OT: Florida

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

3 minutes ago, Eli said:

Yeah drivers here are pretty bad and they come in all shapes, sizes and colors lol. 

I just assume their either going to happy hour, coming from happy hour or hungover from happy hour. People drink here.  A lot. 

[jimbo]

9 hours ago, olddog71 said:

Eli, I hope you and your family are now thriving in the Tampa area. Yes, the traffic situation here in South(east) Florida was something that was difficult to adapt to. Many people blame the New Yawkers for the problem. Others blame the Latin Americans. I've driven in both of those places, so I can believe it. I also blame the people who actually grew up here. In any case, each group has learned the bad habits of the other groups. I have seen people down here do things with their vehicles that stun me., literally stun me. My wife and I also live part of the year in the Finger Lakes area, and it is quite the reversal to compete for road space with Amish and Mennonite carriages. Towards the end of our stay up there whenever my wife sees me pull a boneheaded maneuver with our car, my wife remarks that I must be thinking of driving back in South(east) Florida! She's always right. In any case, I hope UAlbany does the right thing again and schedule some basketball games at USF and UCF. It's only a four-hour drive NORTH for us to get to USF. And, by the way, the best Cuban food in Florida is found right here in the South(east).

The Miami area has to be my least favorite place to drive. But, like you said, the Cuban food can't be beat...but I have to admit there's a dynamite place just north of The Villages, that puts out fabulous meals. The problem for me is that my favorite Cuban meal is tasajo....and you can't find it in most places....except in and around Miami. Like at Versailles...delicious! I think the traffic issues boil down to two things.....old folks driving and the concentration of population on the coasts. Stay away from Orlando and inland is much better, traffic wise. 

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

13 minutes ago, jimbo said:

The Miami area has to be my least favorite place to drive. But, like you said, the Cuban food can't be beat...but I have to admit there's a dynamite place just north of The Villages, that puts out fabulous meals. The problem for me is that my favorite Cuban meal is tasajo....and you can't find it in most places....except in and around Miami. Like at Versailles...delicious! I think the traffic issues boil down to two things.....old folks driving and the concentration of population on the coasts. Stay away from Orlando and inland is much better, traffic wise. 

But inland, those mosquitos are so big they might as well have driver's licenses.

[jimbo]

19 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

But inland, those mosquitos are so big they might as well have driver's licenses.

I wonder if Eli knows about love bugs yet? 

 

 

[Eli]

5 hours ago, jimbo said:

I wonder if Eli knows about love bugs yet? 

 

 

Oh. I know. Them and "Palmetto" bugs.

[Dane Pound]

4 hours ago, Eli said:

Oh. I know. Them and "Palmetto" bugs.

Some of my worst Florida memories. Yeesh.

[Clickclack]

Is there skiing and Great Danes sports in Florida...if not...why move there?

 

Just my 2 cents...

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

5 hours ago, Clickclack said:

Is there skiing and Great Danes sports in Florida...if not...why move there?

 

Just my 2 cents...

No skiing but instead of 2 weeks of spring break, we have a week in February we call ski week where people around here jet off to the mountains to get their snow in.  Then another week in April.