No i don't work for the tourism dept! I did this poll just for kicks as well as getting some opinions or amusing stories.

 

Hi Harry !
Lets see if I can do this visitor poll for you.
Your questions ?
#1. Ever visited Florida ?
Yes I have,the first time I was around the age of 6,all I
can remember then was when were we leaving. It was
hot as hell,and all I wanted to do is stay in the motel
until we left florida. We were in Jacksonville. Since then
I have returned several times,and enjoyed it. My teen
years I lived in N.C. And almost everyone I knew was into
stock cars. So we visited the Daytona Speedway lots of
times.
#2. Plan on visiting Florida ?
Yes hopefully next year if not before.
#3. Any relatives living in Florida ?
No.
#4. Once lived in florida ?
I have live in motel rooms there a lot,so if that counts
then yes I have a lot of times.

Harry I see your from Tampa,well cool. I have hear a lot
about tampa to. Maybe one day ill visit it. Got to get out
of Houston, Its getting to big. There is about 4.5 million
legal people here,and over half again that are not legal.

Have a great day !

 

If your ever around Tampa let me know! Tampa has a little bit less poeple than Houston at last count i think it was up to around 3 and a quarter mill.

 

Hey Wiz,

You forgot a couple.

Would like to visit Florida

- and -

Have friends living in Florida

 

West coast checking in!

I couldn't find the right line to vote on. But maybe I should'a voted anyway. That's the way you guys vote over there, right?

Never been to Florida, but would like to visit and I know someone there.

But what I really wanna know is how did you folks in Florida hijack California's warm water? I mean I know you did it, it just ain't right.

We've got Santa Barbara, Hollywood, Malibu, Orange County and all the cool places to be... but we got stuck with the cold water ocean! I mean you gotta wear a 1/4" neoprene suit just to dip your toe in the water!

And the TV show 'BayWatch'? Ever see any of those so-called lifeguards in the water? I don't think so! Waaaay too cold! That wasn't David Hasslehoff you saw diving into the waves. That was 'Pat' his female bodybuilder stunt double!

And another thing, how did you guys get all the cool TV shows away from us?!!! I mean you guys got Miami Vice and CSI Miami, and left us with BayWatch and L.A. Law!

It just ain't fair I tell 'ya. You guys are taking that 'right coast' thing just a little too serious!

Scott

 

I think i should of made it multiple choice Carlene but i don't think i can now without wiping this thread out.I'm open to suggestions.

Hey Scott you can always move over to the right! And we'll throw in plenty of horse country.






Wiz

 

I'm curious to ya'll who live here, what your life story includes, (how you got here, all the places you lived, interesting tid bits along the way)

I was ten months old when my mother moved me here, she had just gotten a divorce and her mother and father had just retired to a trailer in Merritt Island off of Banana River Drive. She met my step dad (although I still to this day call him DAD, because he raised me, put in the time and money, and loves me more than anyone on earth I do believe, I personally think I'm closer to him than most kids are with their real fathers) when I was 1 1/2 years old, they got married when I was two and moved into an apartment off of Cocoa Beach (near Cape Canaveral). We lived there until I was about three years old when we moved into the trailer right next to my Grandparents'. We remained there until first grade (I went to Tropical Elementary), when we decided to move because my Grandfather died and my Grandmother hated being alone.....it took nearly two years to sell the places, kinda funny considering today even trashed one's go for outrageous prices, and we took care of ours. We moved to Rockledge, but I continued to go to Tropical until the end of first grade because I had a great teacher. In second grade I attendent Hans Christian Andersen elem. in Rockledge off of Fiske Blvd. We had moved into a newly developing community in which only about 5 houses had been built so far. It was a division of Centex homes which is pretty big in Fla. from what I can tell. It was a beautiful house, and the empty lots and the canal running through the back yard gave me plenty to do for fun as a child. We remained there until 6th grade (I was now in Kennedy Middle School, in Rockledge) at which time my parents decided to seperate perminantly (sad, sad time, but my mother was on disability and had become addicted to pain meds and my father couldn't handle it anymore after 6 years.....can't say that I blame him) and my Grandmother decided to move back to Connecticut because she couldn't stand to see my mother ruin her life anymore (she had some "choice" boy friends through this period) My mother and I moved to an Apartment off of Murrell Ave. in Rockledge and I cont'd to go to Kennedy Middle until the end of 7th grade, at which time we moved to Melbourne Fla. off of Post Rd. For a year I attended the newly re-opened (used to be melbourne high) magnet school there, West Shore. After that year, we then moved into her new bf's house on Merritt Island, (he was a decent guy, I liked him) and I attended Merritt Island High School (I met many good friends the year I was there, fished nearly every day and rode my bike all over town, lost about 25 pounds when some girl refused my date proposal lol.) Finally, they had a blow out and my mother was probably at her worst (rock bottom) at this point. So despite years of begging me to move to Conn. and my refusal (because I didn't want to leave my father or my way of life) I finally conceeded to getting her on a plane first, (while she was still in a daze from the meds) and then I left a month later to Conn. This is where most of my mother's side of the family lives so it was a good environment to start her rehabilitation. It was difficult for me, being only 15 years old and having lived over 14 of those years in Fla. to go through the transition (both the people and the climate stink). I have spent the past 3 years wishing and preying to go back, and finally I am 18. I have met a very good girl, which is what has kept me here this long, but I worry that having her move with me isn't the best thing for both of us at this point. I guess I still have that itch to "sow my oats" because of my age. So despite it being a very relieving time of my life (moving back down to live with my dad in July), it is surrounded with sorrow as well, because I have made closer family ties here then I had before (I've been living with my Aunt and Uncle, Grandmother, 2 cousins and my mother for the past 3 years) but I feel it is time to move on and will cross (although with my luck probably burn) those bridges when I get there.

I will be attending Brevard Community College in the Fall and hopefully after recieving my AA degree can transfer to Florida Tech. I want to become either a Mechanical Engineer or Automotive Designer.

P.S. my mother is making great progress IMHO, and hopefully will soon have a normal life again. God Bless her, I hope she can, it saddens me to think how much of her life she waisted but deep down I do realize it was by her own doing. Still doesn't make it easy.

Sorry for the long post, and quite possibly sharing a little too much about me, but I guess I'm one of those people who will talk about anything with anyone, I actually find talking about personal problems/things is easier with people you don't know too well, than one's you do

 

Well i wont go into too many details but i'll give the short version. I moved to Florida from Pennsylvania when i was 4 and spent the next 31 years living in Tampa.In 93 i moved to North Carolina and then to Roanoke Virgina.I moved back for some personal matters 6 years ago and have been here since.Both my folks live here and they're getting up in years so i'll be around awhile to take care of them and hopefully make their last years good ones.

 

knew mine was too long / detailed lol