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Calif Bill

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:16:39 -0500, HK wrote:

I'm not a big fan of those houses on the manmade canals. In fact, I'm
not a big fan of having waterfront property with a boat dock. Looking
out the den window and seeing a big boat or my neighbor's house across
the canal is not to my taste. I'd rather park the boat at a nearby
marina.

If my boat was in a marina I probably wouldn't use it very much.
Certainly not 4 or 5 times a week. The trick is finding a short canal
with no traffic and nobody out your
back door. I passed the house next to the one I posted and went around
the corner on a dead end canal. I am 300' from the river but I don't
ever see any boat traffic and it is a very private yard.

I don't think I could ever get used to living in south Florida because
of the heat from April through October. But obviously lots of folks
like it.

I really don't think it is any hotter here in the summer than it was
in DC. I remember lots of days over 100 there in the summer. It never
gets much more than the mid 90s here if you are near the water. The
real difference is at night but that is what AC is for. Now if 50-60
is your favorite temperature, we don't have much for you here 9 months
of the year.
I like 75-85 myself but I boat and swim in my pool a lot.

75-85 is also my preferred summertime temp.
When we lived in north Florida, I'd have business trips a few times a
month to south Florida, both on the Miami side and on your side, well,
usually in Tampa-St. Pete. Almost always, as soon as I got off the plane
in your latitudes in the spring or summer, I was knocked over by the
heat.

Reminds me of reporting to Puerto Rico for duty while in the Navy. I flew
to San Juan in October, wearing my winter dress uniform. Stepped out of
the airplane upon arrival and felt like I got punched in the stomach. It
took about a month to acclimate.

Eisboch

Same thing in Biloxi, Mississippi. After awhile you acclimatized. Came
home on leave about the 4th of July and nearly froze next to San Francisco
Bay.