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Javaman

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30. funny you say that...

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 10:02 AM

Mar 2014

My GF and I, for all of about 15 minutes, seriously considered buying a bed and breakfast in Sicily, Italy last week.

I still have fond memories of my visit there and have a not so secret yearning to move a live there.

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You ever just want to buy something like this and try to make a go of it [View all] 30cal Mar 2014 OP

Beautiful. Fridays Child Mar 2014 #1

I know and it's not expensive 30cal Mar 2014 #2

Very pretty newfie11 Mar 2014 #3

I like the dormer and the gables Victor_c3 Mar 2014 #4

All day, everyday. Winning1 Mar 2014 #5

Show off! Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #36

Already... sendero Mar 2014 #6

44 acres for $67,000? DFW Mar 2014 #7

Lots of potential. Love it...n/t monmouth3 Mar 2014 #8

Nah, the summers are too long up there. Scuba Mar 2014 #9

I know a little something about that county, the southern half, anyway. MADem Mar 2014 #10

"great for a pensioner": Many health-care facilities, then? WinkyDink Mar 2014 #18

That is the kind of food I like. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #53

People aren't rich, but they get by. They're very real, too. MADem Mar 2014 #55

yes JI7 Mar 2014 #11

A 'go of it' at what? Jenoch Mar 2014 #12

There are a lot of people who farm "boutique" foods. MADem Mar 2014 #13

They don't do it by sinking their lice savings Jenoch Mar 2014 #20

Some (many) people are what they call "weekend" farmers. MADem Mar 2014 #23

Thank you. Jenoch Mar 2014 #25

nah - not true. I am literally surrounded by folks who live cheaply and earn a small income from piratefish08 Mar 2014 #33

I grew up in farm country Jenoch Mar 2014 #45

Most of the people I know up in the County are like this, too--not "big money" types. nt MADem Mar 2014 #49

Yeah, this is rich guy hobby farm material.... Adrahil Mar 2014 #21

That's a lot of property for $67K Earth_First Mar 2014 #14

And here is what happened last weekend just up the road from this location. Android3.14 Mar 2014 #15

wanted to, did, and we now wake up in the northern VT mountains with our pigs, chickens and garden piratefish08 Mar 2014 #16

No interest in farming Blue_Adept Mar 2014 #17

It is VERY peaceful up there. I like NOT hearing traffic, that's what appeals to me. MADem Mar 2014 #24

That is the same way I think of it. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #54

Is summer long enough to grow kind bud up there? TransitJohn Mar 2014 #19

yes. we are in the same climate zone here in northern VT - the outdoor grow season is just fine. piratefish08 Mar 2014 #22

In northern Maine? Not on your life! Demeter Mar 2014 #26

Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. MADem Mar 2014 #27

I think I like the idea of farming My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #28

No. I am a plant serial killer. aquart Mar 2014 #29

funny you say that... Javaman Mar 2014 #30

Lived for a couple of years on the southern slopes of Etna tkmorris Mar 2014 #34

We stay on Ortigia just off of Syracusa.(that's where the B&B was available.) Javaman Mar 2014 #39

Show me a winter picture... CanonRay Mar 2014 #31

out of curiosity, what kind of roads do they have? rurallib Mar 2014 #32

Yes to all Android3.14 Mar 2014 #41

Jesus, yes. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #35

In a matter of months, we are "checking out" of the ratrace...for Oregon SoCalDem Mar 2014 #37

Would scoop that up if husband & I were younger. Blue Diadem Mar 2014 #38

Northern Maine Medical Center is about 5 miles away Android3.14 Mar 2014 #40

It's my dream to retire in Maine... Phentex Mar 2014 #42

No (nt) bigwillq Mar 2014 #43

I live this life every day and let me tell you its hard, backbreaking work. riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #44

what do you think cost in repairs would be ? JI7 Mar 2014 #46

No idea. We've done all of that work here at our place but piecemeal, over 25 years riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #47

looks like the cost of repairs and anything else would end up costing more JI7 Mar 2014 #48

That price is extremely attractive. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #50

No JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #51

Yes. Jamastiene Mar 2014 #52

Nope...Give me a warm beach any day... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #56

I grew up newblewtoo Mar 2014 #57

if I had the funds... 2naSalit Mar 2014 #58