On 10 May 2010, sheldonlg <sheldonlg> wrote:
> On 5/10/2010 1:37 AM, Neredbojias wrote:
>> On 09 May 2010, sheldonlg<sheldonlg> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/9/2010 4:24 PM, Neredbojias wrote:
>
>>>> In Florida?? Too many bugs and old people. Not to mention the
>>>> alligators, snakes, and man-eating palm trees.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Almost no bugs where I live. Many more in Maine.
>>
>> Yeah, the North can get 'em, too, but when I was down there around
>> Miami, there seemed to be scads.
>
> Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area is totally different. I lived there for
> three years before returning to the US (central Florida where the
> primary language is English).
Really, it is a vastly different
> climate.
I've been to the Orlando area a few times, and, yeah, it's pretty nice.
Can get darn cold in winter sometimes, though. However, as to your
point, I probably wouldn't mind living there.
>>> Alligators don't bother you if you don't feed them, thereby
>>> enticing them near you.
>>
>> Well what do you do if one decides your arm would make a good lunch?
>
> What do you do if some nut in another car on the highway points a gun
> at you?
Well, the obvious thing to do is to roll down your window and tell him
he's an asshole.
>>> Old is a relative term.
>>
>> You're (very probably) someone's relative, too, you know...
>>
>>> I have yet to see a snake here in 4 years.
>>
>> Really? I was kid of around 8 or 9 in St. Petersburg less than 3
>> days when I saw this big, huge, *thick* snake at the end of the
>> backyard where it turned into jungle. That was the end of me going
>> into the backyard 'cept for the very front when accompanied by an
>> adult. (True story.)
>
> I live in what looks like suburbs -- no jungle. I haven't seen any
> snakes.
>
>>
>>> Never heard of a man-eating palm tree.
>>
>> Well, I assumed they were man-eating. Did you see the size of their
>> nuts?
>
> Oh, you mean a the ones with coconuts. I'm too far north. That is
> in the sourthern part of Florida. Florida is about 350 miles north
> to south.
The place you live does sound pretty good. I'm in Arizona so our
respective climes are not too different and I do like the weather here.
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