Rumors

[iandwk]

I heard a new rumor about TV yesterday. My wife and were told that when one buys a home in TV, one is charged $50 for each electrical outlet on the home by the owners of TV. The lady who repeated this had no idea if this was monthly, annually, or a one time charge. She only knew that the person who told her was telling her the truth because she wouldn't lie about a thing like that.

My wife and I were also told by a friend who lives in Florida that there is a lot of promiscuity among folks who live here and we should avoid TV because of all the loose morals of the people here and all the STD's they spread. I envisoned people driving around on their golf carts with a bag of diseases spreading them like grass seed. Funny what people will believe.

In spite of all the negative things we heard, we are here and here to stay.

Bring on all the jealous rumors. I find them rather amusing.

What kind of rumors have the rest of you heard?

[saratogaman]

That's rich...you gave me the first laugh of the day!

[gonefromkent]

iandwk,
Those are NOT rumors. I personally know that all the homes east of the Brooklyn Bridge and south of 466a are charged $50.00 per outlet. Unless, it's 220v outlet then it's double.
As for the STD's, it depends upon the time of day you want to try getting an STD. Any time before 5pm is like happy hour and you can get two diseases for the price of one. After 5pm you're on your own and good luck with it.
I hope this has cleared up any concerns you might have about these very important topics....

[k2at]

Somebody told me the earth is flat!

[iandwk]

Somebody told me the earth is flat!


Not the Earth, just Florida. Flattest place I've seen. It helps our Prius get much better gas mileage. We jumped from 42 mpg to 48.

[BobKat1]

iandwk,
Those are NOT rumors. I personally know that all the homes east of the Brooklyn Bridge and south of 466a are charged $50.00 per outlet. Unless, it's 220v outlet then it's double.
As for the STD's, it depends upon the time of day you want to try getting an STD. Any time before 5pm is like happy hour and you can get two diseases for the price of one. After 5pm you're on your own and good luck with it.
I hope this has cleared up any concerns you might have about these very important topics....

I'm in!! Packing my bags right now! Whooo!

[Pturner]

I get a charge out of all my electrical outlets. At least, I hope I do.

[Rob Stevens]

Actually the STD story is rooted in fact. The link from Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html
The original link from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/retire_to_the_bedroom_Cc7ZfG20iWexuTKNixQhvO

[skip0358]

I for one don't really give a hoot. If you don't go looking for it you won't find it. If you visit Haiti you'll get AIDS, visit Mexico you'll get drugs, go to NY you'll get robbed. I moved to TV to be happy and that's what I am, Very Happy, that's what I was looking for and I found it. End of story.

[dillywho]

TV does not have exclusive rights to STD's......they're everywhere! Sounds like a little Sex Ed 101 is in order. Apparently, those most concerned think you can get 'em from drinking the water!:jester:

[Retired2]

Hmm....perhaps the real blame belongs to Viagra!

[Pturner]

Hmm....perhaps the real blame belongs to Viagra!

That and menopause.

Since singles in TV don't need birth control anymore, perhaps some are more careless about precautions.
:mornincoffee:

[Bogie Shooter]

:ohdear::blahblahblah:Actually the STD story is rooted in fact. The link from Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html
The original link from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/retire_to_the_bedroom_Cc7ZfG20iWexuTKNixQhvO

[Rob Stevens]

Blah all you want. Facts is facts, as they say. I say keep your pants zipped and it won't affect you.

[Bogie Shooter]

I guess anyone can write anything if it sells papers.

LADY LAKE, Fla. - It's 11 p.m. at the Bourbon Street Bar, and Roselyn's gyrating her hips to the blues band, Sue's sipping a cocktail and flirting with her new boyfriend, and Alan is scanning the crowd for cute girls.

"See those two?" a buxom blonde asks, pointing to an elegant couple at the bar. "They were caught having sex in their golf cart a few weeks ago. It happens a lot!" (This is one person's opinion....never even heard a rumor of this activity)Welcome to ground zero for geriatrics who are seriously getting it on.

It's a Thursday night at one of a half-dozen hot spots at the 20,000-acre Central Florida complex called The Villages, the largest gated retirement community in America - and one of the most popular destinations for New Yorkers in their golden years - where the female-to-male ratio runs 10 to 1. (What is this ratio based on?)
It's a widower's paradise, and the word on the street is that there's a big black market for Viagra. (Have never seen or heard of anyone buying out of a car trunk)
Though The Villages - which spans three counties with 40,000 homes and more than 70,000 residents - boasts 34 golf courses, nine country clubs, two downtown squares and a slew of restaurants and bars, getting lucky is one of the residents' primary pastimes. ( ...getting lucky....just another of the writers' opinions, as she implys all residents are involved.)
The huge complex began growing rapidly in the mid-1990s, and reported cases of gonorrhea rocketed from 152 to 245, of syphilis rose from 17 to 33, and of chlamydia from 52 to 115 among those 55 and older in Florida from 1995 to 2005. (This reads like a Florida statistic not for The Villages)

The state's sexually transmitted disease rate among those over 65 is one of the fastest growing in the country, one report claims. (So?)

In 2006, a local gynecologist reported that she treated more cases of herpes and human papillomavirus at The Villages than she did when she worked in Miami. (This doctor recanted those reports)
"I get offers for sex all the time," brags Dave, 70, who, like others who spoke about their sexually active set, asked that his real name not be used, "especially by women in their 70s. They say, 'Are you busy tonight? I'll show you a good time.' "

One overly charming lady-killer known as "Mr. Midnight" boasted of one of his conquests last year: "Absolutely beautiful. I've had her a few times. She comes over, takes a shower, jumps in bed, and then gets dressed and leaves. She's simply the best."

His story was told by Andrew Blechman, author of "Leisureville," about communities like The Villages. ( Its a known fact Blechman was never in The Villages)
"There is lots of romance around here," said Jean, a 63-year-old retired teacher. "But most of the men want a one-night meaningful relationship."

Her friend Louise agrees.

"A lot of the men down here are cheaper than heck," she says, "and a lot of the women are extremely brazen. Some girls will go into the parking lot with a man and come back a half-hour later like nothing happened!"

"We've had some of those complaints," said a laughing Lt. Laurie Davis of the Lady Lake Police Department, ticking off other offenses, like drunken driving in golf carts, illegal drug use, and bar fights. (....some of those complaints...what does this mean?)
"Whatever you know about 20-year-olds, it's the same with seniors," said Roselyn Shelley, 68, a divorced former dancer.

Sue Rice, a blonde who will only admit to being over 60 but who looks to be about 80 and dances like she's 14, has hooked up with Larry Tucker, an ex-banker about a decade her junior.

Tucker sports a gold charm around his neck that reads, "Bankers do it with interest."

"Feel this," Rice says, bouncing up from her bar stool and pinching her slim waist. "My body is the same as it was in high school! He can't keep up with me!"

According to Alan, a swarthy 62-year-old, there's a thriving black market for little blue Viagra pills.

"I did it once," he said. "I paid 12 bucks for a single pill."

Local cops just try to keep up.

"You see two 70-year-olds with canes fighting over a woman and you think, 'Oh, jeez,' " Lt. Davis said.


*Some names have been changed.

stefanie.cohen@nypost.com

[BlueHeronFan]

I heard a new rumor about TV yesterday. My wife and were told that when one buys a home in TV, one is charged $50 for each electrical outlet on the home by the owners of TV. The lady who repeated this had no idea if this was monthly, annually, or a one time charge. She only knew that the person who told her was telling her the truth because she wouldn't lie about a thing like that.

My wife and I were also told by a friend who lives in Florida that there is a lot of promiscuity among folks who live here and we should avoid TV because of all the loose morals of the people here and all the STD's they spread. I envisoned people driving around on their golf carts with a bag of diseases spreading them like grass seed. Funny what people will believe.

In spite of all the negative things we heard, we are here and here to stay.

Bring on all the jealous rumors. I find them rather amusing.

What kind of rumors have the rest of you heard?

Sounds like Bleckman has his crew out again.

[Soon2B]

Actually the STD story is rooted in fact. The link from Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html
The original link from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/retire_to_the_bedroom_Cc7ZfG20iWexuTKNixQhvO
We might suggest that STEFANIE COHEN the 'reporter' of the story cited visit a proctologist to improve her clarity of vision. But she's just doing her job of creative writing at the POST.

The New York Post has been owned by Rupert Murdoch who also began Fox News. In Mr. Murdoch's world 'facts' are what you make up to create your sensational 'news'. It is much cheaper that way and you can always 'prove' your point of view.

Murdoch has made billions selling rubbish to a gullible public...

[Pturner]

I guess anyone can write anything if it sells papers.

LADY LAKE, Fla. - It's 11 p.m. at the Bourbon Street Bar, and Roselyn's gyrating her hips to the blues band, Sue's sipping a cocktail and flirting with her new boyfriend, and Alan is scanning the crowd for cute girls.

"See those two?" a buxom blonde asks, pointing to an elegant couple at the bar. "They were caught having sex in their golf cart a few weeks ago. It happens a lot!" (This is one person's opinion....never even heard a rumor of this activity)Welcome to ground zero for geriatrics who are seriously getting it on.

It's a Thursday night at one of a half-dozen hot spots at the 20,000-acre Central Florida complex called The Villages, the largest gated retirement community in America - and one of the most popular destinations for New Yorkers in their golden years - where the female-to-male ratio runs 10 to 1. (What is this ratio based on?)
It's a widower's paradise, and the word on the street is that there's a big black market for Viagra. (Have never seen or heard of anyone buying out of a car trunk)
Though The Villages - which spans three counties with 40,000 homes and more than 70,000 residents - boasts 34 golf courses, nine country clubs, two downtown squares and a slew of restaurants and bars, getting lucky is one of the residents' primary pastimes. ( ...getting lucky....just another of the writers' opinions, as she implys all residents are involved.)
The huge complex began growing rapidly in the mid-1990s, and reported cases of gonorrhea rocketed from 152 to 245, of syphilis rose from 17 to 33, and of chlamydia from 52 to 115 among those 55 and older in Florida from 1995 to 2005. (This reads like a Florida statistic not for The Villages)

The state's sexually transmitted disease rate among those over 65 is one of the fastest growing in the country, one report claims. (So?)

In 2006, a local gynecologist reported that she treated more cases of herpes and human papillomavirus at The Villages than she did when she worked in Miami. (This doctor recanted those reports)
"I get offers for sex all the time," brags Dave, 70, who, like others who spoke about their sexually active set, asked that his real name not be used, "especially by women in their 70s. They say, 'Are you busy tonight? I'll show you a good time.' "

One overly charming lady-killer known as "Mr. Midnight" boasted of one of his conquests last year: "Absolutely beautiful. I've had her a few times. She comes over, takes a shower, jumps in bed, and then gets dressed and leaves. She's simply the best."

His story was told by Andrew Blechman, author of "Leisureville," about communities like The Villages. ( Its a known fact Blechman was never in The Villages)
"There is lots of romance around here," said Jean, a 63-year-old retired teacher. "But most of the men want a one-night meaningful relationship."

Her friend Louise agrees.

"A lot of the men down here are cheaper than heck," she says, "and a lot of the women are extremely brazen. Some girls will go into the parking lot with a man and come back a half-hour later like nothing happened!"

"We've had some of those complaints," said a laughing Lt. Laurie Davis of the Lady Lake Police Department, ticking off other offenses, like drunken driving in golf carts, illegal drug use, and bar fights. (....some of those complaints...what does this mean?)
"Whatever you know about 20-year-olds, it's the same with seniors," said Roselyn Shelley, 68, a divorced former dancer.

Sue Rice, a blonde who will only admit to being over 60 but who looks to be about 80 and dances like she's 14, has hooked up with Larry Tucker, an ex-banker about a decade her junior.

Tucker sports a gold charm around his neck that reads, "Bankers do it with interest."

"Feel this," Rice says, bouncing up from her bar stool and pinching her slim waist. "My body is the same as it was in high school! He can't keep up with me!"

According to Alan, a swarthy 62-year-old, there's a thriving black market for little blue Viagra pills.

"I did it once," he said. "I paid 12 bucks for a single pill."

Local cops just try to keep up.

"You see two 70-year-olds with canes fighting over a woman and you think, 'Oh, jeez,' " Lt. Davis said.


*Some names have been changed.

stefanie.cohen@nypost.com

Bogie, I agree that the New York Post piece is full of hype and unsubstantiated drivel. But I question your statement, "Its a known fact Blechman was never in The Villages."

How could this be a known fact? By whom? I'm not defending the book-- I found it entertaining but silly-- just asking how you could possibly know for a fact he was never in TV? :confused:

[Bogie Shooter]

Bogie, I agree that the New York Post piece is full of hype and unsubstantiated drivel. But I question your statement, "Its a known fact Blechman was never in The Villages."

How could this be a known fact? By whom? I'm not defending the book-- I found it entertaining but silly-- just asking how you could possibly know for a fact he was never in TV? :confused:

In one of the many previous posts on the book Leisureville it was stated; "there was evidence he had written the portion regarding TV from afar". There seemed to be agreement at the time that that was true.:shrug:
If it would clear up your confusion, I can retract that statement, since I do not have the time to go back and review the other posts and besides I have already given the author more that his fifteen minutes of fame.

[billethkid]

than 1% of the population.
There is also a rumor that before you close on your house in TV you have to show documented proof you have had the Northern air in your tires removed and completely replaced with authorized FL only air. If not then no closing.

btk

[SABRMnLgs]

What is a Standard Tracking Device used for? I prefer my G.P.S. Gets me from point A to point B just fine.

[Pturner]

What is a Standard Tracking Device used for? I prefer my G.P.S. Gets me from point A to point B just fine.

No silly. People here are on Salt Tablet Diets.

[graciegirl]

No silly. People here on on Salt Tablet Diets.

P?:angel::angel:

Is that the tablet that inhibits sexual desire?

[Pturner]

P?:angel::angel:

Is that the tablet that inhibits sexual desire?

I wouldn't know. :angel::angel:

[swrinfla]

Help! Another bunch of folks who've been drinking the fruit punch!

SWR
:beer3:

[FlaChic]

Hmmm.....I would not think that STD's would be exclusive to The Villages.....don't you get those from toilet seats and sitting on :crap2:a saddle????

[Pturner]

than 1% of the population.
There is also a rumor that before you close on your house in TV you have to show documented proof you have had the Northern air in your tires removed and completely replaced with authorized FL only air. If not then no closing.

btk

BTK,
That one must be true. Haven't you noticed how we're all so full of hot air?

[askcarl]

ya know...... I just love when techno capable peeps (those that can find and post on a website. this one) can't do something as simple as a Google search.


As concerns STDs and TV. All three counties where TV resides account for less than 3% of ALL STDs in the most recently posted data from the State of Florida.

Ref: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/std/trends/florida.html

Total for Lake/Marion/Sumter counties for 2008: 2879
Total for the State of Florida for 2008:96,957

Gees... The whole state of Florida didn't even make the Top Ten List.

http://www.avert.org/std-statistics-america.htm

WOW!!!! Don't shake hands or lick any toilet seats. Rampant in little Ol' TV.

The articles were written to slap a response. A stereotypical put down of a place of which these authors know nothing.

Can we give it a rest?

[Bogie Shooter]

:agree:
Well said. Including giving it a rest. R.I.P.

[graciegirl]

ya know...... I just love when techno capable peeps (those that can find and post on a website. this one) can't do something as simple as a Google search.


As concerns STDs and TV. All three counties where TV resides account for less than 3% of ALL STDs in the most recently posted data from the State of Florida.

Ref: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/std/trends/florida.html

Total for Lake/Marion/Sumter counties for 2008: 2879
Total for the State of Florida for 2008:96,957

Gees... The whole state of Florida didn't even make the Top Ten List.

http://www.avert.org/std-statistics-america.htm

WOW!!!! Don't shake hands or lick any toilet seats. Rampant in little Ol' TV.

The articles were written to slap a response. A stereotypical put down of a place of which these authors know nothing.

Can we give it a rest?

Where's the fun in that?:angel:

[Pturner]

Where's the fun in that?:angel:


Where indeed!

Say... I heard a rumor that STD's (Swimming Trunks and Dress) will be optional at one of the neighborhood pools in TV tomorrow from 9-11 a.m. :angel:

[Pats2010]

Where's the fun in that?:angel:

I'm with you. Party Poopers make me ornery.:22yikes:

[Vinny]

Actually the STD story is rooted in fact. The link from Foxnews: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html
The original link from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/retire_to_the_bedroom_Cc7ZfG20iWexuTKNixQhvO

One doctor made an unsubstantiated observation and it spread like wildfire because it sells books and newspapers. Funny thing about numbers is that twice as much could mean 2 verses 1 just as easily as 2000 verses 1000. In the first case the numbers are so small as to be statisically meaningless. in the latter it is significant. Statements from a doctor to the effect that he/she saw STD's more here than at a previous practice have no meaning without the numbers and comparison to a control group but sex sells and old sex sells more.

[Pturner]

I'm with you. Party Poopers make me ornery.:22yikes:

Hey, please be careful would ya! You can get STDs from that.

Oh.

You said onery.

Nevermind.

[Vinny]

ya know...... I just love when techno capable peeps (those that can find and post on a website. this one) can't do something as simple as a Google search.


As concerns STDs and TV. All three counties where TV resides account for less than 3% of ALL STDs in the most recently posted data from the State of Florida.

Ref: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/disease_ctrl/std/trends/florida.html

Total for Lake/Marion/Sumter counties for 2008: 2879
Total for the State of Florida for 2008:96,957

Gees... The whole state of Florida didn't even make the Top Ten List.

http://www.avert.org/std-statistics-america.htm

WOW!!!! Don't shake hands or lick any toilet seats. Rampant in little Ol' TV.

The articles were written to slap a response. A stereotypical put down of a place of which these authors know nothing.

Can we give it a rest?

Too many people accept everything they read as fact plus we seem to live in an age where if you believe something it must be true.

[graciegirl]

Too many people accept everything they read as fact plus we seem to live in an age where if you believe something it must be true.

I don't think many people who live here think that these rumors about all this STD transmission is true.

But I for one kind of enjoy thinking that those outside the bubble think that this is a rip roarin' place. It beats the heck out of people thinking we are all walking around with walkers and rocking on the porch. Although both are wrong, there may be a few doing both and maybe at the same time...

As PTurner says "I wouldn't know".:angel::angel:

[Pats2010]

I don't think many people who live here think that these rumors about all this STD transmission is true.

But I for one kind of enjoy thinking that those outside the bubble think that this is a rip roarin' place. It beats the heck out of people thinking we are all walking around with walkers and rocking on the porch. Although both are wrong, there may be a few doing both and maybe at the same time...

As PTurner says "I wouldn't know".:angel::angel:

What a wonderful thought. I would think that TV natives would cherish those images. It is proven that active people who exercise regularly act and feel younger. Personally, I would wear the rumors as a badge of honor knowing that TV has the same human "frailties" and weaknesses that the average city in the USA would surely have.

[Russ_Boston]

Where indeed!

Say... I heard a rumor that STD's (Swimming Trunks and Dress) will be optional at one of the neighborhood pools in TV tomorrow from 9-11 a.m. :angel:

Ummm, I'm busy.

[The Great Fumar]

I heard a new rumor about TV yesterday. My wife and were told that when one buys a home in TV, one is charged $50 for each electrical outlet on the home by the owners of TV. The lady who repeated this had no idea if this was monthly, annually, or a one time charge. She only knew that the person who told her was telling her the truth because she wouldn't lie about a thing like that......

What kind of rumors have the rest of you heard?

Actually what you heard is based on truth ...Its $50.00 for each EXTRA outlet that you have put in at construction time......All house plans are pre-appoved by the county building codes dept.....If you want a change made then they have to go to the county to get approval.....and their is a charge for that ......I wanted a three-way switch changed to a different outlet on a courtyard villa and was told that couldn't be done ....this was in 2003...I'm sure some things have changed by now.......by the way , Its a one time charge..........

Electrified Fumar ....:rant-rave:

[Pturner]

Ummm, I'm busy.

Are you making fun of me, Riz? Urrr, Russ?

[duffysmom]

Where indeed!

Say... I heard a rumor that STD's (Swimming Trunks and Dress) will be optional at one of the neighborhood pools in TV tomorrow from 9-11 a.m. :angel:



:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[eremite06]

Speaking of "sex sells"....I heard there was a number of.....shall we say....."ladies of the evening," busted at one of our outdoor bistros in LSL. Also some spotted at KB's. This related second hand from an employee of same.:shrug: Don't shoot the messenger!!!!

[Bogie Shooter]

Speaking of "sex sells"....I heard there was a number of.....shall we say....."ladies of the evening," busted at one of our outdoor bistros in LSL. Also some spotted at KB's. This related second hand from an employee of same.:shrug: Don't shoot the messenger!!!!

:rolleyes: .....and I have some nice land for sale in south Florida, I can send you a brochure......

[iandwk]

During my time in the Navy, I entertained myself and some of my shipmates by starting rumors. Sometimes it wouldn't take but a couple of hours before the rumor came back, and it always had a lot of extra good stuff added to it. A ship full of young men is one of the most gossipy places on earth.

One thing that has always amazed me is that by the time the rumor got back to be, the one who told it would almost always swear that it was true.

Fun stuff, these rumors.

[eremite06]

:rolleyes: .....and I have some nice land for sale in south Florida, I can send you a brochure......

No thanks. I sold my land in S. Florida last Oct. But, I did confirm with the present manager at that outside bistro that the aforementioned was true.:boxing2: