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jacenta
Thank you jacenta.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 9, 2007 at 6:30 PM
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johnmacnab
Interesting morning read John.
posted by
jacentaOld
on May 8, 2007 at 3:59 AM
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mneme
LOL. It dawned on me days later that I hadn't mentioned whether we had bought anything, but I shrugged it off as I reckoned nobody would notice or care. Ten out of Ten to mneme. No, we didn't buy anything. Thank you for the compliment, mneme
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 6, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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johnmacnab
Very entertaining, as always.. did you buy anything?
posted by
mneme
on May 4, 2007 at 7:13 AM
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Offy
It is different, Offy, but I wouldn't like a home on the river - close by will do me fine.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 1, 2007 at 4:00 PM
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saul_relative
Since moving close to a river I find simply standing on the bank and watching the river change its moods, a fascinating experience.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 1, 2007 at 3:59 PM
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TAPS
I've been the same as far as landlocked is concerned, TAPS, but then in Scotland the North Sea was only an hour away and so was the Atlantic. As a child I only visited the seaside on vacation but later in life when we had a car of our own, we could visit the beach on a weekend.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 1, 2007 at 3:52 PM
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There is nothing like a home on the water
That is one interesting selling point though.
posted by
Offy
on May 1, 2007 at 12:54 PM
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I love houses on the water. There's a tranquility about them, an ambience
you can't find in other houses.
posted by
saul_relative
on May 1, 2007 at 12:34 PM
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Johnmacnab
Having always lived in places surrounded by land, its hard for me to picture houses like that. I do have friends who have property on lakes but most of my life is and has been landlocked except for vacations to the ocean. At least I've never had to worry about flooding.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 1, 2007 at 5:32 AM
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Justi
I think you got the answer in your last sentence, Justi. Nowadays people can afford it. When I was younger there was nothing special about living near water, not in my part of Scotland anyway, but it was nice to have holidays up north beside the sea. Now people are richer and have the money to buy toys to play on the water, instead of just looking at it. Also it seems to be a class symbol if you have waterfront property.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 1, 2007 at 4:17 AM
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John McNab
People are paying prices I cannot fathom for houses or just lots with water access anywhere. What is the fascination with water so much more than in the past. Florida land is letting like crazy and each hurricane takes a little more of your beach front. I don't get it. Perhaps it is because I can't afford it. Nice piece.
posted by
Justi
on April 30, 2007 at 11:07 PM
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Pat
You're right there, Pat_B. Every time I see CSI Miami and the shots of the condos on that spit of land, I shake my head at the folly of man.
We live about 15 feet above the river level, but a few hundred yards north, is a slightly higher level and if you look back to the river you can understand that it used to flow up to that level. Traveling further north for about three miles and looking back you can see that the river used to flow up to that level as well. The river is 33 fathoms deep and if it all dried up we would have a huge valley with a 2,000 foot deep chasm with rocky islands sticking straight up like the rocks in the Bay of Fundy.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 30, 2007 at 9:17 AM
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I think waterfront property today is an iffy proposition...
If Al Gore's idea of the effects of global warming has any merit, it could become a place to anchor your houseboat before the mortgage is paid off.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 30, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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Whacky
It is, isn't it, Whacky. I couldn't stop laughing at the advertising possibilities.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 29, 2007 at 6:23 AM
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Now that is a real selling point?
A smile
and a rose!
from me and =^..^=Bo too!
posted by
Whacky
on April 28, 2007 at 7:52 PM
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afzal50
Thank you Afzal.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 28, 2007 at 7:43 PM
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Interesting read.
posted by
afzal50
on April 28, 2007 at 5:44 PM
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