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TheSheep avatar
Beach Fanatic
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Holy`Shmoley, my SheepGod, I couldn't believe it.

It had been since the early 90s when I and Mrs. TheSheep escorted the rams to play baseball in nearby P.C. We left those wooly ballplayers and wandered off to the Grayton/Seaside/Etc. area. We found this quaint little fourplex and settled into the fourth of it. Off 30, back roads made of shelltails and cocklepuppies :idontno:, few neighbors, wide beaches, paradise found.

What the focken happened?

We recently turned off the Monster Highway to Rosemary Beach to be granted by stacked housing stacked on stacks of housing. TheSheep is a developer of barns, mainly commercial sheep centers, but I had no idea what those empty, "overpriced" lots of the early 90s were going to turn out looking like.

Before you get your knickers in a knot, ThisTheSheep is not criticizing in terms of "nonny nonny boo-boo, what the hell are you thinking about", your choice of stable, each to his own.

I can positively comment that the architectural diversity is rather eye-catching; WaterMark (sp??) is iris-candy, Alys Beach is supreme in its abstractness and that boat house thing, what Conspicuous Consumption Cooglehead is building that retina burner?

Seaside (square) looks like it got boxed in like Central Park (hey, why not build a few more and higher whatevers off the Square too..or, you are, my baaaaaaaaaaaaad).

It was a really dizzying experience for TheSheep; the Missus simply projectile vomited to perform her displeasure. :eek:

What a mix, a sense of community, crampness, beauty, distortion, investment value, serious $ to value outofunk ratios, luxury, cheepy (cheepy?), quaintness, soon-to-be-dead bicyclers, pedestrian friendliness, dogs n cats sleeping together........

I feel like I missed something and nothing all at the same time. :confused:

What I am trying to understand is the composite mentality of this living style. That is, what draws shee, er people to live on top of each other (careful........) and pay such inordinate sums for the privilidge?

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KISH7374 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#27
I agree with Mermaid but also I think for me it is the sense of peace when you are near or on the beach. It allows you to escape from everything that is stressful and allows you to really relax and recharge.
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#28
All of this from an owner and party planner. You are just amazing. :clap_1: :clap_1:

Neither of which I am. :biggrin: I guess I do own in my heart though, and for a week out of the year, and this year I get to 4 days in March which is an extra blessing. :cool:
KISH7374 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#29
Neither of which I am. :biggrin: I guess I do own in my heart though, and for a week out of the year, and this year I get to 4 days in March which is an extra blessing. :cool:

I was hoping you were still there. I was trying to add a little humor to your mood. Seeing that you are one of the more famous SoWallers.
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#30
I was hoping you were still there. I was trying to add a little humor to your mood. Seeing that you are one of the more famous SoWallers.

Thank you. You did good!!! ;-) We are all famous in my book!!!!!!
Beach Fanatic
#31
:funn: :funn: :funn: :funn: "infamous" :lolabove:



Thank you. You did good!!! ;-) We are all famous in my book!!!!!!
joho avatar
Beach Fanatic
#32
baaaaaaad sheep
What's wrong realize you can't afford to live here? :funn:
SoWal Insider
#33
baaaaaaad sheep
What's wrong realize you can't afford to live here? :funn:

Now that's just flat out cruel! ;-)
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#34
Mr. Non-LeaderSheep:
It appears you have not heeded my previous response to your babbling, and now back to spreading your soremouth (orf) (def: disease that causes painful sores) Please see a veterinarian. Between the orf and the cartels probably now hanging around your face, you can't see the beauty of the Sowal.

and these sheep disagree with you.

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KISH7374 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#35
Mr. Non-LeaderSheep:
It appears you have not heeded my previous response to your babbling, and now back to spreading your soremouth (orf) (def: disease that causes painful sores) Please see a veterinarian. Between the orf and the cartels probably now hanging around your face, you can't see the beauty of the Sowal.

and these sheep disagree with you.
Boy, I leave for a while and it gets tough in here. Miss Kitty once told me that he!! hath no fury like a gull scourned.
Rita avatar
margarita brocolia
#36
baaaaaaad sheep
What's wrong realize you can't afford to live here? :funn:

:nono1:

TheSheep has a right to his opinion. Although, I have to admit that my teeny weeny attention span tires pretty quickly as I wade through the baaaa-ble! ;-)

It wouldn't bother me if the development of SoWal came to a screeching halt, especially the condo development.

.

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SoWal Insider
#37
:nono1:

TheSheep has a right to his opinion. Although, I have to admit that my teeny weeny attention span tires pretty quickly as I wade through the baaaa-ble! ;-)

It wouldn't bother me if the development of SoWal came to a screeching halt, especially the condo development.

.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. :clap_1:
Bob avatar
SoWal Insider
#38
How does one unknot the knickers??
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#39
All of this from an owner and party planner. You are just amazing. :clap_1: :clap_1:

I was hoping you were still there. I was trying to add a little humor to your mood. Seeing that you are one of the more famous SoWallers.

Boy, I leave for a while and it gets tough in here. Miss Kitty once told me that he!! hath no fury like a gull scourned.

and if there's one thing I've learned from all our beloved famous Sowalers is "Bless your heart".
picky
#40
and if there's one thing I've learned from all our beloved famous Sowalers is "Bless your heart".

That's because sometimes hearts around here get blistered and need all the blessing they can get. ;-)
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#41
:nono1:

TheSheep has a right to his opinion. Although, I have to admit that my teeny weeny attention span tires pretty quickly as I wade through the baaaa-ble! ;-)

It wouldn't bother me if the development of SoWal came to a screeching halt, especially the condo development.

.


:clap_1: ...gem of the day!
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#42
Thank you, thank you, thank you. :clap_1:

:idontno: ...Johnrudy...everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Hop avatar
Beach Fanatic
#43
anyone who loves this place knows that as soon as you get your feet in the sand and look out over the gulf...there is nothing else...it all goes away...
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#44
:idontno: ...Johnrudy...everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Yes, they are, but I read that post of The Sheep and still don't fully understand its opinion. I was never good with poetry that is longer than 14 lines.
kathydwells avatar
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#45
Yes, they are, but I read that post of The Sheep and still don't fully understand its opinion. I was never good with poetry that is longer than 14 lines.


So I went back and read the sheeps post with a more clear head after a cup of joe this morning, and I realized that maybe, just maybe I was a bit harsh on him. He was just stating his dis-pleasure with all of the new development that has taken place over the last many years. That is his opinion and I should not critize anothers opinion even I don't agree with it. The point that I was trying to make with my post, was that even with all of the development it is still paradise to me. I can overlook all of the "bad", to find the good. The good to me is still the "natural" beauty and charm of the place.
SoWal Insider
#46
Yes, they are, but I read that post of The Sheep and still don't fully understand its opinion. I was never good with poetry that is longer than 14 lines.

It's just a lot easier to understand if we all have the same opinion! ;-)
Mango avatar
SoWal Insider
#47
Someone explain to me what draws someone to continuing posting their opinions on this site when they don't care to live or vacation in Sowal?:idontno:
30A Skunkape avatar
Skunky
#48
There once was a a soul named sheep,
Who longed for a SOWAL estate on the cheap,
But upon examination of the prices,
He saw living in Alys meant giving up all his vices,
His wool did get wet as he began a SOWAL weep.:lol:
audie avatar
fartblossom
#49
man, i'm going back to the lounge...
Smiling JOe avatar
SoWal Expert
#50
Someone explain to me what draws someone to continuing posting their opinions on this site when they don't care to live or vacation in Sowal?:idontno:
Didn't you read the Walton Sun today? It's the sense of community that SoWal.com provides which encourages people to share their opinions. It's like going on vacation without leaving the house. :funn:-- NOT.
SoWal Insider
#51
There once was a a soul named sheep,
Who longed for a SOWAL estate on the cheap,
But upon examination of the prices,
He saw living in Alys meant giving up all his vices,
His wool did get wet as he began a SOWAL weep.:lol:
This goes so well with your Holy Week symbols in your sig. line! :rolling:

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