How to tell Snowbirds from year round Florida residents

        There may be those who live here in The Villages or visit here, who ask themselves, "How do I distinguish snowbirds from real year round residents. Never fear, I'm here with some ways to do it. (for my overseas readers, a "snowbird " is  a northerner who comes to Florida during the winter months because they're too wimpy to handle a bit of cold weather) 

          Only a part timer will ever say "You are so lucky to live here all the time , you must go to Disney a lot."  In truth, most full timers, especially those from Florida, tend to avoid Disney like the plague unless forced to accompany whiney grandkids.

          Snowbirds, especially those from the northeast, drive golf carts like Jeff Gordon at Daytona, and all too often on roads which are not golf cart legal,. Their usual response to a "gentle " correction is "f **k youse"

          Snowbirds, especially those from "the city" will stare at a gator or heron for fifteen minutes as if waiting for it to speak Latin.

          Two words - Neon Spandex

          Snowbirds will play golf in shitty weather as if it were their last ever chance to play. Full time residents roll over and go back to sleep.

          Snowbirds wear swimsuits in the spa.

          Snowbirds will buy any two scruffy pieces of crap that someone else has glued together semi artistically and call it "Crafts"

          Snowbirds think the smooth part of a fairway in front of the green ten yards off the fringe is a parking space for golf carts. (yeah really, last Thursday, and the junk store license tag on their rental cart said New York, while the front had a Yankees tag.)

          Snowbirds here for the first time stare at traffic roundabouts in much the same fashion as an Orangutan regards a cellphone.

          Snowbirds go to Lakeridge Winery and buy swill that a resident wouldn't put in the cooling system of a John Deere tractor. Just because it's local doesn't mean it's good (or even drinkable).  

          Only a snowbird will hop the fence to get closer to take a "real good" picture of an eight foot alligator.

       I trust that this small tutorial has been of some usefulness. You're welcome and goodnight.