How frequently do you go to beaches?

[Happy]

9 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

Yeah, micro bikinis are boring.

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You know what I hate?  Ugly chix in bikinis...micro or other.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

1 minute ago, Happy Gilmore said:

 

You know what I hate?  Ugly chix in bikinis...micro or other.

 

300 pound women do not belong in bikinis ... micro or other.

 

Ugly chix with great bodies =  Buttaface ...  AKA a Two or Three Bagger   (in case the first bag(s) rip)

[Halloween Land]

41 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

That's a recent development because humans can't stop sh***ing up the environment. It's a wake up call.

 

Wasn't Onieda Lake a toxic dump?

Certain parts i'm sure are but the Sylvan area is a nice beach!

[Gordio]

13 hours ago, KD in CA said:

 

Used to go to Bethany every year....nice area, great beaches.

 

My son for the past two years played in a baseball tournament in Rehoboth.  We always stayed in Bethany about a mile from the beach in a nice Condo community.  Bethany is a nice little beach town.  

 

My wife & my daughter really like the beach.  I am not crazy about it.  I prefer the pool.  On a side note last summer the one life guard I was talking to told me that they actually tagged a great white around those parts.  The guy told me he usually stays out about a mile or more from shore but when he gets any closer than that they clear the beach.  Not sure if it is true or not.  I did find it kind of interesting though.

11 hours ago, Augie said:

 

You and @plenzmd1 may have a genetic defect!    Jk

 

To each their own. I love summer, as I love to get a good sweat in. Fall is maybe my favorite, with football and nice crisp weather. You can open the house up...it’s glorious. BUT the dread of winter is a wet blanket. It’s like a horrible job that makes you feel ill Sunday morning for the dread of Monday. 

 

 

Don't you live in Atlanta?   How bad can the winters be there?  Winters, especially the one we had last year is downright depressing in WNY.  I am waiting for my youngest to graduate high school & I already told the wife, I am leaving for warmer weather.  I told her she could come with me or not, I really don't care either way.  

[Augie]

5 hours ago, Gordio said:

 

My son for the past two years played in a baseball tournament in Rehoboth.  We always stayed in Bethany about a mile from the beach in a nice Condo community.  Bethany is a nice little beach town.  

 

My wife & my daughter really like the beach.  I am not crazy about it.  I prefer the pool.  On a side note last summer the one life guard I was talking to told me that they actually tagged a great white around those parts.  The guy told me he usually stays out about a mile or more from shore but when he gets any closer than that they clear the beach.  Not sure if it is true or not.  I did find it kind of interesting though.

 

 

Don't you live in Atlanta?   How bad can the winters be there?  Winters, especially the one we had last year is downright depressing in WNY.  I am waiting for my youngest to graduate high school & I already told the wife, I am leaving for warmer weather.  I told her she could come with me or not, I really don't care either way.  

 

You’d think Atlanta wouldn’t be too bad, but gray with low 40’s and raining is pretty sucky! I actually remember telling my mom as a kid I’d rather have 10 and snow than 40 and rain. I still believe that.  Last winter was unusually miserable, with only a couple nice days over a 4 month stretch. (A friend from my Florida days moved up, and was seriously depressed, looking into light boxes and considered pulling the plug and going back.) Granted, it’s not as long as WNY, which was always what I hated the most....it would just never end!

 

I’m not saying it’s worse by any means, just that after 18 years in Florida I came to expect 12 months of nice weather to play tennis or walk the dog. 

 

 

I’ve come to realize that weather is unusually important to me. My kids tell me growing up in Buffalo scarred me, and they just may be right! 

[snafu]

17 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

 

Yeah, micro bikinis are boring.

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This is a relative thing.

Full size bathing suits might look like mico bikinis on some beachgoers.

 

 

[LeGOATski]

On 7/17/2019 at 11:09 AM, coloradobillsfan said:

Not many beaches out here, at least for the last 66 million years or so

Those were the days....

 

 

We don't live in a beach region, but travel to New England and California at least a couple times a year. Always go to the beach then.

 

There are some great swimming holes near me, though. Rivers are nice....maybe nicer than beaches.

Edited July 18, 2019 by LeGOATski

[BeginnersMind]

10 hours ago, Gordio said:

 

My son for the past two years played in a baseball tournament in Rehoboth.  We always stayed in Bethany about a mile from the beach in a nice Condo community.  Bethany is a nice little beach town.  

 

My wife & my daughter really like the beach.  I am not crazy about it.  I prefer the pool.  On a side note last summer the one life guard I was talking to told me that they actually tagged a great white around those parts.  The guy told me he usually stays out about a mile or more from shore but when he gets any closer than that they clear the beach.  Not sure if it is true or not.  I did find it kind of interesting though.

 

 

Don't you live in Atlanta?   How bad can the winters be there?  Winters, especially the one we had last year is downright depressing in WNY.  I am waiting for my youngest to graduate high school & I already told the wife, I am leaving for warmer weather.  I told her she could come with me or not, I really don't care either way.  

 

A six footer swam within a few hundred yards of the beach a few weeks ago where I was sitting in NJ. The lifeguard rowed  out and another joined on a jet ski. They kind of escorted it away from shore. Only kept swimmers out of the water for 30 minutes. 

 

I’ve  seen similar size sharks paddle boarding in the mornings. Doesn’t thrill me but it happens. The rays and dolphins are way cooler and not scary. 

[Marv's Neighbor]

On 7/17/2019 at 5:34 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

20 previous posts and not one joker mentioning a ‘clothing optional’ beach?!  This place is slipping...?

 

EDIT:  Guddammit, 21.

Most of us are from Buffalo, where "clothing" is/was a necessity. 

[stony]

12 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

That's a recent development because humans can't stop sh***ing up the environment. It's a wake up call.

 

Wasn't Onieda Lake a toxic dump?

Onondaga Lake.  No fishes there.  

[BarleyNY]

I love being on lakes.  The ocean, not as much. 

[Marv's Neighbor]

Used to love the Canadian Beaches, back when getting into Canada was not the adventure it has now become.

 

When Bethlehem Steel was operating, used to watch them, from Ft Erie,  dump the slag from the open hearth furnaces, into Lake Erie.  They had a chute it used to run down, that resembled Kilauea at night.  Good times!

[ExiledInIllinois]

16 minutes ago, Marv's Neighbor said:

Used to love the Canadian Beaches, back when getting into Canada was not the adventure it has now become.

 

When Bethlehem Steel was operating, used to watch them, from Ft Erie,  dump the slag from the open hearth furnaces, into Lake Erie.  They had a chute it used to run down, that resembled Kilauea at night.  Good times!

And chase behind the mosquito fogging truck as it drove through town on hot summer nights.

 

No wait, that was Donald Trump. That explains things!!!!

 

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Edited July 19, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois

[Marv's Neighbor]

8 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

And chase behind the mosquito fogging truck as it drove through town on hot summer nights.

 

No wait, that was Donald Trump. That explains things!!!!

 

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Can't knock what works!

[707BillsFan]

Rarely. Beautiful scenery here, but usually very windy and cool. Water temps of the Pacific are always low-mid 50's w/ treacherous water conditions.  Not the ideal beach day compared to the east coast, Atlantic. 

[Say When...]

6 minutes ago, 707BillsFan said:

Rarely. Beautiful scenery here, but usually very windy and cool. Water temps of the Pacific are always low-mid 50's w/ treacherous water conditions.  Not the ideal beach day compared to the east coast, Atlantic. 

 

ahh, reminds me of the last 18 years of my life, albeit i was further south but the iconic Cali coastline, it's something to take in and a luxury for the folks that live there.

 

I could live on a beach in a shack, that simple, it's my heaven on earth; some beaches are nicer, warmer but at the end of the day, the breeze, sounds, it's my graceland.

 

after 18 years in Long Beach, i was a dive instructor (weekend job for fun) i made the move to S Florida and will never regret it.  solo nights on the beach, acceptable provisions of my favorite libation (IPA if i'm winging it, Irish Whiskey if i'm being proper), a crackling fire and i am content.

[Gordio]

On 7/18/2019 at 9:11 PM, BeginnersMind said:

 

A six footer swam within a few hundred yards of the beach a few weeks ago where I was sitting in NJ. The lifeguard rowed  out and another joined on a jet ski. They kind of escorted it away from shore. Only kept swimmers out of the water for 30 minutes. 

 

I’ve  seen similar size sharks paddle boarding in the mornings. Doesn’t thrill me but it happens. The rays and dolphins are way cooler and not scary. 

 

 

I saw on shark fest there actually is a breeding ground for Great Whites right off of Long Island & another breading ground for sand tiger sharks at Montauk Bay(sp), so they said you will see a lot of juvenile white sharks around those parts.  

On 7/18/2019 at 3:56 PM, Augie said:

 

You’d think Atlanta wouldn’t be too bad, but gray with low 40’s and raining is pretty sucky! I actually remember telling my mom as a kid I’d rather have 10 and snow than 40 and rain. I still believe that.  Last winter was unusually miserable, with only a couple nice days over a 4 month stretch. (A friend from my Florida days moved up, and was seriously depressed, looking into light boxes and considered pulling the plug and going back.) Granted, it’s not as long as WNY, which was always what I hated the most....it would just never end!

 

I’m not saying it’s worse by any means, just that after 18 years in Florida I came to expect 12 months of nice weather to play tennis or walk the dog. 

 

 

I’ve come to realize that weather is unusually important to me. My kids tell me growing up in Buffalo scarred me, and they just may be right! 

 

 

Wow interesting, I always thought Atlanta was 50-60s in the winter, Sunny with a few cold days sprinkled in.  

[Gordio]

On 7/19/2019 at 12:23 PM, Say When... said:

 

ahh, reminds me of the last 18 years of my life, albeit i was further south but the iconic Cali coastline, it's something to take in and a luxury for the folks that live there.

 

I could live on a beach in a shack, that simple, it's my heaven on earth; some beaches are nicer, warmer but at the end of the day, the breeze, sounds, it's my graceland.

 

after 18 years in Long Beach, i was a dive instructor (weekend job for fun) i made the move to S Florida and will never regret it.  solo nights on the beach, acceptable provisions of my favorite libation (IPA if i'm winging it, Irish Whiskey if i'm being proper), a crackling fire and i am content.

 

 

I went to visit my friend who moved out to Orange County last year back in early March.  we went to Santa Monica Pier & Hunting Beach.  I have been to numerous beaches on the east coast(Hilton head, myrtle beach, Daytona, Bethany, Jersey Shore etc....)   but never was on a beach in the pacific side.  We walked the pier as it was only in the low 60s those days.  That ocean(pacific) I could tell you looks a lot meaner than the Atlantic side.  The waves looked angry, the water looked colder & darker.  I am not sure if I would let my kids going swimming in that.  

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, Gordio said:

 

 

I went to visit my friend who moved out to Orange County last year back in early March.  we went to Santa Monica Pier & Hunting Beach.  I have been to numerous beaches on the east coast(Hilton head, myrtle beach, Daytona, Bethany, Jersey Shore etc....)   but never was on a beach in the pacific side.  We walked the pier as it was only in the low 60s those days.  That ocean(pacific) I could tell you looks a lot meaner than the Atlantic side.  The waves looked angry, the water looked colder & darker.  I am not sure if I would let my kids going swimming in that.  

 

Before Atlanta we lived in Hilton Head (went back for a week last month) and Sarasota, FL for 30 years. If the water at the beach isn’t warm, I’m not turning blue trying to enjoy it! California and New England are beaches to LOOK AT the water, as far as I’m concerned. I prefer a pool over the beach as far as swimming goes. The Sarasota beach is just amazing though. White powder sand that doesn’t get hot, calm waters that allow you to wade out chest deep where you can look down and see your feet, fabulous sunsets.....I do miss that!

 

My wife was in Newport Beach for work recently and came back saying she could live there. That’s unlike her to even notice so it must be a nice area. I’m sure it’s crazy expensive!  

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Enjoy your fecal matter.  60% of US beaches have been found to be contaminated:

 

https://weather.com/science/environment/video/fecal-bacteria-found-at-nearly-60-percent-of-us-beaches?pl=pl-the-latest

 

Good thing Guys like @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek and @Gugny got me reversing the flow and flushing the poo away from the beaches of Lake Michigan... They'd want more poo on the beaches with less flushing... /smh

[Johnny Hammersticks]

2 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Enjoy your fecal matter.  60% of US beaches have been found to be contaminated:

 

https://weather.com/science/environment/video/fecal-bacteria-found-at-nearly-60-percent-of-us-beaches?pl=pl-the-latest

 

Good thing Guys like @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek and @Gugny got me reversing the flow and flushing the poo away from the beaches of Lake Michigan... They'd want more poo on the beaches with less flushing... /smh

 

Thanks, Captain Killjoy ?

[ExiledInIllinois]

29 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Thanks, Captain Killjoy ?

I am just doing my job... It's the biz.

 

One of the controlling works (lock & dam) primary mission is poo/aid in flushing and pollution control.  It is why they were built... They keep bacteria levels on Southern Lake Michigan's beaches low by flushing nasties south.  Those beaches & the environment are the number one benefactor of the flushing.  When we close or get "reverse" flow towards the Lake (Mutha Nature's intended route that Fergy & Gugny just love to tout ad nauseam)... They almost always close the beaches (after testing of course) on Southern Lake Michigan due to public health concerns. Ecoli is the big one I believe.  That's poopy in layman's term I believe.

 

I am part buzzkill and yet with the other hand making the situation BETTER for area beaches. Take the good with the bad.  At least 4 out of 10 beaches in the US aren't poo infested.  I am doing my part, contrary to what BS @Gugny & @BringBackFergy say.  Those two would want to live in a poo infested world.

 

Just pick beaches with good flow. And stay away from the storm sewer outfalls.  The coasts are so overcrowded nowadays... People's doodoo has to go somewhere when storms make it back up.  FWIW, I am sure the EPA does allow for emergency releases of untreated sewage during storm events.  Where else is it gonna go?  Back up the toilet?

 

ESSAYONS!

Edited July 29, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois

[BringBackFergy]

31 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Enjoy your fecal matter.  60% of US beaches have been found to be contaminated:

 

https://weather.com/science/environment/video/fecal-bacteria-found-at-nearly-60-percent-of-us-beaches?pl=pl-the-latest

 

Good thing Guys like @BringBackFergy @Cripple Creek and @Gugny got me reversing the flow and flushing the poo away from the beaches of Lake Michigan... They'd want more poo on the beaches with less flushing... /smh

Poo helps the NATIVE fish population thrive. You have singlehandedly eradicated our native fisheries in favor of flying carp. Thanks Exiled!!! 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just now, BringBackFergy said:

Poo helps the NATIVE fish population thrive. You have singlehandedly eradicated our native fisheries in favor of flying carp. Thanks Exiled!!! 

Not this much poo!  10 million people live in area.  That's too much poo!

 

You like to swim at a beach, don't you?

 

Milwaukee sells theirs as "Milorganite."

 

@BringBackFergy likes cholera epidemics!

 

/smh

[Gordio]

1 hour ago, Augie said:

 

Before Atlanta we lived in Hilton Head (went back for a week last month) and Sarasota, FL for 30 years. If the water at the beach isn’t warm, I’m not turning blue trying to enjoy it! California and New England are beaches to LOOK AT the water, as far as I’m concerned. I prefer a pool over the beach as far as swimming goes. The Sarasota beach is just amazing though. White powder sand that doesn’t get hot, calm waters that allow you to wade out chest deep where you can look down and see your feet, fabulous sunsets.....I do miss that!

 

My wife was in Newport Beach for work recently and came back saying she could live there. That’s unlike her to even notice so it must be a nice area. I’m sure it’s crazy expensive!  

 

 

 

 

yeah Newport Beach I believe was the next beach right next to HB.  I could tell you this, HB was awesome.  It must be amazing to live there if your in your 20s & single.  Or even if you are older & have money.  Bars all over the place, great vibe.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

3 minutes ago, Gordio said:

 

 

yeah Newport Beach I believe was the next beach right next to HB.  I could tell you this, HB was awesome.  It must be amazing to live there if your in your 20s & single.  Or even if you are older & have money.  Bars all over the place, great vibe.  

Used condoms on the beach?  ... No thanks!

 

Sorry... I got the theme stuck in my head.

 

LoL... J/K Carry on!

[Cripple Creek]

1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Not this much poo!  10 million people live in area.  That's too much poo!

 

You like to swim at a beach, don't you?

 

Milwaukee sells theirs as "Milorganite."

 

@BringBackFergy likes cholera epidemics!

 

/smh

You know what this world needs?

 

A good old fashioned epidemic, that’s what.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

On 7/19/2019 at 12:09 PM, 707BillsFan said:

Rarely. Beautiful scenery here, but usually very windy and cool. Water temps of the Pacific are always low-mid 50's w/ treacherous water conditions.  Not the ideal beach day compared to the east coast, Atlantic. 

 

thats a pretty long selfie stick you have there 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

You know what this world needs?

 

A good old fashioned epidemic, that’s what.

you spelled enema wrong 

[ExiledInIllinois]

35 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

You know what this world needs?

 

A good old fashioned epidemic, that’s what.

Hello, Mr.Ebola calling from the Congo on Line #1!

 

 

 

[Gray Beard]

I’ve been walking on an ocean beach almost every day for the past week+. That’s because I’m on vacation. Otherwise, I visit a lake (usually in the Adirondacks) a few times each summer on weekends, and the ocean about every other summer while on vacation. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

There are about 6 or 7 smaller lakes and one reservoir within a 30 minute drive of my house.  Most of the beaches are part of state parks.  You can borrow free passes to all of them at the public library.  We go to the beach a lot.

[Bad Things]

The wife and I just spent a fantastic few days exploring some new beaches along the West Coast of the South Island.  Wow.

We even spotted a few penguins coming back in the evening from feeding all day.

[Rocket94]

On 7/19/2019 at 11:09 AM, 707BillsFan said:

Rarely. Beautiful scenery here, but usually very windy and cool. Water temps of the Pacific are always low-mid 50's w/ treacherous water conditions.  Not the ideal beach day compared to the east coast, Atlantic. 

Great Whites patrolling 100 yards off shore. Blue water, white death.

Edited July 30, 2019 by Rocket94

[Kirby Jackson]

I probably go about 5-6 times a year. My family is in South Florida at Easter and we take another trip to the Caribbean in Feb/March. I live about 3 hours from Gulf Shores and 4 hours from Destin. We normally take a guy’s trip to Mullet Toss and then I try to go for 3 -4 weekends during the summer. It seems to be Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. That is a bit of a perfect year but that is what I shoot for. 

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by Kirby Jackson

[Nextmanup]

I live in SE FL now and walk at the beach 3-5 times a week.

 

Just got back from there about an hour ago.

 

I have a little 3 mile route I do; it's good exercise as it is not always easy to walk in wet sand.

 

The eye candy is ridiculous, too.

 

I'm happy to report that the thong bikini has become trendy and fashionable down here in the last couple of years.  Prior to that, it was not.

 

[Nextmanup]

On 7/29/2019 at 12:49 PM, Cripple Creek said:

You know what this world needs?

 

A good old fashioned epidemic, that’s what.

Or a world war.  Both work wonders at population control.

 

Not to get too far of topic (LOL) but...as mankind presumably becomes more knowledgable and sophisticated as time rolls forward, you would like to think warfare will become a thing of the past.  And as medical science develops, it will become harder and harder to find things that kill people.  

 

Curing cancer alone will probably have a big impact on life expectancy and population rates, etc.

 

You wonder if the end of warfare and ways mother nature can kill humans will result in huge population problems.

 

 

[Cripple Creek]

19 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Or a world war.  Both work wonders at population control.

 

Not to get too far of topic (LOL) but...as mankind presumably becomes more knowledgable and sophisticated as time rolls forward, you would like to think warfare will become a thing of the past.  And as medical science develops, it will become harder and harder to find things that kill people.  

 

Curing cancer alone will probably have a big impact on life expectancy and population rates, etc.

 

You wonder if the end of warfare and ways mother nature can kill humans will result in huge population problems.

 

 

Whether it’s war or pestilence we can send the @ExiledInIllinois‘s of this world in to “save the day.” No matter the outcome it’s a win/win.

[ExiledInIllinois]

34 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

Whether it’s war or pestilence we can send the @ExiledInIllinois‘s of this world in to “save the day.” No matter the outcome it’s a win/win.

Not always win/win.  But NOT lose/lose!

 

I come back with nothing less than middle outcome! win/lose... And may even accept lose/win if the right people die!  LoL...

[PromoTheRobot]

We go to Carolina Beach NC every year. Great beach town near Wilmington, also not a bad town.

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:

We go to Carolina Beach NC every year. Great beach town near Wilmington, also not a bad town.

My niece from Vermont is going to school in Wilmington... Loves it there!