[Magdalen] Safely home

[Jay Weigel]

And in east Tennessee we get the people from Michigan and other northerly
outposts who went to Florida, discovered they couldn't stand it as a
permanent thing (the most frequent comment was, "it's flat, hot, and
buggy!") and resettled with us. We call them "halfbacks".

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here the mostly go to Florida for the winter, and they're know as
> "snowbirds."
>
> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 6:18 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > A very large number of people do this, we used to call them "swallows".
> In
> > Somerset West there were a great many more - owing to location close to
> the
> > winelands as well as the Cape Town city culture. Not so many here in PE
> but
> > there are a few.
> >
> > They're a great addition to our communities as they bring welcome
> > investment that's much more than just finance. Most come from the UK but
> > there are also some from Germany and from Sweden. I didn't meet any
> > American swallows though I've heard stories of the occasional celeb
> buying
> > a house by the sea in Cape Town. Maybe because the USA is big enough to
> > accommodate swallow weather requirements within its own borders!
> >
> > The one old guy really made me laugh, he'd ordered some "vanity plates"
> for
> > his car. Said that in the UK they would be far too expensive but he'd
> > always wanted them. Never yet met a swallow who missed the Northern
> > Hemisphere winter one tiny bit.
> >
> > You can rely on most swallows arriving by late November and they're
> usually
> > gone by May, sometimes earlier. Don't want to miss the Chelsea Flower
> Show
> > or the Boat Race, dontcha know...
> >
> > In some jurisdictions there's even a tax advantage, if you can arrange to
> > be somewhere that's neither here nor there for a week or two thus making
> it
> > less than 6 months in either residence.
> >
> > Sally D
> >
> >> On Monday, 10 November 2014, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I've often thought it would be best to switch hemispheres every six
> >> months...I'd opt for spring and summer up top and then spring and summer
> >> down under.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>>> On Nov 9, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com
> >>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Roger!
> >>>
> >>> South Africa is always good if you want to get away from the Northern
> >>> weather...! We have mountains, sea, game reserves, friendly people and
> >> lots
> >>> of interesting history. November is still early enough to see the
> whales.
> >>>
> >>> Sally D
> >>>
> >>> On Monday, 10 November 2014, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> >> <javascript:;>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Jay, I was sorry to miss you and your jewellery this year when I was
> in
> >>>> Virginia. I recall a very warm late September evening standing onb the
> >>>> platform at Portland last year which assures me that that part of the
> >>>> country is temperate.
> >>>>
> >>>> Roger
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 10/11/2014 00:29, Jay Weigel wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The Pacific Northwest is not all THAT cold in November, and you could
> >>>>> visit
> >>>>> two countries at once....see listsibs in both Vancouvers and then
> >> perhaps
> >>>>> drive down the coast into California. That's one thought. Texas and
> New
> >>>>> Mexico are another, although we do not have as many there as we once
> >> did.
> >>>>> If you wish to see your northern brethren and sistren, you will have
> to
> >>>>> visit earlier in the year.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Roger Stokes <
> >>>>> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you, as you know I have gone West from you but I need to
> >> determine
> >>>>>> where is worth exploring and then where is the best place to fly to.
> >>>>>> Houston was good but I found Atlanta to be superb.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Roger
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 09/11/2014 23:48, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Glad to hear you're safely home again Roger!  How fun that you hope
> to
> >>>>>>> make plans for your 4th annual  'once in a lifetime' USA trip <big
> >> grin>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It will be interesting to hear about what you might explore next
> >> time -
> >>>>>>> you're becoming such a seasoned US traveler that you can rely on
> >> skills
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> experiences you've gained over time to circumvent some of the pesky
> >>>>>>> details
> >>>>>>> that have popped up.   If you're in 'the southern' part of the US
> and
> >>>>>>> find
> >>>>>>> your plans bringing you in/near/through Houston, my guest-den will
> be
> >>>>>>> available again.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Lynn
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I
> >> have
> >>>>>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything
> You
> >>>>>>> gave
> >>>>>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thomas Merton writes, "People may spend their whole lives climbing
> >> the
> >>>>>>> ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the
> >>>>>>> ladder is
> >>>>>>> leaning against the wrong wall."
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "What you seek is seeking you." - Rumi
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>>> From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> <javascript:;>>
> >>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 5:37 PM
> >>>>>>> To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>
> >>>>>>> Subject: [Magdalen] Safely home
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I landed back safely in England Friday morning
> >> <x-apple-data-detectors://33>
> >>>>>>> <x-apple-data-detectors://44> after another enjoyable
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> trip to the USA.  Touchdown was ahead of schedule, but would have
> >> been
> >>>>>>>> earlier still had it not been for congestion at Heathrow
> >> necessitating
> >>>>>>>> a
> >>>>>>>> loop around.  I did manage to remember how to drive a stick-shift
> >> car
> >>>>>>>> but
> >>>>>>>> the temperature and the price of gas were unwelcome.  The latter
> had
> >>>>>>>> continued to fall while I was away but 1.209 GBP (about $2) a
> litre
> >> is
> >>>>>>>> very
> >>>>>>>> cheap here even if expensive by US standards.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Having just got back my thoughts are naturally turning to "where
> >>>>>>>> next?".
> >>>>>>>> I am thinking of November 2015 so I would think not too far North
> >> but
> >>>>>>>> I am
> >>>>>>>> aware that there is a vast chunk of the USA I have not yet been to
> >>>>>>>> which
> >>>>>>>> hold new delights to explore.  I need to come up with a tentative
> >>>>>>>> itineraru
> >>>>>>>> before I visit my travel agent to organize it.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Roger
> >>
>