[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Nowhere near us. The food would be cold by the time I got it home. So - no more Outback for us. Very sad. When we lived in Connecticut, we were only three blocks behind the main road and could walk to Outback (and to Big Y Supermarket which was in the same parking lot).

We hardly ever went to Outback when it was close to you. Now its close to us and we like that.
Sorry for your lose. 🤥

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Nowhere near us. The food would be cold by the time I got it home. So - no more Outback for us. Very sad. When we lived in Connecticut, we were only three blocks behind the main road and could walk to Outback (and to Big Y Supermarket which was in the same parking lot).

The last time we went to outback was a few years ago and had a strange experience.

Ordered the burger and it was well done on one half and completely raw on the other. Apparently the person running the grill did not understand that food must be on the grill to cook.

They exchanged it and had to wait a substantial amount of time and was surprised they did not offer a dessert or anything as an apology.

Might go back one of these days but lots of choices out there.

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN

I still chuckle when someone posts what you need to retire. I have never had more than $250,000 in investments or cash and live comfortably on $6000.00 a month in income. Take one big trip a year and one 2 day someplace on the water. Not a cruiser. Eat out once a week, play golf three times a week. One person posted I was just surviving.

I try to imagine their cost of living. No matter the extras I include, I still can not grasp how they determine $6000 a month is poverty level.

[Flyers999]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I complain that there should be a discount to amenity fees for veterans that live here over 10 years.

I'd be OK with that. How about a 1% discount for every year of service?

[Flyers999]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I complain that we don’t get senior citizen discounts in the Villages. Oh wait, never mind, we are almost all senior citizens.

Significant senior discounts have gone the way of the dinaseur, it seems.
I remember 50 years ago when I started downhill skiing, I noticed that the senior discount for lift tickets was enormous. I couldn't wait. However as I approached the age, it got less and less and today it hardly exists.
What was happening back then was, our parents/ grand-parents didn't ski. So of course they could offer a discount to people who never used their product. Then real skiers got older and became seniors, poof, the discount went away.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Flyers999

Significant senior discounts have gone the way of the dinaseur, it seems.
I remember 50 years ago when I started downhill skiing, I noticed that the senior discount for lift tickets was enormous. I couldn't wait. However as I approached the age, it got less and less and today it hardly exists.
What was happening back then was, our parents/ grand-parents didn't ski. So of course they could offer a discount to people who never used their product. Then real skiers got older and became seniors, poof, the discount went away.

My knees never made it long enough to get a senior citizen skiing discount, all those dam ice moguls destroyed them. A good friend, who still has functional knees, gets an annual mid-week non-holiday ski pass that includes several Vermont ski areas for only $500. On the other hand, I played 18 holes at Southampton, MA last Wednesday with three of my northern golfing buddies, and we all got the mid-week $37 senior rate with a cart included. Up north there are substantial senior citizen golfing discounts midweek, usually before mid afternoon when the horn blows and the workers slide down the dinosaur tail and go play in the golf leagues. It’s amazing how empty many of the northern courses are midweek between about 9 AM to 2 PM, when seniors can get a great deal. Many places only offer the senior deals Monday through Thursday, non-holidays.