Day Three
12Well, Day 3 is here…
I realized I am sort of running a Get to know each other theme here. Maybe it’s all the census stuff going on… Remember, as usual, participation is strictly voluntary. Don’t feel you have to share if you don’t want to and/or aren’t comfortable doing so. I promise I am not working for the Gov’t or creating a spreadsheet with all your personal data on it. (OTOH I can’t vouch for some of you out there!)
So today, let’s talk about living arrangements.
How many addresses have you had? This counts any place you lived long enough to get mail addressed to that location.
3 in STL (MO)
2 in France
4 in CO
8 In MN
2 in WI
2 in AL
I’ve now lived in the last one for 32 yrs, more than all the others combined!
The 10 in MN and WI were in short order as I moved from location to location either opening new stores or ‘fixing’ old ones for Hardee’s. They were all 3-4 month average stays.
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7 all in Oklahoma.
Including 2 premarriage…
I’ve had many more addresses than places I’ve lived, wild one.
Counting 127.0.0.1?
@mike808 There’s no place like home.
@mike808
How about 192.168.1.1?
@jst1ofknd Real networks run 192.168.2.1 so dumbshit ATT Motorola/2Wire routers don’t get confused or sniff all your traffic and intercept DNS lookups.
Too many. And yet, not enough…
@shahnm
/giphy shrug
3 in PA but out of state between each, 1st was birth to college (my HS counselor found it “unique” (atypical) I had same home address as in kindergarten in my school record).
8 in VA, first 5 were college (5yrs for BA) in 80s, then to 6th elsewhere in state in 90s, last 2 were back to back in 10s
1 in TX, all kids born there so they’ve got that going for them.
Speaking of TX, watch Ronny Chieng special on Netflix if you can. His bit about state motto is spot on: lived there ~9 yrs and had no idea that was it.
Um, I’m not posting the answers to the IRS “verification” that uses Equifax (Yeah, that breachalicious one) to ask “which of these addresses have you lived?” security questions.
@mike808 fair enough…
6 countries (not counting the USA), 18 or so states (off the top of my head) including more than one place in some of those, including in and out of several of them more than once. Some of that was seasonal work (outdoor adventure or working on tall ships) and so moving back and forth between jobs depending on what was open where in which season.
@Kidsandliz Cool. Life on a tall ship must have been pretty interesting.
@chienfou In some respects it is just like every other job - cleaning heads (toilets), passenger rooms, etc. and in other respects there is an element that is soothing (sea, sun sailing…). You don’t actually get to see much of the places you sail to because with passengers off the boat you need to use that time to clean up their rooms, the boat, but if you get lucky you are the one taking them ashore and so get to see some stuff.
In St. Thomas on one trip (both USA and British) I got to take them a tour (via a commercial one) and saw the old sugar plantations, etc, on one island and the rain forest park that we hiked on the other island. Other times I never saw anything. Although when we were in the Dry Tortugas we all got to tour the prison where they kept John Wilkes Booth for a while after he shot Lincoln. That prison was located by the most amazing shallow bay that was ace to snorkel in. Snorkeling in Key West, when I had time off, a pelican did its missile dive right next to us and snatched a fish. Scared the shit out of the two of us until we surfaced and saw the pelican. That sucker literally looked like a stick going a zillion miles an hour straight down right next to us. Had a pelican hitch a ride on the ship for several hours down there once too. Mostly sat on the dingy hanging off the stern.
Oh I almost forgot. On some small island with pigs and chickens running loose on the sand roads we climbed the mountain. Lots of “cat claw” bushes (no idea their real name). Saw an area that looked clearer. Went there. Oops. Big marijuana fields. Told folks to keep their traps shut until we had sailed away from the island. According to the cook, who was from around there somewhere, everyone in the village knew we had seen it and were waiting to see if we talked.
Another time we were anchored against a mangrove grove and saw a drug drop (the national marine park west of Key West). Made everyone go down below and shut up, doused all the lights and waited. Saw several big bundles be dropped, a motor boat pick them up and then leave, the plane circled a few times and then left. We were scared it would come back so shut everything down the rest of the evening.
And then there were was the whale watching!!! in New England (northern Mass). That was incredibly cool. Another time we were deadheading back to Boston in a really heavy fog. Suddenly we heard and smelled a whale blowing stuff out of its blow hole. Got hit by the light spray so it was close to the ship somewhere - although where we couldn’t figure out as the fog was so dense. Not sure if it showed up on radar - certainly though we were the pied piper for a bunch of smaller vessels trying to get to the inner harbor of Boston.
Another time (Norfolk, VA) we nearly ran over a sub by the Navy base. I was on bow watch and told the captain about the sub. He said he couldn’t see it on the radar, was I sure? Duh LOL.
In NYC July 3 we were anchored off the statue of liberty. The fire works that night were amazing. Unobstructed view of the fireworks, light show on the statue… one of those moments that is really special. July 4th fireworks were more extensive, but by then we were tied up elsewhere with a ton of other ships around.
Then there was the day (deadheading again so no passengers) that everyone but me was below deck trying to fix the engine, fix the leak in the stuffing box (where the propeller axle goes through the hull) and I drew the straw to be the one alone on deck sailing the ship. The others only came above deck if we needed to come about. That day was something else. Sunny, just the right amount of breeze, nice temperature… broad reach so not having to come about a lot… That was special day as well. I was so lucky I got the “best” straw.
Plenty of fun times but also worked 12 hours a day 7 days a week for weeks in a row. And if we were sailing through the night then we also worked 4 hour shifts at night too (with 8 hours off, usually split into two separate 4 hours off in that 24 hour period). Pay sucked (and I will be paying the price with that with respect to retirement, social security) but to be able to do that in several countries was also really interesting. The balance of really great to tedious/really gross (like when I had to clean the bilge or a plugged up head) defiantly, by far, was on the really great side of things.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz NOBODY TL:DR that.
I almost did but glad I took the time. Very cool read, thanks for sharing.
I lived in Norfolk area for a time and once saw a sub with kids when driving one of the bridge tunnels (it went under a bridge part instead of over the tunnel, no idea why). My hubby wasn’t with us and was super jealous. Lucky you to be the one watching the water instead of drawing the straw to watch the radar.
@chienfou @mollama When I lived there I volunteered at Jamestown foundation with the boats. Right when the Susan Constant was being built. One time we were sailing at like 6 am taking her out on an early test sail (that boat can not sail against that tide) a Navy plane flew UNDER the James River Bridge. About a billion sea gulls in flight!! I am sure that was against the Navy rules.
The cannons had just been put in and the Norfolk Rebel was out too (we were near downtown Newport News. We asked that captain if he wanted a beer. He said yes. We shot it to him out of the cannons he didn’t know we had. He took it out of the water with a net, went back to the wheel house, opened it and beer sprayed everywhere. We could hear him sputtering at us over the radio. Our cannon shot echoed all over downtown, a zillion sea gulls took flight again…Hehehehehe… We were bad.
Oh and this was a Saturday morning too. I am sure we woke a bunch of folks.
@Kidsandliz @mollama We saw a sub once off the coast of St Mary’s GA. It was from the Kings Bay station I am sure, and we were on the ferry to Cumberland Island to go camping. Really cool…
I count 17 addresses in 3 states.
1 in NZ
11 in OR
Going on 22 years at the current one, the longest stay of any of them, and no plans to move.
@macromeh Always wanted to go to NZ. Keep looking at a package that includes airfare and a camping car with a stop in Tahiti on the way to or from… maybe one day!
@chienfou OK, I’ll bite - how do you drive the camping car from Tahiti to/from New Zealand? (Maybe I’m looking at the wrong map.)
@macromeh
/giphy good one!
Hmmmm…
5 in State 1
3 in State 2
4 in State 3
1 in State 4
1 in State 5
11 in State 6
I have never lived out of the country.
I am probably not moving again for at least thirteen more years.
In no particular order
1 in CA
2 in NC
1 in GA
1 in MO
15+ in FL scattered throughout
2 in Wisconsin
8 in Illinois (Chicago)
14 in California (9 different towns and cities)
8 - all in PA. I’m ready to get the fuck out.
@cinoclav you can’t leave now, you have to Stay At Home.
@stolicat Not me, I’m essential!
@cinoclav @stolicat Raising Arizona - one of my favorite Coen brothers films!
I think 12. One across the country for about a year when I was young and the rest in the same area. I moved to the current place about 2 1/2 years ago and plan to stay at least until retirement. I am thinking about southwest move but I may just hole up and stay here.
2 as a kid
5 in college (2 dorms, 3 apartments)
1 single (parents basement)
2 houses married
I hate moving. I may have one voluntary move left in me.
@ybmuG I treasure my movements a little more each day as I age.
@therealjrn gives new meaning to being a “regular guy”
@ybmuG
6 in one state, 2 in other countries.
And same comment as @ybmuG. Not looking forward to any involuntary moves either.
I’ve only lived in one state. For the past 25 years I’ve had a private mailbox service for my mail, and they’ve changed addresses three times. I had that so my address wouldn’t change! Luckily, the post office still delivers anything sent to the previous addresses.
Just to be a little different… in order of number of domiciles (in some cases, not necessarily address changes, but moves) per locale:
6 in VA
5 in MD
4 in Iraq
3 in RI
2 in FL
2 in GA
2 in NY
1 in Afghanistan
I have lived here, I have lived there. I have not lived everywhere
@tinamarie1974
/youtube I’ve Been Everywhere
1 home address
1 mailing address (a PO Box)
1 college address
Starting in high school: