[Leadbone1]

Originally Posted by JoMar

Usually the adults are willing to follow recommendations when made by people smarter then they are. Kids on the other hand will do what they can to disregard what they are told and will make decisions about where they wanna be.....just visit Disney and watch the interplay between kids and parents. I think you are confused.

People that are smarter? They have been wrong about every single thing they said. They have picked the winners and losers while they never missed a paycheck. Naïve much?

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by CarolSells

No, we are not! The great divide seems to get wider every day.

Ostriches hear little snippets of news broadcast by The Little Red Hen and are certain that the end is near!

Logical and thinking people can figure out that nothing that “they” have told us to date is reliable.

Do you really want to die in your house while this scamdemic seeks a cure?

Well said. I hope to see you one day and buy you a drink! While the scamdemic victims are at home calling community watch reporting us for shaking hands!

[Leadbone1]

Originally Posted by Tom53

Yes, you are free to disregard the social distancing recommendation, but the commercial business's are allowed to stay open, PROVIDED the social distancing is being adhered to. Just like some beaches, it only takes a few to ruin it for all.

Oh yes the guilt angle. Those selfish people that just won’t fall into line. I was there. The tables were all at least 6 feet apart. And just to point out the utter stupidity of this social distancing thing. Why is it OK for three or four people to be sitting within a foot or two of each other at a table, but not OK if they’re sitting in chairs listening to music? This whole thing is pathetic and ridiculous.

[shut the front door]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Many people have not been out to even SEE what is going on at the squares. I am sure they are not the ones complaining or reporting y'all.

Most polls show that almost 70% of all Americans are hesitant and reluctant to go out and be with other people because they do not feel safe.

I think people are realistically apprehensive. Most people here are in the highest risk age category. People can choose what they want to do. It worries me that there will be an escalation of the virus, and that my husband who is the one that goes out on errands and to buy groceries might somehow get exposed and get very sick or even die. The risk factor for an 80 year old if they catch Covid-19 is greater than one in ten of dying. I don't like those odds at all.

I have some little kids, old men and drunks who just love me. They would miss me if I died.

Very wrong on that count. There are numerous people making calls to community watch every day who are sitting at home watching the web cams at all 3 squares. They call in to report people who aren't social distancing and when asked if they are there, they freely admit, "no, I'm watching it on the web cam!" Pathetic as they are, they are out there. And what they don't realize is that when they call community watch, their name AND location on a map pop up for everyone in the room to see.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

Very wrong on that count. There are numerous people making calls to community watch every day who are sitting at home watching the web cams at all 3 squares. They call in to report people who aren't social distancing and when asked if they are there, they freely admit, "no, I'm watching it on the web cam!" Pathetic as they are, they are out there. And what they don't realize is that when they call community watch, their name AND location on a map pop up for everyone in the room to see.

Except this isn't happening every day, and this thread isn't about web cams at the Squares. It's about outdoor entertainment at Gator's. The web cam doesn't offer a view to Gator's, so it's not possible that anyone could have seen Gator's on the web cam and called in their complaint as a result.

Rather than come up with some insane contrived conspiracy, how about considering the obvious? Someone - or several someones - took issue with people being TOO close to each other and not honoring the social distancing or mask restrictions, and complained to someone about it, and as a result, Gator's discontinued public entertainment for the time being. Which was what they were supposed to be doing in the first place.

It was no secret that they were entertaining against the rules, I mean it's outside for anyone to see when they drive or walk past the place.

No one should be surprised that this happened. This is what happens when you can't play nicely. You get your toys taken away.

[joseppe]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

Even if that were the true, we’re adults and we can make decisions about where we wanna be and how close we want to sit to other people. Social distancing is a recommendation, it is not a law. It’s not up to someone else to decide for us what we should be doing? I don’t understand why more people don’t get that?

I get that, but don't sit next to me. Would you want to sit that close to someone who was infected with the virus? Maybe they'll start up separate sections at all establishments. The 'Don't Care If I get Infected' Section and the 'I'd Rather Be Safe' Section. Just like we used to have 'smoking' and 'non-smoking' sections.

[anothersteve]

I feel so dirty!......I shook a persons hand today!
Bless me Father for I have sinned....
Steve

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

People that are smarter? They have been wrong about every single thing they said. They have picked the winners and losers while they never missed a paycheck. Naïve much?

Did you ever start a business from zero, in fact did you ever own or run a business?

[YouNeverKnow]

Originally Posted by joseppe

I get that, but don't sit next to me. Would you want to sit that close to someone who was infected with the virus? Maybe they'll start up separate sections at all establishments. The 'Don't Care If I get Infected' Section and the 'I'd Rather Be Safe' Section. Just like we used to have 'smoking' and 'non-smoking' sections.

The Covid and Non-Covid section.

[big guy]

I may be wrong but The Villages is not an incorporated city. We are owned by the developers as are the businesses. We knew that when we bought, we chose to buy anyway. Australia's population is almost the same as Florida. In May Australia has lost 9 people. Florida has lost 608. Australia's total death count is 98, Florida's is 1876. Something is wrong here and it's not social distancing.

[thomp679]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

Oh yes the guilt angle. Those selfish people that just won’t fall into line. I was there. The tables were all at least 6 feet apart. And just to point out the utter stupidity of this social distancing thing. Why is it OK for three or four people to be sitting within a foot or two of each other at a table, but not OK if they’re sitting in chairs listening to music? This whole thing is pathetic and ridiculous.

If you are sitting in your own chairs, it seems you are mooching the free music while not buying anything at the restaurant. That in itself is an issue for another day.

BTW, your freedom stops when your reckless attitude spreads from one person that may be at Gator's to someone who wasn't there but encounters the virus from the location.

Yes, maybe nobody will get infected from the night in reference, but then again, maybe they will get infected. Its a bit sad to think that your angst for freedom to listen to music is the worst thing occuring to you while many others in this country are in worse shape.

[DDVeteran]

A child...

"I come home in the morning light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells, "What you gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one
But girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just want to have
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun (girls, they wanna, wanna have fun, girls wanna have)"

[JimJohnson]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

Ridiculous? Do you have the right to control what you do, not what other people do. That’s it!

Come sneeze in my face and you will get an example of my rights.

[Jewelz]

Originally Posted by billethkid

And with all the alleged people all over and on top of each other how many new cases in TV since?

EXACTLY!!!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by big guy

I may be wrong but The Villages is not an incorporated city. We are owned by the developers as are the businesses. We knew that when we bought, we chose to buy anyway. Australia's population is almost the same as Florida. In May Australia has lost 9 people. Florida has lost 608. Australia's total death count is 98, Florida's is 1876. Something is wrong here and it's not social distancing.

Apples and oranges, not a valid comparison.

Demographics. Population density. Climate. Travelers coming in from hot spots early on. All likely different. Just look at Miami-Dade vs. rural counties in Florida