tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post8453957016566268076..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Things That Chap My Ass About The BeachJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27907554738644708392009-06-30T22:49:23.383-05:002009-06-30T22:49:23.383-05:00I love the beach too. Reading, snorkeling, open wa...I love the beach too. Reading, snorkeling, open water swimming, sailing, kayaking... I wouldn't live far from water, preferably salt water, by choice anymore. <br /><br />Yes, I have high risk skin cancer skin - still, slather on the serious SPF and have at it anyway.Jerihttp://smugpuppies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-53608024318172429562009-06-30T21:55:29.249-05:002009-06-30T21:55:29.249-05:00SP - Googled it just to be sure on my geography re...SP - Googled it just to be sure on my geography reference - <br />Redneck Riviera is usually considered to be the stretch of Gulf Coast from Panama City Beach to Pensacola. Some sources go as far west as the Gulf Shores area in LA*.<br /><br />WendyB_09<br /><br />*LA = Lower AlabamaWendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15875196668759952312009-06-29T13:28:25.295-05:002009-06-29T13:28:25.295-05:00I like the beach just fine. It's the people at...I like the beach just fine. It's the <i>people</i> at the beach I can't stand.hugh57.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778654189734150444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77319940629746902952009-06-28T17:23:48.605-05:002009-06-28T17:23:48.605-05:00I said "retarded" and offended somebody....I said "retarded" and offended somebody. Must be a republican.<br /><br />Sarah, is that you?Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-16581812852818906052009-06-28T15:31:12.822-05:002009-06-28T15:31:12.822-05:00the retarded piranhas was a most excellent quip!
...the <i>retarded piranhas</i> was a most excellent quip!<br /><br />But I always thought the <i>Redneck Riviera</i> was Myrtle Beach SC... not the FL Panhandle. Of course, if I did not know any better, you described both equally well!<br /><br />SPServing Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984393452206039835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-3755076243636482072009-06-28T13:16:43.528-05:002009-06-28T13:16:43.528-05:00retarded piranhas...now i've heard everything....retarded piranhas...now i've heard everything. Bet you can't wait for 7th grade to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56031799790935822832009-06-27T10:50:31.242-05:002009-06-27T10:50:31.242-05:00OK, I'll confess, I LOVE the beach. One of my ...OK, I'll confess, I <i>LOVE</i> the beach. One of my goals is to be a beach bum. Kinda on hold at this point in my life, I haven't even seen a beach in, um, nearly 10 years. This from a person who used to hit a beach 3 or 4 times a year. Usually SE Coast (NC, SC, GA), but more recently the Gulf.<br /><br />Now Jim, you're in one of the Touron hell areas of RR. Just east of you, between Destin & Panama City is a lovely series of small beach towns. Seaside is the one that comes first. No massive hotels, only a handful of low level condo developments, the rest is mostly private rental houses available by the weekend, week or month, all within walking distance to the beach. <br /><br />A bunch of us used to go down several times a year. We discovered if we booked the week before or after the <i>season</i> we got dirt cheap rates, decent weather and no crowds!! Only locals at the fabulous seafood eateries. <br /><br />So we'd get the biggest house they had available for the dates we wanted, and for about $100 each plus food & beverage money, have the time of our lives with a week-long party. Rented a duplex one time that held 20 people. Even had a pool, so when it was too windy to be on the beach, we'd hang by the pool. <br />Real difficult routine... eat, drink, nap at beach/pool, drink, eat, drink, nap, drink, play games, drink, eat, drink, sleep. <br /><br />So, I say to you my friend...<br />U R not doin' it right, Wright. <br /><br />GAWD am I jealous! That is all. <br /><br />WendyB_09WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-38720582974344826162009-06-27T09:49:31.455-05:002009-06-27T09:49:31.455-05:00I don't understand this strange desire to be i...I don't understand this strange desire to be in the sun.<br /><br />The sun is hot.<br />It makes you sweaty and sticky.<br />It gives you sun burn.<br />It gives you cancer.<br /><br />You want me I'll be sitting over here in the shade. And then in the air conditioning.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22525168881746670572009-06-27T08:59:23.411-05:002009-06-27T08:59:23.411-05:00You have to be a hell of a man to swim in Lake Sup...You have to be a hell of a man to swim in Lake Superior - that water is just short of liquid nitrogen temperatures. Great place to look for Petoskey Stones though.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-81303436594589436222009-06-27T00:43:12.377-05:002009-06-27T00:43:12.377-05:00Ah, there's nothing like the beach at the nort...Ah, there's nothing like the beach at the north breakwater where Portage Lake meets Lake Superior in the U.P.<br /><br />80degF water in the Portage. 55degF water in Superior.<br /><br />My... brisk.<br /><br />Dr. PhilDr. Phil (Physics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11943336276878704753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9939891759110368772009-06-26T20:05:09.647-05:002009-06-26T20:05:09.647-05:00but if they can build a multiplex on a sandbar,
*...<i>but if they can build a multiplex on a sandbar,</i><br /><br />*cough* Long Beach CA *cough*MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6753086093626868292009-06-26T19:13:34.703-05:002009-06-26T19:13:34.703-05:00Food poisoning is always a possibility. A Borat th...Food poisoning is always a possibility. A Borat thong is not.<br /><br />Adjust your expectations accordingly.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9945026556411142442009-06-26T19:08:19.288-05:002009-06-26T19:08:19.288-05:00I can't imagine baking myself on purpose like ...I can't imagine baking myself on purpose like that, breaded in sand and other people's funk - I like the ocean, beaches not so much.<br /><br />I also can't imagine Jim in a <a href="http://www.swimoutlet.com/photos/7543-2T.jpg" rel="nofollow">Borat thong</a>, but if they can build a multiplex on a sandbar, anything is possible...<br /><br />Great, now I need an eye bleaching O.oKarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854671368992589012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-35682611538771954072009-06-26T18:53:36.780-05:002009-06-26T18:53:36.780-05:00We're all glad to hear your having such a good...We're all glad to hear your having such a good time. Maybe you'll get a little bout of food poisoning to make everything perfect!<br /><br />:DNathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648438549121320566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12606255448191630912009-06-26T18:02:12.321-05:002009-06-26T18:02:12.321-05:00Unless you've put your hotel on a barrier isla...Unless you've put your <a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/coast/shell/article18.html" rel="nofollow">hotel</a> on a barrier island in <i>North Carolina</i> with the expectation that the government will bail you out when Mother Nature runs over it, in which case, well, you're probably screwed. ;) North Carolina has it right with their barrier island management. They make no effort to make the sands stay still.<br /><br />(Or at least had; it's been a decade since I lived there.)MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-60673878116529774122009-06-26T17:08:10.430-05:002009-06-26T17:08:10.430-05:00You know, I don't like the beach either. I li...You know, I don't like the beach either. I like to <em>dive</em>, I like to be at <em>sea,</em> but the beach?<br /><br />Meh.<br /><br />I'm so pale that every moment spent in the sun is an invitation to melanoma, but really? I don't like the sand. <br /><br />Yuck.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190655869710465713noreply@blogger.com