Well, I just got a bomb dropped on me.

[graywarrior]

Mr. Gray wants to go back to Florida.

Kill me....NOW.

[miss_american_pie]

1. I'd rather hug you

and kill him. :hug:

(j/k of course)

[In_The_Wind]

2. If it makes you feel any better. I'll be there too.

:hug:

[graywarrior]

3. If you're around Sarasota, I may be able to smile about it.

As for now.....:cry:

[In_The_Wind]

51. I won't be too far away.

I'm starting ont the winter in Fort Lauderdale but I'll be looking for a place west of there. We'll only be a short Trike ride apart.

[madinmaryland]

4. OMG, this is HUGH!!1!! He dropped the "F-Bomb" on you.

BTW, my inlaws live in Sarasota. I haven't been down in several years, but my wife and daughter normally go down once or twice a year.

:hi:

[wildhorses]

5. he's a snowbird is he?

I love Sarasota...and the whole gulf side. Can I come for a visit:P

[graywarrior]

6. I'm imagining myself drunk right now.

Drunk and on qualuuds. This is so sad.

But you can come visit.

[cobalt1999]

7. Hey, Florida is great.

The panhandle anyway, fantastic beaches, a small taste of Winter but not enough to get sick of it, boating, fishing, canoing, diving...We're a bit full of republicans and christians, but they are mostly harmless.

Besides nothing gets the heart pumping as if you are running a marathon than an approaching hurricane. :)

Well back!

[Xipe Totec]

8. She just moved up here

think they're still unpacking.

Graywarrior, I'm so sorry!

[graywarrior]

9. I live with a crazy man....he lives with a crazy fuck

We deserve eachother.

[WCGreen]

18. Crazy Fuck.......

Uhhhhhh......

[graywarrior]

23. Yup....you got it.

[ornotna]

10. Bummer

:hug:

I know how much you wanted to get out of here. On the bright side....Katherine Harris will be gone.

[graywarrior]

11. AND...I get to see YOU!!!!!!

I forgot about that.

On the bad side, I have to sell my Dylan tickets for the Boston University concert. :cry:

[ornotna]

12. Wow

That means you'll be coming down soon.

[graywarrior]

14. Leaving here 10/20. Already may have found a place...Bradenton

my fucking favorite place in the world.

[ornotna]

16. Well

the rent should be cheaper than Sarasota.

And you'll be closer to St Pete and Tampa.




Am I cheering you up yet? :crazy:

[graywarrior]

22. Yes, because I forgot you are there

And I plan on making more music events in Tampa this time.

[TK421]

27. I don't think there is much in Bradenton....I've driven through there

before. I'm sorry to hear this

[graywarrior]

29. Me too. Waaaaaaaa!

[pitohui]

65. oh jeez my folks love bradenton they pay money to VISIT there

i've never been but they've been a zillion times and talk endlessly of trying to figure out some way to afford a condo there

how bad can it be?

people vacation there of their own free will, and more than once

[TK421]

82. There is simply nothing in Bradenton.....nothing. If people seem to be

drawn to the place, I don't know what the hell for. Like I said, I've driven through it and saw nothing.

[barb162]

19. yeah, but Jebb is still there

ugh

[xchrom]

13. i'll hold him down --

and you kick him.

wear nice shoes.

[graywarrior]

15. I'm thinking more of a bitchslap.

[xchrom]

20. you go girl!

put your best bitchslappin outfit{or buy a new 'spensive one -- you are going to florida after all.} on -- and have at it!

[GCP]

17. He's clearly having some mental breakdown

Have him committed.

[graywarrior]

26. Good thing for him he's so cute

[barb162]

21. Can you compromise, like some state a bit farther north.

Florida is too hot and humid

[graywarrior]

25. He promises it will just be til May...then we can head north for

the summer.

[barb162]

30. hmmmmmm.

At least it's not permanent?

I think Florida's birds and that kind of thing are very nice. My issues are the heat and humidity, even in winter. My in-laws would spend the winter there as do so many people.

[mdmc]

24. don't go

kill him

[graywarrior]

28. He just gave me a short story he wrote about a guy who's

wife dies and he finds a letter she wrote him. Jesus, talk about crying my eyes out.

[sarge43]

31. Oh jeez gray

So, I take it murder, divorce or forced commitment to an institution for the terminally stupid aren't viable choices for you?

[graywarrior]

32. Not now. Everyone would know.

[sarge43]

33. Understand.

It's tough hiding bodies upcheer; the bears keep digging them up.

Well, this March, while you're on the beach drinking pina coladas, you can think about all us Graniteheads enjoying our annual Nor'easterly Festival, followed by the Mud Season Celebration.

[graywarrior]

36. And oil stained snow.

[sarge43]

37. Don't forget the road salt n/t

[graywarrior]

38. And YELLOW SNOW

Don't foget that!

[sarge43]

43. I think it's at its most appalling right after most of the yellow

snow is gone and there's just a few patches left. Only then do you appreciate just how butt ugly a New England spring can be - moldy piles of leaves left over from last year, clumps of dead weeds around the lunched out yard cars and trucks, scummy mud holes, brown lawns, brooks and lakes packed tight with dirty ice, none of the men have shaved off their winter beards yet ... there's a reason no one writes poetry about a NE spring.

[graywarrior]

44. Yabut, spring skiing at the bowl on Mt. Washington is poetic.

[sarge43]

45. and a particularly gaudy form of suicide IMHO. n/t

[graywarrior]

48. Unlike the suicides AMC and Fish & Game must rescue

every summer from one of the peaks. People LOVE suicide attempts up here.

[sarge43]

53. Anyone who messes with Mt Wash probably shouldn't be

contaminating the gene pool in the first place. That big ole pile of granite doesn't suffer fools.

[graywarrior]

54. It sits there waiting and baiting.

It almost claimed the lives of 3 Canadians who went up a few weeks ago dressed in shorts and t-shirts, got lost, nearly froze to death and had to be rescued. People around here hear about it, nod their heads and have no pity for them.

[sarge43]

56. Aye-up. It's not like there aren't posted warnings all over

Those people were lucky; I hope they figured that out.

[graywarrior]

57. The youngest just got out of a coma.

I have a good friend who works the info desk at Pinkham Notch. We call him the Desk Nazi. He yells at people who ask about going up to the top when he notices they are wearing sneakers and shorts. Tells them it's him who has to organize the rescues and he won't do it if they go up dressed like that. Course, he still does, but they were given fair warning.

[sarge43]

60. He should make them pay for the rescue before they start out.

Just in case. One would think that if someone who lives and works there tells you you're heading up the local shit creek without the proper accessories, you might want to listen.

OK gray, if your old man drags you down to FL, stay away from Tampa; it's a hellhole and do come back next spring -- well, late spring.

I'm off to beddy bye.

[graywarrior]

63. Sleep well, my friend.

[RebelOne]

34. So sorry. I moved up here to North Georgia

from South Florida where I had lived most of my life and I would never move back to that hell hole.

[RevolutionaryActs]

35. But, but...

I'm hopefully going to visit Boston in March, I was going to beg you to drive down for NH and see me. :cry:

[graywarrior]

46. You would not have to beg m, my sweet.

And I may be back there by then. I plan on doing things a little different in my wretched little life.

[RevolutionaryActs]

47. Really?

That would be awesome! Maybe Supernova will be touring the Boston area at the time, then I can help you kidnap Lukas. :evilgrin:

[graywarrior]

49. Yeah baby. Let's plan on it.

[RevolutionaryActs]

50. Sweet!

:bounce:

[dolo amber]

39. Thanks for the Gap Band earworm!

:D :bounce:

Btw, Florida blows. x(

(My apologies to Florida DUers...YMMV.)

[Benfea]

40. I *hated* living in Florida.

I hated the heat, I especially hated the humidity, but above all I hated all the Republicans and racists (was I just redundant?).

Also, beer brewed in Florida tends to be horrible. For that reason alone, no self-respecting man would move there willingly.

[Arugula Latte]

41. What the hell?

:shrug:

Soooo, what's the story? Are you going to discuss it, or is it a done deal that you have to move back?

[rug]

42. If he can't take October up there, move to Ecuador.

[graywarrior]

52. Based on the posts here, I am going to go on Prozac,

enter into a coma, and drink my way through the winter. Fuck fuck fuck.

[RevolutionaryActs]

55. Just remember, there's always Lukas.

:7


And look Supernova will tour in Florida!

January 2007
16 - Hollywood, FL - Seminole Hard Rock Live
17 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live


I don't know if I'm helping or not. :shrug:

[graywarrior]

58. Either one is easy enough to get to.

But, probably sold out already. I'm doomed. Doomed to spend the rest of my days in God's Waiting Room with the old shuffle board fucks.

[RevolutionaryActs]

59. I don't know...

I'm sure there are still tickets for the show near Seattle.... it's a week before my birthday. I've been begging my brother and sister in law to take me, since I heard that the House Band was canceled from the tour for some reason, so now Tobys band is the opening act. :9

[graywarrior]

61. Oooooooo, gossip. Find out, will ya?

[RevolutionaryActs]

64. I tried.

All I know is what Magni said:

Quoted from

http://www.magni-ficent.com/Forums/Topic3621-3-1.aspx

"Due to issues that have nothing to do with music and everything to do with money Supernovas managers have decided not to include the House-band in the upcoming tour - That of course means that I´m not going either. Instead - Juke Cartel - Toby´s band will be opening the show.

This is of course a huge blow for me since I was so eagerly waiting to go with my boys on tour but the plan is still to get them over here for my birthday on December first...

Love

Sad Magni"

[graywarrior]

66. Supernova Mysteries

I love it.

[RevolutionaryActs]

70. So if I go and Toby invites me back stage...

(which you know will SO happen :rofl:), want me to give Lukas your phone number? :7


Actually, I'm probably bigger than he is(being tall as got to come in handy at some point!), I could probably tie him up and ship him to you. ;)

[graywarrior]

71. Ship him and give him my number.

I could fit him in my back pocket and I'm only 5'4".


PS. Did you get my PM?

[RevolutionaryActs]

73. You gots it.

lol. :P




Yes, I did. I sent a reply just now. :7

[graywarrior]

74. You rock.....even more than the Toby

[RevolutionaryActs]

75. Mmmm Toby.

[graywarrior]

76. Gee. He has makeup on.

[RevolutionaryActs]

77. Yes, I think Lukas got him into the guyliner.

:drool:

[graywarrior]

78. He's prettier than me

[RevolutionaryActs]

79. He's prettier than me too.

And look what the girls just posted on the the Toby board...






I'm feeling a little faint.....

[graywarrior]

80. Can't say I blame you.

[RevolutionaryActs]

81. Help, I need help.

Stop letting me indulge myself... oh wait, I'm the one who eggs you on. Never mind! :7

[pitohui]

62. what's wrong w. florida? what part of florida?

the whole state can't be a total loss or 100,000 englishmen wouldn't have moved to tampa

p.s. i'm pretty sure i hiked mt. washington in shorts and tennis shoes but i was considerably younger and didn't end in a coma, it never occurred to me it was even an option

[graywarrior]

67. Sarasota.

Land of the Elite. And the near dead.

[pitohui]

69. well i don't know quite what to say

my folks are big florida fans and i know sarasota is one of the places they like but they are quite senior in their citizenship

i just go to mississippi or grand isle for the gulf so i have no idea -- i'll just wish you good luck!

[sarge43]

84. "What's wrong w. florida?"

:rant: alert

Let me count the ways .....

1. Its political system hasn't changed appreciably since the Carpetbagger Days

2. It's deep dish racist in that snotty, sneaky "Some of my best friends are ..." way. If you're interested I'll sing the saga of Tampa's MLK Jr Blvd bait and switch.

3. It's seriously overcrowded and rapidly running out of potable water and the water it still has is nasty and possible dangerous.

4. Its public health/medical system is a vicious disaster. I may be somewhat intolerant here because said system killed my brother and shorten my father's life by years.

5. With the exception of The Mouse Who Must Be Obeyed and the remnants of Key West's layed back life style, it has nothing resembling a cultural life.

6. Street crime and drug abuse are a way of life. You do not leave anything unlocked or unguarded for a nano second. It's routine for people to be mugged, beaten and robbed in board daylight.

7. Standard hiring practices: Three month "We're letting you go" temp, no bennies, near minimum wage.

8. Summers are way too hot. Everyone bitches about heating bills. Check the typical FL electric bill for a 24/7 6 month AC run. It'll make your eyes hurt.

9. The West Coast is a Katrina redux waiting to happen. Check out a road map of Pinellas Peninsula (home of St Petersburg and Clearwater). Observe that there are four ways out of that death trap - two bridges, a causeway and Rt 19 (still two lane last I heard and skirts the coast line). Imagine a Force Five Blow, the tides at exactly the wrong stage with accompanying tidal surge headed right up Tampa Bay (Tampa's primary care hospital is right on the edge of the bay as is MacDill Plane Patch). About 2 million permanent residents and God only knows how many visitors and touristas during August and September live on that peninsula.

10. If you can afford to live in a gated community, it may be pleasant. For the rest of us it's what this country may become if we don't clean up our act.

Re Mt Washington: When dealing with it, it's advisable to remember that it has never gotten any warmer at the summit than 72F and that the temp can drop to freezing in less than an hour even during summer.

[graywarrior]

85. This post just spurred a purchase of a pack of razor blades.

Can I get through this without feeling anything? Can I just be the walking dead til May or June? Or, maybe I organize and get a V thing going while I'm there. OMG, I am just on the verge of becoming a blubbering blubberer today.

[sarge43]

86. I'm sorry. I should have had a "Don't read this, gray" alert

Just remember NH still will be here, ready to take you into its stony, soggy embrace when you return :hug:

[graywarrior]

87. I can only hold onto that, I guess.

[Haole Girl]

68. Oh...hugs for you...

...:hug: :hug: :hug:

It's very hard to live in a place you don't want to.

Say hello to the beach for me, OK? I'm envious...
even though I know you don't want to hear it
right now.

[graywarrior]

72. I'll make the best of it.

[peekaloo]

83. Florida is nice this time of year. The Foley-age is being ground into

mulch and in January the Bu$hes get uprooted in Tallahassee.

[graywarrior]

88. Ha ha, I just caught that!