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When I lived in the mountains of No. Idaho I suppose my closest neighbors were within "hailing distance". Our properties were approximately 1/4 mi. apart and sound is greatly amplified in the middle of a huge forest! We could hear one another's generators running, could sometimes hear voices and had an emergency plan in place if needed. Two shots from a shotgun would bring people fast! lol
Hailing distance: the distance within which the human voice can be heard.
See? Telephone counts now!
You and AniFani will have to reconcile your definitions. Human voice can be heard around the globe if you're talking telephone. If it's within a few hours drive of SOs, that's something else altogether. I'd vote for 5 hours' drive.
You and AniFani will have to reconcile your definitions. Human voice can be heard around the globe if you're talking telephone. If it's within a few hours drive of SOs, that's something else altogether. I'd vote for 5 hours' drive.
Faster to fly! 'Course, I hate flying. They can do it. Did too much in the military and for my profession thereafter. Give me boots on the ground!
It would be nice when you delete my posts,that in the very lest, you let me know. Always trying to improve, feedback is welcome. I am getting quite angry with this Stealth Moderator !
Well, I had no idea that the use of an archaic term like 'hailing' would generate so much comment. I have no idea of the original meaning, though I've heard the term used in all the ways you folks have suggested. Never been at sea, nor across the moor, barely in sight, yet just near enough, that if you cupped your hands and shouted my way, I might hear.
For the record I meant it in the close, but not too close sense. Grand kids are cute and fun, but we don't care to be the babysitter of first resort. Now, for more nonsense.
In the spring, it can hail, if conditions are just right. I'll give you a shout if I see you across the way. Let's hail a taxi. In some parts of the South, "Wah, ya' ken jus' go tuh hail."
In the spring, it can hail, if conditions are just right. I'll give you a shout if I see you across the way. Let's hail a taxi. In some parts of the South, "Wah, ya' ken jus' go tuh hail."
That is all.
And no one has to say, "Hail, Caesar" anymore. But let's hope we all stay hale and hearty!
This is a terrific thread. My thinking has changed a lot over the decades and especially in the last few years. Pretty much everything of importance has been altered as age, health, kids and their plans/locations, and work have changed.
I live on Long Island, which is a great 4-season location with plenty of ocean, scenery, hiking, wineries, nice drives, etc. I thought for many years that I'd like to move upstate and have a lot of land and mountains around me, and I do love to drive up there. When my daughter went to college in Montreal I really treasured those long drives up through the Adirondacks and way upstate. I also spent many summers in NE PA and have a great attachment to the area and many friends. It's so beautiful, in every season. I could see myself either living there full-time or getting a small log cabin somewhere to use as a retreat year-round.
Then, overlapping that dream, about eight or ten years ago to fairly recently, I thought for sure I wanted to move south, to Florida. My mom goes down there every winter, and I love being there. The last winters were very tough around here, especially last year, with constant blizzards in December and January. The shoveling is difficult, and I've become afraid of driving on ice since a minor accident two years ago.
I'm getting ready to at least partially retire and am wondering how to fit in part-time work if I move. I'm a writer and can develop a freelance writing business, which I've done in the past, but I don't know if I can stand the pressure. If I stay where I am, I can cut back my full-time job to as low as 50% and still get benefits and contributions to the 401K.
In the past year I developed an autoimmune disorder and am under the care of a great doctor. There are very few doctors in the country who are experienced with this one, as it's pretty rare, so I've gotten cold feet about moving anywhere right now while I have to have treatments and be monitored. In general, medical care where I live is excellent.
Last week I visited my daughter in Berkeley, a beautiful place with year-round moderate weather and a constant blooming of flowers. I had asked her ahead of time what the temps and weather were like, so I could pack the right things. She said it was in the 60s. I said, oh, like here! It sounds like fall here, is it fall? She hesitated and said, "Kind of." I got out there and it wasn't fall at all. There were butterflies, birds, a friend was talking about repotting herbs that had died. Here on L.I. plant life follows a cycle that I think of as normal -- plants come to life in the spring, that's when you put out your pots, they die in the fall, and you stop potting outdoors for the winter. It was pretty weird to me to have this sameness going on month after month. While I was there, I missed the colorful leaves, the fallen leaves swirling on the roads and walkways, the feeling of hands in pockets, the brilliant sunshine, apples, pumpkins, the smell of autumn. There were some house decorations out there, but it didn't really feel like fall.
I don't know now if I want to live in a place that doesn't have the change of seasons. Of course, there is a price to pay for staying here -- winter -- but the more I read of your posts, the more I understand that there are tradeoffs everywhere. I also have family here and a lifetime of friends and associations in the area. Hmmm.....
Where you live , where you hang your hat so to speak has more to do with age than anything else. There is one exception,for many and its grandchildren. I have known several senior couples who moved to a more temperate climate for all the right reasons, like the weather in winter only to pull up roots at some point down the years of retirement , to move back north because of Family...other reasons would be health as they age and need outside help for things..that family can provide.
Many of us these days do not have any offspring, so that part does not matter. For me , its living in a place that has always been on my bucket list.....and has good health care close by. There is no reason we should feel guilty for moving around,traveling to far off places, and putting down roots only to change our minds later and go somewhere else. We, or those that can afford to do it should experience the many different places,cultures,climate,and friends that we can ,all through our lives. Its even more important when you are older and your bucket list things to do slips by before we have that chance.
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Human voice can be heard around the globe if you're talking telephone. If it's within a few hours drive of SOs, that's something else altogether. I'd vote for 5 hours' drive.
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