Keep it clean. There are some nasty critters in the ocean that will fawk you up pretty good if you don't stay on top of the problem. Wicked nasty infections and what not. Puss ain't a great sign, most shell cuts get bathed in so much saltwater that they just hurt and heal pretty cleanly. If it's pussing days later it's a good sign the shell had some deep-sea nasty on it and you need to scrub that fucker good.
At least you're (presumably) going back to the cold where you won't feel your feet
When I was in college, a floor-mate from Gainesville came back from winter vacation with a foot problem. Seems he kicked a sea urchin while scuba diving, and it wasn't healing. About two weeks later, when it got so bad he couldn't walk, he started poking at the holes with a pin and squeezing. . . . and the tips of the spines came out. They were about an inch long, and were buried deep in his foot. Man, did that stink.
When I got home, I opened it up, washed it, dumped some hydrogen peroxide in there and let it sit for a couple minutes, then rinsed it out good, then hit it with some Neosporin and a bandage. I am 100% sure I got the cut on Thursday afternoon, and felt it on Friday, so it hadn't been that long. We get nasty cuts up here, too so I think I've got a handle on this.
My mom got a near lethal stingray sting doing that. Stood on a juvie stingray (felt like a crab pinch apparently) that couldn't control it's venom and pumped her full. A hour later she was in the ER with around 10x the typical max invenomation. That was the first time I ever got to drive a car (age 14)
I'm surprised you didn't find any sand dollars. Anyways usually the best spot for shelling is at the shellbank (oddly enough) where the waves are rolling up the beach at low tide. Tons of sharks teeth and shells in that area. In fact the sw coast of Fl is the sharks teeth capital of the world, apparently.
Who said I didn't find any sand dollars? Of course, I think we took one home that wasn't quite dead yet. Friday morning, right after breakfast, there was a wicked low tide, which exposed a sandbar about 75' out, so we waded out to that and found a whole bunch of stuff we hadn't seen before--all the augers were out, as well as a bunch of crabs, and the shallow troughs were filled with small shells. Didn't see any shark's teeth, but we found a bunch of other stuff.
Oh, and thanks to Steve Irwin, my son is now terrified to go into the water whenever there might be sting rays. I had a hard time explaining to him that the Irwin death was because the barb went through his heart, which was a pretty difficult thing to accomplish.
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Apparently I live in a dirt lot. And about four dirt lots away from where I thought I did. My gps tells me the same thing. Is that something I should get corrected?
Oh, and thanks to Steve Irwin, my son is now terrified to go into the water whenever there might be sting rays. I had a hard time explaining to him that the Irwin death was because the barb went through his heart, which was a pretty difficult thing to accomplish.
Shame. I used to be fawkin terrified of them as a kid until I stepped on a few that didn't sting me but just scurried away and learned that they avoided me alot more vigorously than I was scared of them. When they do sting though it's unbelievably painful and only because you're being stupid and not giving them time to get away (like running in shallows)
What you saw sounds like a spring tide w/ a tidal pool. Those are often cool and expose all kinds of critters/trap fish etc. We've been getting them ALOT down at the beach place which is always fun. Gotta watch out for jellies that get stuck though.
This is what a proper shell bank looks like (sorta)
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What are you talking about bro, I'm a long time gator fan.......
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It also probably didn't help that my method of finding shells went like this: walk in water up to my armpits, step on ****, pull it up and see what it is. Stupid tourists. The funniest was when it turned out to be a huge crab.
We'd snorkel at low tide and probe the seaweed beds with broom handles. When something clamped on we'd lift it up and drop it into the dinghy.
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Shame. I used to be fawkin terrified of them as a kid until I stepped on a few that didn't sting me but just scurried away and learned that they avoided me alot more vigorously than I was scared of them. When they do sting though it's unbelievably painful and only because you're being stupid and not giving them time to get away (like running in shallows)
What you saw sounds like a spring tide w/ a tidal pool. Those are often cool and expose all kinds of critters/trap fish etc. We've been getting them ALOT down at the beach place which is always fun. Gotta watch out for jellies that get stuck though.
This is what a proper shell bank looks like (sorta)
When I took a business trip to Miami one December many years back, I was the only fool on the beach going swimming. There was a shell bank that was full of whole shells, coral, pebbles, and seas glass. It was piled something like four or five inches deep. I picked out a couple quarts of the choicest shells and coral and put them in my luggage for my then-GF (my wife) who was back home. When I gave them to her, she was all because she thought I had just bought them in a store. She didn't say anything, and then a couple years later I was talking about my trip and all the wonderful shells I found and she was all and was pretty blown away.
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Apparently I live in a dirt lot. And about four dirt lots away from where I thought I did. My gps tells me the same thing. Is that something I should get corrected?
If your abstract for your land is correct, don't worry. Let google be off.
Other than the movie that my wife and I just attended (Four Christmases), the only thing purchased by the DDclan today was a snap ring pliers at the Auto Zone. Fuck Black Friday and all that rot.
w3rd. my only purchase was a roll of paper towels.
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<----------- TUTing from a menthol vapor doodad bath. Supposedly this is good for my throat? Personally I just think it smells like menthol tobacco
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I was talking to the neighbors, and their son, age 30 or so was there... Mrs Surfpig pulls up, I wave as she finds a place to park...
He asks, how long have you guys been together?
I had to think...
Since about 1982, I finally decide.
He says, "Wow, and you're still happy to see her when she comes home..."
Yep.
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Keep it clean. There are some nasty critters in the ocean that will fawk you up pretty good if you don't stay on top of the problem. Wicked nasty infections and what not. Puss ain't a great sign, most shell cuts get bathed in so much saltwater that they just hurt and heal pretty cleanly. If it's pussing days later it's a good sign the shell had some deep-sea nasty on it and you need to scrub that fucker good. 
They were about an inch long, and were buried deep in his foot. 
so I think I've got a handle on this. 
Of course, I think we took one home that wasn't quite dead yet. 
Friday morning, right after breakfast, there was a wicked low tide, which exposed a sandbar about 75' out, so we waded out to that and found a whole bunch of stuff we hadn't seen before--all the augers were out, as well as a bunch of crabs, and the shallow troughs were filled with small shells. Didn't see any shark's teeth, but we found a bunch of other stuff.
I had a hard time explaining to him that the Irwin death was because the barb went through his heart, which was a pretty difficult thing to accomplish.
and was pretty blown away. 
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