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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1141740)

What comes to my mind immediately is that the person on the left (I'd say it was my husband, but our cars are black) doesn't care to take the time to straighten out his (or my, in the black car case) car so IT WON'T GET HIt!!! WHY? Who would leave a car parked like that, interfering with others and putting his own car in danger of being dinged? I mean, what do you think, money grows on the bottlebrush tree in the backyard, Ron? Sheesh.

... Oh, sorry, it wasn't about Ron's parking skills. I momentarily forgot myself there, Villager Dude. He IS a good pickle ball player if your friend ever returns. just don't park anywhere near him.:laugh:

I've seen Ron's parking. She's not kidding.

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Originally Posted by mrdarcy (Post 1141748)

Ah...In the 3 years I've lived here I've learned that The Villages, "America's Friendliest Hometown", most definitely has an underbelly. Here's a glimpse of it on display. Dark-hearted revenge. Property damage in response to a slight.

Why don't we knock off the "Florida's Most Friendly Hometown" stuff. Every place has it's ups and downs. Stop trying cause trouble. Silly......

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Originally Posted by Villager Dude (Post 1141205)

At Southern Trace the other day.

My car is on the right the other car had a rear wheel totally in my spot.

Really ?

What do you think ?

Maybe he was making a K-Turn and ran out of gas.

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Originally Posted by mrdarcy (Post 1141748)

Yea, stop causing trouble. Besides, from what I can see, mostly we have overbellys.

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Originally Posted by RickeyD (Post 1141367)

Guess he wasn't a NYC cop.

I grew up in the bronx, when a teenage kid decided it would be fun to key my father's new car he was grabbed from behind before the key hit the side of the car and popped in the nose...by the local cop on the beat, nope even nyc cops don't like it!

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Originally Posted by Walter123 (Post 1141781)

Why don't we knock off the "Florida's Most Friendly Hometown" stuff. Every place has it's ups and downs. Stop trying cause trouble. Silly......

Some of us think it is a worthwhile goal to strive for. And some of us are like the occasional little kid that once were in my classes and now they are all grown up and not changed at all.

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

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Originally Posted by looneycat (Post 1141971)

Many things have changed in 60 years. One is the Bronx and another are NYC cops. I could site tens more specific to the five boroughs... :spoken:

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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1141241)

What the OP captured is "attitude" "Attitude" abounds around here. Its name is "I am retired/old" and hence entitled so don't get in my way. Its evident on the streets, on multi-modal pathways on golf courses in stores and at the town squares. I can do what I want to do, I can go as fast or as slow as I chose and my needs come first

My wife and I were at ALDI's one day cashing out when a woman came up to the cashier set her purchases down and said please check me out. the cashier said of course I would be glad to but please go to the back of the line and the line was indeed way back....that's attitude

A woman at MVP walked up to another member and told him to get off the machine because she needed to use it and stood there trying to intimidate the guy to leaving...that's attitude

Yesterday I proceed into a intersection on a frontage road when workmen stopped me and were redirecting traffic. a guy coming in the opposite direction was trying to make a right hand turn and screaming at me to move but ignoring the fact that construction was the cause....that's attitude

Thankfully most of us leave our attitude at home

Personal Best Regards:

We definitely have an entitled minority.....We were in Lowes Thursday night talking to an associate in plumbing. A lady walked up and said "I bought a shower head here last night for 39 dollars and can't find another one." The employee pointed to the shower head display and she got smarmy and said "it's not there!" He explained there were also some on end caps. He then asked her what part of the store she had gotten the previous one and she responded with a raised voice "It's a big store and I have know idea where I was". He explained he was in the middle of dealing with us and asked her to wait. She yelled " don't have time to wait!". We finished our business and when exiting the lady was in customer service loudly exclaiming that no one in the store would help her.

Today we were taking the dogs on a cart ride and as we rounded the MM curve facing Belglade we came across two carts parked two abreast on the path (on the curve) and the occupants were talking. I came to a stop and after a second tapped the horn. I said "not a good plan to stop and block the path on a curve". The one driver started yelling at me for being so rude and then sped off followed by the second cart.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1141978)

Not sure you know what I meant. I don't know what your point is and how it relates to what I said.
I'm tired of people saying things like "So much for Florida's Friendliest Home Town" whenever something bad happens here. Maybe you misunderstood me.

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Originally Posted by Walter123 (Post 1142053)

I am glad I did. Glad you meant it the other way.

It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood today. All the cars are parked between the lines as far as I can see. Another dream come true.

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................

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Originally Posted by MelZ (Post 1142092)

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................

Sounds a little pessimistic to me. I would think it would be closer to 2 than 20.

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Originally Posted by MelZ (Post 1142092)

Even in "Florida's Friendliest Home Town" the 20% rule is in effect. Get 100 people in a group and there will be 20 A**holes. Do the math................

Thank goodness I haven't run into that many of them !