Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 749902)

Not just Montana.

Vermont WELCOMES ALL CANADIAN VISITORS........

Our great neighbor on our northern border............

Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek (Post 749922)

I always get a chuckle when I read posts about all the negative things going on in The Villages and that all of them can be blamed on the nasty and dreaded "Snowbirds"!!

I am not a fulltimer, and would consider myself a snowflake, coming back and forth to TV all year long. We spend 7-8 months total in TV.

During the "non-snowbird" season, I have witnessed:
1. golf carts passing me out faster than my 19 MPH max speed;
2. dog poop treads on TOTV:
3. people reserving chairs at the squares and not sitting in them;
4. golf cart crashes;
5. car crashes;
6. cigarettes and cigar butts on golf courses, streets, squares, etc;
7. trash in many places besides trash receptacles;
8. people with attitudes or sour dispositions;
9. driving mistakes in roundabouts;

and the list goes on!!!

Non of us are perfect and that is what makes living in The Villages a beautiful experience for the 100,000+ residents that have had the good fortune to retire to this wonderful place.

Originally Posted by DougB (Post 749929)

Florida Snowbird Story
A Place of Balance
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Originally Posted by DougB (Post 749929)

Florida Snowbird Story
A Place of Balance

Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, "Where have you been?"

God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael, look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put Life on it
I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance."

"Balance?", inquired Michael, still confused.

God explained, pointing to different parts of earth, "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black
people," God continued, pointing to different
countries. "This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."

The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a large land mass
and said, "What's that one?"

"Ah," said God. "That's The Villages, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful lakes, rivers, streams and climate. The people in The Villages are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they are going to be found
traveling the world.

They will be extremely sociable, hardworking and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed, "What about balance, God?" You said there would be balance!"

God replied wisely, "Wait until you see the idiots I'm sending them from the
North every winter!
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Originally Posted by njbchbum (Post 750240)

was having a good day until i came across that post. as a born and bread jersey girl who lived her whole life in n.j. i take great offense at the post. regardless of it's intent - i find it to be in very poor taste and disrespectful, too.

Originally Posted by maru8 (Post 749504)

You can tell the "birds" are flying back. The golf courses now are adorned with cigarette butts at the tees and greens and the maniac speeders are flying around with golf carts turned up and cars racing on the streets! Oh to welcome back April !

Originally Posted by gustavo (Post 750272)

Not sure why you think it's the "birds". I've been throwing cigarette butts, speeding and might as well admit it, letting my dog poop on your lawn all summer. chilout

Originally Posted by dotti105 (Post 750834)

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And those that can't take a bit of humor. That's too bad!