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I'm looking forward to getting a DVD of the Elam Stoltzfus dune lake film. Is it on sale now? If so, who is stocking it in SoWal?

After 11 years, we've packed the moving van and driven off into the sunset. Literally. It's been a lot of fun (or as the SoWal forum oldtimers useta say, "funn"). In no particular order, I'll miss: -My home beach near Eastern Lake -The daily air show, courtesy of Eglin and Tyndall...

Here's everything you need to set up your vacation place or home. It's 12 place settings from Crate and Barrel. 5 pieces per setting: Plate, salad/dessert plate, cup, saucer, and bowl. Also 3 matching serving bowls. No missing pieces, no chips, and no cracks. Wish I could tell you the...

Anybody care to share a recommendation for a moving service? By the time of the move, I will have done the bulk of the packing myself. Everything will then need to get loaded in the truck, moved out of town, and unloaded at the destination. Not sure yet whether I will hand it over as a...

I've got about 92 Euros. You can have them for the current exchange rate of 0.73 E = $1.00 which works out to $125 in round figures. That'll keep you from getting nicked about 18% at the airport exchange, so you'll come out over 20 bucks ahead. Not going back in the near future, so I'll be...

Hi all, sorry to ask this for what must be the 57th time on SoWal. But, I'd like to get current info. I live near Eastern Lake. Having serious problems with incoming calls going direct to voice mail for several weeks now. Anyone else having similar issues? Anyone along this stretch...

One of the houses there has a burst pipe. I was hoping to call the owners, but... I looked it up on the county website, and the owner is an LLC. So, who does the neighborhood property management for Ryan St. and Chelsea loop?

I need someone to hem pants. Quite a lot of pants, actually, 6 or 7 pairs. Recommendations? And on a side note, if the word "pants" is plural, then is a single pant just one leg and one side of the seat?

Yesterday, about 11AM, my phone dropped a call. Since then, it's been really difficult to make a call out or receive a call. No bars, or just one or two bars. Only roaming works. The other Sprint phone in the house has the same problem, so it seems to be network, not my phone. Home is...

Does anyone have a link to a site that shows the record high year for rainfall year-to-date? I can find plenty that show the rainfall average by month, but not the highest year, either overall or through the current date. I'm trying to find out if we've had a record year so far. And, if...

The frogs are happy, anyway. Waiting for just one single dry day to mow my postage stamp "yard", which is now about a foot high.

I've got a bunch of old, partially used cans of paint. Also some carpet adhesive, spackle, and other similar items. It needs to go away now, and can't wait on the next Hazardous Waste day. Will the Walton Co. dump accept it? Looking at the county website, it looks like they only want to...

In good working condition... Cheap...

I was looking at a web site for a company that does restoration and renovation on vintage travel trailers and saw photos of a great looking job they did for Watercolor. It's a red and white vintage trailer that WC was using as Patio Joe's, a snack vendor for the Camp Watercolor pool. I drove by...

There was a really neat sign for the motor court in Seaside - made out of license plates. Gone now. Anybody know anything about it?

In the work that's underway at Commodore's Retreat, they have had to remove a palm tree to make room for what looks like a water or gas main. It's there in the dumpster. I have no idea if they'd object to someone taking it, but it IS in the dumpster, isn't it? Nice healthy one, probably 12...

http://collinscenter.org/2012flamendments/home-2/ For anyone who is interested in learning more about the amendments...

I'm embarrassed to say I haven't been by to see Steve at his not-so-new-now eatery yet, but wanting to take some out-of-town guests this week. Where do you park? What are the hours?

I've done a search and found quite a few threads, but most of them are two or three years old, so... Does anyone have a recommendation for someone to do clothing alterations and minor repairs. Specifically, it's a sagging liner in a men's sport coat.

Is there anyone in the Destin-Walton County-PCB area that can do some glass bead or media blasting? I have some metal pieces that need corrosion removed before they get refinished.

It's slow for me. Some stuff works, some doesn't. Been that way all day. I called them about noon, and they said there was a problem in Ft. Walton effecting SoWal, with an estimated 6pm fix time. This all started overnight, it seems. All was OK yesterday.

Revealed in an announcement today about a broader scaling back of service in Memphis. Dang! Memphis is a lot more livable airport to connect through than Atlanta. It's been really good for me en route to central and western destinations. For now, no similar announcement about VPS, so let's...

After being gone since the first week in June on what we'll call an extended field assignment, it's good to be back. A few things I've noticed right away: 1-Progress on Whiskey Bravo is a lot slower than I'd expected. Problems? 2-The attractive building that was the sales office for Wild...

I'm looking for a nice used refrigerator, range, washer, and dryer. Individually or as a set, although I'd prefer matching W/D. In good operating condition and appearance.

in Seagrove. I've been watching it for several weeks now. At first, it looked like maybe utility work. Drove in there today and there's a major project underway. Curbs, sidewalks, parking. Is this spillover for the walkover on the other side of 30A?

After quite a long hiatus, they rocked the house just a few minutes ago. It set off the bark-o-matic. Also one day earlier this week. Useta be most Mondays for quite a while, before they took a break.

It looks like the work was done today, the equipment is still out there. I don't know if they opened the lake, too, or if it opened from the rain. The berm had drain tubes in it, so it seems unlikely that removing it led to the lake opening. Now there's a big pile of sand. I'm sorta...

We're looking for a new puppy. Wanting a Bichon, Havanese, Cavalier King Charles, Lhasa, Maltese, or a mutt that comes mostly from these. Anyone know of any in SoWal or within a hour's drive? Not interested in a pet shop. And sorry, we don't want an adult rescue dog. Yeah, I know...

The most recent thread on search was 2007. Anyone currently seeing someone convenient to Seagrove? I'm hoping that I can find a good one and not have to wait weeks for an appointment.

After much delay, now regretted, we finally got over to the new location last night. To get straight to the point - the "new" Gravel Road" is the best deal going in the eastern Seagrove-Eastern Lake area. The new menu is great! The entrees are home style comfort food, but preparation is...

I've booked two tickets on Delta out of ECP since the airport opened. SW couldn't beat them on either one. Both SW routings were two-stop itineraries for the same or more $ than Delta's single-stop itineraries. And, I can't say the Delta fares seemed to be substantially less than they would...

I've known for some time that Vetsulin was being discontinued, but our vet has continued to supply us, so I've sort of lost track of the situation. Now, we learn that they have no more in stock. They say they are going to put us on some kind of program where we'll get some, but it's probably...

I just got back from a run to Publix and the Memorial Day influx is already underway. There was a little traffic backup at 30A/395. And lots of folks loading up on groceries in Publix. Bring it on! We're glad to see you here.

I'm near Eastern Lake, and normally get all the bars on Sprint. It's been off and on all day, today, though. Roaming quite a bit. Anyone else?

I realize this is pretty trivial compared to the oil spill, but yesterday's downpours opened Eastern Lake. It now has a natural serpentine exit, which will help it open and close naturally, if the county will leave it alone.

It's always a good sign for SoWal when the popular rental area Summers Edge (near Eastern Lake. N and S Ryan Street, Chelsea Loop) is full of vacationers. I went through there a little while ago. Both Chelsea Loop and S Ryan are just about full. N Ryan about 3/4. That's pretty good, I'd...

The beach rental down the street (a smallish 3-bedroom) has 8, count 'em, 8 cars out front. Should I worry about a loud party sometime this week? :shock:

The OPEN light, that is. In the window. At Goatfeathers in Seagrove. Just a few minutes ago. :clap:

Equipment there, digging, and I couldn't tell what else... Are they getting ready to move it?

Has anyone else noticed that the water level of the part of Deer Lake that is north of 30A is way higher than the part south?

I just got a promotional flyer in the mail from AT&T on their U-verse TV service. It sounds like an interesting alternative to Mediacom and DirectTV. BUT, the promotional flyers always sound good, don't they? Does anybody know anything about U-verse?

Once again, the blue trailer behind the Watercolor Publix was full today, so I popped up to Pt. Wash to drop the recycling there. The trailer is not located at Bay Elementary any more. Instead, it's been moved "downtown" and is now at the Methodist church parking lot. You can't miss it, it's...

2005 was the first year I was here in the fall, and I swear it seems to me that the monarchs were going west that year. That would be, I guess, toward the well-known Mexican mountain destination. Each year since, they have gone east,IIRC. All the butterflies I've seen this year are moving...

My neighbor reports seeing a bear hustling down the bike path last night near Camp Creek. It must not be a Watersound owner - I woulda thunk they were bulls. :biggrin:

On the way to Publix this afternoon, I saw what appeared to be the finishing touches underway on reinstalling the neon sign at Seagrove Villas. I didn't get by there tonight to get a photo, but it looks like we've got our sign back. Cool!

Publix has fresh corn for $0.25 an ear. It's really good, I had some last night. Sorry for the short notice, you know their sales usually end at close of business on Tuesday. I just discovered it last night.

It looks like it may have been open a day or so, I just saw it for the first time today. By all appearances, this opening is natural. And I may just be imagining this, but it looks from the last two or three openings like the lake is trying to develop a curved outfall, like the other lakes...

You don't have to go to a major sporting event for a cool flyby, just hang in SoWal for a day or two. The USAF just sent 8, count 'em, F-14s down the beach toward Eglin at about 200 feet altitude.

There was an osprey fishing in the Eastern Lake outfall yesterday morning. Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough, but that's the first one I've seen in SoWal since arriving here in 2004. Wish I could have gotten a pic for you, my little pocket camera just won't fire fast enough.

I downloaded Dread's performance at the 2008 Magnolia Fest off the www.archive.org site. Sorry to say, I don't recognize all the songs (don't kill me, diehard Dread fans) and the taper didn't tag the MP3s. Help, anyone?