Well that's a change! Heckuva long way. Starting life over. heck yeah.
Idaho - heaven on earth?
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yes. straightforward & self sufficient. Can't say enough about the great interactions here. Inspirational.
roger.
Too late bitches, already bought a house in SW Boise. I crack myself up sometimes
Seriously though, some of you sourpusses need to realize the Californians on this site are more like you than you seem to want to admit. We like guns & outdoor activities too, hate our politicians, & not everyone has a money tree in their backyard.
-Rick
nmkid
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Went to Idaho, once, in 1972. Stopped at a restaurant to get some lunch in Mac's Inn. The 3 of us, (wife and 2 year old daughter) were with me. Went in, sat down...And were never waited on. After about 10 minutes I could see we were not going to be waited on. Walked out, never been back to Idaho since. Guess they don't care for Native American's.
3 great posts in a row right here guys...... thank you all!
Switch, you bitch, thank YOU for a sweet-on left-coast viewpoint (you just pissed off everybody east of the Miss'ssippi and don't even know it)
SPJ thank you for actually getting and liking it.....
And nmkid thank YOU for reminding us how far we've come. And how far some in this land still need to grow. But I think you'll agree that nobody under the age of 40 even knows what you're talking about (EXCEPT in these few last bastions of 'Mur'can Rednekkid Solitude we're discussing LOL!!) RISE UP Bro, rise up..... they hung Jesus on the cross for being colorblind....
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Switch, you bitch, thank YOU for a sweet-on left-coast viewpoint (you just pissed off everybody east of the Miss'ssippi and don't even know it)
SPJ thank you for actually getting and liking it.....
And nmkid thank YOU for reminding us how far we've come. And how far some in this land still need to grow. But I think you'll agree that nobody under the age of 40 even knows what you're talking about (EXCEPT in these few last bastions of 'Mur'can Rednekkid Solitude we're discussing LOL!!) RISE UP Bro, rise up..... they hung Jesus on the cross for being colorblind....
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I told my kids best thing to do with a good place is keep people out. They like to "improve" natures handy work.
There's a reason I tell only my closest friends the location of my favorite fishing holes. Same rule applies when you love where you live. When I moved to Pullman in 2003, I loved it here. Population was about 25k. Now it is over 33k in just 15 years. I recently heard some national ads, declaring Pullman as the friendliest place on earth (or something like that). Pullman is on the national list of best places to live, and ESPN Game Day will be here this weekend for the football game against Oregon. The secret has been out for too long, and the town I once loved is now overpopulated and getting worse. Housing prices have doubled since I moved here while wages have only increased about 35%. Time to move on.
Lesson learned. If you love where you live, don't tell anyone. It doesn't take very long before the place you live is no longer the place you love after too many people discover it.
Lesson learned. If you love where you live, don't tell anyone. It doesn't take very long before the place you live is no longer the place you love after too many people discover it.
I drove thru all of it once...simply and astonishingly beautiful. Wish the Army had not gotten in the way of my degree in Forestry from Oklahoma State, or I could have lived a life there abouts. All I can say now is do-they have rest homes there!
Dan
Dan
Your post reminds me of Flagstaff. When I went to NAU in the early 80's it was a mountain town that happened to have a university, the population doubled during the school year. Since then it's been "discovered". Where I used to go shooting is now a fancy subdivision.
I stayed there over Christmas break one year, since the U was closed I stayed in a historic downtown hotel for $35 a week.
You guys have the same pride/protectiveness about your home/chosen state as I do.
Guard it like hell. The socialists have infected the research triangle in the middle of my state and trying to spread outward. NC is considered a "purple" state by the mainstream media. Might be by population, not by geographic.
Deep red all the way west.
Guard it like hell. The socialists have infected the research triangle in the middle of my state and trying to spread outward. NC is considered a "purple" state by the mainstream media. Might be by population, not by geographic.
Deep red all the way west.
I wanted to move to boise. There are places in idaho with so many chukar they are splattered dead on the road like they are rabbits....sadly, it was a hard sell for my wife. We ended up in Las Vegas for now, because here family is here. It is still better than commifornistan, but it ain't idaho.... Of course it is sunny like 350 days a year and I wear flip flops in january.
It's happened to me also, and I live here. The nature of the beast
Tons of snow, you got to love the snow to live here, and be ready to be snubbed by waitresses
Appreciate the honest thoughts posted here. Family & wife are #1. Flip flops - cool. More chuckar here than sagebrush. Sunny here too.
altho sunny isn't warm, in Feb. Bet the ranchers are placing bets on me lasting. I want those odds....
Ok, this is really old. Most of you have probably seen it on the 'net. I've seen several versions over the years. Still makes me laugh. Trying to keep it a little cleaner, I did change it up a little. The "F" words to eff'ing which isn't quite as funny so, in your head, think of "fu<k!ng" every time you see "eff'ing".
Diary - A Californian moves to Idaho
Dec. 8 5pm – it’s starting to snow. The first of the season and the first one we’ve seen in years. The wife and I took our hot buttered rums and sat by the picture window watching the snowflakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground. It was beautiful.
Dec. 9 – We awoke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a fantastic site. Every tree and shrub covered with a beautiful white mantle. I shoveled snow for the first time in years and loved it. I shoveled both our driveway and sidewalk. Later, a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled our driveway again.
Dec. 10 – It snowed an additional 6 inches last night and the temperature has dropped to about 11 degrees. Several limbs from the trees and shrubs snapped due to the weight of the snow. I shoveled again. Shortly after, the snowplow came by and did his trick again. Much of the snow is now brownish-gray.
Dec. 11 – It warmed up enough during the day to create some slush which soon became ice when the temperature dropped again. Bought snow tires for both cars. Fell on my ass in the driveway. $145 to a Chiropractor but, nothing broken. More snow and ice expected.
Dec. 12 – Still cold. The wife wants a wood stove in case the power goes out. I think that’s silly, we aren’t in Alaska, after all. More shoveling in store for me today. Had another 8 inches of that white shit last night. Sold the wife’s car and bought a 4x4 in order to get her to work. Slid into a guardrail anyway and did considerable damage to the right rear quarter panel. Both vehicles covered with salt and crud. That goddamn snowplow came by twice today.
Dec. 13 – 2 degrees outside. More eff’ing snow. Not a tree or shrub on my property that hasn’t been damaged. Power was off most of the night. Tried to keep from freezing to death with a kerosene heater which tipped over and nearly burned the house down. I managed to put the flames out, but suffered 2nd degree burns on my hands and lost most of my eyelashes and eyebrows. Car slid on ice on the way to the emergency room and was totaled! Guess I should’ve bought a wood stove but, won’t admit it to her. I hate it when she’s right.
Dec. 14 – Goddamn mother eff’ing white shit keeps on coming down. Took me 45 minutes to put on all the clothes I own to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch that drives the snowplow, I’ll chew open his chest and rip his heart out. I think he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then comes down the street at about 60 PMH and buries our driveway again. Power still off. Toilet froze and part of the roof has started to cave in.
Dec. 15 – 6 goddamn more eff’ing inches of eff’ing snow and eff’ing sleet and eff’ing ice and god knows what other kind of white eff’ing shit fell last night. I wounded the eff’ing snowplow asshole with my shovel but, he got away. Wife left me. The car won’t start. I think I’m going snow-blind. I can’t move my toes. More eff’ing snow expected tonight. I’m moving back to sunny California.
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