Gods Waiting Room

[CarGuys]

I was at my local dealership up here and the manager was enjoying the pics I was showing him on-line from the Villages. Also the Village Web site etc.

He was getting ready to head to Daytona and wanted to visit TV while on his week vacation

All was good and he was excited for our upcoming move in June

Then it happened AGAIN! A nosy customer looked over our shoulders and stated. "Ohhhh your leaving NY just to go to Florida. God's waiting Room!"

Does this make any one of you guys upset like it gets to me!

What the Heck I said. Can you please explain the difference of waiting to die in NY vs Florida. Your still going to die some day.

Gosh I'm tired of hearing this from ignorant people. Your thoughts?

[Barefoot]

I was at my local dealership up here and the manager was enjoying the pics I was showing him on-line from the Villages. Also the Village Web site etc. He was getting ready to head to Daytona and wanted to visit TV while on his week vacation All was good and he was excited for our upcoming move in June

Then it happened AGAIN! A nosy customer looked over our shoulders and stated. "Ohhhh your leaving NY just to go to Florida. God's waiting Room!"

Does this make any one of you guys upset like it gets to me!

What the Heck I said. Can you please explain the difference of waiting to die in NY vs Florida. Your still going to die some day. Gosh I'm tired of hearing this from ignorant people. Your thoughts?

Some people just think it is hilarious to refer to Florida as "God's Waiting Room :blahblahblah:." That "joke" has cobwebs on it. Everyone has to spend their golden years somewhere. I'd rather do it here in the sunshine then in New York!

[skyguy79]

Believe it or not, that's the first time I heard that expression. Anyway, perhaps the response to that jealous person could be... "It's not a waiting room here on earth, but rather it's a little peice of heaven here on earth!"

[CarGuys]

Believe it or not, that's the first time I heard that expression. Anyway, perhaps the response to that jealous person could be... "It's not a waiting room here on earth, but rather it's a little peice of heaven here on earth!"

As Gracie has told me I'm quite in mellow retirement mode yet. Told the *@$%^* I have seen 70+ year olds in Fla playing gold working out having fun and still that could kick his butt.!

Aghhhhhhhh

[BostonCelt]

...Can you please explain the difference of waiting to die in NY vs Florida. Your still going to die some day.

It's all about getting acclimated for that big Final Trip. In TV you're learning to live in Heaven; in NY, you're already living....um.......elsewhere.....less heavenly.

Based on 25 yrs in Upstate NY and 2.5 months in FL......

[2 Oldcrabs]

It is just a joke! Being 58 years old and meeting my new Doctor, he told me I was just a "kid" down here. In De they called me "old fart".:a040:

[tainsley]

A couple from the Villages pass and go up to heaven.

St. Peter meets them at the Pearly Gates. He asks the couple, "Where are you from?".

The couple replies with enthusiasm, "The Villages, Florida".

St. Peter replies, "I don't think you are going to like it here!".

I say if Florida is Heaven's waiting room, I hope I wait here in The Villages at least another 25 years!

[Figmo Bohica]

CarGuys, just so that you know:

"There is no cure for stupid, but ignorance can be fixed."

All that person needed was a little educating on how nice it is living down this way.

Welcome to TV and have lots of fun. I am.

[skip0358]

I used to be from NY now I'm from TV. I have to wait for the next move and I'm in the best damn place there is to wait. Leaving NY was the best thing we did. Never been so relaxed in my life. As others have said my maker can take his time calling me. At least 25 more would be great. Thanks for the GREAT waiting room and our new found friends!! To he-- with the comments!

[daca55]

Some people just think it is hilarious to refer to Florida as "God's Waiting Room :blahblahblah:." That "joke" has cobwebs on it. Everyone has to spend their golden years somewhere. I'd rather do it here in the sunshine then in New York!

Well said!!:agree:

[blaZen]

To make matters worse, some vandal slapped an Orangeman decal on ya vehicle:D

[cappyjon431]

Because I'm only 50, I've heard that phrase from lots of my friends and family since my move here. It doesn't bother me in the least. I may be a relative youngster here, but I learned a LONG time ago that I can't control the perceptions, words or thoughts of others so it's pointless to let those things bother me. In the mean time, I concentrate my energy on enjoying it here.

[graciegirl]

I so relate. A couple of weeks ago there was the joke discussed about a comedian calling us "Death adjacent". I was so hurt and mad.

If we are lucky most of us will grow older, and so will he.

But....if that guy ever visits here, he will soon see how smart we are to live here. Now even forty somethings are trying to move in!

Next week I expect to see a post from someone newly graduating from college who wants to find a job and home here.

[Happinow]

When you think about it, aren't we all in Gods Waiting Room? It's just that those that choose to wait in TV are waiting with a song in their hearts, sunshine on their face and a spring in their step. I feel I've got a secret just knowing where I'm going to live and others have no idea what it's all about. Most likely, they are closer to the waiting room door than we are....

[skyguy79]

It's all about getting acclimated for that big Final Trip. In TV you're learning to live in Heaven; in NY, you're already living....um.......elsewhere.....less heavenly.

Based on 25 yrs in Upstate NY and 2.5 months in FL......For me it was 64 years in NY and at the same time I worked for that less heavenly place for more than 30 years. It's called the DMV!

With St. Patrick's Day coming up I'm reminded about an Irish folk song that was written many years ago by the name of "A Little Bit of Heaven (http://youtu.be/QCGpvVH41Iw)." You can click the title to listen to it. It's a beautiful song! If a new version were being written today, it could just as easily be about The Villages in addition to the Irish version!

[Mikeod]

I first heard about "God's Waiting Room" on a golf board I subscribe to when another poster on the board mentioned TV as a potential retirement spot. Someone responded that there was no way he could be happy living amongst a bunch of "blue hairs" shuffling about in God's Waiting Room. I had to laugh because I have seen more people jogging, walking, running, golfing, and otherwise being very active here than I saw in 30 years in SoCal. I posted back that I was glad he wasn't coming since we had no time here to re-educate him on what we do and how we live. We are too busy.

[CarGuys]

Says it all SkyGuy!

I ain't no Angel

I still got a few more dances with the devil

I'm cleanin up my act, little by little

I'm getting there

I can finally stand the man in the mirror I see

I ain't as good as I'm gonna get

But I'm better than I used to be


TIM MCGRAW - BETTER THAN I USED TO BE LYRICS

[CarGuys]

To make matters worse, some vandal slapped an Orangeman decal on ya vehicle:D

The Vehicle I am show in is a California built Toyota protype Plug in Prius.

They delivered 6 of these to SU's Center of Excellence in Syracuse. On their back bumpers was a HUGE ORANGE SU LOGO

Worked great in Fog!

GO SU!

[John_W]

I lived in St. Petersburg from 1959 to 1977, so I grew up in this atmosphere. I remember once during Johnny Carson's monologue he had made a trip to St. Pete and called it "the town of the walking dead'. It was in the St. Pete Times the next morning, I thought it was funny and I was probably in my 20's then. It is what it is.

[Jhooman]

Hey

Just ignore these fools! Thank goodness you have choices and you have chosen a grand play yard. I love being here, I see more active folks than California, with a smile on their faces.

Put your mute button on and your vision on your dream, not their foolish comments.

Rock on dude.

[2 Oldcrabs]

I like "God's waiting room", It's better than the "devil's waiting room"! :throwtomatoes:

[senior citizen]

I so relate. A couple of weeks ago there was the joke discussed about a comedian calling us "Death adjacent". I was so hurt and mad.

If we are lucky most of us will grow older, and so will he.

But....if that guy ever visits here, he will soon see how smart we are to live here. Now even forty somethings are trying to move in!

Next week I expect to see a post from someone newly graduating from college who wants to find a job and home here.

Gracie...you are right on target, once again.

Yesterday our carpenter was here to discuss us adding on a 3 season sunroom off our kitchen on the existing deck.....(screened in porch addition). He is 40 years old, our son's age. Well, he was "singing the praises" of THE VILLAGES. His mom retired to Barefoot Bay which is near Sebastian Inlet........but while taking his two teenagers "touring colleges" in Florida........they wound up near Orlando and decided to "take a look at THE VILLAGES" as he kept hearing from people up north here how great it was.

Well, he LOVED IT. And told us so. HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
Many young folks DO LOVE IT. I just gave him one of my maps and an extra portfolio with the video and houseplans, etc. The place sells itself.

When people are ready....."they will come".

In the case of 40 year olds, they have to wait the 15 years but they can dream. And.....we had an exceptionally warm winter up here. Yesterday it was over 70 degrees in Vermont........unusual for March, to say the least.
But no leaves on the trees, etc., etc.

[Schaumburger]

Because I'm only 50, I've heard that phrase from lots of my friends and family since my move here. It doesn't bother me in the least. I may be a relative youngster here, but I learned a LONG time ago that I can't control the perceptions, words or thoughts of others so it's pointless to let those things bother me. In the mean time, I concentrate my energy on enjoying it here.

Excellent post! I'm a whole year older than you, and some people in my family think I'm crazy to be planning for a move that I probably won't be making for a few years yet (unless I win the Lottery)! But if I have moving to TV as my goal, it makes those 50 hour work weeks a little more tolerable.

[ssmith]

I am up North and I live on a street of many older folks and it seems they are the ones waiting. You see they never go out or do anything...just sitting and waiting but not the folks in the Villages...they don't have anytime for waiting..they are full throttle busy having fun!!!

[SALYBOW]

As a chaplain at the Villages hospital I not only hear this all the time I see it in action. In my line of work I have occasion to witness many passings and the predominant feeling about that phrase is that at least we have the good fortune of living in paradise while we are working toward getting there.
I don't want to sound callous but no one that I know of has figured a way to avoid life's passages. Death is a fact of life but... we don't have to freeze our tushies off:cold: while we live our life to the fullest. That does it for me.

[CarGuys]

As a chaplain at the Villages hospital I not only hear this all the time I see it in action. In my line of work I have occasion to witness many passings and the predominant feeling about that phrase is that at least we have the good fortune of living in paradise while we are working toward getting there.
I don't want to sound callous but no one that I know of has figured a way to avoid life's passages. Death is a fact of life but... we don't have to freeze our tushies off:cold: while we live our life to the fullest. That does it for me.

Agree! And the next statement is "Ohhh your moving to Florida!" Well I know so and so and they are moving back from Florida- They hate it! It's to Hot.

Heck we were almost as Hot as Flroida with the same humudity here in Central NY last summer!

Geee Wiz!