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11-20-2008, 04:32 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Ever think of just checking out?
I dont know if its the thought of hitting the Big 40 next year or the realization that I am deeply immersed in the rat race, or if its the current economic climate but I have been thinking about just packing it up.....move to somewhere like Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. Live in a small town, get a basic job, 9-5, no more laptop at home unitl 11pm 3 nights a week, raise my kids in a small town. Someplace where I can walk to a local pub, no worries of crime, no worries of war, no worries of terrorism. Just live day to day.
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11-20-2008, 04:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Move to wakefield..  |
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11-20-2008, 04:46 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Novie is beautiful. My moms side of the family is from there. Don't go there if you got a drinking problem though as there ain't much to do. Wait till you turn 50.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-20-2008, 04:48 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Libtardia
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Jim Dont watch American Beauty tonight.. ok?  |
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11-20-2008, 05:05 PM
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got gas?
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,716
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Trust me this economy will have folks checking out wether the want to or not.
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11-20-2008, 06:03 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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I've considered it....I.T. has been driving me nuts for a couple of years now
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-20-2008, 06:06 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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I actually like my IT job (for the most part) and it beats what I've done in the past.
You could do that in Maine, or in a part or RI or two. The dinero part is the hard part....
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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11-20-2008, 06:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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I saw this thread and though RIJIMMY was on a suicide watch 
-spence |
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11-20-2008, 06:45 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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^^Me too. All the time Jim, Northern and Western Maine is like that.
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11-20-2008, 06:58 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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everyday.......
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Simplify.......
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11-20-2008, 08:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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If it wasn't for my son, my wife and I'd probably have moved to Roatan years ago. Live in paradise where English is spoken and the cost of living is cheap. They even have American trained doctor on the island. I guess I can always look forward to retirement in 30 - 35 years.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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11-20-2008, 09:05 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tynan19
^^Me too. All the time Jim, Northern and Western Maine is like that.
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Other than logging or touristing I have no idea what people do for a living up there.
I go up there several times a year for the past 30 years, still haven't any idea. |
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11-20-2008, 09:07 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
I actually like my IT job (for the most part) and it beats what I've done in the past.
You could do that in Maine, or in a part or RI or two. The dinero part is the hard part....
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No way. |
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11-20-2008, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Canada looks good - you could work a no-mind job and still have basic health care. I read an article a while back about the extreme poverty and terrible access to health care in rural Maine - bad.
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11-20-2008, 09:48 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnR
I actually like my IT job (for the most part) and it beats what I've done in the past.
You could do that in Maine, or in a part or RI or two. The dinero part is the hard part....
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I know...its like a grass is greener thing....but i've been doing IT since the 1st IBM PC was around....dual floppy no hdd......20 some odd years and people still can't figure out to try shutting it off and turning it back on  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-20-2008, 10:05 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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you mean that fixes stuff?
Like it doesn't work during a power outage?
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11-21-2008, 06:00 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,463
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Other than logging or touristing I have no idea what people do for a living up there.
I go up there several times a year for the past 30 years, still haven't any idea.
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We have a friend who was living in western Maine for several years. One time she mentioned this new boyfriend that she was really excited about...he had a "lot of firewood".
Enough said.
-spence |
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11-21-2008, 06:08 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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price of land in Canada
makes your mouth water
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11-21-2008, 06:06 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Other than logging or touristing I have no idea what people do for a living up there.
I go up there several times a year for the past 30 years, still haven't any idea.
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This is exactly why I havent made the move to the NEK |
Simplify.......
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11-21-2008, 07:44 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-21-2008, 07:59 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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Maine 100 acres for 100k. Sell some wood grow some organics IDK?
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11-21-2008, 09:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,595
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Funny,
I want to move to the Vineyard or the cape.
Nothing going on for month's. 
You have to love the ocean ><> ><>
VB |
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11-21-2008, 10:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,691
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I think I'll move to Orleans and hang out with the grumps..  |
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11-21-2008, 10:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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my great aunt lives on Pochet Rd  |
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11-21-2008, 10:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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nope.. they both worked their butts off... Air Canada.
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11-22-2008, 08:08 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vineyardblues
Funny,
I want to move to the Vineyard or the cape.
Nothing going on for month's.
You have to love the ocean ><> ><>
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Call Karl or have him call you when he's ready to sell, perfect place for ya.
RIJIMMY, no I never thought about just checking out, I have thought about moving away from it all though many times. I'd love a nice simple cabin away from it all, grow my own food, catch and shoot my own meat, live off the land, have some wind power or waterwheel of some kind etc. but I guess I don't want to be far from my other family and the ocean, so i stay here and make boxes  |
The United States Constitution does not exist to grant you rights; those rights are inherent within you. Rather it exists to frame a limited government so that those natural rights can be exercised freely.
1984 was a warning, not a guidebook!
It's time more people spoke up with the truth. Every time we let a leftist lie go uncorrected, the commies get stronger.
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11-22-2008, 08:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Ever think of checking out?
When I was the title the 1st thing that came to mind was an old Cheech & Chong skit about suiside.
something like this....
All bummed out and thinking of ending it all?
Well come to Empire Hancock.
7 diving boards and no waiting.
30 stories straight down insuring our hits no misses guarantee.
ect............................................... ................
I haven't listened to it in a long time and can't remember all the lines.
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LETS GO BRANDON
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11-22-2008, 09:24 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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no, no suicide for me, thanks for the concern though.
I spent some time in Europe in 2001 and was amazed at how simple life seemed. You go by poor rural areas and they were so neat and clean. No abondoned cars, no piles of crap. I moved back to the east coast 8 years ago from Califrona. My wife and I had a mattress, a computer, a small tv, 6 guitars, a few amps, a stereo, a few thousand cds and our clothes. That and our car was all we owned. 8 years later, I have a 4 bed room house, a garage so filled with crap I can barely park my car, a cellar loaded with crap, more fishing stuff that I can ever use, piles of kids toys they never use.........what the hell happened?
I keep thinking of the J. Giles song " I must have got lost, somewhere down the line"
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11-22-2008, 09:44 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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I haven't considered it. Stand,fight, and take your lumps...it builds character..... 
Most people in the world are waaaaay worse off than we are. I do like a nice getaway once in a while though.  |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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11-22-2008, 09:59 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
I haven't considered it. Stand,fight, and take your lumps...it builds character.....
Most people in the world are waaaaay worse off than we are. I do like a nice getaway once in a while though. |
Mike, ever been to Tuscany? My wife and I stayed in a castle (literally constructed in 701 AD) there for $425 a week in 2001. Every day we went to a different hill town, drank the best wine and ate the best food. I can see you running a vineyard there with the family recipe.
people know how to drive on Italy. On the highways, you pass and then move to the right, no cruising in the passing lane. People go 100+ and then move out of the left lane. I loved it. |
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