[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by kb8tpw

yesterday was the culmination of our first month in the villages. We have our drivers license and voters registration in the mail, not all boxes, but most, unpacked, landscaping is at the top of things to do along with golf cart rental followed by purchase yet. Wer've found a church, but not a doctor, and we feel darn good about our progress. Enjoyed vinny's post as well as others by folks in our stage of settling in and encourage those in the process to "make it happen". I must admit that i was not ready for the welcome i received at walmart yesterday though..... We stopped by there after church to pick up a few items to do repairs on damage sustained from the moving company fiasco. Just in the process of paying for my items and bang. the loudest shot i have ever heard andf the closest i have ever come to being shot - on the spot - right there in walmart. Sounds like a ray stevens song doesn't it - it wasn't - it was real. The clown in front of me was putting his change away and trying to move along when low and behold the pistol he was carrying (pollice said he had a permit) fell to ther floor and discharged. Yep, i thought my first month in the villages had come to an abrupt end. The actions of the walmart staff left a lot to my displeasure, but somehow someone got him stopped in the parking lot, after they let him walk away after picking up the casing.

The sheriff's department was very professional and left a very good impression with me, even if they did say "it was an accident" and i replied "i happen to think it was negligence myself, but then again i am the one that almost got shot". So, stay alert on your next visit to walmart, the darndest things can happen there - even in the villages.... (he wasn't villages age).

To add a positive to the story, we met a neighbor, we wouldn't have met otherwise..

holy bow legged sarah!!!!!!!!!!!