Leaving the Bubble, Inconsiderate Neighbors and More on Mailbag Monday

Each week Jerry and Linda take questions from viewers and share the answers on "Mailbag Monday." Today's questions include How often do you leave the bubble?, What Villages deed restriction would you change, and why?, and lots more. Join the Newcomers for this week's episode. The e-mail address is listed below if you would like to submit questions for next time!
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[@theresatitus-lawson3431]

I've been living in The Villages 4 years now and 3 years ago, found out that 2 people that I went to school with from 1st grade to 12th grade lived here. We all graduated together from Copiague HS, in Copiague, LI, NY! What a nice surprise meeting people I've known since we were all 6 years old here in The Villages! They got married after graduation. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Linda!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you, Theresa, you are so sweet!

[@kckevin6101]

Happy birthday Linda.. hope you have wonderful day & thanks for another awesome vlog..

[@dougwright4664]

Happy Birthday Linda, I'm glad Jerry gave you a "Good Laugh" and you guys chose to share it. Watching from Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati (close to your old area). I bid all "Be Well in the New Year"!

[@marilouk9647]

Awww! I was behind a couple of videos! Happy birthday Linda!!! Best wishes for a healthy and happy year!!! Filled with joy and (hopefully) some great adventures!!!

[@laritalovesmakeup]

Happy Birthday Linda. I hope your week is filled with fun. 💖.

[@jerrylothridge4445]

We love your channel and the Newcomers are very informative. Thanks for the time you take to keep this channel active. Jerry and Shirley from Dahlonega, Ga.

[@jkeegan53]

Happy Birthday Linda, I really enjoy watching you and Jerry sharing such fun information. Thank you both! :-)

[@jolikane1]

You guys are GREAT!!! Happy Birthday Linda!! Have a wonderful day celebrating YOU :)

[@mykvalentin]

Happy Birthday Linda! 🎂🎉. Also, we agree with The Villages restrictions. Some folks may not like the restrictions and we may not like them either but restrictions are there for a reason. Anyway, we enjoyed your Mailbag Monday as always. We love Gizmo...

[@emmylou-y4b]

First, Happy Birthday, Linda! I agree with you about the deed restrictions. If you're going to live in a retirement community, you will have to pare down and get rid of "stuff". One man's art is another's eyesore.

[@annelamar224]

🎉 I really enjoyed Mailbag Monday !! 🎊🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST ADORABLE VILLAGES NEWCOMER 🎀 I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL FUN JOYFUL DAY 🎂

[@saritadugat3708]

Happy Birthday Linda. I love watching&listening to you both.

[@triciaallen3200]

Happy Birthday Linda hope you had a great day. Congrats to all the new discounts, you earned them so go get them. Always great information. :)

[@missadams1330]

Happy Birthday Linda 🌸 keep getting those Birthdays 🎂!🙏🏻 have a great day !!

[@marcysantos2553]

Linda, you look fabulous! Hope we have many more years of your videos! Thank you, both!

[@CraftingMemorieswithJenMeyer]

Happy Birthday Linda!! Just found your channel and you two are amazing. Enjoy your special day!

[@floridadreams263]

Happy Belated Bday Linda!! Neither one of you look like you're old enough to qualify for all those discounts! You truly are living a great life and seem truly happy!!

[@w.c.7247]

These Q&As are a refreshing way to begin a Monday. Thank you!

[@barbaraebner5889]

Happy Birthday Linda! Many more happy healthy ones to come.

[@mamaburr2963]

Happy Birthday Linda....You are unique and one of a kind..Enjoy your special day..

[@valerienorman3355]

Happy Birthday Linda. We appreciate all that you share.

[@carolapostolos8929]

Happy birthday 🎂 Linda! Hope it was a wonderful day for you. I always enjoy Mailbag Monday. 😉

[@lauralampe1664]

Happy Belated Birthday Linda. Best wishes for a great year for you. Love Mailbag Monday. Thanks for the answers Jerry and Linda! 😎

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks Laura, we appreciate that so much.

[@CR-ru1kw]

A very Happy Birthday Linda 🎈🎉🎂🎁🎊 ! Always so interesting. Thanks for the video 😘.

[@katherineb.3140]

Another great mailbag Monday 👍 Linda, Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a marvelous day!

[@briandoyle6114]

Hi Jerry and Happy Birthday Linda! As far as the term "Newcomers" goes, I look at it like the term "Young at Heart"; If you two are still learning new things, then you will always be The Villages Newcomers. Thanks so much for what you do, we feel very blessed to subscribe to your channel. Brian and Nanda (Chicago area).

[@samplemm]

Happy Belated Birthday! Enjoy all your discounts.🥳❤️

[@wallymarribitt6916]

Happy Birthday Miss Linda and many more..I enjoy your and Jerry's videos

[@pambuehler6402]

Happy, happy birthday to you, Linda! You and your sparkling personality are beautiful!

[@terrie1226]

Happy Birthday Linda...enjoy your special day.....thanks for another Monday mail day.

[@tamaraoland5932]

Great job. I enjoyed your wonderful and funny videos. Can't wait to visit the villages in the near future.

[@johnnahurst3614]

Happy birthday, Linda! I hope you have a wonderful day.

[@barbaracorso2022]

I just love you two! 🥰 Thanks for sharing with us.

[@goldiejac4819]

Happy Birthday, Linda. Have a great new year.

[@situated4]

God bless you both. You are truly doing the Lord's work during these troubling times. Please stay safe and remain positive as you enjoy your well-earned retirement in Florida.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks so much, situated!

[@judyp4421]

Hope you had a great birthday and Jerry took you some place special!

[@RJnSD]

Happy belated birthday, Linda! Hope your day was filled with fun and presents from Gizmo. Oh, and Jerry too! :)

[@robertamcroy7938]

Happy Birthday Linda, and many more! 🎂🎁🎉🎈😍

[@maryhenderson7715]

Happy Birthday Linda! Gizmo was so cute wanting more hot dogs. Thanks both of you for an interesting video. Happy week to you!

[@d.b.9101]

Happy Birthday Linda, you two are so helpful thank you

[@richardc488]

Thanks for a great story, Happy Birthday!

[@flohutchison3747]

Have been binge watching your videos for past 2 mos.....all caught up! Kinda makes me sad now that I watched them so fast!! You two shine such a bright light in these dark times. I turn off the news and go right to your channel to brighten my day! Btw, love your shirts but I just looked up at the TV and looked back and thought the palm tree was a spider!!!! 😩

[@auroranite]

Happy Birthday Linda😊 Agree your tag is now FOR , “The Newcomers” to TV’s😉 See that heater and being from the Northeast which month offers the best balance of warm and humidity to visit👍 and.. Jerry you share often of the home & farm back in Indiana, will you show us some pics sometime? windchines & cigar smoke, ugh

[@sherrycampbell9196]

Happy Birthday Ms Linda..have a blessed year

[@mr.cheez-its1732]

Happy birthday 🎂 Linda!! Welcome to the club!!

[@wisconsinbound2123]

Happy Birthday you do not look a day over 50 ! and as newcomer think you are fine being Village Newcomers. Good video .

[@cydneystephen2814]

Awwwwwwwww. Happy birthday Linda. 🎉🎁🎂🎈🎊. Now I’ll look at the video. Lol.

[@pattiw6713]

Happy Birthday Linda!!! 🎉🎂 Love the videos!!!

[@ameliaparalta3631]

Happy birthday Linda. Many more of them!

[@annekelley8299]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDA AND WELCOME TO THE CLUB

[@oceandreamer1958]

Happy Birthday, Linda! Gizmo is one lucky guy getting hot dogs for being a good boy! I like Mailbag Mondays. You answer questions that I didn’t know I wanted to know! Thanks for sharing!

[@cherylb1025]

Happy, happy Birthday, Linda!!!!

[@scenicliving1307]

Who needs local Police when the GIZ is on duty. He's the Man! Happy Birthday Linda and another informative, funny video.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

WOOF patrol!!!

[@williamrizzo1285]

Happy birthday to Linda! So far in the Keys we haven't hit below 50 degrees been quite a while it does happen but it's all relative because in the 50s I'm freezing my butt off.

[@billmcroberts6566]

Happy birthday Linda, love your videos!

[@dawnglusko7243]

I agree with Linda. I like nice, clean yards and no debris. Happy birthday!

[@terryk7712]

Another excellent show. My wife and I both watched. Today we signed our purchase agreement in Marsh Bend. ❤️

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Buckle up for a fun ride! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@bradp9074]

Happy Birthday Linda! I love watching you guys when you post. Your have just a genuine love of each other and life. Have a great day!

[@kennamitchem1713]

Happy Birthday. 🎁🎂🎉 you 2 are a hoot!!!

[@bilbobaggins3336]

If I was ever in a position to relocate to the Villages the information your videos have given are invaluable. Thanks for all you do for the prospective newcomers.

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks, my precious. 😁😁

[@jpfautsch]

Happy Birthday Linda! Hope Jerry took you to a nice place for dinner!

[@joyfullylivinglife7114]

Better to celebrate a milestone than buy a tombstone 😂😂😂😂😂 Happy Birthday, Miss Linda!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@scm731]

That’s good!

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

I’m gonna have to remember that one. Here’s one for you. Birthdays are good for your health, the more you have the longer you live. Oh happy day.

[@joyfullylivinglife7114]

@@cynthiaamitrano8915 😂😂😂

[@curtisdavis8594]

Good show!! Nice heater.. Thx

[@cherrierowan2145]

Happy Birthday Linda. I hope you had a great day.

[@CynthiaMUrban]

So enjoy your videos....thanks for sharing and God bless.

[@alvalantine]

Happy birthday Linda, Nancy and I will be there in 27 days can't wait to meet you guys

[@annekelley8299]

Agree with you both, yards look nice and neat.

[@geoffreyholliday1971]

Hi all love your response to when does one stop becoming a newcomer ? Jerry and Linda's reviews help me and others to decide if the villages is right for us. And when i come down there to visit next year i will be a newcomer. Thanks for all you do Jerry and Linda :)

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you, Geoff! 😁😁

[@Gamer-ss2mc]

Hey guys. Great video. Just remember to stock up on water and pantry items. Gonna get wild soon.

[@rameye]

HAppy Birthday Linda-- Looking Good!

[@horrorfan24]

Hi guys, happy belated birthday to Linda. In relation to the question about the police. You actually have a small 'satellite' station in Brownwood, right next door to the cinema. I don't think it's well marked so many people don't know it's there. I got that info from watching one of Skip's videos. All the very best. Love your videos. In these stressful times they are a real pleasure to watch. Thank you

[@saundby]

Yes, it's a substation for the Wildwood city police. They coordinate police protection throughout TV, from several agencies.

[@melvinehrlich4659]

Happy Happy Birthday LINDA!! 🎉🎂🎉🎂Linda

[@TinyIslandMaine]

Happy Birthday from a tiny island in Maine, USA. (It’s cold up heah and the lakes are skimmin’ ovah) Keep the great videos coming 😎👍

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Love the dialect! 😁😁😁😁😁

[@phyllisburris7093]

Thanks. Great idea especially when Texas just recently lost power during freezing weather for a few days in many cities.

[@alvinmcbride7579]

Thanks for your alls great informative video's God bless

[@janethofman3579]

Gizmo is restless today! He wants to be up front with you guys! So cute!

[@vrairbuble09]

Happy Belated Birthday, Linda!

[@BettyD3495]

Happy Birthday Linda! I hope you have a fabulous day, and a very good year! 💝

[@robk1310]

Happy 45 years young today, Linda. 🎉🎀🎊🪅🎏🎈

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@Theywaswrong]

My brother retired to a mobile home neighborhood near Fruitland Park. Not my cup of tea but he was happy and lived there for many years before he passed away in 2018.

[@karenseman8258]

Happy birthday Linda! 🎂🥳 Hope you enjoyed your day!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks, Karen!

[@tammaratiffany272]

I didn’t own a vehicle for almost two years. Hardly ever left “the bubble.” Like you, my physician is outside though.

[@kristenschnese698]

Happy birthday Miss Linda I love Sr Discounts lol Gizzy wanted your attention during the video

[@goodplenty2783]

Happy Birthday Linda!! Sending love from Wisconsin!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thanks G&P!

[@janep8487]

Happy birthday and many more!

[@scarynorman5397]

🥳🎂🎉 Happy Birthday from your friend in California!

[@cathyray3861]

Happy Birthday Linda !

[@paulmalaspina3757]

Wow you guys are doing great! 24,000 subscribers, ads, the whole KZbin package. Congratulations, and happy birthday Linda!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Thank you, Paul!

[@nataliesmithhart4511]

Another GREAT mailbag! Interesting info on the schools - TFS. After years of watching my 3 boys play every sport known to man 😁⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🏊🏻‍♂️ I like the idea that we might be able to catch the occasional basketball or baseball game and see young people enjoying and learning the ropes. Minus the stress of having one of my own out there! Win/Win! ❤️ Have a fantastic week!! Thank for the smiles today! 😁 Stay well. Best! 💕

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

Natalie, we know the feeling… we have 3 boys too. Oh, the hours that we have spent at the baseball park, the football stadium, the golf course, the soccer field, the gymnasium, you name it.

[@mariapavon3177]

Belated Happy Birthday Linda 🎉🎈🎂

[@kate1761]

I lived in Saint Augustine on a little sailboat for five years . When the boat sold I moved back to NY ☹️☹️☹️ and leaving my grands behind in Ocala. I am planning to move back down this year. I love it down there😊

[@shariys1]

Greetings from Belleview. Come on back!

[@ttu888didfitrhondavigil8]

Lots of great information

[@kimberlyfamoly9445]

Your dog steals the show, so cute.

[@mishloud4215]

Wind chimes!!! Hate them. Happy Birthday Linda

[@rebamclane7555]

Happy birthday, Linda!

[@gwenewing6837]

Happy birthday, Linda! My daughter just turned 36 on the 7th!!

[@fsuersal]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE WATCHING YOU THREE

[@cindinorbut3891]

I’m planning my first trip down there in April… Rented a villa for a month in Brownwood. Can’t wait… You make it sound so fun!!

[@JERRYANDLINDA]

See you when you get here, Cindi!

[@villagesdreamin1950]

Happy Birthday Linda, finally you can drink legally. Hope you have a great birthday with many many many more to come. your friend as always. Bobby.

[@georgedimele8595]

Hahahaha Happy Birthday... See there are SOME PERKS to getting older lol Enjoy your benefits and your special day..and thank you for starting my day with a good laugh!