Kiplinger's annual suggestions on where to live out!

[Orchidflower]

Anybody get Kiplinger's magazine for the month? They list all the places empty nesters and retirees should live. I guess the retiree catagory is for those of us who are or feel half-dead. But it's interesting, anyway.
Their suggestions for empty-nesters: San Francisco; Seattle; Madison, Wis.; Charleston, W.Va., Boulder.
Suggestions for retirees: Tampa Bay, Fla.; Pittsburgh; Harrisburg, Pa.; Port St. Lucie, Fla.; Roanoke, Va.

 

[Mwsinron]

I guess the Ebola in Texas scared them off.

 

[REWahoo]

I guess the Ebola in Texas scared them off.

 

[Nords]

I guess the Ebola in Texas scared them off.

REW's & Ol' Rancher's "Texas Defamation League" bought a couple million in ad pages for that issue, and as a result they were able to whisper in a few editorial ears...

 

[Ol_Rancher]

Yep,
Ebola in central Texas has been found to be carried by the chiggers, especially those in Texas Hill Country. Not to worry, one can just spread some kerosene over the tops of your boots and at the cuffs of your work shirt sleeves. Haven't you ever noticed that NO one who works in Texas brush wears shorts or a short sleeved shirt even in the summer heat?

Yee Haw!

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

Only thing wrong with Texas is the weather.

The same thing has been said of Hell.

Still, kinda like warm. Sometimes.


Cheers,

Tejas expat

 

[REWahoo]

Only thing wrong with Texas is the weather.

The same thing has been said of Hell.

Another satisfied customer.

 

[Mwsinron]

Thats why Jesus invented air conditioning! 8)

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

He invented it in Florida. I know!

 

[Orchidflower]

Not saying that Texas is wonderful, that's for sure, but it sure is booming now... and slated to keep booming.
I just thought it was odd that there was no city listed from Texas worth moving to. But, then again, it IS a whole 'nother country. They aren't kidding in their ads with that slogan. It is.

 

[HFWR]

He invented it in Florida. I know!

Let's ask God...

 

[REWahoo]

I just thought it was odd that there was no city listed from Texas worth moving to. But, then again, it IS a whole 'nother country. They aren't kidding in their ads with that slogan. It is.

I suppose now is as good a time as any to post a photo of a typical resident of this "whole 'nother country". This native Texan is a disbarred attorney (true) who reportedly came to be in this condition due to repeated scorpion stings and rattlesnake bites. Of the thousands stricken with Ebola here on a daily basis, he is believed to be one of the few who survived the disease.

 

[2soon2tell]

REW

Are you sure thats not a photo of our governor?

2soon

 

[REWahoo]

Are you sure thats not a photo of our governor?

I suppose I could have misunderstood this guy since it was very noisy at Arky Blue's Silver Dollar Saloon. I thought he said he was running "from" the governor, but I suppose he could have said "for". Guess it could be since Perry is believed to wear a tie 24/7. But I thought Perry had more hair?

 

[Nords]

Are you sure thats not a photo of our governor?

REW, I thought he was the guy who took our lunch order at the meeting of the San Antonio chapter of the ER board a couple months ago.

But it was hard to tell among all the other cowboy hats, bandannas, suspenders, work shirts, moustaches, & beards scattered among the clientele. And a lot of the men had them too.

 

[REWahoo]

REW, I thought he was the guy who took our lunch order at the meeting of the San Antonio chapter of the ER board a couple months ago.

Uh...our waiter wasn't a guy. The scars left on the few who survive Ebola is are not pleasant to behold.

 

[Telly]

Don't forget the endemic meningitis (bacterial, the worst kind IIRC) swath in Texas as another stay-away item. That is not a joke.

I suggest anyone contemplating moving to Texas come visit for a while, first. Strike up conversations with the natives. A good conversation starter is to turn to a guy next to you, and say "Phew! You smell worse than a I-35 rest stop!!!"

 

[Nords]

REW's & Ol' Rancher's "Texas Defamation League"

Don't forget the endemic meningitis (bacterial, the worst kind IIRC) swath in Texas as another stay-away item. That is not a joke.
I suggest anyone contemplating moving to Texas come visit for a while, first. Strike up conversations with the natives. A good conversation starter is to turn to a guy next to you, and say "Phew! You smell worse than a I-35 rest stop!!!"

Welcome to the club, Telly! REW will contact you shortly with the key of a YouTube link to an encrypted video of the secret handshake...

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

But it was hard to tell among all the other cowboy hats, bandannas, suspenders, work shirts, moustaches, & beards scattered among the clientele.

This from a surfer dude with a ponytail.

 

[Nords]

This from a surfer dude with a ponytail.

It turns out that "dude"has a totally different context over there.

I tried not to get too far away from REWahoo in case one of them scorpions, fire ants, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, or ebolas leaped out of a dark corner and bit me in the assets...

 

[FinallyRetired]

I used to dodge south Texas rattlers on my motorbike, had chigger juice to put on my legs when I needed to, and could handle the scorpions and such. But what I could not take was the black crickets that coated the entire highway and made the roads more slippery than ice. I think I would rather deal with ebola.

 

[REWahoo]

I used to dodge south Texas rattlers on my motorbike, had chigger juice to put on my legs when I needed to, and could handle the scorpions and such. But what I could not take was the black crickets that coated the entire highway and made the roads more slippery than ice. I think I would rather deal with ebola.

When I read something like this it's all I can do to keep from tearing up....

 

[Mwsinron]

My first drive through Texas. We stayed the night at some cheap hotel just outside of San Antonio. Just when we were going to leave some big mother of what looked like a wasp flew into the car. I swear this thing could have carried a small child away. I was told it could have been on of those Tarantula hawk wasps. My first Texas bug experience...sniff

 

[2B]

I got bit by a rattlesnake once.  It was horrible to watch the poor thing die of blood poisoning.

Most of you don't know that I'm a real estate genius.  DW and I bought a new house a year ago and the tax appraisal just arrived.  It has already appreciated 18% since we bought it.  Unfortunately, most of us Texans are real estate geniuses if you measure that with how fast our tax appraisals go up.

I'll repeat my comment on Rick Perry.  If he happens to be the VP on the repub ticket, that in itself is enough reason to vote liber or social on the next presidential election.  I'll have to wait to see who the dems nominate to recommend them since they will probably be elected.  There's no reason to vote for the winner because then you can't curse those d*mn b*st*rds that voted for the "idiot" that won -- be they repub or dem -- if you're one of the ones that voted for them.

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

I am a real estate genius, too. I was able to sell my house in Clear Lake City (Houston) in '82.