It's Cold, Rising Fees, and Dying in Florida
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Mailbag Monday with Jerry and Linda! Rising amenity fees, Cremation vs. Burial, Snowbirds, When did The Villages feel like home and lots more is covered today. Will Jerry take a rocket ride? Will The Villages build condos down south?
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Jerry & Linda, i do enjoy watching your videos, and learning more about the Villages. I'm 52 and the snow and the cold is starting to get to me. I hope one day we can make it down there.
Old fashioned is my favorite donut. Dunkin’ down here. Favorite coffee too.
My husband was also a teacher. He applied for the “Teacher In Space” program, too. He wasn’t selected either, and I’m glad about that. You remind me so much of him. He’s in Heaven now.
I stopped planting things that need to be covered years ago. Only the strong survive at my house.
I was just talking this morning about what do Floridians do when they die. Cremation or burial with the water table so high. Linda, we put a screen on our garage door and we love it. Best thing we bought for our house so far. We are snowbirds and we don't rent out either of our houses. I don't want strangers sleeping in my bed or going through my things are my house. Happy Monday!!!!
When we bought our home, it felt like home right away. It’s a great life here. It’s similar to vacation, but don’t have to go home! We love it here! We lost weight when we moved here, and have kept it off.
Hello from snowy Strongsville, Ohio with 15 inches of snow overnight.
I have enjoyed watching your show Jerry and Linda. We live in Taiwan and we are 12 hours ahead of you in Florida.. We plan to move to Florida in January 2023 and we are getting all the info we can on Florida. We have for sure decided to live in the Central Florida area..
I love visiting cemeteries. I love to imagine the lives and histories of the people there. I’ve been to cemeteries where many of my ancestors are buried. My 4x great grandfather is buried in Tennessee, the oldest grave in the cemetery.
How could anyone not like you 2. You are humorous and very likable :) Also I am a big fan of your golf cart adventures!!
Thank you, Patrick!😁😁😁
You two always bring a smile to my face!
We appreciate that, Bernardo!
I am in the roofing industry. You don’t wanna mix ventilation systems, meaning two or more different types. Only in certain situations if the attic is divided. It really is a science because you don’t wanna have negative pressure in the attic. As far as temperature you want it in 120 to 130°. This will provide a thermal layer and actually keep your cold air down from escaping. Just like when you go to the supermarket and I have open freezers the warmer air in the store holds the cold air down. Now if it gets excessively hot in the attic then you will have heat intrusion into the house requiring your AC to work more. The foil you have in your attic roof has an emissivity value that reflect 97% of radiant heat waves. What radiant heat waves do obviously raise the temperature. By keeping most of them out will help keep your attic cooler to a healthy range. The ventilation will help your attic stay a little cooler but most of all keep from stagnant humidity in your attic causing mold. The best resource to go to is any roofing ventilation company webpage and put in the dimensions of your attic and it will explain what systems that would be best for one’s situation. In my opinion if you have enough ridge line on top of your house is to use a ridge vent and once again follow the math to put the proper size and quantity of soffit vents in to create a constant flow and positive pressure. All the best Jim from Georgia. See you when I get there.
Holy cow! We should have you on the show!
Bless you Thank you for your Expertise
You sound like a man to trust!! 🙂
Thank You cheers from Pennsylvania 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hi Linda and Jerry, I just made plans to come down to the villages to check
It out.. I’ve been watching you both since last winter… and now I’m coming down in April… I haven’t been on a vacation in over 30 yrs.. I will be staying in a villa in Osceola.. I hope I’m able to meet you both.. and Ofcourse Gizmo…💖
Hi Jerry, Linda and Gizmo! I decided to be cremated and I'm using The Neptune Society for that. It felt like home to me the first day I moved to The Villages and like you Linda I always feel like I'm on vacation! Thanks for the Mailbag Monday Video! ❤
Hi Guys! Being prepared is the best gift you can give your family, friends and pets! No one wants to talk about death that’s why it is so important to live your best life every day! We miss you, cannot wait to see you and Gizmo soon! 🐶❤️
See you when you get here!
Gizmo needs his own channel. He’s
becoming quite the comedian. 🤣
LOL!!! Jerry looks like the police chief from the movie Fargo!!! 😅
Hi Jerry and Linda. Boy you guys are now spoiled with the sunshine. It’s 9 degrees in PA this morning. 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶 stay warm❤️
Snow birds get to worry about frozen pipes up North!
Gizmo’s Walmart joke had me rolling on the floor! Loved your hamburger bun tip!
im up near buffalo.......over a foot of snow.....wind chills of minus temps.......
Brutus says thanks for the shout out. We’ll see ya when we get there. Leaving for the Villages in five days 🌴🛺
Hi Jerry and Linda & Gizmo.. Great show ! Finally had time to view your show. Close on this home 2/28, and our new home in Hawkins 3/1.. so you know how hectic this is. See ya soon !!
Good morning Linda/Jerry! So true.......d...n its uncomfortable. The intolerance for the cold gets worse the longer you live here. We are truly blessed to have the Florida Sunshine!
Have a good week.
Thank you so much for posting Lucy’s first golf cart ride. ❤️🐶
Ronnie
Hi Jerry, Linda and Gizmo....another great show. And, as morbid as it sounds, I'm looking forward to your upcoming 'funeral' show. My husband and I FINALLY decided upon cremation. Our kiddos can either save or scatter our ashes....but they won't have to deal with transporting our bodies to another state. Looking forward to hearing what your 'experts' say about how the process works. PS.....Linda, you're right on the screened garage door comment. The screens on the garage door makes a HUGE difference in the heat of the garage. (At least it did for us.) If heavy garage door stays down, there is NO ventilation; no breeze; just elevated heat levels. However, when the big door is open and the side door is open, cross ventilation occurs and makes a marked reduction in heat in the garage.
Thanks Rebecca! Good info!
68 in Sunrise with a high of 72 expected. It was nippy and windy overnight. Perfect weather!🥰
Love the intro. It's a bit nippy up here too.
You two are awesome! I love you guys.
My husband wanted to be cremated and I felt I wanted to be buried. Since he died first, the decision was made. I found a moselium at a nearby cemetery which was some glass front niches and I purchased a walnut box which will contain both our ashes. I felt that was appropriate, and our children won’t have to make that decision when the time comes for me.
Y’all always bring such sweet smiles to our faces each Monday! Keep warm you two!! Love the diet tip too😉
Brrr.. Great video...Good topic... Cold weather in Florida... Thanks Y'all..
According to the National Funeral Directors' Association, in 2016 the number of cremations reached 50.2 percent. I expect it has continue to grow since then.
My parents were both cremated. The one thing I learned was when people send flowers sprays there’s no grave. My mom died 20 years ago we had a memorial service and afterwards my sister & I decorated graves of people we didn’t know. I was so sad at the time but when we were decorating I started laughing cause I know my mom was laughing in Heaven.
I love watching you both and hearing all about The Villages. You both are so uplifting and happy.
Thank you Sarita. We had not thought of that. We appreciate your kind words. 🙂🙂
Great show!! Love these shows, they put a smile on my face!
Ok, so this was the funniest show yet! You guys crack me up! A little perspective on your weather at 34 degrees. We’ve been sub-zero here this past week here in NH and just spent the morning cleaning out heavy wet snow. Remember those days jn IN? Of course you do! Enjoy your cool but dry driveways and roads! 🥶 😊🌴⛳️🌟
Love your show you two are so cute together!!! Keep it up
You guys are just delightful! I am definitely going to start my double hamburger diet tomorrow. I don't live in the Villages but in a 55+ community in Fruitland Park and our lot rent went up $10. Your amenity fees seem to entitle you to a lot of different activities. Swimming, rec halls, outdoor games etc. It really does sound like you are getting a bargain. Love all your videos. Keep up the good work.
Hello from CA - just visited Disneyworld last week - thinking about moving to Florida for lower cost of living - thank you for this valuable information
Ours went up $13! $290.20! For a 1-1. 2-2 pay $100 more. Water, cable, exterior insurance, exterior maintenance, trash, lawns, parking lots, golf course and exterior cleaning of buildings weekly.
When you mentioned your facebook page I had to go check to make sure I'm following, which I knew I was. I hadn't seen many of your recent posts. Hopefully now that I've revisited it'll start notifying me or showing up on my timeline!
Hey guys, We just had a new roof put on this passed summer and they installed a solar fan that goes on when it reaches a certain temp. I have to say it made our AC work so much better and kept it cooler.
That is awesome!
New subscriber thank You cheers from Pennsylvania 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like the commentary before your video. Glad to see Linda is back to normal.
I’m binge watching your wonderful shows again, I just love you guys and your topics are great and sooo fun!
Awww... thank you SO much!
Very enjoyable. Great tip about the hamburger and, yes, back in the day I did eat two Big Macs. Only did it once, though.
Hello J and L and G! Thx for the great answer and I hope you guys stay warm up there in the “north”! 😉
Our HOA fees went up too. As did everything else, food, power, etc.
That is supply and demand.
I could listen to you two talk all day! Love your laugh Linda! Will be making that meatloaf. Thank You!
Aww... thank you Regina! 😁😁😁
You guys are so funny and cute together! Wish we were in TV!
Love these 2! Thank you -I’m freezing
Worked in a funeral home in the mid1980s an even back then more people who had moved to Florida we’re choosing cremation. It is quite expensive to ship the deceased & casket by plane, back to their home state. And, they figured being buried locally, their family out of state would rarely visit the site.
Love going through cemeteries and reading the gravestones. There is a gravestone in a cemetery in Key West that reads: “See, I told you I was sick.”
Added radiant barrier to attic, plus insulation over garage, and two solar fans. Also insulated garage doors, and our electric bill went down over $30 dollars. Great investment.
I have a 5.5 HP Toro mower with a Briggs and Stratton engine. I have owned it for 26 years and I have never change the oil or the spark plug. I have added oil from time to time. I think old oil is just as good as new oil. Same for spark plugs
So sorry about the cold! Happy MBM!
Well, I just sort of stumbled into your channel, and I must say, I've had a rather enjoyable visit! My dad lived in FL for several years in the St. Pete area, but I've never seen the area where you are living. I checked out several of your videos and found them so entertaining. I love your honesty as you describe the places and people down there. I also love how you interact with each other with such respect and kindness - it's refreshing! Many blessings on you both as you enjoy your Florida life!
Thanks, Lynda!🙂🙂
I have lived in Florida over 20 years ( mostly in Tampa ) and we have never hit the 30’s before.
Our blood has really gotten thin in addition to getting older. 🥶
It's chilly down here right now!
We came down to the Villages this week hoping for better weather. You’re right-it’s cold! No swimming for us-and we zipped up the sides in our golf cart. Brrrr! But we still love it. We brought relatives and they are having a blast-of course they left snow and 16 degree weather behind.🤪
I would give the pool a try if I were you… it's heated.
I was at WDW Christmas 1995 and it was in the high 20's. All the flowers were frosted over. Everyone wore winter coats, hats & gloves. My son even got pneumonia. Florida does indeed get cold! Worst vacation ever!
We were in WDW Christmas 2001, from NJ, before we had cell phones, (now I check the weather on it), and thought that being it was Fla., it would be warm. It was soooooooooCOLD. Worse vacation. My son and I got horrible stomach virus’s. Awful. We live in the Miami area now, even cold fronts in January are warmer than the Villages. Just sayin. Lol.
Growing up in Sumter Co. during the 60s was great. Hauling hay during the summer was a great way to make money. We never thought about the heat or humidity. We just drank plenty of water and just enjoyed what we were doing. Seriously folks, heat and humidity ain’t so bad. Enjoy life.
I see ya'll have Long-sleeved tees on. Also loved Linda's white gloves with the little bows on them! Hugs from Texas.
Hi Jerry and Linda, Love your channel. I wanted to let Jerry know it is not SHIT-zu but pronounced SHEET-zu. My little doggies were very distressed over hearing that pronunciation. Keep your videos coming, love the info and humor you provide.
Well it is -2 here this morning. In Mass.
I'll have to say it's a real treat to watch you two. Have a wonderful day and Happy New Year from the Northwest. Susie
Dog pictures are great and the show is just wonderful.
Thanks, Steve! 😁😁😁
Jerry and Linda would you ever consider putting a book together with all the information you have given viewers about living in the Villages? I find your videos to be quite informative and interesting too. I just think you’re both awesome!! Ps I do take notes when I watch your shows but a book would be great.
Another fun and informative video!! Gizmo also great as usual! Love the diet tip. Would enjoy more including a Linda cooking tip. Stay warm. Up here in TN it’s cold and snowy. You all are so fun to watch. You too Gizmo
Love you’re show we live in Punta Gorda fl . ,Enjoy the question and answer Monday’s. Keep it up , hey gizmo .
I put a box fan in the opening where the pull down latter is to ventilate the attic. I do have to put up with the door hanging down.
Thanks for the hamburger bun tip! Great idea!🍔
Hey, Lisa here! Thanks for including my questions and I enjoyed hearing your answers! :) Also....golf CART, with a 'T'. Golf car?? What? NO!
OMG!!! Soooo funny! I know you can’t control the ads but you say you’re turning it over to Gizmo to hear what he has to say and a Lacy Bra commercial came on in between you and Gizmo. Glad to see Gizmo has such good taste! 🤣🤣. Timing in life.... have a great week!
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I love visiting Florida. I have family there, but there is no way I would ever live in The Villages..nope. too many rules and regulations for this woman. I own my home, my bills are small, even paying taxes yearly, is no where near what you people pay. I have four seasons, each with its own unigue weather conditions. Live a few hours, from the wild west coast, not a giant lake looking thing. Walking distance to public transportation and 7 miles north and south to shopping. I own 3/4 or more acres around my house, and do the yard work myself, or a GS does it for me. Live close to many venues of entertainment, including the Britt Festival, and the Shakespeare theater, just to name two. Nope, just too many rules, and people up on me. Could and would never do it. I guess it works for some people, but not for me. A rebel at heart.
I think that I'm with you Sandra - I would also like a little more buffer space between houses.
Stay warm you two!
You too are a wonderful couple!
Hi Jerry and Linda. Please be thanksful that you don't have extreme cold brutal winters weather like Colorado. It is way much colder here. Sometimes we get below zero temperatures.
We got wreck centers here we call them paint and body shops and remember death is certain life is not
Omgosh you guys are sooooo cute! You have me cracking up here. ♥️
Jerry and Linda, be sure to Include Florida national cemetery in Sumter County in your upcoming show. Veterans and their spouses are buried there. It is a beautiful cemetery very much in the likeness of Arlington. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are both buried there.
Loved you show tonight as always. Randy and Sherrill
Glad you enjoyed it
You are both the sweetest and of course Gizmo too.
Keep your eyes peeled for The Dinner Club coming to The Villages. It’s a great service and tailor made for us senior citizens. Especially those of us who don’t cook but want to eat healthy for longevity. I would love your feedback. I live in Atlanta (67 years old) just started using The Dinner Club and love it.
😆😆😆🥰🥰🥰Gizmo! Many thanks for sharing 😘.
Enjoyed your video today. Haven’t been able to watch much lately. Kisses to Gizmo.🥰😘❤️❤️
Morning, love to see Linda cracking the whip lol .Lord, now Gismo is hooked on Walmart. It’s a good thing you brought your winter clothes with you. Stay warm,and God bless.
Jerry and Linda, love your show. My wife spotted your coffee station while Jerry was playing with his buns.
Love your dieting tips!!
Love Gizmo’s corny sense of humor!🙂
Cute hamburger tip LOL!!
you know instead of throwing a blanket over them just throw water on ur plants it will give them insulation for the night to protect them from the cold . use to work in landscaping learned this whole there it works . it’s 6 degrees here in Indiana this am last week it was -12 still no snow just cold here . we are heading south in february again to Texas . can’t stand this cold it hurts after awhile . enjoy ur 60 degree weather
I want everything different when I eventually move to TV! I currently have dark cabinets and furniture, but I want light in Florida! When I look out my windows, I want to see palm trees! I want everything to remind me I made it to Florida!
It was 54 degrees here today in Central Missouri. Crazy stuff! Oh, and BTW... I'm a landscaper, those foxtail ferns will be FINE. If they freeze back, just cut them to the ground, they'll grow right back. Foxtail ferns are asparagus... so you can cut them and they come right back up... the roots are hardy all the way down to 20 degrees.
Thank you for the tip! We have dug up and replaced several of those. They drive me crazy with thousands of little bulbs in the dirt. It is hard to get them all.
The golf cart tires will most likely dry rot, the sides will crack before the tread is worn out. Be certain to look at the sidewalks when checking the tires.this is very common on trailers.
You mention newer golf CARTS have a cover below the engine so it's easier to pump the oil through the dipstick. They have been doing it that way on boats forever; you run the engine 10-15 minutes to warm the oil and insert a small tube down the dipstick that is attached to a either manual or electric pump and pump the oil out of the oil pan. You can pick up either manual or electric oil pump on Amazon or West Marine.
Hi guys, love your program especially, Gizmo comments. About 20 years ago I planned and prepaid my funeral, haven't regretted it yet. lol
Boy I miss Donut Kind we lived in Desoto village had to move back to NJ to watch Grand Kid hope all is doing well in the village
Good information. Thanks for sharing.
We put in solar fans a few months back. We placed 2 and you are correct in saying it doesn't cool your home a lot, but the cost of $500 per fan is not that much as well. We did some research and found it was both helpful to cool the attic and save your air conditioner some so.... its preference. Enjoying your vlog. Debbie
wE unfortunately, went into this discussion of long distance funeral. My Dad is awesome, but I couldn't tell him because this came up with my Mom. We live in Indiana but she wanted to be buried in Pennsylvannia where she was born. So he prepaid for it all to happen which she unfortunately, has passed; I can't say if it was COVID related. This company did a fantastic job because I"m sure this was no easy accomplishment. They worked with a funeral home here, the airline transport to Pennsylvania, and then the other funeral home there. Very complicated, and again they handled it so my grieving Dad didn' t have to. Hard to talk about, but when he needed it he had so many people he had to call with the news that it just made it more bearable for them to handle that end of it. Otherwise, it would have been to overwhelming to make all the arrangements right there.
I am sorry but I did not see your reply concerning the presence of various churches within the villages. Your videos are much appreciated and enjoyed. Last week it was -45 below zero here in Iowa, but this week we are having a heat wave as it is only -9 degrees below zero! One could say it is a "heat wave." On Sunday Mass attendance was very good despite the snow and the temperature being -25 below! Like in Indiana, we are a hardy people. God bless you both and your beloved little doggie. Most Sincerely,, Father Vern Smith, Sioux City, Iowa. PS: The homilies are always shorter when it is so cold. The faithful love short homilies. As my old professor at ND said, "A homily does not have to be long to be good." How true. Best wishes.
Go Irish!
@@JERRYANDLINDA I am a double fan having gone to both ND--and, ALABAMA. The foundations of Bama football was started by a disciple of Rockne. Both Coach Saban/Ms Terry are Catholics; and, attend daily Mass. They are also extremely generous to Catholic endeavors; for example building on with their own funds to the Catholic campus center; and, have built many homes for those in need of them. This was especially true after the devastated tornado struck T Town, destroying a large section of a residential area. Enjoy your videos so very much. Go Irish! Roll Tide!