[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by tomwed

My opinions are rarely popular. So I'll probably do \\\\\ in a little while.

If I did this everytime I posted something unpopular, I would have no post left! :-). Seems like I am always on the "wrong" side of an issue. Keep your posting!

[Retiring]

Not having been to TV (next month will be first visit), I had a difficult time visualizing the OP. I just noticed the picture at the top of this page. Under the “The Villages” bubble I can see a long golf cart sticking out into the roadway. Now I can see how this cart can be hit.

At the square is there sufficient “normal” parking for cars or extra long carts?

I realize the o’poster never said they had a long cart, but still curious.

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by redwitch

That seriously bites. I'm so sorry this happened. Here's hoping there was more damage to the slimebag's car than to your cart.

Sadly, the penalties in Florida for a hit and run are lower than for a DUI. So, it seems that some feel running is the better course and, of course, they might never get caught. Personal responsibility, morals and ethics seem to take a back seat.

Possibly the driver had a "couple of beers" as they like to say and wanted to avoid a dui. Sad that they do seem easy on this type of non-injury thing.

[Barefoot]

On second thought, this accident could well have been caused by someone outside the community.

[NYGUY]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

and the odds of it happening are.....?

Slim and none, and Slim just left town!!

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I'd like to hear from the person that hit and ran. As you get older you hope your moral compass is still working and over rides any panicky situation that might kick in to run away. My guess someone is sitting at home now totally distraught over what they done and why they ran away. I can't explain why that's the first possible scenario that jumps in my mind.

I feel sorry for everyone and hope insurance takes care of the bills.

My opinions are rarely popular. So I'll probably do \\\\\ in a little while.

My opinions rarely are either. My guess is that the person in the black car has a F/U attitude. He/she is hoping no one got his/her license number. It's sad, but a lot of people have no morals anymore; their attitude is "me first,
screw everyone else". Not as prevalent here in TV, there are a lot of good people here, but, there is that element of people here.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

My opinions rarely are either. My guess is that the person in the black car has a F/U attitude. He/she is hoping no one got his/her license number. It's sad, but a lot of people have no morals anymore; their attitude is "me first,
screw everyone else". Not as prevalent here in TV, there are a lot of good people here, but, there is that element of people here.

Yeah, I doubt that the person who hit the cart is sitting at home writing a check from the "Friends of the Black Golf Cart"

[outlaw]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I feel the same way. I think the people who caused this action are probably very sorry and just can't figure out how to take responsibility. I share your imagination Tomwed.

Ha Ha. That's a good one. What? Wait, you're not serious? Oh...uh...never mind.

[tomwed]

I think a hit and run back home [NJ] with all kinds of people of all ages is most likely the result of drunk driving, drugs, uninsured motorist or an FU attitude. Down here, with 98% [my guess] over the age of 55, having been responsible workers that can afford to live here has biased my view. People like me live here. Now a hit and run and the first thing I think is one of us "lost our marbles". That's a kind way to put it.

Is that profiling? Am I being naive?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I think a hit and run back home [NJ] with all kinds of people of all ages is most likely the result of drunk driving, drugs, uninsured motorist or an FU attitude. Down here, with 98% [my guess] over the age of 55, having been responsible workers that can afford to live here has biased my view. People like me live here. Now a hit and run and the first thing I think is one of us "lost our marbles". That's a kind way to put it.

Is that profiling? Am I being naive?

What is the difference between profiling and summarizing traits? I swear to you I don't know.


I am afraid to even THINK sometimes. This is craziness.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

What is the difference between profiling and summarizing traits? I swear to you I don't know.


I am afraid to even THINK sometimes. This is craziness.

It's my reaction. It's an instinct based upon thousands of incidents in the past. It's not thinking. I can't pull up the thousands of incidents. It's seeing how my relatives behaved as they got older. Some being very different than they were when they were younger. Bill Cosby [no one I respect now] use to do a comedy routine about his mother as a grandmother and how she treated his children so kindly. He said to his little kids, "Don't let her fool you. She's just an old woman who is trying to get into heaven". Why do people laugh at that routine even though it's uncomfortable for 50 years? There must be something in that that aging process that rings true with the audiance.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I think a hit and run back home [NJ] with all kinds of people of all ages is most likely the result of drunk driving, drugs, uninsured motorist or an FU attitude. Down here, with 98% [my guess] over the age of 55, having been responsible workers that can afford to live here has biased my view. People like me live here. Now a hit and run and the first thing I think is one of us "lost our marbles". That's a kind way to put it.

Is that profiling? Am I being naive?

Naïve? Absolutely! Villagers do not live in a bubble! Other Florida residents frequent the Villages and the squares daily - and not all of them are 'over the age of 55'!

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

Naïve? Absolutely! Villagers do not live in a bubble! Other Florida residents frequent the Villages and the squares daily - and not all of them are 'over the age of 55'!

You don't think or know that we are by far [over 90%] the largest group in the squares everyday? Honestly, I go to Brownwood 2 or 3 times a month even though I'm less than a mile away. I don't know.
Maybe Gracie is right. Maybe I am acting crazy or crazy and never saw it coming.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by tomwed

You don't think or know that we are by far [over 90%] the largest group in the squares everyday? Honestly, I go to Brownwood 2 or 3 times a month even though I'm less than a mile away. I don't know.
Maybe Gracie is right. Maybe I am acting crazy or crazy and never saw it coming.

No, Tom, I don't think that. Do you have stats to show me differently?

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

No, Tom, I don't think that. Do you have stats to show me differently?

No--Do you? I once counted a hundred vehicles to make my point that hardly anyone stops at a stop sign. It was 98%. I'm golfing twice to day but maybe I'll go to Cal's at Brownwood and count 100 [cars and trucks] and see how many are around my age. It's not scientific I know. But if it's something like 50 50 than I'm way off base.
I'm a dad, a husband and a survivor of Catholic school so being wrong won't be a unique experience.