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Old 07-08-2009, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Just some fun with our Country.


You can retire to Phoenix, Arizona where...
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6.. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

You can retire to California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.

You can retire to New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan .....
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature."
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5.. You've worn out a car horn. (ed note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

You can retire to Maine where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco ..
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3.. You have more than one recipe for moose.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

You can retire to the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "Y'all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin'" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Sue, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5.. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.

You can retire to Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car .
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

You can retire to the Midwest where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at? "
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

AND You can retire to Florida where..
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.
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Old 07-08-2009, 09:22 PM
 
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Thanks for not telling anyone about where you live. As soon as our house sells Mrs D and I are on our way down there. I don't want anyone else taking my place.
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Old 07-08-2009, 09:40 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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After living in Maine for 20 years I can tell you, the people with the Tabasco sauce are from away. Natives just use salt, pepper, and catchup.
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Old 07-09-2009, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Thanks for not telling anyone about where you live. As soon as our house sells Mrs D and I are on our way down there. I don't want anyone else taking my place.

Shh...I like the low population here and I'm not far from civilization. I hope you make it here soon.
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Old 07-09-2009, 07:39 AM
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& the last line made me laugh out loud!!

...driven by headless people!! Too funny!
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Old 07-09-2009, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Airports all over the world
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I know how to eat an artichoke
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Old 07-09-2009, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Mississippi
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LOL thanks lisa for making my morning.....glad I live in the Deep South....
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Old 07-09-2009, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Arizona, The American Southwest
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You can retire to Phoenix, Arizona where...
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your butt from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6.. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!
LOL.. you forgot #7
In July, you only have 2 best friends - Air and Conditioning.
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Old 07-09-2009, 10:52 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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I know for sure I'm a midwesterner (Illinios) living in Florida.

Great Lists!
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Old 07-09-2009, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow in "OZ "
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5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people. And that's not your gray hair or blue hair... if you look really close you will see a ball cap on backwards... and the seat folded all the way back..... laying all most prone is the new in thing...to be cool.
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