| 1. | The Villages | ||
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The Villges, FL consists of part of a large 55+ retirement community and Community Development District (CDD) that includes parts of Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties, with some of the Lake County portion being under the jurisdiction of Lady Lake. It lies in central Florida, approximately 20 miles south of Ocala and approximately 45 miles northwest of Orlando. It is the center of The Villages Micropolitan Statistical Area (USA), which consists of all of Sumter County. The Villages earned the No. 1 ranking as the fastest growing micropolitan area in the United States according to a 2008 Census Bureau report.
The STD Capital of the World. What makes The Villages “Florida’s Friendliest Hometown?”
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| 2. | whole villages | ||
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a group of houses grouped together outside of city which were known to be traded to sausage smugglers in hungry in the years after ww2, it has been said that some villages were swapped for as little as a dozen sausages. The hungarian people were so short of food that whole villages were swapped for food in the years after ww2
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| 3. | lamp post | ||
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A structure used to hold a lantern in place with the intention of lighting roads, footpaths, car parks or other such areas at night. They generally consist of a post (or 'column'), and an arm (or 'bracket') onto which the lantern is inserted. The first 'lamp posts' probably consisted of burning torches on top of wooden poles around villages. Gas lamps were originally used in modern society, but their light had a very limited range, and they had to be lit by hand every night. In the twentieth century electric lamp posts became commonplace, are now to be found in towns, villages, cities, on motorways and other main roads everywhere. Originally they were made of cast-iron, but throughout the decades lighter metal lamp posts gradually came into use. Concrete lamp posts became popular during the fifties, as they did not need to be painted and were sturdy. These kinds of lamp posts (which are the best in my personal opinion, especially the older, more ornate ones)have concrete brackets with metal pipes inside them. Although there were concrete lamp posts before the war, the shortage of metal during and after the war probably helped their popularity. In recent years, however, concrete lamp posts are all being removed due to corrosion or the worry they could be dangerous if someone crashed into one and it fell on either them or a passer-by. (It is actually the metal piping inside the bracket, along with the bolts holding it to the post, which rust, buckling out of shape ... more...
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| 4. | C.I.S.V | ||
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Children's International Summer Villages I went on a village to Italy with C.I.S.V in the summer of '93
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| 5. | cyclo wank challenge | ||
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Wanking carried out whilst riding a bicycle through various villages in East Anglia. This can be a solo or team sport. Points are gained for how many villages you manage to wank in. x: Did you have a good weekend?
y: Bit sore....cyclo wank challenge this weekend, 10 villages mate! Check that out! x: Fucking hell I might try that with the wife this weekend... |
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| 6. | sumter county | ||
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a pretty trailer trashy place, except for the villages, but the villages creep most people out. q:wat do a sumter county fire, sumter county tornado, and a sumter county divorce all have in common?
a:somebody's going to lose a trailer. |
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| 7. | Garlior | ||
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(gAr-lee-or) n. 1) A destroyer of villages, cities or townships. 2) A woodland creature, evil by nature, capable of destroying villages, cities or townships. 3) A nickname for Republicans.
"Heavens to Murgatroyd!" the people of Ann Arbor shouted with fear as Garlior took to the streets, ready to destroy the civilization at its feet.
Did you see that garlior's jaunty sweater-vest and matching tennis racket? |
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