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Tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 on Inside Edition.

I wonder how many points our collective blood pressure will rise? Here's a trailer; http://link.brightcove.com/services/...=3799843499001

Oh well, just made our property values rise.

You are right, Kiddo, I would rather we be described as sexy, rather than senile. But savvy would be my pick.

I'd rather watch Vanna White and Alex Trebek's shows on ABC.

Here we go again the STD debacle

Sleazy reporting !! :ohdear:

I hope my family and friends up north don't watch this show. My phone will be ringing off the hook and I'm not in the mood to defend TV all night. Although, I will if need be.

There's so many wonderful, beautiful, positive topics about living here and they had to pick this sleazy subject. Sex sells and it's pathetic.

Me too. I will record it and watch it tomorrow.

Z

Such a shame that this is their idea of news !!
It was great meeting you last night !!

How silly is this.. Why is the younger generation jealous of us baby-boomers and make us out to be wild and sex crazed. There are a few exceptions to every rule of course...

They are jealous Mrs. Arby because....we are retired.

Ah yes, the joy of it. No one telling us what we must do and no deadlines to meet.

Just let the poor souls dither on. We have the upper hand.

I decided to record it for laughs. I have never watched this show so...

I have met so many people in TV since living here for the past year.

None of them sleazy, sex crazed ( unless they are at home, but then knock yourself out ) or disorderly drunk. I know many single people and many couples. We are all just nice people. So let the show have their piece on First Edition and let all the folks up north think that we are all wild and crazy.:spoken:

the whole piece really wasn't bad

I think the people here are more food obsessed than sexually addicted.

Oh boy the calls and FB messages have begun. The show aired earlier up north and it's definitely sex related. I'll be busy all evening trying to tell them the true picture.

And don't forget bargain shopping obsessed.

I cannot wait to get down their and enjoy in the fun you all are having. Hope I am not disappointed. LOL!

Go to Inside Edition Facebook page and tell them what you thought of the TV clip. I did, people should know the truth.

Why not feed the fantasies? Have fun with it!

I would much rather everybody think we actually were wild and sex crazed old farts than find out all we care about is dog poop and roundabouts!

Well, that puts in perspective! :agree:

Blue pills like candy...Alleve?

Well, good lord. Nine or ten people having drinks and lifting their glasses for the camera. A small handful of folks dancing on the square. The narrator did his best to hype it to the moon, but anyone watching would see nothing but a few people in their 60s-70s out and about at a local restaurant.

It is annoying that not a single person on the Inside Edition staff could be bothered to do a 30-second Internet search to find the correct demographics. Women do not outnumber men 10 to 1! Of course, Blechman is still sticking to his ridiculous story.

Some humorous posts here. Thanks for the laughs. But seriously, we didn't think the Inside Edition spot was that bad. Agree that the book author was just trying to make a buck for himself. We don't respect people who do not live here, yet pass judgment. TV is a beautiful, pleasant place to live with so many opportunities. Yes, they are just green with envy!

Yes, if given a choice between these two options, sexy is my pick as well.

In addition, the "lowest common denominator" type media is going to predictably be sensationalist to up their viewings, and what sells better than sex?

I think the guy who wrote the story looks like a real grub.
He's just jealous that he couldn't get a date here if he tried, heck he probably couldn't any action in a Las Vegas whorehouse, with a handful of $20's. Just my take on the whole thing. :spoken:

The aggravating part of that clip was the ridiculous sentence given to the sex on the square couple. Anybody in a large city must think we still make people wear scarlet letters.

Something is wrong, I rate myself about an 8, been here 3 months
been looking and haven't scored yet, something is wrong and it's not me

amen

Thanks to all of you for calming me down. I was livid; there is never anything about the wonderful things that TV's do, the charities and communities that are helped by our being here. However, I do think you are right; they are just jealous, they expect us to be in our rockers knitting, jokes on them!!

I agree. Like nobody's doing it in public places in the viewers' home cities/towns, in the car, park, hotel patios, etc.

The first place that non-story was blown out of proportion was the newer, online newspaper here, when they posted a "mug shot" of the woman. In any other newspaper from a city over 50,000, a mug shot would not be posted for something like that where the person was already apprehended and not harmful to others. Then online, it hit the national and international sites. Ridiculous.

:agree::agree:Excellent reply..............

My wife mentioned Inside Edition was viewing The Villages.

My response to my wife was you told me and now I will think upon it no more.

at least they didn't bring up the std myth

I wonder if interest in TV has gone up or down in the last 48 hours? Whoever answers the sales calls, or requests for information on-line or otherwise would know. I wonder if book sales about TV have gone up or down too?

I don't think broadcasting 10 women to 1 man puts this place in a favorable light. I know it's not true but I wonder if older adults are saying to themselves "100,000 women and 10,000 men, that's not for me." That's what bothers me the most, not the sex, STD's or cheap booze Blue Shirt. [i stole Blue Shirt from someone :)]

I just want to have a great time down here with new friends and watch my real estate inflate so I can borrow against it and go traveling all over the world.

To see the falsehood in the 10 women to 1 man rumor, all we need to do is look up and down our street, and in the TV Phone Book that shows both residents' first names in their listings.

On our street that is 7 years old, 11 of 18 homes are occupied/owned by married couples (61%). All the singles are widowed, not divorced (some of the spouses died here in the last couple of years).

In 3 different pages of the TV Phone Book, I randomly opened and counted the marrieds and singles in the left hand column of each chosen page. There were 34 entries per column and 72-76% were married/couples with same last name.

Outsiders would do well to actually come and see and experience TV, and talk to people face to face, instead of believing tabloid gossip mongers and book authors that care nothing about the hardworking, decent people we are surrounded with in TV.

I don't put any stock in these so called experts, who interview a handful of people, and make the assumption the other 110,000, are the same way.
Their just trying to get their 10 minutes of fame.

When a serious researcher comes down and spends several years researching TV, then I would consider that a serious interpretation.

These hacks, called reporters/writers, are a discredit to their profession.

I just get tired of hearing so many misconceptions of the people, who live here!

Focusing on the bad apples, is what the media lives for!!!