[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Garywt

So you are bitching about some palms down after a storm. What will be the issue for you tomorrow. You could have just said that there were palms down and left it at that, no need to throw the Villages under the bus.

Perhaps, a current thought process. Or perhaps an always thought process. People say, demand, expect PERFECTION. Reality, it has never and will never exist.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Can’t trim everything! These guys do the best they can considering a Hurricane just came thru Florida..Register a complaint and please post their response..

Can't trim everything...... but sure can complain about everything.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by frose

all you miss the point.. If this had been done all along, instead of letting them go, they would not have to be cleaned up now. Lucky no one got hurt by falling debris. that's all no big deal..

LOL.... yes, all those people wandering around in the wind and rain certainly could have been hit by flying fronds.

[Rsenholzi]

I agree with you - all the palms should be trimmed by the villages landscaping as part of keeping the villages up to par. The trees were a mess and the hurricane was God’s way of trimming them back

[Jerseygirl08]

Originally Posted by Garywt

So you are bitching about some palms down after a storm. What will be the issue for you tomorrow. You could have just said that there were palms down and left it at that, no need to throw the Villages under the bus.

I cannot believe so many are attacking FROSE, who just voiced his/her opinion. Why? Are we not abe to be speak freely on this site? I think some posters just wait for a post they can criticize. My mother always taught us, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything". Just sayin'. I'm breaking her rule right now, I know, but I must defend FROSE.

[Maybelle]

Originally Posted by frose

oh yea. house here going on market saturday .can't wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you in the a$$ on the way out. 😇

[Villagesgal]

They are called bearded palms for a reason, that'stheir nickname. You do not trim them. Yes. They will drop palm fronds in high winds, but they are supposed to be left untrimmed for the health of the palm. Look it up.

[Villagesgal]

They are not supposed to be trimmed, they are nicknamed bearded palms. If you trim them, they weaken and die.

[dewilson58]

People................I don't think facts will stop the whining.

Some jus have sad lives.

[Weiserj]

We’ve been having minor storms in the afternoons for months and palm branches have been coming off. They are great about getting them picked up fairly quick. I Appreciate what they do!

[missibu@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by frose

i just paid to have mine done also. I want the property and area to look great, not wait for an event to knock them down.. In fact I had my neighbors done also, they could not afford to do it but take a lot of pride in their home so it was an honor to have it done for them.

What an awesome individual you are that was so very nice of you 😊

[ElDiabloJoe]

Yes, the dead and hanging palms are an eyesore.
Yes, they provide habitat for a lot of birds and critters (Squirrels, etc.).
Yes, they are healthier for the tree.
Yes, you still need a bucket truck to trim them, especially as they grow taller. Even one "layer" of beard 30 feet up needs a bucket truck.

Yes, they go up like a fuse when caught on fire. They are like flaming torches.

To me, having spent decades in So Cal, they look like ugly weeds that present a huge fire hazard. They are like big dead dandelions on the landscape.

I was 5 years old when the "charm" of exotic and sunny paradises filled with palm trees ended and the "charm" of big, 20 to 80 foot weeds began. Some people love 'em, some hate 'em, and some don't care at all. I'm in between not caring at all and hating them.

[jump4]

Originally Posted by frose

just took a ride up 466a.. what a mess, all dead palm branches that should have been trimmed.. I wish someone would pay attention..Thankful that's really all the damage i saw ..I think we got very lucky

So sad to see someone complain about fallen branches when so many people have lost this homes & belongs, over 2M without power, and probably many lives lost. The Villages is certainly not perfect, but we are all better off than so many others.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by frose

You people really don’t get it. I’m not bitching about the villages just the people who don’t get it. NC doesn’t have a site like this thank god. Even these rednecks have more sense than some of the people on this site

For the sake of your blood pressure, try not to take the jabs personally. Think ot this as verbal/keyboard paintball and you are the target of the moment. This, too, shall pass.
Wishing you a quick and profitable sale, and a great, happy life in NC.
Farewell!

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

For the sake of your blood pressure, try not to take the jabs personally. Think ot this as verbal/keyboard paintball and you are the target of the moment. This, too, shall pass.
Wishing you a quick and profitable sale, and a great, happy life in NC.
Farewell!

Is a happy life elsewhere even possible?