Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a bit
of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious. The dinner also came
with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.

On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a bit
> of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also came
> with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.

Some places that look like a dump have great food if you don't look
around too much.

Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.

We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
driveway at home.

Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a bit
>> of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also came
>> with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.
>
> Some places that look like a dump have great food if you don't look
> around too much.
>
> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>
> We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
> ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
> driveway at home.
>

What part of Florida are you looking in? When we were thinking about
buying in Florida, we took all our vacations over a couple of years to each
part we were interested in until we finally settled on the best location
for us. We are on the gulf coast near Sarasota. It will be a good place
to retire when the time comes.

On 2/20/2018 12:31 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
>> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>>
>> We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
>> ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
>> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
>> driveway at home.
>>
>
> What part of Florida are you looking in? When we were thinking about
> buying in Florida, we took all our vacations over a couple of years to each
> part we were interested in until we finally settled on the best location
> for us. We are on the gulf coast near Sarasota. It will be a good place
> to retire when the time comes.
>

Not far from you. Son moved to Parrish about 18 months ago, daughter
moved to Bradenton about 9 months ago. Its a big decision to move and
everything that goes with it, but it is being considered.

On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:31:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 2/20/2018 12:31 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
>>> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>>>
>>> We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
>>> ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
>>> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
>>> driveway at home.
>>>
>>
>> What part of Florida are you looking in? When we were thinking about
>> buying in Florida, we took all our vacations over a couple of years to each
>> part we were interested in until we finally settled on the best location
>> for us. We are on the gulf coast near Sarasota. It will be a good place
>> to retire when the time comes.
>>
>
>Not far from you. Son moved to Parrish about 18 months ago, daughter
>moved to Bradenton about 9 months ago. Its a big decision to move and
>everything that goes with it, but it is being considered.

My advice is to consider all the positives and minuses very carefully.
We know of two retired couples who moved to Florida to be near their
adult children only to find out that within less than a year that due
to job transfers their children relocated to other states, one to CA
and one to NJ... and odds are their children will continue to
relocate. My next door neighbor's daughter recently married and moved
two states away, I advised them not to move to be near her as at the
daughter's age of 28 she will likely relocate several times.
Also it's very difficult for older people to make new meaningful
friendships... sure you can attend Bingo, join a Bridge Club, and take
up Golf but those people you meet will at best become minor
acquaintences who you share no history with. Your old friends will
not visit nor will you visit them.
I always advise people to never move to be near their adult children,
that is the very worst reason for retired people to relocate.
And Florida has a very transient population, most people rent their
home and so can pull up roots quickly and do.
Also Florida weather is far from ideal, tropical storms can wreak
havoc in an instant. At the least you'd be trading heating bills for
cooling bills so no savings there. The important element to consider
is that you know the devils you've got, you've no idea what devils
will meet you and it's not possible to undo such a decision and
return to where you were. Allow your children to live their lives and
you live yours... and perhaps they really don't want you around.

wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:31:59 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 2/20/2018 12:31 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>>> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
>>>> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>>>>
>>>> We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
>>>> ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
>>>> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
>>>> driveway at home.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What part of Florida are you looking in? When we were thinking about
>>> buying in Florida, we took all our vacations over a couple of years to each
>>> part we were interested in until we finally settled on the best location
>>> for us. We are on the gulf coast near Sarasota. It will be a good place
>>> to retire when the time comes.
>>>
>>
>> Not far from you. Son moved to Parrish about 18 months ago, daughter
>> moved to Bradenton about 9 months ago. Its a big decision to move and
>> everything that goes with it, but it is being considered.


> Allow your children to live their lives and
> you live yours... and perhaps they really don't want you around.
>

*nodding*

On 2/21/2018 11:33 AM, wrote:

>
> My advice is to consider all the positives and minuses very carefully.
> We know of two retired couples who moved to Florida to be near their
> adult children only to find out that within less than a year that due
> to job transfers their children relocated to other states, one to CA
> and one to NJ... and odds are their children will continue to
> relocate.

My daughter has lived in 7 states at least 15 different addresses so I'm
not depending on her being here in the future.



> I always advise people to never move to be near their adult children,
> that is the very worst reason for retired people to relocate.

Right, not the reason we are considering a move.



> Also Florida weather is far from ideal, tropical storms can wreak
> havoc in an instant. At the least you'd be trading heating bills for
> cooling bills so no savings there. The important element to consider
> is that you know the devils you've got, you've no idea what devils
> will meet you and it's not possible to undo such a decision and
> return to where you were.

Very difficult for my wife to go out in the winter. Even though summer
is very hot, she can take that over the cold.

Allow your children to live their lives and
> you live yours... and perhaps they really don't want you around.
>

They do live theirs and they do want us around. They can survive well
without us and have for many years.

It does not snow here either.

On 2/19/2018 11:54 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a
>> bit of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also
>> came with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.
>
> Some places that look like a dump have great food if you don't look
> around too much.
>
> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida.Â* Our son is taking us
> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>
> We also looked at houses yesterday.Â* Nice places but not sure we are
> ready to make the move yet.Â* It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
> driveway at home.

Dinner tonight will be pan fried catfish fillets. Slightly spicy
coating. No hush puppies. Some crookneck squash, thinly sliced and
also tossed in finely ground cornmeal with spices.

So, you're pretending to look at houses. I can understand that!

Jill

On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 10:54:08 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a bit
> > of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also came
> > with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.
>
> Some places that look like a dump have great food if you don't look
> around too much.
>
> Nothing exciting where I am right now if Florida. Our son is taking us
> to a seafood place tomorrow though so there is some hope.
>
> We also looked at houses yesterday. Nice places but not sure we are
> ready to make the move yet. It ws nice sitting in the sun and getting a
> text from my grandson that he is clearing 8" of new snow from my
> driveway at home.

Bryan lived in FL for a couple years in the early 1990's. And when he moved back to STL MO he mentioned to me that he missed living in a place where water never occurred naturally in a solid state!

And I think about that whenever I'm scraping ice off my windshield!

Oh, and about the soft shelled crabs: every time I order them in a restaurant

John Kuthe...

On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a bit
> of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also came
> with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.

Good that you could find softshell crab.

Jill

On 2018-02-21 11:40 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a
>> bit of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner also
>> came with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.
>
> Good that you could find softshell crab.


The soft shell crab was every bit as good as I had expected they would
be. My wife liked it too. Last night we went to another local place and
I had shrimp tacos, also delicious. It was interesting to see that the
shrimp tacos were $2 cheaper than the fish tacos, maybe because the fish
was mahi mahi.



We went to the Savannah Wild Life Preserve and I slipped a little
further into SC to get to a store and sw aa sign for Beaufort.... sent a
mental hello to you.

On 2/21/2018 5:18 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2018-02-21 11:40 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 2/19/2018 7:26 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> Struck that of the foods to try down here list. The restaurant was a
>>> bit of a dump but the soft shell crab was delicious.Â*Â* The dinner
>>> also came with hush puppies, another first. They were okay.
>>
>> Good that you could find softshell crab.
>
>
> The soft shell crab was every bit as good as I had expected they would
> be.Â* My wife liked it too. Last night we went to another local place and
> I had shrimp tacos, also delicious. It was interesting to see that the
> shrimp tacos were $2 cheaper than the fish tacos, maybe because the fish
> was mahi mahi.
>
>
>
> We went to the Savannah Wild Life Preserve and I slipped a little
> further into SC to get to a store and sw aa sign for Beaufort.... sent a
> mental hello to you.
>
>
Mental hello right back atcha! You're stocking up on grits, right?
I'm glad the weather is cooperating.

Jill