Originally Posted by Robbie0723 (Post 1820851)

We now have over three months with no outbreaks attributed to resumed outdoor activity in the Villages

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1821003)

We aren't "stopping life". We are having fun inside and in the yards of our nice homes. I am cooking more and painting more and enjoying my wide community of friends on Facebook and Zooming our family in different parts of this world every Monday. Facebook allows many of us to laugh at each other and commiserate with each other daily, and we have a bunch of folks who do just that from The Villages. The only people who are missing this are the ones who think it is dangerous to communicate on Facebook. You certainly can't catch Covid-19 there.

We live together, my husband of 58 years, our daughter who is 55, and our two cats. We cook and clean and communicate with others in myriad ways. We enjoy the front porch and the back lanai and our pool. A lot of people have added pools recently here in The Villages. Husband plays 18 holes four times of week. Stays in his own cart, doesn't eat lunch out, doesn't touch anything anyone touches on the course. He is our "purchasing agent" and it has been fun and interesting to see what he brings home from the grocery. We are blessed to live in a home filled with laughter and fun and good health and don't really mind this pause in social interaction in person.

We have seen far worse and far scarier times than this. Two of us have survived cancer. One of us have had three operations with the heart lung machine...not heart surgery with stents. We have lived long enough to have witnessed extreme sadness and loss of life to those we loved and heartbreaking situations. Our home today is a sweet retreat and soft place to land for awhile.

Originally Posted by Ladygolfer93 (Post 1821403)

What a lovely post ! I must confess I'm not a FB person, only looked at some pages a few times, don't even have a profile and page and all that, but my point is it brings you joy, golf brings your husband joy, what makes me so curious is WHY people are so nasty (on here, on FB, etc.). If someone says they are not interested in going into pools at this time, another will make some nasty comment, almost a subtle way to make fun of them for "not living". I've seen the same thing on posts about folks who still enjoy going out to lunch and dinner, then others feel compelled to make a nasty comment like on I saw on Facebook page that said " hope you enjoy that dinner with a side of ventilator" ! Can you imagine, a human being, a fellow resident, feeling compelled to write something like that to another retired person here just because they decided not to allow the possibility of a random virus making them ill to keep them from celebrating a birthday as they wished ? Is it the relative anonymity that makes people so judgmental and nasty to others when they are on these on line forums ? BTW, like you, I've been home more and cooking more.... trying more new recipes than I have for some years...LOL ! No place to go, used to love concerts, plays, going to the symphony in Orlando, and yes, TOTV which I have not been on this much for years, but just don't feel compelled to condemn my neighbors for swimming, golfing, biking, or just staying in reading, on computer, and binge TV watching....LOL ! Again, what a great uplifting post, live your life in the way that gives you pleasure:coolsmiley:

Originally Posted by deegerst (Post 1821605)

We went 2x in the early summer, as we r away now , however 1 st time great few people there, and the girl at the desk told us to turn down the back of the lounge when we leave , so she can sanitize the chair before the next people come in . Great idea . The 2 nd time , people left and others came in and sat in the Same chairs . I didn’t like that , the girl at the desk didn’t tell us that time. This was at Bridgeport at Lake Sumter

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1821460)

Well said

Originally Posted by Ladygolfer93 (Post 1821868)

Thank you ! I like getting on here and seeing what is going on with others, but some makes me just sick really, when people literally "lecture" people about how they are just not "living" because they are staying close to home, and at the other extreme, "lecture others on the evils of going out for a special dinner, or having company come play cards. It's almost hard to believe that if someone writes that they had some couples over to play cards because their dance club, or state club is no longer meeting, then someone they don't even know (probably ?) gets on here and says "YOU are the kind of people we don't need here !" Wow !

Originally Posted by Ladygolfer93 (Post 1821400)

I tend to agree completely, nothing in my education and limited knowledge of virus transmission tells me it is transmitted in chlorinated water. That does not make sense, maybe more if it were a bacteria ? That part I am definitely not confident about here at The Villages is the "properly maintained" part. You sure don't see attendants taking in person test samples every two hours (as well as the computerized auto monitoring systems that do sometimes fail to give accurate readings and additions of the proper chemical balances) like you do at resorts, hotels, public swimming pools, and cruise ships ! Always wondered why we don't see these in person tests like at other places ? I am used to it now, but was shocked years ago that showers were only a "suggestion", and many people make no attempt to shower before getting into the water. That was very strange as I never lived where it was not mandatory, but apparently it is not a health risk here ?