How you can spot a new person in The Villages.

[graciegirl]

They wear dressy clothes to go out to dinner.


Your turn.

[jnieman]

They drive around in a white golf cart with no sumbrella. (and are driving only 13 mph)

[redwitch]

They smile and wave at everyone they see (a good thing that we long-timers forget to do).

[CFrance]

They don't know how to navigate a roundabout (sorry, Bogie). Oh, whoops, that's not just a newbie!!!!!

[casita37]

They smile and wave at everyone they see (a good thing that we long-timers forget to do).

Wish that one lasted longer. :wave:

[Baltimore Guy]

They have a map in there hand.

[tippyclubb]

They wear dressy clothes to go out to dinner.


Your turn.

So tell me Gracie is that a bad thing? I like to dress up when going out for dinner.

[graciegirl]

So tell me Gracie is that a bad thing? I like to dress up when going out for dinner.


NOPE. Not at all....but be prepared to hear...see you're new, hope you love it here!!!

[2BNTV]

They have that extra sh** eatin grin on their face. :smiley:

[Bonnevie]

they have a Villages real estate person in tow....

[Bonanza]

They wear socks and sandals . . . at the same time!

[MikeV]

Their eyes are as big as saucers as they look around at the beauty that is The Villages.

[kittygilchrist]

They ride the bronze horses for a picture.

[Cobh521]

They walk around in awe and take a picture of everything with their phone

[asianthree]

Still rushing around to get everything done that day

[DigitalGranny]

They aren't wearing a hat against the sun in the pool

[TVMayor]

They are asking how did the guy with the pickup truck with the freezer in the back selling meat door to door get thru the gate.

[TVMayor]

They are asking why do they call that drink at the bar “Sex on the Square”.

[SantaClaus]

They have a tan line from the watch they recently decided they didn't need to wear anymore (? I'm guessing, since I haven't made the move yet)

[graciegirl]

They are satisfied with a golf cart going 18mph.

[Ecuadog]

They want to know what being a "frog" means.

[dirtbanker]

They still have enough sense not to have their left knee hanging out the side of the golf cart as oncoming carts pass...

They still have enough courtesy to wait for their turn...

They go down to the square every night of the week...

[kathymar528]

They ask about the difference between an executive course and a championship course.
They go to the squares most every night.
They read the Rec News from cover to cover each week looking for an activity to join.
Furniture trucks make daily deliveries to their home.
They are anxious to share their story of 'how they got to The Villages' with anyone who will listen!
They pray someone else in their foursome steps forward to reserve the tee times, because it's overwhelming the first time you do it.

If it sounds like I speak from experience, well...

[Vladimir]

They still walk without a limp since they didn't get hurt playing pickle ball yet...and if they do play pickle ball it is with one of the chipped rec center wooden paddles

[Patty55]

They still have good haircuts.

[Carpe Diem]

I'm kinda new.

I always ask Villagers: "How long have you lived here?" Followed by: "Aren't you tired of it yet?" I know that they're going to say no, but I'm always entertained by HOW they say it. It's a great conversation starter.

[Cisco Kid]

They wear dressy clothes to go out to dinner.


Your turn.

Don't tell me you wear sweat pants when you go out.

[CFrance]

Don't tell me you wear sweat pants when you go out.
Yes, but they have sequins on them.

[perrjojo]

They still have good haircuts.

:beer3::a20:

[Kahuna32162]

Will you be my friend?

[buzzy]

They don't check for cars before crossing the street in the squares.

[marianne237]

If it's January or February, they're not wearing a coat and earmuffs; but still wear shorts and sandals

[ukbill70]

They don't eat dinner at 4 o'clock in the afternoon

[Old_As_Dirt]

They wave at you in there golf cart

[Beth P]

Ha ha!!! We will be down for our lifestyle visit starting on the 25th, map in hand, slowly driving our rental golf cart, wearing our cute clothes and waving with a big smile on our face, followed by our real estate agent. See you then!

[janmcn]

All of their clothes don't come from Beall's Outlet.

[kittygilchrist]

They ask you for directions to the grocery store, only they call it "Pube-lix", and then act insulted because you are bent over laughing.

[CFrance]

They're not looking for a landscaper yet.

[CFrance]

They don't know they need gutters.

[Carl in Tampa]

1. They complain about lizards getting in the garage.

2. They complain about insects in general.

3. They fret about sinkholes and lightning.

[Beth P]

Do you really eat dinner at 4:00??? ��

[Cisco Kid]

They don't go to TOTV and complain about their worst every meal, at a restaurant they are never going back to.

[jdsl1998]

Goggle eyed....

[vj1213]

Ok...sorry but I have to say it...they come on here and start a new "dog-poop" thread! :loco:

[Cisco Kid]

Ok...sorry but I have to say it...they come on here and start a new "dog-poop" thread! :loco:

I was going to,,,,,,,,
:a20::a20:

[perrjojo]

Ha ha!!! We will be down for our lifestyle visit starting on the 25th, map in hand, slowly driving our rental golf cart, wearing our cute clothes and waving with a big smile on our face, followed by our real estate agent. See you then!
We will be watching for you. I hope you love it as much as we do!

[JaniceOhio]

1. I still use a GPS to get to Best Buy.
2. I talk to strangers. (love my neighbors .. they're not even strange!)
3. I went with Comcast.
4. I still hang out with my realtor.
5. What do you mean I need gutters? (Rains in Gilchrist?)

[shcisamax]

They still have good haircuts.

Oh perfect...I can always county on you.

[skyguy79]

By the golf cart they're driving... maybe? :a20:

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

They can be seen driving a non street legal golf cart in a roundabout.

[CFrance]

They can be seen driving a non street legal golf cart in a roundabout.
And vice-versa. Driving a car on a golf cart path.

[Bonanza]

OMG!
They wear white year round.

[Microcodeboy]

They still care about what you think of them. Time will fix that!! If it ain't fun, do something else!!

[Patty55]

Do you really eat dinner at 4:00??? ��

Yep, you have to, it's lights out at 9pm. Strictly enforced by GM himself.

[kittygilchrist]

1. I still use a GPS to get to Best Buy.
2. I talk to strangers. (love my neighbors .. they're not even strange!)
3. I went with Comcast.
4. I still hang out with my realtor.
5. What do you mean I need gutters? (Rains in Gilchrist?)

Gillies, be very careful whether to get gutters. We are on clay, which does not drain well and compacts easily.
The two downspouts from my neighbor's gutters pour out such a torrent into an area between our houses where a riding mower is used, that the combined compaction and erosion have caused ruts and holes where grass would otherwise have grown.

[CFrance]

Gillies, be very careful whether to get gutters. We are on clay, which does not drain well and compacts easily.
The two downspouts from my neighbor's gutters pour out such a torrent into an area between our houses where a riding mower is used, that the combined compaction and erosion have caused ruts and holes where grass would otherwise have grown.
Yes, check your soil out first. We in our part of Tamarind Grove all have gutters (mainly to keep rain from splashing into the lanai and staining the driveway), but we have no drainage problems.

[EnglishJW]

We are closing on our house on the 24th of this month and are guilty of all these things (except our slow moving, white, Yamaha gas golf car had a sunbrella - but we didn't know what it was at the time). But there is one truly marvelous thing no one has mentioned. The fact that we can insist to our 21 year old son that he can't swim in the adult pools!

[Ruthtomnorma3]

They stop to ask directions.....but prior to the question....
Just outright tell you "WE ARE NEW AND LOST"
No need to beat around the bush....
immediately we got directions...GPS doesn't always work,especially for the newer areas.
:)

[Halibut]

Nevermind. Missed some of the other posts. :)

[tippyclubb]

They don't know they need gutters.

Laughing! I just found this out a few weeks ago. Good thing I read this forum.

Loving this thread!

[patfla06]

We are closing on our house on the 24th of this month and are guilty of all these things (except our slow moving, white, Yamaha gas golf car had a sunbrella - but we didn't know what it was at the time). But there is one truly marvelous thing no one has mentioned. The fact that we can insist to our 21 year old son that he can't swim in the adult pools!

Me too! I told ours he had to go in the kiddie pool.
He is turning 30 this Summer but I had fun while it lasted. :girlneener:

[jblum315]

They wanna know, "Isn't there a Wegman's here? And a Costco?"

[Cisco Kid]

I hope someone will open a thread to answer all of the questions that have been posted here, that them silly new comers ask . ( so I will not look stupid later )

[salpal]

They ask you: "So, how hot does it really get here in the summer?"
and
They don't automatically know where every restroom in every restaurant is located.

[bonrich]

Lots of cars on Buena Vista and Morse. The roundabouts filled up, golf carts travelling to and fro. Can't get those few groceries needed. Why? Cause it's 9:05 PM and everything in the "bubble" closes.

[OCsun]

They ask you for directions to the grocery store, only they call it "Pube-lix", and then act insulted because you are bent over laughing.

OK - I have to admit that was me over two years ago! I could not believe they would name a grocery store "Pube-lix". :1rotfl:

[Kahuna32162]

They can be seen driving a non street legal golf cart in a roundabout.

Ooops, guilty, did that on one of our first visits :throwtomatoes:

[BarryRX]

They don't have golf glove hand yet (when one hand is more tan than the other).

[Wandatime]

They think The Villages have squadrons of cigarette butt and dog poop fairies?

[dewilson58]

They think The Villages have squadrons of cigarette butt and dog poop fairies?

That's how I spot an old person in TV.

[nitehawk]

They go to town squares

[manaboutown]

They are shocked while they are sitting on a country club patio quietly enjoying a drink or a meal when someone sits down near, them, lights up a smoke, and is allowed to do so there!

[DougB]

They tell their friends they just moved to a gated community.

[ilovetv]

They have suits and silk resort wear in dry cleaning bags in the car.

:shocked::shocked:

[graciegirl]

They wear high heels. They wear sports jackets. They have shoulder length hair...guys AND girls.

[marianne237]

Gracie, you did a great public service with this thread as well as get a lot of chuckles from all of us frogs.

[tippyclubb]

Gracie, you did a great public service with this thread as well as get a lot of chuckles from all of us frogs.

Also a lot of chuckles from us new people as well. Didn't know we were so obvious but now I know some of the things not to do.

[VT2TV]

They don't have golf glove hand yet (when one hand is more tan than the other).



Or they don't have a tan line on their feet/ankles from wearing ankle socks on the golf course. Just can't get rid of that....:(

[RErmer]

They haven't started an addition to their house/lanai yet!

[Cisco Kid]

Some of this stuff make me think the developer may have been Walmart.

[LorasBetty]

Newcomers will likely ask where people go if there is a tornado warning since there are no basements here!

Newcomers will likely be staring at the beautiful clouds and taking pictures of them on a daily basis (hope I always remain a newcomer in that respect)!

Newcomers will likely ask where they can take the excess "stuff" from up north that they HAD to bring with them!

Newcomers will likely trade their gas-guzzling SUV for a more efficient car!

[SantaClaus]

They tell their friends they just moved to a gated community.


:bigbow:

[Patty55]

Newcomers will likely ask where people go if there is a tornado warning since there are no basements here!

Newcomers will likely be staring at the beautiful clouds and taking pictures of them on a daily basis (hope I always remain a newcomer in that respect)!

Newcomers will likely ask where they can take the excess "stuff" from up north that they HAD to bring with them!

Newcomers will likely trade their gas-guzzling SUV for a more efficient car!

When they announce a tornado watch ANYWHERE in Florida you grab your flashlight, charged cell phone and dogs and jump in the closet.

[janmcn]

The newbies are the ones still asking where the new mall will be built, the one with all the upscale stores and restaurants.

[Patty55]

The newbies are the ones still asking where the new mall will be built, the one with all the upscale stores and restaurants.

Yep, the one with the Coach store. It will be right next to the water park.

[Patty55]

And of course the most common one....

[fl boomer]

They wear dressy clothes to go out to dinner.


Your turn.

I have been in the villages for over 3 years now, and have been appalled at the way some Villagers dress to go out to dinner at nice restaurants & country clubs, concerts at Savannah Center, & even church. Ladies usually look very nice, but it's time to clean out hubby's closet & get him some new shorts & shirts that match that don't look like they belong at the nearest Salvation Army store! I think the newer resident's are bucking the trend to wear "anything anywhere", and are improving the image of TV overall.

[VT2TV]

I have been in the villages for over 3 years now, and have been appalled at the way some Villagers dress to go out to dinner at nice restaurants & country clubs, concerts at Savannah Center, & even church. Ladies usually look very nice, but it's time to clean out hubby's closet & get him some new shorts & shirts that match that don't look like they belong at the nearest Salvation Army store! I think the newer resident's are bucking the trend to wear "anything anywhere", and are improving the image of TV overall.




:BigApplause::thumbup:





And another clue ::::: they keep asking where the coat closets are!!!!

[Uptown Girl]

They still have good haircuts.

OMG -that made me laugh! :BigApplause:

[Mr.Kris]

They are made fun of by the playground bullies.

[2BNTV]

I have been in the villages for over 3 years now, and have been appalled at the way some Villagers dress to go out to dinner at nice restaurants & country clubs, concerts at Savannah Center, & even church. Ladies usually look very nice, but it's time to clean out hubby's closet & get him some new shorts & shirts that match that don't look like they belong at the nearest Salvation Army store! I think the newer resident's are bucking the trend to wear "anything anywhere", and are improving the image of TV overall.

Saw a guy last week with turquiose shorts, and a non matching blue shirt.
Loafers with dress socks up to the knee!!!

He didn't have any fashion sense. Definitely a SA fan!!! :D

Won't make the ten best dressed men, in America.

[graciegirl]

They don't yet have a dog in the passenger seat of their golfcart.

[striveforhealth]

They smile and wave at everyone they see (a good thing that we long-timers forget to do).

Been here 3+ months and still waving!:MOJE_whot:

[CFrance]

OMG!
They wear white year round.
Hey! I resemble that.

[Wandatime]

I must confess Sheldon and I somehow managed to get our very slow golf cart that came with our lifestyle cottage onto the bridge at Morse Boulevard and could NOT for the LIFE of us figure out how to get off the danged thing. There was a two foot wall separating us from the cart path. We were praying there would be a panic space in the wall at some point so we could get off the danged street.

Some guy on the cart path honked his golf cart horn at us, pointed and laughed like a hyena. We were MORTIFIED!

[Loudoll]

the women are wearing big hats

[Loudoll]

and they are at the squares every night

[CFrance]

They haven't started an addition to their house/lanai yet!

I must confess Sheldon and I somehow managed to get our very slow golf cart that came with our lifestyle cottage onto the bridge at Morse Boulevard and could NOT for the LIFE of us figure out how to get off the danged thing. There was a two foot wall separating us from the cart path. We were praying there would be a panic space in the wall at some point so we could get off the danged street.

Some guy on the cart path honked his golf cart horn at us, pointed and laughed like a hyena. We were MORTIFIED!
He wasn't a member of the friendliest. He was a member of the jerkiest.

[graciegirl]

They aren't wearing a golf shirt.

[Bizdoc]

They don't yet have a dog in the passenger seat of their golfcart.

They don't have a dog in grocery store...

[skyking]

and they are at the squares every night
And they actually show appreciation for the entertainment by clapping.

[collie1228]

They use their golf cart directional signals and actually stop at stop signs.

[graciegirl]

Some of them still cut their own grass....for awhile.

[Cedwards38]

They feel compelled to play golf, tennis, pickleball, shuffleboard, bocce ball, basketball, softball, and join a dozen clubs, and don't take naps, and dance every night at a town square, and go out to eat every night, and wonder why they are so tired!

[Barefoot]

They feel compelled to play golf, tennis, pickleball, shuffleboard, bocce ball, basketball, softball, and join a dozen clubs, and don't take naps, and dance every night at a town square, and go out to eat every night, and wonder why they are so tired!

And then they experience "Villages Burnout".
Then they nap every afternoon and sleep eight hours every night.
They gain a pound every week.
And it suddenly occurs to them
"We're not on vacation, this is now our home!"
And what a wonderful place to live!

[Cedwards38]

and then they experience "villages burnout".

Then they nap every afternoon and sleep eight hours every night.

They gain a pound every week.

And it suddenly occurs to them

"we're not on vacation, this is now our home!"

and what a wonderful place to live!


exactly!

[uprivergirl]

Oh My Thank you Gracie for this thread. I will be a newbie the end of July and I have to admit when we were on the Lifestyle preview we did a lot of those things. We still have the grin on our faces every time we talk about TV to our friends. We tell them they have to come to TV because you can't explain that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you are in TV. The people are amazing. It is the most beautiful place and we want to be a part of it. I never thought I would leave Ca. I am a native and never lived anywhere else.

I still can't believe we will be frogs soon. We are tired because of all the packing. We have 46 years of stuff to sort out. I just keep looking at the end result knowing it is worth all the craziness in our life right now.

[Blessed2BNTV]

Oh My Thank you Gracie for this thread. I will be a newbie the end of July and I have to admit when we were on the Lifestyle preview we did a lot of those things. We still have the grin on our faces every time we talk about TV to our friends. We tell them they have to come to TV because you can't explain that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you are in TV. The people are amazing. It is the most beautiful place and we want to be a part of it. I never thought I would leave Ca. I am a native and never lived anywhere else.

I still can't believe we will be frogs soon. We are tired because of all the packing. We have 46 years of stuff to sort out. I just keep looking at the end result knowing it is worth all the craziness in our life right now.

Yes GG thanks for starting this thread. We too have laughed when reading all the posts and yes we are "guilty" of doing most of what has been posted.

And we do still have that grin on our face........does it ever go away?

[graciegirl]

Yes GG thanks for starting this thread. We too have laughed when reading all the posts and yes we are "guilty" of doing most of what has been posted.

And we do still have that grin on our face........does it ever go away?





MINE is still there and so are Sweetie's and Helenes and so many folks who we personally know who post on this forum are always smiling and hugging. There is so much fun here, and so many ordinary nice people who have a great deal of patience with each other and are pretty savvy about day to day events.


Good morning everyone. Where is a picture from Alemorkan and Shrandall?


And...Thank you God.

[Blessed2BNTV]

Yes most importantly.....thank you God!

[OBXNana]

OMG!
They wear white year round.


Does the Memorial Day to Labor Day rule apply to wearing white in The Villages? I was guilty last October during our preview.

[CFrance]

Does the Memorial Day to Labor Day rule apply to wearing white in The Villages? I was guilty last October during our preview.
I have official permission from the Morse Family to abolish that rule. Just tell everyone you're wearing Winter White between Labor Day and Memorial Day:clap2:

[OBXNana]

I have official permission from the Morse Family to abolish that rule. Just tell everyone you're wearing Winter White between Labor Day and Memorial Day:clap2:

We're guilty of so many of the other things that show we're new to The Villages, I didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb wearing white after Labor Day! Thanks

[dewilson58]

Does the Memorial Day to Labor Day rule apply to wearing white in The Villages? I was guilty last October during our preview.

That rule died years and years ago.............just like people who followed it.

:ohdear::ohdear: