www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall Why I will NEVER live in Florida

That creature at that door is beautiful. Do you see? Child of God.

Nuggets...hmmm. I can say I prefer fish nuggets. Sea fruits. Some octopus with a fine red wine.

May God shadow your hearts with His mercy and anoint your souls with gentle light. Amin!

My dear sister Alice, 10 years ago I would have tried surely even turtle nuggets...I was gourmand.

Have all a blessed Sunday!

In Risen Christ, Marian

'Gator tail reminds me more of pork in texture if not in taste. If you ever get a chance to try it, do! It is delicious!

Carole,
The snowbirds have it figured out. Warm winter in Florida and a milder summer in PA/NY.
Just become a snowbird.

OP,

That just makes them a seasonal menu item for the alligators... :p

Gordo

Turtle is delicious!

So is gator!

Pyrohy: I wish I could be a snowbird. I'd love to be able to get out of this state in summer. I hate to sweat.

Gordo: Oh wow! I literally laughed out loud on this one. My hubby thinks I'm nuts.

My grandparents were part of that lucky breed called 'snowbirds'. I remember them always saying: Florida is paradise in the winter, but hell in the summer.

Alice

Dear Carole,

You stated:

I say, listen to your spouse. He knows you!

p.s. stay away from the squirrels if you value your life.

See ya later, alligator.

Dear Alice,

You stated:

Do those who live in Florida get some type of indulgence for later on?

On a positive note, ladies pay a small fortune for skin hydration therapy, to maintain their gorgeous looks.

The Florida summer, however, is the ultimate free skin therapy sauna. Your pores will be opened wide, and cleansed of all impurities, naturally. And think of the Vitamin D that your body will make, after spending a day in the sun.

One last bit of advice. For those that tend to "glow" a lot, wear white when visiting Florida in the summer. If you wear anything else, when it dries, you will have a white salt film. :p

Michael (with the open pores and free 'wet-look')

I was just reading an interesting article on Spiritdaily about Florida and it's small shrines.
http://www.spiritdaily.com/floridatrip.htm

No worries here - I get it all the time. I laugh about all sorts of things I read here, since the wit is rather thick at times. She always looks at me compassionately, pats me on my head and says "Yes, dear. Here - have some more oatmeal."

Then she adjusts my Thorazine drip...and I just keep typing for hours and hours...

Gordo

Praise the Lord, we have made it through another storm!

The next four to five months cause extreme anguish for many Floridians. A lot of our homes look like small general stores (dry goods, bottled water, candles, batteries, batteries, plywood, two propane tanks for gas grills if you are fortunate, and batteries [did I mention batteries? ] and thankfully, we as a group are able to invent new recipes such as Underwood Deviled Ham with baked beans and spinach surprise, or canned chicken meat with diced tomatoes and peas surprise, etc.

Last but not least, you can tell a true Floridian by his/her drinking of room temperature liquids with no problems.

I will not go into the current homeowners insurance situation down here. Lets just say I am fortunate to only see a 45% increase over last year's rate. Some of my neighbors had 200%+ increases. Ouch!

Take care,

Michael

"But you'd better keep a-movin, and not stand still;

if the skeeters don't get you, then the gators will!"

Incognitus

Dear Incognitus,

You quoted:

How true that is!


Michael

I beleive it was an American Civil War officer who once said "If you owned the South in summer and Hell, you'd rent out the South and live in Hell".

Ned (thanks for the laugh amid so many problems in the world)