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I misunderstood TalkHost.

I thought he moved THIS thread to Political.

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Posted by Guest (Post 285674)

I misunderstood TalkHost.

I thought he moved THIS thread to Political.

:confused:

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Posted by Guest (Post 285674)

I misunderstood TalkHost.

I thought he moved THIS thread to Political.

Hi Gracie. Slumming again. hehe

I guess they moved this thread to Political.

Maybe it is a plot to get more people to sign up for political forum.:D

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Posted by Guest (Post 285040)

Yesterday, I was standing talking to a group of men that I had never met before when one asked me how long I had been in The Villages. 3 months I replied adding that my wife and I really enjoyed it here. One of the men loudly stated " I have been here 9 years and if my house ever sells I will be gone." He followed that immediately with "This place has nothing to do with the reality of the real world and I want the H++l out of here." Well, silence was obvious over the group and as I thought about what he said for about 15 seconds, I said in an almost questioning tone "We moved here and enjoy this place because of the reality of the real world." I guess the questioning tone to my statement was there as I was questioning whether we had made the right decision for us.

Now this morning, still thinking of the strange conversation, I still feel the statement I said reflects my feelings. My wife and I spent our lives in many different places around the world to include my 22 years military service. Now understand, we are not trying to escape the Real World, but at our age, our contributions to the real world and simply because we do love this place, I cannot accept that we are being less than genuine in our choice of location for retirement. I also do not feel that we are fleeing responsibility to the real world for living here.

There is no point or moral to this post, just to say that we as a couple feel this is right for us.

I just had to go back an read my original post again to confirm at least to myself that I did not say or even indicate a lean in the direction of Political. I am on a quest to keep my political views to myself as much as I possibly can. Just call me INDEPENDENT LOU WITH NO VIEW.

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I am confused....we have a thread here that began, I think, without any political meaning or leaning.

We then have folks come in and talk about being Democratic in a Republican area.

We have a thread that was discussing the merits or demerits of living in the Villages, and made into something political.

I doubt very much if 99% of the folks living here CARE ONE IOTA what the predominant party is here, and I feel sorry for those who live ANYWHERE and make that so important as a few posters have done.

What the #$%% does the political landscape have to do with your retirement home ? And IF it is that important, why didn't you do some investigation...pretty easy place to figure out. Thus,...stop whining.

I have NEVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE and I have been here for 10 years or so...EVER ONCE had a new acquaintence ask me my political party nor have I ever ever in my life lost a friend because of my political leanings.

This thread WAS hijacked and those who did need a real life check up !

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Posted by Guest (Post 285684)

ditto :BigApplause:

How does a thread get "moved"?

Why does a thread get "moved"?

moved threads....

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Posted by Guest (Post 285692)

How does a thread get "moved"?

Why does a thread get "moved"?

Our kind and ever-vigilant administrators monitor this forum and when posters stray or post in inapproriate places, they will move posts to the proper forums or gently chide them about undesireable forum behavior. If there is not a forum to address certain interests and there seems to be a need, they will start a new forum for us. Does that about cover it, Tony? Hope that answers your question, Sista.

Weird, this thread started out talking about a guy who wanted to leave TV after 9 years and a whole bunch of people posting about how great it was living in TV and "wishing the guy luck" as he moved on. One or 2 people start mentioning anything about politics and instead of just deleting a couple of posts, the whole thread gets moved to the political forum ? I just don't get the reasoning why this thread (90 posts) has been moved here. That means that all anybody has to do to get any thread that anybody wants to get moved out of the general view is to enter a post or two about politics. Just doesn't sound right to me.

I was out of pocket for a couple days. Had planned to rejoin this conversation. I'm disappointed to see that it turned political. Oh well.

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Posted by Guest (Post 286105)

I was out of pocket for a couple days. Had planned to rejoin this conversation. I'm disappointed to see that it turned political. Oh well.

My Names Bennitt and I ain't Innit.