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Originally Posted by skyking
When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it's always 20 years behind the times.
Mark Twain.
Only because The Villages was not around in Mark Twain's lifetime.
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Hey, skyking,
When I last looked at this thread and saw your pre-TV location and the way the thread was going, I thought.....I must go back in there and quote Mark Twain on Cincinnati. But I got sidetracked and did not log on and so you beat me to it.
And now, I just have to elaborate on your point.......
Although Mark Twain thought we were behind the times, I know that even Cincinnatians are out and about, Ubering hither and yon. Ubering with great joy and abandon. So maybe, oh maybe there is hope for TV.
I do not want to be an Uber driver. I just think there is a market here. The legal and financial angles pointed out by other posters are important though and would need to be considered and professional advice sought.
But if somebody decides to be an Uber driver, I would think they could pick and choose the what, when, where of rides, with common sense and safety always in mind. And I don't think they are required to haul lurching, loudmouth drunks.
I can think of a lot of circumstances where Villagers would be happy to see the Uberfication of TV:
The husbands sitting on the benches at stores. (Sometimes they are holding purses.)
The people who have to go to the eye doc and think that no matter what they say, those drops in your eyes do not make it easy to drive.
Somebody who has a ride to but not fro. Or fro but not to.
A day of lightning and thunder and an appointment and all you have is a golf cart.
Or maybe you want to get from Lake Deaton to Spanish Springs in a hurry but all you have is a golf cart.
And let's face it, there are people whose health or eyesight means they should not be driving anything, but they feel like they have to and push the limits of what is safe for themselves and for others.
(I could go on, but everybody has probably stopped reading anyway.)
I wish Villagers would not be painted with a wide brush. We've got it all here. And just because there are some who do not think Uber is for them, that does not mean that it would not work for others.
I think Uber could work here in TV. Vas you ever in Zinzinnati?
Boomer