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Originally Posted by JGibson
Why do they use a certain news outlet or any news outlet at all?
Do they get paid from this source to be on their airwaves?
It would be easy to say just don't listen to them but they do blast it all around the Squares.
Maybe they should just stick to music if you're going to have speakers up all over the place.
Same thing at the TV gyms, why is there huge TV'S with cable news on? It's a gym put sports or nature on stop inudating us with news. The TV'S are so big it's impossible to ignore.
As a kid the news came on at 6pm-7pm unless there was some emergency.
Even going out to eat all you hear is news conversations.
When did we as a society become so addicted to news?
I can't even watch golf without being blasted with repetive commercials for news organizations.
Give us a break with all this so called news.
Don't turn this into politics as it's not allowed, this is just about the sheer amount of news that is bestowed on us.
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A lot to comment on here for sure. Music ? Have to agree "they" whoever "they" are, have gone way too far forcing their chatter, ads, and music to extend to the pools and other amenities of the residents ! It is really annoying, REALLY annoying. The Villages sales offices, street of dreams locations, etc., fine, it's their choice, like any department or grocery store. There should be some way the residents could get it out of the amenities. Many like to read after a swim, some just want to be able to communicate, some want to nap in the sun !
The question of how the 24 hour began ? Well, to me it seems to have started train and airport waiting areas put in CNN. Not everyone had a personal cell phone or a tablet back then, so it was either read a book, magazine, or paper, or just "people watch" to entertain ones self. It was after all, hugely successful, so many followed suit and presently the over abundance is probably (?) the result of the whole concept being so successful. As for gyms, I've belonged to quite a few but always been fortunate to be able to find one with individually controlled TV on the various machines. Not sure I would enjoy a gym where only the choice of the manager or owner was forced on me. But at least one has a choice, to patronize or not patronize... but the Villages, forcing their preference on every resident at the RESIDENT'S pools... not so smart. It is too bad "they" chose to blast the squares too, but to me, that falls under the heading "not my business" what they chose to blast out... the squares to me are more like department and grocery stores, their choice, but at the resident's rec centers, pools, etc. shame on "them" !