In all due respect expressing your honest opinion is not whinning. That is exactly what an earlier poster referenced when he said that posters would be lamblasted if they gave their honest assessment. Far too many people living here simply take immediate and personal umbrage if another person doesn't share their view of what TV is. Please not everyone likes beets that doesn't mean their complaining....I like beets:wave:

Please somebody tell me. Is it hard to get a seat at the pools? Crowded restaurants, traffic no problem. Just say it ain't so about the pools. :sigh:

It's bomblasted, rubicon... ;) and you are right, indeed, everyone does not share the same view of TV or beets. Heck I like beets.

Sometimes we do take things personally...and often many truly can't understand why others feel very differently from them. Those who don't care for what's happened or happening in our community also have to realize and recognize that others feel quite differently from them.

Heck without this difference of opinion, TOTV or any board where people disagree, would soon become stale.

I don't mind that others disagree with me about being happy here. I am just hurt when I get taunts such as "living in a gumdrop world" and "drinking the koolaid".

That isn't fair or nice. I am genuinely happy.

AND I don't like it when someone gives a very inaccurate account of something here or jumps to believe unproven hearsay or has an agenda....such as wants you not to use such and such contractor because he himself is a person selling the same service.

I also sometimes suspect that other areas losing population to central Florida are not too happy.

I get so mad when someone is critical of me for happy posts. I have been heartbroken and sad and almost hopeless many times in my life. This time right Now is much better than any time in my entire life and it's my party and I'll be happy if I want to.

You just keep on posting your happy notes!!! You ALWAYS make me smile!!! I don't always comment on your posts but I love to read them!

You just keep on being YOU!

"No voice or control ( voting) over growth or population".
This was in the post I commented on. Please tell me when anyone before or after moving to TV thought they could have control/voice over growth & population. The statement may be an opinion, but.....what is the basis for complaining (whining) about the lack of no voice or control???

Nobody knows about pool chairs hard to get? It was posted, is it true?

I personally have not had any difficulty getting a place to sit a the family pool. The Odell pool was right behind our house in Hadley so the convenience of me going there caused me not to go to other pools.

I hear that the adult pools sometimes are crowded-er.

Haven't had time to go to pools since July when Grandson was visiting and we went to Lake Miona and it was like having your own private pool in the evening. Many times we were the only ones in it.

If one pool is crowded, go to another....I think there are 62. Who knows the right number these days?

Thank you gracie. :wave:

Actually Pooh, bomblasted is not a word... not in the dictionary and rubicon was correct except he mispelled it (NO, I'M NOT A SPELLING COP! (said laughing)) It's actually "lambasted: "Has been attacked verbally" ...no L in it; guess he just forgot to get the L out of it! Think I'll stop here before I get lambasted, lamblasted and bomblasted! :a20:

Dear Skyguy...welcome home. Hugs and love to you both. You are where you should be...I am so happy for you.

Pooh used that version because someone else had used it first. She is a good speller, that Pooh, even if she is a math genius and she is a very forgiving and patient golf partner too.

Well said quirky! I agree that divergence of opinion is good and healthy. The thing that I don't like is when people get disagreeable or personal. Like Gracie said when someone is happy they should not be attacked for looking through rose colored glasses, that is the way they see things and that is equally as legitimate as someone who sees things the opposite. Discussion sites like TOTV are always on the edge of turning some people off, as often posters will express their opinion in a way that is off-putting, when they probably would not do that in a polite, face-to-face discussion. There is plenty of room for misinterpretation and misunderstanding in posts that are often typed quickly and without a lot of forethought, and which sometimes misportray the true thoughts of the poster. I have been guilty of posting things that I later looked at and realized they did not truly convey my intent. Hopefully, this is not one of them:confused:

Hugs and love back to you, your sweetie & Helene! You know of course that I was just joking around with Pooh. Anyway, we owe you a visit and one of these days we'll stop by. Don't worry though, I'll be sure to give you plenty of warning so you can load up the family and head for the hills! :1rotfl:

You're all unpacked and ready to get out and play???.....oh..... not unpacked totally, yet? You know Skyguy, it's been 5 years and we're still settling in..... ;)
Hope the kitties are adjusting to their new digs....remember the old saying, "Dogs have owners, but cats have staff." I'm sure if they're happy, you'll know....I'm also sure if they're unhappy, YOU'LL KNOW, TOO....
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I guess I did a boo-boo by putting bomblasted - but I was corrected and recorrected but the result is the same. We will be "attacked verbally" if we disagree.

I am very happy here. It does get crowded from September thru May. I do not rearrange my schedule because I like to eat about 1-1:30. I a also grocery shop at 7:30. Before the crowds. The only bug in my schedule is golf. But I can cope.

Z

I am so sorry dear Weissenbach. I didn't remember correctly. PLEASE don't take a vacation.

Everyone can see through posts on here and no matter what the words say, people can see meaness or kindness. YOU my friend are always kind.

:pooh: In my world its lamblasted bomblasted sound so much more war like:wave:

Yea, its like a little poem I read in a text book "Two men looking through bars one sees the ground the other the stars." The end:angel:

It sounds that way to me, too.....heck, we've all had enough of that, that's for sure. :wave: right back at ya... ;)

Z, I personally assumed you were being clever and creative. I love it when people make up new words!

Had any of you ever thought that the people who sincerely and honestly like this place feel attacked by the nay sayers...and not only feel attacked....feel singled out and attacked.

It hurts coming or going unless diplomacy is used....and you cannot really disguise bitterness with words....it seeps out.

So for instance I say I love this place and someone says I must work for the developer. Isn't that an attack? Or someone says I have been drinking the koolaid...isn't that an attack? Or someone lifts my words out of context...So the bullying goes on ....and one side is no better than the other.

graciegirl, I got you back and you are right. 225 pounds of bulldog at your service.

You know I have given this topic a second thought and believe that I much prefer overcrowdness rather than the alternative. So I'm happy to be here, heck I happy to be anywhere:wave:

lol....:)

GG your spot on. All we can and should do is speak for ourselves. Your positive attitude is infectious;)

If you can bring yourself to vary your shopping, eating, doctor visiting, etc routines by 30 minutes, you will never have to stand in line as long as you live in TV. Avoid the herd.

That certainly helps, but we've had trouble getting into restaurants during the high season months, particularly March. Even going at 5:00, depending on the restaurant, there can be lines . Its just something we live with, and breathe a sigh of relief in April, when things start to quiet down again.

Why go out to restaurants at 5:00? This is near peak time in NY. Why not 4:00 for dinner. Considering most of the Village people hit the sake at 9:00 p.m. the 4:00 dinner should hold you over for the night.

Lump Day
 

I fat fingered hump day one Wednesday in an email to my girlfriends. I typed lump day instead. Because they are so forgiving of my typos, Wednesdays have been known as Lump Day ever since. :oops:

Well, actually,we're still on the golf course at 4 during the winter. If you get a 1;00 tee time, and its a 4.5 to 5 hour round of golf, which it inevitably is in the winter, we're lucky if we can get to a restaurant by 5.

GG hit the nail on the head...about the bullying etc.

After all folks, we're retired so what's a bit of waiting? Being in line can have some bonuses...you meet folks you'd never met before! Why all the hurry, hurrying?? Make it a positive instead of a negative experience.

I don't think we actually KNOW what crowded truly is. Think Hong Kong, Japan (some of it's cities), New York etc. We get great benefits for this community being built out---the restaurants we "have" to wait in lines in, the stores and more!! I say...take a deep breath and relax!! JMHO

Sorry to hijack, but Runnermi, I have to admire your use of "fat fingered" as a verb!

As far as overcrowded conditions in TV, we usually have dinner around 7:30 pm. By then the crowds have nicely dissipated, even at Bonefish Grill.

If you really want to miss the lines eat about eight.

But...

She gets too hungry for dinner at eight...........

(Admin? Where is the smiley for musical notes?)

Try this one, Gracie....http://images.clipartof.com/thumbnai...Music-Note.jpg

But Tom, I like my sake WITH my dinner at the Japanese Steakhouse, Thai Ruby, Sakura.... :girlneener: