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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: ramzey on January 19, 2005, 01:21:06 AM
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Biloxi, Gulfport anyone?
how is there?
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How is it there?
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How is it where?
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What's that stain in my underwear?
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Biloxi Mississippi?
If God were to give the world an enema, he'd insert it in Biloxi.
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It isn't so bad. On the bright side, you probably won't have to stay there your whole life.
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Property is cheap.
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Not anymore it isn't MT. Both of my grandparents have lived there their whole lives, and I lied there in the 70's. Land was cheap then, and there was no such thing as a "job" available, with the exception of some tourism and Keesler AFB. However, the casinos have busted it wide open, and land is no longer cheap, but the jobs still are.
It is actually a lovely place, sugar white sand, Huge old oaks, clear streams and dense pine forests, and the people are not like the sterotypical Mississippian of the rest of the state. It is more like Florida than the red clay Mississippi we all like to make fun of.
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I was in Biloxi last May and will be again this May. Its very nice just stay on the strip where the Casinos are! (We go for the South eastern Casino Gaming Convention) Last year we stayed in the Palace but its off the strip. nice place good pool area + great oyster shack right out in front!!!! RAW OYSTERS $3.00 a dozen (bakers doz) I for get the name but man we ate 5 days strait!
I dont know what its like now after the Hurricans went thru but im sure they got it cleaned up by now!
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Biloxi is a beautiful place to visit, especially the roadway paralleling the Sound. It does look like Florida in many ways. There's a nice schooner excursion to (uninhabited) Horn Island several miles offshore, if you're into nature and the outdoors.
There are very good restaurants with great seafood aplenty. All in all it's a popular convention location and a one hour drive from New Orleans.
If you go there, Biloxi is pronounced Be-lucks-eee, not Be-locks-eee!!! (Lest ye beknownst as a tourist or yankee.):)
Les
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There is also the tourboat to Ship Island, which has a great old fort. The water in the sound is not very clear because of the Pearl river, but on the other side of the islands it is nice.
(http://www.lizking.com/cannon.jpg)
A panaroma of Ship Island:
http://www.lizking.com/sipan.html
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Originally posted by Lizking
Not anymore it isn't MT. Both of my grandparents have lived there their whole lives, and I lied there in the 70's. Land was cheap then, and there was no such thing as a "job" available, with the exception of some tourism and Keesler AFB. However, the casinos have busted it wide open, and land is no longer cheap, but the jobs still are.
It is actually a lovely place, sugar white sand, Huge old oaks, clear streams and dense pine forests, and the people are not like the sterotypical Mississippian of the rest of the state. It is more like Florida than the red clay Mississippi we all like to make fun of.
Sorry Liz, but I live in Southern California... to me it's cheap.
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the casino's are nice.... only a hour from mobile, al.....
seemed nice to me but i only have been to main strip of casinos..
DoctorYo
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The Isle of Capri casino is named after a real island located near Horn Island and Petit Bois Island. There is an island that "disappears" in that area. There is supposedly an artesian well there with fresh drinking water. It submerged back in the early 1930's and hasn't reappeared yet. However one day this island will re-appear with fresh artesian well water and all. There was a casino and resort on this island for 20 years or so before it went under water. Very interesting. And it's supposed to reappear from time to time...over hundreds of years probably.
Just kinda neat folklore for that area.:D
Les