XXXXXXXXXX> wrote in
news:44f46559$0$8857$88260bb3@free.teranews.com:
> sir robert blake <4444D@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:Xns982E9EA06EFFFghtyu@ 140.99.99.130:
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> Not so much, really. We don't have seasonal monsoons here or
> anything. More of a soft, ocean mist most mornings ... we've had lots
> of clouds lately but no rain. Water is unmetered for a flat-rate
> per/month so I can keep my garden green. Our water comes from Whatcom
> Falls and Lake Whatcom. The oil pipeline exploded here some years
> back, killed a couple of young boys playing on the creek. We are
> sharply divided in the community re eco- restoration and preservation
> issues. Folks with speed boats want to have thier drunken outings on
> our major water supply for most of our zip-code.
sounds divided alright - politiclaly and enviromentally-friendly wise.
> Our politics are rotten. Dems/Reps = same/same ... on the same team
> but wear different colors to look like a two-party system. We are on
> the left coast so our vote doesn't count. By the time our polls
> close, the winner's already been announced. The electorial-college
> system sucks. We don't get much help from the feds because we tend to
> reject thier money and influence. We are less religious and more
> spiritual. We are less prejudiced and more curious.
I like the sound of the folks there.
> If the notion of
> self-governance has a chance to succeed, it would be in Cascadia.
> There are caves here, in the foothills. We have lots of public lands,
> land that belongs to the citizenry of this country. See, it's illegal
> for our government to own and control property ... but it's not
> illegal for a corporation to do it. That's why our government
> incorporated and ... you know the rest. Has to to with Delaware and
> zip-codes and representation. Totally XXX-backwards from the way it
> was probably set-up ... People here don't know thier history.
wow, thanks for that great synopsis, of that area, Judy!
We are now having our water metered from 2007 - bastids.
Is cost of living high there? eg utility costs; annual house tax?
I ultimately think that the USA is not for me - I just don't like the way
that usa and uk are heading in.
New Zealand is really hard to beat, based on all my research.
Canada looks good - if only it had the weather..and vancouver looks low
lying - according to weatherbase (I looked at it tonight), 7 feet above
sea level.
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| Robert Broughton 2006-08-30, 3:42 am |
| sir robert blake wrote:
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> ahhhhh.....maybe i outta have a new look at Vancouver Island's Gold Coast.
>
> Any specific town/area you'd recommend on that island?
I was just on holiday there. It's been overrun by retirees, and property
prices have been driven up by speculators.
Having said that, Courtenay/Comox has a lot going for it. Victoria has been
discussed here earlier. And you might want to take a look at Nanaimo.
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| sir robert blake 2006-08-30, 6:43 pm |
| Robert Broughton <rbronews2@broug8hton.ca> wrote in
news:ed2okj$ulm$1@venn.bc.ca:
> sir robert blake wrote:
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> I was just on holiday there. It's been overrun by retirees, and
> property prices have been driven up by speculators.
>
> Having said that, Courtenay/Comox has a lot going for it. Victoria has
> been discussed here earlier. And you might want to take a look at
> Nanaimo.
thanks Robert.
I had a look there for those places.......very nice.
I must look some more tonight when I get a chance.
Aye, it is very hard to find anywhere where property prices have not gone
thru the roof.
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| Steven J. Sobol 2006-08-31, 3:43 am |
| In article <44f63336$0$8851$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>, TechnoHippie wrote:
> "William Tasso" <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> wrote in news:op.te15ryq7m9g4qz-
> wnt@tbdata.com:
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> I meant between two states rather than two countries.
Cali does have, not necessarily full border crossing stations, but they do
have agricultural stations where they'll pull you over and inspect your car,
for reasons described upthread. I've been through the one on I-15 coming south
from Nevada and the one on I-40 west of the AZ border.
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