OUR VILLAGE in West Palm Beach - Part Two

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1.11.2015

Thieves posing as Water Co

County Water Utilities Department Customers Should Beware of Thieves Posing as EmployeesCounty Water Utilities Department Customers Should Beware of Thieves Posing as Employees Recently someone claiming to be a Palm Beach County Water Utilities employee gained access to a home by pretending he was there to test the customer's water.
Recently someone claiming to be a Palm Beach County Water Utilities employee gained access to a home by pretending he was there to test the customer's water.

1.05.2015

New Rover phone number

There is no change to the Visitor Call-In System number 689-1759

1.02.2015

2015

May your 2015 be filled with wonder and new discoveries.

12.24.2014

Sunset view from Bocce court this week

thanks Marc V

12.21.2014

Holiday Playlist

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Listen to the full playlist - Click Here
Bing Crosby It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas	Judy Garland Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Andrews Sisters Winter Wonderland	Elvis Presley Oh Little Town of Bethlehem	Perry Como I'll Be Home for Christmas
Louis Armstrong Christmas Night in Harlem	Bing Crosby Silent Night	Bing Crosby & the Andrew Sisters Poppa Santa Claus	Frank Sinatra Ave Maria	Chuck Berry Run Rudolph Run
Nat King Cole Take Me Back to Toyland	Rosemary Clooney Suzy Snowflake	Elvis Presley Blue Christmas	Lionel hampton Boogie Woogie Santa Claus	Johnny Cash I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Frank Sinatra Light a Candle in the Chapel	Perry Como There Is No Christmas like A Home Christmas	Esther Williams & Ricardo Montalban Baby, It's Cold Outside	Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock	Gene Autry Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Charlie Brown Christmas Time is Here	Jackson 5 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas is You	Celine Dion O’ Holy night	The Mediaeval Baebes We Three Kings

thanks to Baba mail

12.20.2014

Ancestry.com

Ancestry is advertising nonstop for the holidays and offering small discounts.

What they do NOT tell you is that a much bigger discount exists if you are a member of AARP. This is a 30% saving on membership. It will save me $40 on a 6-month world membership.
- - - BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK.

12.02.2014

Alzheimer Help

Among the jewels and antiques of the WPB Saturday morning street fair on Narcissus, just north of the Banyan garage free parking, is the Alzheimer’s store. Usually it is an online store for Alzheimer’s Therapy Products for Comfort & Security but on Saturday mornings, at that time you can discuss concerns with the owner at his booth.

www.alzstore.com Products designed for people with Alzheimer's and Dementia and their Caregivers.

12.01.2014

Opera on the Waterfront

WPB must have heard about our opera fans.

December 13, 2:00 p.m., FREE! Meyer Amphitheatre

More than 100 musicians will come together to present a magical afternoon of live opera featuring the most recognizable arias and ensembles, performed by the combined forces of international opera singers James Valenti and Michael Chioldi, the Palm Beach Opera Young Artists, Orchestra and Chorus.

11.07.2014

Delegate Assembly Procedures

IMHO. The Delegate Assembly is a Board of 300+ Directors, it is their job to judge motions, projects, and plans for serving the village. These items have been researched and thoroughly vetted by UCO committees, Officers, and Executive Board. The Delegate Assembly deals with ideas that have been polished and refined.

There may be people with fantastic ideas, but they need to go thru the process. Do not fling ideas at the Delegates without backup and full of unverifiable claims. That only causes confusion and wastes time.

If you have a brand new idea for the village, please DO NOT bring it untested to the Delegate Assembly. Go to UCO where there is a great experience base and the historical searchable database, most ideas are not new. When the idea is properly organised the UCO system will move the idea/plan to the Assembly. Then maybe we can finish on time.

Also spare us from historical regurgitation and whining, we understand some people have unique sensitivities but we should not waste the time of hundreds of residents.

In plainer terms, if you have not bothered to prepare, read, listen, or attend meetings to gather information, the Delegate Assembly is not the place to go to square one with elementary questions, and a lot of whining about having the right to speak and demonstrate your ignorance.

10.31.2014

Geezerville

Little Black Book of Scams

This is an interesting booklet on helping to identify Scams. The Canadian Government has also published a similar booklet. Hope it helps the vulnerable!

http://www.cbs.sa.gov.au/assets/files/book_of_scams.pdf

10.20.2014

A TIP WHEN NEEDING AT&T REPAIR SERVICE

Last Thursday evening, after AT&T men had been working all day in a hole in the ground outside our middle building, I found that neither my landline (AT&T) phone nor my Internet service was working. Friday morning I checked my latest AT&T bill for the Repair number and found it had changed from the old 611 to 1-877-737-2478. I called the 877 number from my cell phone and got a machine. Service would be restored by Monday, I was told. That seemed like a long time, especially when I was 90 percent sure the problem had been caused by the men in the “pit” not having reconnected the wires correctly. I wanted to speak to a live person but couldn’t, or I didn’t know how.

The repairman came on out Saturday afternoon, which was a pleasant surprise, and he could not have been nicer. The problem had been with the men working in the pit, and he set it right. I told him what had frustrated me, he empathized, and he said what you need to do at the prompts is press ZERO, and if necessary keep pressing ZERO. I had forgotten about that little trick. Dialing ZERO, he said, will get you a live person. Of course the AT&T “robot” will not tell you that.

Being unable, or having it be very difficult, to get a live person on the line, is very frustrating to me. I remember the days when your place of business could have the phone company visit your business and teach the employees how to answer the phone courteously and competently. Now, it seems to me, AT&T is one of the worst OFFENDERS in helping people with a phone (or Internet) problem. I got a call today (another robot) asking me for feedback on the resolution of my phone problem, but all they wanted to know was how the TECHNICIAN did. Well, he did fine (and I said so). It was their robotic answering service that I hated, but I had only 30 seconds to describe that, and then “click,”my response opportunity was ended.

Oh, for the good old days!

10.09.2014

The News v Channel 63

If the news is overwhelming :-(

try Channel 63 at 7:30 am

for a laugh and a smile :-)

10.08.2014

Resident Clubhouse Pool

What is behind the fence?

Tree Huggers

This looks like a good effort to protect our trees from the worst drivers. Corners are hazardous. Perhaps there is an opportunity for artistic endeavours as well.

10.06.2014

Comcast XFINITY WiFi: Just say No

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2476444/mobile-security/comcast-xfinity-wifi--just-say-no.html

from Michael Horowitz at COMPUTER WORLD, an educational blog, heavy on facts.

"Here I will cover the obvious downsides to the service ...

Focused on Defensive Computing as I am, XFINITY WiFi seems like a bad idea for Comcast customers, both those offering the free Wi-Fi on their routers and those using the system away from home. If you read this entire article to the end (warning: it's long), I am sure you will agree."

I found it scary in many ways. Comcast is already publishing the addresses of CV wifi spots. It is easy for bad guys to get automatically signed in, do something illegal, and an innocent Comcast customer is in for all kinds of hell.

Note: I would trust Michael H. far more than a salesman.

10.05.2014

Dressing Well, for Men Only

Try https://www.cladwell.com/ recommendations of wardrobe items specific for your lifestyle. Note: sometimes you have to scroll down to see results and entire list of clothes, rather than store sales pitches.
Get your guayabera on!