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My Happy Place

CarlSpackler

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I am on vacation this week in Cocoa Beach, FL. We’re in an Airbnb right on the beach, the good kind that is. No sand wedge required.

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So far today, we’ve walked about 3 miles on the beach and picked up a bunch of trash.

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Why would we walk the beaches picking up trash on our vacation? I can’t stand to see task on the beach. The beer cans can be deadly to sea life too. It also gives me much needed exercise. I am also not thinking about servers or code. 

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dennyjones

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What's the temp?  Forecast?  

CarlSpackler

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27 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

What's the temp?  Forecast?  

Some rain came through, so it’s a bit chilly now. Still outside in a long sleeve shirt, but the natives are freezing. 🤣

It will be in the 70s most of the week. 

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CarlSpackler

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The wind was absolutely howling all day here. I wonder how the course played for the pros. 

CarlSpackler

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34 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

Tough!

I would think so. I was on the Harley all day and felt like I was going to be blown off the road a few times.

JuliWooli

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We don't have a coastline where I live in central Europe but I must say the German people are very tidy. You would be verbally criticised for littering here.

CarlSpackler

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On 3/9/2021 at 9:46 AM, JuliWooli said:

We don't have a coastline where I live in central Europe but I must say the German people are very tidy. You would be verbally criticised for littering here.

Not so here. Some of the items I could have easily blown out of someone's hand accidentally. The shredded shoe is a mystery. The beer cans and water bottles we found are not such a mystery.

StuM

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On 3/11/2021 at 8:19 AM, CarlSpackler said:

Not so here. Some of the items I could have easily blown out of someone's hand accidentally. The shredded shoe is a mystery. The beer cans and water bottles we found are not such a mystery.

Germany was clearly less littered when I visited. Not to excuse anyone in the US but it could be a lot worse. Just look at some of the rivers absolutely filled with garbage in other parts of the world such as in New Deli

 

 


 

CarlSpackler

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Back home and back to reality. On Wednesday there was a bad rip tide that churned up a lot of debris and washed it onto the beach. I was overwhelmed with the amount of trash. It was like the ocean was regurgitating the filth of humanity.

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