Stolen Beach Chairs

Miss Kitty, I hobbled the 5K. Hubby wasn't even able to attempt it. I took me over an hour, whereas the winner did it in 17 minutes. I took pain meds in advance. I did it because I am so tired of being disabled. I am frustrated that my knees and feet are so damaged from too much running in the past. My doctor is furious at me for doing the 5K. But the course is flat, so I did it. It's the stairs that really kill my knees. I have been on crutches on and off since I did the 5K. Most mornings I have to crawl from the bedroom to the kitchen to make my coffee. I have a torn meniscus in my left knee and a bone spur the size of a marble on my right heel. The surgeon at Emory wants to delay surgery until my knee starts clicking, catching, or locking. The pain was so bad this AM in class that I thought I was going to pass out and was very nauseated. I wrote my husband's cell phone number on the board and told my students that if I passed out from the pain, please call my husband.

Yes, I used poor judgement. In the future will hire a beach chair service whenever we spend more than a weekend at the beach.

Actually our beach walkover is private, so we are allowed to leave our chairs under the walkover because our small neighborhood paid for it. There are only 5 homes in the neighborhood. One of the owners doesn't rent, ansd another is a permanent resident. So even if we all took beach chairs and left them under the stairs, it wouldn't be an eyesore. And if renters leave chairs under the walkover, I pay someone to remove them because I am physically unable to do that anymore.

Our neighborhood is so secluded that if I waited for someone to come along to give me help with my chair, I might have an hour wait.

We paid a premium to own a home that is a one-minute walk to the beach. We pay a premium for a private walkover. We never dreamed we'd have the physical problems that we now have at such an early age. So now we're being called lazy?

I hope you live long enough and/or remain healthy enough to understand our situation and the situation of those more physically challenged than we are. Lazy, we are not.

If you could afford "premium" then you can afford beach set up service or at least a beach chair with backpack straps. Those chairs are lighter than the so called purses that most elderly females carry every day.

I don't think it's so harmful for Beach Runner and her few neighbors to leave their chairs under the private walkover from their neighborhood which is more likely on the private portion of their beach. It sounds like someone would have to go around looking for chairs to be bothered by to even see them to be bothered by them in the first place. And many of the beach service vendors keep chairs or chair bins on the beach anyway, which are just as visible.

And since only some of liz0305's chairs were taken, I'm led to believe that it was youngsters or such who stole them rather than somebody doing it in defense of creation. Most religions, civilized societies and moral codes have some concept of "do not steal" so I find it hard to say liz0305 got what she deserved; it's not even sea turtle nesting season.

That being said, we bring all of our stuff up everyday and store it at the condo.

If you could afford "premium" then you can afford beach set up service or at least a beach chair with backpack straps. Those chairs are lighter than the so called purses that most elderly females carry every day.

I think the harsh nature of some of these comments is precisely why so many folks have left the SOWAL forums.

Did Donnie get his feelings hurt? Pahleese. Bottom line. You wouldnt leave anything in your front yard because of the possibility of theft, so you shouldn't on the beach either regardless of "premium" property or not. If you can take down to the beach then you can take it back with you. If you can't, then support the local economy and hire a setup.

Did Donnie get his feelings hurt? Pahleese. Bottom line. You wouldnt leave anything in your front yard because of the possibility of theft, so you shouldn't on the beach either regardless of "premium" property or not. If you can take down to the beach then you can take it back with you. If you can't, then support the local economy and hire a setup.

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Did Donnie get his feelings hurt? Pahleese. Bottom line. You wouldnt leave anything in your front yard because of the possibility of theft, so you shouldn't on the beach either regardless of "premium" property or not. If you can take down to the beach then you can take it back with you. If you can't, then support the local economy and hire a setup.

My pleasure....glad you can comprehend that common sense can keep issues like those experienced by the OP from happening. Unfortunately we live in a world where folks feel privileged to take what is not theirs and that won't change soon. The best way to neutralize that urge is to secure your property or accept that it may become fair game. BTW...there are sections of our beautiful beach that don't require the use of stairs and are readily accessible for those who have climbing limitations...if they choose to utilize them.