Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Yes, remember it well. Our suburban town (20 mns from Boston) was literally shut down. I had a friend working at the Sheraton on 93 in Andover who could not get home for a week. The kids had a great time!
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tophcfa I feel your pain. You reminded me of the daily ache we had and the new question every day I put those who lived here before us through. All that thinking, planning, longing makes it all the more sweeter once you get here and get settled in. I'm a Poolaholic and trust me unless you are a Polar Bear there will be no pool in The Villages today. We can't wait to have you here full time, be careful in that terrible snow.
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Snow is a bad four letter word in my book. So is cold.
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When we sold our place on Maui and moved here, it was because I was NOT going to go through another Michigan winter after being in warmth and sunshine for 17 years. I remember the Great Snow of January 1967 (26 inches), the April Surprise on April Fools Day ( 11 1/2 inches), the Blizzard of '78 ( 24 inches) and just the general little Alberta Poopers that would drop a couple inches of partly cloudy and then move on. By the end of a week of that you'd have a foot of snow piled up on the sides of your driveway. As a Chicago ex pat and now Las Vegas resident friend said to me "A dog shouldn't live in that weather".
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Currently, where I am now it is a little too warm for my taste, 80 degrees, due to a Santa Ana condition; fortunately the fires are not affecting me.
Back in the early '70's I moved to Rochester, NY from the D.C. area. I did not even know what a snow blower was or looked like. Was I in for a surprise! Rochester received 144" of snow rather than the usual 72". Although the short summers were incredibly beautiful and enjoyable and I loved the finger lakes I tell people "It was the longest twenty years I ever spent in thirty months!" - the length of my stay.
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Add to this sittings by the fireplace, doing genealogy on computer, playing games, reading, sewing, knitting, trying out new recipes, taking a class in CPR, catching up on necessary medical procedures, etc. There is so much to do during the winter when you don't want to go outside. We are not outdoor people anyway.
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During that 1978 blizzard, the town grocery store hired a sleigh and a couple of horses to deliver groceries to homes. (Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA).
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Back on the subject, just came in from helping to put up the Christmas Lights and am more thrilled than ever that we are here and not in the Northeast. The family is a little hurt that we didn't plan to go back in the cold for the holidays so we invited them here and got several takers at this point. They just have to get ready for the new normal. We're here for the winter, visiting in summer time up north. |
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