My new office in TN is setup!

[Chuck]

Still have a few more items to add to one of the shelves, including that Ohtani bobblehead coming soon. 

Thinking about getting this for the other corner in my office. 

Also, thanks to @Jeff Fletcher for the bobbleheads. I wish I kept all the ones I had over the years but I gave most of them away because I had no room for them at the old house in WA. 

 

[Inside Pitch]

Awesome, love the whiskey barrel.

[Lazorko Saves]

Congratulations on escaping the Leftist Coast.

Don't forget about us little people still stuck out here.

[ScruffytheJanitor]

When I saw the first picture, I was kinda hoping that it was just the barrel bar (which looks awesome, btw) in one corner, a life-size cutout of Shigetoshi Hasegawa in another corner, and a single folding chair in the middle.

 

[Capital_Dave]

Welcome to the neighborhood, Chuck!  What part of Tennessee are you in?  I moved from Las Vegas to Lexington, KY about 6 years ago.  About 3 hours from here to Nashville and my daughter is attending college in Memphis.  We might need to take in a Nashville Sounds game together someday.

[Jason]

I’m jealous of that Stagg and Weller 12 year

[wopphil]

Looks great Chuck. I am jealous. 

[tdawg87]

46 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Congratulations on escaping the Leftist Coast.

Don't forget about us little people still stuck out here.

Jesus christ shut the fuck up.

[Lazorko Saves]

11 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Jesus christ shut the fuck up.

Yikes, I mean it's a just a little jibe between a (former) Washingtonian and an Oregonian.

You Californians New Hampshire-ites need not take it so personally.

Edited February 4, 2022 by Lazorko Saves

[Chuck]

19 minutes ago, Capital_Dave said:

Welcome to the neighborhood, Chuck!  What part of Tennessee are you in?  I moved from Las Vegas to Lexington, KY about 6 years ago.  About 3 hours from here to Nashville and my daughter is attending college in Memphis.  We might need to take in a Nashville Sounds game together someday.

@Capital_Dave I've been wanting to get over to Louisville Slugger where they make the bats and do the Bourbon Trail.

I'm just 15 or so minutes from the Kentucky border in Robertson County, just 35 min north from Nashville. 

It was going to take a lot for us to move from our house on the river in WA state, a house that my dad built and that I had so much history & good memories in, but it was time for a change for many reasons, most of which is because my youngest was moving to Nashville at the beginning of the year anyhow. We wanted to be close to her and to the rest of our family since we would no longer have family in WA.

We got a really nice custom built home in the country side on two acres with a heated pool, koi pond, built in smoker attached to outbuilding, three car garage turned into a party house equipped with a full kitchen, bar, bathroom and TV, not included in the 4500 square foot portion of the house. All for a damn good price in a good, quiet area. 

Hoping to retire here in a few more years. Going to get a couple Australian shepherd dogs and some goats. The neighbour has three horses, a donkey and a couple cows that are friendly. They come right up to our fence line and we feed them apples. 

Everyone is super nice here. Southern hospitality. Good food. Four seasons of weather. I also love that there are no mask or vaccine mandates here. 

 

[Tank]

59 minutes ago, Capital_Dave said:

Welcome to the neighborhood, Chuck!  What part of Tennessee are you in?  I moved from Las Vegas to Lexington, KY about 6 years ago.  About 3 hours from here to Nashville and my daughter is attending college in Memphis.  We might need to take in a Nashville Sounds game together someday.

i believe @pattimelt works for the Sounds. Give her a holler and she can hook you up for tickets. 

i have her contact info if you need it.

[Chuck]

@Capital_Dave I’d love to check out a Predators game, a Vanderbilt college baseball game and a Titans game as well. Let’s go! 

[Capital_Dave]

15 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

@Capital_Dave I've been wanting to get over to Louisville Slugger where they make the bats and do the Bourbon Trail.

I'm just 15 or so minutes from the Kentucky border in Robertson County, just 35 min north from Nashville. 

 

Beautiful home Chuck.  We, too, were astounded by property values here vs. in the West.  We doubled our square footage too, when we moved... while actually paying less than our house in Vegas.  Unreal.

We're an hour away from Louisville, so a Bats game would be awesome... also I have season tickets to UK Baseball, if you'd like to come up and check out an SEC baseball game someday.  (Sounds like we also have to connect with @pattimelttoo!). I'll circle back once the season is underway and we'll make some plans.  It'll be good to reconnect!

Edited to add: the Louisville Slugger museum is definitely worth the trip.

Edited February 4, 2022 by Capital_Dave

[ScruffytheJanitor]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

@Capital_Dave I've been wanting to get over to Louisville Slugger where they make the bats and do the Bourbon Trail.

I'm just 15 or so minutes from the Kentucky border in Robertson County, just 35 min north from Nashville.

I am currently living just over the border in Western KY (Mayfield... right where the Tornados hit). My in-laws are from Dickson County, and my Brother lives in Lebanon. Tennessee is a GREAT place to live.

My best suggestion -- do the Bourbon Trail in small bits. Seriously, there are so many distilleries, and it's such a relaxing 2-3 day weekend.  This might seem like common sense, but I've known too many people that try to do like 12 distilleries in 4 days, and it gets old quickly. We like to do three or four at a time, staying in Lexington or Louisville and hitting some good restaurants. Also: don't forget to get chocolates. Even some of the crappier bourbon (Evan Williams cough cough) tastes pretty fucking good when it's in chocolate. 

[tdawg87]

54 minutes ago, Lazorko Saves said:

Yikes, I mean it's a just a little jibe between a (former) Washingtonian and an Oregonian.

You Californians New Hampshire-ites need not take it so personally.

[Lou]

Where's the banjo?

[Jason]

13 minutes ago, Lou said:

Where's the banjo?

Sitting next to the dentures 

[Lou]

24 minutes ago, Jason said:

Sitting next to the dentures 

By the whittling knife?

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Awesome, love the whiskey barrel.

Was just gonna mention that. I ordered one recently for my place, still waiting on it to get here

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

@Capital_Dave I've been wanting to get over to Louisville Slugger where they make the bats and do the Bourbon Trail.

I'm just 15 or so minutes from the Kentucky border in Robertson County, just 35 min north from Nashville. 

It was going to take a lot for us to move from our house on the river in WA state, a house that my dad built and that I had so much history & good memories in, but it was time for a change for many reasons, most of which is because my youngest was moving to Nashville at the beginning of the year anyhow. We wanted to be close to her and to the rest of our family since we would no longer have family in WA.

We got a really nice custom built home in the country side on two acres with a heated pool, koi pond, built in smoker attached to outbuilding, three car garage turned into a party house equipped with a full kitchen, bar, bathroom and TV, not included in the 4500 square foot portion of the house. All for a damn good price in a good, quiet area. 

Hoping to retire here in a few more years. Going to get a couple Australian shepherd dogs and some goats. The neighbour has three horses, a donkey and a couple cows that are friendly. They come right up to our fence line and we feed them apples. 

Everyone is super nice here. Southern hospitality. Good food. Four seasons of weather. I also love that there are no mask or vaccine mandates here. 

 

Out of all that (which is all great) the part that stood out was "a couple of australian shepherd dogs"

 

Getting mine in a few weeks. Great dogs

[Make Angels Great Again]

1 hour ago, Chuckster70 said:

@Capital_Dave I've been wanting to get over to Louisville Slugger where they make the bats and do the Bourbon Trail.

I'm just 15 or so minutes from the Kentucky border in Robertson County, just 35 min north from Nashville. 

It was going to take a lot for us to move from our house on the river in WA state, a house that my dad built and that I had so much history & good memories in, but it was time for a change for many reasons, most of which is because my youngest was moving to Nashville at the beginning of the year anyhow. We wanted to be close to her and to the rest of our family since we would no longer have family in WA.

We got a really nice custom built home in the country side on two acres with a heated pool, koi pond, built in smoker attached to outbuilding, three car garage turned into a party house equipped with a full kitchen, bar, bathroom and TV, not included in the 4500 square foot portion of the house. All for a damn good price in a good, quiet area. 

Hoping to retire here in a few more years. Going to get a couple Australian shepherd dogs and some goats. The neighbour has three horses, a donkey and a couple cows that are friendly. They come right up to our fence line and we feed them apples. 

Everyone is super nice here. Southern hospitality. Good food. Four seasons of weather. I also love that there are no mask or vaccine mandates here. 

 

Sweet dogs. Just got one a month ago. Now I get to say welcome to TN!

 

[tdawg87]

That house is gorgeous. Damn.

Like a dream home for many people. Love the Angels stuff.

[halonatic13]

Curious if that Green Bay whiskey bottle was emptied a few weeks ago? 

[ten ocho recon scout]

How long until @Chuckster70 starts calling us yall?

[Jason]

19 minutes ago, Lou said:

By the whittling knife?

Yes