Sidewalk chalk

fj12ryder wrote:
"One was a drawing of Rumpelstiltskin, a woman in a castle with long hair hanging down."

That would have been Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin was the spin straw into gold story.

Oops. It has been over 30 years since I read those stories to my kids.

Yes grumpy old man and yes bothers me also. Your not alone. I don't like either.

Yes, you are being grumpy. If it really bothers you it only takes a few minutes with a hose to erase it.

Yeah, color me grumpy too. I get tired of people who feel licensed do what ever they want where ever they are with no respect to others property. One mans beauty is another's eyesore. Kinda like playing loud music for the whole campground to enjoy, it may be music to your ears but to mine -------- .

rightlaneonly wrote:
Yeah, color me grumpy too. I get tired of people who feel licensed do what ever they want where ever they are with no respect to others property. One mans beauty is another's eyesore. Kinda like playing loud music for the whole campground to enjoy, it may be music to your ears but to mine -------- .

x2 Let's all deface the beautiful campground now to look like a ghetto. Get out the coloring book and crayons instead.

Let me see, equating some chalk drawing on the pavement that easily washes away and is really innocuous to loud music and no respect for others. You guys are Olympic league leapers. I don't think I could manage that on my worst day, and I'm a serious curmudgeon.

The lesser of most evils.....think dog dodo or garbage in the fire ring.

What else was wrong? Were there tire tracks on the driveway? Some ashes left in the fireplace? Was the trailer on the next site over decorated with swoops in garish non-earth-tone colors?

I see nothing wrong with kids (or adults) using sidewalk chalk on the sidewalk/cement pad of their campsite, assuming the results are not obscene or somehow inappropriate for polite society. There are plenty of things that other campers may do that some would find tacky or worse; I find some of the signs and "ornaments" and hanging fish-shaped awning lights rather distasteful, but apparently the owners enjoy them and it's their vacation just as much as mine. Even if sidewalk chalk drawings are not my own preference, they're harmless and nondestructive and evidence that someone else had a proper fun time.

Camping near curmudgeons, on the other hand--that can be a trying experience...thankfully, I haven't had to deal with that at all frequently.

DrewE wrote:
What else was wrong? Were there tire tracks on the driveway? Some ashes left in the fireplace? Was the trailer on the next site over decorated with swoops in garish non-earth-tone colors?

I see nothing wrong with kids (or adults) using sidewalk chalk on the sidewalk/cement pad of their campsite, assuming the results are not obscene or somehow inappropriate for polite society. There are plenty of things that other campers may do that some would find tacky or worse; I find some of the signs and "ornaments" and hanging fish-shaped awning lights rather distasteful, but apparently the owners enjoy them and it's their vacation just as much as mine. Even if sidewalk chalk drawings are not my own preference, they're harmless and nondestructive and evidence that someone else had a proper fun time.

Camping near curmudgeons, on the other hand--that can be a trying experience...thankfully, I haven't had to deal with that at all frequently.

Like and put in perspective. I hope these people never have to deal with a serious issue or major illness.

Future taggers in training. It doesn't really bother me but not convinced that encouraging kids to draw on sidewalks and walls is the right thing to do.