Re: OT: Home sweet home

On Nov 26, 9:10 pm, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashw...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was at a meeting with some Tourism people here and one of them referred to
the Bay of Plenty (I live in Tauranga, in the Western end of the Bay) as
"New Zealand's Florida".

I honestly don't know whether I should be pleased or saddened by that.

I've never been to Florida.

Both are where old people go. Tauranga, and especially Papamoa, are
where wrinkly Jafa's* go to bathe in the glory of their spiritual
leader, Winston.

Whether you are pleased or not may depend on whether you welcome the
average age of the inhabitants around you to be continuously greater
than your own age, and increasing, or not.

Of course the mount is still a haven for the young and irresponsible.
They manage to keep it that way driving the aged away with 200 watt
amplifiers in each car parked by the beach. Sometimes this is
augmented by the radio station placing truck sized speakers across the
road.


* Jafa is the term applied to the golden people from the City of Sails
by the unwashed who are banished to live outside, until such time as
that fair metropolis spreads out and absorbs their towns one by one.

Jafa = Just Another F**king Aucklander.
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    ... the Bay of Plenty as ... I've never been to Florida. ... Tauranga, and especially Papamoa, are ... holidays are a time for fun and some people enjoy loud music... ...
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