[rubicon]

And there are people who "know the price of everything but the value of nothing" Oscar Wilde

Making money comes easy to some, its their lack of discipline when spending it that's the problem

[firewalkerb3]

Well Said

[villagetinker]

About 30 years ago, visiting the Indian Rocks beach area (near Tampa), a woman was walking her dog on a leash, near a body of water. She heard a noise, and when she turned, she was walking an alligator on the leash, as it had just swallowed her dog. This was in the local paper, and several weeks/months later, a chain link fence was installed to try and prevent future incidents.

I was also in Naples, on the opposite side of a ditch filled with water, the gator was sunning itself on the opposite bank. Before I could move the camera from my chest to my eye the gator was off the bank and it the water, I got a picture of 2 beady eyes looking at me. I never imagined they could move so FAST!

I hope our fellow villagers see this, and take heed, I would really hate to hear of a villager or visitor getting bitten.

[rjn5656]

All summer, there was a gator hanging out at that pond.

[Villager Joyce]

Originally Posted by rubicon

On the serious side I do not care much for the phrase "you can't fix stupid" Its demeaning, unfair and unnecessary. There is not one person posting or viewing these pages that hasn't done something stupid. and it certainly wouldn't make me feel better about myself by calling other people stupidly unfixable

Thank you.

[Fred R]

Real simple.....This is Florida,,,,,I don't hang around bodies of water in Florida. You never know what all is in them.

[l2ridehd]

I remember several years ago playing golf at a TPC course just outside of Chaing Mai Thailand and being told not to walk in the long grass because of the cobra's. I had rented clubs and shoes, bought a dozen balls, and had played 9 holes. I had to go back in the pro shop and buy more balls for the second 9 as I only had 5 left.

I decided if the cobra's were in the long grass, I would just walk in the fairway and if that ball was in any rough they could keep it. Probably only a story so they could resell golf balls, but I didn't care. Fairway only for me.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by firewalkerb3

Well Said

Which of the 16 posts?

[Rapscallion St Croix]

About 25 years ago, I was undergoing four months of training at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. On the weekends, I had been travelling down to Fort Walton Beach to visit and play golf with my daughter and son-in-law. On the golf course we played at Hurlburt Field, there were long winded signs that said, "This body of water is the natural habitat of the American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis), an endangered species in parts of Florida. Alligators can be unpredictable and dangerous. Please use extreme caution while near this body of water."
One weekend, I stayed in Biloxi for the weekend and played a little low budget track called Dogwood Hills about ten miles north of town. Early in the back nine, I found myself teeing off uphill to a blind landing zone. My playing partner told me there was a pond over the hill and told me the safe yardage to stay dry. As I crested the hill, I saw my ball abut twenty yards short of the water near a sign. The sign was just an old piece of plank, jagged edges on both ends and nailed to another old piece of wood stuck in the ground. Amateurishly painted on the sign was one word, "Gator!"

Guess which sign I found more effective.

[rjm1cc]

Originally Posted by Arubagirl33

Yes, that would be my husband!!! Lol. That's why he can afford that 750,000 house. Save a few pennies here & save a few there...

agree

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by rubicon

On the serious side, I do not care much for the phrase "you can't fix stupid" Its demeaning, unfair and unnecessary. There is not one person posting or viewing these pages that hasn't done something stupid. and it certainly wouldn't make me feel better about myself by calling other people stupidly unfixable

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by rubicon

On the serious side I do not care much for the phrase "you can't fix stupid" Its demeaning, unfair and unnecessary. There is not one person posting or viewing these pages that hasn't done something stupid. and it certainly wouldn't make me feel better about myself by calling other people stupidly unfixable

Yep...I agree.

In fact, considering that not a single one of us that hasn't done something stupid in our lives at least a few times...the premise of that saying is totally false.

'Fixing stupid,' for the overwhelming majority of people, simply goes by another moniker called...'experience.'

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."

Oscar Wilde

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Arubagirl33

Yes, that would be my husband!!! Lol. That's why he can afford that 750,000 house. Save a few pennies here & save a few there...

I agree with your husband.

You know what they say;

Poor people spend like they are rich
And Rich people spend like they're poor.


I have seen this a lot and I believe it.

[OpusX1]

You know if it doesn't hurt me or my family I just don't care what other people do. NOT MY MONKEYS NOT MY CIRCUS.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by OpusX1

You know if it doesn't hurt me or my family I just don't care what other people do. NOT MY MONKEYS NOT MY CIRCUS.

Love it!
I agree.

And how about

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear?

And Who's on First?



Pretty soon RickyD is gonna come on and use that big long word that I think means we are changing the subject.