[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by PugMom

have you ever heard of Goblin?? very italian & progressive

Oh yes. I'm pretty sure I even had at least one of their albums back in the day. Kerry Livgren introducing me to Italian prog had a huge effect on me. After that night I checked out Banco, PFM, Le Orme, Area, etc. To this day, I still think Banco is one of the best bands ever, in any genre, from any country. I had the good fortune to finally see them live in one of their rare U.S. appearances at a progfest in PA around 2008.

And strangely enough...Banco had a hold on Kansas, too. Their song The Spider from Point of Know Return sounds exactly like the great Italian proggers. The Spider - YouTube

And here for your listening pleasure is the one and only Banco doing one of my favorite songs of all time, and I owe it all to Kansas: Banco del mutuo soccorso (non mi rompete) - YouTube

[brfree1411@aol.com]

I agree! Marijuana is much better than being drunk. Maybe with MJ, you get lost, drive slowww & giggle uncontrollably but it’s better than have a bar fight or be mean

[ismatta]

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.

[NoMoSno]

Originally Posted by ismatta

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.

Anything you burn and inhale can potentially cause lung cancer.

[timjones]

Originally Posted by ts12755

Iin the last 2 years I've met several dozen Villagers that use legal and illegal Marijuana here in the villages. It will be recreational legal in Florida by the next Governor election.

What effect the covid restrictions have had on marijuana consumption, has decreased or increased or had no discernible effect?

[jbfleck]

Drunks can be very ugly

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

I was play Roosevelt a few months ago and two grandkids were driving a golf cart across the course..........across the fairways, across the hazards, across the greens. Ranger Rick chased after them, but never caught them because he was trying to drive in the right areas.


Some grandparents do, some do not.

Some grandparents do, most grandparents don’t give a 5hit; they’re afraid of offending their kids or grandkids.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by ismatta

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.

Getting high and driving responsibly seems oxymoronic.

[Shoolie]

Sounds like a good way to end the evening to me.

[Trbrown57]

Sorry I am just moving in, what is the mmp?

[Ricky Dale]

multi-modal path

[ithos]

Originally Posted by Singerlady

Thank goodness we don’t have sidewalks in front of our homes.

There are plenty of sidewalks in the villages. Also plenty of nice green grass with shade next to the MMPs. And every home has right of way property which is publicly owned.

California was nirvana in the 80s. Now Uhaul costs 10x more to move out than to move in.
But what am I thinking? It could never happen here.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by ithos

I understand the libertarian mindset of decriminalizing drugs but extending it to certain hard drugs will have eventually have a profound fact on all in society.

The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there.

You now have judges in California that say that homeless people have a right to camp out on any public sidewalk including the one in front of single homes. Don't think it could happen in The Villages? All it takes is an election or two.

california homeless pictures - Google Search

I bet they can’t camp out on Wiltshire Blvd.?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?

Well, at least they didn’t stop at the electrician boxes and start Humping like the drunks did. Or maybe the wasn’t high enough yet?

[Laker14]

I've definitely caught whiff of it, on many more than one occasion, as I've tooled around TV in my cart. Live and let live. Just another one of those things that handled responsibly is not a problem for anyone, but handled irresponsibly could be. Like cars, booze, dogs, golf carts, drones, car stereos, , just to name a few.