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San Diego Startup Offers Sand Castle-Building Services
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| Megan Tevrizian
Posted on 04/06/2015 10:13:02 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Swordmaker; martin_fierro
When is Apple’s iCastle to be released?
To: nickcarraway
says a lot about the california mentality
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:17:06 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: nickcarraway
He better make sure he has a few good liability insurance policies. When somebody has a sandcastle built and ‘Junior’ gets avalanched, parents or schools will be looking to blame somebody besides themselves. Fun idea though.
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:19:54 AM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sa)
To: nickcarraway
Sandcastle?
YOU DIDN’T BUILD THAT!
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:20:22 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
To: nickcarraway
I had an artist/sculptor friend that participated some when sand castles took off in the late 1970s/early80s?
I think money like $10,000.00 was involved in some way for big events.
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:22:10 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: camle
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:24:57 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: nickcarraway
Too bad it's out in CA. My retired dad in OH would jump on those classes. He has an ice rink in the back yard that he fills with sand during the summer to practice sand sculptures.
We noticed that the natural sand found at the beach (Myrtle Beach SC) doesn't seem to be conducive to vertical sculpting. Too many crushed shells and debris. He's got the sculpting part down. But getting a cylinder up beyond 3ft presents the biggest difficulty.
From what I've seen, it appears the big-time sculptors truck in their own sand.
To: camle
says a lot about the california mentality
$60 for three hours seems extremely reasonable and I don't see building a business around it as being any different than marketing to any other hobby.
To me, the California mentality would be if he were charging $300 for three hours and people were in line to pay it.
Now the New York mentality on the other hand is clearly on display when you see a growing market in "adult day care" centers where adults are paying $300 to $1000 to play with clay and have "nap time" to relieve stress.
To: mmichaels1970
Now the New York mentality on the other hand is clearly on display when you see a growing market in "adult day care" centers where adults are paying $300 to $1000 to play with clay and have "nap time" to relieve stress.April Fools, right?
To: nickcarraway
That’s awesome. Instead of looking to the government to bail him out, he created a business. THAT is what the free enterprise market it all about, something O’Venal and his Marxist associates know nothing about. The business fills a desire that some people, with more money than brains, have. Good for the business owner. Will Moonbeam or O’Venal find a way to kill the business? I’m sure they’ll try.
To: nickcarraway
shortly after the release of
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posted on
04/06/2015 10:43:14 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: ansel12
Where’s that from - Del Mar? I miss the ones from IB every year. We just retired to Maine from Chula Vista - still 2 ft of snow on the ground!
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:14:15 AM PDT
by
b9
(II Timothy 1:7)
To: b9
That was from the British Columbia, World Championship of Sand Sculpture.
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:21:56 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: ansel12
Spectacular - thanks for posting.
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:24:59 AM PDT
by
b9
(II Timothy 1:7)
To: b9
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:26:28 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: ansel12
Holy WOW - what a feast for these poor snow frozen eyes.
Unbelievable sand artistry. Love the tribute to Lady Thatcher - the sentiment more than the art.
So very cool about the guy in San Diego providing “lessons” for tourists. What a perfect business - peeps seem to love it.
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:45:22 AM PDT
by
b9
(II Timothy 1:7)
To: b9
It is a perfect business in so many ways, a beach lifestyle, that pays you.
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posted on
04/06/2015 11:53:05 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: ansel12
Can you imagine? I had a friend, a weaver, who lived in IB, right on the beachfront, and had to move eventually because she couldn’t stand the sound of the ocean!
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posted on
04/06/2015 12:01:36 PM PDT
by
b9
(II Timothy 1:7)
To: b9
I lived 70 feet back, and I did not want to be directly on the bluff, because of the constant wind and chill and the spray.
As it was, plenty of spray mist was falling on my place, and my vehicles
It’s cold living on the beach in San Diego.
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posted on
04/06/2015 12:10:16 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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