Hate to date myself but where in the world did that phrase come from (pleased as punch)? Who cares? The reality is I am soooooooooooo delighted to find this site. Can't wait to dig in and start reading through the threads. Seriously, this is absolutely wonderful to find a no nonsense or craziness website dedicated to building an even better sense of community in the original Sun City. A little about myself...10 year resident, 14 year owner. We bought at the age of 51 and was one of the few smart things we did with money. Great to see several of the new posters are doing the same thing (buying before they retire). I always tell people Sun City changed my life; went from a flaming workaholic to a person who couldn't wait to pull the plug and become a part of this amazing community. The past ten years have blown by. While some moved here for the play time, I loved the idea we were self-governed. Spent two years at the Visitor Center, three years at the Home Owners, did all the writing for the 50th anniversary, three years at the Del Webb Sun Cities Museum (the best of the best) and now am on the RCSC Board of directors. Point being, none of that means much if we don't keep working towards building a stronger sense of community. Boomers will be coming with different values, expectations and needs. Sun City has so much to offer but without question we are and will be impacted by people working later in life and volunteering in a wholly different manner. We need be ready to meld and mesh what has worked with what is coming; to look forward to the future but never lose sight of our past; to open our arms and our hearts to those who yearn for a better way to live. It's this simple: Sun City has the most amenities at the least cost. Even with that said, there's so much more that makes it so enticing to live here...becoming a part of something very special. My thanks to whoever has taken the time to build a site like this!
Welcome to the Talk Of Sun City BPearson!! Glad to have you!! It really is a wonderful site and agree with what you said completely!! Tell all your friends about it.. Get them on here.. ENJOY!! Also, I put below on where "Pleased as Punch" came from since you asked jokingly and a picture of the puppet it is referred to... not what you would think...crazy... 'As pleased as Punch' derives from the puppet character Mr. Punch. Punch's name itself derives from Polichinello (spelled various ways, including Punchinello), a puppet used in the 16th century Italian Commedia dell'arte. Punch and Judy shows, the popular summer-time entertainments on British beaches, have been somewhat in decline from the latter half of the 20th century onward, due to them being seen as politically incorrect. That's hardly surprising as the main character Punch is a wife-beating serial killer. In performance, the grotesque Punch character is depicted as self-satisfied and delighted with his evil deeds, squawking "That's the way to do it!" whenever he dispatches another victim. Nevertheless, there is still what might be called a folk affection for the old rogue in the UK and it would be a shame to see the tradition fade away completely. The show had an Italian origin but has been much changed over the years. It began in Britain at the time of the restoration of the monarchy in the 17th century. The Diary of Samuel Pepys has an entry from 1666 that shows this early origin and also the popularity of the show even then: I with my wife... by coach to Moorefields, and there saw ‘Polichinello’, which pleases me mightily. The phrase 'as pleased as Punch' appears fairly late in the story. The earliest known record is from William Gifford's satires The Baviad, and Maeviad, 1797: Oh! how my fingers itch to pull thy nose! As pleased as Punch, I'd hold it in my gripe. 'As pleased as Punch' is now the most common form of the expression, but when the term was coined it was just as usual to say 'as proud as Punch'. Charles Dickens, for example used the two terms interchangeably in his novels; for example: David Copperfield, 1850: I am as proud as Punch to think that I once had the honour of being connected with your family. Hard Times, 1854: When Sissy got into the school here.. her father was as pleased as Punch.
Please as Punch Here is a link for Pleased As Punch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy This might help search for more info.
lol... Not what I thought as your right... very interesting!! Also, can't agree more with the "We don't want to change Sun City as much as we want to contribute what we can to make our community continue to flourish and grow for many years to come. I think this is a great site and I hope many more folks will continue to join because there is a wealth of information here."
