Originally Posted by Tom Hannon (Post 410542)

.......Every one of them was as nice or nicer than expected...even Bill of the famous comedy team of Bill & Brillo. ......

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo (Post 410588)

I take that as a compliment, Tom! Thanks!

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Ed, take a break if you feel you must. But do stay in touch with TOTV! It's an "ebb and flow" thing - things are always changing! I've always appreciated your posts and your thoughts. They'll be missed.

Bill :wave:

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 410566)

There is being realistic and stating problems and there is negativity and just plain lying about things. There are posters on here that if one person says it is black they are not only going to say it is white but they are going to say it in such a way as to anger everyone.

When I see some names go up, even before I read a post, I can hear a Wagnerian dirge playing in the background and KNOW that there is going to be someone who enjoys it when the Morses do wrong things. They bring up the law suit against the developer that was won by a group of residents and love to talk about the IRS case and like to talk about the Morses and the poaching charges. NONE of these people reveal anything about who they are ever, so they hide behind their anononymity and never come to gatherings and meet other people.

There is a group of people who don't like some things here and don't like the developer and do not see this place as wonderful as I do and who do reveal who they are and I respect them VERY much and they have changed my mind about things too. For instance the debacle about the Relay for Life.

Now that doesn't mean that a lot of positive people don't remain anonymous and never come to gatherings. AND that doesn't mean that how things are run here is perfect and that bad things never happen here or should be hushed up. I think what gets my back up is the JOY these people seem to have when something does go wrong.

This is our hometown now. I think we should do anything we can to keep it safe and nice and pretty and interesting and a place where we can live and welcome our families and new residents. That DOESN'T mean that we should NOT bring things out that are bad, unreasonable, stupid, morally and ethically wrong, badly handled and far, far from perfect.

You can and should be patient with stupid, or lack of abiltiy to grasp a situation. But you shouldn't have to put up with MEANESS on this forum or anywhere. It isn't what you say but how you say it.

And You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear or put lipstick on a pig.

I still say I want to shake Gary Morses hand....and fill his ear about a lot of other things.

Gracie...still a cheerleader.

Originally Posted by mrs sanborn (Post 410557)

Ignore the negativity. This place is amazing. And yes I really do live here!

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 410566)

There is being realistic and stating problems and there is negativity and just plain lying about things. There are posters on here that if one person says it is black they are not only going to say it is white but they are going to say it in such a way as to anger everyone.

When I see some names go up, even before I read a post, I can hear a Wagnerian dirge playing in the background and KNOW that there is going to be someone who enjoys it when the Morses do wrong things. They bring up the law suit against the developer that was won by a group of residents and love to talk about the IRS case and like to talk about the Morses and the poaching charges. NONE of these people reveal anything about who they are ever, so they hide behind their anononymity and never come to gatherings and meet other people.

There is a group of people who don't like some things here and don't like the developer and do not see this place as wonderful as I do and who do reveal who they are and I respect them VERY much and they have changed my mind about things too. For instance the debacle about the Relay for Life.

Now that doesn't mean that a lot of positive people don't remain anonymous and never come to gatherings. AND that doesn't mean that how things are run here is perfect and that bad things never happen here or should be hushed up. I think what gets my back up is the JOY these people seem to have when something does go wrong.

This is our hometown now. I think we should do anything we can to keep it safe and nice and pretty and interesting and a place where we can live and welcome our families and new residents. That DOESN'T mean that we should NOT bring things out that are bad, unreasonable, stupid, morally and ethically wrong, badly handled and far, far from perfect.

You can and should be patient with stupid, or lack of abiltiy to grasp a situation. But you shouldn't have to put up with MEANESS on this forum or anywhere. It isn't what you say but how you say it.

And You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear or put lipstick on a pig.

I still say I want to shake Gary Morses hand....and fill his ear about a lot of other things.

Gracie...still a cheerleader.

Originally Posted by swimdawg (Post 410603)

Great advice. I bet you are from WHEATFIELD! We Wheatfield people like the positives. :wave:

I'm so happy you're down there. It's cool, drizzly and dreary up here.

Bring on the sunshine and warmth........next week.......up, up and away! :)

Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 410344)

and take a vacation from this board for awhile. Overall lately it is not enhancing my vision of Florida's Friendliest Hometown.

Originally Posted by TomW (Post 410994)

A lot of things here are the result of a community with an older population. Bad driving is typical but actions that would apprear to be agressive driving are mostly confused driving. I was conflicted about whether to be angry or to pity the couple driving the wrong way around the SL square the other day. People who decide to try golf and hope to introduce their wives to the game always choose level 4 exec courses or get the 9:30 tee time on the champ courses. The snowbirds arrive and just stand around in the sports pools and invite their grandkids into the adult pools and don't have a clue to the difference. .....

Originally Posted by TomW (Post 410994)

A lot of things here are the result of a community with an older population. Bad driving is typical but actions that would apprear to be agressive driving are mostly confused driving. I was conflicted about whether to be angry or to pity the couple driving the wrong way around the SL square the other day. People who decide to try golf and hope to introduce their wives to the game always choose level 4 exec courses or get the 9:30 tee time on the champ courses. The snowbirds arrive and just stand around in the sports pools and invite their grandkids into the adult pools and don't have a clue to the difference. Otherwise, this is paradise and you can almost duplicate it for an additional $100K per year in another retirement community.

Originally Posted by Taj44 (Post 411048)

OMG, you hit the nail on the head!!!! I personally think it is a combination of confused, and that there is also a certain percentage of people out there who really don't care, and think the rules don't apply to them. I've seen them post on TOTV about slow play on the golf course, for example, and their answer is that they're retired, and what's the hurry, and everyone else should slow down. Thankfully people like that are a very small percentage. I think you'll run into things that are less than perfect no matter where you live. I enjoy my time in The Villages in spite of these imperfections, but I do wish some people would try a little harder to learn the basics.

Originally Posted by paulandjean (Post 411083) I think a lot people here,"where big fish in a small pond', they move here and find out they are just a"small fish in a big pond".They cannot understand that they are no longer number 1.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach (Post 410344)

and take a vacation from this board for awhile. Overall lately it is not enhancing my vision of Florida's Friendliest Hometown.