2015 Summary

Garage Sale Sat Dec 26th., Raindate Sun Dec 27th

GARAGE SALE

Sheffield “G”

Saturday Dec. 26th

8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Rain-date Sunday Dec 27th.

Hope to see you there!!

the best snow

GARAGE SALE

Sheffield “F”

Saturday Dec. 19th

8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Rain-date Sunday Dec 20th.

NEW, USED & VINTAGE ITEMS

BARGAINS, BARGAINS, BARGAINS!!

Clothesline and Solar Energy Saving

Florida was the first state to pass a right-to-dry law. The statute makes invalid any ordinance, covenant or deed restriction “which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources ...” The 2015 Florida Statutes

163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources.—

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or other provision of general or special law, the adoption of an ordinance by a governing body, as those terms are defined in this chapter, which prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources is expressly prohibited.

'Bye 'bye Condo bylaws

Photoshop

Doghouse Beware

***Actually there could be more than diamonds ***

Find Out If Your Doctor Takes Drug Company Money

"There is a reason pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on the influencing, education, and entertainment of doctors around the world.

Thanks to Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, the Sunshine Act was inserted into Obamacare. And, so, for the first time, patients will now be able to see what, if any, financial ties their own doctor has. The database is live right now. Go to openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search or for a more user-friendly version, Propublica’s Dollars for Docs page. The drug industry spends billions trying to influence doctors, and, for the first time, you can see if your physician, or any physician, has their hand out." (part of transcript from NutritionFacts.org) 

Dancing deer

https://youtu.be/PR7gI6MGB18

Worldometers Real Time World Statistics

Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health.

http://m.worldometers.info/

click and scroll, scroll, see the world go by.

Treat that Cold

1. Get the Hell Better tea - steep chamomile tea bags with fresh ground ginger, fresh squeezed lemon juice (or you can just cut rounds and cook with them thrown in) and after boil/steep add honey.

2. Get take-out pho soup from Got Rice, Pho 16, or the brand new Pho Saigon near Gordons, 4869-2 Okeechobee blvd. Saigon is minimum $10.50 but large serving and plenty extras.

3. When you are stronger - Tomato basil garlic soup with hot sauce (you Google recipes)

Remember When ..

January 1977

How Many Veteran Charities Are Too Many?

Donors who want to make contributions towards charitable programs that serve the military and veterans face an almost overwhelming volume of choices with, by some accounts, the existence of over 40,000 nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving the military and veterans and an estimated 400,000 service organizations that in some way touch veterans or service members. 

Century Village Giant Flea Market Coventry "C" Sat. Dec 5th

Century Village Giant Flea Market 

Coventry "C"

Sat. Dec 5th. 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Rain-date Sun Dec 6th

Lots of Vendors

New and Used Merchandise

Something for everyone!!

Feeling Political

The United States Presidential Election of 2016 is underway, and you might not be sure which candidates you should support yet.  By using the bipartisan iSideWith political quiz, you can quickly find out how your political views match up against all candidates currently in the running.  There are about 25 issues but many more sensible suggestions under 'other stances'.  Food for thought.

http://secure.isidewith.com/elections/2016-presidential-quiz

Real Life

Well I grew up in a real town
Where the prom queen had a plastic crown
And we really did just drive around
'Cause there wasn't sh*t to do
We didn't know we were real broke
Daddy rolled them real smokes
We drank RC, no real Coke
But our neighbor had a pool

We got green grass and two trees
Whoa oh oh oh oh
But it ain't like what's on TV
Whoa oh oh oh oh
This is real life in the real world
We ain't talking to no models
We got real girls
We get real low, we get real high
It ain't all good baby but it's all right
Real life

We got a dive bar
With a real band, they play too loud
And they're real bad
But we're real boys so we still dance
And we stay out way too late
Hit the Waffle House for some real food
But that waitress, she's real rude
She got real problems but we do too so we tip her anyway

That's just the way that it is
Whoa oh oh oh oh
That's just the way that we live
Whoa oh oh oh oh
This is real life in the real world
We ain't talking to no models
We got real girls
We get real low, we get real high
It ain't all good baby but it's all right
Real life
Yeah we're livin' real life

OK Lanny, you could write one about Century Village WPB!

Windsor Q Garage Sale Sat Nov 28th........Raindate Sun Nov 29th

GARAGE SALE

WINDSOR “Q”

(RIGHT BY CAMDEN POOL)

SAT. NOV. 28TH.
RAIN-DATE: SUN NOV 29TH.

8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

NEW, USED & VINTAGE ITEMS

“LOTSA” BARGOONS!!

Thanksgiving

Free Online Tools for Optimizing Social Security Benefits

The following looks like really useful tools for estimating/ planning Social Security Benefits.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/free-tools-for-optimizing-social-security-benefits-1406419908     
AARP software and more.

Robin

WPB Waterfront

Saturday mornings downtown, green market plus -

Garage Sale........Sat. Nov 14th........ 8:00 am to 1:00 pm..... SUSSEX B

Garage Sale

Sat. Nov 14th 8:00 am to 1:00 pm

SUSSEX  B

New Stuff - Old Stuff - Vintage Items

LOTS OF BARGAINS - See you there!!

Top Fears

New Treats

Dodge bugs on your way South

Click  Bedbug Registry, Bedbug Reports, and Bedbugs.net. You can also see bedbug reports on TripAdvisor and other reader-based hotel review websites.

New Duck Island Dock

Looks ready for use, please treat Ziggy with respect.

5 Things Every Woman Should Know About Social Security

http://www.ssa.gov/sf/FactSheets/WomenandSSrev1.pdf 
Older and divorced clear explanations.

Drones are coming, brave new world

Enter your address to create a No Fly Zone over your home. It's free! Unless you want packages delivered to you by drone.  
Hope it works better than the 'no call' list.
click  https://www.noflyzone.org/

Soda Truth

Opinions

Religion

Malcontented witch

Understanding Immigration

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPjzfGChGlE 

How many babbling politicians understand this TED talk!

C'mon Maintenance

What should be fixed around your condo, bet they all have something!

Manners, Morals, and Intelligence

I hope that pet owners remember that most of the residents here came attracted by the No Pet history, and would follow UCO's polite reminders on the blue entrance signs.

Some untrained owners will continue to be a problem. Some people think everyone shares their insane love of their barking poop machine. 

PC

Part 2 of the blog still has room for more authors regardless of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, or sexual orientation.

PB Condo & HOA Expo

http://www.pbcondohoaexpo.com/

Register using promo code PC1 for free parking and lunch.

More Malcontents

Coach Tomlin -

All Americans

On the eve of the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, a rainbow appeared to emerge from One World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan.  Memory that we are all just Americans.

Almost Entirely Shady Web Neighborhoods

“Due to the explosion of top level domains (TLDs) in recent years, we have seen a staggering number of almost entirely shady Web neighborhoods crop up at an alarming rate,” said Dr. Hugh Thompson, CTO for Blue Coat Systems. “The increase in Shady TLDs is in turn providing increased opportunity for the bad guys to partake in malicious activity.

The web's top 10 TLDs with shady sites:

• .zip - 100.00%
• .review - 100.00%
• .country - 99.97%
• .kim - 99.74%
• .cricket - 99.57%
• .science - 99.35%
• .work - 98.20%
• .party - 98.07%
• .gq - 97.68%
• .link - 96.98%

Delegate Assy Comment

Best comment at the Delegate Assy, Herb F -

"Be sensible, quit fighting over things that are good for you"

Silliest comments, mostly by malcontents. One of their refrains is that residents are not getting UCO information. Perhaps they forgot:

You can get questions answered at UCO

See list of open meetings every month

Delegate Assembly info packages

The enlarged UCO Reporter

Channel 63

The Blog 'Our Village in West Palm Beach'

Many taped meetings on the Blog and Channel 63

The sidebar of the Blog overflowing with information.

Meeting minutes and notices on the Information Forward Initiative (IFI - give Prez D. Israel your email if you are not receiving it)

Clubhouse flyers

All guided by Sunshine Laws

I feel the need for acronyms to shorten meetings

There was a lot of good useful info at the Delegate Assy yesterday, also much rambling by those trying to make UCO look bad (TTMULB). Malcontents make blanket statements full of emotional words (murder, baloney, not true, we prove...). These statements are themselves not true and need to get a short reply e.g. It is too full of nonsense (TFON). Read the Bylaws (RTB), References wrong, Logic wrong (RWLW).

Fausto handled one by saying 'I am not going to try to answer that' may I suggest TFON.

The TTMULB about the Officers Cmte emergency meeting was TFON, RTB. See Officers 'D.2 The President may call an emergency meeting at any time' - period. Other special mtgs of the Executive Board and Delegate Assembly do have some notice requirements. Officer emergency meetings do not. Even so anyone who was awake knew the search for a Recording Officer was on.

No doubt this post will trigger comments by malcontent blogs, but I NEVER read their toxic material.  

Good Judge

Looks like the Judge can drink up in New England -- this is from a Dunkin' Donuts in Maine. 
Read Judge Berman's full report here: http://bit.ly/1JQ9yRu

When we were young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MnSCAEIbsg

Stuck at home, try Billy Gardell simple-generation-divide comedy. No swearing just funny.

Erika WPB

Update # 1 Thursday, 8/27 5:00pm

Given current conditions, the City of West Palm Beach Emergency Operations Center is anticipating an activation in the next few days. In anticipation of the storm, please be aware of the follow information: Stay Informed! The City of West Palm Beach has SEVERAL ways you can receive storm information: Twitter: All storm info will be sent out on the city's PRIMARY twitter account: @WestPalmBch All storm info will have: #WPBstorm *During a storm, all other city twitter accounts will be suspended.     Email: Sign up to receive the same updates sent to news media. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Facebook: All storm info will be sent out on the city's PRIMARY Facebook account: Discover West Palm Beach All storm info will have: #WPBstorm *During a storm, all other city Facebook accounts will be suspended. Website: All storm updates will be posted on the city's website: wpb.org Phone Notifications: You can sign up for the city's CODE RED phone alert system. By registering your phone number, you will receive all emergency calls. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR PHONE NUMBER PLEASE NOTE: Not all information is distributed by phone.  CODE RED calls are used sporadically as needed.  HERE IS THE LATEST INFORMATION:     Trash: All crews are focused on clearing all the current debris across the city. All residents are instructed to NO LONGER PUT OUT ANY yard debris or bulk waste.  All yard debris and bulk waste must now be secured on your property. Regular trash pick up will continue on its regular schedule until the National Hurricane Center issues a watch for the area. Commercial pick up will continue on a regular schedule until the National Hurricane Center issues a watch for the area. The city is no longer accepting requests for special pick ups.  No new special pick ups will be scheduled.       Storm Drains: In anticipation of heavy rains, make sure the storm drains on your streets are clear of any debris.  This is important everywhere, but especially in neighborhoods with a history of flooding.      Parking: There is NO PUBLIC PARKING allowed in city garages during the storm UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE A PASS TO PARK THERE AS A RESIDENT.  City parking garages ARE NOT TO BE USED to shelter your car.      Community Centers: The city's community centers will follow the lead of the Palm Beach County Schools.  If schools are closed, so are the city community centers.     Library: The Mandel Public Library hours will following the lead of the rest of the city.  If city offices are closed, so is the library. Please note: There is a good chance the library will be closed on Sunday to prepare for the storm.      9-1-1: 9-1-1 should only be used in the case of an emergency.  If you have a non-emergency, please call 822-2222.      Shelters: The city does NOT run shelters.  Shelters are run by Palm Beach County.  But if you will need space in a special needs shelter or a pet-friendly shelter, YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER for them with Palm Beach County.

Fishing Dock on Duck Island

Work is underway but has a long way to go, there will be underwater work - see dive flag, more lumber, bad weather, inspections etc. may be weeks before fishing is allowed.

Help Keep GMO Salmon Out of Costco!

JOIN THE WEEK OF ACTION: Visit your local Costco between August  29 – September 6  and tell them to say NO to GMO salmon!
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1328682

Toronto Non-stop

PBIA and WestJet Announce New Non-stop Service to Toronto
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) and WestJet are pleased to announce new
non-stop service to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) beginning
December 11, 2015.

Live Critter Cams

Try http://explore.org/live-cams/player/dumpling-mountain-brown-bear-salmon-cams
or explore.org   they will take you to all kinds of live cams.  Scroll, click ...

ReThink cyberbullying

Sounds perfect for malcontents and Messengers.

Most people in most situations could probably benefit from one tiny prompt: “Are you sure you want to do that?” Fifteen-year-old techie Trisha Prabhu says that question could be the difference between life and death.

Prabhu is the inventor of ReThink, a software program that recognizes when users enter phrases often used to cyberbully into a computer—and displays a pop-up window asking the writer to reconsider. The Chicago high school student’s own studies find that a simple prompt (“Are you sure you want to send that message?”) is enough to discourage its teen users from sending nasty missives a whopping 93 percent of the time.

http://magazine.good.is/articles/how-a-15-year-old-tech-whiz-is-using-software-to-fight-internet-hate?utm_content=24_2

Duck Island Blog - 2

A couple of years ago there was one crying wailing limpkin, now there are at least 9 on Duck Island.  Babies swim away even without webbed feet. Parent bird in tree, and fluffy limpk-ling!

Full of Flowers

Yeah! A maintenance co that does not mow the rain lilies or scalp the hibiscus when in bud :-)

Resident Pool for Guests Too

While the Guest pool is under repair everyone in the Resident pool. See notices.

Duck Island Blog

A hawk took a duckling today, but the moorhen is repopulating the area, (if she would guard her eggs).

CS/HB 71 - Service Animals

http://myfloridahouse.com/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=53081#top  

General Bill by Judiciary Committee and Smith (CO-SPONSORS) Albritton; Baxley; Harrell; Sprowls; Watson, C.

Service Animals: Requires public accommodation to permit use of service animal by individual with disability; provides conditions for public accommodation to exclude or remove service animal; revises penalties for certain persons or entities who interfere with use of service animal; provides penalty for knowing & willful misrepresentation with respect to use or training of service animal.

Effective Date: July 1, 2015

Does anyone have short digestible version of bill, I read it that you can go to jail for faking service animal.

What is 'probable' about you Mr Goodell !?

Robert Kraft comments:

Kraft continued: “Tom Brady is a person of great integrity, and is a great ambassador of the game both on and off the field. Yet for reasons that I cannot comprehend, there are those in the league office who are more determined to prove that they were right rather than admit any culpability of their own or take any responsibility for the initiation of a process and ensuing investigation that was flawed.”

+

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/robert-kraft-apologizes-to-patriots-fans-calls-nfls-actions-reprehensible/  

Tom Brady comments

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/tom-brady-i-did-nothing-wrong/#.Vbi-Cp-pwrw.facebook

Rainy Season

10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30,000

IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2015 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ — The experts from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the automotive industry, recently assembled their list of the 10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30,000. 

“Our annual ‘comfy cars’ list is compiled of vehicles that have a luxury feel without draining the bulk of a consumer’s monthly income,” said Jack R. Nerad, executive editorial director and executive market analyst for Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com.  “Our choices include vehicles that offer a comfortable driving experience, a roomy interior and the modern technological conveniences of luxury cars, yet at a more wallet-friendly price point.” 

Rank	2015 Model-Year Vehicle
1	Chevrolet Impala
2	Volvo S60
3	Chrysler 300
4	Nissan Altima
5	Honda Accord
6	Volkswagen Passat
7	Toyota Camry
8	Subaru Outback
9	Hyundai Sonata
10	Honda CR-V

CV Rabbit

Don't even think of touching my mango, gonna eat the whole thing!

Revenge Tactics Against Inconsiderate Parking

Governor Scott signed H 643 into law

Gov. Rick Scott this week signed a law aimed at protecting the rights of condo owners when developers are trying to convert complexes into rental properties. The legislation is designed to restrict buyouts that enable companies that own the bulk of the units in a condo complex to force remaining owners to sell to them. The new law calls for bulk-ownership investors to compensate individual owners for the amount paid in most instances.
Read details, it seems home must also be homesteaded to qualify.

http://www.ccfj.net/LEGSESS15H643law.html

Plant-based Foods

Birds Eye is getting on the plant-based bandwagon. You can find these steamable 2-portion bags in the side dish section (Walmart). Each contains 5 veg, kind of salty, don't they know we can salt our own food. If you make your own mixtures and find that makes too much quantity, these packets may be an alternative.  

House Bill 643

CYBER CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE, INC.
June 20, 2015
"One of the scrupulous "investors" has targeted a condo association in the Palm Beach Century Village. Let's hope these "efforts" to kick people out of their homes for "peanuts" will finally stop -- if Governor Scott will hopefully sign House Bill 643 into law, the bill that will finally repeal most of the so-called "eminent domain bill" for condos. It's about time that this disgusting practice will finally stop -- a practice that was created by a bill sponsored by Senator Geller and Representative Schwartz. I always wondered how an "honest" legislator would be willing to sponsor such a horrible bill. I guess we have too many "dishonest" legislators in Tallahassee who fail to represent the interests of their constituents. Shame on them!!!!! "

WWII

Freedom Daily with Brian Kolfage  ALERT: Raymond Devere Johnson was a Signalman on LST - 218 in World War Two. He was wondering if any of his Shipmates are still around...PLEASE share this, in hopes that he might have a reunion with any of them !!!

Neat to be able to post things like this, Thx Internet.  

Ignatius

Duck Island today, looks like he is shedding.

Photo on 6/12 shows him to be 7 feet long

UCO is our Best Friend

Best Friends Day
Come, volunteer and join in.

Vegetarians

Students Vegetarian Cookbook for Dummies or 75+
https://books.google.com/books?id=gpv1zB1mpg8C&pg=PT301&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=true

For simple kitchens, limited tools and shopping.