You know your from Florida when

[sphelps]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Hey kfa , where is the lighthouse pic at ?

Yep I guess there are worse places to live ... :joyous:

 

[kfa4303]

Re: You know your from Florida when

It's just a shot of St. Marks lighthouse in the National Wildlife Refuge, just south of Tallahassee. There's also a large public boat ramp folks use to get out on the flats. Although, on a busy summer weekend you can practically walk across the water on all the boats, but most other days it's very quiet. Tons of amazing birds migrate through every year too.

 

[kahuna123]

Re: You know your from Florida when

I can't wait to get my next offshore boat. Probably later next year. Looking for a 26 Dusky style with a diesel. Dummist thing I ever did was sell mine

 

[blackhorse]

Re: You know your from Florida when

I would love to be wealthy enough or have a mobile business that would allow me to go to Fla for the winter. I would get a motor home and park it somewhere like so many others do. I may stick around here until after Christmas to get my fill of fall and some winter. Then come back early April for the beauty of Spring. I don't think I would want to live somewhere permanently where there is no change of seasons. FLA is a bit too rainy with the usual afternoon rains in the Summer. You may go a month with no rain in SC

Hot yes.........but what are those daily afternoon rains you speak of?

 

[kahuna123]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Can't speak for the East Coast but on the West we usually in the summer leave early and try beat the storms on the way home coming from inland. The West sea breeze meets the East wind and builds up some days really nasty. Forms usually about 30 miles inland and heads West. So we are headed in from 30 miles out and look towards the shore and there is no where to go but right through it. It can get REALLY ugly between the cloud to ground lighting and the 35 to 50 knt winds at the edge. You always know even if you don't radar when you are gets close because the wind hitting you in the face drops about ten degrees. And radar sometimes does not help because it is a solid line North and South.

 

[kahuna123]

Re: You know your from Florida when

The pictures yo saw earlier remind of about 15 years ago. Our sandbar-tie-up was about two miles from shore. For what ever reason the wife and I did not go that Sunday morning. We went out to eat about 4 maybe 5 in the afternoon and it moved in. It got bad enough and for whatever reason I can feel the pressure drop. We left the restaurant hurried home. No sooner than that did it hit. We we on the floor in the bathroom. After it passed I thought about who had been out there. We went and got bottles of water and lots of ice. When we got out there there were boats all over the place. I asked on guy why he stayed anchored up instead of trying to get to deep water to ride it out instead of the anchor not holding and being washed up on shore. He told me when it was happening he couldn't see. I walked up 50 yards on the beach and there was a 35' Whaler with twin inboards all torn up. I said wow your bottom end is hurt pretty bad. He looked at me and laughed " I'm alive"

 

[sasto]

Re: You know your from Florida when

I was invited up to West Virginia one winter to do some skiing. Since I couldn't get my boat up that mountain......I returned home. I about froze up there.

 

[Bamaman1]

Re: You know your from Florida when

You have tattoos on your forearms.

You have perm'd, bleached hair.

Your skin looks like a brown prune.

 

[angus63]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Your Parents and Grandparents are neighbors.
You are convinced that a pita bread covered in Polly-O and Ragu is a pizza.
You have only owned white cars and trucks.
Your lawn hurts your bare feet.
Your major appliances are A/C, water softener, and pool pump.

 

[idonthaveaname]

Re: You know your from Florida when

I was invited up to West Virginia one winter to do some skiing. Since I couldn't get my boat up that mountain......I returned home. I about froze up there.

I am freezing at any temp near 70.

 

[Travis91]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Living in South Alabama alot of this makes sense.. only i wear boots everyday not flip flops.. Horses and flip flops dont mix real well.

 

[avenger79]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Living in South Alabama alot of this makes sense.. only i wear boots everyday not flip flops.. Horses and flip flops dont mix real well.

is it the horses that don't don't mix with flip flops, or what they leave behind? LOL

 

[kfa4303]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Down here in South FLA -- Miami specifically -- we have 2 phones books and both are 7" thick. One is lists people from A to Z and the other is everyone with Perez as a last name.

Just to make us all feel old, I suggested one of my young guitar students prop his leg up while practicing by placing his foot on a phone book, and without the slightest hint of irony and a genuinely perplexed look in his eyes he asked me "What's a phone book?". His older sister did the same thing when I mentioned a video store "What's a video store?", she said. I then left and feeling quite ancient indeed..... :/

 

[Travis91]

Re: You know your from Florida when

is it the horses that don't don't mix with flip flops, or what they leave behind? LOL

Manure doesnt bother me any more.. hooves on bare toes isnt pleasant.

 

[avenger79]

Re: You know your from Florida when

Oooh hadn't thought of that, ouch