Jerry McG

Pretend? PRETEND??? We don't do no stinkin' PRETENDING around here!!!!!

"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:4091EEB7.626041E0@***.net...
> Good luck. Pretend you hate Californians and you'll fit right in.
> ;-)
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Nathan Otis wrote:
> >
> > Well, we went and did it! Quit our jobs, packed up a moving truck and
moved
> > all our worldly belongings to Colorado.
> >
> > I wish is was a spontaneous as that sounds... But in reality this is the
> > result of two years of planning, and about twelve years of wanting. I've
> > wanted to live in CO since I was a teen... I visited a relative who
lived
> > here and ever since then I have felt I was born in the wrong place.
> >
> > So we did it. With no jobs waiting for us, we came here a month ago and
> > found an apartment so we'd have a place for our stuff. I had confidence
from
> > web searches that my wife would easily find a job, and I'd be able to
find
> > something on a temp-to-hire basis. We've been here for two weeks and
I've
> > had a job (that I start on the third) for over a week!! The wife has a
> > couple interviews tomorrow and I'm sure she'll have her pick of jobs by
next
> > week.
> >
> > It's amazing how easy it's been... The apartment was easy to find, is
larger
> > and cheaper than what we had in Illinois and WAY better amenities. The
move
> > went flawlessly. I have to recommend the trucking company ABF as an
> > alternative to Ryder, Uhaul and the rest. If you are planning a big move
and
> > you have an ABF depot near you, check them out. We saved money and
stress.
> > Anyway, I was talking about how things are happening way easily... I
went in
> > for one interview and had a job within 6 hours!
> >
> > Needless to say, the mountains are beautiful. The weather has been
> > incredible. 65-70 the first two days followed by 6" of snow and then
back to
> > 70s. We're getting about 8" tonight and tomorrow which is GREAT cause
I'm
> > headin' out to ski on Sunday. I'm slowly building a network of Jeepers
to
> > show me around this year... Beautifully built Jeeps everywhere I look.
It's
> > like I've arrived in Mecca. I've stopped "Jeep waving" for fear that my
arm
> > will fall off!
> >
> > Folks, Life is short. If you aren't living your dreams, what ARE you
doing?
> > n.
> >
> > PS
> > To avoid possible suspicions, my name is still Nathan, but Qwest is my
new
> > ISP. I have no idea what my tags or headers or whatever might say. Qwest
is
> > what my apartment complex uses...satellite, can you believe it?! I'm
> > lobbying for them to change to Comcast cable cause, by and large, Qwest
> > sucks. So if I suddenly change ISPs, don't say I didn't warn you.

Jerry McG

No, now that the Californicater developers have trashed the State we're
starting to rethink our traditional hatred of Texans...a little.

"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:Z_rkc.3235$7o7.881@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com ...
> Hey! Don't leave us Texans out!! You have to hate both, equally. :)
>
> Congrats, and good luck! What part of CO did you move to?
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>
> > Good luck. Pretend you hate Californians and you'll fit right in.
> > ;-)
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Jerry McG

No, now that the Californicater developers have trashed the State we're
starting to rethink our traditional hatred of Texans...a little.

"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:Z_rkc.3235$7o7.881@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com ...
> Hey! Don't leave us Texans out!! You have to hate both, equally. :)
>
> Congrats, and good luck! What part of CO did you move to?
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>
> > Good luck. Pretend you hate Californians and you'll fit right in.
> > ;-)
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Jerry McG

No, now that the Californicater developers have trashed the State we're
starting to rethink our traditional hatred of Texans...a little.

"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:Z_rkc.3235$7o7.881@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com ...
> Hey! Don't leave us Texans out!! You have to hate both, equally. :)
>
> Congrats, and good luck! What part of CO did you move to?
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>
> > Good luck. Pretend you hate Californians and you'll fit right in.
> > ;-)
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Jerry McG

No, now that the Californicater developers have trashed the State we're
starting to rethink our traditional hatred of Texans...a little.

"twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message
news:Z_rkc.3235$7o7.881@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com ...
> Hey! Don't leave us Texans out!! You have to hate both, equally. :)
>
> Congrats, and good luck! What part of CO did you move to?
>
> L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:
>
> > Good luck. Pretend you hate Californians and you'll fit right in.
> > ;-)
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
>
> 03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Jerry McG

Hey, great link, thanks!

"FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
news:xLKdneZrq6FD3w_dRVn-gg@magma.ca...
> Ya! That would be a cool thing to do.
> Check out this website for more info
> on Ghost towns.
>
> http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> > Good Luck Nathan! Pick up a copy of Back Country Adentures on Colorado
and
> > go ghost town huntin'!
>

Jerry McG

Hey, great link, thanks!

"FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
news:xLKdneZrq6FD3w_dRVn-gg@magma.ca...
> Ya! That would be a cool thing to do.
> Check out this website for more info
> on Ghost towns.
>
> http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> > Good Luck Nathan! Pick up a copy of Back Country Adentures on Colorado
and
> > go ghost town huntin'!
>

Jerry McG

Hey, great link, thanks!

"FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
news:xLKdneZrq6FD3w_dRVn-gg@magma.ca...
> Ya! That would be a cool thing to do.
> Check out this website for more info
> on Ghost towns.
>
> http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> > Good Luck Nathan! Pick up a copy of Back Country Adentures on Colorado
and
> > go ghost town huntin'!
>

Jerry McG

Hey, great link, thanks!

"FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
news:xLKdneZrq6FD3w_dRVn-gg@magma.ca...
> Ya! That would be a cool thing to do.
> Check out this website for more info
> on Ghost towns.
>
> http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
> Norm & Debbie wrote:
>
> > Good Luck Nathan! Pick up a copy of Back Country Adentures on Colorado
and
> > go ghost town huntin'!
>

Nathan Otis

Thanks for those, JT. I'll this message away in case I need them.
n.

"Fennidh" <bdl300wmag.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dZnkc.16257$6L3.8659@fed1read05...
> Just remember " Mile High Jeep" on 7th and Federal, and
> BJ's on about 11th ave just west of Sheridan, and Jimmy at
> Edgewater Jeep just east of Sheridan on 44th ave.
>
> Have a blast.
>
> JT
> LV,NV
>
>
>
>
> "Nathan Otis" <na@spam.smeat.net> wrote in message
> news:bVkkc.677$t63.54754@news.uswest.net...
> | Well, we went and did it! Quit our jobs, packed up a
> moving truck and moved
> | all our worldly belongings to Colorado.
> |
> | I wish is was a spontaneous as that sounds... But in
> reality this is the
> | result of two years of planning, and about twelve years of
> wanting. I've
> | wanted to live in CO since I was a teen... I visited a
> relative who lived
> | here and ever since then I have felt I was born in the
> wrong place.
> |
> | So we did it. With no jobs waiting for us, we came here a
> month ago and
> | found an apartment so we'd have a place for our stuff. I
> had confidence from
> | web searches that my wife would easily find a job, and I'd
> be able to find
> | something on a temp-to-hire basis. We've been here for two
> weeks and I've
> | had a job (that I start on the third) for over a week!!
> The wife has a
> | couple interviews tomorrow and I'm sure she'll have her
> pick of jobs by next
> | week.
> |
> | It's amazing how easy it's been... The apartment was easy
> to find, is larger
> | and cheaper than what we had in Illinois and WAY better
> amenities. The move
> | went flawlessly. I have to recommend the trucking company
> ABF as an
> | alternative to Ryder, Uhaul and the rest. If you are
> planning a big move and
> | you have an ABF depot near you, check them out. We saved
> money and stress.
> | Anyway, I was talking about how things are happening way
> easily... I went in
> | for one interview and had a job within 6 hours!
> |
> | Needless to say, the mountains are beautiful. The weather
> has been
> | incredible. 65-70 the first two days followed by 6" of
> snow and then back to
> | 70s. We're getting about 8" tonight and tomorrow which is
> GREAT cause I'm
> | headin' out to ski on Sunday. I'm slowly building a
> network of Jeepers to
> | show me around this year... Beautifully built Jeeps
> everywhere I look. It's
> | like I've arrived in Mecca. I've stopped "Jeep waving" for
> fear that my arm
> | will fall off!
> |
> | Folks, Life is short. If you aren't living your dreams,
> what ARE you doing?
> | n.
> |
> | PS
> | To avoid possible suspicions, my name is still Nathan, but
> Qwest is my new
> | ISP. I have no idea what my tags or headers or whatever
> might say. Qwest is
> | what my apartment complex uses...satellite, can you
> believe it?! I'm
> | lobbying for them to change to Comcast cable cause, by and
> large, Qwest
> | sucks. So if I suddenly change ISPs, don't say I didn't
> warn you.
> |
> |
>
>