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[@americantroy77]

It would be great if your wife would co-anchor the news sometimes

[@davidjohn4326]

Lots of drama in the Villages... Seems people getting into domestic disputes should find a hobby or job to divert their anger issues .. Sitting around with to much time on their hands is not healthy at any age.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

There's entry here to do, I believe some can't handle there booze or drugs

[@virginialegault4699]

Too many people should not be driving. I ‘ve known legally blind people still driving. Also too many people with dementia as well

[@catherinehillier9155]

Sorry you’re not feeling well Skip - hope the dentist or surgeon is able to get you back on track!

[@steveg4589]

I N D I A N A 😀 We northeasterners appreciate your unbiased coverage of our country.

[@davidoverholt251]

Keep up the good work Skip, I like seeing both sides of the coin toss in TV!

[@katet9867]

Hello Skip, love the channel. From what I understand children under 18 can only stay no more than 30 days. Maybe they need to make a new rule for adult children who commit crimes who live with their 55+ parents, one strike and your out!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Yes that is correct...under the age of 19 visitation is 30 days per calendar year except for disabilities...

[@AHouseDivided1998]

Sounds like the guy who pushed his wife out of the golf cart might be suffering from dementia. It can make even the sweetest guys in the world turn violent. Not defending him, but it’s a possibility.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

You are correct, but most of these actions are from alcohol...

[@virginialegault4699]

Tire could have come off another vehicle

[@Patrick-xx1vo]

One thing we noticed when on our lifestyle visit in 2022, everyone was in such a GD hurry on the golf cart paths. I plan on slowing down in retirement…I want to leave the rat race behind

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

One of the cautions I give to walkers....be careful

[@patfuentes9610]

Now I’m curious about the windows in the garage. Can you put a link to that video please?!

[@gracecook2656]

Thank you for Another great update.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Grace

[@rkoleda]

I’m curious about the garage window issue, too. Seems like letting light in would be helpful. Maybe windows create a security issue? I heard somewhere that thieves can break a garage door window, reach in, and some how disconnect the garage door opener mechanism enough, so they can roll up the door manually, and get inside the garage & house. I’ve watched 100+ skip & villages video, so finding the earlier discussion is impossible for me. I really enjoy watching your video. I hope to rent a villages home for a month, soon.

[@rea8755]

Very nice updates. TY

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Rea 😊

[@SereneBridge]

I had to come back to tell you that after laughing heartily last night when I shared your dump truck story with him, my husband and I both woke@3AM and when I realized he was awake I whispered "dump truck,"and we both laughed so hard we had trouble falling back asleep. I am enjoying this show so much, thank you, Mr. Smith!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

😅😅😅Glad you got a kick out of it, when the subscribers told me that I had a good laugh also !!

[@SereneBridge]

@@TheVillagesSkipSmith 🤣it's great, we need all the laughs we can get, these days! We appreciate you.

[@virginialegault4699]

My balance is bad stone sober

[@Bill6733]

as always, enjoying another evening listening to Skip's news!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Bill

[@kylereed980]

You do a lot of work!!! And I am happy that skip is watching!! Thank you skip and sue, great job...

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Kyler 😊

[@Patrick-xx1vo]

Evening Skip, I emailed you , coming into town next week. Melanie and I would love to say hi to you guys

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

We will do our best...Very busy month..

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[@stevenr732]

Awesome as always, Skip. btw I think you have more viewers that are residents, On another note you mentioned that the golf cart paths were originally made just for golf carts if you look at the lane devider post coming out of Everglades parking lot towards hogeye trail it says golf cart only but every -------g day there are people and bicycles in the on coming lane around 90 ° turns one lady does 2 mph in one of them rascals she even had more than 10 golf carts backed up behind her come on not to be mean but seriously whos to blame when they come around a blind corner 🤔 I know who but that doesn't make it right, they are for golf carts there are bike paths and guess what there not for golf carts 🙅‍♂️

[@carolapostolos8929]

My understanding of the "golfcart" lanes, is they are all for golfcarts, bikes and walkers. There are very few walking trails for people who want to walk or run.

[@stevenr732]

They are being used that way but not designed for that purpose, as Skip has said before. You can't have elder people riding a bike for the 1st time in 40 years trying to climb the hill on a bridge with a turn like Waterlilly Yes the villages should put in a bike/walking lane but they didn't and won't so people will continue to get hurt or killed because of in my opinion their own stupidity go up and down the path by hogeye trail in Snowbird season that's not a walking trail hogeye is 🤔

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

When I said the original paths where for carts only, I'm talking when The Villages was called and advertised as a golf cart community. Spanish Springs was the only square, when LSL was on the drawing board the cart trails where changed to multi mogal after Harold passed.

[@stevenr732]

Fair enough still says golf carts only at Everglades, but I guess will let people continue to be stupid get hurt or killed we have far outgrown multi model system, drive waterlily & Brownwood bridges I came around the corner on Brownwood a couple and there dog were taking up the whole lane in the turn and not the oncoming lane, about the middle. I'm 66 so I'm giving myself permission to say a lot of these old people are both arrogant & and stupid, and no, I have not pulled the throttle still factory 22mpr top speed

[@terryf484]

How true on the conditions of the courses!!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Executive courses where pretty bad.. that's what people tell me

[@virgiljohnson7504]

Hey my friend 😊 👍 great job

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Virgil

[@user-ix9ub3um6d]

Why haven't you found a way to make $$$ on that "skip" business

[@barbaraebner5889]

Never a dull moment anywhere any more.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Never !!!

[@michaelsd284]

Thanks for the news Skip. Just love the Smash-&-Grab advice. Its not just a Villages issue. I can not tell you how many time I hear someone say "A thief broke into my car and stole my wallet, my phone, my laptop, my . . . . . " And then come to find out they had left their car unlocked and all their valuable on the front seat. Stupid is as Stupid does. 🤣

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

You are right... Here it seems people let there guard down which is understandable in a retirement community, but with the size of TV and rules not enforced, drugs and grown children living here things have changed

[@buffycat4641]

Skip you could be a newscaster (with a sense of humor). Not a Villages resident (and never will be), but find your videos honest, informative and amusing. Anyone who is thinking of moving to the Villages and doesn’t watch your videos first, is making a big mistake.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks Buffy , that's very nice of you

[@sharrybrack1120]

Good job skip.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks!

[@meadow3720]

The “dump truck” guy used to work for the Villages as a leasing agent at the Lofts. Yikes. He needs serious help.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Yes. I'd say he needs something

[@sailordude2094]

Hi from Stonecrest! I read about that Walmart/Stonecrest story on Nextdoor. Sad state of affairs, they were guests (not mine, lol).

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

OK...thanks for the info...

[@steveg4589]

Good job

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks

[@flybirds2024]

Skip, you are correct I have a home in Hammock of Fenney and the Gable above my garage is a different color than the rest of the house and the trim. Many of the courtyard villas here in my neighborhood have 3 colors with the gable a different color.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

I love that !!

[@carolapostolos8929]

As far as I'm concerned I think if you push someone out of a golfcart that's assault.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

It's crazy isn't it 😕

[@jmanonmakes]

Thanks, Skip!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

You bet!

[@barbaraebner5889]

I don’t golf but those courses look like they have a case of measles. Spots everywhere.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

The greens are terrible

[@realpropvalue]

The garbage collector might have been killed by a tire on a vehicle.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

You are right, never thought of that...

[@stevenwilburn235]

Thank you for all of your hard work doing the news Skip. We enjoy getting TV news each week. You are the best!!!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks for the comment Steven

[@stevenwilburn235]

I’m a Patreon member now!! Yeah!!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Yes you are...Your Discord link was sent..

[@stevenmrperfectpeterson542]

Ok skip thanks

[@kjisnot]

I think the report of the garbage worker "killed by a tire" is another way of saying he was run over by the garbage truck.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Maybe, hopefully there will be an update

[@rkoleda]

Was it a “Goodyear”? Not for this guy. Sorry to hear about anyone getting injured nor killed.

[@stevenmrperfectpeterson542]

Skipp thanks for keeping it real? If I don’t stay in the villages can I play golf or pickle ball and is there a day pass I can buy

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks 4 Watching Steven...

[@stevenmrperfectpeterson542]

Skip you didn’t answered a question if I don’t live in the villages

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

No...you must be a resident or have a visitors pass that has to be gotten by the resident you are visiting..you can do everything on a lifestyle stay. You can play the C.C. courses as an outsider but you must call for a T Time if any available..

[@davidoverholt251]

Thanks!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks for the Super Thanks David 😊

[@steveg4589]

So one can't have 3 colors on the outside of one's home? Why not? It'd be refreshing, don't you think?

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

District rules differ in different districts. District 10 says 2 colors . Always check your District rules and or get ARC permission

[@VernitaStone-ui6qs]

The speaker of the truth, we love this guy!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

We appreciate you too !!

[@joanklag2640]

Thanks for the information about new homes and cut thru streets.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

It can be a huge problem in a retirement community

[@marshaf9877]

Thanks!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks 4 the Super Thanks Marsha, very much appreciated !!

[@backthebadge4009]

Regarding the golf course problem of improper maintenance. If you hired me to manage and fly your private jet, and I let the required maintenance be ignored causing the devaluation and lack of use of the aircraft, would you keep me on the job……The answer is no you wouldn’t because I didn’t do my job……The golf course manager should be fired…use his salary to fix the courses.

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

I Agree. 👍

[@MissyMoe28]

Thanks Skip for sharing the news from the FRIENDLIEST HOMETOWN!!😁

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

😄😄😄Thanks 4 Watching Missy...

[@franklowe779]

Thanks for sharing the news

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

Thanks 4 Watching Frank 👀

[@maryburkholder5237]

Thanks again Skip, great job!!

[@TheVillagesSkipSmith]

My pleasure!

[@gregbobay4068]

Never mind!