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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:19 PM
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I know I'm a self touted city boy but....
Edited on Sat Jan-10-04 05:21 PM by HEyHEY
But I have a deep desire to move to a little village like this



And get a cottage like this



Then I'd wear tweed all the time, marry a nice local girl, play my mandolin, go out in my sailboat for a bit then come back up to the house for a cup of tea. I'd work at the local paper and be happy with that. No TV, just a radio. And I'd go for a beer at the local pub for my evening entertainment.

No pressure, not knowing or giving a crap what is going on with the rest of the world. Sounds like a dream life. Wish I was there.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:25 PM
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1. I'm a country boy
and hope to live in an apartment in the city and walk to a close-by organic grocery store and then to a sushi bar. And go to bars and clubs on Saturday night.

The grass is always greener on the other side isn't it?
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:36 PM
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4. perhaps
I still long for the city, I live in the country right now. There are so many sides to me and I can't make up my mind on what I want...but still it's fun being that way.
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:28 PM
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2. That looks really nice....
pray tell where is it?

It kind of reminds me of the village from Waking Ned Devine. We were listening to the soundtrack while making breakfast this morning. We're going to buy the movie, it's one of those movies you can watch over and over.

Back to the simple life (No Paris Hilton comparisons please :evilgrin:)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:35 PM
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3. Somewhere in Ireland
Forget the name though
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:47 PM
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7. I recognized it as Ireland....
...though I could not name the place. But it is lovely.
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 06:24 PM
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8. Pray tell, greataunt,
Where in Ireland do they have that many trees? (My Irish friends make fun of Arkansas for having "too many of the damn tings.") I noticed Clare and Galway didn't seem to have many.

Would that picture be over around Dublin or Kildare, perhaps?

Curiously yrs,
:hi:
dbt
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 06:26 PM
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9. a right click may hold the answers
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 07:34 PM
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13. The West has far fewer trees than over towards Dublin.
I should know, my family came from Mayo. Sadly, but much of Ireland has had the trees cut down.

:hi:
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:42 PM
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5. Go For It
Just live off a Sailboat first to learn where space, clothing, utilities and insulation is important; why and where....
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 05:46 PM
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6. I am going for it
I emailed a few editors at local papers in some Northern Irish coastal towns. I just got the job I'm at now, but it would take so long to get the ball rolling on this, so I'm starting now.
The one editor I have heard back from gave me pointers on getting a job at a weekly in that country. So in a few months when my portfolio is stronger I will start contacting editors there, and begin building relationships with them.

I used to want to move to Belfast, but for some reason I am more interested in a smaller villlage now, must be cause I'm getting older.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 06:35 PM
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10. I hear you, buddy.
There's a tiny little fairy-tale village in the foothills of the German Alps called Honau. That's where I want to retire to. Wake up to the fresh Alpen breeze every day. Go down to the Backerei for pastry and 'Nussecken'. Have coffee in a sidewalk cafe. Walk the clean streets, enjoying the gemutlich of a kleinesdorf.........Ah, if only!.............
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 06:37 PM
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11. Sure would be a dream
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 07:28 PM
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12. Yeah, thanks for sharing yours, BTW.
Ireland is gorgeous!
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 07:46 PM
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14. Thanks for sharing your happy place too hon
My best friend and I have a shared happy place. It's an island somewhere in the Caribean. There are matching cabana boys named Raul and Ramon who cater to our every whim and bring us drinks with parasols in them and rub our feet and fan us with palm fronds. :-)

My own personal happy place though is a cabin in the woods up in the hills somewhere - maybe in the Carolinas or Kentucky somewhere. Someplace quiet away from the world. A dog, a fireplace, and a special guy. *sigh*
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 07:55 PM
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15. Sounds nice, Vel.
What? No paddle?

:spank:
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 08:55 PM
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16. But of course...
what do you think makes the guy involved "special"? :evilgrin:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 09:01 PM
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17. Uh, lessee:
has a big......um......paddle.
Speaks German. Prefers to yell German.
Doesn't like strong, dominant women; He positively LOVES them.
Promises to quit drinking, but keeps passing out instead.

That's what you find special in a guy, right? ;-)
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Pobeka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 09:03 PM
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18. Sounds like heaven.
Good luck.

If you find another cottage that could handle a family of 4, drop me a line. Radio, local pub. Live music. Just plain heaven...
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