Don't lean against dock pilings

[Dot Wethington]

After a Florida Oceanographical Society Yard sale down at the Sandsprit Park in Stuart Florida, my boyfriend and I went out on a dock to see the passing boats, look at what the fishermen caught and watch the pelicans. My back was hurting from standing too long, while my boyfriend lollygagged to a local fisherman. I had my black leather backpack on and I thought-- Oh good, it's like a pillow as I leaned up against the piling nearby. Well we had to leave because the weather changed -getting windy and rainy and we went to eat lunch. My boyfriend held the door for me at the restaurant and then asked me, "What's that green stuff on the back of your purse? and back" Guess what it was??? Fresh Pelican Crap. That was not an easy thing to clean off, whatever that Pelican had --well he must have had a bad case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Lesson #1- don't lean against dock pilings, otherwise it is "easy being green"

 

[archman]

could've been worse. I leaned against a roof support in a log cabin once, and the dang thing fell over on me. We all thought we were going to be crushed and trampled each other to get outside. Later we found out the support was "cosmetic" only.

 

[Bob3]

And never look up when there are seagulls around, either.

 

[SDAnderson]

And never look up when there are seagulls around, either.

Or swim under a parrotfish. :klo:

 

[justleesa]

you know...s*#@ happens! )

 

[mempilot]

I was diving with a buddy of mine from this board last week. I won't mention his name to save his dignity. Another diver from this board showed us this green spot on his bc a little bigger than a quarter that looked like someone had melted one of those green army men. Unsuspecting, my buddy smears his finger through it and then we told him what it was. Funny reaction.

 

[headhunter]

A few years back on a non-diving trip to the beach, my wife's friend Carole told us that every time she went to the beach she would get dumped on by a seagull. Sometimes more than once.

I've been going to the beach since I was 2 years old when I was held by family to get me used to playing in the waves. I've never been nailed even once. (I know I've been lucky, too.)

So, I proceed to tell her, "Come on Carole. There is no way you can get hit EVERY TIME!" I was mid-sentence when she got nailed in the hand right before our very eyes!

We all started laughing hysterically! It was apparantly true. She is a magnet. I forgot about it until this thread. I wonder if her husband (who is a diver) has ever heard this story. I'll have to ask.

Christian

 

[Bob3]

Seagull stories, eh?
3 of us were to demolish an old 88' tall lighthouse & replace it with a dinky light tower. Name of the place was "Gull Island" it was also in the middle of nesting season. Being out in the middle of Lake Michigan, we had to camp out on the island for the duration of the job. Needless to say we got crapped on daily, many times. By the end of the job we didn't even bother wiping it off anymore.
Dinnertime was "entertaining". 2 plates were needed, had to hold one over the other to intercept any unwelcome additions to the menu.
That was one of the longest 10 day jobs I've ever been on.
Here's a pic of some of the company we had out there, white & black specks are gulls, gray smudge on the bottom is the foundation turning to dust. (boom!):

 

[archman]

it breaks my heart to see another lighthouse come down.

 

[crpntr133]

sounds like a story with a friend of mine. We were on the east cost at an open air dinner. Forget what she ordered but she ended up with a bit more after the gull flew over.