We bought the house we're in right now in 1996, so I've been living here for 11 years...

My Parents bought this house in 1968 so almost 40 years.

My Parents bought this house in 1968 so almost 40 years.


But you're not 40 years old yet, Howard...

...so how long have you been living there?

We moved into our present property in July 1982.

But you're not 40 years old yet, Howard...

...so how long have you been living there?


Oh me? Uh..34 years. ;D

I've been at my current residence since June of '06, so just slightly over a year.

The longest I've lived anywhere was between the time I was born (1982) until 1994 - making that 12 years.

I have been living where I am now since April of 2006.  It is by far and away the best place I have lived :)

Way too long.

Since November of 2000.

For about 2 years now.  My previous residence was a semi, and I lived there from June 1985 - November 2005.  I know it's June of 1985 because I had to do a research project in college that showed how long I had lived in the place i currently resided in.  We were the second people to live in that semi, which was built around '77 or '78

Less than a month.

Since March 2004.  :)

We bought our house a little over 2 years ago.

I bought my inner city apartment in August 2003 so - blimey its already 4 years next month - that went fast.

Prior to that I owned a house out in the suburbs for 12 years.

We moved in on 18th August 2000 so almost exactly 7 years ago.

We moved in on 18th August 2000 so almost exactly 7 years ago.
Good willing and after everything about your future goes well. You Karen can post in this thread again with a different residental.

My father was thinking about selling our house cause we've living here for so long(over 35 years) that he might not want to cause he's afraid if someone makes him an offer,He might regret it later.There are so many memories(happy and sad)in this house that it's hard to let go.From the day I was born to the time of my brother's passing,memories are there to capture the moment.Do you ever feel sometimes that you want to sell your house?  ???

.Do you ever feel sometimes that you want to sell your house?  ???


I lived in the same house until I got married.  Where I live now is the third house we've had together.  I did find moving stressful each time and said I'd never do it again but if we really had to do it I would.

I guess it's different if you've lived in the same house for a long time. Perhaps your parents are thinking about moving to a smaller place?

I lived in the same house until I got married.  Where I live now is the third house we've had together.  I did find moving stressful each time and said I'd never do it again but if we really had to do it I would.

I guess it's different if you've lived in the same house for a long time. Perhaps your parents are thinking about moving to a smaller place?


I don't know.My father is going to be 66 in October so maybe give him about 5-10 years to still think about it.Moving to a smaller place is possible but I don't know what will happen to me? :(

I moved in here in 1998 (upstairs). We then moved downstairs in 2000 or 2001. We then took over the entire house in 2005.



Cat

I have been living where I am now since April of 2006.  It is by far and away the best place I have lived :)


I never realized you'd moved, Luke.  I guess that means you're no longer in that house you'd posted a picture of a while back.

Are you still in Brisbane?  :)

I moved in here in April of '07. I basically live in the downstairs of the house which is nice because in the summer it's probably 10 degrees cooler.

Almost 12 years... Maybe that's right. It HAS been 12 years. Sheesh. I need to move!

My current apartment, 2 years and 4 months.  Will probably be moving to Richmond, VA soon.  Move in with my friends down there at first until I get a job and can get a place of my own.  Man, im going to take a huge huge paycut, but money doesn't always make ya happy.  I already proved that.   

10 years in August

31 years

The longest is 9 years. The shortest, 6 months. This house we've been here over a year.

I guess it'll be 10 years in October...doesn't feel like I've been here that long.  :-\\

Aug 4th, will be 5 year anniversary in our home. maybe we should have a Party & I can BBQ  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/03/chef.gif

Six years. On the 20th of next month it'll be 6 1/2 years. :)

Not surprisingly ('cause I'm such a geek ;D ) I can remember just about the exact day I've lived at each of my to-date 11 houses. I've been in this once since March 12th or 13th, 2002.

Not surprisingly ('cause I'm such a geek ;D ) I can remember just about the exact day I've lived at each of my to-date 11 houses. I've been in this once since March 12th or 13th, 2002.


I could probably do that with my houses, though I've only lived in 4 different houses so far

Not surprisingly ('cause I'm such a geek ;D ) I can remember just about the exact day I've lived at each of my to-date 11 houses. I've been in this once since March 12th or 13th, 2002.



I could do that for most (but I don't think all) of the houses I lived in-if not the exact date, but definitely the month & year-and there have been many, many of them. I have to figure out exactly how many.



Cat

36 years.

3 years 1 month

12 years I think. 

Just over six and a half years.

7 years this month. 

We've been living at our residence for about 35 years,After 1973,I was born and we moved here.This house has had so many memories,It's like a big picture book.

About nine years. I believe I got the keys mid-June 1999, but I didn't move in until ...what? Late August? Something like that. I was inbetween jobs at the time, so I had plenty of time to decorate and stuff.

It will be a year in September (Labor Day weekend).

Next month it'll be 7 1/2 years for us. 8)

3 years

It will be a year in September (Labor Day weekend).


Same here

Since last July.  So it's been a year.

Same here


Are you still happy living in the U.S., karen?  :)

I remember back in the 1970's when I grew up in my old neighborhood and today after 35,36 years things have changed a lot.

We moved into our present property in July 1982.
Over 26 years now.

We moved into our current residence in February 2001, when it was brand new.

So this month it'll be 8 1/2 years for us. 8)

Are you still happy living in the U.S., karen?  :)


just spotted this!

Generally we've been happy here, winter was hard though.

We've been in this house nearly two years now - just over a year left to go before we move back.

I've been living in this house for 36 years now and boy this house has gone through so many changes and has so many memories of when I was growing up.

This month it is 6 years since I bought my inner city apartment. It seems to have flown by quite fast.

About a month and a half now. It's a single room in a shared house but I'm loving it. Ironically, everything is bigger than my old flat (apartment) including the bathroom and kitchen. The garden is lovely and big too and I enjoyed weeding last Sunday in the sun - which is unusual for me as I barely have a green finger on my hand, lol.

About a month and a half now. It's a single room in a shared house but I'm loving it. Ironically, everything is bigger than my old flat (apartment) including the bathroom and kitchen. The garden is lovely and big too and I enjoyed weeding last Sunday in the sun - which is unusual for me as I barely have a green finger on my hand, lol.
...you had sunshine?

In November it will be 15 years.

Almost 12 years... Maybe that's right. It HAS been 12 years. Sheesh. I need to move!


Don't be in such a hurry!  Moving is not what it's cracked up to be.  Basically, when I was growing up we moved about every two years.  I'm sick of it, but less than a year ago got my own place (moved in less than a week)....I don't intend to move out of here!!!!! :)

Don't be in such a hurry!  Moving is not what it's cracked up to be.  Basically, when I was growing up we moved about every two years.  I'm sick of it, but less than a year ago got my own place (moved in less than a week)....I don't intend to move out of here!!!!! :)


  I've never intended to move out of any place I've ever lived, with the exception of my years in the service...

  This topic will jar my memory a bit...let's see...

  Home #1 - 1969-1974 (Crockett, CA)
  Home #2 - 1974-1975 (Myrtle Creek, OR)
  Home #3 - 1975-1980 (Crockett, CA)
  Home #4 - 1980-1981 (Logan, IL)
  Home #5 - 1981-1983 (Thompsonville, IL)
  Home #6 - 1983-1987 (Crockett, CA)
  Home #7 - 1987-1991 (Many different places.  I just lump it all together under "US Navy")
  Home #8 - 1991 (Vallejo, CA)
  Home #9 - 1991-1994 (Vallejo, CA)
  Home #10 - 1994-1996 (Vallejo, CA)
  Home #11 - 1996-2002 (Vallejo, CA)
  Home #12 - 2002-2005 (American Canyon, CA)
  Home #13 - 2005-2006 (American Canyon, CA)
  Home #14 - 2006-Current (Crockett, CA)

8.9 years

   I've never intended to move out of any place I've ever lived, with the exception of my years in the service...

   This topic will jar my memory a bit...let's see...

   Home #1 - 1969-1974 (Crockett, CA)
   Home #2 - 1974-1975 (Myrtle Creek, OR)
   Home #3 - 1975-1980 (Crockett, CA)
   Home #4 - 1980-1981 (Logan, IL)
   Home #5 - 1981-1983 (Thompsonville, IL)
   Home #6 - 1983-1987 (Crockett, CA)
   Home #7 - 1987-1991 (Many different places.  I just lump it all together under "US Navy")
   Home #8 - 1991 (Vallejo, CA)
   Home #9 - 1991-1994 (Vallejo, CA)
   Home #10 - 1994-1996 (Vallejo, CA)
   Home #11 - 1996-2002 (Vallejo, CA)
   Home #12 - 2002-2005 (American Canyon, CA)
   Home #13 - 2005-2006 (American Canyon, CA)
   Home #14 - 2006-Current (Crockett, CA)


Blimey thats impressive - now I have to really think about mine!

1968 to mid 74 - countless caravan parks, we moved every few weeks and I went to 18 schools in my first year - so cant possibly name them all.
mid 74 to late 75 - house number 1 in Paraburdoo (north West Australia)
late 75 to early 79 - house number 2 in Paraburdoo
a few months in 79 - house number 3 in St James, Perth WA
later in 79 to 84 - house number 4 in Gwelup, Perth
84, house number 5, farm outside Dubbo, New South Wales
85 - 86 - House number 6 in Stirling, Perth
86 - apartment 7 in Osborne Park, Perth (failed attempt to share with a not so great friend)
87 - house number 8 - Nollamara, Perth
88 - house number 9 - Stateline, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
late 88 - house numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13 - Plymouth, Devon UK
89 - house number 14 Plymouth, Devon (if you can count a garden shed as a home).
89 - home number 15, caravan park, Plymouth Devon.
89 - home number 16, car in car park of Hayes Swimming Pool, London (4 months).
89 - home number 17, above The General Elliott pub in Uxbridge London.
89 - home number 18, a whole room in a house in Uxbridge, London
89 - home number 19, a flat in Slough, London
91 - home number 20, mums place in the wheatbelt Western Australia
91 - home number 21, friends place in Osborne Park, Perth
91 - home number 22, apartment in West Leederville, Perth
91 - home number 23, duplex in Gwelup, Perth
Oct 92 to Aug 2003, (24) house in Westminster, Perth. My first mortgage.
Aug 2003 to now (25) apartment in inner city Perth. My second mortgage.

Hmmmm there are more in the late 80s and early 90s - I lost track till I got a mortgage! And I havent counted places where I just use to take off to the east coast and stay with relatives for a few months at a time when I was teenager. They werent holidays because I use to enrol myself in the local schools.

7 days!

7 days!


Congratulations, goodsin!  :)

This past July 31st marked three years in my house.

Blimey thats impressive - now I have to really think about mine!

1968 to mid 74 - countless caravan parks, we moved every few weeks and I went to 18 schools in my first year - so cant possibly name them all.
mid 74 to late 75 - house number 1 in Paraburdoo (north West Australia)
late 75 to early 79 - house number 2 in Paraburdoo
a few months in 79 - house number 3 in St James, Perth WA
later in 79 to 84 - house number 4 in Gwelup, Perth
84, house number 5, farm outside Dubbo, New South Wales
85 - 86 - House number 6 in Stirling, Perth
86 - apartment 7 in Osborne Park, Perth (failed attempt to share with a not so great friend)
87 - house number 8 - Nollamara, Perth
88 - house number 9 - Stateline, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
late 88 - house numbers 10, 11, 12 and 13 - Plymouth, Devon UK
89 - house number 14 Plymouth, Devon (if you can count a garden shed as a home).
89 - home number 15, caravan park, Plymouth Devon.
89 - home number 16, car in car park of Hayes Swimming Pool, London (4 months).
89 - home number 17, above The General Elliott pub in Uxbridge London.
89 - home number 18, a whole room in a house in Uxbridge, London
89 - home number 19, a flat in Slough, London
91 - home number 20, mums place in the wheatbelt Western Australia
91 - home number 21, friends place in Osborne Park, Perth
91 - home number 22, apartment in West Leederville, Perth
91 - home number 23, duplex in Gwelup, Perth
Oct 92 to Aug 2003, (24) house in Westminster, Perth. My first mortgage.
Aug 2003 to now (25) apartment in inner city Perth. My second mortgage.

Hmmmm there are more in the late 80s and early 90s - I lost track till I got a mortgage! And I havent counted places where I just use to take off to the east coast and stay with relatives for a few months at a time when I was teenager. They werent holidays because I use to enrol myself in the local schools.



  OMG!  You win... ;D

7 days!



So,it's a new house?

So,it's a new house?

Well, sort of. Please don't freak out, but it's a residential alcohol rehabilitation unit. After 3 years of heavy drinking due to personal problems I've finally got a funded place- here for 16 weeks getting my head & body sorted after drying out.  :)

On a more personal note, good to see you're still around, Howard, as you are one of the users I remember from my previous time here, around 4-5 years ago, when I was just Goodsin. And you still have that great sense of humour! If you're interested in more details of my current situation, send me a PM & I'll respond, rather than hijacking this thread & boring other users...cheers, as we say in the UK- or perhaps that's no longer appropriate for me... ;)

Well, sort of. Please don't freak out, but it's a residential alcohol rehabilitation unit. After 3 years of heavy drinking due to personal problems I've finally got a funded place- here for 16 weeks getting my head & body sorted after drying out.  :)

On a more personal note, good to see you're still around, Howard, as you are one of the users I remember from my previous time here, around 4-5 years ago, when I was just Goodsin. And you still have that great sense of humour! If you're interested in more details of my current situation, send me a PM & I'll respond, rather than hijacking this thread & boring other users...cheers, as we say in the UK- or perhaps that's no longer appropriate for me... ;)


Do you get along in the Alcohol residence? ???

Do you get along in the Alcohol residence? ???

Yep, it's pretty good so far, but early days, thanks for asking. Like I said, I don't want to hijack this thread, so I may start a thread about people's experiences with alcohol problems & treatment somewhere else (hardly appropriate for a Playful Penguin Place!), unless there's one somewhere already. If you want to hear the full gory details, let me know & I'll send you a PM. Thanks, Howard!

My Family have been living in this house for almost 38 years.

My Family have been living in this house for almost 38 years.


I've lived in flushing for 40 years and have relatives in Bayside. Who knows, maybe our paths have crossed at one time or another.

My Family have been living in this house for almost 38 years.

Wow, Howard, can't imagine living in the same house for that long. Even before I left my parents at 17 I'd lived in 6 different houses in the same area; since then, probaly about 15 in different areas. I even lived in a caravan as what they called a "New Age Traveller" for some time, and have fitted in time to be homeless in between; after I get out of here, I'm going to a halfway-house for a bit, and then have been made the offer of living on my friend's new farm in the middle of nowhere. I feel like a nomad! (Now where can I get one of those, at this time of the day??)  :D

I've lived in flushing for 40 years and have relatives in Bayside. Who knows, maybe our paths have crossed at one time or another.


I always hated Flushing,something about the Chinese and Japanese residing there.

Wow, Howard, can't imagine living in the same house for that long. Even before I left my parents at 17 I'd lived in 6 different houses in the same area; since then, probaly about 15 in different areas. I even lived in a caravan as what they called a "New Age Traveller" for some time, and have fitted in time to be homeless in between; after I get out of here, I'm going to a halfway-house for a bit, and then have been made the offer of living on my friend's new farm in the middle of nowhere. I feel like a nomad! (Now where can I get one of those, at this time of the day??)   :D


My parents moved to Bayside in 1970,My brother(god rest his soul) was born in 1971,then I was born in 1974 but they moved to 214th street in 1973 where I now live and let me tell ya,this house has had a lot of memories,jam packed.

Yep, it's pretty good so far, but early days, thanks for asking. Like I said, I don't want to hijack this thread, so I may start a thread about people's experiences with alcohol problems & treatment somewhere else (hardly appropriate for a Playful Penguin Place!), unless there's one somewhere already. If you want to hear the full gory details, let me know & I'll send you a PM. Thanks, Howard!


I think there's a thread in the Tenacious Tuxedo Talk section

I always hated Flushing,something about the Chinese and Japanese residing there.

Very little japanese. There are Chinese and Korean living there.

Very little japanese. There are Chinese and Korean living there.



I wouldn't want to work there,It just gets very overcrowded and once you get off the Q27,you get lost easily.

I wouldn't want to work there,It just gets very overcrowded and once you get off the Q27,you get lost easily.


How true. Flushing, in the Main St & Roosevelt Ave area (the "Hub") was very congested by the time I left in 2006. It was so difficult trying to walk down the street. Too crowded. Even in the Murray Hill neighborhood where I lived I'd have to wait for a procession of people to pass by before I could walk out my front gate. It became that ridiculous! The town must be way overpopulated by now. What a contrast from growing up there in the 60's when the neighborhood had a very sleepy and suburban feel to it.

How true. Flushing, in the Main St & Roosevelt Ave area (the "Hub") was very congested by the time I left in 2006. It was so difficult trying to walk down the street. Too crowded. Even in the Murray Hill neighborhood where I lived I'd have to wait for a procession of people to pass by before I could walk out my front gate. It became that ridiculous! The town must be way overpopulated by now. What a contrast from growing up there in the 60's when the neighborhood had a very sleepy and suburban feel to it.


I think The Motor Vehicles Dept is over there.

I think The Motor Vehicles Dept is over there.

The DMV is on the other side of Main street & Northen Blvd near the Flushing/College Point border. Not far from the 'Whitestone Lanes' Bowling Alley.

The DMV is on the other side of Main street & Northen Blvd near the Flushing/College Point border. Not far from the 'Whitestone Lanes' Bowling Alley.



Yep,I remember Whitestone Lanes but I don't bowl anymore.

It will be two years soon.

5 years.

close to 40 years and My Father says he doesn't want to sell the house,maybe many years from now he might want to change his mind.

Now up to 10 1/2 years. Next February it'll be 11.