Dreamer said:Unfortunately, WV gets a lot of gloomy overcast days.
Martha, I am impressed that you give piano lessons. You truly are a jill of a lot of trades.
Only to non=paying relatives.
Dreamer said:Unfortunately, WV gets a lot of gloomy overcast days.
Martha, I am impressed that you give piano lessons. You truly are a jill of a lot of trades.
So Martha, I have a Young Chang Studio that has gone unused for 10 years (DW was a sometime player, but not recently). I tried a DIY piano program for a few weeks about 20 years ago but quickly gave up. Have there been any break-throughs recently that make it easy for people to learn the piano or is it still plain old work?Dreamer said:Martha, I am impressed that you give piano lessons. You truly are a jill of a lot of trades.
kz said:I'm not far down the road from you rjk. (think airplanes) I'm a Wisconsin junkie and love it here. Of course I'm a rare "winter person" so this suits me just fine.
Luckily I have a husband who enjoys the weather, too. We walk everyday unless it gets below -20. Of course that doesn't happen too much anymore. Today it's high 40s and the sun is shining. That works too. <grin>
I'm such a rare person that my absolute dream vacation is an expedition in Antarctica. I'm dead serious although I haven't found anyone who wants to go with me. I guess I'll settle on Alaska in winter. Looks like the best I can do....at least hubby says he'll accompany me.
rjk514 said:Now were back to normal, got out of work last nite and temp. was
a brisk 13 degrees...How sweet it is...
Veritasophia said:I just got a job offer in Milwaukee, great job that I think I will enjoy and good pay. Problem is, my wife and I live in So. Cal. and she hates the cold.
This is a tremendous opportunity for me so I need to find a way to convince her to come along. Besides 4 seasons and beautiful summers, what else have you got?
I'm not sure how giving your spouse the impression that your career/job have a higher priority than her happiness/comfort qualifies as a "tremendous opportunity"...Veritasophia said:This is a tremendous opportunity for me so I need to find a way to convince her to come along.
Veritasophia said:Thanks for the reply. Can you recommend some safe areas in the vicinity of Milwaukee? My main concern is the "urban crime" from your post.
I just graduated and I'm starting my career, so as you can imagine that's been uppermost in my mind lately. Hopefully, what you described is not the impression I give my wife because I love her dearly, more than any "ideal" job.Nords said:I'm not sure how giving your spouse the impression that your career/job have a higher priority than her happiness/comfort qualifies as a "tremendous opportunity"...
Veritasophia said:I just graduated and I'm starting my career, so as you can imagine that's been uppermost in my mind lately. Hopefully, what you described is not the impression I give my wife because I love her dearly, more than any "ideal" job.
Rich_in_Tampa said:At least when I was there, Milwaukee's high crime areas were well known and fairly segregated. No better or worse than other American citites.
A few nice areas: Greenfield, Whitefish Bay, Shorewood, Fox Point, Glendale, Brookfield and many more. We never encountered crime there, but did read about it.
Maddy the Turbo Beagle said:I have family in Milwaukee and visit quite a bit and dont view crime as bad there...look up statistics per capita....I live in NW Wisconsin closer to Minneapolis/st. paul and the statistics are worse there....watching the news in the 2 areas, the twin cities seems like a war zone
The areas that Rich pointed out...also Mequon (higher end), Slinger, Germantown in the northern edge and to the south Franklin and Greenfield are nice...Aunt in West Allis, but I think that has gone down little bit....
HFWR said:"I'm from Milwaukee, and I oughta know..."
So we're reduced to arguing which town kills its residents less/slower?Cut-Throat said:It ranks Milwaukee 12th in 2005 and Minneapolis and St. Paul Rank 30 and 46th respectively - I think you just get more Twin Cities news and Crime makes news.
I spend time in Milwaukee as I have in-laws there. The Twin Cities seem 'safer' to me.
FinanceDude said:You are? Cool..........another native...........