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#41
01-25-2018, 07:23 PM
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I thunk Mellencamp
 was from Seymour, IN. Maybe he moved to the Bloomington area.
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#42
01-25-2018, 08:12 PM
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#43
01-25-2018, 08:36 PM
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His house on Monroe is nice. I did some work on it. He still has family in Seymour.
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01-25-2018, 10:55 PM
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I had my eye on a 3 acre property with a 2 car garage and a 2nd shop wired for 240v for 189,000 in Bloomfield. Area seems nice. But as I mentioned earlier I can’t buy there until I have the money from selling here. I will be able to look around in person there before I have to pull the trigger. Only thing that worries me about those small towns is the availability of broadband internet. I lived in a spot here I’m the desert for a year where the only option was 1mb DSL. I can’t do that again lol. Decent cable internet is a must.
I signed the offer letter. I start on the 26th of February. Unknown here I come.
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01-25-2018, 11:22 PM
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#46
01-25-2018, 11:46 PM
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the unknown is where wonderful things happen...grab it by the horns and ride it...
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#47
01-26-2018, 05:56 AM
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Congrats. The unknown is scary but one hell of a ride. Good luck.
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#48
01-26-2018, 04:08 PM
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Good luck fella. I live in the country too and get my internet from a satellite. It's 5meg but the new 25 meg is popping off soon! lol. Nowhere uses more salt than Ontario, Canada. I swear the salt mine trucks have holes in them. I liked Indiana going through to Illinois on the I70. Anywhere there is green grass and 1000' between me and the neighbor, i'm good. I got similar to what you were looking at, 2 car garage with 1200 sqft shop out the side on 3 acres. i ain't ever leaving. Are you guys in the US allowed to tie the purchase of your new house to the sale of your old?
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#49
01-26-2018, 08:45 PM
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Good luck in the new endeavor!
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02-01-2018, 08:32 AM
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Congrats! My plans are also to get back to the Midwest (MI) in a few years. 10-20 acres, 3 bed/2 bath/basement/pole barn are the cheap norm all day long. Of course, though, I will not find a job that pays me wages like the semiconductor industry. I am preparing for a pay cut, but will welcome a simpler life.
Hopefully you end up in or near a small town that shuts down Main Street in the summer for a cruise in or car show. I grew up in one of those towns, and couldn't wait to leave. Now I can't wait to get back to something like it.
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#51
04-02-2018, 02:01 PM
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Well - have you made the move to fly over country yet?
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04-02-2018, 03:01 PM
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Well, if you are here you sure didn’t bring the Cali weather with you. This BS snow on April 2 is not the norm for sure.
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04-02-2018, 04:39 PM
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 And yeah I’m here. I’m sitting in a shockingly decent Mexican restaurant in a Bedford Indiana right now. I just signed papers on a house on Friday. As soon as the other guy vacated I’ll be moved in. 5 cars worth of garage so I have room to expand. And 22 acres partially wooded. Plenty of wildlife. I’m not much of a hunter but I enjoy having the animals around to look at. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...18857024_zpid/ Look forward to running into a few of you guys during show season. I haven’t build much of a social life as yet.
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#54
04-02-2018, 05:35 PM
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Nice digs! That's one hell of a fridge! You're 67 miles from me. The social life will come with time, maybe. I've been here 20 years now and i don't have much of one, but i work too much too. I miss home (Ohio) at times, but economically i am much much better off here than i would have been back home. There's a good Pontiac club up in Indy. I'd be in it if i were closer. Hope the job is working well for you.
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#55
04-02-2018, 07:44 PM
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Outstanding, nice place and welcome to the Hoosier State. Now, let’s have some of that dry desert weather so we can get our cars out!
BTW, this is not a normal spring here.
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#56
04-02-2018, 08:24 PM
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Looks like you found a nice place, Hwy 450 is one of Indiana's most beautiful roads. As soon as it warms up the motorcycles burn that road up!
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#57
04-02-2018, 08:44 PM
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Yeah should be good. 260k was a little more than I wanted to spend but I really wanted a large plot. I like to be able to look out at my little fiefdom. I need some serfs......
Job is going well. Lab stuff. I feel very sciency. Should look great on my resume. In addition to being an experienced UAV technician I’ll know have a background as an electrical technician with a specialization in lasers/electro optics. The dude technically has until the 30th to be out but says it will be sooner. Hopefully he is true to his word. I’m basically camped in a month to month condo with all my stuff in storage. I’m over it. As soon as I get word I can move in I’m going to adopt a dog. I’m too old to make new friends effectively so I’ll just adopt a furry one.
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04-02-2018, 10:40 PM
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Nice place. Bedford and Lawrence County are good places to live. You’re about 55-60 miles northwest of me.
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04-03-2018, 12:29 AM
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Nice looking place. Should be more beautiful with the spring/ summer rains. Some of the most beautiful thunder storms/ lightning there in Indiana.
BTW, did your inspector mention anything about the free standing fireplace maybe too close to the wall/ combustible? |
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04-03-2018, 06:10 AM
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They actually are working on the crawl space right now though. The inspection found mold in there because of a drain not hooked up properly.
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