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To: manc; stephenjohnbanker
Thanks for the kind invite, many moons ago I almost went to work for an FM station there, 'WSOS' but as things go in radio, sometimes they 'click' and sometimes they don't. I spent a lot of years in Jacksonville with WCRJ both in country and news/talk format, so my familiarity with St. Augustine is pretty good although I've never actually lived in your locale, I know one thing: you and yours are definitely blessed to be in that part of the Sunshine State.

When I was a little kid (a REAL long time ago), my parents and I were passing through St. Augustine on our way back from Orlando, and we were approaching the OLD Bridge of Lions (before it got upgraded) and the bells started ringing, the barriers came down, there was a boat going up the St. John's, and on that hot August day, my Mom said for some unknown reason "wouldn't it be funny if the drawbridge got stuck?" and sure enough, she called the shot, the bridge wouldn't go back down, and we had to sit in that heat with all those other motorists for almost an hour while a Coast Guard cutter came down the St. John's to literally throw the switch under the bridge, I gotta laugh.

Best to you always Manc! :)
24 posted on 03/09/2012 12:16:39 PM PST by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
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To: mkjessup
LOL, Hate when those things happen. We're just north of the city in between JAX and the old city which is a great location for us. I spent so much time looking at all issues of life from taxes to how people vote to even the local laws. It paid off for us but it really surprises me how many just move and not understand how the area is. For instance my youngest is at soccer and two couples were complaining that there are no Sak 5th or indoor hockey area and one guy said we should have street lights and cycling lanes and more sidewalks along the main roads. My wife explained that we do not have those thing minus the stores because it keeps our taxes down and the night sky with stars is much better to see. As for the stores, I am about 5 to 7 mins drive from a fish monger, much caught that day by them, next to that is a baker and next to that is a greengrocer , all local family owned. There is a small country like grocery store If we need the bigger stores we drive into town which is about a 20 min drive If one feels you want the city then JAX is 30 mins drive and one traffic light In the summer the drive down this road is beautiful as all the tress meet in the middle and form like a tunnel with the sun shining through http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4062/4252034891_0238a9fb0d_z.jpg
28 posted on 03/09/2012 1:53:15 PM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)
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sorry not sure why there is a line through half the words but hopefully you can read it.


29 posted on 03/09/2012 1:58:20 PM PST by manc (Marriage is between one man and one woman,It's not a conservative view but a true American view)
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