Bold move, Chris. House sounds interesting, so please send web ref when poss. (wife still coughing what the GP calls the 100 day cough. He has me on 'prophylactic' antibiotics - hoping to prevent me at 73 developing the wicked symptoms. Immunity wears off after 15 years, so maybe everyone needs vaccination ... Best from Max On 31/12/10 9:18 PM, "Chris Jones" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The house I live in and the studio and darkroom in the back shed go on > the market in a couple of months. Being a part owner, I am already > writing the advertising copy. Not just a house but a work of art. > Designed and built by the avant garde Australian architect, George > Gracie, this home broke new ground in the design of Australian domestic > architecture taking the local landscape into account, built with local > timbers it still remains a comfortable tree change home..... (have I > admitted I once worked in real estate advertising?) > > But instead of going into a retirement village, with my share I am going > to buy a sailing boat and living aboard cruise the east coast. I have my > eye on a 35 foot sloop with two cabins, one for a studio and the other > to sleep in. Unfurling what looks like 50 feet of sail up that mast > should be healthy exercise, or like a true nomad, I'll stay put for an > extra week or two. > --