Red Stuff from Fort Myers Beach, Florida
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RED Stuff from Fort Myers Beach
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When my buddy “Angel Wings” came into town a few weeks ago, it was my honor and privilege to pick her up from the airport and run her over to Sanibel Island, where she would spend a few whirlwind days making merry with some of her homegirls (party already in progress). But before we made the perilous crossing (aka, crossed the causeway to the island), AW wanted to stop off in Fort Myers Beach to get some shrimp. When we arrived at the Beach Seafood Market, I realized there was a bunch of RED STUFF in the form of signage, just waiting for me to immortalize it for RUBY TUESDAY posterity.
Here’s a handy reference, in case you want to stop for some shrimp, too. The address, as you can see, is 1101 Shrimp Boat Land. You take a left off Old San Carlos Blvd onto Main Street, which is just before the bridge that goes over to Estero, and then take a right onto Shrimp Boat Lane. They do pack the shrimp to travel. They roll the packages in layers of newspaper and you can buy a waterproof thermal-type little satchel to put ‘em in. AW already had one of those, but she was in such a rush packing to get outta Dodge, she forgot it, so she had to buy another. Well, next time she comes, she can take home TWO packages of Gulf shrimp!
So far, so good with our RED signs. Here’s one more. What’s wrong with this picture? I think it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the sign maker does not know that “other” should be plural, and that “expense” is spelled with an “s”, not a “c”. Moreover, it would appear that the owners of the Beach Seafood Market don’t know how to spell “expense” either. If they knew how, they would not have put up the sign. Oh, and it gets better. There are MULTIPLE signs, all over the parking lot, all misspelled.
That’s my Ruby Tuesday for this week – RED Signs from Fort Myers Beach. I think I would like to go back there and just poke around taking photos for a while. It was really pretty down there, and there were a few shrimp boats on the water out in back of the Market building. I’ll have to figure out what time they are all in port, and go take photos of the whole fleet of shrimp boats (anyone else hear the voice of Forrest Gump in their heads – “But, Captain Day-un…..” – when they hear the phrase “shrimp boats”?).
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Maybe that’s a really “Olde English” sign….. and they used the obsolete spelling for expense. The extra “S” for ‘other’ woulda put them over the limit for letters and they would have had to pay a surcharge for excess letters. Hey, it could happn.
Now I want shrimpses!
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I like the sign
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Address noted. Just in case! Happy Ruby Tuesday.
Bobbie in Hawaii
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I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that English isn’t their native language! 12:01 post…boy, you are on top of it! It’s only a little after 8:00pm here so you’ll have to visit me tomorrow!
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Spelling lessons required for the owners definitely!!
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It’s always nice to have a good adress to buy shrimps, after all, you never know, now do you?
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My Uncle lived in Fort Myers for probably 45 years. He has since moved to Tennessee. I’m glad a got a glimpse.
It makes no sense someone didn’t catch the spelling – why wasn’t there someone who proofread before they were made. But then they took them that way. – Nuts!
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I want some seafood palette,please! Looks like they have delish foods to offer! Mine is posted HERE. Happy RT!~
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Your post is making me hungry for shrimp
Happy WW 
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The Paranormal Blog
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now im hungry for seafood.
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I bet there is plenty of tasty stuff to be had there!
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Man, there is nothing better than fresh shrimp. It’s been a long time since we bought the stuff right at the beach, had it cooked and dined within the hour. Great photos for a Ruby Tuesday.
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Nice photos (and related info) for today’s Ruby Tuesday post. Mine’s at Small Reflections.
Hugs and blessings,
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Ha! I did think of Forrest Gump, but I never would have remembered that line, or the Captain’s name.
Roger had a misspelled sign on a truck for his Ruby Tuesday ~ what is with people and their spelling?!
Happy Belated Ruby Tuesday~~
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I immediately thought of Forest Gump-how funny! =)
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