On Sat 10 Jan 2009 11:07:32a, Dan Abel told us...

> 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?

Typically, they are the most ancient, demanding, and insulting. On the
road, obviously, one has but to glance at all the license plates. Thank
God that most of them are only here through the winter.

> 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.
>

That, too, unless they've been here long enough to acquire a winter tan,
and that would usually be only the golfing fanatics.

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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