Dactyl, dealing with rude people and there comments is part of life. Sometimes you can take it, and sometimes you cannot. Presenting Florida as you have is pretty steriotypical, your almost making it sound like New York, lol. I have been to California, people are very nice there, but it's definately not the friendliest place in the world, you have to deal with people there as you do here. How about you start saying "Hi" to people or try being friendly to others, might get you farther then you think. Life is definately about interaction and if you live it by one bad experience or even several you will find yourself with no one to talk to, lonely.
So now that we all know why you have made your comments, we can understand where your coming from and maybe you can come to a meeting and get to know everyone. I have only been to one meeting, but have met several people from the club and alot of them are very nice people. I will be going to this months meeting, hopefully I will see you there.
-Mike C.