[BBQMan]

any more than we obeyed all the laws in the state and municipalities from which we came. How many of us have had a man with a lantern walk in front of our cars at night? Everyone of us have lived or driven through states or communities where this is still the law. Sodomy, both homosexual and heterosexual, remains illegal in a number of states even if it is between consenting adults or husband and wife. Here in Florida, for example, it is against the law to tie your elephant to a parking meter or take your shower naked. There are literally thousand of such laws in every state in the Union as well as for the nation. Google 'dumb laws' in Google - you can be very amused by the seeming idiocy by today's standards of most of these laws.

So what does this have to do with The Villages? Everything! 99% of us ignore the rule on post signs that specifies the size, shape and coloring of sign background and letters. Illuminated post lamps signs are strictly a no-no. I discovered this when a went to a local merchant and tried to order a sign. He had a copy of the rules and would make only signs that conformed to them. Go look it up. Other rules are simply ignored if they are occurring for only a short time. My neighbor parks his boat in the drive the day before and the day after a race. In the meantimes he parks it off property. Should I object? It would kill his lifetime passion. How many lawn mowers to you hear fired up before 8 AM? Do I report my neighbor for wanting to complete his lawn work before the heat of the day? Another one of my neighbor's lawn became overgrown while he was in the Hospital and his wife did not know what to do. Should we have reported the situation or simply do what we did - a group of us going out mowing, edging, trimming and weeding?

What we need is not rigid adherence to the rules but rather a little bit of common sense and neighborliness. All of us came to the Villages to enjoy ourselves. To those who disagree, I recommend the 'Golden Rule'.

JMHO