[asianthree]

guess we don't have to worry about anyone mad at us snowflakes...we just float in and out

[redwitch]

Don't worry too much all of you snowflakes. Some may resent you but the majority of us frogs love you.

[Rollie]

How long do you have to be gone in the summer to be considered a snowbird? Just wondering. Lol

Rollie

[Campbell soup]

What is NOS? We will be back shortly and we would like to know?

[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by maru8

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 !

Hey! At least you don't have to buy fabric softener sheets to wipe them off the front of your car!

[memason]

Originally Posted by Campbell soup

What is NOS? We will be back shortly and we would like to know?

. . .

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by murray607

I guess we are just another season that has to be endured. Just like......

Hurricane season

Love Bug season

Tornado Season

and then.......Snowbird season

Kind of different for us, being used to driving into Montana and seeing huge "Welcome Canadian Visitors" signs. I guess our impact is viewed differently there.

Not just Montana.

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

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

[capecodbob]

Originally Posted by memason

. . .

NOS is Nitrous Oxide.

Used in many drag racing cars. Now, if I put a shot of Nitrous on my golf cart...

And this snow bird will be back in TV in a couple of weeks. I'm tired of all the nasty drivers here in New England and can't wait to enjoy all the friendly and courteous folks in the Villages.


Bob

[DougB]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Not just Montana.

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

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

Hey, we love our Canadian snowbirds! However, New Yorkers are another story.

C'mon, I'm only kidding Tony. You too, Sal.

[thelegges]

just think if all the snowbirds and snowflakes became frogs next week...it would be high season all year round so be happy with how this great place works...some stay,,some temp in, some come and go..only in TV

[George Bieniaszek]

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.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Campbell soup

What is NOS? We will be back shortly and we would like to know?

Me too... I am still here and would like to know what NOS is. Anyone?

[DougB]

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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[George Bieniaszek]

NOS is an abbreviation for nitrous oxide which under extreme pressure, is used in drag racing cars to give a short and quick shot of horsepower.

I guess, in fun, you could put it on a gas golf cart, and be able to hit 60 MPH on Morse Blvd. (HA HA) in case you are running late for a tee time

[Barefoot]

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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Doug, your jokes just keep getting better and better. Not a joke you say? Oh.