[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ricthemic

I too was a member of this board for two years as well as a TV resident and I absolutely very rarely look at this board and or consider offering anything. I agree with your post completely i.e. check out my last post.

Magnetic Ball Markers on your hat

I also remember another frequent and new resident poster who started a thread regarding his opinion of a neighborhood golf cart speed trap. He really got ripped. I don't believe he ever posted anything again.

ciao

I thought that thread was so funny rithcmic....AND just now I reread it and think you didn't mean it to be funny. Sometimes we read too fast and take a completely different meaning. I am sorry, I truly thought you were joking.

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

It's not necessarily what people sometimes say, it's the way it's expressed.......and interpreted.

Bill

Wise words, my friend.

[LuvItHere]

I like authenticity, not phoniness and flattery which is a prettied-up form of lying.

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by LuvItHere

I like authenticity, not phoniness and flattery which is a prettied-up form of lying.

One person's "authnticity", may be another person's insult or put-down. Part of the problem in this country's politics is the lack of respect for other peoples opinions and viewpoints. You call it phoniness and flattery, others may call in respect and politeness.

[bluedog103]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I thought that thread was so funny rithcmic....AND just now I reread it and think you didn't mean it to be funny. Sometimes we read too fast and take a completely different meaning. I am sorry, I truly thought you were joking.

I thought if was funny too. I didn't join in with the fun but I really got a kick out of reading the posts in that thread. Boy, did I ever miss that one!

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I thought that thread was so funny rithcmic....AND just now I reread it and think you didn't mean it to be funny. Sometimes we read too fast and take a completely different meaning. I am sorry, I truly thought you were joking.

I just read the whole thread and I thought he was joking, too.

[LuvItHere]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

One person's "authnticity", may be another person's insult or put-down. Part of the problem in this country's politics is the lack of respect for other peoples opinions and viewpoints. You call it phoniness and flattery, others may call in respect and politeness.

I agree with you. Let me clarify: I call it "authentic" to admit there COULD be a flaw in TV such as: some rats, alligators, or a pervert entering the women's shower at a sport pool.

I call it phoniness to claim that such "flaws" could not possibly exist in the utopia of TV.

People come to this blog looking for realistic answers. If they can't take it that there are alligators, rats, or perverts in Florida, then moving here is probably not a good choice for them. Either way, they want realistic answers.

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by LuvItHere

I agree with you. Let me clarify: I call it "authentic" to admit there COULD be a flaw in TV such as: some rats, alligators, or a pervert entering the women's shower at a sport pool.

I call it phoniness to claim that such "flaws" could not possibly exist in the utopia of TV.

People come to this blog looking for realistic answers. If they can't take it that there are alligators, rats, or perverts in Florida, then moving here is probably not a good choice for them. Either way, they want realistic answers.

Absolutely!

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by AnonChick

There were rats? You mean, this isn't Stepford? Thank god. I mean that most sincerely.

I'm sorry anyone had trouble with rodents, but I'm glad to know that this place has more than one perfect dimension. When I first heard about The Villages, and even during my first visit here, the images that came to mind were Logan's Run, 1984, and the Stepford Wives.

The idea of some artificial Utopia where people were forced, convinced, brainwashed, or otherwise manipulated into believing they had reached nirvana, when in fact there were vile things at work beneath the facade.

My second visit, which was last week, was more encouraging. Not because everyone is happy (I already knew that, THAT is what worried me so much) but because it wasn't perfect. Because it has flaws - nooks and crannies, imperfections that make the beauty even more beautiful. Because it's three dimensional. It has shadows that allow the brilliance to shimmer.

It's these nuances, these "less than perfect unpleasantries" that make a "development" a "community." If it was truly perfect, I would absolutely not want to live here. And this is what turned me off, and terrified me against living in the Villages. It's only upon my second visit, and reading the forums here, that I can reconsider my opinion.

There -is- imperfection. There ARE people who don't like this or that rule, who have problems with this or that policy, who think this or that decision shouldn't be made, and yes, even rats running around neighborhoods and patches of dead grass. These are what makes a place a HOME, rather than just a development.

Thanks, whoever let me borrow the guy.

AnonChick, you've hit on why some of us poke fun of ourselves and say that we drank the cool[refreshing unmentionable]aid.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by Pturner

Thanks, whoever let me borrow the guy.

He's all yours now..................

Bill

[Ajack]

Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo

He's all yours now..................

Bill

[AnonChick]

There's perverts here too? I guess I'd better get on the treadmill so my flab and sagging boobs don't smack the peeper in the face and cause him to keel over and break a hip then.

Hopefully I'll be in tip top shape by next year when I come down again so any voyeuristic geezer wanting to actually look in my direction will have something good to look at

Anna ONE anna TWO anna THREE knees up up up! Tighten those abba-dabbas ladies! WE GOT COMPANY COMIN!

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by AnonChick

There's perverts here too? I guess I'd better get on the treadmill so my flab and sagging boobs don't smack the peeper in the face and cause him to keel over and break a hip then.

Hopefully I'll be in tip top shape by next year when I come down again so any voyeuristic geezer wanting to actually look in my direction will have something good to look at

Anna ONE anna TWO anna THREE knees up up up! Tighten those abba-dabbas ladies! WE GOT COMPANY COMIN!

You go, girl!!! Work it, baby!!

Bill

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by Taj44

As I mentioned before, it was not about the rats. It was about courtesy to people who are posting. Your post is not courteous. As far as lessons learned, how about paying attention?

Rats or courtesy who cares? - the post is two years old - give it a rest.

This is a forum where ideas and concerns and praise and... are discussed. I don't feign my response. You're going to lecture me? Laughable!

It's posters like this that made me glad we moved the political thread out of sight.

Tony? Perhaps you could ban me? Tiresome, just tiresome.

[K9-Lovers]

I just finished reading ricthemic's old thread about magnetic effects on the brain. Very informative and I'm sure those posters who made such cute jokes afterwards took the idea seriously, even as they were making funny comments. While those people found something funny about the subject, it doesn't mean that they thought less of ricthemic or of the subject -- they were just having fun. They didn't attack ricthemic or the idea. I thought the thread was very funny, too, but after reading it, no longer will keep my magnetic marker in my hat! Maybe ricthemic should have joined in the fun instead of taking it so personally?

Sometimes serious subjects need a little humor to hold people's interest.