posted 05-21-2005 19:26               

So just a reminder. If you are planning on a Vegas vacation this summer, remember to drink plenty of water once you are here. Coffee and cola don't count. You need to keep hydrated. I even take a bottle of water when I go to get my mail, and that's about 2 miles. I drank the whole thing yesterday before I got back home! My the time you realize you need the water, you've already begun dehydrating. You don't perspire as much in low humidity, so its easy to forget to drink and get heat stroke, too.

Take care of yourself!

Fern

posted 05-22-2005 07:04               

Visitors really suffer but residents eventually get used to the dryness. Phoenix was worse.

ps -- Fern, why is your mail 2 miles away?

posted 05-22-2005 07:37               

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posted 05-22-2005 11:05               

Robert, you asked pros and cons. Cons to Antioch were the horrid traffic and the fact that Applebee's was fine dining. Culture was something you found in yogurt. Pro was the grandkids were within 2 hours drive.

The main con here is the grandkids. We don't see them very often. The pros are many. We live in a wonderful community, populated with great people and lots of things to do and be a part of. We have just about everything we need within an easy drive. For example, we needed a vacuum part. The Hoover store is about 3 miles away. As far as I know, there wasn't one in Eastern Contra Costa. Almost all of our doctors are within 5 miles. With Kaiser, some of them (the specialists) were over an hour's drive away in Walnut Creek. Here they are all local. I had three supermarkets in five miles in Antioch. Here I have eight...two ALbertson's (with fresh meat and fish counters), two Smiths, a Von's, a Walmart Neighborhood Store, a Super K-Mart and a Super Walmart. We also have two prime Meat Markets.

We're both much more active in our community than we ever were in Antioch. I didn't do much of anything after I retired, even though I intended to. Now I am active in the Women's Club, Community Service Club, Welcome Ladies Club, Computer Club, Pinnacle (Neighborhood) Club, International Culture Club, the Lifelong Learning Club, and more. Jerry is very active, too, in the Community Service Club, Lifelong Learning Club, Security Patrol, and Bocce League. We also have how-to fairs here, plays and other activities, and "field trips."

Mary,
We do have a "pod" mailbox at the corner. However, we only get ads there. We choose to get our mail at a UPS Store. We started that when we were in "transition mode," living at the apartment before the house was built. It worked out so good we decided to keep our mail that way. They automatically hold when we go on vacation (and we don't have to wait in a humungous line to collect mail later). They accept all my packages for me (UPS, Post Office, Fed-Ex, etc), so I don't have to chase them down. That's a big plus, too. And we both get prescriptions by mail. Our mail at the "pod" comes at around 4PM. I'd hate to miss my prescriptions and have them sit out in the sun for a whole day. The UPS store is near my most-used supermarket, and on the way home from everywhere, so its not a problem.

Fern

posted 05-23-2005 05:23               

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Originally posted by Fern Modena:

Mary,
We do have a "pod" mailbox at the corner.
Fern

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Oh, good. I was appalled at the thought that the new communities weren't giving anyone street mailboxes anymore. Our pod was across the street and one house over. With 3 small children, 2 miles away would have been a big hassle.

posted 05-23-2005 09:52               

Fern

posted 05-24-2005 16:01               

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posted 05-24-2005 16:38               

Kaiser had an overburdened medical clinic at Somersville & Delta Fair. You had to go to Walnut Creek for many of the specialists and for the hospital. They opened the "new clinic" on Deer Valley shortly before we moved. ALl that was there was Adult and Pedi Medicine, a lab, x-ray, and a pharmacy. Everything else was still in Walnut Creek, an hour and a half away.

Things are a lot more convenient here, and the weather is not that different.

Fern

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Originally posted by azsunluvr:
Fern, I'm curious how long ago you moved from Antioch. We moved from Pleasant Hill 6 years ago, and Antioch was quite a growing area. I thought they had everything! I'm surprised there isn't a Kaiser there at the very least. We're enjoying the same heat here in AZ. It's darn hot, but it's better than the alternative as far as I'm concerned.

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posted 05-26-2005 18:53               

As I type this, I'm sitting at Gordon Biersch in the D concourse at McCarran. I took a bump off my Alaska Airlines flight - because of the heat, they couldn't take off with a full load of passengers.

An Alaska Airlines bump is good for a free ticket anywhere they fly without blackout. The flight I was rebooked on is also full - I've got a decent shot at a second bump later tonight.

Looks like Puerto Vallarta next February for us - thanks to the Las Vegas heat.

(BTW - I spent all yesterday afternoon doing field work at Indian Springs. I'll take the dry heat over the summer I spent in Missouri doing construction inspection anytime.)

posted 05-26-2005 21:18               

"Its a dry heat." Its 9PM, 90ş, 12% humidity.

Fern

posted 05-26-2005 21:37               

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Originally posted by capekong:
Steve, didn't you love it when you went out in the mornings to go to work at 6:00 AM and the temperature was 80 and the humidity was 95%. The Mississippi Valley in Southeast Missouri is great in the summer time!

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I remember swatting at mosquitoes and flies - and realizing that the added discomfort of the heat and sweat from shooing the bugs was as bad as just letting them swarm.

posted 05-27-2005 07:03               

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Originally posted by snelson:
I took a bump off my Alaska Airlines flight - because of the heat, they couldn't take off with a full load of passengers.

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The bump is a great perk, but Steve, you're sitting in a rotten airport missing a perfect 82-degree day in awesome Seattle :-)

posted 05-27-2005 19:08               

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Originally posted by ysr_racer:
Oh how I miss AZ

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FYI...In Phoenix, those car temp read outs are usually 5-10 degrees off (too high)....Once the outside temp breaks 100 they are very inaccurate.

Fern..Glad to see you are enjoying Nv. ....Once you've lived in the Sw and experienced the weather, its hard to imagine living anywhere else. Maz

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posted 05-27-2005 19:27               

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