What To Bring, Neighbors Too Close, and Rocky Time in The Villages
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- Jerry and Linda take some great questions this week including: Are the neighbors too close? Are neighbors too close? What options are there for yards besides grass? Should I buy a used or new golf cart? And... Do the Newcomers have time to enjoy The Villages?
Those and more are answered in todays episode. You'll want to stay until the end for a particularly touching segment from Gizmo.
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Jerry and Linda bring you information that they hope will enhance your retirement. The channel is more than just The Villages. It features episodes designed to inspire retirees to make the most of their golden years. Bicycling, kayaking, hiking, golfing, music, travel and other things of interest are featured.
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The information in our videos is not guaranteed as accurate, but as our opinion and intended only as entertainment.
I too worry about being so close. Having a few acres of land now, I am also tired of maintaining it.I Can't wait to get rid of tractors, chain saws , snow mobiles, snow plows, roto tillers! I just want a small place for a flower garden and to have my morning coffee . And maybe a pool, a pool would be nice!
I totally agree that the color tee shirts are great for the two of you. Easy on the eyes. Your grandchildren look like lots of fun to love and enjoy. Thanks for everything and for making your channel so enjoyable. Smiles for Gizmo 😄
Before changing out grass at your villa, check with Community Standards to make sure you are allowed to do so. Also check with CS before you purchase a villa with all stone to be sure the property is in compliance.
I kept my clubs on the cart all the time when driving around going to the movies
, dinner, I will drive by a course in the afternoon that looks wide open I will stop and play but if I do my weekly grocery shopping I will take them off I never had a problem with sticky fingers.
Thanks for being a responsible pet parent and neutering your pet!
Another informative and entertaining video. Thanks!
As to storm shelters, I would add that while tornadoes do happen in Florida, they are far less common than in places like Kansas. I've lived in Florida for 17 years and I only remember one in my area during that time.
Nothing like a visit from the g babies. They make you feel alive and happy.
THANK YOU Jerry & Linda and Gizmo.. We really appreciate all your videos. It has become a tradition to watch the Mailbag Monday first thing EVERY Monday morning. The sound effects, especially the clapping of hands during the last question and Gizzzmo's Q&A are hilarious!! Cheers and kibbles 🍻🐕
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The production that you two produce is indeed like a second career for you both. A lot of work for sure, but just know many many folks really enjoy your work. From Pinellas County
Thanks, Philip, we enjoy it! 😁😁
Jerry on power lines: "If it doesn't bother you, more power to ya." Good one haha!
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Thank you always enjoy your comments . Will be there in couple of weeks permanent. So looking forward. Love gismo
Hello, I am a year late but watching this I wanted to add @12:00 there may not be weather sirens around but everyone's cell phone in Florida alerts them loudly of storms and tornados.
I can relate…Retired 2nd grade teacher. Enjoy your videos and info on TV.
Enjoy those grand children because before you know it they will be teen agers or even older...
Thanks again for another great video....stay cool until the next time.
I am sure glad you enjoy making the video because i sure enjoy watching them i am a retired public school bus driver i be 65 in sept won,t never get to move down there but i sure enjoy seeing all the places and just love hearing you two talk and tell about the places down there and the homes i feel like i go on vacation down there when i watch your video always waiting for the next one to pop up , enjoy those grandkids i even got 6 grant grandkids under the age of 5 but we sure do engoy them our youngest grandkid is 11 but we still enjoy him just as much , see you on the next video
Thank you SO much!!! 😁😁
:-) :-) smile for Gizmo too, :-) as he did a super job. Enjoyed the video all around. Opening act with being so worn out from the grandkids added a great laughter right from the start. We say, "thanks again"!
Our pleasure, Mike! Thanks!
I have to holler to Mrs. Tibbs when Gizmos segment is on, she just loves that. Her smile lights up the room. 😃 🐕 😊
I can't imagine being ok with the heat that the gravel gardens retain. Turn your yard into an earthenware oven. Some "green" housing in Austin got rid of gravel yards because energy costs were so high.
As soon as as you started Jackie said "they have the grandchildren". We can't wait to have are 5 grands down when we move down full time.
Fun! Excruciatingly tiring, but FUN! 😁😁
Great video, as always, you just make my day !! Have a good week.
Thank you for another great show.
Poor little Giz! But looks like he is well loved!
Glad you all have had big fun with your G-Kids!
❤️❤️❤️Another great video! Thank you!
Thanks so much for your videos!!!! Great information!
I really appreciate all your time that you put into your "show". Thank you!
Great show as usual!!
Look forward to seeing some of the events from kid’s camp ….. thanks for this week’s mailbag series. - have a great week!
Happy Monday morning guys thanks !❤️
Good tips!! Thanks
Love you guys! One of my “must-see” shows on YT! 🌴🌞⛳️
Thank You!
Love this.
Another great video! I always enjoy your productions.
Thank you, guys. Love you two. Really appreciate your vlogs!💖💖💖
Great show!!! 😁
Great questions today as always. All the hard work is recognized and appreciated. The number of your rising subs is a good indication of the quality of your vlogs. Thanks again have a great week.
Good questions and answers. Enjoy those grandchildren. Y'all have fun.
Good morning Jerry & Linda ☀️☕️. Thank you and God bless!
Thank you for answering my question on air! Very cool and your answer was so well done. I feel so honored. You guys are the best!
Thanks guys always the best
My little long-haired dachshund Coco loves Gizmo! About the concerns of not having a basement for storm protection; Coming from the Midwest we had much bigger and more powerful tornadoes, like F2, F3, F4 ratings. Florida rarely ever gets anything more than an F1 tornado, so not as much of a concern at least for me.
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Too cute! Love hearing from your fur baby.
Good morning! Excellent questions today and excellent answers! Thanks for another great Mailbag Monday! See you when we get there!
Thanks as always for the great info. Am in the process of purchasing a home in Fenney and looking forward to being there part of the year!
😆😆😆🥰🥰🥰Gizmo! Many thanks for the video 😘.
I think I w prefer looking at the power lines than snow .
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And there goes another mailbag Monday!❤️❤️
Another Great Monday.. Planning a visit in August. Final step before we make the move. Joann insists we check out the summer heat ! See you when we get there.
@Dale Divine I'm with you, heat index here in Jersey was 99 yesterday. But my wife wants to see for her self..
Happy wife.. Happy Life.
@@peterboggi9690 I think you are wise to visit in August. The dew point in The Villages in the summer is often over 70, which is very humid. I am headed to The Villages in a few days myself . Tell your wife, you don't have to shovel humidity.
Linda is taking care of those cutie pies with ease and I’m sure it’s bringing many memories back to her school days! You are in perfect location !
Wish I had Linda as my kindergarten teacher!!! I am sure she would have been more fun than the kindergarten teacher I had which was Sister Josephine who was all business. Despite being all business, Sister J was very gifted at being able to motivate her students to learn. My older sister also had Sister J as a kindergarten teacher and for a couple of her elementary grades which was common in Catholic schools back then for the sisters to teach multiple grades. And it was Sister J who was the inspiration for my sister and 6 of her former K-8 classmates that are still close friends to this day to become teachers. No doubt you both must have in a very good way touched the lives of many of your former students.
Another fantastic tutorial. THanks Lynda for the tips on the shopping bag. We had been wondering how to do the big shops.
I love your 'we went for a drive' sections. What a fantastic way of teaching the subject.
And finally... Yes Brownwood - but - will that change when Sawgrass opens?
Always a highlight of my week to drop in and hear how things are going and the questions folks ask. If you're ever in western North Carolina (Brevard), give a shout - we decided to build a house on a lake near the Blue Ridge but we love hearing about what's happening in the Villages.
HAHAHA, the opening had me on the floor! I adore you guys and appreciate how hard you work for us. Four years for us to retire and get there (if I can convince my better half)
See you when you get here!😁😁
Brownwood Square is our favorite too but we also love Sumter Landing.
Hey Jerry! Hey Linda!
Linda, Karen and I had just been talking about the "how's" of shopping and then you show us that awesome bag. Nice :)
Jerry, you need to setup an affiliate account with Amazon. You provide links to cool stuff, like Linda's bag, we all go out to get one and you get a small commission.
You had to invest a little bit to do your videos but you both seem as natural at it as watching our local news casters thank you for your time out of your lives for bringing us such beautiful videos and putting a little fun in our lives
Another great Video Jerry and Linda. Linda thanks for posting your review of the golf cart bag. I am for sure going to purchase it on Amazon. Jerry also sent you an email let me know if you get it.
We just made a trip to The Villages and loved it. We would love to have one of your t- shirts. We were hoping to see while out and adventuring. We watch you all the time. We watched your videos and several others so we knew where to go and how to get around. Thanks for all your videos.
Thanks, Theresa! Although we don't sell our T shirts, the man that makes them for us does.
Just send an email to:
4artsprints@gmail.com
He will send (email) you an order form.
Thanks so much!
If the power lines don't bother you, then more power to ya..
I see what you did there Jerry.
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I am delighted you don't get money from subscribers or other gimmicks. This makes you more trustworthy and you are doing it for the pleasure to communicate with your base.
Another Interesting MBM😃 And 2 Paws Up For Gizmo 🐾From My 🐶🐶
I remember a couple of years ago a woman was in the news, she put rocks instead of lawn on her designer home. She got into trouble. Power lines are ugly...but bald eagles nest in them and it is always something to see!
Take care stay cool it's just as hot and humid here in N.H
I’m in NH too! It is hot today! Gonna be pushing 100 🥵.
Very hot in Massachusetts today too. I told my neighbor this is Florida weather.
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So enjoy your videos but absolutely LOVE GISMO!❤️😘🦴
Thank you both (and Gizmo!) for all the planning and work that goes into your videos! We really enjoy all that you present, and it opens horizons for hundreds if not thousands of good folks who watch! 😍
Thanks, Karen! 😁😁
The golf car shopping bag looks useful, added one to our list to get. And, being a problem solver, I’d suggest since you do not have a four seat golf car that you could put the grandkids in that bag to go to and from Brownwood Square, let us know how that goes.
I think I like the mixed yards best, but the low maintenance look great.
Always so interesting and nicely done. Great to watch.
Thanks, Joan!
all the work in creating the videos keeps your brains sharp too
Enjoy your journey my friends!
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we stay at a campground during the summer, I have a 2002 Yamaha gas golf cart that sits outside all winter and it started like it was brand new and runs great...
So glad you are enjoying the visit with your grandchildren. I think a video about Camp Villages would be great to see. Also the video about emergency preparedness. Have you done a video on hurricane preparedness as the peak of hurricane season is end of August through early-mid September? I have packed my sunscreen, flip flops, sun visor, etc. See some of you on the squares in a few days. I think this might be my first time in The Villages over the July 4th holiday. 😎
I think the yards with two or three different types of rocks are interesting, attractive and less costly to maintain.
Interesting about the grass, gravel, crushed shells….it is something I wouldn’t have thought about.
Good one, folks!😀 I actually belly laughed 😂 Thanks so much for your time and energy. MUCH appreciated💕
We love to hear that, Kathy! Thank you! 😁😁
LOLOL love the Gizmo ssegment 😂
Having the Grandkids visit may tire you out, but it's a good kind of tired. I loved tired act though, good job on that! 😉😄
I know what you mean about editing videos. It's very time consuming but rewarding to see the finished video. Thank you for your fun and educational videos. I look foward to watching them every Monday. And Gizmo is a real hoot too...keep them coming. You're like part of my family!
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We hope to move to the new southern section of TV before the end of this year. You've provided lots of important information for us. We can't thank you enough for all your hard work and effort that you put into these videos. Thank you Jerry, Linda and Gizmo! 💙🧡💛
Our pleasure, Carol! See you when you get here! 😁😁
Great show as always. Can't wait for my visit that begins Thursday. You guys have given me the interest to come look, so I'm blaming you both if i decide it's the villages for me. 😁
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I had the same question regarding planting zones in the Villages so I did a little research. Most of TV sits in zone 9a but the south eastern corner sits in 9b. That would be east of Buena Vista. But I can’t tell, from the map, what the northern border is.
Another fun episode! Hopefully, folks are learning from you guys, it doesn't matter where you're from, if you have a good attitude, Life is Good.
AMEN, WC!
All utilities run under ground. Those high voltage power lines is what feeds the transfer stations which then feed the homes etc
You got to love Mondays! Just love you guys. And yes, you have become family. We all care about you!
Gosh, Marilyn... so nice! 😁😁
Gizmo, would have loved to see little Gizmos with Dalmatian colors!
We really got a kick from you Jerry regarding the powerlines and ending the topic with "more power to you".
LOL! Was hoping someone would get it! 😁
I loved your opening segment with looking exhausted. I’m experiencing it right now with a 2 year old visiting. My villages newcomers tee shirt just arrived. Leaving July 1 for the villages to start my 7 month tour of the villages renting different homes to see if it right for me.
See you when you get here!😁😁
We rely so much on power yet we don’t want to look at power lines. I understand. After a bit , you don’t even notice them. I don’t care for them either, but………….I challenge anyone to take advantage of this senior citizen. Better safe than sorry. Again, great video. Informative and entertaining. I live in the city and neighbors are very close. Unless I live in one of the patio villas I would have more space than I currently do except in the rear. I have 150 feet. I like close neighbors. We sit on our porches and can virtually carry on a conversation across the street and do all the time.
Omg you guys had me I thought you were sick or something at first. Phew glad you all are ok!
Thanks for caring, Robin!😁😁
Hello Linda and Jerry.
Lorraine and Hal guests this week in Spanish Springs.
Have enjoyed your videos.
Keep producing your recommendations and opinions.
Michiganders
Thanks, Lorraine and Hal! 😁😁
Hello. Once again, thanks for sharing your videos. Very entertaining and useful information like always. Since you get many emails, just keep an eye for one from us today as we are about to do our Lifestyle visit this week. Saludos !!!
Will do! ☕☕
@@JERRYANDLINDA email sent
Lots of good info, as usual! Thx!
I like the shirts I live in arizona we have lots of palm trees also
Nice pun when talking about electric towers....more "power" to you.
Thanks for all your hard work! You are well received and greatly appreciated !
Ha! I wondered if any of our sharp viewers would get that!
Thank you, Rebecca!😁😁
On golf carts, I might recommend buying used up north before coming down and hauling it to Florida. That's what we did. We bought a very nice used Club Car in Iowa for $1800 (the owner didn't know what he had and advertised it LOW) and hauled it to Florida on a trailer. We added updated wheels, tires, and a rear flip seat for less than another $1000 and have a very nice cart for under $3000. We couldn't have touched it in Florida for that price.
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Little Giz had his mo taken from jo but he looks happy as heck. You two are enjoyable to watch. Thanks for all you do.
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Tornados in Florida are relatively rare and pop up quickly, short lived and not as powerful. Nothing like in the midwest, etc. Most of the homes in the Villages are recently (well) constructed. Stay inside, away from windows. Shelters are for hurricanes and only if you feel unsafe in your home.
Thank you for all of the time that it takes to produce such a quality product. Besides some of the downsides, look at the hundreds, thousands maybe, of nice people who really enjoy your show and we are happy and so generous for your time. We’ve never met but I feel like I’ve known you for years.
~Lynn
AWWWW... what a nice thing to say. Thank you, Lynn! 😁😁
My clubs didn’t work well either, so I gave them away!
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I've been thoroughly enjoying your videos for more than a year now. You do such a great job of conveying your personal life experiences to your audience that I actually started feeling like you were one of my neighbors. So I guess my curiosity finally got the best of me and I started wondering if there was a last name to go with Jerry and Linda. It only took me a few clicks to come up with it, but I was just wondering if you leave it out intentionally (for privacy concerns) or if you just like being known as "Jerry and Linda". You have become such an ambassador for The Villages, I can't imagine that you can go anywhere down there without being instantly recognized. I know it's the price for stardom in retirement, but I just wanted you to both know how much we all appreciate your efforts and please keep up the great work!
Thanks, Bill... you nailed it. We really enjoy meeting viewers, but not unannounced at our door. 😁