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Skip 01-25-2009 11:50 PM

Newspaper Article
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by PR1234 (Post 185062)
My hubby & I are in TV until 1st of March and are SO thankful that we found out about this place! How did YOU first find out about The Villages? A lady that used to work for me was on a airplane and she said everyone talked about it non stop....so I Googled it and the rest is history:):)

There was a very nice story about TV in the New York Post. :1rotfl:

LINK: http://tinyurl.com/azu6wo

A similar story was in the Orlando Sentinel and on WESH-2 News and CNN Worldwide 2 years ago.

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islandgal 01-26-2009 02:04 AM

I can't believe this article has surfaced again - and the disgusting comments.

I think we should all send a comment to The Post with our positive testimonies.
I just did.

F16 1UB 01-26-2009 05:02 AM

Gee I don't know islandgal. Those 3 PM monthly meetings at that restaurant are pretty risque. An then there's those all afternoon parties that go on till after ABC News with Charles Gibson is over.
:blahblahblah::popcorn: They gotta write about something to try to promote sales. :rolleyes:

Becky 01-26-2009 06:30 AM

Front page of Fox News online
 
Makes TV sounds sleazy! Ohhhh I hate that!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html

Becky

thegreenerside 01-26-2009 06:37 AM

I convinced my wife to move down here because of those articles. Neither one us has found those people in the articles, but we keep trying.

Becky 01-26-2009 06:41 AM

Posted on another thread about this. Fox news picked it up. Makes TV sound sleazy! Maybe less people will come as kids won't want "Mom or Dad subjected to what goes on in TV"! Remember different places your kids wanted to go but you said "NO! I've heard what goes on there"! :laugh:

Becky

The Bronx Girl 01-26-2009 07:00 AM

Hi Everyone,

My Hubby and I are frequent visitors to the Villages from NY and as soon as I retire we will probably move down (hopefully). This article was on page 17 of the NY Post. It was really funny to see such a big article about the Villages. We didn't know that there was so much going on that we really didn't know about. I guess there is a big sub-culture in the Villages. As I always say to each their own and whatever floats your boat. We always said that the Villages is the place to be...

The Bronx Girl

Russ_Boston 01-26-2009 07:06 AM

Just recycled material that's been around for some time. Must have been a slow news day!

Russ_Boston 01-26-2009 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Becky (Post 185088)
Maybe less people will come as kids won't want "Mom or Dad subjected to what goes on in TV"!

Since when do your kids have the final say on what you do? Unless they want to pay for it of course:laugh:

graciegirl 01-26-2009 07:35 AM

I think SEX IN THE VILLAGES is nobody's business except the consenting adults. I resent having people think that men are fighting over women with canes and that anyone would lose their dentures. I say to the babies eating this Pablum. GROW UP!

Sidney Lanier 01-26-2009 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston (Post 185092)
Just recycled material that's been around for some time. Must have been a slow news day!

Without a doubt! This same story gets boring time and again. And likely this holds true all over 'Retirement Land,' and the fact that TV is so big makes the numbers (likely not the percentages) higher....

KayakerNC 01-26-2009 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Becky (Post 185086)
Makes TV sounds sleazy! Ohhhh I hate that!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html

Becky

The Sales Office probably gets a significant increase in inquiries whenever that story appears(reappears).
If I were cynical, I might think there would be a connection.

BarryB 01-26-2009 10:38 AM

As Russ said it's old news

Barefoot 01-26-2009 10:50 AM

Seniors with STDs having sex in golf carts and parking lots? :yuck:

I'm thinking that the people who write this stuff have vivid imaginations.

And I thought the most exciting thing that happened in TV was mahjong lessons. :laugh:

Russ_Boston 01-26-2009 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 185158)
Seniors...having sex in golf carts...

I have trouble avoiding banging my head on the roof even when I'm just golfing! Can you imagine?:laugh:

JUREK 01-26-2009 11:30 AM

same boat
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thegreenerside (Post 185087)
I convinced my wife to move down here because of those articles. Neither one us has found those people in the articles, but we keep trying.

Same reason I moved down. lol :agree::agree:

SteveFromNY 01-26-2009 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston (Post 185165)
I have trouble avoiding banging my head on the roof even when I'm just golfing! Can you imagine?:laugh:

LOL!!!
Russ, no I can't imagine. It's really too funny!

rshoffer 01-26-2009 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the bronx girl (Post 185090)
hi everyone,

my hubby and i are frequent visitors to the villages from ny and as soon as i retire we will probably move down (hopefully). This article was on page 17 of the ny post. It was really funny to see such a big article about the villages. We didn't know that there was so much going on that we really didn't know about. I guess there is a big sub-culture in the villages. As i always say to each their own and whatever floats your boat. We always said that the villages is the place to be...

The bronx girl

sex sells, reality doesn't. Hate to disappoint anyone but that info is not representative of life in tv.

Gshepherd 01-26-2009 02:55 PM

My husband saw the report today on Fox News and he whipped off his "The Villages" hat and said..."OMG, I'm embarassed to tell anyone where were retireing, now!" Someone said it makes TV sound sleazy, well, sounds disease ridden...though I KNOW it's not representative of "the whole". ug.

Donna 01-26-2009 03:25 PM

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! The Villages gets the name and other retirement communities play the game..

SEX SELLS!!!!!!!!! The Villages is a great place and always will be! I could care less what they say about it..
I love it there, and wish I could be there now, instead of sitting in PIA PA. waiting for another foot of snow!


Julie 01-26-2009 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thegreenerside (Post 185087)
I convinced my wife to move down here because of those articles. Neither one us has found those people in the articles, but we keep trying.


You are too funny :icon_wink:

My husband and I didn't know anything about this stuff until the day before we visited TV for the first time. We met a couple while vacationing in Mt. Dora and they told us all about the swingin' singles of TV. Initially we were a little worried asking ourselves "what have we gotten ourselves into?" The lifestyle preview visit was either a blast or a bust depending on how you look at it. I mean not one man hit on me and neither did anyone try to sell my husband Viagra on the black market. :shrug:

Since then we've gotten lots of good hoots out of the rumors. :laugh:

Dirigo 01-26-2009 07:49 PM

Now, I'd pay to see that...
 
:laugh:[QUOTE=Barefoot;185158]...having sex in golf carts and parking lots?
QUOTE]:laugh:

Prsm 01-26-2009 07:56 PM

This makes Faux News look sleazier than ever
 
Faux News never was known for accurate reporting - this is just more of the same.

zcaveman 01-26-2009 09:19 PM

Do none of you think that these articles are true? Or am I just misreading your response.

handieman 01-26-2009 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F16 1UB (Post 185081)
Gee I don't know islandgal. Those 3 PM monthly meetings at that restaurant are pretty risque. An then there's those all afternoon parties that go on till after ABC News with Charles Gibson is over.
:blahblahblah::popcorn: They gotta write about something to try to promote sales. :rolleyes:

I don't know about the sexy stuff that goes on in TV, but staying up past Charlie Gibson going off the air on ABC evening news is DISGUSTING. What will the world come too??
That article is older than dirt and about as authentic.
Handie
:jester:

starflyte1 01-26-2009 09:53 PM

We are in our home in South Florida and went to a party this evening. A couple we did not know, and they did not know that we had bought in TV, brought the article for all to read. Their son had sent it to them from up north. It is a topic of conversation.

Yoda 01-26-2009 10:39 PM

I could have predicted that
 
Who would have thought anyone would think that is true?
Does that mean that property values will go up? Or down?

chelsea24 01-27-2009 02:27 AM

Hahahahah!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 185315)
Who would have thought anyone would think that is true?
Does that mean that property values will go up? Or down?

Both! If it's done right! :1rotfl:

BritParrothead 01-27-2009 05:46 AM

The Villages : A sex paradise??
 
Did any one see this?? :a20:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482785,00.html

Russ_Boston 01-27-2009 06:22 AM

There were two threads yesterday on this topic. This is a very tired piece of 'journalism' that has very little basis in fact according to the residents here at TOTV.

BritParrothead 01-27-2009 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston (Post 185347)
There were two threads yesterday on this topic. This is a very tired piece of 'journalism' that has very little basis in fact according to the residents here at TOTV.

Hi Russ,
I a bit behind time wise, I live in England.
So what if the older generation want to have some fun. It is not our business.
We have been visiting TV for nearly 15 years now, and have never seen any inapropriate behaviour, but, then a gain, I am not looking!! My friends who are permanent residents have told us all about the local 'ladies' (NOT Villages residents) who hang around the bars. Same in every large town?


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