Over the years, one would think that beach time would change, but 6 is here to tell you that no matter which beach one visits, or where or how one sits, the beach is the beach, be it 1900 or 2025!
First, 6 cannot really go back to 1900, but 6 can go back a long way! Let’s start with 6’s first trip to the beach! It was long ago, and far way. We all loaded up it the family truckster long before the sun appeared in the eastern sky, rolled down the window and headed for the mistake on the lake. Yes, 6 know that a lake is not an ocean, but when one is a little rascal, sand, waves, and water as far as the eye can see is the definition of a beach! We arrived, and opened our trunk, and began to unload our beach paraphernalia. Yes, we had no Yeti coolers they were not invented yet, but we did have a Stainless-steel Coleman cooler. In retrospect they both performed the same function, with two major differences! One was made from good old US Steel, while the other is made from plastic! Thus 8 could still pack is clothes in the Coleman, but since it was made of steel, would have to check it and pay extra baggage fees, because it would be over 60 pounds. The second difference, after a long day on the beach 6 would struggle, dragging that cooler and the rest of the paraphernalia back to the villa. Next chair, back in the day there was no such thing as a beach chair, first of all we did not sit on the beach, there was really no room because of all the fish laying on the beach! But for those brave enough to sit down, all you need was a simple towel! Today, everyone needs a beach chair, whether it comes from the local dumpster, or the big sale on Shibumi chairs, yes 6 said they now have chairs! After all, now a days one can’t put their bottoms in that dirty old sand, or is it more one can not get back up after sitting in the sand… You can be the judge! The one thing that is different is we have become more educated in the dangers of the sun! Back in the day, the object of going to the beach was to have fun and get a tan. We went to as may lengths as we do today, but we wanted the opposite effect. Back in the day instead of using SPF 100, one would get a bottle of baby oil and add a few drops of Iodine, slather it all over just like SPF 100, and it had the same effect as SFP-100. In the end one would either get sunburned, of a nice tan! Today, as all-you-all know 6 put SPF 100 all over his head and face, and then puts on his Hammer shirt, and hat, so there is no chance of one UV ray hitting his skin. Note: looking further in the future, when the prices of Hammer Pants become reasonable, 6 will add them to his beach collection! Just like bathing suits back in the day! Torso and legs covered! No chance of getting any UV on the skin. What goes around comes around! The next thing we never packed in the trunk or the truckster was a tent for the beach! Back in the day, the rich people would have a beach umbrella. Us normal folks, if the sun got to hot would just cover ourselves with the towel we brought. Today, rich or poor everyone has a Shibumi tent! Every time 6 looks at the beach cam, when it is actually working, the beach is covered with them! At $250 a pop for the tent and $175 a pop for the chairs, that actually cost more than the truckster that took the family to the beach. Now that might be the difference in going to the mistake on the lake, vs. Kiawah Island!
The bottom line is everything we do becomes more complex, but the purpose (having good old family fun) never does!
Words of Wisdom: ‘A happy family is but an earlier heaven”. George Benard Shaw
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