The Expat Retirement Thread (or expat thread)
November 14th, 2020 at 4:41:13 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I've never understood how you 'enjoy' a beach. The sun is hot, the sand is hot, sand gets between your toes and in food, sand flies bite your ankles. The view in a flat expanse of boring water where screaming kids are playing. How do you enjoy any of that. The beach I liked was the nude beach in Santa Barbara where I went with my GF so she could get an all over tan. The scenery at that beach was great and frightening at the same time. It wasn't just the grannies that had tits down to their knees, there was a guy there who had a babies arm between his legs and he would constantly walk the beach and when he got serious wood he would go into the cold water. And he always this huge maniacal grin on his face. My GF was scared to death of him. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 14th, 2020 at 4:50:31 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4942 |
No, I have never heard of it but after reading about it I don't think I would be interested. I want to lay on a white sand beach and stare at pretty blue water while people deliver me frozen cocktails. I try to go to Orient Beach in St Martin every year but this year we couldn't because of the airlines not flying there during the pandemic. Last week we went to Key West but it was during a tropical storm so we didn't get much beach or pool time. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
November 14th, 2020 at 5:03:26 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4942 |
I am almost always cold, I like being hot. For me reading a book on the beach while my wife plays her IPod quietly and listening to waves crash is hypnotic. I probably average one book a day while laying on the beach. To me that is relaxing and what I want in a vacation. We have been to Saint Martin about 10 times now usually for a week at a time and have never turned on a television. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
November 14th, 2020 at 5:08:27 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18629 |
After a few drinks, doesn't one of those fancy Vegas hotels seem about the same out by their pool? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
November 14th, 2020 at 5:11:30 PM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4942 |
Not even close. Generally pools are crowded and noisy, I like tranquility. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
November 14th, 2020 at 5:40:20 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I love the beach. Campfires, surf fishing, clam digging, muscle picking. tidepool exploring. I like the smell of low tide and really like going there during storms and watching giant breakers crashing on the beach. Watching whales, shore birds, boats. Great walking in the sand, you have a choice between soft or hard packed. Searching for beach glass. The views, being able to look at infinite distance without infrastructure in it. And cursing seagulls. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
November 15th, 2020 at 12:37:39 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
But that's not really 'the beach' experience most people have. This is: If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 15th, 2020 at 12:46:15 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I don't like being either. I like 68 outside, it's a perfect temp. My thermostat is set at 63 in the winter. I can wear a sweater and am comfortable. My bedroom temp is 60. Ideal sleeping temp for humans is 55. I hate visiting a friends house in the winter and it's 75 in there. I last about 10 min and I'm gone. When I drove a cab sometimes we had to go to the door in the African American neighborhoods. Invariably when the door opened in the winter a blast of heat would hit me in the face. They had the thermo cranked up and had a huge round kerosene heater in the middle of the living room. Saw this again and again. It was nuts. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
November 15th, 2020 at 4:20:05 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
When I was in pest control this was a huge thing in black homes. It was double huge because they had their homes to an ideal breeding temperature for many pests, so it made the job harder. But the big thing when you did a service was it was so hot many guys myself included would nearly get sick. If you have ever been in a pet store that kept the temp up for the tropical fish and animals that is how it felt. I cannot imagine their gas bill. The President is a fink. |
November 15th, 2020 at 4:22:37 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
I do not get the hang at the beach all day thing. I like a vacation to the shore, but I will stay in the condo and relax that way. Half an hour to swim early before people get there and evening when they are gone. That's it. Lying in the sun? Fugheddabaddit! The President is a fink. |