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I posted these in a private journal entry because there were many that had children in them, but I will post the ones fit for TFP public consumption here.













There's just something about public bathrooms, I dunno...
















































my kids is wacky

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Jetée

The manager of an office wanted to motivate his staff to more thoroughly wash while in the restroom, so he puts up a sign saying "THINK!" above the sink in the staff restroom. Thinking that to be a sufficient-enough motivator, he is rather pleased to have created such a simple solution. Upon returning, however, he finds a new sign above the liquid soap dispenser saying "THOAP!".


I like this somewhat annual thread, and its diverse vibe of the mundane we don't nearly take the time to notice or remember in the moment.

Thanks with effervecence.

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noodle

awesome.
the girls in the turqoise suits POP.
you know, i've lived in florida my entire life and the same coast for 10 years and i've never been to daytona beach.
awesome shots, mm.
i love the reflection in your middle lady's glasses, too.
what fun.

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mixedmedia

oh, you would have a great time in Daytona, noodle...like I said before, they've really tried to 'fix it up,' but they'll never get rid of that seedy funkiness that Daytona was known for for several decades...and I would never want them to. I like it just the way it is. When I was a kid there was a carnival there, too...that's gone, though.

But the man and I are planning to go spend a weekend there soon. Woohoo!

Thanks you guys!

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noodle

and what i meant to say and forgot was...

drip-castles rock.

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mixedmedia

I know! The drip castle I took pictures of was right next to the guy making the really involved pyramid castle, but the drip castle was much more interesting to photograph...

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Manic_Skafe

I love these. It's been a long time since I've been to Daytona beach and with these images, I can totally recall the smell of salt in the air, the feel of the sand and the sound of the ocean.

Thank you for that.

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mixedmedia

You're welcome. It makes me happy to hear that, Skafe.

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Daoust

The fat guy on the beach chair b&w is my favourite. There's a whole lot of awesome in that pic. Something very real, very...American in that pic, I guess. I don't really know what it is, but it's good.

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Redlemon

I wish I had a photographer's eye, I can only do snapshots. It's clear that you have the eye.

What flavor is the teal jelly? I don't think I've ever eaten anything that was teal...

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*Nikki*

Very nice color saturation.

Excellent shots

mixedmedia

Actually it was the blue jello that came with my daughter's 'shrimp boat.' She's not a fan of the jello.

heh, you should have seen the older guy in what my two older daughters called the 'banana hammock' (a man-thong) when we first got there...didn't get a picture of him, but we were driving along and one them said, 'look at that guy in the banana hammock!' lol, he was in front of us and we passed him, naturally, I had to take a look at the front of him and he, well, he was hung like a horse.

Oh, the car was full of girlish laughter

Thank you, redlemon and Nikki for the nice words.

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bobby

very colorful spot.....swell vacation pics !!!

xoxoxoo

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mixedmedia

Thank you, bobby.

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Speed_Gibson

Nice pictures, my last visit down there was back in Spring Break 1999 when I was stationed in Jacksonville and much closer than I am these days.

My favourite time to visit that town was in the much quieter offseason and drive around at night.

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uncle phil

i've had so many good times at/on daytona beach in the recent past and the not so recent past...

thanks for the pics, mm...

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mixedmedia

You're welcome, Uncle Phil.

And thank you, Speed Gibson. Somehow I missed your comment before.

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*Nikki*

I was just looking at these again and I noticed that the two guys in the lift chair have a tiny little child/baby in between them!! I would never ever take a kid that little on those things!!

mixedmedia

I know. There's no way I could do that, either. Especially the way they have her sitting! Yikes.

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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce