Crap on the beach

Ok, you have my permission to toss it.

The upside-down tent, pictured above, has been in this same position for the last three days. Who is supposed to clean it up? The owners? -- yeah, right.

The owners are back "up north" packing the kiddies lunch for school tomorrow.

SJ: Do you remember a time when we didn't have all this "junk" on our beaches? It seems like so long ago--but I do remember when this wasn't an issue (or was that a dream?).

So someone please tell me when this becomes garbage. For the last few days, I have been giving some of you the benefit of the doubt, but now I am just trying to prove my point. The upside-down tent, pictured above, has been in this same position for the last three days. Who is supposed to clean it up? The owners? -- yeah, right.

I can understand how some visitors may not be aware of the rules prohibiting leaving crap on the beach overnight but this instance is someone just being plain lazy. I can see where this is frustrating to a local. It is a shame that someone has to clean up after these losers.

I have a five dollar bill that says that particular tent is still on the beach this morning, and that tent will not be alone.

Point taken, toss it.

Ok, you have my permission to toss it.

Thanks, but another point of mine is, should I have to ask permission? And who has the aurthority to answer?

dbuck, I was thinking about the advice you gave to your kids, about not taking stuff which isn't theirs. Great teaching, but I do wonder who will be left keeping the world looking beautiful, by cleaning up others' crap. Just goes to show that a well-intended belief, doesn't have to apply universally. ;-)

..the advice you gave to your kids, about not taking stuff which isn't theirs. Great teaching..

The definition of "junk"....stuff that has been abandoned by the owner. Without ownership the "stuff" becomes garbage in the public domain.
No pilfering here..just social awarness. No permission needed.

I blame Walmart for selling this junk soooo cheap!

Thanks, but another point of mine is, should I have to ask permission? And who has the aurthority to answer?

dbuck, I was thinking about the advice you gave to your kids, about not taking stuff which isn't theirs. Great teaching, but I do wonder who will be left keeping the world looking beautiful, by cleaning up others' crap. Just goes to show that a well-intended belief, doesn't have to apply universally. ;-)

SJ, BREATHE, we can only do so much in this world, and we have to do the things for which we feel the most passion. Litter is not a new item on the agenda. We have to do our part and the part for one other person, because we KNOW that it makes no difference to some, we can't change that, we can only educate people. Before I found this site, I was totally ignorant on the proper care for dunes, but now I know, so education does help. We really are ALL in this together.
But, I have to totally disagree with you on the well-intended belief statement. Honestly, you don't want to get me started on "justified behavior." Just because a person feels justified doing something, doesn't make it right, I could write a book on this, but it does make fascinating discussion. You are a wonderful person, I can tell. Just continue what you are doing by educating and by setting a good example, that really does change the world, one person at a time.

Thanks for the kind words, dbuck.

FYI to all of you who have hairs raised on your backs about me stating that I will remove items left on the beach -- relax a little bit, but only a little bit. I am serious, but if I were truly evil, you wouldn't see the kayak, umbrellas, tents, chairs, etc behind the abondoned tent in my above photo, because they have left their crap out overnight, every night, since they arrived. My goal is to educate, and if it takes stirring up some thoughts in your heads, so be it. If that doesn't work, I may have to resort to relocating all of your crap to the steps of the Courthouse, where you can collect it. That would make a statement. I bet that I could block all the entrances to the building with cheap beach crap -- every day.

SJ, I am with you on the removal of the crap. It is such an eyesore to see all that stuff when you get up early in the morning and go down to the beach. I alway's think of all the sea turtles that might have had to maneuver around all that SHI** just to find a place to lay her eggs. It is so sad to me.

SJ, I am with you on the removal of the crap. It is such an eyesore to see all that stuff when you get up early in the morning and go down to the beach. I alway's think of all the sea turtles that might have had to maneuver around all that SHI** just to find a place to lay her eggs. It is so sad to me.

I understand what you are saying about the crap being an eyesore, however, that part I could care less about. The part I am concerned is that, when abandoned, the crap often becomes partially buried, potentially being a hazard to people walking on the beach. I find tent stakes, and rusted metal pieces of chairs on occasion. Once a tent canvas is burried, it is nearly impossible to remove by hand. Ask Sunshine. I have seen her tugging without success on the same canopy which I tried to remove days prior. Note, when left overnight, or even unattended in the day time, which I see often, wind will pick up the tents and send them flying. Look out kids!!! The owners probably never find them when they are submerged in the lake or hidden in the dunes.

My other reasons for objecting are that they items are dangerous when walking on the beach after sunset, just like the holes which people are digging without filling back in. When the day comes that I twist my ankle from stepping in one of these, look out! I will be mad. I have fallen in the craters before, and I can tell you, that had people done the right thing, that wouldn't have happened. I am in good physical health, but what about those beach-goers who are not? In addition to the items and holes being hazardous to people, they also obstruct the Sea Turtles from nesting on the beaches. One canopy may have up to 12 string with anchors holding it in place. How would you like to be a turtle, on land, tangled up in crap or stuck in a big-@ss hole?

So, my objections are not based on the looks of the crap, but rather, they are based on the effects the crap has on the environment and the people.

The definition of "junk"....stuff that has been abandoned by the owner. Without ownership the "stuff" becomes garbage in the public domain.
No pilfering here..just social awarness. No permission needed.

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How about printing some tags and attaching them to items you see left on the beach? I will leave it up to you what the tags would say. I imagine we could all come up with something educational and insulting at the same time!

How about printing some tags and attaching them to items you see left on the beach? I will leave it up to you what the tags would say. I imagine we could all come up with something educational and insulting at the same time!

I like the idea, but I fear the tags will be left littering the beach when they are ripped off.

.... string with anchors holding it in place. How would you like to be a turtle, on land, tangled up in crap or stuck in a big-@ss hole?

So, my objections are not based on the looks of the crap, but rather, they are based on the effects the crap has on the environment and the people.

Good point JOe. You can add to the above statement:

Not to mention the turtles are trying to get up there and lay their eggs. How would you like it if you were 9 months pregnant with sextuplets and once you got to the hospital somebody had left a pile of crap in front of the emergency room door and you were crossing your legs trying to hold the babies in while crawling over the barricade of crap!

I like the idea, but I fear the tags will be left littering the beach when they are ripped off.

BAMM...I KNEW you were going to say that!!!

On Stickers instead:

Here you left your crap to sleep
I pray the Lord it'll be mine to keep
If it's not gone before I wake
I'm telling you now it's mine to take :funn:

I had some pictures of half-broken tent poles sticking up from the sand. They break and rust at the top. The break is not smooth - good old jagged, rusty edges. I'll look in the other computer and post the pictures if I find them. As SJ said, it's not the fact that these tents, holes and such are eyesores, it's that they are DANGEROUS. Imagine a family playing frisbee and the child runs into one of these tent stumps. Yikes.

I blame Walmart for selling this junk soooo cheap!

Blame yourself for allowing your government to lie with dogs and happily accept low-cost goods made by child slaves in China and other places that squash human rights in the name of our greed.

How would you like it if you were 9 months pregnant with sextuplets and once you got to the hospital somebody had left a pile of crap in front of the emergency room door and you were crossing your legs trying to hold the babies in while crawling over the barricade of crap!

BC, when did I tell you about that? Can't you keep a secret?!

Yesterday afternoon I finally took some time to go to the beach at Grayton. Not so many people down there but couldn't find a place to park the beverly hillbilly beach buggy because of all the "crap on the beach". I will not complain because I am thankful I can drive my crap to the beach every day.

very good point steele mama, and I can relate... thanks for this post!

BC, when did I tell you about that? Can't you keep a secret?!

Yeh and it looks like your babies came out all different sizes!!:funn:

Last night at Grayton Beach I saw several lime green tags on abandoned tents, etc. They were apparently placed by the "Turtle Police" and explained that they were dangering turtles and would be removed by a certain date. Great first step; keep it up.

Last night at Grayton Beach I saw several lime green tags on abandoned tents, etc. They were apparently placed by the "Turtle Police" and explained that they were dangering turtles and would be removed by a certain date. Great first step; keep it up.

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