James Kirkpatrick's Not-So-Random Keyboard Strokes - Disjointed thoughts from the beach at Tybee Island

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Posted by: James	6/9/2008 11:12 AM
While I enjoyed the remoteness of our beach vacation last year near Gulf Shores, AL, there’s also something to be said about being able to walk to one of maybe 10 seafood restaurants within a mile of our beach condo. Tybee Island is an interesting place. There’s a lot of nice little residential side streets that help balance out the touristy traps on some of the main strips along the island. We’ve had our fill of seafood and plan on even more tonight. Seafood, seafood, seafood. My body mass currently consists of 10 percent crab, 20 percent shrimp, 5 percent scallops, and 2 percent hush puppies. There is a dynasty on this island and the name seems out of place for a deep-South town. The Chu family has a death grip on just about any store, convenience mart, or any other kind of commerce in town. I was looking for some beach sandals and another pair of sunglasses and while we bought things in 3 different stores on the main strip, my credit card receipts all say “T.S. Chu & Company”. It hit me, upon entering a 4th store while looking for sandals that the inventory in each store was exactly the same! The merchandise was just arranged differently. Another interesting note is that the stores are all staffed by what appear to be eastern European women, possibly Romanian. Which leads to another hypothesis that “Chu” might be a front for the Russian mob for all I know, since these women all worked in these Chu-operated stores. The beaches have been moderately clean but I did find something gross in my swim trunk pocket yesterday. I felt something in my pocket and when I pulled it out, it was a soaked cigarette butt. Blechhhh. Thank you, Smoker McLitterbug. I hope your favorite NASCAR driver wrecks his shitpile this week at whatever race is going on and it ruins your weekend. Hopefully you lose some betting money in the process too. It’s nice to crack open a beer at 1 PM and have no one look at you funny. People still “frown up that” at work even though I claim it increases my productivity and creativity. I happened to find one six pack of Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA in a small liquor store here, which confounded the woman at the register since she had never seen that beer before. She even asked why they call it that and I obliged, telling her it's because they add hops the entire hour the wort is boiling. This differs from normal beers which have the hops added at the beginning and end of the boil. OK, class, you're dimissed. Time for Professor James to hit the beach.

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Re: Disjointed thoughts from the beach at Tybee Island	By Smoker McLitterbug on 6/9/2008 12:13 PM
Eastern European chicks are not affiliated with the Russian mob. But they are HOT!

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By Muuurph on 6/9/2008 12:29 PM

Hey James, Funny thing I was in Apharetta Monday (came in late Sunday night and left right after the meeting or I would have let you know) and the people there were talking about heading over to Tybee Island on the weekend. ......................................................................................................... I'm chuckling at you attempting to educate some minimum wage southern counter person on the beer making process. I would have responded with "it has something to do with the way they make it, it sure tastes good", accompanied by a "let me get the Hell out of here so II can start drinking it pronto" look. ...................................................................................................... I hope you're wearing your "white guy T-shirt" on the beach. No sense in getting skin cancer just because you want to fit in.

Re: Disjointed thoughts from the beach at Tybee Island	By Erich on 6/9/2008 1:38 PM
10% + 20% + 5% + 2% = 37%....the other 63% can be broken down as follows - 8% hair gel, 11% beer, 14% sarcasm, and 30% man goo!

Re: Disjointed thoughts from the beach at Tybee Island

By James on 6/9/2008 4:46 PM

Murph, you can bet your Irish arse I was covered well this week! When I went into the ocean, I had on nothing lighter than 30 sunblock, sometimes 45. As for the liquor store lady, she actually seemed interested in why it was named that but you never know. That's what she gets for asking a beer geek a beer-related question. Had there been anyone behind me, my response probably would have been more like the one you proposed.

Re: Disjointed thoughts from the beach

By Syl on 6/10/2008 10:30 AM

I sort of wish that (like the redneck guy's joke) someone cracks open a beer during my memorial service. That lovely sound... ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... ... Freakin' litterbug smokers. They are responsible for the highest number of trash items pulled off the beaches here. Some of our local beaches have banned smoking as a result - and they're also saving money by not having to pick up (or pick up after) the inconsiderate butts. I will now go back and add a bunch of dots. Cheers!!

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