tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post1504539005631291099..comments2024-03-28T05:14:44.500-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Boy, Was I Wrong!Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-21802817286735920162016-11-12T20:45:40.889-05:002016-11-12T20:45:40.889-05:00FWIW I highly recommend reading this commentary I ...FWIW I highly recommend reading this commentary I became aware of just today. She's a prominent highly respected 49 year old Russian and American Journalist Masha Gessen who has had first hand experience as a citizen in both countries: <br />http://www2.nybooks.com/daily/s3/nov/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival.htmljoaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-12206061507685457322016-11-12T06:58:20.192-05:002016-11-12T06:58:20.192-05:00If you like the beach, come to Hawaii. If you like the beach, come to Hawaii. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-22310660394574877312016-11-11T18:20:08.478-05:002016-11-11T18:20:08.478-05:00Don't fret about your prediction -- just about...Don't fret about your prediction -- just about everybody got it wrong. My friends and I just couldn't let ourselves believe otherwise so we couldn't believe what happened either. I experienced southern living in the late forties, early fifties -- was a culture shock. Never been to S.C. but Calif. native friends visited there in recent years and loved the city. Sounds like you'll need beach access wherever, or maybe some body of water. Make the most of these years. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-3603139915838061092016-11-11T15:13:08.700-05:002016-11-11T15:13:08.700-05:00Ah, yes, beautiful places end up being the most ex...Ah, yes, beautiful places end up being the most expensive as everyone else wants a piece of the pie. When we moved, we knew the place nearby, Bandon, was home to world famous golf. So we moved twenty five miles south, enjoy the same beautiful views and climate, but none of the outrageous cost. In a few years this town will be out of reach too as number of places are being made into vacation homes. Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-585788279245037872016-11-11T14:26:04.550-05:002016-11-11T14:26:04.550-05:00Hi Tom! I was wrong as well....BUT, I have heard ...Hi Tom! I was wrong as well....BUT, I have heard good things about Charleston. If you do move there my Thom and I might have to make a visit back east and drop in on you and B. Something tells me we'd have some great conversations! Enjoy your time there and the "hunting!' ~KathyKathy @ SMART Living 365.comhttp://smartliving365.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-40824883450415833092016-11-11T12:10:27.883-05:002016-11-11T12:10:27.883-05:00An interstingp place. Pre 1990, I did some work f...An interstingp place. Pre 1990, I did some work for the Census Bureau in Charleston. Found the old slave market haunting. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-54126372305449903562016-11-11T09:04:44.809-05:002016-11-11T09:04:44.809-05:00I only passed through South Carolina once on my wa...I only passed through South Carolina once on my way elsewhere. I remember my dad and grandmother buying an enormous bucket of shelled oysters and eating their way through it. It would be too hot for me in the summer, but Charleston looks lovely today. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-29060186385238198222016-11-11T06:13:01.563-05:002016-11-11T06:13:01.563-05:00I have been to Charleston, in the summer. Swelteri...I have been to Charleston, in the summer. Sweltering, but livable with a nice beach breeze. Lovely. The downtown market was wonderful. It is one of the places we considered.<br />Enjoy the hunt. Janette<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-5805056369790582452016-11-10T22:34:36.424-05:002016-11-10T22:34:36.424-05:00. . . and here I thought everybody had been to Cha.... . . and here I thought everybody had been to Charleston, at least once in their life. It's a good place to put on your bucket list, whether you'd want to live there or not. Christina, what we've found in all our travels is that there are a lot of inexpensive places to live in America, but anyplace you'd really want to live, including Charleston, is more expensive than you'd want or think. And so the search goes on.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-67341738660327424312016-11-10T18:47:47.675-05:002016-11-10T18:47:47.675-05:00it looks wonderful. Is it an expensive place to re...it looks wonderful. Is it an expensive place to retire??tahoegirl.bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018956654761369565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-36707993482474946672016-11-10T18:04:55.350-05:002016-11-10T18:04:55.350-05:00I have not yet made it there although I would like...I have not yet made it there although I would like to visit some day. Right now I am happy in my blue state of Vermont though!Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692441479616299920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-75038125817591235502016-11-10T17:48:17.059-05:002016-11-10T17:48:17.059-05:00I suppose keeping calm and hoping for the best is ...I suppose keeping calm and hoping for the best is all anyone can do.<br />Looking for a possible retirement place in a pretty town like Charleston is surely great fun.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-27364962741519270252016-11-10T17:14:19.757-05:002016-11-10T17:14:19.757-05:00I love that partof the world.I love that partof the world.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-81890929143861927902016-11-10T16:13:32.940-05:002016-11-10T16:13:32.940-05:00Charleston is on our bucket list but so far we'...Charleston is on our bucket list but so far we've yet to make a visit. It looks great in your pictures.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-43502495777492796012016-11-10T15:31:17.332-05:002016-11-10T15:31:17.332-05:00Nice tour. Charleston is one city missed in my tra...Nice tour. Charleston is one city missed in my travels. Looks like a grand place.Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-43726999858319956622016-11-10T14:12:00.077-05:002016-11-10T14:12:00.077-05:00I should think that Charleston would be a nice pla...I should think that Charleston would be a nice place to liveSnowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.com