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LOL! I'm he guy listening to the horns behind me. Notice the smile on my face as I wave to the cart drivers. "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor, would you be mine?"
Yes, but at some gate crossings it's more like the Imus/Howard stern version circa 1977:

"Mr. Rambo's neighborhood", lyrics as follows:

Welcome to the neighborhood
An air raid on Main Street would really be good
Light up your life
With some international strife
Come and kill your neighbor
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Old 12-29-2023, 11:38 AM
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I've learned that it's never too early in The Villages----some places start Happy Hour at 10 AM!

And I'd bet we agree on quite a lot, but just realize that when we disagree, I am ALWAYS right
only if you are my wife.
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$250.00 for the gate repairs on average
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only if you are my wife.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm taken
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lucky woman.
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Yes, my wife is a very lucky woman ;1rotfl:
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LOL! The last few exchanges really cracked me up. Thanks for the laugh before bedtime.
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Theres a road near my house that has a dozen speed humps.
In my SUV, I don’t need to slow down very much. Maybe from 25 to 20.
In my wife’s sedan, I do need to slow down to 5 or 10MPH.

If you don’t see the arm at eye level, you are NOT going to see a speed hump.
If you can't see a gate arm or a yellow speed bump with signage then maybe you shouldn't be driving.

Amazing that during inclement weather they take the gate arms down with no real uptick of issues.

TV is so stubborn and stuck in outdated technology.
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Old 12-30-2023, 08:41 AM
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If you can't see a gate arm or a yellow speed bump with signage then maybe you shouldn't be driving.

Amazing that during inclement weather they take the gate arms down with no real uptick of issues.

TV is so stubborn and stuck in outdated technology.
Just issue of majority people not stopping and just busting right through like there no stop sign. Or doing (enter your state) the rolling right through. Just like most 4 way stops, roll through stop sign thinking they have right away. You’re not in line till you stop preferably at or behind the stop sign not half way out in intersection…
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If you can't see a gate arm or a yellow speed bump with signage then maybe you shouldn't be driving.

Amazing that during inclement weather they take the gate arms down with no real uptick of issues.

TV is so stubborn and stuck in outdated technology.
Might possibly be because there are far fewer golf carts driving around during hurricanes.
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Just issue of majority people not stopping and just busting right through like there no stop sign. Or doing (enter your state) the rolling right through. Just like most 4 way stops, roll through stop sign thinking they have right away. You’re not in line till you stop preferably at or behind the stop sign not half way out in intersection…
If you don't stop and cover the crosswalk some inconsiderate pedestrian might walk in front of you.
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Might possibly be because there are far fewer golf carts driving around during hurricanes.
Just think how fast your cart could go with a really good tail wind! WOW!
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Old 12-31-2023, 09:25 AM
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I would hate to see how many cart/car accidents we would have without the gates. Cars would come off the round a bouts and never slow down. It can be a bit sketchy now, even with the gates when there's a lot of traffic.
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If you don't stop and cover the crosswalk some inconsiderate pedestrian might walk in front of you.
You might want look before you leap.
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Just think how fast your cart could go with a really good tail wind! WOW!
My cart still governed so it don’t make difference.
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