Please set the record straight! Please set the record straight! - Talk of The Villages Florida

Please set the record straight!

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 07-06-2013, 06:50 AM
THE NEWCOMER's Avatar
THE NEWCOMER THE NEWCOMER is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 150
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Please set the record straight!

How long does it take to OFFICIALLY become a FROG! Thanks!
  #2  
Old 07-06-2013, 07:00 AM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,170
Thanks: 5,009
Thanked 5,783 Times in 2,004 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default

Probably when you decide that this is the place that you will live until you croak.

Disclaimer. I did and I have not turned green but I am more wrinkly than I used to be.
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.
  #3  
Old 07-06-2013, 07:07 AM
asianthree's Avatar
asianthree asianthree is offline
Sage
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Caroline, Pennacamp, Fernandinia, Duval, Richmond
Posts: 10,347
Thanks: 33
Thanked 4,691 Times in 1,850 Posts
Default

when your boss says you have been downsized
__________________
Do not worry about things you can not change
  #4  
Old 07-06-2013, 08:54 AM
DianeM DianeM is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 1,561
Thanks: 1,052
Thanked 847 Times in 255 Posts
Default

OK - I've moved to TV and I love but I HATE being called a frog. Reality bites I guess !
  #5  
Old 07-06-2013, 08:55 AM
rubicon rubicon is offline
Email Reported As Spam
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 13,694
Thanks: 0
Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts
Default

It is said that the definition of a frog is one who decides to stay until they croak.

Suppose you are one who decides to stay and refuses to croak. Then what do you label that resident? A________________ Please fill in the blank
  #6  
Old 07-06-2013, 09:02 AM
DianeM DianeM is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 1,561
Thanks: 1,052
Thanked 847 Times in 255 Posts
Default

LOL. I guess you could call me a person who takes one day at a time and hopes there are more days left to play. I just find the "frog" concept very depressing. We all die - some sooner and some later - but why build a life here based on the inevitable.
  #7  
Old 07-06-2013, 09:46 AM
ugotme's Avatar
ugotme ugotme is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The Village of Charlotte
Posts: 1,183
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
it is said that the definition of a frog is one who decides to stay until they croak.

Suppose you are one who decides to stay and refuses to croak. Then what do you label that resident? A________________ please fill in the blank:d

dreamer
__________________
Brooklyn, NY; Bethpage, NY; Tamarac, FL and N O W The Village of CHARLOTTE !!!!
  #8  
Old 07-06-2013, 10:06 AM
rayschic rayschic is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Hacienda South
Posts: 820
Thanks: 0
Thanked 27 Times in 13 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DianeM View Post
LOL. I guess you could call me a person who takes one day at a time and hopes there are more days left to play. I just find the "frog" concept very depressing. We all die - some sooner and some later - but why build a life here based on the inevitable.
I think of it in a more positive light. We have found the most WONDERFUL place to live and don't plan on ever moving. Frogs plan on enjoying The Villages every day for the rest of their lives. People become frogs at all different ages.
  #9  
Old 07-06-2013, 10:20 AM
RETIREDSFW's Avatar
RETIREDSFW RETIREDSFW is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SANTO DOMINGO
Posts: 213
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Send a message via Skype™ to RETIREDSFW
Default

Newcomer---you become a frog when you get your a-s out of virginia & get down here with the other retirees. Don't forget to bring my sister with you.
Lol
__________________
BARCO, NC - HERTFORD, NC - PORTSMOUTH, VA - SUFFOLK, VA - WILSON, NC - THE VILLAGES, FL
  #10  
Old 07-06-2013, 10:42 AM
bandsdavis bandsdavis is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 681
Thanks: 1
Thanked 135 Times in 71 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by THE NEWCOMER View Post
How long does it take to OFFICIALLY become a FROG! Thanks!
Borrowing from the immortal Juan Luis Pedro Felipo de Huevos Epstein, as he related what it meant to be a Sweathog, "Being a FROG ain't just being in a club, being a FROG is a state of mind."
  #11  
Old 07-06-2013, 10:56 AM
THE NEWCOMER's Avatar
THE NEWCOMER THE NEWCOMER is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 150
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Ouch!

Quote:
Originally Posted by RETIREDSFW View Post
Newcomer---you become a frog when you get your a-s out of virginia & get down here with the other retirees. Don't forget to bring my sister with you.
Lol
There not a day goes by that I'm not thinking about the Villages! I'm there in spirit, believe me! If your golf ball goes astray blame "THE NEWCOMER"!
LOL! Enjoy your day in the Villages!
  #12  
Old 07-06-2013, 11:15 AM
Villages PL Villages PL is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Belvedere
Posts: 5,279
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by THE NEWCOMER View Post
How long does it take to OFFICIALLY become a FROG! Thanks!
When you're too old and too sick to even think about moving and you feel a croak coming on, then, and only then, will you get your OFFICIAL frog-croak-badge. For some it doesn't take long and for others it may take a few decades. However, you can speed things up by eating out more, gaining more weight and watching more television. ........
  #13  
Old 07-06-2013, 12:01 PM
AriaGrandparents2013 AriaGrandparents2013 is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Massachusetts & The Villages
Posts: 776
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
It is said that the definition of a frog is one who decides to stay until they croak.

Suppose you are one who decides to stay and refuses to croak. Then what do you label that resident? A________________ Please fill in the blank
ELF........"Enjoying Lifestyle Forever"
__________________
Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me. I never had enough time before to truly appreciate the beauty of my grandchild, my wife, the tree outside my very own front door. And, the beauty of time itself.
  #14  
Old 07-06-2013, 12:10 PM
Villages PL Villages PL is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Belvedere
Posts: 5,279
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Smile

Quote:
Originally Posted by AriaGrandparents2013 View Post
ELF........"Enjoying Lifestyle Forever"
Yeah, if this is heaven, we SHOULD get eternal life! AMERICA'S HEALTHIEST HOMETOWN deserves nothing less.
  #15  
Old 07-06-2013, 12:32 PM
Schaumburger's Avatar
Schaumburger Schaumburger is offline
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Schaumburg, IL - Chicago suburb - TV Wannabee
Posts: 4,257
Thanks: 1,004
Thanked 165 Times in 81 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by THE NEWCOMER View Post
There not a day goes by that I'm not thinking about the Villages! I'm there in spirit, believe me! If your golf ball goes astray blame "THE NEWCOMER"!
LOL! Enjoy your day in the Villages!
The Newcomer, you and I must be on the same wavelength. I am so in agreement with you. My next visit to TV starts in 95 days but who is counting?
If the webcams are accurate, the weather is looking good. I hope everyone is having a great day in The Villages!
Closed Thread


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:43 AM.