Flux gate question

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Hunh? The SF bay area is one of the most pleasant climates on the planet.
Your complaint is probably about some other aspect which you did not
elucidate.

There is a *lot* more to living than nice weather.

 

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Dutchess County is not the good part of the Hudson Valley. Further
north is nice, further south is also nice. We're very happy where we
are, in northern Westchester.

Well, P'ok sure sucks but it doesn't get better going South. North is
OK, until you get half way to Albany. The other side of the river is
a bit prettier but rally run down. You can have it all, particularly
given the politics.

 

[George Herold]

It sure beats -30F and shoveling snow.  I left that crap (and the NE
taxes) behind for good.- Hide quoted text -

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We had a nice hard freeze here this winter.
Finally!!, keeps the pests down... ticks, chiggers, .. others,
And when the creek freezes, it's a perfect highway to a winter
wonderland.

But not nearly enough snow/cold to keep me happy. I plowed my
driveway maybe
four-five times, hardly enough to keep the battery in the truck
happy.

George H.

 

[George Herold]

It's a rare winter that it gets down to zero Fahrenheit here, and I
shovel snow about twice a year.   Guys like George Herold are the ones
with the snow problem.

I'm from the Canadian Riviera, anyway.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 USA
+1 845 480 2058

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Not enough 'problems'... grumble.
There's nothing as peaceful as a meter of new snow. (I was going to
say 3 feet.)
You can't go anywhere, so relax and enjoy it!
(and be prepared)
George H.

 

[George Herold]

Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/17/2013 4:01 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/16/2013 11:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
]
The times you really need A/C are when it's 90 degrees and 90%
humidity.
     Usually one or two weeks per year.
Maybe in NY.  Here in GA or AL it's from June to September.
Which is one reason I don't live there.
It sure beats -30F and shoveling snow.  I left that crap (and the NE
taxes) behind for good.
It's a rare winter that it gets down to zero Fahrenheit here, and I
shovel snow about twice a year.   Guys like George Herold are theones
with the snow problem.
I'm from the Canadian Riviera, anyway.
Vancouver Island? Why did you ever leave that area? It's supposedly
gorgeous up there. Can't say that so much for NY, except maybe some
areas in the Catskills.
Ok, Big Blue is a good reason but after retiring from there I'd most
likely get out of NY.
I didn't retire from IBM--I'm just about the same age as you.  I was 49
when I left.
<looks in mirror> ... dang, you are right.
I left Vancouver to go to grad school at Stanford, and then went to IBM
Research.  I had another opportunity at HP Labs, but I really hated
living in the Bay Area. ...
Can't blame you. No ten horses would get me to live there.
  Westchester is a beautiful place--if you think
otherwise, come visit some time and I'll show you around.  The Hudson
Valley is amazing.  I could use some lower taxes, it's true, but atthis
point most of my toys are tax-deductible anyway.
There certainly must be pretty areas as well. But when an engineer whom
I knew in NY exclaimed "I can't afford that property tax any longer!"
(they had just received a humongous tax hike notice in the mail) and had
to sell the house, that's when I decided to never ever live in that state.

Property tax here is a bit on the high side, it's true.  It depends very
much on what town you live in, though.  Folks I know in Pocantico pay
about the same property tax I do, on a house about three times the size.

The property taxes on my 2600ft^2 AL house are $1350 a year.  They
were $6K on my 1700ft^2 VT house.  The taxes on this house (GA) are a
little higher than AL ($2.5K on 3600ft^2 w/full basement) but still
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Hmm ~2300 ft and ~$5k/year...(I've got a garage, barn and ~30 acres
too.)
But in TN the ~same property was $1k... but where would my kids go to
school?

George H.

 

[Joerg]

On 2/17/2013 4:15 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/17/2013 4:01 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/16/2013 11:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
]
The times you really need A/C are when it's 90 degrees and 90%
humidity.
Usually one or two weeks per year.
Maybe in NY. Here in GA or AL it's from June to September.
Which is one reason I don't live there.
It sure beats -30F and shoveling snow. I left that crap (and the NE
taxes) behind for good.
It's a rare winter that it gets down to zero Fahrenheit here, and I
shovel snow about twice a year. Guys like George Herold are the ones
with the snow problem.
I'm from the Canadian Riviera, anyway.
Vancouver Island? Why did you ever leave that area? It's supposedly
gorgeous up there. Can't say that so much for NY, except maybe some
areas in the Catskills.
Ok, Big Blue is a good reason but after retiring from there I'd most
likely get out of NY.
I didn't retire from IBM--I'm just about the same age as you. I was 49
when I left.
<looks in mirror> ... dang, you are right.
I left Vancouver to go to grad school at Stanford, and then went to IBM
Research. I had another opportunity at HP Labs, but I really hated
living in the Bay Area. ...
Can't blame you. No ten horses would get me to live there.
Westchester is a beautiful place--if you think
otherwise, come visit some time and I'll show you around. The Hudson
Valley is amazing. I could use some lower taxes, it's true, but at this
point most of my toys are tax-deductible anyway.
There certainly must be pretty areas as well. But when an engineer whom
I knew in NY exclaimed "I can't afford that property tax any longer!"
(they had just received a humongous tax hike notice in the mail) and had
to sell the house, that's when I decided to never ever live in that state.
Property tax here is a bit on the high side, it's true. It depends very
much on what town you live in, though. Folks I know in Pocantico pay
about the same property tax I do, on a house about three times the size.

The property taxes on my 2600ft^2 AL house are $1350 a year. They
were $6K on my 1700ft^2 VT house. The taxes on this house (GA) are a
little higher than AL ($2.5K on 3600ft^2 w/full basement) but still
within reason. Property taxes make a big difference to retirees.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hmm ~2300 ft and ~$5k/year...(I've got a garage, barn and ~30 acres
too.)
But in TN the ~same property was $1k... but where would my kids go to
school?

Home schooling? That's what many do out here. But they still have to pay
confiscatory property taxes. IMHO property taxes and death taxes are
un-American.

 

[George Herold]

15 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/17/2013 4:01 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/16/2013 11:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
]
The times you really need A/C are when it's 90 degrees and 90%
humidity.
     Usually one or two weeks per year.
Maybe in NY.  Here in GA or AL it's from June to September.
Which is one reason I don't live there.
It sure beats -30F and shoveling snow.  I left that crap (and the NE
taxes) behind for good.
It's a rare winter that it gets down to zero Fahrenheit here, andI
shovel snow about twice a year.   Guys like George Herold are the ones
with the snow problem.
I'm from the Canadian Riviera, anyway.
Vancouver Island? Why did you ever leave that area? It's supposedly
gorgeous up there. Can't say that so much for NY, except maybe some
areas in the Catskills.
Ok, Big Blue is a good reason but after retiring from there I'd most
likely get out of NY.
I didn't retire from IBM--I'm just about the same age as you.  I was 49
when I left.
<looks in mirror> ... dang, you are right.
I left Vancouver to go to grad school at Stanford, and then went toIBM
Research.  I had another opportunity at HP Labs, but I really hated
living in the Bay Area. ...
Can't blame you. No ten horses would get me to live there.
  Westchester is a beautiful place--if you think
otherwise, come visit some time and I'll show you around.  The Hudson
Valley is amazing.  I could use some lower taxes, it's true, but at this
point most of my toys are tax-deductible anyway.
There certainly must be pretty areas as well. But when an engineer whom
I knew in NY exclaimed "I can't afford that property tax any longer!"
(they had just received a humongous tax hike notice in the mail) andhad
to sell the house, that's when I decided to never ever live in that state.
Property tax here is a bit on the high side, it's true.  It dependsvery
much on what town you live in, though.  Folks I know in Pocantico pay
about the same property tax I do, on a house about three times the size.
The property taxes on my 2600ft^2 AL house are $1350 a year.  They
were $6K on my 1700ft^2 VT house.  The taxes on this house (GA) are a
little higher than AL ($2.5K on 3600ft^2 w/full basement) but still
within reason. Property taxes make a big difference to retirees.- Hidequoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Hmm ~2300 ft and ~$5k/year...(I've got a garage, barn and ~30 acres
too.)
But in TN the ~same property was $1k... but where would my kids go to
school?

Home schooling? That's what many do out here. But they still have to pay
confiscatory property taxes. IMHO property taxes and death taxes are
un-American.

--
Regards, Joerg

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Yeah that would have been one option if we'd stayed in Tennessee. We
had neighbors who home schooled. There was a good public school in
the ‘spendy’ part of town (our ‘cheap’ house was on the wrong side of
the river), and several good private schools.

George H.

 

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On 2/17/2013 4:15 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/17/2013 4:01 PM, Joerg wrote:
Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2/16/2013 11:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
@electrooptical.net> wrote:

On 2/16/2013 8:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:25:09 -0500, Phil Hobbs

[...]

The times you really need A/C are when it's 90 degrees and 90%
humidity.
     Usually one or two weeks per year.

Maybe in NY.  Here in GA or AL it's from June to September.

Which is one reason I don't live there.

It sure beats -30F and shoveling snow.  I left that crap (and the NE
taxes) behind for good.

It's a rare winter that it gets down to zero Fahrenheit here, and I
shovel snow about twice a year.   Guys like George Herold are the ones
with the snow problem.

I'm from the Canadian Riviera, anyway.

Vancouver Island? Why did you ever leave that area? It's supposedly
gorgeous up there. Can't say that so much for NY, except maybe some
areas in the Catskills.

Ok, Big Blue is a good reason but after retiring from there I'd most
likely get out of NY.

I didn't retire from IBM--I'm just about the same age as you.  I was 49
when I left.

<looks in mirror> ... dang, you are right.

I left Vancouver to go to grad school at Stanford, and then went to IBM
Research.  I had another opportunity at HP Labs, but I really hated
living in the Bay Area. ...

Can't blame you. No ten horses would get me to live there.

  Westchester is a beautiful place--if you think
otherwise, come visit some time and I'll show you around.  The Hudson
Valley is amazing.  I could use some lower taxes, it's true, but at this
point most of my toys are tax-deductible anyway.

There certainly must be pretty areas as well. But when an engineer whom
I knew in NY exclaimed "I can't afford that property tax any longer!"
(they had just received a humongous tax hike notice in the mail) and had
to sell the house, that's when I decided to never ever live in that state.

Property tax here is a bit on the high side, it's true.  It depends very
much on what town you live in, though.  Folks I know in Pocantico pay
about the same property tax I do, on a house about three times the size.

The property taxes on my 2600ft^2 AL house are $1350 a year.  They
were $6K on my 1700ft^2 VT house.  The taxes on this house (GA) are a
little higher than AL ($2.5K on 3600ft^2 w/full basement) but still
within reason. Property taxes make a big difference to retirees.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hmm ~2300 ft and ~$5k/year...(I've got a garage, barn and ~30 acres
too.)

Unless you're in or very close to the city, land isn't valued at much
here. VT was absurd (in just about every way). They'd tax land at
what it *could* be used for. Farmers were being forced to sell.

But in TN the ~same property was $1k... but where would my kids go to
school?

Obviously some schools are better than others but there isn't a high
correlation between spending and education.

 

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I beg to differ. Cold Spring is pretty nice, and by the time you get
down to about Peekskill, things pick up pretty rapidly. Ever been to
Pocantico or Irvington? (Or even Briarcliff?)

Certainly. I wouldn't live there on a bet.

The scenery along the Hudson is tamer than in BC, but just as pretty.

If it weren't for about 15M people, maybe. It's still nothing like
the Adirondacks or Greens. The view isn't worth the rest of the
package, though.

North is

Why thanks. How much of it do you have in stock to give away?

I sold my share and got outta town 20 years ago. ;-)

 

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We had a nice hard freeze here this winter.
Finally!!, keeps the pests down... ticks, chiggers, .. others,
And when the creek freezes, it's a perfect highway to a winter
wonderland.

It got down to 20F the other night. I think that's twice this Winter.
That's enough. It's time for Spring now. It's supposed to be in the
60s today. Rain the rest of the week, though.

But not nearly enough snow/cold to keep me happy. I plowed my
driveway maybe
four-five times, hardly enough to keep the battery in the truck
happy.

I'd be shoveling and blowing while it was falling. It's a lot of work
but it's easier if it's kept under 6" at a pass. We saw a flake or
two this Winter. Perfect!

 

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Hmm. Must be different places from the ones I know. Well, I'm glad
you're happy where you are. (Assuming that you are, of course.)

Very. The Atlanta area beats the crap out of the MHV.

Oh well. If a long-lost uncle leaves you any, give me a shout.

Nah, they'd be in the Midwest. I'm sure you wouldn't want any of
that. ;-)

 

[Charlie E.]

That seems to be the convention around here... all new construction
has a central wiring closet for POTS, CATV and CAT5+

...Jim Thompson

In my house in Irvine, these all went to a cabinet in my bedroom
closet, nice and convienent. Here in the desert, though, it all goes
to a single box out on the outside of the garage, where there is no
power and you get all the wonderful environmental effects of living
here!

I kept trying to get the builder to hire me on how to construct a
properly laid out home networking system...

 

[Joerg]

Charlie E. wrote:

[...]

In my house in Irvine, these all went to a cabinet in my bedroom
closet, nice and convienent. Here in the desert, though, it all goes
to a single box out on the outside of the garage, where there is no
power and you get all the wonderful environmental effects of living
here!

Like where you open the box and something hisses at you from the inside?

[...]

 

[Charlie E.]

Charlie E. wrote:

[...]

In my house in Irvine, these all went to a cabinet in my bedroom
closet, nice and convienent. Here in the desert, though, it all goes
to a single box out on the outside of the garage, where there is no
power and you get all the wonderful environmental effects of living
here!

Like where you open the box and something hisses at you from the inside?

[...]

Actually, it is when you reach in to plug in an outdoor plug, and a 2"
black widow crawls out... ;-)

 

[Joerg]

Charlie E. wrote:

[...]

In my house in Irvine, these all went to a cabinet in my bedroom
closet, nice and convienent. Here in the desert, though, it all goes
to a single box out on the outside of the garage, where there is no
power and you get all the wonderful environmental effects of living
here!

Like where you open the box and something hisses at you from the inside?

[...]

Actually, it is when you reach in to plug in an outdoor plug, and a 2"
black widow crawls out... ;-)

Out here we have the brown recluse. Those bites can be especially nasty.