Question for my Florida ohana - Tiki Central Ohana

M mbonga Member La Mesa, California Joined: Dec 04, 2005 Posts: 556	M mbonga Posted posted on Mon, Feb 27, 2006 6:16 AM On 2006-02-27 05:40, GatorRob wrote: I've lived in Florida since 1978. You live in Orlando, Florida, where there are enough normal people coming in on vacation that the city has to keep things satisfactory or else lose millions of dollars per year. As I said, I might still consider moving to Orlando, Florida, but to nowhere else in that state. Let's see, did I mention the time I almost had a huge shipment of boxes that I shipped from California returned, because the storage facility manager in Florida forgot that I told him to expect my shipment? And that the only reason it didn't get returned, which might have forced me to fly back out to California to reclaim it at the shipping center, is because he made a second mistake about the name? Did I mention the movers whom I caught red-handed at the weighing scales falsifying documents to cheat me out of 1000 pounds of freight costs? Or the U-Haul ripoff? Or the huge prostitution scandal in Daytona Beach? Or all the broken glass on the sidewalks that was constantly popping my bicycle tires? Or my first advisor who led me on for a full semester and cost me all that tuition, without any help, because she knew she was leaving but didn't want anybody to know? Or the ongoing destruction and pollution of the Florida Keys? Or the Fort Lauderdale crackdown that was so severe that the national spring break institution in that city nearly disappeared? Or that the reason I'm even inhabiting these wonderful frozen shores is that my last employer in Florida fired me because they claimed I couldn't do a job that was two levels below my educational and expertise level, after they made sure I was unable to get needed file accesses that everybody else could get? But I'll stop there... If you can find me a good secure job in the Orlando area, I'll take you up on your Mai Tai offer, and maybe there's a chance I could even change my mind about that state. :) [ Edited by: mbonga 2006-02-27 07:14 ] [ Edited by: mbonga 2006-02-27 10:25 ]

On 2006-02-27 05:40, GatorRob wrote:
I've lived in Florida since 1978.

You live in Orlando, Florida, where there are enough normal people coming in on vacation that the city has to keep things satisfactory or else lose millions of dollars per year. As I said, I might still consider moving to Orlando, Florida, but to nowhere else in that state.

Let's see, did I mention the time I almost had a huge shipment of boxes that I shipped from California returned, because the storage facility manager in Florida forgot that I told him to expect my shipment? And that the only reason it didn't get returned, which might have forced me to fly back out to California to reclaim it at the shipping center, is because he made a second mistake about the name? Did I mention the movers whom I caught red-handed at the weighing scales falsifying documents to cheat me out of 1000 pounds of freight costs? Or the U-Haul ripoff? Or the huge prostitution scandal in Daytona Beach? Or all the broken glass on the sidewalks that was constantly popping my bicycle tires? Or my first advisor who led me on for a full semester and cost me all that tuition, without any help, because she knew she was leaving but didn't want anybody to know? Or the ongoing destruction and pollution of the Florida Keys? Or the Fort Lauderdale crackdown that was so severe that the national spring break institution in that city nearly disappeared? Or that the reason I'm even inhabiting these wonderful frozen shores is that my last employer in Florida fired me because they claimed I couldn't do a job that was two levels below my educational and expertise level, after they made sure I was unable to get needed file accesses that everybody else could get? But I'll stop there...

If you can find me a good secure job in the Orlando area, I'll take you up on your Mai Tai offer, and maybe there's a chance I could even change my mind about that state. :)

[ Edited by: mbonga 2006-02-27 07:14 ]

[ Edited by: mbonga 2006-02-27 10:25 ]

Post #217616 by mbonga on Mon, Feb 27, 2006 6:16 AM