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The developers, (the Morse brothers) Grew up in Northern Michigan. Torch Lake-Petoskey area. Their Sister still lives there. Any visitors to that area may remember Brownwood Acres.
That is part of the Morse family (sister). If you are lucky, you can get a ride on the yacht that is usually docked at Charlevoix, Mi. It was their money that started this place.

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Whoa now Gracie .... starting a topic entitled "What is there to know about the Developers? Haven't heard much good" is surely taking an adversarial approach. I think you are purposely trying to stir the pot, not sure why. :dontknow:

We residents of TV are just a bunch of happy people having a great time. :bigthumbsup:

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I truly did not mean to be adversarial. We had stopped by The Villages for 24 hours in January when we went to Ft. Myers to get together with a group of friends who graduated high school in '57. We were invited to a friends home in Poinciana. They were very pleased with The Villages. WE thought their house was lovely. Their enthusiasm was contagious. They drove us around and we had dinner at a restaurant in Orange Blossom where there was Karaoke. We thought it was so much fun. It was lovely to be surrounded by like people.

When I mentioned to other friends in Florida that a move to the Villages might be in our future, I heard some negative stuff. I repeated it here in the Forum yesterday.Many of you have told me I had obviously been misinformed.

I have spent my life as a teacher. It was my job to correct erroneous information. I have never seen the harm in asking anything or being asked anything. I am the least confrontational person I know. I am inquisitive, I like researching things, I like a good value for my money.

I want to apologize to all of you. I didn't really mean to "stir things up".

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Thanks for the research Muncle. I found it to be really interesting.

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Graciegirl

I hope you'll join us at Crispers for the TOTV April 18 luncheon. You will be most welcome! :welcome:

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Gracie, if my comments came across as cynical or sarcastic, I apologize. While I do have something of a rep for being both sarcastic and cynical at times, I really wasn't trying to be. I truly do mean that TV is not for everyone --- but I certainly wasn't implying that it wasn't for you. What I was trying to communicate is that each of us has different tastes, different interests, different desires. And especially at this time in our lives, we can afford to cater to those tastes, interests, and desires. When I moved to TV, many friends and relatives questioned my actions, saying "What if you don't like it?" Well, I said I'd move on to someplace else if that happened. You make light of it, but I firmly believe that any road that takes me anywhere can take me back out.

I hope you enjoy your visit, and I encourage you to join the gang at Crispers as Barefoot noted. It's fun, and some of 'em are really nice people --- just don't talk politics.

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, I'm growling at you Uncle Muncle. :-*

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Thank you all for your kindness! We will be at Crispers on Friday. I will throw my hat in first.


JUST KIDDING.

You are all so wonderful.

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Muncle, So that means you coming on Thursday? GREAT!! 040 040

Don't worry, I'll keep Chels from talking politics.

Kathie :redface:

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Gracie,

Muncle threw in his hat the first time he came to Crispers and lived to tell about it. In fact he is quite the adored one in spite of his curmudgeonness (is that a word?). Hope to see you both there Friday!

VK2

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Why Kathie,

You are full of compliments today! >:(

Love ya anyway!! LOL

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So this is now the "Crispers Luncheon" happy talk thread.

Wonderful.

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This was one thread worth hijacking. ;D

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People actually rely on some threads to obtain valuable information with some relevance to the topic of the thread. Invariably the "usual suspects" take over with inane banter about nothing.

The site provides ample oppurtunities to send private messages. In the alternative, perhaps some of you could actually call each other up on the phone or, God forbid, meet in person more often.

Just start a thread called Miscelaneous Happy Talk and go to it. Keep the rest of the threads limited to the topic at hand.

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bimmer, I think all the relevant information had been discussed prior to the hijacking. We all have pet peeves we have to live with -- Jan has to deal with inconsiderate dog owners, some object to the cute little anoles, I want to hide under a bed when there's lightning and don't even get me started on lovebugs, you're stuck with hijacked threads. ;)

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...in the sense that the thread started off with an ill conceived, negative statement, not inquisitve sounding at all, i.e. "haven't heard much good", etc. etc. more like negative, presumptuous rumor mongering.* Well, the inquirer probably hasn't been looking for much good.* Ultimately, the "good" was presented by about a dozen different people on this thread.

If there was a legitimate question, it would have been something like this...
"What can you tell me about the developer.* I don't know a lot about them."* The "haven't heard much good", and "how tacky are they" sounds like someone with an agenda that was not forth rightly conveyed on the thread.* Either that, or one who is really careless with the English language.* That's what I meant by "a thread worth hijacking."

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In Gracie's defense.....if you read through her prior posts, you will find she is a warm, friendly person. I have had some private message correspondence on another topic and she seems like a delightful person who will love the Villages and all that it has to offer.

This particular thread, I agree, started with some unfortunate wording and Gracie has, more than once, apologized for how it was received, interpreted, and responded to. So, how about we cut her some slack and be thankful for some of the valuable information it produced (like the article Muncle posted....that was excellent).

This whole thread makes me think of the oldies tune "Be true to your school"....we are all so proud of what the Villages is that when we hear what we feel is undue criticism we rise up in unison to defend our community and yes, even our developer, against naysayers. That, alone, says a lot.

Welcome Gracie...look forward to meeting you and the family at Crispers!!!

V07

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DEAR ONES. Mr. Mucci is right. It sounded bad, however it was not meant to be bad.

In the south end of Columbus, Ohio where I grew up I frequently heard the old saying, " Don't take a Dutchman for what he says, it's what he means that counts".

Mr. Mucci correctly graded my paper and I have learned a lot. If I have "a hidden agenda" I think it is fear, fear of liking the place as much as you all do, and fear of the change that THAT will make in our lives. I have always lived close to where I do now, and loved it. I can't remember making a known enemy. I certainly don't mean to start now.

I knew nothing about The Villages other than the negative comments from friends who live now in other parts of Florida. My husband says that their agenda might have been to encourage us to live near them.

Sometimes on the internet, our communications don't come across the way they would if a person were face to face with another. I apologise again.

A wonderful person just sent us a scanned article from THE DAILY SUN written by H.Gary Morse himself, entitiled Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. It was published around Thanksgiving of last year. It was very long and very informative and gave the flavor of the writer. Gary Morse is OUR age and obviously has done a tremendous job. We enjoyed it so much. I can see that I have made a complete fool of myself. I raise my hand, I am not a good communicator. I am so sorry for having offended so many of you.

Please guys, just try to forgive me and give me one more chance.

Little kids, drunks, and cats just love me.


PUH-LEEEeeze. Let's kill this thread.

GracieGirl.

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