They're heeeerrrre!!!!
 

Welcome Home Snowbirds.

The traffic is denser
The long lines are tenser
The northern birdies are back

The wait is much longer
The accents are stronger
The northern birdies are back

The squares are more dancey
Tee times are more chancey
The northern birdies are back.

Old friends are returning
The night oil is burning
The northern birdies are back.

There's more entertaining
And much more complaining
The northern birdies are back.

Not much room at the market
And no where to park it
The northern birdies are back

Rookies on the roadways
Folks driving in strange ways
The northern birdies are back.

New ones and old ones
younger ones and older ones
The northern birdies are back.

Welcome HOME! We missed you.

I have posted the poem I wrote every year for several years and here it is time again;

There has been a large bunch of seasonal residents enter the space. Yesterday we had to wait and wait to pull out on 466, because of increased traffic, just like we were warned when we said we were gonna build here. The parking lot for Publix on 466 was almost full on a WEDNESDAY. Inside Publix, the bags of lettuce were gone and there were a lot of really non tan shoppers and ladies wearing dressy hats and longer black dresses and a lot of make up. It was crowded in there and as I waited for Henry to check out, an older man setting next to me, (he wasn't any older than me to be fair) said that the lines for restaurants were long last night.

Anyone else see any signs that the birds are back?

Gracie,

You should see the condition of the greens and bunkers. They are a mess

Someone please notify the NY Times ASAP!!

Toilet paper shortage at Sam's and a long line almost triple the number of cars at Taco Bell. Drop The Chalupa!

Retail stores and restaurants are profitable.

Welcome to all the wonderful people who pay their amenity fees year round, but are only at the Villages for a fraction of the year.

They're here
 

As I do every year around this time, I'll ask: where does the Morse family shop, dine, play golf in the winter? Can't imagine they stand in line with the rest of us and circle the parking lots waiting for a space to open.

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I've heard they taste like chicken. :coolsmiley:

:ho: Thank you!! From someone here 11/12 of the time.

We are always very happy to see our snowbird neighbors return.

I would think you would be happy with the snowbirds. If they lived there full time instead of seasonally it would always be crowded. lol

This is when we start exploring restaurants outside of TV some of then get crowded too but not all. There are lots of places within 30 minutes of our home which is how log it takes to get to Spanish Springs from down here. Went to the Christmas Tree lighting in Brownwood last year and had to park over by the medical buildings on Powell Road and walk in, won't do that again.

Private jets are very handy.

And now I get a really nice tax break on mine. :thumbup:

Can't confirm these people were snowbirds but this morning on the MMP along El Camino we were almost hit by another cart passing on a blind curve, let alone flying down the path.

Isn’t it just great.

All we snowbirds are not here yet we’ll be there on December 29th to get drunk on NYE watch out we’re gonna come and terrorize all you complainers. LOL. Oh wait from what I read in the Villages News there are plenty of year round residents who are drunk and drive golf carts around. Then there’s those seniors assulating one another. Sad to say much of our world is like this today.

Same here. Arrived on Saturday last, and am now ready to rob, rape, and pillage the place.
Can't wait to destroy a few golf courses as well.

I am leaving soon... to go home to the snow! Being a reverse snow bird has some advantages! Welcome to all snowbirds! Thank you for paying all year so we can enjoy this beautiful place we all call home!

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Online shopping?

You know they're back when you can't find an XXXL tank top with "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" written on it.

Seniors ASSULATING? I’d like to see that! :a040:

They were worse in July.

I am grateful that they pay the Amenities when they are not here. We were seasonal residents for several years. We have friends who are seasonal residents. There sure are a damned lot of them/us.

Welcome back snow birds, and flakes.

due to a very close friend at 29 died of stage 4 melanoma, I haven’t had a tan in 5 years. So my white face and arms are out there shopping, for the bags of lettuce that have not made a comeback from the recall.

But I noticed increase in August when I returned this year. I think many are coming earlier and staying longer to enjoy all TV has to offer.

A large number of those seasonal residents are renters, and the landlords are paying the amenity fees. We were renters for several years but bought last year and will happily be there by the second week of January. We will then attempt to get every ounce of value of the amenities while we are there. We spent August and part of July there this year and were surprised at how busy it was, having only been here in the winters prior, and hearing on here how much slower it was in the off season. Having been here eight winters, I have always felt that the overcrowding and congestion have been somewhat overstated. We go out to eat virtually every night and seldom have to wait more than 20-30 minutes, about enough time to enjoy a cocktail. It is undeniably more busy than in summer but not to the degree that some seem to think IN MY OPINION.

And they assault each other, and correct each other's grammar too.

Confirmed today. I saw a Florida license plate on a SUV at Winn Dixie - SNO BIRD.

There are other dead horses that need a good beating. Dog Poop, Seat Saving, Fast Golf Carts, and Bad Parking all need an injection of contempt.

I can't believe the animosity toward people that paid money for their home and only choose to use it a few months out of the year. I bet the same people would whine if they decided to stay year round and made the place more crowded all the time.

I guess it really isn't America's friendliest home town?

Did you stop any of them and thank them for paying all their amenity fees while not using them so you and your Sunbirds can enjoy facilities greatly overbuilt for the number of Birds who remain all year?

Ken. Read each post on this thread. There are only two posts out of 30 that could be considered negative. It is a fact. The traffic is heavier and Publix was busier. The seasonal residents have returned. A lot of them. Correct me if I am wrong. I don't believe you have ever been here to The Villages, is that right? All of Florida is experiencing the seasonal swell of people who come during December, January, February and March. It is a fact. It has happened for years and will continue to happen. We did it. Others will do it until they turn into frogs. I thought they grabbed the lettuce, but someone pointed out that perhaps lettuce is sparse because of the recall. I am so sorry that I thought all the seasonal residents grabbed the lettuce. I was wrong.

But maybe it was seasonal residents. There was lettuce there last week...…….. And anyone can claim ANYTHING as long as they remain anonymous.

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Ungrateful Sunbirds.

As they have every right to.

If the Sunbirds stayed home and did not shop when The Seasonal Residents want to shop, it would be less crowded.

That happened to me in July, who do I blame?

Indeed they do.

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