In article >,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> On Sat 10 Jan 2009 12:09:57a, sf told us...
>
> > On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:17:43 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Same here, but we get the "winter people" aka Snow Birds. Ack!!! What
> >>really ****es me off about many of them is their feeling of entitlement,
> >>as though permanent residents simply don't matter and they should
> >>*always* get preferential treatment. It's hard to resist slapping the
> >>shit out of some of them.
> >
> > When I was a kid, summer people didn't make anyone within my hearing
> > go
>
> When you were a kid, times and things were considerably different than they
> are today.
>
> >>One memorable incident happened last winter. I was in an express
> >>checkout line with about 8 items where the limit was ten. Behind me was
> >>a Snow Bird couple with a basket brimming over the top. The old woman
> >>poked me in the side and said, "let us get in front of you!" I told
> >>her, "unless you're on your deathbed and on the way to the undertaker,
> >>you have a lot more time to wait than I do. The bitch! I have no
> >>patience for this crap.
> >
> > GAH! This is a new "you" to me, honey buns.
>
> If this behavior wasn't an occurrence that you can witness on an almost
> daily basis, it *might* be tolerable. I don't suffer fools or those who
> feel they are more entitled than I am. The keyword here might be
> "equality".

So how do you so readily tell the locals from these Snow Birds?

There's a joke in SF (San Francisco, where sf lives) that you can tell
the tourists during the summer because they're the ones with blue legs
wearing shorts.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA