[Pugchief]

LOL on all the folks complaining about traffic. Try living in any big city (SF, LA, NYC, Chicago, Atlanta) for a few weeks. The traffic here is a dream, even in the winter.

[almondz]

Are you out of your mind? Lol

[almondz]

So why are you still here?

[NavyVet]

20 years in TV full time after 8 years in South Florida. Grew up in the Northeast and will never go back up North, not even to visit and the relatives that matter are all in the greater Orlando area.
Have never acclimated to the heat, so just stay indoors all summer. I had several heat exhaustion incidents while in the service so I overheat very easily.
The reason I will never leave Florida is because it has the best Veterans' benefits of all the neighboring states. However, I have formulated my exit plan from TV. Depending on circumstances, it could be 1 year or it could be 10 or more, but I will be ready.

[Laker14]

All I can tell you folks is that I've been gone for 3 months and I am eagerly anticipating my return.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

Never heard of this and Google was of no help. Can you please elaborate?

Facebook portal, like Zoom or FaceTime

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by NavyVet

Grew up in the Northeast and will never go back up North, not even to visit and the relatives that matter are all in the greater Orlando area.

So your saying you'll be there on the day the will is read.

[Michael 61]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

LOL on all the folks complaining about traffic. Try living in any big city (SF, LA, NYC, Chicago, Atlanta) for a few weeks. The traffic here is a dream, even in the winter.

Agree - it’s all relative - even during the height of snowbird season, traffic and parking here is no problem.

[pokeefe45@aol.com]

Originally Posted by larbud

Last summer the criminal media wasn’t pushing the climate change agenda quite as hard!🤔🤔😎

Well then kudo's to the criminal media-They've got me convinced it's hotter this year. And I thought I wasn't one of the weak minded ones. Happy to get convinced it's all a subversive mind control plot-but for right now, those beads of sweat all over me every time I walk out the door sure do feel real.

[pokeefe45@aol.com]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

"great idea! Then we can have the puppet media call "weather alert days" and put heat indices rather than actual temperatures on their forecast map. The weak minded lemmings will actual believe it, after all, the bigger the lie, the more will believe it"

I'm confused by the ""-Did a lot of us just get called 'weak minded lemmings'? Not very sporting?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by pokeefe45@aol.com

Well then kudo's to the criminal media-They've got me convinced it's hotter this year. And I thought I wasn't one of the weak minded ones. Happy to get convinced it's all a subversive mind control plot-but for right now, those beads of sweat all over me every time I walk out the door sure do feel real.

You mean you didn't sweat last year in Central Florida??????

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by pokeefe45@aol.com

I'm confused by the ""-Did a lot of us just get called 'weak minded lemmings'? Not very sporting?

Just the ones who fell for the false climate change agenda.

[bcsnave]

Originally Posted by Bitsee

I'm so very sorry to hear that.

Going old is so hard.
We decided that we will do whatever it takes to enjoy these so called Golden Years.

We made so many friends in Florida over the years that are sadly gone now.
Could of..Should of...Would of...is no longer in my vocabulary.

I wish you and your wife much comfort and pleasant memories only 😊

We are from the Lacrosse WI area in the bluffs on the Mississippi River and worry if we sell and go full time in TV next year that we might miss all of the things you mentioned.

Decisions...decisions

[LuvNH]

Originally Posted by bcsnave

We are from the Lacrosse WI area in the bluffs on the Mississippi River and worry if we sell and go full time in TV next year that we might miss all of the things you mentioned.

Decisions...decisions

Do you have a need to sell immediately, if not keep your home for a year or two until you are sure of where you want to be. So many people sell their homes and cannot afford to buy back in.

[Laker14]

Originally Posted by bcsnave

We are from the Lacrosse WI area in the bluffs on the Mississippi River and worry if we sell and go full time in TV next year that we might miss all of the things you mentioned.

Decisions...decisions

My parents spent most of their retirement years snowbirding between Cincinnati and Bonita Beach. It became my model for how I wanted to spend my retirement years.
As my first snowbirding winter approached I was unprepared for the "separation anxiety" that I felt as I prepared to leave my lake home for months. Then of course I go through it again as I prepare to leave my Villages home in the Spring. I feel a sense of envy for those who just stick around all summer and don't disrupt their lives like that. Many of my friends who do stick around all year tell me they envy us because we escape the summer heat.

This will be our 6th year of doing this and while it gets easier, I still feel some anxiety about it. However, like you suggest, I would just miss, too much, this place and this life up here were I to not come back.

Were I having this conversation with my dad, I could hear his voice telling me "Well, Sport, if that's the biggest problem you have, you are living a very charmed life."..I mean I can really hear him say that...and of course, he's right. Even thought he's been gone from this earth for a decade, he's still right about that.