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I don't know, cutting the cord only intensifies the situation, and if the guy is a bit of a cuckoo, who knows what could happen. I think what your husband did was the best way...unplug it, and let him know you know and want it stopped.
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"The Way of the Villages" ?
Hello - This is my first post, although I have been reading TOTV for many months. I especially follow the "lost kitty" postings, and I'm rooting for Oliver to be found!
I am/was seriously considering The Villages - I need to work through the end of 2013 though (bummer!) I currently live happily in a gated community near Jacksonville. I want to know more about the sense of entitlement and intrusiveness that seems to be "The Way of the Villages". While I like the idea of neighborliness and building a community of friends, I have to be honest and say it does not appeal to me to live in a community where people don't really respect normal boundaries. For example, I would not want cars parked in my driveway or things missing from my golf cart - and I am a very friendly person. Just brought up to respect peoples' privacy. I am wondering if TV is a very good match then. Please tell me more about what to expect in that regard - I'm not sure a Lifestyle preview visit would give me that. Thanks very much - |
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I think that this issue and other issues like it are so much discussed on here because they are far from the norm. I just had an email from a dear neighbor who said she gave permission for another neighbor to park in our driveway because they were having their driveway painted. That is something that is different here than in Ohio where we grew up, but driveways are longer and wider on our street in Ohio and are never painted. We don't mind. The people who are parking are newer neighbors and the neighbor who gave permission for us is a year 'round resident and someone we truly care a lot about and trust with our keys while we're gone. People are people and there are some little differences in manner and accent from one geographic area to another. I generally feel that the friendliness comes from our age and our lack of having to go to work, although there are lots of people still working. Please come down and see. If you miss the Crispers and if we are home, I will have a little gathering for you so you can ask real people, real questions. You just won't believe how nice it is here. |
quirky - I think you'll find that things like what was noted in this thread (using a neighbor's electricity) happen VERY infrequently in proportion to the total number of residents in TV. In my mind, you'll have a few knuckleheads like that EVERYWHERE - in TV, Jacksonville, OH, wherever.
I wouldn't let it have a big influence on your thought process regarding TV. We didn't let it influence ours!! :) Bill |
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Another TOTV sent me an extra copy of the book offered through TOTV. It came in the mail yesterday and I've already read it. My wife is the reader in the family, but I didn't put this book down until I finished it. Great information. We had a place in Panama City Beach that was becoming a financial drain, but now that we have sold it (March 3rd), I'm getting more and more pumped to get our place here ready to put on the market. We probably won't make it for a week this year, but may come and stay in the motel at LSL for a few days. Taking the wife on a cruise in October. Can't wait to become a "frog"!:MOJE_whot: |
quirky, the "entitlement" issues are not a daily occurrence but they do happen. Much more so than in other areas of the country. Parking in a neighbor's driveway is common, especially in courtyard and patio villas -- there's little extra parking and the streets are too narrow to park your car without inconveniencing your neighbors. Usually, neighbors ask. Sometimes they take it for granted.
On the other hand, the send of "entitlement" is also one of the charms of TV. It comes with being a very friendly area. People don't hesitate to stop and help you -- whether it is being lost in a golf cart, something that dropped out of your cart, your cart broken down on the side of the path, pulling a heavy item to the curb for pick up. Ask a neighbor to borrow a tool and you'll get that tool and two others you "might just need." So, to me, it is a tradeoff. I'll accept a little more entitlement than I'm used to for the kindness bestowed on everyone on a daily basis. |
Thank you all - everything is a trade-off, so I look forward to my Lifestyle Preview visit some day (before the end of 2013) to experience it all.
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Love it skyguy
sorry I hadn't thought of that first.....giggle...
I'm with you GG, it takes B**ls! Wouldn't consider doing anything like that, without permission!!! Amazing what I read on TOTV! Quote:
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Sorta on topic.... We lost 20,000 gallons of water on a month we weren't in TV.... Not a meter issue, since everything is OK since we moved in. We had someone watching the home, so we know it wasn't a leak or a leaking toilet... My neighbor didn't see anything suspicious, during that time either. I did check to see if my neighbors lawn was greener than mine ... :D
Very mysterious, but we did get credited back for the usage... Utility Co. couldn't determine a cause either. We just chalked it up to ...whatever :shocked: |
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I doubt it was somebody filling up a water tank on a work truck or anything like that, at least not in one shot. That would have to take many, many trips. 20k gallons would take well over a DAY at 10 gal/min (if that rate of flow could be achieved). On the other hand, do any of your neighbors have a pool.................? :shocked: Bill |
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Welcome to TOTV! Since you think about wanting Ollie to make it home, I can already sense that you have the TV spirit. I bet you would love it here. Yes, friendliness and neighbor helping neighbor are prominent characteristics of TV. You can't miss these traits-- they are everywhere. On the other hand, you could live here for years and still be shocked about the "perp" Freeda described in the original post on this thread, just as she was. So no, you will not come down here and find a bunch of people who boldly take what doesn't belong to them. But if you're looking for folks who will help hunt for Ollie, boy will you be coming to the right place! You'll find such people in abundance from one end of TV to the other. :thumbup: |
Thanks so much, PTurner! (I have a cat who looks a lot like Ollie, so I think about him every day!)
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just when I thought I read most everything!!!
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Lost Water 20,000 gal
To: memason...
If you calc your water usage you may find that 20,000 gal isn't that unusual. We have 8000s.f. of lawn and the recommended 1x/week watering at 3/4" all zones is about 32,000 gal per month, by calculation. Actual usage runs about 29,000 due to sprinkler head deficiencies, etc.. Also, many time you can have an underground leak or worse, an open-ended pipe that was never properly terminated. Would advise you check each zone by your water meter and confirm no leaks. |
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Did he just think that the home was unoccupied (or unsold)? I just closed on a home on Pennecamp drive and the homes on either side of us are completed and unsold. I think the temptation to 'borrow' their electricity would be pretty strong for some people who are not encumbered with the sense of personal honor and integrity I seem to be afflicted with. I'd be tempted to just cut the cord. What could he say? "Hey, you just destroyed my extension cord while I was stealing your electricity?" I currently reside in Virginia (retiring to the home we just bought on Pennecamp in two years) and, while I've never seen a neighbor steal someone else's electricity up here, the favorite sport here (at least with some folks) is to take off during the week in the fall and blow all your leaves unto thy neighbors yard. |
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