You are so right. And one of those cars is us, trying to get to pickle ball after waiting a half-hour to turn left from Tamarind Grove Run onto St. Charles.:(

wow........After reading this thread, I am starting to wonder if another sign of the snowbird-return should be a For Sale sign on our house.

The reason people don't like snowbirds is that things get crowded when they are here. It is nothing personal. Our snowbird neighbors just arrived last night and we are sooo happy to see them!!! They look better than they did when they left and they are in their 80's.

:) I know. And I should confess that last year, in February, I thought it was totally nuts.....

I could not get a seat at the neighborhood pool and ended up going to a family pool which was a little less crowded. -- except there were too many women there who still looked good in their swimsuits.

Trying to get into the sports pool water classes was more effort than I wanted to make.

And even the Civil Discourse meetings looked like there could be a risk of a Knock-Down-Drag-Out at the door when trying to get in.

Colony Publix. -- :loco: -- I go to Spanish Plaines Publix when I do not feel like engaging in The Hunger Games.

But the sky is usually blue and I like our house and our neighbors are great and there is always something to do. Honestly, though, I wish TV were not so big now.

Where are most folks who take issue with an increase in population and having to wait one's turn in the car or store or restaurant, from?

It seems ANYPLACES worth going to or being at or participating in have the same characterisitcs.

Granted TV is busier in the winter. It does not change the lifestyle we bought into! Or maybe it is we don't let it change the lifestyle we bought into.

I really didn't find January as busy as I expected this year. Up north we can wait up to an hour to eat on a Friday night or Saturday or Sunday unless of course you want to eat that dinner at 4 o'clock. I drive 15 minutes just to go to the grocery store up north and if I want to go to a really good restaurant it's at least 45 minutes away. So in TV I'll just wait that little extra time that actually seems less for us than being up north

Agree.

Spent time "during the season" in Naples and Bonita Beach and Fort Meyers.............the crowding is twice TV.

Renters spend half the night quietly talking on the lanai. I have new renters next door that didn't go inside until NINE PM!
Go to bed!
I have to get up early in the morning so I can turn on the coffee machine!
[i hope no one took this seriously]

Just the way I feel. I was a snowbird. I am a Frog. I like frogdom better, spots and wrinkles included. I cover the green color with a good makeup.


But I love my snowbirds. Some I don't love. Same as frogs, I guess. I hate crowded and awful drivers and critical comments about the town that is my home and the town I love.

The Grass is Dying

Arrests are on the rise :-)

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So funny
 

I feel the same about my coffee.

snowbird poop under the street signs! :jester:

I must be too naïve to understand this or too oblivious to have noticed. We won't move in full time until next month, but we have spent 2 weeks in our home in June 2014, Oct 2014, Feb and April 2015. I was expecting these last 2 visits to be the high season nightmare everyone is posting. I was surprised to find none of it. The roads were not backed up. I saw no golf cart jams. I drove BV from Hillsborough Trail to 466 in under 10 min. There were no more than the usual number of idiots in the RBs. We ate out or picked up take out every night. Walked right into Las Tapas at 6 PM, no wait. Evans prairie, no wait. Cody's LSL, 10 min wait at 6:30. Japanese restaurant at LSL, no wait. The longest line was for take out at McAllister's in BW, and we were 8th on line. Shopped at Winn-Dixie Pinellas, not very crowded. Shopped at the dreaded Publix in Colony, not a problem. Played golf on Evans Prairie, Havana, Hacienda and Cane Garden--no problem getting tee time. Played a couple execs with my neighbor, he got the tee time but stated he never has a problem. Traffic on 466 was moderately heavy, but I hit it as the Charter School was letting out. 466A was no problem at all. The only highway that was "big city busy" was 441 at rush hour. Our neighborhood pool had at most 2 people at any one time, I don't know about the more popular activities at the Rec centers.
We left both times confused over where the "crowds" were
Now maybe it as a matter of prospective, originally coming from a large metropolitan area, but if what I experience was "busy", don't try living on Long Island, or even Staten Island

Do NOT let these conversations make anyone feel that their friendship is not treasured or that we understand how this economy works. It just is more crowded and there are a lot of "guests" rather than owners.

It's true that a lot of the crowds in High Season are renters and visitors.
People from up North probably have less interest in renting or visiting during the summer months.
I do feel sympathy for Frogs. I've been in TV in December when a lot of residents leave town to visit their kids.
And I must confess, it's kinda cool.

cigarette butts on the golf courses!

What else would we expect from someone who has a japanese car???!!!

Agree.............that is why the complainers are Glass Half Empty people. Rather than being Half Full, "Thanks for paying the amenities fee and Thanks for being gone half the year."

I don't know how they do it but somehow they make it get dark earlier. I wish they wouldn't.

more friendly faces....

how? Global warming.:1rotfl:

Originally Posted by tomwed View Post
I don't know how they do it but somehow they make it get dark earlier. I wish they wouldn't.
No, I didn't make it up like global warming. The same thing happened last year.

:bigbow:

And maybe next year as well?

Obviously, some of them are Wiccans. :duck:

First indication of snow bird arrivals?
 

Isn't Wiccans the Province that Vancouver is in? [emoji48]

What? Are you looney?:clap2:

When the golf course starts to get harder to find a time to play

I'm not as sure as you. I'll look it up in Wiccapedia.

I'm confused.

:shocked:

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Tom knocks it out of the Park!

And here I thought most of us used to be snowbirds or from somewhere else....gee so many Florida born people in TV

So if all the snowbirds and snowflakes became frogs, then everyone really would be beside themselves

He frequently does. But I do think my post was somewhat funny.

[QUOTE=kcrazorbackfan;1111573]The last 2 homes we sold (and they sold only after we did this), we buried a statue of St. Joseph; following is instructions -

[I]"According to tradition if you really want to sell your home quickly you should bury a statue of St. Joseph upside down in the yard of your home. Praying to St. Joseph for a quick sale and burying a statue of him is said to always bring a fast offer on the home. Realtors and homeowners swear that this legend is true and that if you do bury a statue of St. Joseph while praying for a quick sale that your prayers will be answered.

Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard it before and really enjoyed it. I'm planning to save these instructions for future reference. :pray:

left hand signal change from full hand to a single digit!!!!!

thin lies not the fluffy ones we have now.