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I think the frequent usage here has to do with the portability of our computers.

Many, if not most, people here in TV have laptops, iPads and iPhones, making it easy to have the computer/device at your fingertips while doing other things around the house....like laundry, cooking, watching some t.v., etc.

I wouldn't want to go into the office and sit at a desktop computer, which is confining. Often, my laptop or iPad are on the kitchen counter and I take a look here as I walk by while doing other things.

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 748887)

Yes I actually did wonder about this.

I hear about all the activities yet it seems many of the people talking about the activities are on here so much you wonder if they participate or just talk about them.

But then everyone has preferences on what they want to do and some may just prefer to spend a lot of time on here.

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 748887)

Someone just brought this to my attention..........
It's an honest question........just wondering.........??

If everyone in The Villages is leading such an active "lifestyle" of golf, etc. and all the other wonderful offerings which are provided throughout the community..........WHY is everyone posting on Talk of the Villages from the wee hours of the morning till late at night???

Has anyone else ever wondered this?

Do you not all golf in the mornings when it is cooler???

What about all this dancing in the squares?

Just wondering. We sit down at our computer to check out pictures that are always coming in from our five grandchildren.........and to take a "breather" from the exhausting work of decluttering and packing up our home for sale........or to research something or other that we need to purchase.........but then we don't have all of the great activities that TV offers.........

Do any of the owners of TOTV write some of these posts????????
Just wondering?????????

TOTV can be addictive..........and I , myself, have been known to "tune in" when a touch of insomnia hits.
Usually I'm working on my genealogy and ancestry.com website..........but then I wonder how things are going at TV.

There are a few of us that have homes in the Villages that still work. Some of us work in other parts of the world. I am now posting from Seoul Korea,
Next week will be ln Thailand. I have posted from Malaysia, Hong Kong Zhuhai and Shanghai among others. As i post this it is 1:40 in the afternoon and just past midnight there.
And Yes I am WAY south of 55!!

I have what I hope is a related question for you people (who either are or aren't on here all day!): Is there a way to have this site update itself while it's open (like facebook does) so I don't have to close it out and open it back up to see new posts? The reload button doesn't do that for me, so for example, in order for me to see if anyone replies to this, I will have to totally close this entire program and then reopen it? I'm hoping there's something I'm heretofore missing as that would certainly cut down the amount of time I find myself here!

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Originally Posted by susiejwill (Post 749178)

you don't have to close it. just leave it open and click new posts.

Actually, my work is two hours away. I do most of my posting on the way home. It gives me something to do while I'm driving.

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Originally Posted by DougB (Post 749193)

Actually, my work is two hours away. I do most of my posting on the way home. It gives me something to do while I'm driving.

Oh dear. Where are my beads?

Don't make me laugh. I'm driving to work right now.

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Originally Posted by DougB (Post 749207)

Don't make me laugh. I'm driving to work right now.

I think I work in an office a few cars away from you.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 749195)

Oh dear. Where are my beads?

Gracie, I was thinking the same thing. I hope he meant riding in a carpool!

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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 (Post 749208)

I think I work in an office a few cars away from you.

:a20:

if the active lifestyle is what this is all about, then why are so many of us sedentary and grossly overweight. few people walk anywhere (take the golf cart to the postal station or to the pool); take the dog for a walk (while you sit in the golf cart and drive along slowly); grocery shop at publix (while parking your you know what in the motorized scooter); look for a parking spot (while circling the lot to find the closest one so that you do not have to walk too far to the entrance); visit the all you can eat buffet (let's heap up the plate with mashed potatoes and gravy)......and this goes on and on.
we have amazing facilities and infrastructure to allow us to be active: so let's get moving!

ummm. even my overweight friend rides a bike 6 miles at age 70.
I just moved and have been too sedentary, but my preference for a comeback is to dance and swim, since I'm a miserable cyclist and not the most disciplined.
Parking as far away as I can and walking in the sun across asphalt is more than I want to do.
Thanks for the encouragement to move. Ms. Nyad certainly showed me my age is not the problem.