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munk said:
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My wife is making noise she wants to move to Wyoming. I don't know but that the munk compound days are numbered, and that's a real shame.

(if any of you are rich and want a great deal on a wild part of Montana the Yups haven't overun yet, let me know.....)
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SWMBO has put us in a position where we must sell our home and move to <cheaper>. She wants to move to Missouri :grumpy: :eek: :mad:

Montana or Wyoming <shiver> sound even worse to me. Osteo arthritis and cold not mixing.

When we moved here, I said this is where I'd be until I died and I guess that could happen too.
 
Just a thought...compromise. Arkansas has some of the most beautiful bits of the country in it and the hunting and fishing are great.

As an aside...Dan lives there now.
 
Interesting. I did a search just recently on the cost of living around the states. While it is true that places in the midwest are cheaper.........not all by any means. Cheyenne WY is a really nice place to live. You have to learn to lean there, though, as the wind blows all the time:D I've been reconsidering that move myself.

But according to the COL index, Metro Phoenix is exactly average with a score of 100, which means that $100 will buy you $100 worth of living. NYC and Honolulu and San Fran run around 217. Surprisingly many midwest places were in the 150-200 range, too. I wasn't really thinking about those so I can't recall the details............shame on me:rolleyes: In many instances, I will guess that taxes have a lot to do with it. With fewer people you pay more for the same stuff. Just my guess.:foot: For instance, here in Mesa I pay $1000 a year on $160,000 assesment for property taxes. In Omaha it runs around $3000 a year for the same price. Or so my research in the moving has shown.

You have to consider that if you move to a smaller cheaper place you will pay to go shopping, and have very little to do unless you like watching the corn grow. Some places have great hunting and fishing and are pretty too. So that counts if you like to do that. But if your wife likes to shop and you move to North Platte, NE, she will go stark raving mad:eek: :mad: ;)

Lots to consider besides the "looks" of the bottom line. It can be, and most of the time is, very decieving. In all my moves all over the globe, I've found that I really don't appreciate some places until I'm gone. With the exception of Germany...........I've been considering moving back there, too:D Ya'all will come over for a konvention there, won't ya????;) Karen and I are making a point of enjoying all that Phoenix has to offer and also taking in all the interesting "hysterical" sites of AZ and the SW while we are here. My son is even considering taking his mom and sister on his hunnymoon so we can all see the stuff. What can I say.

One last thought............I moved to Phoenix for health reasons.......you know warmth and dry for arthritis and such........that too is decieving. Everyone is different, but where up north it was 90 in the summer and 0 in the winter and I hurt all over, down here it's 120 in the summer and 30 in the winter and i still hurt all over. Seems to have more to do with the actual change. You get used to 120 and 80 is cold and you start to hurt. Weird for sure. OK we don't have snow to shovel, but we have sand and when a solid cloud of dirt rolls through town leaving visibility at 0 and grounding all the planes, it's down right miserable. And dirt goes through the windows and is just awful. At least the snow pretty much stays outside and looks pretty for awhile.

OK book mode off...............I worked 3 days this week, I'm still in overdrive :foot: ;)
 
Math is not my strong suit. I used to cry in frustration as a schoolkid with unsolved math problems. Darn father and older brother were great at it....
I got lost and bored with algebra and statistics and never went further.

But I can add up a few simple things, and today I laid out our debt load to my wife. She is naive at times. She thinks, "let's go do this thing', but doesn't stop to access how the 'going' gets done.

Basically, unless a miracle occurs, I sell a book, or the Government declares there's been a terrible misake and they're sorry for all the pain they've caused me and hope the check for a cool mill will help; we can't afford to move.

Suits me. I've always favored hunkering in the bunker.

munk
 
PLease!

Porperty taxes. YOUCH!

Income Tax. Double YOUCH!

Insurance? Auto? Motorcycles? Health?

Employee taxes -- I match their Social Security payments (as an employer) and I don't believe they will ever see a dime of this due to the rotten way SS is administered. Ths is Really pouring money down a rat hole!

Now, let's get into the Church!

My Church says that my "Spiritual Gift" is GIVING! No kidding, then they unroll building plans. I am afraid that some of the local Baptist churchs are more interested in "Buildings, bodies and Budgets," than doing the job they are commissioned to do.

I got mad and told them that I felt they were violating the first three Commandments.

Maybe the 7th if I turned the wrong way.

You can't get the shaft if you don't assume the position.

The irony is that with what I do give them, they are afraid to really hack me off and I leave, so they grumble and try again later when I am in a "better mood".

If I were them, I'd run me off. I guess we deserve each other.

I am ticked off about something else and probably should just go home and not disturb the Cantina, but what are friends for if you can't vent every once in a while?

I'd probably feel better if we dropped another 500 pound bomb on some deserving terrorist! Yeah, that would really make my day!



I'll go quietly, now. DRINKS FOR EVERYONE! Put it on my tab!
 
Try Mississippi. Its cheap and warm.
 
gosh....I really like to move every once in a while...*shrug*

The adventure of discovering a new place makes it worth the expenses.

Though, my next move will certainly be a painful one...more cars, kids and shop tools....ouch!

I think I'll be building my own trailer(s) for the next one...whatever doesn't fit, stays.



p.s. don't worry..I'll make sure the kids fit. :D
 
Ah, yes, Mississippi.............the only place I've ever been arrested:D and for indecent exposure............I was walking on the beach with 2 black guys. I kid you not.........

"Young lady, does your mother know where you are"
" I hope not"...........not exactly the correct answer to say to the big, fat, Mississippi cop..........yup, he fit the stereotypical southern cop format and I was a smart alec hot headed 18yo..............LOL.........what can I say.

After which he loaded us up and took us to the cop shop. Never asked for any ID before this, just took us in. So when they asked for my ID, I gave them my military card instead of my drivers licence. :D to which I got the stern lecture about not hanging around with worthless guys on the beach. We then had to walk back to the base. You'ld a thought they would have given me a lift since I was with "worthless guys". These were my lab partners in tech school and we had been cramming over schematics all night preparing for a test the next day and wanted to take a nice walk on the beach........and drink a few beers.......oh, well, what can I say. Just the stuff memories are made of:D ;)
 
Blacks are dangerous. It is best to keep all sightings on the television.




>>>>>

Did we ever figure out if all of us are descended basically from Black people or White people? Did the lack of interest end the investigation? I don't know nothing.




munk
 
Allright! She'll settle for Arkansas!
Lots <groan> of really cheap property/

munk, didn't you hear the "good news, bad news" for believers? The good news - scientists proved there really was an Eve; the bad news - she was black. Not that I consider that bad news, but many believers would.
 
Baton down the hatches Mike...it's that time of year again.
 
no kiddin'....:eek:


I read that '06 is supposed to be more active than '05.....:(
 
mamav said:
Interesting. I did a search just recently on the cost of living around the states. While it is true that places in the midwest are cheaper.........not all by any means. Cheyenne WY is a really nice place to live. You have to learn to lean there, though, as the wind blows all the time:D I've been reconsidering that move myself.

But according to the COL index, Metro Phoenix is exactly average with a score of 100, which means that $100 will buy you $100 worth of living. NYC and Honolulu and San Fran run around 217. Surprisingly many midwest places were in the 150-200 range, too. I wasn't really thinking about those so I can't recall the details............shame on me:rolleyes: In many instances, I will guess that taxes have a lot to do with it. With fewer people you pay more for the same stuff. Just my guess.:foot: For instance, here in Mesa I pay $1000 a year on $160,000 assesment for property taxes. In Omaha it runs around $3000 a year for the same price. Or so my research in the moving has shown.)
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To Mamov: Your posts are too few and far between. They are always interesting. May I ask how you found those interesting statistics? I'd like to apply them to locations germaine to me.

To Munk: Move if your wife wants. Stay put if you can't afford to move and you are happy. Split up if you can't reach common ground. It's pretty common these days.

That's life.
 
Dave Rishar said:
We're all actually descended from Genghis Khan. What can you say? The man got around.
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So did Adam. Wait, were A & E Married? Can't find any references. Hmm what does that make us?
 
Bill Marsh said:
So did Adam. Wait, were A & E Married? Can't find any references. Hmm what does that make us?
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Reminds me of an old joke.

A man's family is gathered around him in a hospital ward.
MAN: Can't you all chip in and get me a private room.
SON#1: Costs too much, Dad.
SON#2: Doctor says you're terminal.
DAUGHTER: Insurance won't cover it.
MAN: I got a confession. Your late mother and I never actually got around to getting married.
SON#1: You mean we're all .....
MAN: And cheap ones at that!

Speaking of such, just found out yesterday I'm a grandfather again. Ryan was born in December with three holes in his heart and needed immediate sugery. He can't eat and is being fed through a tube. I'll be sending up smoke for him.
 
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