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njbchbum 01-16-2016 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1172222)
This time of year, the population swells from 75,000 to 115,000. There are "snowbirds", here for the winter both owners and renters. There are weekly renters. There are guests of owners. Some of these people come from areas with a faster pace of life and need to "decompress" Others will never change their attitudes. Hang in there, things will improve by April.
And then there are the crotchety full-timers who have no use for snowbirds/renters/guests/seasonal owners and strongly resent their arrival and demonstrate their aversion to same. They seem to believe that their year-round residency supersedes all others and entitles them to maintain their usual practices...like the couple who bypassed the restaurant waiting line and told the Hostess - "But we live here year-round!"

Jima64 01-16-2016 02:46 PM
Parking a few extra spaces away is also a nice way to walk some for exercise.

KeepingItReal 01-16-2016 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172245)
I'm still having trouble with "putting beau in his car seat". Is beau your nephew or a pet? And why wouldn't you just pull your door in a little to make room for that person instead of insisting on occupying two parking spaces? I have closed my door and delayed getting into my car when in a similar situation. It makes for a much better interaction and is appreciated by the person in the other vehicle.
Well said, :BigApplause:

Some want to get irritated at anything someone else does if they don't like it even if they are not doing anything wrong. Actually the complainers and name callers are the real problem, doubtful the other driver is still dwelling on it today or even remembers it.

perrjojo 01-16-2016 03:27 PM
How can you tell a snowbird, renter or tourist just by seeing them out and about in the Villages? Oh, I know the time I saw three white rental golf carts traveling together coming out of Lake Sumter and enter the round about. But other than that time I just can't tell.

Bogie Shooter 01-16-2016 03:37 PM
Some threads are a waste of time reading...........................

Taltarzac725 01-16-2016 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by KeepingItReal (Post 1172425)
Well said, :BigApplause:

Some want to get irritated at anything someone else does if they don't like it even if they are not doing anything wrong. Actually the complainers and name callers are the real problem, doubtful the other driver is still dwelling on it today or even remembers it.
She is not the one who seemed to be almost running me over to get to her mail. I really doubt if she remembers it either as she was quite full of herself after grabbing that parking space after scaring the :crap2: out of a guy trying to get his dog into his car seat.

Some people can argue about anything.

Taltarzac725 01-16-2016 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1172432)
Some threads are a waste of time reading...........................
Do not read it then.

golfing eagles 01-16-2016 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1172284)
Thanks. GC. I would have let her in if she acted with some kind of awareness of me putting my dog in his car seat. She just kept driving in even though I was right there and I did have to get out of her way not to get hit.

Thankfully, I usually just take the golf cart to the postal center and would not have had this kind of problem as it is easy to get in and out of it with a small dog in your arms. Not so much a small car with a dog seat.
Should have let her hit you at 2 mph, then call your lawyer in front of her. OOPS, forgot you ARE a lawyer!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

PennBF 01-16-2016 04:09 PM
No Surprise
 
This is no surprise. Yep, am a all year around person and from May to Dec have had no agresive problems. Now that part timers are here I have had at lease 2 vulgar finger signs and god knows how many crazy drivers. Just have to wait until May for calm behavior to return.:mornincoffee:

raynan 01-16-2016 04:39 PM
We went to a function at Lake Miona where a golf cart was parked to the right of a space but exactly in the middle lengthwise. We tried to pull left of it forward and we would have been in the space in front. We pulled back and we would have been hanging in the aisle so we parked evenly next to their cart. When we came out (we were there first) we hurried to get in our cart to move it and the other driver arrived and loudly stated to her friend "What happened to common courtesy? Aren't you suppose to stagger cart parking?". I was going to answer back but sometimes it's just not worth it. She was delayed getting into her cart by 2 seconds.

dbussone 01-16-2016 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jima64 (Post 1172401)
My wife sometimes calls them cranky pants.
That works as well.

RickeyD 01-16-2016 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1172445)
Should have let her hit you at 2 mph, then call your lawyer in front of her. OOPS, forgot you ARE a lawyer!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
You wouldn't give yourself an appendectomy would you Doc ?:pepper2:

rubicon 01-16-2016 05:50 PM
They Call It?
 
There's a term for this and it stemmed from a well publicized experiment (using ugh! rats) to determine the effect of overcrowding.

Welcome to The Villages in prime time and adjust your attitude when it comes to driving roads/multi-modal cart paths, all stores, all restaurants, all village golf courses all entertainment venues on the squares............

birdawg 01-16-2016 06:15 PM
I find it best to take up 2 spots this way you don't have to worry about getting hit by a car that comes to close.:BigApplause:

Sandtrap328 01-16-2016 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1172496)
There's a term for this and it stemmed from a well publicized experiment (using ugh! rats) to determine the effect of overcrowding.

Welcome to The Villages in prime time and adjust your attitude when it comes to driving roads/multi-modal cart paths, all stores, all restaurants, all village golf courses all entertainment venues on the squares............
Oh, come on now! Even at the peak of snowbird time, The Villages is not over crowded. It is very busy but not over crowded!

You are absolutely right that for 4 months, we do have to plan restaurant times different and the squares will be full when good entertainment is there (Rocky and the Rollers). Still, this is the very best place most could ever hope for.

I would say almost everyone is friendly but there always will be the grumpy pants in any living situation. Just smile at them and realize you are in a wonderful place.

Taltarzac725 01-16-2016 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328 (Post 1172509)
Oh, come on now! Even at the peak of snowbird time, The Villages is not over crowded. It is very busy but not over crowded!

You are absolutely right that for 4 months, we do have to plan restaurant times different and the squares will be full when good entertainment is there (Rocky and the Rollers). Still, this is the very best place most could ever hope for.

I would say almost everyone is friendly but there always will be the grumpy pants in any living situation. Just smile at them and realize you are in a wonderful place.
Many are not getting why I am having a problem with this. A car is a dangerous weapon and should not be used to push people along if you are impatient with them. There were probably 60 or more parking spots where this woman could have parked rather than using her car to speed me up from getting Beau into his car seat.

I can put up with the everyday grouches but when a dangerous weapon is concerned like a car; that is different. Pull this with your car against a cop putting his or her dog in the car and you would probably get tazed maybe even shot .

Polar Bear 01-16-2016 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandtrap328 (Post 1172509)
Oh, come on now! Even at the peak of snowbird time, The Villages is not over crowded. It is very busy but not over crowded!

You are absolutely right that for 4 months, we do have to plan restaurant times different and the squares will be full when good entertainment is there (Rocky and the Rollers). Still, this is the very best place most could ever hope for.

I would say almost everyone is friendly but there always will be the grumpy pants in any living situation. Just smile at them and realize you are in a wonderful place.
What ST said.

kcrazorbackfan 01-16-2016 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by debow (Post 1172220)
Bought here in April. Was so impressed on how friendly the people were. Suddenly over the past several weeks I have seen so many rude drivers both in cars and carts. Yelling, honking horns, rude gestures, ... Maybe we need to rethink Florida's Friendlest Hometown!
Don't worry. It will only last a few more months until they go back north. Just breathe deep and keep your head on a swivel......

kcrazorbackfan 01-16-2016 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jima64 (Post 1172407)
Parking a few extra spaces away is also a nice way to walk some for exercise.
One should not have to alter what one does because of the entitled/privileged....

Taltarzac725 01-16-2016 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1172571)
Don't worry. It will only last a few more months until they go back north. Just breathe deep and keep your head on a swivel......
The added traffic does get taxing but there are more restaurant choices as well as more movie theater screens (24 now) and more places to shop. And 4 dog parks now even if one is not really worth calling a dog park.

outlaw 01-16-2016 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1172257)
I was already a little peeved at the Lynnhaven Postal Center contractors for stuffing a large flat package addressed to my Dad from the Veteran's of Foreign Wars which had a "Do not fold" sticker on it. I could barely get it out of the mail box and it was pretty ripped up when I got it out.

I did keep my cool though and only gave the parking spot pig a dirty look while she was walking away. I hope that the lady in the van to the right of the parking space she forced he way into pointed out how unsafe her using her car as a bumper against a man and his dog is. I would have had her for assault with a dangerous weapon if she had touched me with her car or God forbid struck my dog because of her rush to get her mail.
So you're PO'd at the PC contractor. You are loading your dog into the car; a two second task. And there you are staring down an old woman, you refer to as a pig, trying to pull into a parking spot, daring her to touch you. Sounds like you were looking for a fight. You're lucky she wasn't a cop. She may have tased or shot you.

dbussone 01-16-2016 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172581)
So you're PO'd at the PC contractor. You are loading your dog into the car; a two second task. And there you are staring down an old woman, you refer to as a pig, trying to pull into a parking spot, daring her to touch you. Sounds like you were looking for a fight. You're lucky she wasn't a cop. She may have tased or shot you.

No, I think he is justifiably upset at the grump bucket who tried to use a 3000 pound vehicle to force him out of her way.

And what do you have against LEO's?

tomwed 01-16-2016 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172581)
So you're PO'd at the PC contractor. You are loading your dog into the car; a two second task. And there you are staring down an old woman, you refer to as a pig, trying to pull into a parking spot, daring her to touch you. Sounds like you were looking for a fight. You're lucky she wasn't a cop. She may have tased or shot you.
You got a good imagination.

outlaw 01-16-2016 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1172597)
No, I think he is justifiably upset at the grump bucket who tried to use a 3000 pound vehicle to force him out of her way.

And what do you have against LEO's?
Nothing against leos. refering to a previous post by Tal. you need to read all the posts to follow.

outlaw 01-16-2016 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1172600)
You got a good imagination.
I think those were Tal's words (maybe didn't say OLD woman, but I think everything else was stated by Tal. I assumed "old" based on "grumpy pants" and typical TV age. Do you not read all the posts?

dbussone 01-16-2016 09:12 PM
Rude driver at Lynnhaven Postal Center.
 
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172603)
Nothing against leos. refering to a previous post by Tal. you need to read all the posts to follow.

I read the posts, including yours- suggesting the driver, if a cop, might shoot or taze him. A LEO would not even think of that, and to suggest otherwise is ridiculous.

outlaw 01-16-2016 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1172608)
I read the posts, including yours- suggesting the driver, if a cop, might shoot or taze him. A LEO would not even think of that, and to suggest otherwise is ridiculous.
Well then you must have read Tals post stating that if he were a cop, the cop may have tazed or shot her? I was merely repeating what he said to illustrate the silliness of that scenario. So you need to vent on the original poster.

dbussone 01-16-2016 10:08 PM
Rude driver at Lynnhaven Postal Center.
 
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172632)
Well then you must have read Tals post stating that if he were a cop, the cop may have tazed or shot her? I was merely repeating what he said to illustrate the silliness of that scenario. So you need to vent on the original poster.

Actually, that was you that said that in one of your posts. See your post #61.

Taltarzac725 01-16-2016 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1172632)
Well then you must have read Tals post stating that if he were a cop, the cop may have tazed or shot her? I was merely repeating what he said to illustrate the silliness of that scenario. So you need to vent on the original poster.
I never said if were a cop, that I would have done that. But if a person pushed their vehicle at a cop putting her dog into her cop car, I would not expect that scenario to go well for the person driving the car heading towards the police car.

I detect something personal here against me Outlaw. I got out of the woman's way as fast as I could. I did have to get Beau safe though.

And I am not sure how old this woman was/is. She could have been as young as 55. To maybe 75.

Same with Kahuna32162. I have had mean spirited posts from this person as well. I have no idea why these two people seem to have animosity towards me.

Boomer 01-16-2016 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1172496)
There's a term for this and it stemmed from a well publicized experiment (using ugh! rats) to determine the effect of overcrowding.

- - - - - - - - - - -
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Rubicon,

The term you are talking about is behavioral sink.

A paper published by Calhoun was titled Population Density and Social Pathology.

Calhoun built a rat utopia, moved in a few rats, observed, and then published what happened when it became overpopulated.

You can Google to read all about it. But you might not want to........:22yikes:

lambchop285 01-16-2016 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RickeyD (Post 1172226)
The renters are paying a thousand bucks a week to stay here. That entitles them to priority parking as well as unlimited speed limits, express supermarket checkout, multi modal HOV lanes, stress free (slow) executive golf, and intregral roundabout bypass lanes.
i work at a local store and it amazes me how nasty people are from January thru April.... I mean NASTY!

Barefoot 01-16-2016 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by debow (Post 1172220)
Bought here in April. Was so impressed on how friendly the people were. Suddenly over the past several weeks I have seen so many rude drivers both in cars and carts. Yelling, honking horns, rude gestures, ... Maybe we need to rethink Florida's Friendlest Hometown!
It's High Season everywhere in Florida. The population has suddenly almost doubled.
Of course there are going to be rude drivers and lots of cranky people. It's not only happening in The Villages.

CFrance 01-17-2016 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1172352)
Two ports don't make a starboard.
Watch out for the :boom:

graciegirl 01-17-2016 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1172638)
I never said if were a cop, that I would have done that. But if a person pushed their vehicle at a cop putting her dog into her cop car, I would not expect that scenario to go well for the person driving the car heading towards the police car.

I detect something personal here against me Outlaw. I got out of the woman's way as fast as I could. I did have to get Beau safe though.

And I am not sure how old this woman was/is. She could have been as young as 55. To maybe 75.

Same with Kahuna32162. I have had mean spirited posts from this person as well. I have no idea why these two people seem to have animosity towards me.


Tal, please don't worry about them. A couple of them are always like that. We know you.

rustyp 01-17-2016 06:58 AM
I missed something. Why was Beau out of his seat at the Postal Station. Was he on a poop walk ?

Taltarzac725 01-17-2016 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1172713)
I missed something. Why was Beau out of his seat at the Postal Station. Was he on a poop walk ?
He poops at Doggie Doo Run Run usually. He likes to go to the Lynnhaven Postal Center to meet the few dozen pooches who also go there about that time. Some come with their dogs from other neighborhoods than Lynnhaven.

It takes about 10 seconds to get him properly into the car seat as you have to attach a clasp to his leash or else he moves around in the car, make sure his tail does not get hit by the door, and that he is facing the right way.

Taltarzac725 01-17-2016 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1172690)
Tal, please don't worry about them. A couple of them are always like that. We know you.
Thanks for the help Graciegirl. I know you have had problems yourself with specific posters.

rustyp 01-17-2016 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1172715)
He poops at Doggie Doo Run Run usually. He likes to go to the Lynnhaven Postal Center to meet the few dozen pooches who also go there about that time. Some come with their dogs from other neighborhoods than Lynnhaven.

It takes about 10 seconds to get him properly into the car seat as you have to attach a clasp to his leash or else he moves around in the car, make sure his tail does not get hit by the door, and that he is facing the right way.
I would hope dog owners are not socializing at the postal stations. The sign clearly states "post office parking 10 minutes only".

Taltarzac725 01-17-2016 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1172725)
I would hope dog owners are not socializing at the postal stations. The sign clearly states "post office parking 10 minutes only".
Ours does not have that kind of sign that I can remember. Some non-dog owners chat for quite a long time as they are not busy walking their pooches.

I wonder why everything but the woman almost running me over is being discussed?

golfing eagles 01-17-2016 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 1172725)
I would hope dog owners are not socializing at the postal stations. The sign clearly states "post office parking 10 minutes only".
Haven't seen any sign like that either. Makes little sense since it is also the neighborhood pool and rec center.


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