SNO CONE STAND
There is a very distinct dividing line between old Outer Banks and new Outer Banks. This Sno Cone Stand is obviously in the ancient camp. There's a shiny new Dairy Queen down the road a ways. Right now, down into the national seashore, they're in a kind of uneasy equilibrium, and it's not hard to find the charming old OBX if you're looking. But not for long. Most people who come down here happily stay in their McMansions-on-stilts and venture out for comfortably-branded tourist stores. I'm not happy being an old curmudgeon-fart, I'm really not, but it just seems like we're trading in our riches for something cheap, slippery and disposable.
Sparky Donatello
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Reminds me of that line from "Deconstructing Harry" -
"Between air conditioning and the Pope, I chose air conditioning."
We once had some friends, now deceased, who lived almost all of their lives just north of London in one or another of those picturesque British cottages with a thatched roof. The most charming and authentic abodes you ever saw, as if cute little well-dressed Beatrix Potter bunnies would come hopping out to greet you. In retirement Stan and Jackie moved to an "executive estate" in Taunton where all the houses were new and had modern plumbing and central heat. When we visited them at their new home and expressed disappointment over their move, they thought we were fools! "How daft are you," they practically screamed, "to think we actually liked living where it was always wet and cold?" And then they used some words only Lucy and PCB could interpret for us. But I think they're probably better left unrepeated.
You mean like "spotted dick"?
People like that are usually better left unrepeated.
The trouble is you're not allowed to renovate those buildings unless you and your crew of builders were actually born in the 14th century.
the cheap, slippery and disposable will degrade with age
"it just seems like we're trading in our riches for something cheap, slippery and disposable."
Golly, you make the new OBX sound like they are awash with used condoms. I'd have to agree that's not a good thing.
All chains should be voted off the Outer Banks.
Your last reply, Sparky, reveals what I was suspecting. You have been going to the dog fights again. You don't bet on the firehouse dogs against pit bulls.