From: "Robert Comer" 

> Yes, I do think adapting to Wyoming would be too much for me!

I was born in Wyoming and lived there a good portion of my life, and it was
too much for me!

> No matter-- it's just their county board president, Paul Ferguson, making
> sure they've recycled their cardboard toilet paper rolls properly."

I think laying traps are in order. (not harmful ones, just ones that would
deter him from trying that again.  Hidden dog doo is a good example...)
Virginia can get a bit cold too though...


--
Bob Comer


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:45acf3f6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yes, I do think adapting to Wyoming would be too much for me! Looks like,
> sigh, Virginia is out too, at least this county:
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR20070115012
90.html
> "Over the years, residents of the Fairlington neighborhood in Arlington
> County have grown accustomed to the site of a tall, lanky figure going
> through the trash bins outside their homes.
>
> No matter-- it's just their county board president, Paul Ferguson, making
> sure they've recycled their cardboard toilet paper rolls properly."
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:45acc41d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> South Carolina is one of the higher taxed states and the economy isn't
>> the
>> best. Greenville, near Charlotte, Mount Pleasant, and to a lesser degree
>> Anderson aren't bad economy wise.
>>
>> Wyoming's **cold** and *windy*, so I wouldn't recommend it at all. Taxes
>> are pretty favorable though!
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:45ac4a20$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Yea, I agree that all states are stupid in varying degrees in a variety
>>> of arenas, but Jersey has been consistently stupid for way too long.
>>> Last
>>> year, off the top of my head, I think we had a 50,000 net loss in
>>> population, which I expect will be closer to 75,000 for the current
>>> year.
>>>
>>> Due to the variety of extenuating circumstances/family considerations
>>> that all of us have in our personal lives at various times, I don't
>>> think
>>> I'll make it outta here this year, but I may make it 100,000 + 1 in '08.
>>> Enough is enough.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking SC or NC for the destination, or hell, maybe Wyoming and
>>> I'll trade in the sunscreen for cross country skis 
Though I will
>>> investigate first; many states that one would think would be outside the
>>> socialist realm of influence aren't as reliable as they once were...
>>> >> coasts if the Dems promise not to move inland >
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>> news:45ac3a6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Michigan is getting a bit stupid also. It seems an unintended
>>>> consequence of laws on adultery could lead to life in prison for
>>>> adulterers. I don't think they could afford all the prison space if
>>>> they
>>>> uphold that law :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/COL04/701150333
>>>>
>>>> In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's
>>>> second-highest court says that anyone involved in an
extramarital fling
>>>> can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony
>>>> punishable by up to life in prison.
>>>>
>>>> "We cannot help but question whether the Legislature
actually intended
>>>> the result we reach here today," Judge William Murphy
wrote in November
>>>> for a unanimous Court of Appeals panel, "but we are
curtailed by the
>>>> language of the statute from reaching any other conclusion.
>>>>
>>>> "Technically," he added, "any time a person
engages in sexual
>>>> penetration in an adulterous relationship, he or she is
guilty of CSC
>>>> I," the most serious sexual assault charge in
Michigan's criminal code.
>>>>
>>>> No one expects prosecutors to declare open season on
cheating spouses.
>>>> The ruling is especially awkward for Attorney General Mike
Cox, whose
>>>> office triggered it by successfully appealing a lower
court's decision
>>>> to drop CSC charges against a Charlevoix defendant. In
November 2005,
>>>> Cox confessed to an adulterous relationship.
>>>>
>>>> Murphy's opinion received little notice when it was handed
down. But it
>>>> has since elicited reactions ranging from disbelief to mischievous
>>>> giggling in Michigan's gossipy legal community.
>>>>
>>>> The ruling grows out of a case in which a Charlevoix man accused of
>>>> trading Oxycontin pills for the sexual favors of a cocktail waitress
>>>> was
>>>> charged under an obscure provision of Michigan's criminal law. The
>>>> provision decrees that a person is guilty of first-degree criminal
>>>> sexual conduct whenever "sexual penetration occurs
under circumstances
>>>> involving the commission of any other felony."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ""Mark"  wrote in message
>>>> news:45abfe73$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>
>>>>> Jersey is lost. My only solace is my county and the
county next door
>>>>> vote right on the big stuff, but it's not enough to
save us with 20 or
>>>>> so counties! 
>>>>>
>>>>> Gov. Corzine wants to do AhnuldCare(tm) here too; I
really don't think
>>>>> I'm going to hold out much longer.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:45abeb80$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> The key words are that it was "unanimously
passed by state lawmakers.
>>>>>> How does this relate to controling property taxes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070112-115026-7662r.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For World War II veteran Sam Stia, a
>>>>>> legislative
>>>>>> proposal that would cease requiring New Jersey
schools to teach about
>>>>>> Veterans Day and Memorial Day can be summed up in two words.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    "That's wrong," Mr. Stia, 83, said
from his Hamilton home, where
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> flies an American flag at half-staff to honor
fallen soldiers. "We're
>>>>>> just giving our flag away and our patriotism away."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Mr. Stia and other veterans are steamed about
the proposal, which
>>>>>> state lawmakers unanimously passed last month. It
now awaits action
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> the governor. It was included as part of a larger
measure designed to
>>>>>> help control property taxes, mostly by abolishing
some laws on school
>>>>>> purchasing and public hearings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Other holidays about which schools no longer
would be required to
>>>>>> teach include Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor
Day and Commodore
>>>>>> Barry Day, which commemorates Revolutionary War
hero John Barry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    New Jersey schools must observe the holidays
under a 1967 law
>>>>>> designed to promote "the development of a
higher spirit of
>>>>>> patriotism." Florida, Nebraska and Washington
are among states with
>>>>>> similar laws.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    New Jersey American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars groups
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> asked Gov. Jon Corzine to veto the bill so schools
still have to
>>>>>> teach
>>>>>> about Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    "It's not right. They're not going to know
the sacrifices that
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> made so they can enjoy the protections that they
have," said Hank
>>>>>> Adams, New Jersey VFW adjutant and an Army and
Coast Guard veteran.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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