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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I would be embarrassed to admit that about my spouse, if that was what my spouse said.
Most "northerners" came from states that already do recycling, already value the idea of re-using plastics rather than disposing of them, and already embrace the idea of cloth bags for dry shelf-stable goods, and thermal bags for refrigerated/frozen/heated goods.
Yes, we waste stuff. We throw things away, we don't grow all our own food and milk our own cows or have chickens who lay our eggs for us here in The Villages. But some of us came from those environments. The "north" is filled with large farms, small farms, off-grid self-sustaining homesteads, people who have compost heaps in their back yards, and so on.
Might want to teach your wife that. Lumping everyone who grew up in the north with blanket statements is a sign of ignorance. If I was your wife and read what you said about me I'd probably have you sleeping in the laundry shed for the next month.
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Actually, she suggested that I write that when I told her what one subject of today's TOTV was. Basically she finds that the northern visitors in Publix (for example) are more pushy and full of themselves than your full time Villager. Of course. there are exceptions and some part-time visitors are perfect human beings and they DO add to the economics of this area. It is NOT their fault that the traffic on 441 is sometimes backed up for 2 intervals of red lights. Florida roads have NEVER kept up with the population growth and it is MORE EVIDENT in the WINTER.
...........Part time TV Land residents also seem to often be in a big hurry and their DRIVING HABITS show that. They tend to see a stop sign as just an invitation to slow down.