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Re: Snowbirding 2020/21
There has always been a large contingent of people who do not get flu shots during more normal times, and yet they fear not and do not get the flu de jour. How did they escape all the various strains of multiple and different flu viruses? Probably by exercising the same practices that are prevalent today. Cover that cough or sneeze, keep your distance, wash your hands, etc., etc. There comes a time when the media and the masses make too much of what evolves into a political opportunity for one party or another. Fear becomes a motivator; too much fear becomes a weapon.762Views0likes0CommentsRe: Snowbird parks and Coronavirus
Deb and Ed M wrote: The thing that scares me, is that people are contagious, before they feel ill (and presumably sequester themselves); and since 80% of the cases don't require medical treatment, there could be a LOT of people out there spreading germs who aren't on the "radar". Wash your hands. Here's ONE WAY ALL VIRUSES ARE SPREAD, and my personal reaction to it. I hope you all agree! I'm going to boycott Burger King! I'm sick and tired of restaurants that have only air dryers for my hands. Now, I have to remember to grab extra napkins, steal a bunch of toilet paper (E-gods to that one!), or use my shirt tail to both dry my hands and open the door. Imagine all the cretins who actually don't use those air dryers because it takes too long (It does!),and then grab the door handle after using the facilities. Coronavirus? Heck, what else is on that door handle. I WANT PAPER TOWELS TO OPEN THE BATHROOM DOOR!628Views0likes0CommentsRe: Near Brownsville, Texas
Pawatt wrote: in reply to Ivylog Really, I thought those were Tiny Jails just like the Tiny houses. Sure! Let's take those bars down and let'em all in! I spent a year teaching in a state penitentiary, and the sound of the steel gate closing behind me as I entered was entirely different from the sound that same gate made as I left to go home each evening. Ivylog's post is quite accurate; Pawatt's post is just sarcasm.563Views0likes0Comments- 655Views0likes0Comments
Re: Hobbies in the off season?
Write! Years ago, when the last of my three children entered school, I got the idea of writing about each of my school years. When the last graduated from high school, I dug out those "stories" and gave them to my children. Why did I wait till then? Well, I was the class clown, and I didn't want to give them any ideas. Fast forward to last year, as I was recuperating from hip replacement surgery. I read a book by Richard Pell who pictured War Babies' perspective on America as "darker and more pessimistic than either their predecessors or their baby boom successors." Now hold on, Gert! I am one of those "War Babies" and that did not describe me or any of the friends with whom I grew up. I wrote that we "lived in a time unknown to any generation before and after." And, before I was finished, I included what I wrote only for my children and ended up with over 63,500 words. Enough for a medium-size book. War Babies in a Small Town is about a lad growing up in a small town of 600 people in central Pennsylvania, and how we enjoyed life before television, hippies, blue hair, and hand-held electrical devices. I have been described as a person who sees everyone he meets as his straight man. (Remember Abbott and Costello?) Most of fifty chapters show the curiosity and adventurism exhibited by those of us who were born between the years of 1939 and 1945. I haven't had a bad review yet, in spite of a number of typos and other errors -- some of which are attributed to the publisher!207Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV snowbirding or MX or Carribean
Wherever you eventually land, you will want good neighbors, those like former RVers who are used to looking out for each other and their property. Next, will be the appeal of the area such as; 5 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, rivers to navigate, golf, nearby medical and dental, fine restaurants, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, and over 80 activities, and dozens of events. Two rec halls, horseshoes (at least one resident champion!), all the senior sports and then some. A great pool, Tiki hut for picnic. the Imperial River as a border. Check it out at www.imperialbonitaestates.com162Views0likes0CommentsRe: RGV ten year trend
Edd505 wrote: I tend to light in an area, visit anything that attracts me and move onto the next stop. Ten years ago, we did that in the RGV. Lasted two months, winds kept our "picnics" indoors (as did the lack of outside picnic tables), and the inability to put out awnings without two dozen tie-downs, bike rides were enjoyable -- one way, and changing from long pants and sweaters to shorts and T-shirts most every day grew tiresome. So, we gave up our last month there, moved on to the next stop (Florida!), and never regretted a moment!415Views0likes0CommentsRe: RGV ten year trend
After escaping a flash flood at an RV resort in Weeping Water, Nebraska, we were told: "Never camp at a campground that has the words "water," "wind," or "sunshine" in their name. Well, we ignored that and camped in the RGV at "Tropic Winds." One day that wind carried me 1/10 of a mile (the length of the street), and I never pedaled the entire way! It took me twenty minutes of pushing that bike against the wind to get back to my rig. Two days later, we gave up the remaining four weeks of that stay, and made a bee-line for Florida! We have now enjoyed Florida for more than a dozen years! Yes, it's more expensive -- although central Florida can compete pricewise with the RGV, and provide better weather. If relaxing under a palm tree with a mild breeze while holding a book in one hand and your refreshment in the other, is your idea of retirement, then you owe it to yourself to try Florida. Life is too short to fight an area of Texas that sees you as "skinflints who come here with a T-shirt and a dime, and don;t want to change either one." Yep, a store owner told me that one my first week in the RGV. Are you a skinflint? If so, you're in the right place.389Views0likes0Comments
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