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I think I have

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:58:30 GMT

right here in this wwl space.

Magic.

RTFO.

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:01 GMT

Lesse, no jobs and lotsa foreclosures, lets find yet another way to create debtors that cannot pay after being mandated to pay them.

awesome!

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:55:32 GMT

May is end of kidlet's school year, June would be better for me.

LOL.

However. I'm a lot closer to ya here in MI than in FLA.

I drove in my 78 Camaro

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:54:12 GMT

and made the drive from Detroit to Key west in 19 hours with my sister and my brother's best friend. Heh. Mapquest it.

Oh, my.

I was young and dumb. +100 most of the way, rare, rare stops, 3 shifts.

It is good to see

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:51:04 GMT

these protests. Wish some would happen around here...

Truth be told E?

Diane G — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:41:30 GMT

I don't even give a shit about the hot guys or cabnana boys. The place itself has magic.

November is tough for me; top dollar season and lotsa mandatory holiday crap.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Lets see what we get.

quote quest, found this

Sally Panic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:13:27 GMT

has nothing to do with key west, lol

The thought of key west brings tears to my eyes

Elián Maricón — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:58:47 GMT

Months.... for me, probably November.

Damn, whyd'ya hafta go and mention Key West?

Perfect weather, alcohol, hot guys, beach sunset parties...

sniffle

Anybody else get this blurb about

grunmann — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:13:00 GMT

supporting the "push"(?) for health something or another reform?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/heal...

They had a place where you could ask a question.

This was mine:

The example of an $ 1115/month premium is truly onerous. But lacking a public option, what conceivable incentive would insurance companies ever have to offer more affordable insurance now, and not just hope for some limiting of future price increases? How does mandating that the uninsured buy private insurance bring costs down? How can people possibly afford to buy private insurance as individuals, with no group rates?

I guess they want us to look at the $ 1115/month number, the average employer sponsored rate for family coverage for health insurance, and say "My God, we've got to pass this health reform thing".

And so, if it passes, you won't get turned down anymore for a preexisting condition. And maybe no one will cancel your policy anymore if you get sick and actually (try) to start drawing benefits. And that's good.

But how on earth are you supposed to come up with another $ 1115/month for an AVERAGE cost policy if you have no insurance now, and are not part of anybody's group rate? And no public option exists to offer any price competition?

Is this supposed to start some groundswell of support? Why?

Let me know, if we can afford it we're in

randgrithr — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:58 GMT

He has 18 vacation days he needs to use before some time in the summer, and I'm crazybusy but also self employed, so I have some flexibility. If the cash flow is kind to us, we're there. May/June would work best, give us some time to plan.

Who knows, it might be more practical to just HAND you the laptop. ;-7

its an interesting drive from Miami

Sally Panic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:26 GMT

I should ask my sisters about this, my memory is terrible... there for a little while, my Dad has some "job" selling magazine ad space ... so we'd go with him on these drives down the Keys and hit every little Bait & Tackle Shop where he'd go in and try to sell them an ad. Gave us kids time to kick around and goof off, go seashell hunting.

This woulda been in the 60's.... man those little places were FUNKY!!! lol

Loooong bridges and lots of them.

lemme try to resize this pic...

getting there

Sally Panic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:53 GMT

from travel guide site:

Flights to Key West: Daily flights by a handful of major airlines bring in many passengers from all over the world. The airlines that service Key West are Delta, American, US Air, Cape Air, and Continental. For most every air traveler, you will change to a smaller plane in South Florida, for the final leg to Key West. Since our airport is small, expect your connection flight to Key West to be on a small plane, often referred to as a "puddle jumper". Almost all of these flights originate from either: Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, or Orlando. The one airline offering an out-of-state flight is Delta's Atlanta-Key West route...a route that is especially desirable for those in the Peachtree State. If you fly during daylight, the view of the Florida Keys is breathtaking.

Rental Cars & Driving to Key West Key West is the westernmost island among the Florida Keys that you can drive to, and is one of the most scenic roads in North America. A series of bridges and islands extend nearly 90 miles off the mainland until it's end at U.S. Highway 1 mile marker zero: Key West.
Along the drive, you can check what the rest of the Keys look and feel like. But it is the bridges, sloping above the blue green water, that steal the show. The longest, the Seven Mile Bridge, gives drivers the truest sense that they are heading out to sea.
From Miami, the drive will take around 3 hours, from Ft. Lauderdale a little closer to 4 hours. Take your time on this drive. The speed limits are strictly enforced, especially in the 14 mile Key Deer zone where the speed is 35 at night and 45 during the day.
Once in Key West, you will not be using that rental car much. If you are staying in Old Town, the historic quarter, most everything is within a short, charming walk. Many guests return their car at the airport, and pick another one back up at the end of their week. For Key West car rental reservations, click the "Cars" tab on the Orbitz search box (above).
Ferry to Key West

Ferries are available to Key West from Ft.Meyers and Miami. These trips are full day with overnight options available.

I like it!

Sally Panic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:36:29 GMT

Key West is a great counter-culture place... but still "touristy" enough to be visitor friendly. Problem is just thats its a bit less accessible, which is exactly why we 'd love it. Ive thought about maybe Ft Lauderdale, but, nah. If you're gonna go that far, might's'well go ALL THE WAY! lol

I ...well ... money yuck. I keep sayin maybe I should try to go work temp for the Census but yuck yuck yuck..... maybe I need some incentive! :-)

Bob likes to go to the Annual Flute Convention in August, last year it was NYC. This year coming up its Anaheim CA. I want to talk him out of that. (He always goes alone, again, $$$).

{{{Sally}}}

Louise — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:55 GMT

I'm so sorry for your loss. You're in my thoughts, dear.

I'm realistic enough to know

Diane G — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:27:16 GMT

this is unlikely; but if you never at least try and make ideas come to fruition, they never do.

I went there in 81

Diane G — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:52:04 GMT

or was it 82? I can't remember which. (Just missed you guys) The only charter sunset cruise there was off the "90 miles to cuba" pier on a HUGE, huge sailboat.

They took like a hundred or more people out for an hour or two and the price tag included cocktails. IIRC, it was over a hundred bucks, way too much for a 18 year old kid to blow on a budget vacation that started as a 3 day and ended up being a 10 day.( I still think the WORST mistake of my life was not staying there. I so wanted to )

Nah, we just hung at the sunset party at the pier they have every night. It was amazing.

I stayed friends with the guys I dated too... lost track after a while, but never got the whole animosity/ex thing most people do. In fact I was instrumental in Mike & his ex's becoming friends again. When I was a kid, Jill & I used to fight over who got Mike; (even tho she had remarried, long story but eons ago and irrelevant) now we argue about who has to keep him. Bitch won't take him back. LOL! I keep telling her, you get off on the arguing with him, I hate it. Really. Are you sure you don't want him back? I love her like a sister. She rocks.

oh yeah

Sally Panic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:54:19 GMT

I may have to look up another ex-boyfriend (I only have two really!) ... Im not sure if he's still there or not, in Key West... but, for while there - years after we broke up (I stay friends with my men) - he had a charter sunset sail business in KW. Named the boat "Miss Texas"... he was from Florida, we moved here to Texas together, like 1981. Well, actually I followed him here. Anyway... man IF I could find him and he's till doing that, we are in like Flynn!! ha ha