We're finally starting to talk vacation

Post #443,360 by drook 8/31/23 12:16:08 PM 8/31/23 12:16:08 PM Reply	We're finally starting to talk vacation Now trip planning is more about scouting places to possibly move after her mother passes. Since I can work remotely, we're looking at weather first. We like all the seasons, but we're tired of winter being half the year. -- Drew
Post #443,363 by CRConrad 9/1/23 1:36:38 AM 9/1/23 1:36:38 AM Reply	"Tired of...?" Tell me about it.
Post #443,369 by drook 9/1/23 9:26:55 AM 9/1/23 9:26:55 AM Reply	Ok (I know it was rhetorical, but I'm going anyway) My wife has lived here her entire life. Every time I've suggested moving somewhere with more sun she would say some variation of, "I know you want to go back to California/Florida, but I like having all four seasons." Last year we visited Thing #2 in Reno for Thanksgiving. It was cold but sunny. Then we came back to 5 more months of cloudy, cold, snow, slush, and rain. Now she finally understands it can be winter without being grey all the time. And she seems to be open to the idea that it doesn't have to last for 6 months, either. -- Drew
Post #443,371 by crazy 9/1/23 10:44:27 AM 9/1/23 10:44:27 AM Reply	I had a discussion like that with today's tenants They're from Colorado. This guy now has a 5-year plan to move to my neighborhood. Or at least within this 40 mile rainshadow strip. We came from Colorado! When M said we are going to Washington I could only envision Seattle weather which is nasty. She said we were moving to Port Angeles which is where the TV show Sirens was based out of. They have lots of rainy scenes and ocean boat storm schenes. I'm moving to what? I was shocked by the perfect weather. It is so obvious when we drive in and out of the area that when we cross the rain shadow threshold the weather sucks. We cross back into our rain shadow and it's a nice sunny day. So anyway, he wants to be here and who am to disagree? He's now driving to the airport with his wife to then fly back home. He apologized and asked if he could leave me some pot. Sure. Who am I to disagree?
Post #443,372 by boxley 9/1/23 11:36:42 AM 9/1/23 11:36:42 AM Reply	reno was nice but with musk moving in it is way too crowded lived there in 83-84 in lemon valley just north of reno "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #443,374 by Another Scott 9/1/23 2:05:09 PM 9/1/23 2:05:09 PM Reply	Having water is nice. Supposedly lots of people are going to be thinking about moving to the midwest to be nearer to the Great Lakes... Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #443,376 by drook 9/1/23 11:27:27 PM 9/1/23 11:27:27 PM Reply	Yeah, I'm depressed that I'm actually having to think about that -- Drew
Post #443,379 by boxley 9/3/23 9:24:33 PM 9/3/23 9:24:33 PM Reply	I need ocean or mountains preferably both petty happy on the gulf of mexico at the moment "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #443,384 by CRConrad 9/6/23 7:56:21 AM 9/6/23 7:56:21 AM Reply	Slow learner, is she? (ObZinger: Duh, sorry I asked, obviously she is -- she's still married to you.) -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #443,373 by Andrew Grygus 9/1/23 12:58:53 PM 9/1/23 12:58:53 PM Reply	Tell her here in Southern California we dropped Winter. So, like in ancient Egypt, we have only three seasons. Ours are Drought, Fire, and Mudslide (punctuated by occasional earthquakes).
Post #443,377 by drook 9/1/23 11:34:21 PM 9/1/23 11:34:21 PM Reply	Oh yeah, that'll win her over By the way, I heard a podcast recently where they asked, "Who decided there are four seasons?" Like so much else that's widely accepted for no apparent reason, it was Western Europeans and they brought that idea with them everywhere they went. Some places have 3 seasons, some 12 or more. Several schemes are based on migratory habits of birds, because that's their signal to plant. But these specific four seasons, and they're based on the calendar? Like weather does what we want instead of the other way around? Yeah, that's us. -- Drew

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