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Golfingnut 10-01-2013 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 755084)
I don't think it's very nice to characterize posters on this thread as "whining like children." Especially when the topic is about courtesy. Let's have some courtesy for fellow posters.
That may be what you think, but I think it is spot on. Not likely I will change. I have great respect and courtesy for posters as long as they don't whine.

cquick 10-01-2013 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 754515)
The OP's experience is exactly why I stay away from the Town Squares. Along with that issue is the fact that the dance area is overcrowded, especially with line dancers.

I thoroughly enjoy dancing but the circumstances at the town squares are not conducive for couples dancing.

Beside which I can not condone seat savers:D
The music and entertainment at the squares is the #1 reason we moved to The Villages.....we are happy with them.

BettyCrocked 10-01-2013 11:42 AM
An altercation happened next to me at LSL square a couple of weeks ago. It almost came to blows before security stepped in. What made it actually entertaining was that the 70'ish instigator of the altercation assumed because the other man appeared to be about 50, he didn't live there. So he yells at the guy "this was my seat, I live in TV, you need to go back where you came from". Younger guy turned out to be a resident, also.

Patty55 10-01-2013 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 754143)
It's not a big problem but it does happen sometimes. When it does happen, it might be wise to change your seat, if you can find another seat.

On Wednesday I went to see a great new band called "N-Tunes". After I was there a while, a group of women came and sat nearby. It seems they had been drinking and were really LOUD talkers. Then they would get up to dance and would sometimes stand in front of me while talking to their friends in a loud voice. On the dance floor they started loud conversations as if the band wasn't there. I think they overpowered the music at times.

One of them was trying to convince a man to follow her out to her car. He didn't seem too willing until she said, "I have a beer for you in the car."

Before the band starts playing there's an anouncement from WVLG that says, "No coolers allowed." People must have started bringing their own drinks in a cooler. So now it seems that some of them are drinking in their cars.

Here are some of the replies I expect to get: Hey, chill-out! What do you care if people are drinking in their cars. And if people are too loud for you, just take your chair and move it!

I just thought I would save you the trouble. :thumbup:
Maybe they were trying to get your attention because they thought you were hot.

mickey100 10-01-2013 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 755084)
I don't think it's very nice to characterize posters on this thread as "whining like children." Especially when the topic is about courtesy. Let's have some courtesy for fellow posters.
Yes. Lately that seems to be in short supply.:agree:

DougB 10-01-2013 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages PL (Post 755046)
That being the case, you must be a genius by now. :)
I'm working on it. Still got a couple of cases to go!

Villages PL 10-01-2013 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Golfingnut (Post 755615)
That may be what you think, but I think it is spot on. Not likely I will change. I have great respect and courtesy for posters as long as they don't whine.
Everyone has their own interpretation of what constitutes whining. So when you tell others they are whining it only serves as an insult and accomplishes nothing. I thought the threads on "legalization of marijuana" and "doctor assisted suicide" were very whiny because they were pleading for something but nothing was accomplished. Should I have said so? And if I had said so, what would I have accomplished?

Villages PL 10-02-2013 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 755750)
Maybe they were trying to get your attention because they thought you were hot.
Thank you, patty, I will gladly accept that as a possibility. :thumbup:

travelguy 10-03-2013 07:00 AM
really love going to the squares for some music and dancing. my only objections are: market night at lake sumter....the vendor booths should all be set up on the outside of the square, not plopped into the seating areas. there is plenty of sidewalk room for them. also, set up the chairs from the back forward. lots of time there are chairs way into the dancing area, and empty spaces behind them.

Tweety Bird 10-16-2013 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by missypie (Post 754357)
There are loud and obnoxious people all over the world in every corner. This now convinces me to buy my own chair and when I'm not happy, I'll move to a different area.
A lot of people bring their own chairs. It is empowerment. LOL

justjim 10-16-2013 09:36 AM
Reasons to live here
 
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Originally Posted by cquick (Post 755663)
The music and entertainment at the squares is the #1 reason we moved to The Villages.....we are happy with them.
We all have our # 1, 2, 3 etc. reasons we were attracted to TV. For us it was the golf and a close second was the climate. Down the list somewhere is the Squares---for us.

Many folks we know went to the Squares more often the first year or two and then it "tapered" off. If everyone went often, you couldn't find a place to dance for sure!

We encountered rude drunks a couple of times around Sumter Landing but it has been an exception and not the rule. We just move on.... As you know, you can't reason with someone who has too much to drink anyway.

We try our best to apply the Golden Rule as much as possible. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.".

Gat0r 10-16-2013 10:24 AM
Never argue with a drunk,just move on.
1. Don’t take it personally
People are who they are. It’s not because of you
2. Don’t bother reasoning
Rationality in the absence reason is rhetorical quicksand
3. Focus on the outcome
Don’t get sucked into the moment; stay on course
4. Make them the winner
Put what they want on the other side of what you need
5. Remember why you’re there
Rude dollars deposit in the bank just like polite ones

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 10-16-2013 11:12 AM
Live music in the squares was one of the big reasons that I moved here as well.
It is so disappointing to see so many disc jockeys and people singing to pre recorded tracks. I hardly ever go to the squares anymore. What a waste. They might as well just stick a drum machine on the gazebo and let the people line dance because that pretty much all it is anyway.
Occasionally, they have a decent live band, but I've seen most of them. They're great, but how many times are you going to see Rocky and the Rollers.

ilovetv 10-16-2013 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 763585)
Live music in the squares was one of the big reasons that I moved here as well.
It is so disappointing to see so many disc jockeys and people singing to pre recorded tracks. I hardly ever go to the squares anymore. What a waste. They might as well just stick a drum machine on the gazebo and let the people line dance because that pretty much all it is anyway.
Occasionally, they have a decent live band, but I've seen most of them. They're great, but how many times are you going to see Rocky and the Rollers.
There is still enormous value in the nightly live music at the three town squares, regardless of the recorded tracks some of the live singers sing with.

The live music and dancing in the squares is a reminder every day that there IS a community with three "downtowns" left in the USA that actually has thriving and wanted retail businesses that are actually OPEN after 5pm!

Even more important is that the music and dancing is a reminder that we have a safe place to go out in every night of the year.

We and most people have not had a thriving, safe downtown to which we would go, in decades. Even the malls are unsafe, especially in parking lots.....and who wants to go to the mall and watch roaming packs of kids in their dark, angry look and scary dress intimidating the average decent person there, and shoplifting??

The squares here provide vitality and safety that few or no other communities are willing to cultivate.

Jaggy 10-16-2013 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by travelguy (Post 756801)
really love going to the squares for some music and dancing. my only objections are: market night at lake sumter....the vendor booths should all be set up on the outside of the square, not plopped into the seating areas. there is plenty of sidewalk room for them. also, set up the chairs from the back forward. lots of time there are chairs way into the dancing area, and empty spaces behind them.
:agree::agree::agree:


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