Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Time to explore what's outside of the cave.
This is the only conclusion I could come up with that anyone in Century village would not want to join the 21st century... I imagine this is their thinking:
"Yep, it's time to start x-ploring outside the cave. Why, They's a whole new world out there!
They invented these little call boxes, kinda like our telephone but they ain't got no wires and there ain't no crank to get the operator to make your calls. They's call 'em cell phones,, and you can call anyone you want without yelling' too loud. Why they can hear ya clear across the county and you don't hafta even get yer voice all horse!
Why they even have these things that make noise kinda like the old victrola, but instead of the ol' 78's, they's are small silver disks and ain't got no grooves and make some really beautiful music and sometimes some awful noise they call rap or something. They got some of the same kinds disks that you put inside a box next to some new fangled TeeVee thing and they come out with them moving pictures. In color even! And them new fangled TeeVee's sure don't look like the TeeVee we had. Why they's more like going to the picture show at the old Bijou Theatre and almost as big!
They have a box on the desk with a TeeVee like thing and what looks like a typewriter but lays kinda flat and there ain't no place to roll up the paper into. They calls it a KEYboard. Tho' I ain't seen no keys, just a bunch of numbers and letters and some funny symbols and squiggly lines.
They even have that's smaller and fold in half and even one that you touch it with your finger and it does all kinds of things... They called that on a tablet... but I ain't seen no ten commandments on it so I ain't for sure how it could be's a tablet.
They said it work on something they's called a Why Fie. I don't know what a Why Fie is, but it must be something really small, cause I ain't never seen it. They's touch a bunch of letters on this here tablet and it come out with all sorts of information and stories and even some of them picture shows we saw on them new fangled TeeVees.
But I just don't know... All this new stuff out there and I ain't got no clue how to use them, so maybe I'll just go back in my cave and maybe they's just go away. "
"Yep, it's time to start x-ploring outside the cave. Why, They's a whole new world out there!
They invented these little call boxes, kinda like our telephone but they ain't got no wires and there ain't no crank to get the operator to make your calls. They's call 'em cell phones,, and you can call anyone you want without yelling' too loud. Why they can hear ya clear across the county and you don't hafta even get yer voice all horse!
Why they even have these things that make noise kinda like the old victrola, but instead of the ol' 78's, they's are small silver disks and ain't got no grooves and make some really beautiful music and sometimes some awful noise they call rap or something. They got some of the same kinds disks that you put inside a box next to some new fangled TeeVee thing and they come out with them moving pictures. In color even! And them new fangled TeeVee's sure don't look like the TeeVee we had. Why they's more like going to the picture show at the old Bijou Theatre and almost as big!
They have a box on the desk with a TeeVee like thing and what looks like a typewriter but lays kinda flat and there ain't no place to roll up the paper into. They calls it a KEYboard. Tho' I ain't seen no keys, just a bunch of numbers and letters and some funny symbols and squiggly lines.
They even have that's smaller and fold in half and even one that you touch it with your finger and it does all kinds of things... They called that on a tablet... but I ain't seen no ten commandments on it so I ain't for sure how it could be's a tablet.
They said it work on something they's called a Why Fie. I don't know what a Why Fie is, but it must be something really small, cause I ain't never seen it. They's touch a bunch of letters on this here tablet and it come out with all sorts of information and stories and even some of them picture shows we saw on them new fangled TeeVees.
But I just don't know... All this new stuff out there and I ain't got no clue how to use them, so maybe I'll just go back in my cave and maybe they's just go away. "
Monday, June 20, 2016
The BEST argument about gun control:
The BEST argument about gun control:
https://www.facebook.com/rik.sexton/videos/4123638147897/
Rising Fees-
First let me apologize for not answering comments quickly... I will try to check regularly...this is the answer to Gary Olman's comment about the last election:
Although it's been months since the election, there is still a historical standpoint that needs to be clarified. FDR was not term limited during his administration, it was done after and it was headed by the Republican Party, which later regretted it because IKE would have been re-elected easily for a third term. Instead we had JFK vs Nixon. We all know how that turned out.
Term limits for a president of a country may not be a bad thing, but Century Village is not a country, it's president is not a paid position, he doesn't get a lifetime pension and free medical for the rest of his life.
If the village doesn't like the job the president does, it only has to vote him or her out after their two year term (the POTUS gets 4).
Now a limit of 4 terms (8yrs) for a CV President would probably not be as objectionable to most. Something to consider...
We have our share of professional "boat rockers" that will complain about anything, anyone and everything. With the price of everything going up each and every year, the increases to live here are minuscule by comparison.
With all the amenities that we get, we pay a small amount for a lot of service. When I hear someone complain over a raise in yearly amount of a dollar or two for things, it just irks me.
Okay, you don't want a raise in fees because Social Security or your pension isn't cutting it anymore? That's understandable. Consider for a moment cutting services to offset it.
We can always cut bus service to 1997 schedules and see how far that would go. (I have a copy of the 97 schedules if you want to see them). Services on the buses increase each year. More and more demands on where and when buses are wanted and many of these trips outside the village that should probably be paid for separately by the riders. There are many without vehicles and the bus services are not only a necessity, but godsend.
What if they brought back a fee for each time you took the bus, but, that wouldn't fly either. That would only further hurt the people that are complaining about any increase or have no vehicles or can't drive safely any longer. Not everyone uses the buses, although everyone surely pays for it. Eventually everyone is going to need them. It is plain and simple, Mess with transportation and you are a villain.
Not everyone uses the pools, but everyone pays for it. Not everyone goes to the movies, but we even pay for that. We have some great shows during season at discounted prices (yes, those shows are greatly discounted and funded with the fees we pay each month). I don't think my mother has been to more than four live shows in over twenty years, but our WPRF fees pay for most of it (otherwise the shows would be in the $30-$40 range).
Your cable bill included in your Association fees. They increase every year by design. In the contract, they allow for increases of a certain percentage each and every year. Unless your association does some creative cuts elsewhere, you will most likely get an increase in your maintenance fees.
The proposed changes to cable (broadband) service may include WIFI service in each unit. Considering the technological changes in television, DVD and BluRay players being WIFI capable, this would make internet services such as Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube and Pandora easily accessible for next to nothing. The changes would also include more channels than we currently receive as well as some pay channels being included. What we have now is not keeping up with the times.
We have a great wood shop, dances, karaoke, shuffleboard, tennis, pickle ball, handball courts etc. All coming from that WPRF Fees and whatever amenities you get from your association are included in your HOA fees (many have patios with barbecue grills and tables, landscaping, cleaning )
When you look at the big picture, the amenities, the services, the cable service, you realize that everyone is paying for things they don't use, but may have to sometime in the near future.
The little things you now take for granted and expect, YOU pay for. These things are not all guaranteed nor are they a right. They could disappear very easily if you don't start paying attention and get involved.
Too many Associations have difficulties in just keeping board members. They don't want to get involved or people in the associations expect them to be miracle workers. Not being involved is what "the investors" want. It clears the way for them to take over and call the shots. Then they make the rules and force you out. Don't let it happen to you.
Although it's been months since the election, there is still a historical standpoint that needs to be clarified. FDR was not term limited during his administration, it was done after and it was headed by the Republican Party, which later regretted it because IKE would have been re-elected easily for a third term. Instead we had JFK vs Nixon. We all know how that turned out.
Term limits for a president of a country may not be a bad thing, but Century Village is not a country, it's president is not a paid position, he doesn't get a lifetime pension and free medical for the rest of his life.
If the village doesn't like the job the president does, it only has to vote him or her out after their two year term (the POTUS gets 4).
Now a limit of 4 terms (8yrs) for a CV President would probably not be as objectionable to most. Something to consider...
Rising Fees in the Village
We in WPBCV should consider ourselves lucky to have the system we have here. Meetings are open and in some cases, televised, nothing is done in back rooms (as some accuse). You want to see backroom kind of thing, go look at the other CV's in this state. Their complaints are very visible on YouTube. They complain of not being allowed into meetings, not allowed to speak out and board meeting done in secret. All sounds illegal to me. They WISH they had our system. but alas, even that is not enough for some in WPVCV.We have our share of professional "boat rockers" that will complain about anything, anyone and everything. With the price of everything going up each and every year, the increases to live here are minuscule by comparison.
With all the amenities that we get, we pay a small amount for a lot of service. When I hear someone complain over a raise in yearly amount of a dollar or two for things, it just irks me.
Okay, you don't want a raise in fees because Social Security or your pension isn't cutting it anymore? That's understandable. Consider for a moment cutting services to offset it.
We can always cut bus service to 1997 schedules and see how far that would go. (I have a copy of the 97 schedules if you want to see them). Services on the buses increase each year. More and more demands on where and when buses are wanted and many of these trips outside the village that should probably be paid for separately by the riders. There are many without vehicles and the bus services are not only a necessity, but godsend.
What if they brought back a fee for each time you took the bus, but, that wouldn't fly either. That would only further hurt the people that are complaining about any increase or have no vehicles or can't drive safely any longer. Not everyone uses the buses, although everyone surely pays for it. Eventually everyone is going to need them. It is plain and simple, Mess with transportation and you are a villain.
Not everyone uses the pools, but everyone pays for it. Not everyone goes to the movies, but we even pay for that. We have some great shows during season at discounted prices (yes, those shows are greatly discounted and funded with the fees we pay each month). I don't think my mother has been to more than four live shows in over twenty years, but our WPRF fees pay for most of it (otherwise the shows would be in the $30-$40 range).
Your cable bill included in your Association fees. They increase every year by design. In the contract, they allow for increases of a certain percentage each and every year. Unless your association does some creative cuts elsewhere, you will most likely get an increase in your maintenance fees.
The proposed changes to cable (broadband) service may include WIFI service in each unit. Considering the technological changes in television, DVD and BluRay players being WIFI capable, this would make internet services such as Netflix, Vudu, Hulu, YouTube and Pandora easily accessible for next to nothing. The changes would also include more channels than we currently receive as well as some pay channels being included. What we have now is not keeping up with the times.
We have a great wood shop, dances, karaoke, shuffleboard, tennis, pickle ball, handball courts etc. All coming from that WPRF Fees and whatever amenities you get from your association are included in your HOA fees (many have patios with barbecue grills and tables, landscaping, cleaning )
When you look at the big picture, the amenities, the services, the cable service, you realize that everyone is paying for things they don't use, but may have to sometime in the near future.
The little things you now take for granted and expect, YOU pay for. These things are not all guaranteed nor are they a right. They could disappear very easily if you don't start paying attention and get involved.
Too many Associations have difficulties in just keeping board members. They don't want to get involved or people in the associations expect them to be miracle workers. Not being involved is what "the investors" want. It clears the way for them to take over and call the shots. Then they make the rules and force you out. Don't let it happen to you.
Broadband Thoughts
Been a while since I have posted anything, so here goes.
I recently watched the broadband meeting and I have to say, this company that made it's presentation made quite an impression. Sounds pretty good, but we all know there will be some die hards that will resist ANY increase regardless of the vast increase in services. EVERY home can have WIFI and before they go on about not needing WIFI, think about this: Just about EVERY new television, Every new DVD and Blue Ray players is WIFI capable, ALL smartphone use WIFI and when it is on WIFI they do not use up your data as well as improving the quality of your cell phone service.
The new TV's or "smart tv's" give all sorts of access to free and pay services, one of the most popular being NETFLIX, HULU or Youtube for video or Pandora for music.
There is also a question about having advertising to create revenue on our community channel (currently channel 62). This would be a great idea if used correctly. By correctly, I mean to say, have the advertisement revenue OFFSET the raises in service fees.
I recently watched the broadband meeting and I have to say, this company that made it's presentation made quite an impression. Sounds pretty good, but we all know there will be some die hards that will resist ANY increase regardless of the vast increase in services. EVERY home can have WIFI and before they go on about not needing WIFI, think about this: Just about EVERY new television, Every new DVD and Blue Ray players is WIFI capable, ALL smartphone use WIFI and when it is on WIFI they do not use up your data as well as improving the quality of your cell phone service.
The new TV's or "smart tv's" give all sorts of access to free and pay services, one of the most popular being NETFLIX, HULU or Youtube for video or Pandora for music.
There is also a question about having advertising to create revenue on our community channel (currently channel 62). This would be a great idea if used correctly. By correctly, I mean to say, have the advertisement revenue OFFSET the raises in service fees.
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