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Keith Hutchings, provincial minister responsible for Business and other Odds n' Ends, has announced that rock star, Tom Petty has purchased Peckford’s Island, located about 6 miles from Musgrave Harbour, for an undisclosed amount. The sale is the first in the provincial government’s Island Divestiture Program.
Hutchings said “We have all these useless small islands along our coast. The government has decided to sell these properties to create a one-time infusion of cash. It should pay for the things we promised but can no longer afford because oil prices have tanked. For example, a new bridge for Placentia”. he also added "We know that it will be a tough sell but, now that Bono is super-rich due to Facebook's IPO,(read story) we are actively trying to entice him into buying Bell Island."
Peckford's Island on Google maps
A spokesman for Petty said the he is excited about establishing a summer home on Peckford’s Island. “Tom fell in love with Newfoundland when he was here on tour. Sure it’s a bleak, desolate, isolated spot. If Mr. Petty wanted to get a suntan, he would buy a condo in Jamaica”.
It’s all well and good that Mr. Petty is now the proud owner of Peckford’s Island, Bless his heart, such impulse buying can take a strain on any relationship…from the common folk like ourselves to well known celebrities like our Tom (we can call him that now as he owns Peckford’s Island, I suggest he call the main road or trail Our Brian’s Way).
ReplyDeleteI am sure the discussion around his breakfast table when he arrived home after his tour of NL was quite heated. One could imagine it going a little like his greatest hits CD:
Wife: You did what? (Breakdown)
Tom: I bought it for us, you said we need more quality time together. (Listen to Her Heart)
Wife: How much? (I Need To Know)
Tom: Doesn’t matter, I just needed a place to call my own (Refugee)
Wife: How Much? (The waiting)
Tom: How many women do you know that can say their man bought an island?(You got Lucky)
Wife: HOW MUCH?(I won’t back down)
Tom: Doesn’t matter, we could live like royalty, lobsters, crab, turrs, and bake apples..(Running down a dream)
Wife: (Hits Tom with cast iron frying pan….Into the great wide open)HOW MUCH???
Tom: (Free Fallin’) You wouldn’t understand, you’re an American Girl…
You can guess the rest…