Gates are a joke

[virgind]

Specifically the gate at Canal and Stillwater. Hasn't worked for two weeks or there about. They got it going the other day and a hour later it wasn't. Working today but we will see how long that will be. What a waste of money.Does our amenity fee pay for that. If not then where else would the money come from.

[outlaw]

I think your annual maintenance fee pays for that.

[graciegirl]

Specifically the gate at Canal and Stillwater. Hasn't worked for two weeks or there about. They got it going the other day and a hour later it wasn't. Working today but we will see how long that will be. What a waste of money.Does our amenity fee pay for that. If not then where else would the money come from.



So far you haven't convinced me that gates are a joke.

[Boomer]

The gates control traffic.

At least in my neck of the woods, that's what the gates do.

Without the gates, there would be even more accidents involving golf carts.

I like the gates.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I think your annual maintenance fee pays for that.

Annual maintenance fee???? That's a new one on me.

[Number 6]

Annual maintenance fee???? That's a new one on me.

Check your tax bill under "Non-Ad Valdrem Assessments". Mine is a little over $500

[tomwed]

Catholics pay for the gates. There is a collection plate every Sunday and I'm pretty sure it's to pay for the broken gates.

[Polar Bear]

Every topic is a joke...and I use that term very loosely.

Another vote FOR the gates.

[RickeyD]

Catholics pay for the gates. There is a collection plate every Sunday and I'm pretty sure it's to pay for the broken gates.

Sounds like Irish Catholic guilt. Must be Catholics breaking the gates.

[twoplanekid]

Gate repair is only costing a little more than the stopped striping plan. The cost is about 1/2 million per year paid for by someone.

[tomwed]

Every topic is a joke...and I use that term very loosely.

Another vote FOR the gates.
What's the title of the thread?

[golfing eagles]

[QUOTE=Polar Bear;1179963]Every topic is a joke

I knew you'd eventually come around to my way of thinking:1rotfl:

[Polar Bear]

...I knew you'd eventually come around to my way of thinking:1rotfl:
Not quite yet...not until I start thinking every joke is funny. :wave:

[Polar Bear]

What's the title of the thread?
What would it matter? :wave:

[golfing eagles]

Not quite yet...not until I start thinking every joke is funny. :wave:

I look at it more as a percentage:1rotfl:

[tomwed]

What would it matter? :wave:
That's true. I see every opportunity as equal. BTW the title is "Gates are a joke". So I tried to make something funny out of it. The conversation about gates probably occupies 10% of all threads. It's difficult to make it interesting. Don't you think?

[Bogie Shooter]

Gate threads are showing up nearly as often as dog poop threads.
If you got a bitch about the gates, do a search on gates and read all of the opinions you can stand.
End of rant.................

[CFrance]

Catholics pay for the gates. There is a collection plate every Sunday and I'm pretty sure it's to pay for the broken gates.
I thought that was for the Pearly Gates...

[njbchbum]

Check your tax bill under "Non-Ad Valdrem Assessments". Mine is a little over $500

I don't think a maintenance fee is paid by owners on the historic side.

[tomwed]

I thought that was for the Pearly Gates...
Ohhhh, so that's what Father was saying.

[rubicon]

I don't believe the gates are a joke. I believe we have too many jokers playing jokes with the gates.

As Bogie aptly pointed out this topic is as common as the ones on dog poop.

The gates and their attendant serve the community well. The public roads and the virtual size of this community make it impractical to have a bona fide gated community. However the gates still help control traffic and the elaborate camera system assists an added security measure.

i often utilize the Morse gate and it would just be maddening without the gates.

In Minneapolis they use metered lanes and they serve well in merging traffic onto the interstate system;otherwise there would be backups from those drivers that believe they are always entitled to go first.

[Walter123]

So far you haven't convinced me that gates are a joke.

OK....So a priest, rabbi and a gate walk into a bar.........

[tomwed]

I don't believe the gates are a joke. I believe we have too many jokers playing jokes with the gates.

As Bogie aptly pointed out this topic is as common as the ones on dog poop.

The gates and their attendant serve the community well. The public roads and the virtual size of this community make it impractical to have a bona fide gated community. However the gates still help control traffic and the elaborate camera system assists an added security measure.

i often utilize the Morse gate and it would just be maddening without the gates.

In Minneapolis they use metered lanes and they serve well in merging traffic onto the interstate system;otherwise there would be backups from those drivers that believe they are always entitled to go first.
I have a possible solution.
Make the gate out of a very light Downspout, 10 ft., 2x3 In. Cut the Downspout at about 2 feet and attach a 6" strap hinge to the 3" side so that it can can open and close horizontally.
Velcro will keep it closed. I would fill the Downspout with Spray Foam Insulation. It should still weigh in at under 2 pounds.
The gate goes up and down so nothing needs to be changed from what we have now.
The big difference is that if you go through the gate before it opens, at impact, without breaking anything the gate will swing forward.

[The only other change is to set up the gate motor to turn off after impact and turn on again after the gate is put back in place. I can do that with a magnet or mercury switch]

[tomwed]

OK....So a priest, rabbi and a gate walk into a bar.........
hmmmmmmm

[Walter123]

So two gates walk into a strange bar and the bartender says "Hey, do you gates like to swing?"

Sometimes less is better.

[tomwed]

Sometimes less is better.
most times---

[Doro22]

What's the title of the thread?

I have a serious question. Why do some gates have a person who opens the gate, and some villages do not?

[tomwed]

I have a serious question. Why do some gates have a person who opens the gate, and some villages do not?
The cards work all the gates, with or without the attendant.
I don't know for sure but since you asked me I'm going to say that the attendants are in the most common areas and also serve as helpers in case you get lost or have a question. When I first moved down here I used them a lot for directions to the execs.

[and the first few days I was down here I would push the red button and when the squawk box said"Welcome to the Villages" I would introduce myself and tell the box my where I was going]

[outlaw]

OK....So a priest, rabbi and a gate walk into a bar.........

Good one.

[Allegiance]

I don't think a maintenance fee is paid by owners on the historic side.
Can anyone elaborate / confirm this? Ty

[njbchbum]

Can anyone elaborate / confirm this? Ty

Re the maintenance fee - I looked at my tax bill on-line and did not see it listed there. Checked a couple of others and not itemized on those either.

[dbussone]

Sounds like Irish Catholic guilt. Must be Catholics breaking the gates.


Probably, but not Italian Catholics, bless their hearts.

[virgind]

I guess you folks took my comment the wrong way.When I said they were a joke I meant that they can't keep them working.I see they are working on the one at Canal and Stillwater this morning. AGAIN Need to get a better system. No I dont sell security gates. And how did you throw religion in on this.

[CFrance]

Probably, but not Italian Catholics, bless their hearts.
Oh, that is funny.

NJbchbm, from my understanding, everyone pays a maintenance fee, but in some areas it is not separated out on the tax bill. When our new neighbors moved in from a CYV in a different area, they went ballistic upon seeing a maintenance fee on their tax bill. The lady called Sumter Cty and was told everyone pays one. Sumter lists theirs as such.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Count your blessings. The gates could be stuck closed instead of open.

https://theperfectjuggler.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/glass-technically-full.jpg

[dbussone]

I guess you folks took my comment the wrong way.When I said they were a joke I meant that they can't keep them working.I see they are working on the one at Canal and Stillwater this morning. AGAIN Need to get a better system. No I dont sell security gates. And how did you throw religion in on this.


Just to lighten up a topic that seems to be a little over the top. As for religion, I R an Italian Protestant- just so I won't be accused of anything discriminatory.

[Boomer]

Just to lighten up a topic that seems to be a little over the top. As for religion, I R an Italian Protestant- just so I won't be accused of anything discriminatory.

U R an oxymoron. :)

[RickeyD]

Just to lighten up a topic that seems to be a little over the top. As for religion, I R an Italian Protestant- just so I won't be accused of anything discriminatory.


Guess that makes you a WIP.

[tomwed]

Just to lighten up a topic that seems to be a little over the top. As for religion, I R an Italian Protestant- just so I won't be accused of anything discriminatory.
"I do like Ted Cruz, but not a lot of evangelicals come out of Cuba."
or protestants out of Italy.

[dbussone]

U R an oxymoron. :)


Glad you left IN the "oxy" part. Thank you.

[tomwed]

Glad you left IN the "oxy" part. Thank you.
A couple of weeks ago someone got angry with me and called me "a maroon". What can you say?

[RickeyD]

A couple of weeks ago someone got angry with me and called me "a maroon". What can you say?


Angry ? On TOTV, what moron would get angry over this game ?

[Walter123]

A couple of weeks ago someone got angry with me and called me "a maroon". What can you say?

What can you say???? You tell him that a maroon is a cookie.

[Bogie Shooter]

I guess you folks took my comment the wrong way.When I said they were a joke I meant that they can't keep them working.I see they are working on the one at Canal and Stillwater this morning. AGAIN Need to get a better system. No I dont sell security gates. And how did you throw religion in on this.

Some topics have been hashed over so much that the threads get hijacked rather quickly.
BTW the gates ain't gonna change...........................

[Topspinmo]

All gates need a gate keeper, to keep the non-believer's out!:pray:

[tomwed]

Maybe we could attach an inflatable doll to each one of the gates. That would slow you down or sober you up. We would dress them of course. Something appropriate for all of the holidays.

Has anyone thought of that before?

[rubicon]

A couple of weeks ago someone got angry with me and called me "a maroon". What can you say?

tomwed that was me but I meant to write mormon:D I'm such a sesquipedalian or is it a septuagenarian? Well it all has to do with me being an Italian Catholic with guilt. You see I boast that Mother Superior taught me the lesson of humility:D OK I am just happy because I had a few par's this morning. the other 7 holes didn't count.

[Polar Bear]

Some topics have been hashed over so much that the threads get hijacked rather quickly.

BTW the gates ain't gonna change...........................

Right on both counts.

[tomwed]

tomwed that was me but I meant to write mormon:D I'm such a sesquipedalian or is it a septuagenarian? Well it all has to do with me being an Italian Catholic with guilt. You see I boast that Mother Superior taught me the lesson of humility:D OK I am just happy because I had a few par's this morning. the other 7 holes didn't count.
I shot my age this morning! Tomorrow I'm going to play on a championship course.

[dbussone]

tomwed that was me but I meant to write mormon:D I'm such a sesquipedalian or is it a septuagenarian? Well it all has to do with me being an Italian Catholic with guilt. You see I boast that Mother Superior taught me the lesson of humility:D OK I am just happy because I had a few par's this morning. the other 7 holes didn't count.


Rubicon- mother superior tried to teach me humility also. She was using a method called hit the hand with a half inch square yard stick. When she swung down I moved my hand and that was the end of that yard stick. I started my reformation then by protesting.

So I R now an Italian Protestant.

[RickeyD]

Rubicon- mother superior tried to teach me humility also. She was using a method called hit the hand with a half inch square yard stick. When she swung down I moved my hand and that was the end of that yard stick. I started my reformation then by protesting.

So I R now an Italian Protestant.


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[Nucky]

Put a solid metal heavy duty bar inside the gate arm. After a few collisions that do damage to the people who break the gates and it costs them a couple dollars maybe they will wise up. Pain in the wallet is the best way to cure most problems. $$$$$$$

[RickeyD]

Put a solid metal heavy duty bar inside the gate arm. After a few collisions that do damage to the people who break the gates and it costs them a couple dollars maybe they will wise up. Pain in the wallet is the best way to cure most problems. $$$$$$$

They will sue for damages, costing us more.

[twoplanekid]

If you are interested, the VCCD is looking for "Gate Attendants/Fill in - $8.89 per hour". One Min. requirement is to "Be able to stand at gate and greet residents/guests for up to six hours at a time".

[dewilson58]

So far you haven't convinced me that gates are a joke.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

TV Gates.

TV Gates who?

...........

[RickeyD]

Knock, knock.



Who's there?



TV Gates.



TV Gates who?



...........


Who ? Bill Gates ?

[photo1902]

Who ? Bill Gates ?

:clap2:

[Mleeja]

I have an idea! Let's make them toll gates! With the funds collected we can pay for:

Sinking bridges
Replanting trees
Stripping the MMPs
Building indoor pools
And last but not least, pay for the repairs of the gates after people crash into them....

[tomwed]

I have an idea! Let's make them toll gates! With the funds collected we can pay for:

Sinking bridges
Replanting trees
Stripping the MMPs
Building indoor pools
And last but not least, pay for the repairs of the gates after people crash into them....

Toll roads, especially near the East Coast, are often called turnpikes; the term turnpike originated from pikes, which were long sticks that blocked passage until the fare was paid and the pike turned at a toll house (or toll booth in current terminology).
I'm from NJ, exit 5 on the turnpike.

[justjim]

I don't believe the gates are a joke. I believe we have too many jokers playing jokes with the gates.

As Bogie aptly pointed out this topic is as common as the ones on dog poop.

The gates and their attendant serve the community well. The public roads and the virtual size of this community make it impractical to have a bona fide gated community. However the gates still help control traffic and the elaborate camera system assists an added security measure.

i often utilize the Morse gate and it would just be maddening without the gates.

In Minneapolis they use metered lanes and they serve well in merging traffic onto the interstate system;otherwise there would be backups from those drivers that believe they are always entitled to go first.

You make several good points. I agree the gates are not a joke, rather they provide a measure of "safety" by helping to control and slow down the traffic in TV. Without them I hate to think how many more golf carts would get "creamed" by cars causing serious injury and perhaps more golf cart related fatalities in TV. :mad:

[looneycat]

A couple of weeks ago someone got angry with me and called me "a maroon". What can you say?

a good thing they didn't get violet! :angel:

[CFrance]

I bet that person gets road rouge too.

[tomwed]

My students named any stupid joke anyone made after me.
That felt pretty good.

[Polar Bear]

My students named any stupid joke anyone made after me...

Hard to believe. :)

[golfing eagles]

Hard to believe. :)

almost impossible:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[tomwed]

Hard to believe. :)
What's hard to believe?

[tomwed]

almost impossible:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
What's almost impossible?

[tomwed]

hmmmmm