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BobnBev 02-27-2013 06:22 PM

I have to vent!!!!!
 
I was crossing the street today, at LSL, by Panera Bread. I was half way across, in the crosswalk, when this old,AND I DO MEAN OLD,man in a golf cart almost hit me. He never slowed down. I screamed at him, but he never flinched or even acknowledged that I was there. I think I'll buy a paint ball gun.:rant-rave::swear:

NIPAS K-9 02-27-2013 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 633817)
I was crossing the street today, at LSL, by Panera Bread. I was half way across, in the crosswalk, when this old,AND I DO MEAN OLD,man in a golf cart almost hit me. He never slowed down. I screamed at him, but he never flinched or even acknowledged that I was there. I think I'll buy a paint ball gun.:rant-rave::swear:

well you answered it yourself, you did say old man............ apparently he cant see well and sure cant hear.............. so its up to you to be careful crossing the street and watch out. As we age we dont see or hear as well. Great thing about the .....v.......... is when you are too old to drive a car, you still can drive a golft cart as long as you can crawl into it and push the pedals.

gomoho 02-27-2013 06:36 PM

I like you paint ball gun idea - may sure you get a background check!

sjdjmd 02-27-2013 06:42 PM

I think he was out again this evening
 
My husband and I decided to go for a drive this evening in our golf cart. As we were waiting for the oncoming traffic in all lanes to clear at Old Mill Road, a golf cart pulled up behind us, and the guy kept yelling...Go! Go! He obviously couldn't see all of the traffic. When we got to the driveway at Arnold Palmer, he started yelling again even though he obviously couldn't see the cars and motorcycle that we were waiting on. Finally, my husband pulled over, and as he roared around us, he was still yelling. A very sad, dangerous situation.

Harleyman 02-27-2013 06:44 PM

I learned not long after we started coming to the Villages that it is not safe to cross any crosswalk in the Villages unless my eyes are locked into the eyes of the driver of the vehicle or golf car coming towards me. People are so in la la ville that they just don't pay attention to the crosswalks. I really believe that it is more dangerous to cross a walk in Lake Sumpter than it would be in downtown New York city (although I have never been in downtown New York city.

Scoops 02-27-2013 07:16 PM

If you can't see well or hear well, you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car or a golf car. Aaaargh.....

blueash 02-27-2013 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Harleyman (Post 633834)
I learned not long after we started coming to the Villages that it is not safe to cross any crosswalk in the Villages unless my eyes are locked into the eyes of the driver of the vehicle or golf car coming towards me. People are so in la la ville that they just don't pay attention to the crosswalks. I really believe that it is more dangerous to cross a walk in Lake Sumpter than it would be in downtown New York city (although I have never been in downtown New York city.

Gracie will be here soon.

Trish Miller 02-27-2013 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by scoops (Post 633851)
if you can't see well or hear well, you shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car or a golf car. Aaaargh.....

agreed!!!!!

skyguy79 02-27-2013 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 633817)
I was crossing the street today, at LSL, by Panera Bread. I was half way across, in the crosswalk, when this old, AND I DO MEAN OLD, man in a golf cart almost hit me. He never slowed down. I screamed at him, but he never flinched or even acknowledged that I was there. I think I'll buy a paint ball gun.:rant-rave::swear:

Oh no! Don't tell me that Mr. McGoo lives here in The Villages!!!

http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com...4cefa08bd3.jpg

graciegirl 02-27-2013 08:16 PM

We have OLD people living in The Villages? Imagine that, next thing you know we will be having retired people too and members of a certain political party.

And there is no Pee in Lake Sumter.

Sigh.

Gracie, the old.

If he annoyed you I will go beat him up but please don't call him old. There are lots of us who are who live here and we are sensitive and surprised. I have no idea how it happened.

cquick 02-27-2013 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by skyguy79 (Post 633862)
Oh no! Don't tell me that Mr. McGoo lives here in The Villages!!!

http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com...4cefa08bd3.jpg

yes, oh yes, he does! Him and all his relatives!

tommy steam 02-27-2013 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 633817)
I was crossing the street today, at LSL, by Panera Bread. I was half way across, in the crosswalk, when this old,AND I DO MEAN OLD,man in a golf cart almost hit me. He never slowed down. I screamed at him, but he never flinched or even acknowledged that I was there. I think I'll buy a paint ball gun.:rant-rave::swear:

A water pistol would be fun also.:jester:

redwitch 02-27-2013 08:45 PM

Gracie .. maybe the posse should start standing at crosswalks and take aim at those who are aged challenged (that better?) to get their attention? While we're at it, how about t-shirts that say "there's no Pee in Lake Sumter" (thanks njbeachbum for the oh-so-wonderful idea)?

graciegirl 02-27-2013 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 633913)
Gracie .. maybe the posse should start standing at crosswalks and take aim at those who are aged challenged (that better?) to get their attention? While we're at it, how about t-shirts that say "there's no Pee in Lake Sumter" (thanks njbeachbum for the oh-so-wonderful idea)?

How about....still alive and kicking but not good drivers?

Bill32 02-27-2013 10:04 PM

I seeeeeeeee old people............................................ ..........I like the ones that blow through the yield sign on the roundabouts with white knuckles looking straight ahead with a look of terror on their face?? Twice I met head on a driver going the wrong way around the roundabout, stimulating but dangerous..........oh..............I am the old people...........


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