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Life & Events > Sunday in Fort Lauderdale Part 6
 

Sunday in Fort Lauderdale Part 6


You never know what I will post on most days let alone Sunday! I do want to make Sundays about Gateway, where I live in Fort Lauderdale, a community for/of 300 senior citizens most in their 70s and 80s with a few in their late 60s, mid 90s --it makes for interesting living. I have lived here a little over 13 years-- longest I have lived anywhere !--and we have a beautiful pool over looking Karen Bay which I would go to 4-5 times a week.

Up
on top, behind the white fence, is the breezeway where a few of us
would get together and relax (Hey, we lead a hard life!)--pardon the
pun--shooting the breeze. There was a long green area filled with Cuban
buttercup bushes that were constantly blooming.

To
make a long story short in spite of the fact that there are 260
apartments with 260 bathrooms someone called and complained to the Board
of Health. The pool had to be closed until bathrooms were built and
they couldn't be uni-sex. The administrator decided it would be a good
time to fix the pool which was getting a few cracks and the whole pipe
system was corroded. Our new 'outhouse' is ready but because of
complications it looks like the pool won't be opened for at least 90
days.

Not
being negative but that bathroom will be a disaster but worse it no
longer makes the breezeway a place to relax. The bathroom doors open to
the breezeway and with old folks, trust me, you don't want to see them
coming out of a bathroom. Also, not to get gross, it won't be clean for
long and I feel sorry for Estaban who will have to take care of it!

With that picture in your mind I will end this post  here--

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posted on Sept 30, 2012 7:37 PM ()

Comments:

Does Karen Bay come off the Atlantic? Or is it part of the Intercoastal?
comment by steve on Oct 1, 2012 6:19 AM ()
Combination of both.
reply by greatmartin on Oct 1, 2012 7:11 AM ()
That's a shame. Reminds me of a job I once had where the photocopy machine was right outside the mens' room. In and out, in and out, and it had an air dryer, so lots of air dryer noise. Sometimes no air dryer noise, and later I found out they didn't have a paper towel alternative, so some folks weren't washing their hands.
comment by troutbend on Sept 30, 2012 9:18 PM ()
Welcome to 'improvements'.
reply by greatmartin on Oct 1, 2012 7:12 AM ()

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