Yeah, but they don't bother you, Dix. I've been to KW close to a dozen times. We always stay right by the sunset pier, and most of the gay spots are closer to the other side of Duval, by the southernmost point.

But if this was October during that Fantasy Fest? Forget about it. All bets are off. Weirdos EVERYWHERE. And I'm cracking myself up by picturing our pal Ivy League in Key West during one of those festivals .

I don't understand why guys are so hostile towards gay people. It's less competition for us.

They don't bother me one bit, Moe.

Me neither. They are so placid and laid back. Straight people are much more likely to cause confrontation.

For some reason, I've been content to stay by home last couple years. Last "trip" was to Vegas in September.

I wouldn't mind going to San Francisco a few days OR maybe Vegas again. Prices are extremely cheap in Vegas the summer because it is extremely hot in the summer. BUT, at this point I'm okay just staying home.



TIS

Me neither PB. It's interesting though how some Board members will refer to gay people in their posts in such pejorative terms. As Jesus said, the poor and the stupid will always be with us.

But, as TIS posted, I don't feel the urge to vacation. Actually, I never have. Visiting my relatives is about as vacationing as I get.

That's what I'm talking about the festivals. And to the others, no fags don't bother me in the least. I'm married with 2 kids so I could care less what they do honestly.

PB there was some small joint that was a bar but they cooked some food too (talking very small) off of Duval, my parents tried to find it the last time they went a few years ago but couldn't find it again. I wished I could remember the place. Had a killer taco there that the bar hand just cooked up on what looked like a small griddle (talking years and years ago though so I don't remember much). I was young then and scared of half the dudes there but it was the coolest place I went to down there.

I just wished Florida Keys Electric Co-op or Keys Energy would call us down for a storm

I want to take the ol lady to California and I want to visit an old lineman friend in Denver myself so those two are on our bucket list. Still haven't decided which city in Cali to visit though.

Monroe County, Dix. The Bubbas have that all sewn up .

Hey I've seen those boys work though, lots of helicopter work down there.

We always get stuck in freaking downtown Miami with FPL.

Oh, I'm sure they do, Dix. And I didn't mean Bubba in a derogatory way. But that's what the locals call each other in the Keys (the men, anyway). And they have a reputation for taking care of their own, which is okay with me. You take care of you and yours first. And unless you're living in a socialist Utopia, that's how it should be .

Well, my wife left earlier this week on her annual vacation sojourn .She met up with one of our daughters in Oregon. They went to the San Juan Islands and then up to Alaska. next week they will venture to Spain, then France and, hopefully, Italy. They don't care for England or Germany.

So, I'm alone for more than a month as I am every summer. What to do? I'll relax, probably spend more time in the pool. The grandkids are older now, so not much to do with them. I'm teaching one class, but it's online. What to do? What to do? Probably alot of reading.

You just explained the whole South

I've lived in the Bronx going on 55 years, Dix. The South is unexplainable to me .