CByrneIV wrote:Hey, as far as it goes, y'all are going to have to find your own places to live. Our place is OUR place.
After years of being pretty much indifferent about the idea of moving to the US something has finally clicked in my missis's brain. It has about North Idaho, anyway.
She's looking at land right now....
Price wise it's actually slightly better than Spain, as long as you are going to build your own house.
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
Highspeed wrote:
After years of being pretty much indifferent about the idea of moving to the US something has finally clicked in my missis's brain. It has about North Idaho, anyway.
She's looking at land right now....
Price wise it's actually slightly better than Spain, as long as you are going to build your own house.
Around Sandpoint is about half of what we're used to in Phoenix.
If you want to get in real trouble, introduce her to log kit homes.
The weather was actually the first thing she looked at. We both suffer from old injuries and cold combined with damp makes them a lot worse. Cold on it's own however is OK.
The area of Spain we were\are considering is good in that respect, but it has a long portion of summer when it's too hot to do anything. Even the Spanish take the whole of August off ( although they don't really have much of a work ethic at the best of times )
Melody - the log kit house was the preferred option in Spain, although if you want a good one over there then you have to get it imported from Scandinavia.
Ruth asked me to tell you that she knows a lot of gypsy cob breeders, people who have been doing it for generations. $4000 ( for example ) would buy you the sort of horse which might cost 5 or 10 times more in the US, something really top flight. I really need to get you two together somehow.
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
Highspeed wrote:The weather was actually the first thing she looked at. We both suffer from old injuries and cold combined with damp makes them a lot worse. Cold on it's own however is OK.
The area of Spain we were\are considering is good in that respect, but it has a long portion of summer when it's too hot to do anything. Even the Spanish take the whole of August off ( although they don't really have much of a work ethic at the best of times )
Melody - the log kit house was the preferred option in Spain, although if you want a good one over there then you have to get it imported from Scandinavia.
Ruth asked me to tell you that she knows a lot of gypsy cob breeders, people who have been doing it for generations. $4000 ( for example ) would buy you the sort of horse which might cost 5 or 10 times more in the US, something really top flight. I really need to get you two together somehow.
Why do I feel like lighting a cigar, and saying " I love it when a plan comes together!" ?
(Even if it's not my plan!)
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six." Lindy Cooper Wisdom
Highspeed wrote:
Melody - the log kit house was the preferred option in Spain, although if you want a good one over there then you have to get it imported from Scandinavia.
Ruth asked me to tell you that she knows a lot of gypsy cob breeders, people who have been doing it for generations. $4000 ( for example ) would buy you the sort of horse which might cost 5 or 10 times more in the US, something really top flight. I really need to get you two together somehow.
There are 10+ log home manufacturers in Idaho ALONE, nevermind the surrounding states.
I'm sure your wife is absolutely drooling over the horse market here. With so much space, so many disciplines, and so much competition the variety of horse breeds is never-ending. As you've noticed, the range in prices is also never-ending.
I definitely want to get together with your wife, especially once we have some room =)
What size of land parcel are you looking for, btw?
a good sized mill, metal lathe, wood lathe, notcher, bender, full sheet shear, full sheet brake, a couple of smaller brakes and shears, an english wheel, a planishing hammer, two vertical (one metal, one wood) bandsaws, a horizontal bandsaw, a cold saw, a regular chop saw, a sliding compound miter saw, a radial arm saw, three floorstanding grinders (one high speed, one low speed, one belt/slackbelt/disc combo), a floorstanding belt sander, a planer/shaper, an edger/joiner, a router table, two drill presses (one metal, one wood), a full on cabinet saw with extensions, a sandblasting cabinet and an outdoor setup, a spray booth big enough for a fuselage, full shop air, vac, and dust systems, two welding tables, two painting/finishing tables, four general worktables, and four workbenches
This seems like a great idea to me, maybe by the time you get it up and going I will have enough interesting skills to offer.
Justice Sotomayor, States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional. — Alan Gura
a good sized mill, metal lathe, wood lathe, notcher, bender, full sheet shear, full sheet brake, a couple of smaller brakes and shears, an english wheel, a planishing hammer, two vertical (one metal, one wood) bandsaws, a horizontal bandsaw, a cold saw, a regular chop saw, a sliding compound miter saw, a radial arm saw, three floorstanding grinders (one high speed, one low speed, one belt/slackbelt/disc combo), a floorstanding belt sander, a planer/shaper, an edger/joiner, a router table, two drill presses (one metal, one wood), a full on cabinet saw with extensions, a sandblasting cabinet and an outdoor setup, a spray booth big enough for a fuselage, full shop air, vac, and dust systems, two welding tables, two painting/finishing tables, four general worktables, and four workbenches
I'm getting an anvil.
A German anvil.
And may I say, from a moral point of view, I think there can be no justification for shoving snack cakes up your action.
--Weetabix
What size of land parcel are you looking for, btw?
Well it's early days yet, so we are just seeing what the prices are like. 5 acres would be enough at a pinch, but like you guys we want privacy so if it's that small then it would have to be reasonably far from other dwellings.
It's all just a nice dream for now.
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
