Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 In a message dated 4/13/00 6:27:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kturbin@... writes: << Blustery April? It's 88, dry & beautiful where I am. Nights are cooler & comfortable. Vegas has 8 months of summer. >> Boasting, are we? I don't know if I would like 8 months of summer. I love all 4 seasons, especially when the summers and winters are relatively mild. Spring and fall are my favorite times with the new flowers and buds on the trees blossoming into full growth and in the fall with the gorgeous colors of the trees. We are having a blustery few days; it has been fairly mild for several weeks, but has turned rainy and cold starting last night. Well, not cold like the northeast, but cold to us southerners. But, I love living in the low-part of the Smoky Mountains. You'll have to come visit sometime. {{{And Pain-Free Wishes}}} Carol ICQ#61162277 " In the little decisions of life, use your mind; in the big decisions, use your heart. " [author unknown] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- STRETCH your cash. Trade what you have for what you want. PLUS, earn referral fees on transactions. http://www.traderewards.com/i.asp?ID=100031 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 Hiya, Carol, Ken and Everyone. On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:35:11 EDT Carol writes, in part. << Blustery April? It's 88, dry & beautiful where I am. Nights are cooler & comfortable. Ken-> Vegas has 8 months of summer. >> >Boasting, are we? >I don't know if I would like 8 months of summer. I love all 4 >seasons, especially when the summers and winters are relatively >mild. Spring and fall are my favorite times with the new flowers >and buds on the trees blossoming into full growth and in the fall >with the gorgeous colors of the trees. Amen to that, Carol. I live about 60 miles south of Carol -- ville, NC -> /Greenville, SC. The weather is much the same, 'xcept in the worst of winter. >We are having a blustery few days; it has been fairly mild for >several weeks, but has turned rainy and cold starting last night. At home yesterday morning, the temp was 42F, the wind chill 28F! And this is April. If this type of cool weather comes again a bit later in the Spring, we call it 'Blackberry Winter'. And it usually does. >Well, not cold like the northeast, but cold to us southerners. >But, I love living in the low-part of the Smoky Mountains. So do I. Or, at least nearby. >You'll have to come visit sometime. An EXCELLENT idea! >{{{And Pain-Free Wishes}}} >Carol Be Pain-free, ....tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 <<Ken Wow! We should charge admission.>> LOL I thought we did! Isn't that what the " one armed bandits " are for? LOL You about sum it up though, Ken, and the nice " warm " weather is why I moved here too! God bless, Joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 At 07:35 PM 4/13/00 -0400, msvvarrior@... wisely said: >I love all 4 seasons, >especially when the summers and winters are relatively mild. We do have seasons, but the lousy ones are much shorter. Las Vegas is a high desert valley. 2o minutes from a vast lake, 30 minutes from skiing, cool forest picknicking & camping, and other neat features. Moved here because the low humidity reduced raging constant neck pain to low background noise, & I am much more able most of the year. People have Vegas stereotyped as " the strip, or Glitter Gulch. " It is really a slightly large small town with the amenities of a city. Most visitors never get beyond the one street that is " the strip " . some of us call it empty pockets alley. And yes, I do brag about the place, because I find it a very rational place to live. Probably has the best handicapped (free) public transportation in the nation. Health services are excellent. And if I feel lousy, it's still a comfort to have a nice day to get out into when I can. Quality of life for me is excellent, while in other places probably couldn't even afford a cardboard condo. Ken Wow! We should charge admission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2000 Report Share Posted April 15, 2000 In a message dated 4/14/00 9:34:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kturbin@... writes: << It is really a slightly large small town with the amenities of a city. Most visitors never get beyond the one street that is " the strip " . some of us call it empty pockets alley. >> Ken: Sounds like you should be hired as a Tourism/ " Live in Las Vegas " employee. I've been there once, 6 months after I married for the 2nd time. We stayed with MIL; enjoyed the casinos [one-armed bandits - nickels, dimes and quarters] and several of the shows: Tony , t Prowse, and Sigfried and Roy. [Had GREAT seats for each show.] Was a little disappointed in Tony , but thrilled with the others. We really did not get out to the other areas as we visited MIL during the day. My sister and her DH go there at least 2/year; stay at one of the casino hotels and always make enough money to pay for their entire trip from Alaska to the East Coast and back again. When they visited us, we went to Harrah's at the Cherokee Reservation. She couldn't lose on any machine she touched; easily made $1,500 that night. Her DH, my DH, and I played for a while until we used up our designated money and watched her win. Unreal. I would like to go there sometime and visit so I could see more of the real town. My DH used to live there [in his early 20's] and was stationed at Nellis for several years. Also was with SAC when it was in a wooden building in downtown LV. Hope you're doing well these days. {{{And Pain-Free Wishes}}} Carol ICQ#61162277 " In the little decisions of life, use your mind; in the big decisions, use your heart. " [author unknown] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- STRETCH your cash. Trade what you have for what you want. PLUS, earn referral fees on transactions. http://www.traderewards.com/i.asp?ID=100031 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2000 Report Share Posted April 15, 2000 Hi Ken! I must say you do live in a beautiful country, I have been to Las Vegas twice and loved every minute of it. The first time I went with my two sisters and neices and nephews and we had a great time as well we did the second time, I can see why you feel better there in the dry climate, we also in Canada have a desert type inviroment in the interior of British Columbia and when I get within 1 hour of arriving there I feel so much better, the arthritis and FM are much better in the dry heat. Rosemarie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2000 Report Share Posted April 15, 2000 At 06:40 PM 4/15/00 -0400, msvvarrior@... wisely said: >I would like to go there sometime and visit so I could see more of the real >town. Many of the true natives talk to me about things like being able to see the High School from almost any hill in the area so they would know when the truant officer was on his way. Other frequent stories are about classes adjourning to sit outside during nuclear tests & watch the interesting mushroom clouds at Nellis. This, to me, explains a lot of illnesses, as do radium faced watches most men wore. But then, not all that many people recall illnesses related to the nuclear testing. But the most affected are probably pushing up daisies. It is a bizarre contrast that asians now come here in droves to play Baccarrat, and take in the party atmosphere (that many Las Vegans work 12 hours daily to maintain). My mother had a somewhat morbid quote from an obscure poet she liked: " Although we dance at the brink of death, is that dance less full of fun? " Guess it's not much different from buying a house on the San s Fault (distant from here, thank goodness). Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2000 Report Share Posted April 15, 2000 At 04:28 PM 4/15/00 -0700, rstene wisely said: >we also in Canada have a desert type inviroment in >the interior of British Columbia and when I get within 1 hour of arriving >there I feel so much better, the arthritis and FM are much better in the dry >heat. >Rosemarie > Rosemarie, Could you tell a little more about that area of BC. I'm interested in all places where I ( & others) can be more comfortable. The climate in Vegas accounts for me not having to depend much on heavy doses of opoid pain relievers, and I can actually sleep many nights. Maybe we could put together a low-pain world directory. Here most older adults are able to continue working just about as long as they want, probably due to the lessened effects of arthritic diseases. I think that is liberating. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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