Items on the beach overnight

[Teresa]

Could always claim you mixed it up w/ yours!!! Don't think we should encourage potential beach rage/squatters claim rights just yet ;-).

please, no beach rage!!! okay, I've had beach rage once or twice, but it wasn't about tents. it was about music so loud we had to pack up and move to the very end of the beach (remember mangy?)... usually though I'm happy and relaxed at the beach and I just won't let a thing get to me. I really do NOT want to get under someone elses tent. who knows where its been?

 

[Mango]

Could always claim you mixed it up w/ yours!!! Don't think we should encourage potential beach rage/squatters claim rights just yet ;-).

please, no beach rage!!! okay, I've had beach rage once or twice, but it wasn't about tents. it was about music so loud we had to pack up and move to the very end of the beach (remember mangy?)... usually though I'm happy and relaxed at the beach and I just won't let a thing get to me. I really do NOT want to get under someone elses tent. who knows where its been?

Yep, I remember. Who knows where it's been? It's a tent, not a condom. :funn: I think playing musical tents could be funn, you know like that speed dating thing now. Go from one tent to the other, try their food, play with different toys, some conversation.

 

[seacrestkristi]

This is the graytest plan yet, Mangy.

 

[SHELLY]

If someone's tent, cooler, toys & chairs setup was "stolen" during the night...would the police department give a rat's rectum?

I say the new law of the beach should be "finders keepers" after sundown. Problem solved.


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[Teresa]

Yep, I remember. Who knows where it's been? It's a tent, not a condom. :funn: I think playing musical tents could be funn, you know like that speed dating thing now. Go from one tent to the other, try their food, play with different toys, some conversation.

okay, I'm in. we can each plan and set up various drinks/appetizers along a row of several tents and just have a progressive beach party. see, there is always an upside to things... event monster tents. next sowal soiree, here we come! oh, it will have to be in June or July - for major tentage.

 

[BeachSiO2]

Thanks for the info. So that means that our neighborhood is responsible for cleaning up all of the crap on the beach in front of the neighborhood since we don't have a TDC trash can? I'll do it Labor Day weekend like I always do, as well as during the off-season. It's easy to tell if something is abandoned in the off-season because there are so few renters. In the summertime you don't know whether the stuff belongs to current renters or previous ones.

Not on the beach, I was addressing the under and near private walkover question. If you read the FAQ it says they will remove stuff on the beach, just not under private walkovers. Also, if you put it against a nearby TDC trash can, the TDC will get it.

 

[Teresa]

If someone's tent, cooler, toys & chairs setup was "stolen" during the night...would the police department give a rat's rectum?


I say the new law of the beach should be "finders keepers" after sundown. Problem solved.



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NO the police would not care. but we typically do not have thieves stealing things around here. only occasionally, like spring break and 4th of July when things are kinda out of control. my sister's family kept having their flip flops stolen in broad daylight during their week at grayton.

finders keepers:
Shelly, you have a point. and believe me, we've all thought this at one time or another. but, its just not the right thing to do and its not something we want to teach our children, so we don't do it (not to say we're completely innocent - there was a time when a few of us were just too mad about the crap left out at night and we did help ourselves to a few choice "things" I won't say what. then we realized it was wrong. won't do it again - promise!)

 

[Smiling JOe]

If someone's tent, cooler, toys & chairs setup was "stolen" during the night...would the police department give a rat's rectum?

I say the new law of the beach should be "finders keepers" after sundown. Problem solved.


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Problem is, I can find much more crap than I could ever keep.

 

[SHELLY]

finders keepers:
Shelly, you have a point. and believe me, we've all thought this at one time or another. but, its just not the right thing to do and its not something we want to teach our children, so we don't do it (not to say we're completely innocent - there was a time when a few of us were just too mad about the crap left out at night and we did help ourselves to a few choice "things" I won't say what. then we realized it was wrong. won't do it again - promise!)

OK...here's a kinder-gentler solution. The county can contract with the Salvation Army to do a sweep of the beach junk at night. They will then set up a store in South Walton so the "violators" can buy back their junk if other visitors or locals don't beat them to it first. Clean beach, cash for charity and clear path for turtles...win, win, win.

<I remember a time when our beaches didn't resemble a Moroccan Street Bazaar...frankly I'm getting a bit sick of the current situation.>

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[Teresa]

OK...here's a kinder-gentler solution. The county can contract with the Salvation Army to do a sweep of the beach junk at night. They will then set up a store in South Walton so the "violators" can buy back their junk if other visitors or locals don't beat them to it first. Clean beach, cash for charity and clear path for turtles...win, win, win.

<I remember a time when our beaches didn't resemble a Moroccan Street Bazaar...frankly I'm getting a bit sick of the current situation.>

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perfect. we can have a huge yard sale every saturday morning down at the patrone's parking lot. we've actually discussed similar ideas. I'll shop for a new chair or toy.