Grayton Beach Report - Dec 18 2005

[Smiling JOe]

Oooh, the water is emerald green and flat as a pancake with an occasional curl falling over at the shore line. The beach has a layer of darker sand on top at the moment, and it makes for a wonderful picture. Two people walking on the beach, hand-in-hand enjoy the solitude of the open beach as well as the company of each other. What a photo. Seagulls and a few Pelicans are clustered in the green shallow water only a few yards off the beach. A shell or two remain undisturbed, without even a footprint nearby. The sky is overcast with darker, low-level clouds, and the air temp is a cool 53F degrees. Water temp is about 72F degrees and there is a slight wind out of the north north west. Just another beautiful and peaceful day at the beach. The Red Bar should be open for business by now, but the small crowd today will be mostly locals. The beach towns are mostly empty as shoppers wrap up their Christmas shopping. Today is a great day to be here, with no place to go and all day to get there.

[Kimmifunn]

Crack a beer for me and I'll be there in 8 days.

[Johnrudy]

Thanks for the report. I feel as though I'm there, sitting at the water's edge & I can smell the saltwater ~

[Miss Kitty]

Ditto...Jr!

[iwishiwasthere]

Great written desciption but where are the photos???? I really do wish I was there! Sounds like heaven.

[Smiling JOe]

Great written desciption but where are the photos???? I really do wish I was there! Sounds like heaven.

I have not pulled them from my camera, and I thought I would just change it up a bit.

[Rita]

I have not pulled them from my camera, and I thought I would just change it up a bit.

I like the change - your written words made my day!

[Smiling JOe]

I like the change - your written words made my day!

So do you still want to see the visual?
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More photos

[Miss Kitty]

Thanks dude! That was so good for the soul after reading the illegal sand thread! I feel a new desktop coming on....now where are those instructions?

[Johnrudy]

Thanks dude! That was so good for the soul after reading the illegal sand thread! I feel a new desktop coming on....now where are those instructions?

double click on the pic. of your choice, then right click and set as wallpaper.

[Smiling JOe]

Thanks dude! That was so good for the soul after reading the illegal sand thread! I feel a new desktop coming on....now where are those instructions?

position cursor on top of photo
right click mouse
select "set as wallpaper"
Bam!
you did it

[Mermaid]

"No place to go and all day to get there"

Sounds like a very good plan to me.

The light is so different this time of year. I think that's interesting to see.

[Miss Kitty]

position cursor on top of photo
right click mouse
select "set as wallpaper"
Bam!
you did it

Nope...not this time. I have no wallpaper choice when I right click. However, I am sure the shot I kept picking has gone all over the place...maybe Bryan will get a copy!!!

[Smiling JOe]

Nope...not this time. I have no wallpaper choice when I right click. However, I am sure the shot I kept picking has gone all over the place...maybe Bryan will get a copy!!!

there is more than one way to skin a cat. Whoops! did i say that?

-move cursor over selected photo
-right click mouse and select save as
-select the folder in which to save photo and name it, remembering the name and location
-left-click on "start" in lower left corner of screen
-click on "control panel"
-click on "appearance and themes" if using Windows XP, which I guess you are.
-click on "display"
-select "desktop" tab
-click on "browse" and find the file that you just saved
-select that file and click on "ok"

Bam!
You did it!

[dbuck]

Thanks, SJ. I needed this also. As they say. . . A picture speaks a 1000 words.

[Smiling JOe]

Thanks, SJ. I needed this also. As they say. . . A picture speaks a 1000 words.

So I should have written more?

[Cap'nCrazy]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.

The sights and sounds of SoWal ---- Special.

[Johnrudy]

I think it's so nice too! You really are quite admired!
(But could you change your avatar now?! )

[FoX]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.

The sights and sounds of SoWal ---- Special.

[dbuck]

So I should have written more?

SJ, you say alot with few words. That's a talent you know. But if you write, I will read.

[Miss Kitty]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.

The sights and sounds of SoWal ---- Special.

Welcome Cap'nCrazy...with a name like that you will fit right in! I'm wondering if I might have met you in October. Did you just finish your place and move in?

[dbuck]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.

The sights and sounds of SoWal ---- Special.

Welcome I was a lurker for a long time, too.

[CastlesOfSand]

Thanks for the visual description .... and the photos!!

[Paula]

Thanks for the wonderful beach photos and verbal description of the beach. It is a much-needed contrast to the real estate and brown sand discussions!

[Miss Kitty]

Welcome I was a lurker for a long time, too.

Me, too! How much more funn is it to be a poster than a lurker???? Answer...TONS more funn! So to all the lurkers...make a New Years resolution (hate those unless it's for SoWal.com) to join in the funn! If you are skeered...PM someone you see and I know they will help you through it!!

Listen up!!! I have been so lucky! A lurker (we have all been this at one time!) has PM'ed me for help in becoming a full fledged poster!!! I feel like a mentor!! Look for the new thread later today. This lurker has a Sis-I-L that is ready to come over to the good side as well!

So, all you lurkers out there...this is a good chance for you too!

[iwishiwasthere]

SJ.. Can I leave you a drink gift certificate at your favorite SoWal place for all the wonderful photos? Each time I open up a sunset or shore picture I am filled with a tranquil peace. It is like Buffet sings "A magic kind of medicine no doctor could prescribe." Keep clicking.

[Smiling JOe]

SJ.. Can I leave you a drink gift certificate at your favorite SoWal place for all the wonderful photos? Each time I open up a sunset or shore picture I am filled with a tranquil peace. It is like Buffet sings "A magic kind of medicine no doctor could prescribe." Keep clicking.

Thanks, you guys are sweet. However, if you want to do something for me, the next time you are in SoWal, buy some random person a drink, and spread the wealth. You may be surprised whom you meet.

[Miss Kitty]

Thanks, you guys are sweet. However, if you want to do something for me, the next time you are in SoWal, buy some random person a drink, and spread the wealth. You may be surprised whom you meet.

That's the SoWal spirit!!! Or maybe pay the toll for the person behind you on the Mid Bay Bridge!!!

[Jdarg]

That's the SoWal spirit!!! Or maybe pay the toll for the person behind you on the Mid Bay Bridge!!!

Or their taxes if you are really in the spirit!!

[Miss Kitty]

Or their taxes if you are really in the spirit!!

hee hee hee...I'd say be under the influence of spirits for that to happen!!

[ktschris]

Thanks SJ!! Just what I needed, I was having major withdrawls.

[kathydwells]

Beautiful pictures SJ...as usual, thank you for taking the time to snap them, and post them.

[Gypsea]

[QUOTE=Cap'nCrazy]SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.



Welcome Sweetheart :

I am glad that you found help and are not lurking anymore - just don't do anything too crazy - they will know where to find us.

[Jdarg]

[QUOTE=Gypsea]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.



Welcome Sweetheart :

I am glad that you found help and are not lurking anymore - just don't do anything too crazy - they will know where to find us.

He must be your Cap'n Crazy???

[Rita]

Cap'nCrazy.

Some people have gotten called "Honey" on here, but not "Sweetheart" (that I know of)

[Miss Kitty]

[QUOTE=Gypsea]

SJ - I've been a lurker for a long time and decided to let you know that I appreciate what you do to keep us informed and motivated.



Welcome Sweetheart :

I am glad that you found help and are not lurking anymore - just don't do anything too crazy - they will know where to find us.

Never mind...I did not meet you Cap'n Crazy!!!! I promise Gypsea!!!!

[Gypsea]

[QUOTE=Sueshore]

Never mind...I did not meet you Cap'n Crazy!!!! I promise Gypsea!!!!

You are too funny Sueshore!

[Gypsea]

[QUOTE=Sueshore]

Never mind...I did not meet you Cap'n Crazy!!!! I promise Gypsea!!!!

Well, SS, you've blown our cover. Cap'nCrazy and Gypsea are an item. We'll be in the 'hood starting Christmas Day for a while. Can't wait!!!

[Cap'nCrazy]

[QUOTE=Gypsea]

Well, SS, you've blown our cover. Cap'nCrazy and Gypsea are an item. We'll be in the 'hood starting Christmas Day for a while. Can't wait!!!

The above quote was from me, not my "friend" Gypsea. Forgot I was using her machine to post the message.

[Miss Kitty]

[QUOTE=Cap'nCrazy]

The above quote was from me, not my "friend" Gypsea. Forgot I was using her machine to post the message.

I am innocent...I have not laid eyes on either of you!!! But, I can't wait until I do! I will make sure Mr. Kitty is there!

[Miss Kitty]

Look up at Post # 25. I tried to quote myself, but it will only let me edit. I think you will be excited!!! I am!

[Mermaid]

Cap'nCrazy! You are a brave man to join us. Merman keeps resisting even though I tell him he doesn't have to go into the Lounge unless he wants to.

[Jdarg]

Cap'nCrazy! You are a brave man to join us. Merman keeps resisting even though I tell him he doesn't have to go into the Lounge unless he wants to.

Be careful of what you wish for. Bdarg and I are now jockeying for position at SoWal Central (the computer!). I created a monster!

[Mermaid]

Be careful of what you wish for. Bdarg and I are now jockeying for position at SoWal Central (the computer!). I created a monster!

That I believe! I want Merman to join in so he can read the serious posts on the real estate pages, the ones that go over my head. He needs to follow SHELLY's posts more thoroughly than me so when the prices at the beach drop by half, we'll be poised to jump and I'll get another condo...oh wait, maybe that's why Merman won't join...it might cost him!!!

[Gypsea]

That I believe! I want Merman to join in so he can read the serious posts on the real estate pages, the ones that go over my head. He needs to follow SHELLY's posts more thoroughly than me so when the prices at the beach drop by half, we'll be poised to jump and I'll get another condo...oh wait, maybe that's why Merman won't join...it might cost him!!!

Hey Mermaid, I am also waiting for SHELLY's 50% off sale so we can buy more property. Can't wait!!!

[Jdarg]

Thanks SJ!! Just what I needed, I was having major withdrawls.

Tangent Tangent- ktschris- your man Bono is on the cover of Time mag today... pictured with Bill and Melinda Gates. He makes them look even nerdier than they already look. But hey, they are loaded, so they don't care!!!

[Beach Runner]

Thanks, you guys are sweet. However, if you want to do something for me, the next time you are in SoWal, buy some random person a drink, and spread the wealth. You may be surprised whom you meet.

Hey, today the guy at Tourneau at Lenox repaired my daughter's watch (new battery) for no charge. I asked him if it was a "Pay It Forward" thing. He said that he'd been mean to people in the past and just wanted to do something nice.

People definitely weren't buying drinks for each other at the bar at Houston's on West Paces Ferry tonight. They were trying to kill each other over tables in the bar area to avoid the 45-60 minute wait for a regular table. Nothing like the Christmas spirit gone 180º.

[Miss Kitty]

Hey, today the guy at Tourneau at Lenox repaired my daughter's watch (new battery) for no charge. I asked him if it was a "Pay It Forward" thing. He said that he'd been mean to people in the past and just wanted to do something nice.

People definitely weren't buying drinks for each other at the bar at Houston's on West Paces Ferry tonight. They were trying to kill each other over tables in the bar area to avoid the 45-60 minute wait for a regular table. Nothing like the Christmas spirit gone 180º.

Question...what is the deal with Houston's and P.F. Changs??? Why do people wait 1-2 hours for food? Well, I have for the Red Bar crab cakes, but that's different. Mr. K and I were at the mall the other night and a clerk told us the wait was 1 hr and 45 min for a table at P.F. Changs...that was at 8:30 pm!!!

Love the good story. Tell us how you pay it forward!

[Jdarg]

Question...what is the deal with Houston's and P.F. Changs??? Why do people wait 1-2 hours for food? Well, I have for the Red Bar crab cakes, but that's different. Mr. K and I were at the mall the other night and a clerk told us the wait was 1 hr and 45 min for a table at P.F. Changs...that was at 8:30 pm!!!

Love the good story. Tell us how you pay it forward!

I've NEVER understood sitting on a crowded bench for 2 hours waiting to eat somewhere either. If food is that good, the restaurant takes reservations. We have a new Changs- and it does take reservations, but then the turnoff for me is fighting my way through the crowd to get to the hostess stand to announce my arrival. You would think the Pope himself had opened up a restaurant. It's been open for a few months, but we finally went the other day when we drove by and noticed there was nobody wandering the parking lot or hanging around the door. No wait (Sat. afternoon 1:30), and I just had soup. Big spender. (Actually it was the day everyone on here, including me, was battling the cold- soup was perfect)

The restaurant I really don't get is Cheddars- never been there, but from the outside it looks like people are busting out of every opening. 2 hour waits are common. From what I have seen of the menu- salads, burgers, pasta. Waiting for that?

Y'all are all welcome to eat at my house anytime- I won't make you stand in the front yard for 2 hours, but I may grill you a burger.

[Smiling JOe]

Two Hours? The only time you would see me waiting in line for two hours to eat would be if I had no food and I was waiting on the Red Cross food line. In two hours, I can go to the grocery store, shop, come home, cook a three course meal, and eat. I never understood that crap either.

BTW, watch out for the valet parking guys at Houston's across from Lenox. They have been known to take things out of vehicles.