Reminiscing

[jaybet]

Sorry to hear of your troubles Bidah....happens to so many. Nothing much to say that can help...seems like you're plugging away. ONe item I can help with is where to move to:  NOT NJ.

[billt]

.....Once I get moved I will need to setup my HF again. Extra Class since the late 80's.  I like CW, and run a lot of digital stuff on 40 or 15.  Question is where am I going to move to, and will I be able to setup my tower!!

Bidah,

Seriously, if you don't like the cold, check out Arizona. Employment here is good, and the cost of living, along with the home prices is affordable. You don't have to drive 100 miles to find something a little more rural if that is to your liking. And you won't find a more firearms friendly state, that's for certain. And if you stay away from homes in HOA communities, you can pretty much set up anything you want.

[Timothy]

Sorry to hear of your troubles Bidah....happens to so many. Nothing much to say that can help...seems like you're plugging away. ONe item I can help with is where to move to:  NOT NJ.

Or, Massapoopshits...

[Majer]

Or, Massapoopshits...

Or New York

[tombogan03884]

Come to NH if you don't mind the worst of both worlds weather wise. Humid in the summer, and cold and snow in the winter.
 Oh yeah, Black flies in the Spring. 

[Sponsor]

[Rastus]

There are jobs to be had in the oilfield between Pecos, TX and Carlsbad, NM.  Competent anything is hard to find down there.  We slumped in that area but never fell off the cliff.  We're about to wrap up our exploration gig down there and sell off what we've found...it's like shooting fish in a barrel down there. 

Someone who wants to start a business is going to make a ton of money down there over the next several decades...there is that much drilling and production to be had in the area.  Problem is...you have to import workers because the indigenous population is limited and, for a large part, shiftless...but then there is the opportunity.

[billt]

There are jobs to be had in the oilfield between Pecos, TX and Carlsbad, NM.....

The home value is amazing down there. I just pulled this off Zillow. 3757 Sq. Ft., all brick construction for $189,900. And that's asking price! And best of all, no property taxes.

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Pecos-TX/house_type/87506868_zpid/26442_rid/3-_beds/150000-200000_price/531-707_mp/31.469814,-103.427868,31.32358,-103.756084_rect/11_zm/?3col=true

[Bidah]

Luckily my job goes with me as I work from home. Actually, I want to stay in Montana if at all possible. Arizona is a close second as I spent a couple of years in Flagstaff, and a couple in Glendale.  My parents spend about half the year in Casa Grande now.  Other options were Missouri, Oklahoma, and Florida. I have lived in New England, and will not go back.

Really, the hardest part outside of the financial blood letting has been the boys. Poisoned them is a good word for it. I did see them for a few days a year ago; now they pretty much wish I was no longer living and won't talk to me at all. So, it is wait and hope one day they come back around.  Yes, those same laughing funny boys in my avatar. Oldest one was a sponsored shooter, the other about to be so. Neither of them shoot at all now and pretty much live inside playing games (which is about all I know at this point).

[PegLeg45]

Luckily my job goes with me as I work from home. Actually, I want to stay in Montana if at all possible. Arizona is a close second as I spent a couple of years in Flagstaff, and a couple in Glendale.  My parents spend about half the year in Casa Grande now.  Other options were Missouri, Oklahoma, and Florida. I have lived in New England, and will not go back.

Really, the hardest part outside of the financial blood letting has been the boys. Poisoned them is a good word for it. I did see them for a few days a year ago; now they pretty much wish I was no longer living and won't talk to me at all. So, it is wait and hope one day they come back around.  Yes, those same laughing funny boys in my avatar. Oldest one was a sponsored shooter, the other about to be so. Neither of them shoot at all now and pretty much live inside playing games (which is about all I know at this point).

That truly sucks.

My brother went through the same thing eight or so years ago in an ugly divorce. His ex poisoned both his son and adopted daughter (he had adopted her when they got married) toward the whole family.
I can tell you from experience, don't lose hope that the truth will win out. I told my brother and family to have patience, and that the kids were intelligent enough that eventually they would have questions (based on what they remembered about us in their own minds) that their mother couldn't "make up" false  answers to.
This past Easter, the daughter (now 18) reached out to the family and has re-established a relationship with my brother and the rest of us.

Always remember there is hope, Bidah.

I don't know if you are a praying man, but I will remember you and them in my prayers.

[Bidah]

The home value is amazing down there. I just pulled this off Zillow. 3757 Sq. Ft., all brick construction for $189,900. And that's asking price! And best of all, no property taxes.

http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Pecos-TX/house_type/87506868_zpid/26442_rid/3-_beds/150000-200000_price/531-707_mp/31.469814,-103.427868,31.32358,-103.756084_rect/11_zm/?3col=true

Dropped it another 20k today too!  A place like that here would be well over 300, if not 400. One thing about Montana, it is not cheap to live here.

So, know anyone that wants an off-grid place, 40 acres, in the mountains of Montana??    Full blown, full time house!!