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| Chat - Wednesday, March 4, 2009; Did Wray Deliver Egg #2 Yesterday?? | |
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| Jillers | Mar 4 2009, 10:25 AM Post #61 |
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Carole-I thought of you when I read this! Retiring to Florida For those of you contemplating retirement, I would like to share my retirement experiences with you, which I hope will be helpful. Fifteen years ago my wife and I moved into a retirement development on Florida's Southeast coast. We are living in the Delray/Boca/Boynton Golf,Spa, 20 Bath and Tennis Club on Lake Fake-a-hachee. There are 3000 lakes in Florida, only three are real. Our biggest retirement concern was time management. What were we going to do all day? Let me assure you, passing the time is not a problem. Your days will be eaten up by simple, daily activities. Just getting out of your car takes 15 minutes. Trying to find where you parked takes 20 minutes. It takes 1/2 hour on the check-out line in Wal-Mart and 1 hour to return the item the next day. Let me take you through a typical day. We get up at 5:00 AM, have a quick breakfast and join the early morning Walk and Talk Club. There are about 30 of us and rain or shine we walk around the streets, all talking at once. Every development has some late risers who stay in bed until 6 AM. After a nimble walk avoiding irate drivers out to make us road kill, we go back home, shower and change for the next activity. My wife goes directly to the pool for her under water Pilates class, followed by gasping for breath and CPR. I put on my 'Ask me about my Grandchildren' T-shirt, my plaid mid-calf shorts, my black socks and sandals and go to the club house lobby for a nice nap. Before you know it, it's time for lunch. We go to Costco or Sam's Club to partake of the many tasty samples dispensed by ladies in white hair nets. All free! After a filling lunch, if we don't have any doctor appointments, we might go to the flea market to see if any new white belts have come in or to buy a Rolex watch for $2.00. We're usually back home by 2 PM to get ready for dinner. People start lining up for the early bird about 3 PM, but we get there by 3:45 because we're late eaters. The dinners are very popular because of the large portions they serve. You can take home enough food for the next day's lunch and dinner, including extra bread, crackers, packets of mustard, relish, ketchup and Sweet-and-Low along with mints. At 5:30 we're home ready to watch the 6 o'clock news. By 6:30 we're fast asleep. Then we get up and make 5 or 6 trips to the bathroom during the night and it's time to get up and start a new day all over again.. Doctor related activities eat up most of your retirement time. I enjoy reading old magazines in sub zero temperatures in the waiting room, so I don't mind. Calling for test results also help the days fly by. It takes at least half an hour just getting through the doctor's phone menu. Then there's the hold time until you're connected to the right party. Sometimes they forget you're holding, and the whole office goes off to lunch. Should you find you still have time on your hands, volunteering provides a rewarding opportunity to help the less fortunate. Florida has the largest concentration of seniors under five feet and they need our help. I myself am a volunteer for 'The Vertically Challenged Over 80.' I coach their basketball team, The Arthritic Avengers. The hoop is only 4 1/2 feet from the floor. You should see the look of confidence on their faces when they make a slam dunk. Food shopping is a problem for short seniors or 'bottom feeders' as we call them because they can't reach the items on the upper shelves. There are many foods they've never tasted. After shopping, most seniors can't remember where they parked their cars and wander the parking lot for hours while their food defrosts. Lastly, it's important to choose a development with an impressive name. Italian names are very popular in Florida . They convey world traveler, uppity sophistication and wealth. Where would you rather live... Murray's Condos or the Lakes Of Venice ? There's no difference. They're both owned by Murray who happens to be a cheap bugger. I hope this material has been of help to you future retirees. If I can be of any further assistance, please look me up when you're in Florida . I live in The Leaning Condos of Pisa in Boynton Beach. And of course if you can bend down there is GOLF. |
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| harpo516 | Mar 4 2009, 10:41 AM Post #62 |
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Jill sent that one right on to my boss!he's all about the coupons from Bed ..... so he can get his coffee..... when he's here in NY - he doesn't know what a coupon is but when he's in FL - well that's a whole different story! :lol: |
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| summer818 | Mar 4 2009, 10:53 AM Post #63 |
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That was hysterical Jill, thanks for the laugh!
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| iggle | Mar 4 2009, 10:55 AM Post #64 |
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"Lake Fake-a-hachee" I think I'll keep working.... Good Morning, Eagle Peeps! Thanks for the support from all the non-Germans last night - I just read all those posts and am glad to see I am not alone after all. Some sad eagle stories being posted today - grim reminders that so few make it to adulthood. As for the puppy mills . I won't be watching THAT cam....Happy news that our Grand Lady Wray has blessed us with another egg (we think). Egg season is shaping up nicely and I'm getting so excited to see our new little bobbleheads arrive! |
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| Paula eaglet momster | Mar 4 2009, 11:06 AM Post #65 |
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Maybe you should check out his website before you accuse the Texas White Lab guy of being a bad person/breeder....IMHO |
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| ojailala | Mar 4 2009, 11:07 AM Post #66 |
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No more watching puppy cam for me... it would be different if those puppies were in a loving home like the last dogs we watched... I have no use for a Breeder's personal dog cam that can boost his business... there are plenty of great cams to watch besides that one... |
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| petra | Mar 4 2009, 11:08 AM Post #67 |
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agree LINDA totaly agree...... |
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| ojailala | Mar 4 2009, 11:08 AM Post #68 |
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Paula, I thought it was already established that there were cages... we'll find out for sure... |
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| Paula eaglet momster | Mar 4 2009, 11:09 AM Post #69 |
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And they weren't a breeder? They were selling puppies as well as I recall. |
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| ojailala | Mar 4 2009, 11:10 AM Post #70 |
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Peetie, when you and I post back to back, our signatures look like a cat house for sure....
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| petra | Mar 4 2009, 11:10 AM Post #71 |
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LAURIE CONGRATS WITH YOUR 3,400+ POSTSSSS WAY TO GOOO |
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| petra | Mar 4 2009, 11:12 AM Post #72 |
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CAROLE YOU TO WITH YOUR 15,500+ POSTSSSSSSS |
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| summer818 | Mar 4 2009, 11:12 AM Post #73 |
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I too can't wait for those little bobbleheads to arrive. Hopefully, we'll have little siblings to watch grow and thrive.
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| Paula eaglet momster | Mar 4 2009, 11:12 AM Post #74 |
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The dog and puppies are in his bathroom...you can find his website off the puppy cam....looks like a responsible breeder to me. |
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| summer818 | Mar 4 2009, 11:13 AM Post #75 |
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Ruh Oh! A Cat House!
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sent that one right on to my boss!
. I won't be watching THAT cam....

4:25 PM Jul 10