Joe Hecht
jmhecht at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 5 22:44:03 CDT 2006
I think we know the site if the next Access-d Conference. ; ) Joe Hecht jmhecht at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 11:43 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Move update Hi John: Sounds like a quite an estate! :-) The area looks grand but if you could send along some pictures of the abode we/I would have a better idea of where we would be staying if we came for a visit. <grin> A definite congratulation! Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 7:37 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Move update Just an update for the list members. If you remember, 6 or 8 months ago I was asking questions of list members re North Carolina. Well, last week we moved out of the house we were leasing, and drove down to Hudson, NC - our "official" home town now. <http://www.caldwellcochamber.org/main.asp> http://www.caldwellcochamber.org/main.asp <http://www.city-data.com/city/Hudson-North-Carolina.html> http://www.city-data.com/city/Hudson-North-Carolina.html Hickory is 13 miles away towards the south. <http://www.city-data.com/city/Hickory-North-Carolina.html> http://www.city-data.com/city/Hickory-North-Carolina.html We managed to find an awesome house - 3300 heated square feet, 1700 unheated (basement), 4 bedroom, 4 & 1/2 bathroom, with an office above the new master bedroom, and a rec room in the basement, on 1 acre, for $260K. It's a ranch built in 1990 with a huge master bed/bath/office extension added in 2000. The house is really beautiful, built by a builder for his daughter and so has all top quality materials and workmanship. It sits all by itself on a one lane road, about 1000 feet off of the "main road" (which isn't all that busy either), so there is no traffic to speak of on our "driveway". Woods and fields on either side of the house, though there is a very nice (well kept) subdivision across the "road" (driveway) from us, we look at their back yards out across our front yard. There are about 10 tiny springs that run water down the back of my property creating a small creek, so my 5 year old son Robbie is down there every day building dams and looking for salamanders and crawdads. We are kind of "out in the country", with a couple of small towns within two miles. There is a small convenience store / gas station (which sells gas for $2.87 / gallon at the moment) just about a quarter mile up the main road. Two supermarkets and a CVS pharmacy about 2 miles away, and a huge Lowes hardware about 4 miles away. North about 8 miles is Lenoir which has all the typical shopping. South about 13 miles is Hickory with even more shopping. 60 miles south is Charlotte, with the closest major airport. We really like being outside of town so this is a perfect match for us. We arrived Saturday morning (July 22nd), the truck with all out possessions arrived Monday, and we almost killed ourselves getting it unloaded (with a lot of volunteer help - they refused payment!). My office is a mess but I am slowly digging out. Lots to do still. We got a refrigerator last Tuesday, and had a sectional delivered Wed. We sold a lot of our furniture since Hickory is known as the furniture capital of the US and furniture is really cheap down here. So we then purchased a beautiful 60" round solid oak dining table with 6 chairs for an incredible price! I got internet on July 25th - cable - 3 mbit down, 256k up. Not as fast as I am accustomed to but serviceable. I have tested remote access to my client DIS and it works. So basically, the move is done. I am still running around getting business done - drivers license, register car, getting business checking, DBA paperwork etc. but we are now home in Hudson. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com