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Travel,

I just listened to that song again. And this time, I quite simply put my head down on my desk and laughed until I could barely breathe. I love it. I am putting it on my iPod tomorrow. That guy is a cross between Elvis and Barry White. All this while I was still trying to recover from laughing at Chuck's, "Make it snappy." I am weak.

C'mon, the rest of you. Listen. Please.

Boomer Annie

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Trav, brilliant solution. But if rats are a huge problem, we may end up with some really fat alligators. ;)

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I cant wait to meet all you totv'ers I was thinking of chrispers, buy now I'm thinking of chrispers for a mud wrestling contest to see who is the meanest.

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We could meet at Stumpknockers up near Ocala - they serve alligator there - and it's not bad at all!

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It's my understanding that all the retaining ponds are joined from one pond to another all through TV. ::) You would guess the gators can swim from one area to another.

(And the gator Senior Olympics are really something to watch! OK, there are no gator senior olympics here... that part's a joke, that's a joke!)

Has anyone contacted the CDD to find out what the current rulings are on gators in TV? I had heard that the rules over the retaining ponds are not necessarily governed by TV and TV need to follow the rules of the agency that governs the ponds? (Can I quote which agency it is...no, I can't, sorry!) Have you ever heard that? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I wish that TV would put into writing what the rulings are re: the gators or that it could be published in the paper. I better check my homeowner's manual to make sure I didn't miss something about what they do about gators here.

Just my 2 cents' worth,

luvflowers1585

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I guess TV is a gatored community.

Boomer Annie

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Honestly, all this posting about rats and alligators doesn't make The Villages look very good to any newcomers. This is an absolutely beautiful place and maybe I've just been lucky, but I've been here going on 9 months and have never seen a rat, alligator or snake. Whew!

MC as I said before why don't you physically put up big signs near that pool, take pictures, send them to the powers that be with the threat of sending them on to the news. Be proactive. I personally wouldn't put out bait myself to try and catch anything! Yeeks! I would embarrass the hell out of the people who are suppose to be taking care of this. But, really, this forum isn't going to get the job done.

As for the gators, again, I agree with zcaveman. If some idiot wants to stick his hand in a pond for a $1.25 golf ball, oh well. The gators are a part of Florida. It's just that simple. Be aware.

Yes, Mc, we all have a wonderful life. I've heard this story before. But talk is cheap and action costs. Take action girl!

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Boomer RATS I wish I thought of that one.

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Tail gator (possibly making RATatouille)

http://www.smocking.com/ProductImage...0TailGator.JPG

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To all the folks who are concerned about the rats and alligators that are evidently overrunning TV:

What did the District Manager or any of her employees say in response to your questions about the infestation?

What was the response when you asked about the purported elimination of the purported Villages Exterminator position?

What are the statistics on alligator attacks in TV?

As I'm sure many of you have pursued these issues rather than just carp about them here, would you please post any written responses to your queries or other information you've gathered.

I' sure others would appreciate knowing whether these issues are, in fact, real or just something to enliven a dull midweek.

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I sure hope everybody in this thread smiles while they sleep tonight.

I know I will. Even though I will probably keep hearing, "Gators got your granny."

Seeya later. . .you know the rest.

Goodnight.

Boomer Annie

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"Chomp. Chomp, chomp, chomp!!! All the people thought she was insane, but her mamma was a working on a chain gang..." Boomer, that's one of my all time favorites!!
I also love living in my gatored community and hope to tailgate with travel!!
Muncle, statistics might ruin this thread. We still haven't gotten to the black bears and hideously large wild hogs. I've seen several on the square. 1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl

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Hold on Mildred. This ride ain't over yet. ;D

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This says it all. Life is very good. :) I am going to the pool. :)
Life is good. :) I am going to the pool! :) Got it?
I hope everybody has a good day.

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Tra-la, tra-la. Hope you're bringing a sign with you Mc. Just out of curiosity, why do you keep frequenting that pool? I'd be at one of the 30 other ones. :dontknow:

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Hi Chels,

Closest to my house and I have a group of friends there. We all live around this pool and we have formed friendships through the years. We are pretty close. :)
As you know-I am a country girl so Willy won't keep me from my friends. Plus I have my tall handsome husband to protect me!!! ;D
Now there are tons of little black baited traps put out all around the pool. I don't put them out....but Willy might be gone to heaven all ready! :)
I am enjoying the never ending story.

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Update -- The alligator problem has been taken care of ;D Alligator control came to the Ashland pond and removed the alligator (all 8 feet of him). When asked why, they said that he was interfering with the use of the pond by the sailboat club. (Also he may have been a democrat, and did not belong here :dontknow:)

Thanks to whoever helped take care of this problem.

Mc (Mildred) signing out.

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mc..that's funny about the gator being a democrat! :) Where does he belong?
Hey I noticed all your posts are deleted except for 33 of them. What's up with that? You had some great anti-war posts that I felt were right on target.

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I just don't want the powers that be coming to take away my 2 gators. I would miss RJ and Ali terribly. :(

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...igatorwake.jpg

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travel, I so agree. I love watching the gators and will be greatly saddened to see them hauled away. I figure someone from TV reads these threads. This reminds me of the buffalo being taken away. Please leave the gators alone unless they become aggressive.

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Travel and Sam,
Don't worry about your gators. They said it was just because of the miniature sailboat club that meets twice a week using this pond. :bigthumbsup:

Sam,
Computer problem...couldn't log on. Administrators worked very hard to get me back on...and had to wipe me out and start over.

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[quote=mcelheny ]
Travel and Sam,
Don't worry about your gators. They said it was just because of the miniature sailboat club that meets twice a week using this pond. :bigthumbsup:



I think that means (take away) another gator killed as happened several years ago nearby. Maybe the sailors can find another pond and we can keep our "native gators" that have yet to bother anyone.

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I'm with you on this one Chuckster. I don't like when society in general clears a path for itself no matter who or what it hurts. I abhor hunting in any form. Let the dweebs go play with their sailboats elsewhere. Leave the gators alone! Just my opinion.

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Are you saying only dweebs have sailboats?
???

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:agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree:
oh, and did I say :agree: ?

We were driving by the lake near Spanish Springs today and once again I saw an adult with a young child fishing, and they were both up to their shins in the lake! :o And if an alligator harmed them in any way, we'd see the gators go the way of the buffalo.

With all the complaints so many people have about the younger generation, what are these "adults" thinking to come to an area where it's a natural habitat for alligators and think we can build, fish, boat and sail in their environment and not expect them to defend their turf!

http://re3.yt-thm-a01.yimg.com/image/25/m2/2414007744

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Trav, well said! :agree:

I'm from Canada, and even I know that where there is water in Florida, there can be gators. For heavens sake folks, keep young children and dogs away from water!!

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It is difficult to be nature lovers when buying into a huge
housing development that clear-cuts trees and bulldozes hundreds of acres of land, disturbing the natural ecology of an area. I feel sorry that the alligator had to be killed, but the developer makes that decision vs. trapping. You know this must be happening on the golf courses as well.

There are developments that try to take the opposite tack by limiting the number of houses, keeping the trees and not disturbing the wildlife. They have park-like settings, and there is much more natural beauty there.

These ponds are also a haven for a wide variety of beautiful birds, which end up being food for the alligators. When one is in a pond the birds disappear or have become lunch.

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Hi Tony, no not only dweebs have sailboats, dorks do to!. LOLOLOL :joke: Kidding, love to watch sailboats but not where there are gators. Then it's no contest. Gators stay, "man" finds another pond or lake.

Mc, I think the developer has done a splendid job with it's wildlife preserves. You seem to be down on the developer quite a bit. Coming from the midwest, I'm in awe at all the natural beauty they have managed to preserve. You can't really compare natural predators with the destruction "man" can cause.

Man is the only species that kills for pleasure.

***A little off topic, but please all rent The Planet Earth (4 discs) It's absolutely stunning.

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mcelheny........ THANK YOU for the heads up regarding rats and alligators in TV. Sure, I'm only a wannabee but I read the positive remarks about life in America's Friendliest Hometown and I appreciate even more those issues regarding problems in TV.

All those years of living in Miami-Dade County I've heard numerous stories of alligators in canals grabbing small children and pets. The threat is real and I appreciate your posting this thread to inform others :bigthumbsup:

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I don't think this is an issue exclusive to The Villages. I tend to believe it's an issue throughout Florida and I would assume many other southern states.

Am I correct with my assumption?

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Bright, you are correct. I know many people live here and have not seen gators. Living on the water has allowed me to see many gators.
I introduced Bright to Markets of Marion today. As we came back home, I pointed out a big gator just down from my house. He was catching rays on the bank. He is not to be confused with Big George. BG comes up behind a home two doors down from me.
I really shudder to think of anyone standing knee deep in a local lake with a child. I know gators are supposed to fear us, but why take the chance?

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I have been running around on this site for awhile and if you have read some of the stuff I write, you may know that I am madly, wildly, secretly in love with Carl Hiaasen. If you read my man Carl, you know that he is a Florida native and quite the defender of Florida's creatures and Florida's natural beauty. If Hiaasen ever hears about TOTV, he will find the plot of a new bestseller right here. If only he knew that if he happens to be suffering with a bout of writer's block, he need only come here, to TOTV. Or to TV, the gatored community. And Carl H. is old enough to live in TV.

I found another song about alligators. And I wanted to give it to our writers over on the "Neverending Story" in case they wanted to make it a musical or something. Then my youtube feed kept jumping around so I just ditched the post. But I tried it again, and it seems fine.

You have probably never heard this one before. But it has a good beat and you could dance to it. I do have one concern about it though. I hope no one from the posse that is out looking for those gators hears it. I believe that the lyrics make the gators sound a little bad. Perhaps they are a little anti-gator. But the song is catchy and fun to listen to and it rocks a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKWrGjiAJyI

Oh, and you might want to crank it up.

Boomer

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That says it all.

Cutting down trees and scraping top soil has no regard for nature. That kills and makes all animals homeless. If you care about all animals, you treat the earth with respect. I cried for two days when they cut down the 2 trees left across the road and all those little creatures lost their homes and shade. Natural trees and natural lakes should be respected.

The developer advertises fishing and gives out free fishing poles at Spanish Springs.!!!! He uses the sailing club in his DVD. !!!!

The sailors and I were not happy with the killing. We thought the gator would of been trapped and moved.
Enough said :)

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Yeah mc, I don't think they move the larger animals. I think they are euthanized. I really think they (gators) are amazing. Of course one hasn't come out of the water and tried to get me yet. Might change my mind then. ;D

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mc....

maybe if you had a suggested action for your vent it would be a little more effective. We know you have a problem with this (who wouldn't), but you have not told us what you would like us to do. Call Who? What number? Say what? I wonder if once person received as many calls as views to this thread if they would feel compelled to get off their chair and do something. Maybe if you vented less and directed more, you could use this thread to solve a problem. Just a thought......

I agree with that other post, it is about taking action.....

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jeckyl,
Welcome!
The original issues at the Ashland pool have all been solved.

This thread had been turned into how wrong it is to shoot one gator by people who bought into a hugh(I think too big and still growing)development that clear cut hundreds of acres and cuts down all the trees. How can you be upset about one gator when all of nature has been ruined to build hundreds of homes.?

So -my problems were solved.
The only problem I have now is to get this thread to stop!!

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Sam,
You are right. He was super big.

I think this is the thread about Rats...and Alligators too.
 

This is the thread I referred to in discussion in the marginalization thread. FYI

Certainly looks like the right thread, graciegirl.

You just have to expect some rough handling when you post on message boards especially ones covering communities in which many of the posters have a lot of time and money invested.