Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

Florida welcome signs

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Jul 10, 2024.

  1. QGator2414

    QGator2414 VIP Member

    18,005
    1,434
    1,308
    Aug 24, 2009
    Ocala
    Well you wanted to post about the “Sunshine State” which is in the sign. But clearly you have defined my point…the pettiness is from those that hate DeSantis.

    Because you clearly failed to take the time to even notice your beef was in the sign. Your beef is really with DeSantis.
     
  2. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

    34,863
    1,672
    2,258
    Apr 8, 2007
    Stories on dozens of media outlets about it. Multiple threads with dozens or hundreds of responses.
    Yeah, someone must care one way or the other.
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
  3. QGator2414

    QGator2414 VIP Member

    18,005
    1,434
    1,308
    Aug 24, 2009
    Ocala
    LOL!!!

    If you think anyone other than DeSantis haters give a rip (and most DeSantis haters would not bat an eye either) you are delusional.

    This thread defines PETTY!
     
    • Winner Winner x 2
    • Creative Creative x 1
  4. QGator2414

    QGator2414 VIP Member

    18,005
    1,434
    1,308
    Aug 24, 2009
    Ocala
    Go cry like a river. You cared enough to whine like the few lol…
     
    • Winner Winner x 1
  5. demosthenes

    demosthenes Premium Member

    8,658
    1,037
    3,218
    Apr 3, 2007
    This is pretty funny. You’re telling someone else to cry about it when you have responded to a single post with two of your own that you posted almost two hours apart.
     
    • Dislike x 1
    • Agree x 1
    • Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
    • Funny x 1
    • Winner x 1
  6. gaterzfan

    gaterzfan GC Hall of Fame

    1,627
    313
    1,698
    Feb 6, 2020

    ..... and the insanity of the left.
     
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
  7. gaterzfan

    gaterzfan GC Hall of Fame

    1,627
    313
    1,698
    Feb 6, 2020
    • Funny Funny x 1
  8. Hepcatj3

    Hepcatj3 Freshman

    14
    1
    88
    Aug 29, 2008
    • Funny Funny x 3
    • Like Like x 1
  9. toon66

    toon66 VIP Member

    6,513
    1,437
    1,983
    Aug 26, 2007
    Tampa
    My father and my uncles were all commercial fishermen. I spent my youth on the back of a shrimp boat, my HS job was working at a shrimp processing facility and offloading grouper boats. Hard ass work to say the least.

    White boots. Always. Way back then and now. I have a pair sitting in my office rt now.

    BTW, recreational fishermen here in Florida also typically wear white boots if they are wearing rubber boots


    As those of us multi-generational Floridians who grew up on the water know, go to any fisherman supply store, white rubber boots are the standard. Not even thought about
     
    Last edited: Jul 13, 2024
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  10. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

    34,863
    1,672
    2,258
    Apr 8, 2007
    Pretty sure you've posted on this thread more than anyone else. You know, not caring and all ...
     
    • Agree x 1
    • Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
    • Funny x 1
    • Winner x 1
    • Come On Man x 1
  11. channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

    8,501
    1,878
    3,013
    Apr 3, 2007
    Bottom of a pint glass
    White boots are a southern thing for sure. When I was working on a commercial salmon boat in Alaska it was all grey or black. Not sure why the difference up there. I wonder if it's a heat retention/reflection thing.
     
    Last edited: Jul 13, 2024
    • Like Like x 1
  12. BLING

    BLING GC Hall of Fame

    8,465
    792
    2,843
    Apr 16, 2007
    8 locations in the whole country so far, and they are looking to add a location in FL. LMAO. Did the guy who wrote that work for the company?

    Don’t think “wild eyed lefties” have anything to worry about, as no (sane) grocery store or large chain would want the liability of having that in their store. I could see it being a niche product sold to small independent grocers or “general stores” that sometimes still exist in small towns (and who already stock guns and ammo). This is probably where their “8 customers” are.
     
  13. channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

    8,501
    1,878
    3,013
    Apr 3, 2007
    Bottom of a pint glass
    Yeah, the insurance for our bar gets all concerned when we advertise things like drinking games. I can't imagine trying to run an ammo vending machine by an insurance company. Especially in a crazy litigious state like Florida.
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
  14. QGator2414

    QGator2414 VIP Member

    18,005
    1,434
    1,308
    Aug 24, 2009
    Ocala
    Just making the point. My posts are to prove my position. You have definitely shown this was about your dislike of DeSantis.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  15. Gator515151

    Gator515151 GC Hall of Fame

    Apr 4, 2007
    Yup and I have seen plenty of pictures of Sailors standing on deck of an aircraft carrier or some other ship in white boots....I hope you Democrats aren't calling those guys pussies.
     
    • Funny Funny x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  16. QGator2414

    QGator2414 VIP Member

    18,005
    1,434
    1,308
    Aug 24, 2009
    Ocala
    I did a quick search. Appears it does have to do with white being considered cooler in the warmer weather. Also they show up in murky water better which apparently helps avoid snakes as a safety reason. But I think the heat would be the main reason. Along with it is the style because of that…
     
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
  17. philnotfil

    philnotfil GC Hall of Fame

    17,500
    1,723
    1,718
    Apr 8, 2007
    Some people pick the weirdest things to white knight for.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  18. g8trjax

    g8trjax GC Hall of Fame

    5,090
    425
    293
    Jun 1, 2007
    I know an ortho surgeon that wore those white boots in the OR. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  19. Orange_and_Bluke

    Orange_and_Bluke Premium Member

    9,163
    2,114
    3,038
    Dec 16, 2015
    Yeah, but River started it.
    [​IMG]
     
    • Funny Funny x 2
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Best Post Ever Best Post Ever x 1
  20. toon66

    toon66 VIP Member

    6,513
    1,437
    1,983
    Aug 26, 2007
    Tampa
    Function. Not style
     
    • Like Like x 2