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But, why should they bother learning English? We cater to them by printing eveything in Spanish for them. My stepdad was a Driver's License Examiner and at the age of 55, they MADE him learn basic spanish.
Seems like it should have been the other way around!
I agree -- and I speak Spanish! It pisses me off too. A good friend from college was from Miami. He was born here, but his parents came from Cuba. His Mom had been in the US for over 20 years and didn't speak any English!!! :sick:
in 20 years, just by hearing stuff, I would think you would be darn near fluent whether you wanted to be or not!
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Richard
Richard
For 35 years, I lived in an area that was one third Native American Indian. Though they were proud of their native language, they still spoke English on a daily basis. My uncle married a sweet lady from Yugoslavia in 1937. Her first task was to learn English. She spoke it fluently after a few years. So many others did the same thing. Why not now? I do get a little irritated at times when reading the directions on a box because I suddenly realize that I'm on the "Spanish side" of the box. :mad:
Richard
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Thanks, Richard.
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They'll notice this roof. This house has always had a tan roof. The new one is Onyx Black because we added black shutters to the windows, black carriage lanterns on the garage, and large black lights to the brick entrance at the bottom of the driveway. The house should have a new look by the end of the week. The roofer called this morning to inform me that they will begin work at 7 AM in the morning---a little early to begin hearing the sound of hammers!
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But, you could sit me in front of the tube for a solid year, with nothing on but Univision, 24/7, and I wouldn't get the first thing... Unless they use a Spanish word that I already know (cerveza, banos, etc..).
That would be me, 20 years later in Caracas, saying "no habla Espanol".. :surprise:
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Well, I've done it and submitted the retirement application. This is just to get the ball rolling. On the 20th I'm back with the doctor. On the 21st I made an appointment with the NJ retirement people to make sure the health coverage doesn't lapse in between and such. If the doctor says at that time that there's no way the transplant will occur before (your date here) I can move the retirement date. It has to be the first of a month.
This will really screw things up for a while but we'll manage.
Of course the real fun is they give you eight gazillion options - I could take the maximum option which would be a nice half of what I make now but leave my wife hanging when I'm gone and then 8 or 9 other options with varying checks. Went with the one that keeps paying her afterward which costs me $600 a month in pension to do but she's 8 years younger than me, in much better health and the kids are still quite young. Seems the right thing to do though $600 a month would be a payment on a really nice car which I'd enjoy more than knowing her next husband will be taken care of.....
One nice thing about Univision; they have an internal policy that requires them to show a hot chick with major league cleavage at least once every five minutes...
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Nope, she didn't speak English. She lived in Miami, in a section full of Cubans. Her daily life was in Spanish, and she didn't work.
We have to catch our flight to Barcelona but you have a good point. The lady decided to sell and we are away in London UK. I'll send more details when we get to Barcelona, we are supposed to have free wi-fi there.
Gotta go.....................
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I chose the black for a reason. We have lots of pine trees that put black streaks on the tan roof. Pressure washing the roof twice a year wasn't good for the shingles. With the black, I won't have to worry about that. Hopefully, the ridge vent system and the fans will take care of the heat. I suppose that you have trade offs in everythng that you do.
As for the retirement, I chose the same option that you did in order to provide for my wife. It lessened my monthly check by $800, but I was glad to do it. I don't have to worry about my wife getting married again. She says that it was hard enough training me.
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Richard
LOL!! I hadn't thought of that. Parking the SRX in front of the house will enhance both of them even more.
Richard
Put the zinc or copper strips at the top of each roof portion's highest point. The strip puts a little metal into the rainwater flowing down the roof. The metal stops or slows the growth of the algae or mold causing the black smut.
http://www.zincshield.com/home.html
I considered putting a copper wire across the roof in my case to give a heavy metal wash down the roof, but we're replacing our roof due to hail damage. 2nd roofer was to come last night but he didn't show up. He forgot to come.
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So what? It's been AMERICA for a lot of years now!
I grew up in a real "melting pot" of a town in So. California. Before the fishing industry died the town attracted a lot of people from Italy, Yugoslavia, Norway and Greece. A lot of people spoke with heavy accents but, you know what?
They quickly learned ENGLISH! nobody catered to them and they learned English because they wanted to be AMERICANS ann join the Melting Pot!
They kept their traditions and they cherished their customs but they became part of what made America what it is today.
This is no longer the case. The old timers are, for the most part, gone and the new immigrants simply don't care anymore. It is out of control.
Good point..it has been so hectic the last few days forgot about the villa in Florida.
We lost the first unit when the woman decided not to move...in March.
In May we bid on a bank sale unit. Sealed bids, lost by a few $1000.
This unit went up in May, we put in a bid about 16% below ask.
Owner couldn't bring herself to sell.
Her husband died, she is 97, so she decided to sell, though nor easy.
No haggling back and forth, she accepted our price.
Interesting, a nicer unit, but not as nice a location, was reduced from the same price she had to our buying price the next day.
We had to sign the papers, scan them, email them to the realtor, and mail a check for a down payment the day before we left on our trip.
We are away for 2 1/2 weeks so we might have lost it if someone else was interested.
Price was exactly half of what it was at the peak. Fortunately my brother in law is nearby and is in Florida for 5 months in the winter. Unlike me he is very good at being a handy man...so he can put in wood and tile floors, paint, do any renovating.
I wanted the larger, heavier, safer car for the drive to Florida for the winter so that is all in place.
The Canadian dollar is just at par with U.S., it would be nice if it could go to about $1.10 for awhile.
The taxi to the hotel was a little Citroen. I am amazed at how comfortable and solid they make little cars these days.
The architecture in Barcelona is incredible...very unique blend of old and new.
Florida villa:
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Richard
Richard
My roof is a light grey and has the black streaks going down it. My house faces north and I've noticed most north facing houses in my area are just like mine. I've seen companies that claim they can clean it without harsh chemicals and without damaging the roof. My roof is about 15 years old and don't want to do anything to accelerate it needing replacement, but may have to give one of these guys a shot as it bothers me the way it looks.
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LOL. When my wife retired she took the option which gave her the max but stopped when she died.
She'll do anything to stop me from getting another car. :sick:
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Is this one in the same area? (Fort Myers)
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Notsure I can do this justice because the buildings vary, from really classic, to ultra modern, and lots of mixtures. Here is a few at random;
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Close, but about 2 hours further North. I don't want to be too exact or I might have about 20 unexpected visitors ha ha, but South East of Tampa or east of st Petersburg, or NE of Bradenton.
I think you stay around St Petes. This area is very residential, half the people live there all year long. It is inland, but I don't want to live on the actual coast. It would cost 2 or 3 times as much, and it gets very busy and more touristy.
We thought about it, and our main goal is not to have lots of heat, we just don't want to be in the cold and snow.
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They put in the new roof fan this morning. The old one never worked. We can't find the switch to turn it on though. It's not in the attic, the garage, or in the house. I wonder where the darn thing is located! If I don't find it, I'll have to pay an electrician to put one in for us. :sick:
Richard
My wife took the same option. She said that I would be foolish enough to listen to some other woman. :P
Richard
Richard
At least she's hanging on to you while you are still here.
Sounds like I should want to be in your wife's will.....
Thanks for the advice. The place I talked to uses a "foam" I may get it done in the spring.
As for the attic fan, many of them are just wired to an "always on" source and have an adjustable thermostat on them to turn on/off.
Does your attic have lights on a switch? If so, see if it works when the lights are on. Some knucklehead could have wired it to the "switch leg" of the attic light, instead of the "hot" wire. They did this in my parent's house and I was called upon to fix it.
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They're installing a ridge vent - aren't they?
I can beat that, we live on a lake which attracts a lot of water based birds, including sea gulls. One time we got a boat load of gulls that decided to stay a few days and mostly roosted on the roof of one house. That houses roof turned almost completly white over the course of 3 or 4 days.
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I think I remember that you're talking about San Pedro (San Peedro in those days, and still, for those who know). My Dad worked for the CA Fish & Wildlife dept before WWII and did inspections of the fishing boats and their catches there. What he told me about those times reflects what you say.
When I drove a truck & hauled overdimensional boats, I remember picking up a fishing boat in Everett, WA, for a big company that had contracted with a number of fishermen (in November), several of whom were Portuguese and owned boats that were too small to go offshore late in the season (bad weather, high seas) back down to the Bay Area.
I hauled all kinds of boats back then, mostly new ones from the manufacturers to distant dealers, or to individual buyers (that was back when the U.S. had a boatbuilding industry), but rarely had the opportunity to load and move a used boat, much less for an owner who was standing and watching.
The guy walked up to me, after I'd spent an hour or so blocking and chaining down the load in a driving rain, and said (in broken Engilish): "Please take care of her, she is my life." Wanna guess whether I treated his load a little better than the others?
This country is built from a lot of immigrants, and THEY FOLLOWED THE RULES. I would have walked over glass for that guy, but for many of the recent ones, not so much.
Richard
good choice. A classic by Antoni Gaudi, it is the Casa Milà or La Pedrera and is an excellent example of his works
I think we will go on the Hop on Hop Off bus today. It's a good way to get an overview of a city.
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I put one in my garage attic, about 1993... but, the electrician was my brother-in-law, and I had him put a switch in, just so I could turn it off, as it was right at the top of the pull-down stairs..
He thought that was unnecessary, so evidently it isn't usual.. but, I got what I wanted.
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Richard
It has to be wired through a circuit breaker in the electrical box. Are the circuit breakers labelled? It might have a separate breaker. Most likely, however, is that it will share a circuit with some things nearby. You might find a switch based on location of the general circuit.
If you can find a breaker which turns it off when it is running due to the temperature, there are electronic devices to clip to the connection in the box and then use a small radio receiver to follow that wire to the fan in the attic and what other things it powers. There might be a switch.
Our house has a switch on the garage wall because the previous owners had installed a roof fan. Have you checked the garage? Or a utility closet for a switch?
The blower doesn't serve much purpose because there are turtle vents on my roof. So the hot air can escape through the vents and the roof fan pulls air back from them along with air from the soffit vents. The turtle vents should have been blocked off.
I left the blower when I had roofing done 16 years ago. Ideally the fan should have a humidistat and turn on in cooler weather to remove extra humid air from the attic to protect the wood. That's why it should be left on year around. Does yours have that?
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