One other aspect is much of the activities here is fashioned around drinking. Look at the squares. All the bar/restaurants and the beer house. The other thing is people think they are exempt from the law in a golf cart. Stop selling booze at the beer shacks and alot of the drinking at the squares would stop. But economics is the rule.

Thank goodness. I was starting to feel creepy.

In your scenario, would the "beer shacks" still sell wine and beer?

I wish I could. I have a wedding to go to OOT. Maybe December?

By the way, if you were illegal, no sweat - we don't deport anybody here. :jester:

Goerge Jones (great singer) lived in Lakeland Fla for a short period with wife Tammy Wynette and he was banned from most bars..lost his license so he'd drive his tractor to town..

All of this goes back to what someone said to me when I told them we lived in the villages...
OH yeah I heard of that place, it's a drinking community with a golfing problem. :D

Now where was that happy hour??? :D

Everywhere:beer3:

I SEE ALOT OF OUTSIDERS THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM !! people that want into sumter and drink lik there is no tomorrow..alot younger than us seniors....

What kind of problems ?

That does not surprise me.

For a good while George was known as "No Show Jones" because he was frequently so soused he failed to show for performances. George Jones Survived

When I first arrived in The Villages i was astonished to see Happy Hour advertised as starting at 3:00 p.m. on a couple of signs. Then at Katie Belles it was all day, price wise. I noticed rather early (pre noon) drinking as well.

I believe a lot of retired people gradually slip into drinking before 5:00 p.m. or whatever used to be their after work happy hour time. It happens all over, not just in The Villages although the environment in TV seems to be conducive to anytime drinking. Alcohol abuse among the elderly is a problem today, not to mention both prescription and street drug abuse in addition to their interaction with ingested alcohol. It might be due to depression, loneliness, feelings of loss, boredom or for other reasons. Addiction Medicine - Medical Consequences - Elderly Alcohol and Substance Abuse

I don't understand your statement "people that want into sumter".
The town square and restaurants are open to the Public.

DUI's in The Villages
 

Based on the estimated current population of 115,000+/- within The Villages, the number of DUI's probably isn't any higher than elsewhere, other than the number involving golf cart drivers. And driving a golf cart while under the influence on the golf cart paths is bad news for all of us.

I do think there is a larger DUI problem than we actually see, but not only are older people violators, there are a lot of under 55 people arrested too. I see a lot of articles titled i.e. "Villager arrested for DUI", but then I see that the age of the offender is anywhere from teens to 80's. Many are younger than retirement age. Many are the loser children of retired homeowners here in The Villages. With growth has come crime!

That's why every golf cart comes with four drink holders. They're not for hydration.

Dui
 

You should also be aware that DUI's are a money maker for Lake, Sumter and Marion. They can arrest you for DUI even if you blow under the limit.

Also, .08 is a joke. A drinker at .08 is much safer than many of our pill popping neighbors.

there is a huge drinking problem in the villages-- cheap drinks, 2 for 1 drinks , and open bars at the town centers all pushing alcohol. People running thru gates, cars running over lawns, and almost hitting a house on hillsourgh. I doubt if the cops are catching the drinkers, but there is sure plenty of them.

One lady was driving on hendry, and was on the wrong side of the road, and almost hit me on a harley. I followed her to a rec. Center, she got out of the car and could hardley talk. I should have called the cops on her.

too much dringing in the villages-- alcohol is pushed at every location- 2 for 1 , cheap drinks, happy hours that last all day

Pushed?


I don't drink so I don't have a dog in this fight. Alcohol is legal and sold everywhere in this country.


AND arresting people for DUI is not a "money maker" it is an act of protection for all.

My dog drinks all the time and it's starting to work on my nerves. He's ready for an intervention. If you have any dogs that want to talk to him in a group, let me know.

We are all grown adults that are free to make choices. We are responsible for what ever we choose to do, not The Villages. I have friends that drink and friends who don't.

:1rotfl:

I think...
 

...since you asked... that your pity is misplaced as those nailed for DUI aren't young kids being stupid, but older and should know better stupid.

I feel sorry for anyone getting hit by these morons.

There's no bigger alcohol problem here than anywhere else in the country...it only seems big because you live here and read the paper here...get a paper from else where...anywhere...same problems and different names...

I thought it would be easy using google to see how much our age group drinks compared to other age groups but it's not.
If someone wants to tackle this, I'd be grateful.
I know New Hampshire drinks way more than New York. I think they are house bound and bored in the winter.

For that very same reason. I think there may be less drinking in The Villages.

Third Friday of every month. November 20th. is the day.

Thank you

Not one mention of A.A.?? Pray to your Lord that John Barleycorn doesn't get a hold of you. It can happen in a minute. That being said....have as much fun drinking for as long as you can, just don't hurt anyone else while you having your fun.

Speaking of barleycorns,if your shoe size is a 10 then your foot is 10 barleycorns long.They use barleycorns to measure shoe size,WOW

Now there's something I never heard of. You should have saved that one for trivia night!

That's just what I need. Another useless piece of information that will stick, pushing out something important I ought to remember.

Reminds me of an episode of "Married with Children" where Kelly had so much crammed into her brain that anything new knocked something else out. So on the final question on a game show for all the money, she heard something new and forgot her father held the high school football TD record, something that he repeated ad nauseam

Who is "they"?

Buster Brown and Tide his friend

His dog's name was Tige.

Yes. The government over reacted with these draconian laws. The local government passes out liquor licenses to every business, and every restaurant serves booze. Then the legal system sets up checkpoints to snare you. All to raise additional revenues, and to criminalize as many citizens as they can. you can't even walk home drunk, anymore, without risk getting arrested. DUIs are more vilified in this country than bank robbers. I mean, you can't even drink a beer while you're driving! Who gets drunk on one beer?

Well, he's really just a picture but it's fun to play pretend.

I have no idea, but I did see on some other threads that law enforcement cannot issue citations for speeding (>20 mph) on MMPs because they are private property. If so, the same would hold true for DUI. When you hit a public street, you're fair game.
If this is true, my SECOND BEST advice , if you are stupid enough to drive drunk, is stay on the MMPs driving in circles and endangering the rest of us until you are sober:ohdear:
Seriously, my BEST AND ONLY advice is DO NOT DRIVE WHILE INTOXICATED, EVER. If you can afford to buy enough drinks at a bar to get drunk, you can afford a taxi ride home. Get you cart the next day.

If a deputy sees you driving reckless on the MMP, he can stop you. This was a quote from Lt Neh.
Your advice should not be taken...........

My serious advice, not the tongue-in-cheek first part, should be taken by everyone