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Eggs thrown at carts crossing Sumter bridge
Last night, my friend was driving her cart across the Sumter bridge when suddenly she heard a popping sound and realized that someone had thrown an egg right on her windshield and they had also hit the cart in front of her. Of course, this is very disturbing because think of what type of accidents could have occurred if she lost control of her cart. This was around 10:30 pm last night. She has lived in the Villages for over 10 years and nothing like this has ever happened to her before.
Has anyone heard anything about this happening? |
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Henry, Helene and I noted yesterday afternoon several fence pieces that looked as if they had been deliberately "hammered out" further North on that trail around Hospice. There were four or five broken. We wondered if a group of kids might be looking for trouble. Last year about this time The Villages big sign on 466 was vandalized by hammering out several letters.. |
Since I don't drive a golf cart, I don't know the layout of that area, but the way they hit her with dead aim, I thought they couldn't have been in a moving vehicle and must have been laying in wait because they hit the other cart in front of her with dead aim also. Thank God, she had her windshield closed because it could have hit her in her face and caused a lot more problems. We are grateful this is all that happened and she is okay.
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The Orlando theme parks are in halloween mode...
I guess its not enogh for some! I've been here 10 years and it's pretty common |
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Pretty scary... |
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Hospice is the first building along that path and around the golf cart bend heading North on the South side of 466. The kids could have been slightly...under or behind the bridge on the North side.. People picnic there in their golf carts occasionally. That would have been sort of a blind throw....... |
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Yes, Gracie. |
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Future members of the legal system process.
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Who are you calling your violations in to that are overlooked? What kind of violations? The Villages has no law enforcement of their own. We depend on agencies in our area. (Who I think do a VERY good job) The Villages Watch has no authority to arrest or detain. But I still like their presence here. |
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Time to pass a stop and frisk law here. but officer honestly the eggs are for my eggs Florentine
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I have two words to say on this whole problem.
Little snots. |
We don't know its kids. suppose a big bird laid an egg mid-air? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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IMO I am grateful they were just eggs. Some little SHYTS throw bricks. People been killed across the USA by little angels throwing bricks and other heavy objects off bridges. I hope the victims at least reported it being there sheriff office real close and if it was hide and ambush they should of had time to catch them before it escalated into something. Ugly?
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Probably a group of bored (40+ year old) kids living with their parents in The Villages!
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[QUOTE=KathieI;1295082][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4]Yes, I didn't think of that. I asked her if she saw any cars near her and she said she was so in shock, but she didn't notice any. It was very scary, we don't expect that here.
When we lived next to an Orange Grove in Downey California, I was about 13. Some of my friends would go hide in the Orange Grove and throw oranges at passing cars. I knew the guys and gals well from school. So, one day they were having their after school fun at tossing oranges and running into the orange grove to hide. It was in the news paper, a guy about 20+ years of age, stopped his car, ran into the orange grove, pulled them out of their hiding spots and did some real physical damage. They showed up at school with black eyes and some lumps and limping a bit. It was well covered in the papers, the guy who did it did not get caught and according to my uncle the police did not want to know who he was. He solved the problem, it did not reoccur again. Violators and bums respond to one thing, punishment, and when it is liberally avoided, then it just goes on and on. bbbbbb :spoken: |
Thank you for all your responses but I brought this subject to TOTV because I wanted to see if it happened to anyone else last night. But most importantly, to make everyone aware of this incident and to be alert. It could have been much much worse and I thank God it was only eggs and not bricks or bullets, like it is in LA.
Her husband is an ex-cop and he also works for Community Watch so I think that all the alerts to law enforcement were put out immediately. But, please, we all must be alert to our surroundings especially during the late hours. This may be Paradise, but it still has some faults. |
We are going to LSL for dinner tonite. Should I take a dozen eggs with me for protection/retaliation?
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This forum brings out so many good things.
Every day on here I read something valuable and something that changes me. There are so many good people on this forum and in this place. |
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Perhaps we are simply providing the '"recognition" they are wanting via this thread? Recognition of obvious stupidity, plus several ideas that may not have yet have popped into the vandal's empty heads for other objects to toss and do much greater damage. I had a friend who was killed because of this type of stuff so it's hard to be "cute" about it. I suggest the appropriate action is to notify the sheriff immediately after the incident rather than giving recognition on this forum. Cell phones would be useful and most people have one. ----IMHO----
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Folks handle stressful news in different ways and some joke about it. I meant to say that I am just glad no one was hurt, and I hope they catch the little monsters. |
So true....it was just an egg.
I so, so much get really irritated when people refer to a whole group of kids as "white trash". Do some research folks. There are a lot of really good kids that live in the surrounding area. Don't bunch them all as "trash". That is so very wrong. |
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The really good kids didn't throw the eggs. And if one were inclined to throw eggs why select senior citizens driving a golf cart ? These kids weren't raised properly, who themselves weren't raised properly and it goes on and on. |
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When I was a teenager somebody egged my car and I did not get it off soon enough. Eggs can do some real damage if they are allowed to dry enough to stick to the paint. Nonetheless I would rather have my vehicle hit with an egg than keyed or hit with something like a pumpkin which is readily available this time of year.
When I was a child one fine Sunday my father was driving us around and a teen from an oncoming car threw an ice-cream cone which hit our windshield right in front of my father's face. He had to stretch to see out enough to pull us over safely. Teenagers tend to thoughtlessly commit pranks which are potentially dangerous. I am also careful where I park. Some folks just do not care whether they ding the car next to them when they open their door, even in retirement communities. Too, I choose not to park in places such as downtown Detroit, Baltimore or Charlotte these days! |
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