# A Day at the Beach with the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925 "2013-07-08T07:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/41 "2013-07-13T05:37:09Z")
Sorry to be late guys; it took me a while to get the courage to break out my brand new bikini:). I’m gonna sunbathe for about half an hour, giving me just enough time to run on the shore with **Intergalatic Gladiator** before nightfall, and then I’ll slap on my shorts and T-shirt to toast marshmallows… …wait a minute, didn’t anybody bring chocolate and graham crackers? Somebody’s gotta have them, right? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/42 "2013-07-13T06:16:59Z")
…Say no more, ma’am. 🙂 I brought along three pounds of broken milk chocolate from a candy store in the South Bay Galleria, and a package of genuine Graham crackers from the Sprouts Market. Make s’mores to your hearts’ delight! Now, does anyone play the mandolin? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/43 "2013-07-13T10:16:11Z")
I would like to join you guys but I can’t walk without a cane and I don’t do well on sand. I hope all you guys have a great time, though. Think of me every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/44 "2013-07-13T13:13:10Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > …Say no more, ma’am. 🙂 I brought along three pounds of broken milk chocolate from a candy store in the South Bay Galleria, and a package of genuine Graham crackers from the Sprouts Market. Make s’mores to your hearts’ delight! > Now, does anyone play the mandolin? I’ll play my ukulele after I’ve had a s’more. Would you like to hear a clean song or a dirty song?:eek:😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/45 "2013-07-13T13:56:37Z")
I’m actually sitting on Grace Beach, TCI with the SDMB on iPhone right now. It’s very, very nice. Horses at 10:30 then Cubans this evening. Big wave! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/46 "2013-07-13T15:02:35Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I’ll play my ukulele after I’ve had a s’more. Would you like to hear a clean song or a dirty song?:eek:😉 Why not post the lyrics to a “dirty song” right here on this thread? Short one, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/47 "2013-07-13T15:18:23Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Why not post the lyrics to a “dirty song” right here on this thread? Short one, please. 🙂 ♩ ♪ ♫ “Last Saturday night, young Nancy lay sleeping, Last Saturday night, young Nancy lay sleeping. When into her bedroom young Johnny came creeping…” ♫ ♬ If I posted the next line of the song, I’d probably get a mod note. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/48 "2013-07-13T17:07:46Z")
Trodding in from the street, with what looks like a full field pack and dragging a rolling Igloo Cooler, I came. I was dressed in the fashion of Nowhere: black flip-flop sandals, a T-shirt that says something about some concert 20 years ago, shorts with lots of pockets and, of course, a ball cap that says “Grumpy”. 😉 Every step I take dents the hot white sand with foot print dents and elicits from the cooler the sloshing sounds of bottles, cans, and ice. Reaching the edge of the crowd, I drop my pack and pull from the bungee cords a blanket, an umbrella, and a wooden spear-like base. Sea gulls laugh and cry as I stab the beach with the wooden spear, churning it round like a witch from Macbeth until it stands upwards, semi-erect. Taking two breaths, I then grabbed the umbrella and seated it firmly on the base, and as I raised the metal ring on its base, its arms raise to the sky, gifting me with shade. In the distance, a HS kid is selling rental chairs from a large blue wooden storage container which is raised on stilts to protect it from the levels of the tide. A $20 bill gets me 2 lawn chairs… those wooden folding ones that are 30 years old, but have fresh canvas added as seats each summer. I pull them back with me, stealing glances at everyone else playing on the beach, looking for shells, or body surfing on inflatable rafts. In just two tries, I have the chairs open under the shade and I pull the ice chest next to them as a finishing touch. Two cessnas fly in a row overhead pulling alternately the name of a restaurant with the all you can eat lobster special and the name of the sports bar with 25 cent beers. I smile as I open the cooler & deftly uncork a bottle of riesling. Floating the ice in the red plastic cup with white wine, I smile and toast the planes. “No thanks. I’m good.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/49 "2013-07-13T17:35:03Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > ♩ ♪ ♫ “Last Saturday night, young Nancy lay sleeping, > Last Saturday night, young Nancy lay sleeping. > When into her bedroom young Johnny came creeping…” ♫ ♬ > > If I posted the next line of the song, I’d probably get a mod note. 😉 I read you loud and clear. Want some songs by Oscar Brand? ♫ ♬\*Casey Jones was a son of a gun, Wrecked his engine on a 40-mile run; His engine busted and his boiler split, And Casey ran into a pile of leaves.\*♩ ♪ ♫ Hey, wait…that’s the version my brother and sister and I sang when our parents _ **were** _ around! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/50 "2013-07-13T18:05:24Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I would like to join you guys but I can’t walk without a cane and I don’t do well on sand. I hope all you guys have a great time, though. Think of me every now and then. Wow, I never thought of that! Is there anyway to put an attachment on a cane that has, for instance, a nice circular base that would keep the cane from stabbing into the sand? I just Googled that and, YES, [there is exactly just such a device](http://disability.about.com/od/MobilityAidsAssistiveDevices/fr/Sandpad-All-Terrain-Stabilizer.htm)! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/51 "2013-07-13T18:24:59Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Wow, I never thought of that! > Is there anyway to put an attachment on a cane that has, for instance, a nice circular base that would keep the cane from stabbing into the sand? > > I just Googled that and, YES, [there is exactly just such a device](http://disability.about.com/od/MobilityAidsAssistiveDevices/fr/Sandpad-All-Terrain-Stabilizer.htm)! I’ve got to learn how to Google. Thanks for the link; I’ll look into this device. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/52 "2013-07-14T21:21:30Z")
[SDMB on the beach.](http://static.dyp.im/5mMbLtWZn2/0ff78edc84235e5d78e0b471bcc59ee0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/53 "2013-07-14T23:20:44Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > [SDMB on the beach.](http://static.dyp.im/5mMbLtWZn2/0ff78edc84235e5d78e0b471bcc59ee0.jpg) Now that we have that little sign in the sand, maybe more Dopers will see it and come join us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925/54 "2013-07-20T13:00:06Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’ve got to learn how to Google. Thanks for the link; I’ll look into this device. Okay, I looked into this device and learned that it cost $39.99. But if you buy two, you get a whole $5.00 off. I really don’t miss walking on the beach enough to actually buy the device. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-at-the-beach-with-the-sdmb/662925.md?page=2)