Wish list

[RmaryR1955!!!]

Wish and hope for a Hobby Lobby in south villages off Meggison and Warm Springs.
👍👍👍👍👍👍

[tophcfa]

Wish the developers would get moving on restoring the ratio of Championship golf holes, relative to the number of villages residents, to what it was when Belle Glade opened about seven years ago. I know it won't happen, but one can wish.

[vintageogauge]

My wish is to never see another political ad or post until I die. I would like to watch the evening news and actually hear and see news instead of politics. I would like to hear and see what is going on in the world and at home but really don't care what is going on in Washington or state capitals. I'm also wishing for a time that I am no longer forced to watch 1950's TV Series as there is very little else on that I find entertaining, I've seen most of them now. Most of all I wish for the pandemic to end so we can sort of get things back to normal knowing that what used to be normal no longer will be.

[sunny56]

I have such a problem with masks (claustrophobic), I just wish this epidemic would end so I can browse in any store without complete anxiety. Would definitely love a hobby lobby though, that would be nice.

[New Englander]

At Trailwinds Village, I wish they would build a Costco, Wegmans, Trader Joes, Hobby Lobby, and Dairy Queen.

[patfla06]

At Trailwinds Village, I wish they would build a Costco, Wegmans, Trader Joes, Hobby Lobby, and Dairy Queen.

I would love all these businesses but would not want Costco on 466A because the traffic would be horrific.
Better if it were on 44.

Dairy Queen could be dangerous ☺️.

[Tom52]

I wish they would open a Portillo's somewhere close to TV.

[coffeebean]

I've never been to a Hobby Lobby. Is it better than Michael's?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

My wishes:

The winning powerball ticket. My list of all the things I might do with that money is too long to post here, even after taxes.

[John41]

Wish for a fourth square announcement with a classic rock theme.

[Gpsma]

Wish the developers would get moving on restoring the ratio of Championship golf holes, relative to the number of villages residents, to what it was when Belle Glade opened about seven years ago. I know it won't happen, but one can wish.

Wish golfers, the biggest complainers in the Villages, would realize the sport is dead and the esteemed Developer knows it.

[New Englander]

I've never been to a Hobby Lobby. Is it better than Michael's?

Never been in Michael's so don't know.

[Retiring]

I've never been to a Hobby Lobby. Is it better than Michael's?

I used to really enjoy Hobby Lobby. It was a real hobby store (from a guy’s perspective) models, RC stuff, everything to build a beautiful plastic or RC kit. Now it’s a different store, more arts and crafts, hard pressed to tell the difference from a Michael’s. Miss the old Hobby Lobby.

[Retiring]

Carvel please :)

[tophcfa]

Wish I was 18 years old again, but with the knowledge I have accumulated as an old man.

[brfree1411@aol.com]

Yes, Hobby Lobby is larger has more inventory & great sales.

[golf2140]

I wish that they never started installing L E D lights on the front of golf carts. Those driving them may be able to see a little better but they blind the on coming golf carts !!!!!!!

[Marathon Man]

Wish golfers, the biggest complainers in the Villages, would realize the sport is dead and the esteemed Developer knows it.

Not dead, but certainly not booming.

I just looked at tee times for tomorrow. Lots of available spots. 27 holes coming next year at Sawgrass. Seems ok to me.

[Polar Bear]

Wish golfers, the biggest complainers in the Villages, would realize the sport is dead and the esteemed Developer knows it.
It's definitely not as popular with the younger generations, and that very much justifies consideration from the developers. But to call the sport dead is imo a major exaggeration. It is still very much alive and kicking. :)

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

So - a few things I'd buy that are on my wish list, if I got my first wish: to win powerball:

1. A Cold Stone Creamery near Papa John's pizza in Lady Lake Crossing.
2. A food co-op on 441 in Summerville, or possibly down 441 nearer to Leesburg. Featuring (but not exclusively) local foods, locally crafted products (such as soaps), re-usable and re-purposeable stuff with a vintage clothing store on the side of the building. With a little coffee cafe that has an open mic night on Mondays and brews coffee from local roasters. A real bohemian experience for the niche that would love it, and can't get it anywhere else (other than Mt. Dora, where each thing is in a bunch of different stores, none right there in one spot).
3. A Freedom Center for homeless people living in the Ocala Forest. Where they can take free showers (outdoor solar showers), free blankets, free backpacks, free fresh filtered water, free cell phone charging stations, free books, free meals, free NEW underwear, free social services resources, appointments with pro-bono lawyers, jobs services including placement and training, free urgent care medical clinic, free nutritional guidance from people who know how to get the best bang out of SNAP payments, and transitional shelter for victims of spousal abuse and their kids. And a free outpatient rehab clinic for people who are addicted to drugs and want to get sober. This one project would probably cost a few dozen million dollars but if I won powerball even after taxes I wouldn't miss the coin at all.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

2. A food co-op on 441 in Summerville, or possibly down 441 nearer to Leesburg. Featuring (but not exclusively) local foods, locally crafted products (such as soaps), re-usable and re-purposeable stuff with a vintage clothing store on the side of the building. With a little coffee cafe that has an open mic night on Mondays and brews coffee from local roasters. A real bohemian experience for the niche that would love it, and can't get it anywhere else (other than Mt. Dora, where each thing is in a bunch of different stores, none right there in one spot).
3. A Freedom Center for homeless people living in the Ocala Forest. Where they can take free showers (outdoor solar showers), free blankets, free backpacks, free fresh filtered water, free cell phone charging stations, free books, free meals, free NEW underwear, free social services resources, appointments with pro-bono lawyers, jobs services including placement and training, free urgent care medical clinic, free nutritional guidance from people who know how to get the best bang out of SNAP payments, and transitional shelter for victims of spousal abuse and their kids. And a free outpatient rehab clinic for people who are addicted to drugs and want to get sober. This one project would probably cost a few dozen million dollars but if I won powerball even after taxes I wouldn't miss the coin at all.

A “bohemian” vibe in the Villages area?!? I’m with ya, but we’re grossly outnumbered (as if you didn’t notice). It’ll happen, but I think we’re a long ways off.

It could be the Woodstock generation here, but somehow we got Ozzie and Harriet instead (I’m not complaining, so no need to say “leave then”. I love everybody. It’s just an observation.)

I’d welcome and support your other progressive visions but just reading them underscores the reality that people think like that in other parts of our country, but not so much here. Free underwear, food and medicine? I’m not touching that. How do you spell dichotomous?

Next you’ll be calling for smoke ins, poetry slams and free education!

As for me, I wish for more diversity and harmony in the Villages, for starters.

[John_W]

Wish golfers, the biggest complainers in the Villages, would realize the sport is dead and the esteemed Developer knows it.

The biggest complaints are usually the courses are too crowded, lack of teetimes, slow play, you seem a bit out of touch with what is going on around you. Next time you're on Morse look over at Havana or Mallory when you go by, are golfers on every hole or is place empty and dead? The Golf Fest every March, why are 10,000 people showing up every year if the sport is dead? If it wasn't for the golf courses, I would be living on the Gulf coast somewhere and the developer knows that.

https://www.golfthevillages.com/golf-festival/img/portfolio/golf-festival4.jpg

[stanley]

Wish golfers, the biggest complainers in the Villages, would realize the sport is dead
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[LiverpoolWalrus]

are golfers on every hole or is place empty and dead?

Yep, eventually all the golf courses will close and be converted to coffee shops, neighborhood music venues and parks where the new generation of young senior Bohemians will run around barefoot playing frisbee and smoking their herb of choice. Right, OBB? :)

[Stu from NYC]

So when is TJ;s and Costco coming?

Sorry could not resist.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

A “bohemian” vibe in the Villages area?!? I’m with ya, but we’re grossly outnumbered (as if you didn’t notice). It’ll happen, but I think we’re a long ways off.

It could be the Woodstock generation here, but somehow we got Ozzie and Harriet instead (I’m not complaining, so no need to say “leave then”. I love everybody. It’s just an observation.)

I’d welcome and support your other progressive visions but just reading them underscores the reality that people think like that in other parts of our country, but not so much here. Free underwear, food and medicine? I’m not touching that. How do you spell dichotomous?

Next you’ll be calling for smoke ins, poetry slams and free education!

As for me, I wish for more diversity and harmony in the Villages, for starters.

I was actually thinking all those people who came from Manhattan and Boston and San Francisco, and became teenagers in the 1960's and 1970's, or even enjoyed beat poetry/Alan Ginsberg in the 1950's would have had exposure to the boho life to one extent or another. I'm also fairly sensitive to the plight of the homeless, having spent several years living among them (not AS one - but WITH them, it's a counter-culture in Boston where I lived for 7 years).

Some people just aren't capable of living in a house or apartment. I don't necessarily agree with 100% government handouts. But I do believe we, as fellow human beings, need to be more sensitive, more caring, and more conscious of their existence and their humanity. Some of them have amazing stories to tell, if only someone would spend time listening to them.

Anyway - that generation of people - who would have been teenagers during this period - are now the retirees looking for their Place in the Sun. Some of them will come here. I'd love to see more variety for them - for us. Since - they are me. And apparently you too!

Peace, love, and crunchy granola, dude.

PS: don't bogart that joint.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Yep, eventually all the golf courses will close and be converted to coffee shops, neighborhood music venues and parks where the new generation of young senior Bohemians will run around barefoot playing frisbee and smoking their herb of choice. Right, OBB? :)

Well to be fair, I'd have a few miniature golf courses with those neato windmills and dinosaurs that open their huge mouths on a timer and you have to get the ball in JUST at the right moment so it goes down the critter's throat and comes out the tail end near the hole on the green.

[New Englander]

Well to be fair, I'd have a few miniature golf courses with those neato windmills and dinosaurs that open their huge mouths on a timer and you have to get the ball in JUST at the right moment so it goes down the critter's throat and comes out the tail end near the hole on the green.

Now you're talkin! :coolsmiley:

[stanley]

Me thinks a few here have been hitting the egg nog a little early

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Me thinks a few here have been hitting the egg nog a little early

Clearly you have no sense of adventure, son.

[stanley]

Clearly you have no sense of adventure, son.

Well to be fair, I'd have a few miniature golf courses with those neato windmills and dinosaurs that open their huge mouths on a timer and you have to get the ball in JUST at the right moment so it goes down the critter's throat and comes out the tail end near the hole on the green.

Clearly your sense of "adventure" and mine are two totally different things.

[La lamy]

HEALTH!!! Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy emotions. A girl can dream, but also try real hard to make it happen.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

HEALTH!!! Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy emotions. A girl can dream, but also try real hard to make it happen.

Bingo! It's reassuring to know more and more people are slowly becoming aware of the importance of healthy emotions. I have to believe doctors are smart enough to know the correlation between emotions and physical health. Why they don't talk about it more is the eighth wonder of the world.

Mind/Body Connection: How Emotions Affect Health (https://familydoctor.org/mindbody-connection-how-your-emotions-affect-your-health/)

[thelegges]

Wished I would have stayed home, instead of playing golf in the COLD. My wishes are pretty simple

[Mendy]

It's definitely not as popular with the younger generations, and that very much justifies consideration from the developers. But to call the sport dead is imo a major exaggeration. It is still very much alive and kicking. :)

Tee time’s are 99% filled.......10,000 golfers per day. Golf isn’t dead in TV.