Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:07:01 -0500, HK wrote:

Yeah, but it's SW Florida. Compensation for being in nowheresville.

Yes, it's awful here. Stay away, nothing here for you.



Been there, done that. OK place to visit for a short winter vacation,
but I prefer Florida's east coast.

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.

Yes, and I understand why.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.

Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that, W'hine?

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.

Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that?

There are more proctologists on the east coast and you seem to have a
lot of problems with that end of the anatomy.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that?

There are more proctologists on the east coast and you seem to have a
lot of problems with that end of the anatomy.



Nothing behind the butt-sniffers here trying to crawl up it.

wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that, W'hine?

The east coast is more urban, more traffic, more crime and more like
the place the people were trying to get away from in the first place.

People come to Florida "to get away from it all",
then they want to bring it all here.


Never had any "crime" problems in all the years I've been visiting south
Florida. Don't spend a lot of time "driving around" when I am there. I
do love the beaches, the multi-cultural atmosphere, the art galleries,
the other cultural venues, the fishing, the fabulous restaurants and the
shopping between Boca and Miami Beach. SW area of Florida is just too
dull and distant for my taste, but I do understand why many go there to
"get away" from it all.

On Feb 22, 11:36*am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that, W'hine?

The east coast is more urban, more traffic, more crime and more like
the place the people were trying to get away from in the first place.

People come to Florida "to get away from it all",
then they want to bring it all here.

Never had any "crime" problems in all the years I've been visiting south
Florida. Don't spend a lot of time "driving around" when I am there. I
do love the beaches, the multi-cultural atmosphere, the art galleries,
the other cultural venues, the fishing, the fabulous restaurants and the
shopping between Boca and Miami Beach. SW area of Florida is just too
dull and distant for my taste, but I do understand why many go there to
"get away" from it all.- Hide quoted text -

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Well, the atmosphere has certainly changed. When I was a kid, my
auntie owned a row of condos on Ft. Lauderdale beach. I remember
hunkering down one time looking out the bottom floor windows at an
incoming storm and saw my first waterspout, and after the Portugese
man o war jelly fish on the beach. Anyway, about 10 years later she
sold the property as it was no longer an area really suited for older
folks and families. I still wish my dad had picked up that little
place on Pine Island, that was sweet...

On Feb 22, 11:49*am, wrote:
On Feb 22, 11:36*am, HK wrote:





wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:

I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.

You do? Why is that, W'hine?

The east coast is more urban, more traffic, more crime and more like
the place the people were trying to get away from in the first place.

People come to Florida "to get away from it all",
then they want to bring it all here.

Never had any "crime" problems in all the years I've been visiting south
Florida. Don't spend a lot of time "driving around" when I am there. I
do love the beaches, the multi-cultural atmosphere, the art galleries,
the other cultural venues, the fishing, the fabulous restaurants and the
shopping between Boca and Miami Beach. SW area of Florida is just too
dull and distant for my taste, but I do understand why many go there to
"get away" from it all.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, the atmosphere has certainly changed. When I was a kid, my
auntie owned a row of condos on Ft. Lauderdale beach. I remember
hunkering down one time looking out the bottom floor windows at an
incoming storm and saw my first waterspout, and after the Portugese
man o war jelly fish on the beach. Anyway, about 10 years later she
sold the property as it was no longer an area really suited for older
folks and families. I still wish my dad had picked up that little
place on Pine Island, that was sweet...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry doesn't realize this, but crime is just about double on the east
coast of Florida versus the west coast.....

wrote:
On Feb 22, 11:36 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:
I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.
You do? Why is that, W'hine?
The east coast is more urban, more traffic, more crime and more like
the place the people were trying to get away from in the first place.
People come to Florida "to get away from it all",
then they want to bring it all here.
Never had any "crime" problems in all the years I've been visiting south
Florida. Don't spend a lot of time "driving around" when I am there. I
do love the beaches, the multi-cultural atmosphere, the art galleries,
the other cultural venues, the fishing, the fabulous restaurants and the
shopping between Boca and Miami Beach. SW area of Florida is just too
dull and distant for my taste, but I do understand why many go there to
"get away" from it all.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, the atmosphere has certainly changed. When I was a kid, my
auntie owned a row of condos on Ft. Lauderdale beach.


It certainly has changed. The first time I went to the Miami area, I was
about 15 or 16, and I was the guest of my girlfriend's family. We stayed
at a "motel-hotel" in Ft. Lauderdale. It's long gone, as is its rather
famous owner.

On Feb 22, 1:07*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 22, 11:36 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:29:21 -0500, HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:02:13 -0500, HK wrote:
I prefer Florida's east coast.
Yes, and I understand why.
You do? Why is that, W'hine?
The east coast is more urban, more traffic, more crime and more like
the place the people were trying to get away from in the first place.
People come to Florida "to get away from it all",
then they want to bring it all here.
Never had any "crime" problems in all the years I've been visiting south
Florida. Don't spend a lot of time "driving around" when I am there. I
do love the beaches, the multi-cultural atmosphere, the art galleries,
the other cultural venues, the fishing, the fabulous restaurants and the
shopping between Boca and Miami Beach. SW area of Florida is just too
dull and distant for my taste, but I do understand why many go there to
"get away" from it all.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, the atmosphere has certainly changed. When I was a kid, my
auntie owned a row of condos on Ft. Lauderdale beach.

It certainly has changed. The first time I went to the Miami area, I was
about 15 or 16, and I was the guest of my girlfriend's family. We stayed
at a "motel-hotel" in Ft. Lauderdale. It's long gone, as is its rather
famous owner.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Could have been my auntie, they had a real nice spread , right on the
water. Nice gardens, probably 150-250 feet of frontage on the water...
But I was probably about 8 yo at the time.