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Ag with kids

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  1. This place is good. It's a 2 min walk from my job, too.
  2. On the island, Doc's, Angry Marlin, Costa Sur, Surfside Sandwich, Island Time On the bluff, Costa Vieja, Lumpia House I try not to go much further from the island than the bluff, though, so I really don't know that much in town other than what I've heard. Oh...Harrison's Landing in the Marina is decent. Went there once when I was working in downtown.
  3. If you INHERIT one, it's not that bad of a deal - you avoid the upfront cost which makes the overall deal horribad. We've got a couple from my GF's mom that are actually useful. We take a 2 week trip to St Martin every Christmas that costs $199 (plus $900 annual maintenance fees). We usually get the same place, but that's just because we like the area. We've also stayed in the DR 5 times and never once at the same place. One of the timeshares could get us about 3-4 months in Cancun. That's going to make retirement nice... Both have a "home base" condo - one is in Branson the other in Florida. We've never been to either of them and doubt we ever will. We use it for other places. Did Benalmedina in southern Spain a few years ago. But, as I said, they're only useful because we didn't pay any upfront costs. Both are in RCI so they've got places all over the world.
  4. Yes. You basically have to just show that you can put $24K/yr in a Belizean bank... https://internationalliving.com/countries/belize/retire/
  5. I will say that coming down on 38 is better than the way I went up. But, yeah..there's some weirdos up there. plus tourons....
  6. I actually lived abroad until I was 10 years old so I've had the travel bug for my whole life. I was born in Japan and lived in Germany and England before I ever "lived" in the US. My GF and I have looked into both the Belize QRP and the Sint Maarten DAFT (Dutch American Friendship Treaty). Both allow a relatively easy path to at least residency in the countries. We like St Martin/Sint Maarten a little more so leaning that way right now. Still have a few years until retirement so plenty of time to plan. Goal would be to either purchase a place or rent for at least 6 months of the year - from there, exploring all the other Caribbean islands would be cheap and easy. Home base is still N Padre Island so it won't suck to come back the the US either - just a different beach. But...first, my GF has agreed we'll do a 6 month tour of Europe (she can't stand historical shit - she wants to be on the beach) right when we retire so we can get that off my list...
  7. My oldest daughter lives in Sugarloaf, right next to Big Bear Lake and it is SUPER cheap compared to down the mountain...
  8. The Belize QRP is what this is called for those wanting to google it...
  9. Island Italian and the Boathouse have both had covid cases. I know II has closed for a bit but not sure of Boathouse. They may have just gone the testing way...
  10. I'm back in TX now...at my Dad's up at Medina Lake. But, I'll be home tomorrow. I'll check around town and see how it is on NPI. I know Boathouse is open.
  11. I'm visiting my Dad out in Lakehills this weekend. Went and had Jacala (off West Ave) for dinner. Great as usual. Had to drive by the house my Dad grew up in, about 3 blocks away. Brought back memories of visiting my grandma when I was a kid in the 70s. Pretty run down now, though. BTW, if y'all get out to Lakehills, the 4 Way Grill has really good burgers and La Cabana is pretty good Tex Mex.
  12. Oh.... I thought you were describing the 2 weeks I just spent in Port Mansfield where the fucking mosquitoes outnumbered the population of China and India combined.
  13. Could be. Hope not though, that would suck...
  14. They've been closing every Wednesday for awhile - talked to one of the managers there Monday. Mainly because of staffing issues.
  15. Weird...Haven't heard of any places on NPI with Covid problems. Went to Angry Marlin Thursday and it was packed. Went to Scuttlebutt's Monday and it was packed. I know all the restaurants on NPI have had issues getting employees, but nothing Covid related.
  16. I've got a guy on NPI that does snapper tours...PM me
  17. Yeah...my buddy has a spot out there too. Went on a "friends charter" - just paid gas and tipped his deck hand (who is a good guy). We dropped the lines and BAM just hauled them up. Actually got 2 on one hook...fish are stupid. But, they're also quite tasty.
  18. Well....shit. And I'm stuck down here in Port Mansfield/Harlingen for the next 2 weeks working.
  19. I flew the Emirates A380 Business Class several years ago. It was mind blowing. Especially having an actual bar with hot stewardesses to serve you. The seating was huge and comfortable and food was awesome. So, I go to book my next work trip on the Emirates to Singapore a few months later. It gets kicked back by travel since I was supposed to only book American flagged airlines due to the Fly America Act. I told them that's only for gov't funded programs and I was working on an IR&D one - so it should be ok. NOPE! Asshole wouldn't approve it. So, instead of having my company pay $4500 for A++ service on the Emirates A380 for me, I had to get American's B- service...for $11500. Fucking ridiculous.
  20. It's Red Flag on NPI...assume it's the same in Port A. Wish the tourists understood what that meant...it's NOT a just a warning on Red Flag days. So sad when this happens.
  21. @justhookit Meant to tag you so'd see this....
  22. So, is Shorty's moving? Or is it just closing down? If they're closing down I want to grab my uncle's and cousin's hats before they tear it down. It's a sentimental thing. We're all coming up that way Wednesday around 1300 to hang out and have a few drinks to celebrate them. And when I say, we're all, I'm going to have 20-30 people.
  23. @justhookit @horn4life I finally remembered to take a pic of how far the dunes are back after Hanna last summer. Before Hanna, the dunes were right up to that marker. Now you can drive behind it easily.
  24. Meh. People who GO to the beach leave a lot of trash behind. On NPI and Port A, it's really not practical to not let people drive/park on the beach. They'd have to remove a large amount of dune area to allow for parking. And hell, it's something like 10 miles from Access Rd 5 to Access Rd 6. People can't walk hauling their shit that far. The NPI/Port A beaches are different than many other beaches around the world. And I'd agree on those others. I go to St Martin every year. It's actually not practical to allow driving on their beaches, plus, there's easy access to them without driving on them.
  25. Have you been to Port A or NPI beaches? There are only a few access roads to get to them. And the beach is about a quarter mile from PR22 down those access roads on NPI. The dunes are there to protect the island and the mainland. The vehicles don't really cause much of a problem that any other beach doesn't have. It's PEOPLE congestion.
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