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POSTED BY: WISHIMAY
UPDATED: Monday, April 21, 2014 14:01
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 1:39 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606122/Enjoying-free-lunch-No
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This article reminded me that if I ever DO have money I should like to find another country that doesn't feel the need to butt into every war on the planet and make the next ten generations pay for it in asinine ways (If they started taxing our turkey on Thanksgiving, I think I'd build a punkinchunker and give it back!)....

But which? Being the larger people we are, Asian countries are out. I can live with the feet hanging over the end of the bed, but not the squatting to poop and shower. South America would be ok, it's hard to kidnap fat people

Where would you go and why? This also applies to the 'fereners that post. Would you stay where you are or go if you could?

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:05 PM

CHRISISALL

Gilligan's Island.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 4:23 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Given the ghost of a chance, I'd bugger off to Finland in a heartbeat.
Sane, sensible folk, and they take shit from no one.

-F

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:05 PM

WISHIMAY

Yeah but....COLD.

I've often wondered if they aren't just frigid people. Hard to be emotional in the dead of winter, even here...

Especially after this winter, I want away from the cold.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 7:47 PM

JONGSSTRAW

South Florida is ideal for seniors. Lots of ...

... people your age in adult communities to talk to about your illnesses

... places with "Early Bird" specials

... awful drivers, so you won't be any worse than anyone else

... heat, heat, and more heat

... zinc oxide for nose / metal detector combination kits sold at beaches

... golf courses to play slow on and annoy the shit out of the young punks behind you

... banks everywhere to move your money around to get free calenders

... casino gambling with penny slots and free gelato

... shells to collect and give to the grandkids when they visit

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 8:37 PM

WISHIMAY

Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

...batshit crazy people,
...batshit crazy people driving
...no service people EVER speak English
...it's expensive!
...The water tastes like fish piss...
...tourists!
...Alligators! LARGE SNAKES, LARGE BUGS!!
...HEAT AND THEN HURRICAINES FOR MONTHS!
...RELATIVES!

But, yeah, we actually considered moving there a decade ago(somewhere at the top). It was either that or Greenville S.C. I'm just not so sure I'd wanna stay here the rest of my life. I'd like to at least try another country once...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:11 PM

DEVERSE

Hey, Ive been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity.

http://belizeretirement.org/

I know two fire fighters that retired there. They both say its like living in a tropical Canada, but mostly cheaper.

Not for me, I'm a person who likes winter and playing in the snow.

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face;
With stars to fill my dream;
I am a traveler of both time and space;
To be where I have been

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:08 PM

JONGSSTRAW

Originally posted by Wishimay:

...batshit crazy people- Like Boy Scouts, we're always prepared!

...batshit crazy people driving- Improves your hand/eye coordination

...The water tastes like fish piss-How do you know that? Wait ...TMI

...tourists!-No income tax in Fla thanks to those palefaces

...Alligators! LARGE SNAKES, LARGE BUGS!- No problem, just respect their turf

...HEAT AND THEN HURR]ICAINES FOR MONTHS!-Free steam baths all Summer long!

...RELATIVES!-Lots of good criminal defense attorneys here

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Thursday, April 17, 2014 11:16 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Quote:
Originally posted by Wishimay:
Yeah but....COLD.

I've often wondered if they aren't just frigid people. Hard to be emotional in the dead of winter, even here...

Especially after this winter, I want away from the cold.

Feh, I like it cold - I actually still worked full nightshifts in the polar vortex zone, one of which it was like -46F out there.
There's reasons the residents joke that the "Witch of November" is my girlfriend, yanno.

And actually the Finns are pretty nice, a little standoffish at first, but once they realize yer not a "hoorah" or "murrican", and are an actual human being they warm up to you like family.

-F

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Friday, April 18, 2014 12:22 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Move back to rural Northern California if I could, live in the redwoods.

If it's gotta be a foreign country, either Scandinavia or the South Pacific.

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Friday, April 18, 2014 1:11 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

NZ, Australia, Canada, France. Not a plan, just a dream.

To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine The American Crisis

OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.

"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Friday, April 18, 2014 1:38 PM

WISHIMAY

Quote:
Originally posted by DEVERSE:
http://belizeretirement.org/

Hmm, exchange rate 2-1 US, no daylight savings time, and they speak Creole?
Got my attention!

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Friday, April 18, 2014 1:44 PM

WISHIMAY

Quote:
Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:

Feh, I like it cold

You and Deverse would get along great, he always gets sad when he puts his winter toys away. Me, I'm overjoyed to get out shorts and a t-shirt.
I'd love ta do one of those genetic ancestry locational tests. Maybe I could finally get why I don't like cold, even though I'm Irish...

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Friday, April 18, 2014 2:26 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Wishimay:
Maybe I could finally get why I don't like cold, even though I'm Irish...

I'm Irish/English/German/Swedish and I DETEST cold fracking weather.

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Friday, April 18, 2014 2:31 PM

WHOZIT

I'm going to have to work until I die...should be any day now.

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Friday, April 18, 2014 11:49 PM

WISHIMAY

Oh, Whoz...

Everyone knows I'm the pessimistic one here, quit trying to hone in on my territory

...and get back to work

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Saturday, April 19, 2014 12:50 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

What? Nobody wants to move to LA-LA-land???

No special plans. I like cold. I like changing of seasons. LA-LA-land NOT my style. Finland... sigh. A girl can dream, can't she?

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Monday, April 21, 2014 2:01 PM

JONGSSTRAW

AGT bump!

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