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Monday, Halloween 2005 |
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Hope all is well. Parrotdise is open for
business
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| I went to buy a chain saw blade in Key West
yesterday. There were none. Sears is still closed. Home depot doesn't have
chain saws or generators. |
| After waiting in line for two and a half hours
Sunday morning at FEMA in KW I was given a 20 page loan application that is
so complicated that I would have to hire an accountant to fill it in. Are
they here to help us or hinder us with their absurd forms? |
Karma is a bitch for those guys who performed mischievous deeds of wrong
human relations. We know who you are and enjoy seeing things come full
circle. Govern yourselves accordingly and find better ways to make extra
cash. |
MER Screen Saver Get current info and pictures direct from NASA
about the Mars Rovers, as a screen saver.
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Retail reality. |
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Beware! I hear there
is a caravan of Jersey people headed this way. They're coming all
this way just to get free water and ice.
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| Movie from E Fish during Wilma.
Video_Sound/Movie_efish_wilma.wmv |
| Re: Complaining about tourists getting free ice. Are
you kidding? Why don't you worry about something important. Who cares if
tourists get ice? I suggest you should get a life. |
HalloweenMagazine.com - Downloads |
| Boondocks had a party last night and it was jammed!
No credit cards were accepted and definitely not enough waitress staff. We
left without dinner and many people, while we were waiting, left also. It's
a great place, but tonight it wasn't manned well. How do they expect to
recoup funds from being closed by having people leave unsatisfied? Don't
get me wrong we'll go back for sure, but they should rethink their business
tactics. Do the two guys from the North still own it? In the beginning
they were always there watching and helping, what happened? |
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The guy that was saying there are no good looking
women here is understated. Big Pine is the only place where a fat and
ugly woman can pick and choose from many lonely guys. It is starting
to suck but I have concluded that if I want to find a good woman I am
going to have to look elsewhere. The problem here is that the women don't
even know that they are fat and ugly because there are too many lonely and
horny guys willing to take less.
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 The
Cracked Egg should change their
name to the Rotten Egg! We tried to go for breakfast this morning at 9AM.
There was no wait for a table when we got there, but when we sat at our
table we noticed there were sugar ants all over the table coming from the
wall and under the table. After about 10 minutes battling the ants a
waitress finally came over and starting complaining how busy and confused
she was. She took our drink orders along with 2 other tables and
disappeared. A few minutes later a dirty shoeless busboy brought us
sticky, greasy menus. After waiting 30 minutes from the time we got there,
we still had no drinks, and had not seen our waitress again. Us, along
with 2 other tables all walked out. We drove straight to the Coffee Shop
and were served a delicious hot breakfast and were out the door in half an
hour. Maybe if the troll came out of the kitchen once in a while at the
Rotten Egg she would see what terrible shape her restaurant and staff were
in.
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| Thanks for the recipe for saving drowned
lawnmowers. I tried it exactly, except for replacing the spark plug. I
cleaned the existing plug and grounded it to the engine and pulled, and I
got a spark so I figured the spark plug was OK. Maybe not tho? Anyway, she
won't start. I'll pick up a new spark plug and see if that makes a
difference, but I was wondering if there's anything else to be done. I don't
see any more water spitting out anywhere, so maybe I should just let it sit
for a while and try the new spark plug. |
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 A really class
act: Friday 28th I went to my very favorite restaurant/watering
hole for a bite and a brew. They had just re-opened after the storm and
could offer only burgers/fries or grilled chicken/fries. To my surprise
the sandwiches were free. Just pay for your beverage and have a burger
or chicken sandwich on the house. I praise Parrotdise Bar and Grill and
their owner/managers for great community spirit and generosity during a very
difficult time for all of us. I was told that as of Saturday they will be
up and running with their full menu. Mega Kudos, Parrotdise. You and your
entire staff are the best. |
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I saw the Key's Skunk Ape in the parking lot
at the Cow Palace Friday night. It was dancing to a weird version of "Tube
Steak Boogie." One of the locals, of course, was trying to pick it up. I
wish I had my camera.
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| Re: Flooded lawnmower. Thanks. I followed your
instructions and it worked. At least my yard is starting to look like a yard
and not a marina. |
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| Eden Pines |
Eden Pines |
Cudjoe |
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| Chubby chicks do it better. For those of you
wondering, no I am not someone making fun of big women. I do prefer them.
Anyone else agree or any of the big women constantly being harassed by the
jerks on here want to start a regular group where big women can get together
with guys who appreciate them? Post your thoughts and if we have any
interest I will post a personal ad so we can exchange email addresses or
phone numbers. Hope to hear from you soon. |
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Re:
Knuckleheads. I have eaten there numerous times and have always found
the service at the bar to be just fine. Also, having met the owners, I can
say that they are very nice, friendly people. Perhaps the customer calling
them “pathetic losers” has a personal agenda because having been a customer
on a very busy evening I found the service to be prompt at both the bar and
in the dining area. Maybe after the hurricane they were short handed and
doing the best they could. A little patience and a polite check with the
host or hostess probably would have solved your petty little problem. The
comment about a quesadilla being $16 is just a lie. I have had a quesadilla
there and it was nowhere near that much. Lastly you complain about the
décor. I’m sure the owners and patrons of Knuckleheads are glad you won’t
be returning. |
Pictures from Eden Pines, Camellia
Lane. Has anyone seen my hot tub cover?
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Everyone should really be thankful that we
live here and not in a congested area like Miami. We don't wait on line
for FEMA supplies. People help people. As soon as I re-entered the Keys
after evacuating, I gave a sigh of relief...almost like I was holding my
breath the entire time I was gone. People on the mainland in a stress
situation become crazed....not one for all, all for one situation. Thank
you Keys people for maintaining your cool during a very difficult
situation. I am proud to call you my neighbors.
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| Thank god for Dish network. I had TV
throughout the storm thanks to my generator and satellite dish. My neighbors
with Comcast are still without service. Comcast sucks! I am glad I was able
to keep updated via local Miami channels without interruption. I never lost
the signal. |
| Things you need for a hurricane: Satellite TV, a gas
stove and Bellsouth.net. |
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Monday, Halloween 2005 |
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Sunday October 30, 2005 |
Fall back! Don't forget to set your clocks back today so you can get an
extra hour of sleep. |
| Just think, last week I was worried about gravel on the
bike path. Isn't it funny how a Cat 3 hurricane can change your
priorities and remind you of what's important and what's not? |
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I get most of my news from CNN, and I believe
global warming is real; and if Al Gore were president, none of this would
have happened. And I love all the reality shows!
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| Re:
Cutthroat Dr. on Cudjoe has had power since the day after Wilma. Cable
is out and so are phones in some areas. C'mon down. |
Coconuts will be having its 23 Halloween Party on Monday night
Oct.31. This has been and will be a great time. Great music, food, and
cash prizes for best costume.
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| What do you guys think of snowbirds who came down 2
days after the storm was over, suffered no damages, but got in line for free
water and ice? I think that is just wrong. To bad we can't do anything about
it. Maybe they should check residency before handing out freebies. |
| We were amazed at how pathetic the losers are that run
Knuckeheads Resturant. The name is aptly chosen. After arriving at 8 PM
for dinner we were told that they were short waiters and were running behind
but asked to please bear with them. We were told to be seated in the bar and
the host would fetch us when seats were available.
After taking 20 minutes to order a drink since there was only one
bartender, by the time 30 minutes had elapsed, we watched groups of people
come to the door and be seated for dinner. I had a bad feeling when I
observed two seated women in the bar bitching at the host that they were
never seated as told earlier. Oops, the host forgot about us too! How sad.
There is no excuse for this since we are talking about a mature
(very-maybe 60 year old) man acting as a host and trying to manage maybe 30
people having dinner. The place is way over priced (16 dollars for a single
Quesadilla - Fogarty's in Key West manages the same dish for $6.95.),
sterile decor, decorating is similar to a dull suburban basement circa 1970.
Needless to say, we walked out after 45 minutes and told the hostess where
he could stick his table. |
Happy Halloween. I wonder how John Kerry would have handled everything
that W. has flubbed. |
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People from out of town: Cudjoe is still floating.
Most lower levels were somewhat filled with water. Venture Out did fairly
well, except for the very low trailers, and yes the electric is back on.
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| To the person who wanted the "Ode to Women", if you
meant the one that started with "One Flaw in Women...The Lord replied...", I
sent it in after someone forwarded it to me. I'd be happy to send you a
copy, just e-mail me at
julieroberts7777@hotmail.com and give me your address and I'll
mail you a copy. Thanks, and everyone take care down there! |
| I am a "Network Security Specialist" from Missouri
and am looking to move to the Keys just for a life change. I have been
looking for a job in the computer field in the Lower Keys for the last 6
months and haven't found anything. Anyone have any leads or any advice on
where to look? I do check www.keysnews.com
everyday. |
 Ed.,for
you. Guatemala Rising Central America's Newest Hot Spot Is Recovering
Quickly From Recent Hurricane Damage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/28/AR2005102800542.html
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| Someone posted that the world is dangerous. Yes, it
is full of criminals and murderers. The leniency of the courts release
rapists and murderers so they are free to rape and murder again. Why? Almost
everyone has lost the guts they were born with. People whine about "not
getting involved", they will not stand up and speak out against evil and
wrong. Imagine if YOU were beng attacked, you called the police and they
whined "we don't want to get involved". |
Keys 93.5 was great all through the storm.
For the people who chose to stay it was refreshing to have such great
radio coverage as 93.5 gave. We don't believe it's a good idea to
advertise the fact before the storm that the radio stations will be on the
air when the authorities are working hard to get the message out telling
everyone to get out because it may encourage people not to evacuate.
Leaving your home is difficult because things can
be done immediately when the storm is over. If we had to leave and
return 2 or 3 days later, the stress of not knowing anything about
everything we left behind that we have worked for all our lives. Direct TV
and generators kept many families well informed of everything going on and
all the surge that was going to approach after the storm passed and that
was a life saver. Thanks to all the crews of Fire Rescue, City Elec.,
BellSouth, groceries that opened and if I leave anyone out it's because I
am tired from cleaning, Getting on the roads to begin the clean up as soon
as they did was a big help for workers to get to their destination. They
deserve a big thank you most of all because they can't leave the area and
they put all of us above their own needs.
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 Lawnmowers can be
brought back to life after going underwater. First, remove the spark
plug. Then, drain the old oil ( it will most likely be mixed with water).
Spray in the spark plug hole and the oil hole a ton of WD-40 or any
other kind of water dispersant. Pull the engine over while you do this -
the longer you do it the better. I will use a whole can of WD-40 on each
engine. Replace the oil with fresh oil and get a new spark plug. Now try
to start it. It will most likely start hard and smoke like hell when it
does fire. Run it for 15 to 30 minutes and then change the oil once more
and you should be good to go.
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| Fausto's on Fleming St. gave away over three hundred
and fifty free meals during the hurricane. And Jimmy Weekley (owner) is not
even the mayor anymore so his detractors can't say he did it to get
re-elected. |
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That is the way (homeless) Marge wants to
live. We know not why.
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This is Robert Holloway. To the person in
Tampa looking for me, I am okay. Fanci Seafood / E-Fish is up and
operating with minimal damage. Ice is available for those in need at no
charge, bring your own cooler(s).
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I saw the first ten point buck ever. What a magnificent creature. It
had six points on one side and four on the other. It also had a beautiful
coat. |
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Exxon-Mobil reported a ten Billion dollar profit for the last
quarter. This is the largest profit of any company in history. Thank
George W. and his oil men. They're laughing all the way to the bank. Hell,
they own the bank! |
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To
Vent, Rant and Rave: Maybe he’s like he is because of your non-stop
venting, ranting and raving. You sound like a person who’s really fun to
live with (Not). Ask him.
He’ll probably buy you a ticket to wherever you want to go. Like many
whining women you probably just don’t know when to shut up.
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 It is a
documented fact that fat women do better in hurricanes than thin
women; due to their lower center of gravity. The bad news for us Keys
guys is that all the thin ones blew away while the porkers hugged the
ground like ticks on a dog. The guy here that likes porkers, however, will
be in hog heaven.
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Sunday October 30, 2005 |
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Saturday October 29,
2005 |
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Thank God for my neighbors on Big Pine who
mopped the water out of my house!
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I was online-looking for pictures of the devastation, to send to a
friend that has no comprehension of what a storm can cause, If some-one
has any idea where to go Please let me know!
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I just want to tell all of you how I wish I was
there to help. My family vacations there every year. I hope everyone
is okay. I get upset when I watch the news and they talk about Miami, but
no mention of the Keys. I have friends in Ramrod Key that we met during
Hurricane Dennis--Tracy, Jerome, I hope you guys are okay. Does anyone
know how the Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge and Old Wooden Bridge cabins are,
and the damage if any? My prayers are with all of you.
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| This pine nut does not crack! |
| Re:
Local bands. I'm a part time Big Pine resident (trying to become a
full time resident.) who plays in a band who would love to play some of the
rooms around the Keys. If you know any of the local club owners who might
be looking for a change of pace musically, please have them check out the
band web site:
www.geocities.com/tedsooc |
| Here's some animal pictures to entice a smile.
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Kudos to Overseas Lumber and their fork lift
drivers. They have been unloading the food and water trucks each day. We
were able to get the Coca Cola fork lift for this afternoon. Nice to see
some companies helping when and where they can. One person can make a
difference. Just go and do something helpful. Throw a street party with
grills and such, take a friend and family to the free lunches and dinners
at the church. Take a bag of food stuff and find someone needing and say,
"Here, this is yours." p.s. You didn't have to take off my name
about yesterdays giving up(?)
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| Lack of information. We went all the way to Marathon
to register with FEMA and they were just taking applications for loans. |
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Has anyone
been out to Port Pine Heights? I heard there was 8-10 ft. surge on
N.W. side. All power poles are down. I am out of town and can't reach any
neighbors. Help!
(Ed: They had about four feet in the houses on the ground. Five poles are
down, but since replaced. They now have electricity except no one's
refrigerators are working.) |
 See
Mars Shine Bright on Saturday. The big, yellow "star" blazing in
the east this fall is Mars. On Oct. 29 the planet will be closer to Earth
than it will be again until 2018. It will remain a great telescope target
through mid-November. |
Re: I need a place I can shower, shelter, sleep and eat.
I'm not a dirty old woman. I'm a nice guy.
I know the homeless woman, Marge. Nobody chooses to live like that.
Marge is a nice person and should not have to live with cats in a car. Do
you think you've got it bad? |
| A little (more) fun at W's expense.
http://www.otoons.com/politics/condoleeza.htm
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To those jumping on the global warming bandwagon,
take a little time to read the opposing points of view to at least get an
idea that this might not be all our fault. There is big money to be made
from scaring people with global warming, and a lot of people are doing
just that and laughing all the way to the bank.
If you want to worry about something, be concerned
with the weakening magnetic field of the earth. That could get
nasty and we might be to blame with all those electromagnetic forces
radiating from power lines (just kidding, but I could make money off of
it).
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I always wanted to live on the water, but not like this! |
| I think the current Bush problems will be
called Cheney-gate but my vote goes to "Leakingliar-gate."
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| Can anyone tell me if the power is back on
on Cudjoe (Cutthroat Dr.)? I evacuated, and don't want to come back
until the power is back. |
| How can I get my lawnmower running after being
submerged? Water got in the cylinder. The carburetor is cleaned. |
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When is the Bacon Grease Woman Golf Course
going to open? I can't wait to see the size of the holes.
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The lack of nice-looking women in the Keys is appalling. It seems
that all we have down here are burnt out, well-used, hard drinking,
chain-smoking ladies with attitudes. Does anyone have a clue if there are
any decent single women living down here? I met a really nice one the
other night, but big surprise, she was from out of town. Maybe the FEMA
women will show some potential.
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This is a poem made up entirely of actual quotations
from George W.
Bush, arranged for "aesthetic" purposes, by Washington Post writer Richard
Thompson.
A wonderful poem like this is too good not to share.
Ah, yes! A testament to literacy in the age of Every Child Left Behind!
MAKE THE PIE HIGHER!
I think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It's a world of madmen and uncertainty
And potential mental losses.
Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the Internet
Become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?
They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being
And the fish can coexist.
Families is where our nation finds hope, Where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher!
Make the pie higher! |
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I'm hoping
to get back to Venture Out soon to see if there is any damage.
Does anyone know what happened on Cudjoe? Heard Fat Albert took a swim.
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| Key Deer Grill Sat
night 7 until 1--Terry Cassidy and crew on guitar, banjo. Singing country,
blue grass, sea grass. Singing songs about the Keys. It's a family place
with a family show. |
Classic 'Star Trek'
Actor Says He's Gay George Takei, the man best known for his
role as Mr. Sulu in "Star Trek," has come out as homosexual in the
current issue of a magazine covering the Los Angeles gay and lesbian
community. |
| Thank you for your wonderful web site! Please ask
people to send in more pictures of the conditions down there. Our news
stations aren't showing anything from the Big Pine area and since my
daughter and son-in-law live there I'm hungry for news. Thanks for keeping
us informed. |
| Yea! The web cam is back. |
| Thanks for the information on Sea Camp
and I am happy that you folks are getting some help down there. You folks
live in a wonderful area and it is a shame to see it in the shape it is. I
hope and pray that you all are safe and well. I look forward to coming down
in Feb to Sea Camp, and getting away from the snow that will be here. |
W. looks like he has
aged a bit this week. |
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Re: Disorganized Rescue Attempt. Why would
you need info if you evacuated? I mean, you obviously ignored the radio
reports to evacuate. Why would you be listening to the news reports
afterwards? When you're told to evacuate. Evacuate! The only one you can
blame is yourself!
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| If we evacuated every time they told us to we'd be
financially ruined. Who can afford to leave every time they tell us to?
Evacuation does not work. Only seven percent of the County residents
evacuated during this Category three hurricane. Most people won't evacuate.
The county hasn't learned that by now and they never will as long as the
present leadership is there. Only a few people actually leave the Keys. |
Happy, Happy Birthday Fletcher!
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Saturday October 29, 2005 |
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Friday October 28, 2005 |
How do you build an Arc? |
| Our TV Satellite Dish is knocked out of
whack and they can't come to adjust it until Nov. 6. It's going to be a long
wait without TV. |
| The insurance adjusters aren't coming to
inspect our downed vehicles until Nov 9 |
| Help! We are looking for a place to
temporarily dock our Catamaran until we can find a permanent place for it.
Our dock was completely destroyed and we desperately need a place to put our
boat. Can any of you kind souls on a canal help us out? Please call Jim or
Rosemary Mahon at 305-393-6319 or 305-393-6114. thank you so much. |
Pine nuts float! |
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I am so sorry to hear about the storm surge
messing you all up! Floods are the worst, what a mess, you have my
sympathy and well wishes!
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| To the girl who said there are not any good
looking guys in the Keys. You must not know John Meyers. He is the best
looking guy on the islands and his side kick Lanny is hot too. |
An honest man.
arrest date: 10/27/2005
Name: Wherley, Mark Allan dob:07/22/1959 age:46 sex:m race:w
Address: 14802 1st Ave Gulf, Marathon, Fl 33050
Occupation: "I'm a freeloader"
Arrest location: 1199 73 St Ocean, Marathon
Charges:1 misdemeanor count(s) of 843.15.1b Failure to appear for
misdemeanor offense. |
 My wife and I
hitched hiked to Marathon airport yesterday to get a rental. The lady at
Enterprise said we were no. 384 in line for a car. We're in our 60's and
when we told here we'd been stuck in the woods for three days with flooded
cars and finally decided to hitchhike to Marathon, she took pity on us and
gave us a car that they had been saving in the back. I'm now in love with
that lady. She's alright by me. Hitchhiking is demeaning. Everyone seemed to
be looking at us like we were losers. My wife thought we were going to get
murdered or something. |
| RE: No transportation. I hope your car
is under 6FT of seaweed; and what would you do if you had to get out now? |
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Webcam. Have been trying to view your live cam
on Big Pine. Are you having a problem with sending it? (Ed: We're all
right now.)
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Re: Decent looking guys. You girls
would get with any guy with money, 400 pounds, teeth or not.
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 Survivor.
I am glad that everyone seems to have survived the storm. The damage is
another story. About 7:50am I was awoken by a knock on my door. Yes, I
do try to sleep through the storms and do a pretty good job. Opening the
door, I was greeted by two strangers who asked; "Are you aware the house
next door to you is on fire?" Of course being a sound sleeper I was not.
My truck is parked between the two homes, so as soon as I was able to
gather myself enough, I moved the truck out of harms way.
At this stage there was smoke coming out of the
vent on top of the home and through a window unit air conditioner.
Without the benefit of power the thing that is most missed here is not
having my wake-up coffee. I decided to take my cat to my son's house on
Ramrod (I am on Big Pine.) I asked the stranger if he had called 911 and
he said, "Yes, about 6:30am." I called to make sure and was told that
"someone was on it."
I owe these men, perhaps they saved my life aside
from my vehicle, etc. I had a feeling of complete helplessness. The
house was boarded up tight and in reality I probably could not do
anything. The only thing I could think to do was turn the garden hose on
the two large propane tanks that sat between the homes. To make a long
story a little shorter, the fire truck showed up about 10:30am and by this
time the home was completely engulfed in flames. This was after another
call to 911 telling them if they don't get there in the next 10-15 minutes
this is going to be a whole hell of a lot worse. The fire crew
extinguished the flames pretty quickly. The vinyl siding on my trailer
was melted, so you can imagine the heat it generated.
It is sad that the emergency crews had to work
with far less personnel than normal times and I do not blame anyone as a
result. But what a terrible experience. And as always, finding the upside;
no one was injured. I found out later that the nice people who lived there
had no insurance. My landlord said, "This is why we bug out..." My
thought was, perhaps if they had not evacuated, they would still have a
house in this scenario. Personally, I have had enough. I have earned the
right to enjoy this winter here, but come next June I am going to get out
of here for 5-6 months and wear the label of snowbird. I am not sure
where I will go during the summer, but it won't be New Jersey!
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| Parrotdise. We went to eat yesterday and
Kip said that they weren't serving food until today (Friday) because they
don't have any freezers because all their food is fresh. Imagine that, a
restaurant without freezers? |
 Another
storm. "Beta nearing hurricane strength." What do we do as we
continue to research sufficiently the “untested theory” of global warming.
When we discover that we don’t have enough names for storms after running
out of the Greek alphabet? Shall we consider naming them after Republican
presidents, and then vice-presidents, beginning with most recent? |
| I am writing to the woman who wrote in "I'm at
Looe Key at 5:00 PM. On Friday nights. I'm usually home around 7-8 because
there isn't any good looking guys to look at. 7-8 can't be that late
to stay out? Let me know!" on Wednesday. I agree it is tough finding someone
out there these days. I have experienced the same problem. Shoot me an email
if you would like to meet for a cup of coffee or a drink.
keysfisherman@hotmail.com
This could be the start of something good. |
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I have to give up, trying to get food and water
to people without autos, and arranging auto to go and get people for some
hot food at the church. The army was willing to give all I could get
carried, but others decided that was just not going to work, there might
be some people hording the ice out there, I send seven people with trucks
back home that came to help, others didn't deliver on getting the word out
for hot food either. Three vans went out there this afternoon , but no one
was aware what they were for, I tried people , I really did!
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| I think the our rescue was totally
disorganized. What we really needed was information. And it was not
forthcoming. US-1 radio did the best they could, but they didn't even have
the best information. |
| Rose Drive, Eden Pines.
Best wishes to all. Please be careful during cleanup.
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| For those interested in the status on
Doctors Arm for those who can not get down here: I live in Dr Arm and we
took on 4 feet of water. If you are ground level, expect a big mess when you
get here. Doctors Arm is a great neighbor hood. I have lived there for a
long time and the people that live there are great too. Everybody be safe
and love thy neighbor because you never know when you might be needing a
little help. |
| To everyone in the area: I certainly hope
things are getting better there after Wilma. We visit on a regular basis and
have always found the community to be warm, wonderful and inviting. We have
a friend there at Fanci seafood, Robert Holloway. We have tried on
several occasions, both right before Wilma and after, but have been unable
to reach him. Does anyone know if Robert is OK? We are concerned here in
Tampa? Thanks for any news! |
Emergency preparedness? |
| Power is back on to Mango Land at
7:45pm. Nothing to keep me from washing my hair tonight. I can't wait for
the water heater to get ready. Doesn't take much to make me happy. Thank you
to the man from Shaw. My apologies to those of you that may still be
electrically challenged. |
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It was a pleasure to go to W/D Tues and find
the store was open and we could shop even though no perishable foods were
available. Everything else was there. Plenty of water, ice, and
batteries. Thank you all.
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Can someone please tell me where that
beautiful "Ode to Women" can be found? That was outstanding!
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I want to
add my plea to others that have posted inquiring about conditions on the
island. I am a long time owner on Doctor’s Arm and will not be able
to get down there to check things out for another week or so. Just how high
was the water on the east side? How about wind and debris damage? Broken
doors or windows? Should I even question...looting? Any responses would be
appreciated. |
Belated Birthday greetings to one of the Best that have served drinks at
the Looe Key Tiki Bar. "Happy Birthday Christie!"
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Friday October 28, 2005 |
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Thursday October 27, 2005 |
| (Ed: We're still running on our boat's
battery and an inverter because our vehicles' batteries are trashed
along with the vehicles. Maybe we'll get some electricity today. Oh, my
gosh. Keys Energy is outside my house! It's looking good!) |
| Hope all my great friends in the Keys
survived Wilma with minimum losses of stuff and most of all, no loss of
life. You can always replace stuff. You can't replace the quality Piners.
Hope y'all get back to normal (whatever that means) ASAP. Hope Ed's boat
battery holds up. My body is in AZ, but my Heart, My Mind, and especially My
Friends will always be in the Keys. Stay Well and Dry |
| We
hope everyone down there is recovering. We know how horrible these
hurricanes are. We took a beating in Georges. After we sold in March
we knew we were going to miss the Keys . This hurricane season made us
realize we made the right choice to leave. Yet our hearts will always be in
the Keys and we miss it there very much. We wish we were rich enough. |
I still remember putting $1.00 worth of gas in my '49 Mercury, and I
got 4 Gallons! More than enough to go to the Submarine Races! |
| Here is some news on Seacamp of Big
Pine Key: "We know that everyone has been thinking about us here on Big Pine
Key, so here is a quick update on the situation at camp after Hurricane
Wilma. We had a 6-8 foot storm surge on the property. The flattops and the
new docks did well, though our staff houseboats did not do so well - one is
just gone, the Keebler sank, the Barnacle and the Seagoing
are high and dry, but still intact. There is some minor roof damage on
some of the buildings. There was two feet of water in Sunrise, Sunset and
the Dining Hall. The executive trailer is over on its side. Cell phone
coverage is sporadic, but we got power back today - yahoo! We will post
photos soon and let you know when and how to check them. |
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To all those that trashed local bands. Thankfully we have them! You
don't see major or even minor stars stopping by the Tiki Bar or The House
of Music. We should be thankful that local bands exist and perform! It
gives locals like me a night on the town to get together with friends,
dance and have a good time. Thanks to all of the local musicians!
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 To those of
you out of the area, there has been a lot of flooding damage. A
lot of people lost their cars. Ground level houses had 4 and 5 feet of
water in them. Places that haven't flooded before with the hurricanes got
a lot of water. A lot of the canals in Eden Pines overflowed. The jail
on Stock Island had about 8 feet of water come in, a lot of officers on
duty at the jail lost their cars. While driving from Key West to Big Pine
Tuesday morning I saw boats on US 1, a bait freezer, a hot tub, all of
them brought up to the road by the water. Fat Albert is gone again. We
had more damage from flooding than from the wind.
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| The difference between the Keys and
Miami-Dade: We have our neighbors and determination. Miami has lots of
people, that happen not be to be as friendly and helpful as us in the Keys.
That's why I love the Keys, keep your heads up, help your neighbors. Lets
show everyone how strong the Keys really are. The progress shows, I've
knocked out 3 houses in 3 days...Keep moving! |
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Being the voice of reason in mass hysteria is
really hard. No one will listen. Even if you're right people are just to
wound up to consider a different option than what is base. |
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Thursday October 27, 2005 |
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Wednesday October 26,
2005 |
| 6pm.Ed: I'm going to just feed you Piners the raw
unedited postings without snappy graphics because I don't know how long my
boat battery is going to last. We're one of the few places that still don't
have electricity. So here goes... |
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If that monstrosity
under construction at the Boondocks golf course is a statue of the
legendary Bacon Grease Woman, then I think you will find that it will be
the easiest hole to reach, not the most difficult. And we all know where
that guy who likes fat women will be hanging out.
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I did see a homeless, "dirty" looking woman at Winn
Dixie. When I tried to help her, however, I quickly learned she was a
snowbird from New Jersey and "didn't need any of my friggin' help."
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So now we find out that the Keys carpet muncher is
not much to look at- big surprise there. I would also be willing to bet
the women who go out with him are on the lower end of the looks scale.
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I agree that most bands down here suck compared to
what you can find in the big cities, but you are not going to get great
acts for the price the local establishments pay. Remember, you always have
a couple of options: drink a little more and enjoy what is here, or move.
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For the women looking for single, young hair on their
head men, are all of the features required? I am single, maybe young (mid
30's) have hair on my head but thinning, have all my teeth and a job. I
also have a big Penis. Does that count for anything?
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Re the women living @WD parking lot her name is
Marge she has been part of this community over 15 yrs or more she has a
booth @ the flea market ,this is the way she
chose to live .
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I'm at Looe Key at 5:00 PM. On Friday nights. I'm
usually home around 7-8 because there isn't any good looking guys to look
at.
7-8 can't be that late to stay out? Let me know!
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I'm at Looe Key at 5:00 PM. On Friday nights. I'm
usually home around 7-8 because there isn't any good looking guys to look
at.
7-8 can't be that late to stay out? Let me know!
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I agree that guys sons videos suck!
We heard he used to be a Producer
for Comcast Channel 5 (another piece of crap).
He ran away to New York City because Key Tv
wouldn't hire him.
What a loser!
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i get so mad at the people
putting fat women down! well let me tell ya, they're great for providing
shade in the summer, and heat in the winter! On a more serious note, I
hope everyone came through this storm safely. Billy wagner was on cnn
early this am saying that only 10% of the county evacuated! we look like
total idiots to the rest of the country. then to top it off, two drunks
get into a fist fight in key weird followed by an interview with a gay
drunk! the perfect thumbnail sketch of the lower keys. well, the TDC has
their work cut out for them now.
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| I am a long
time property owner out on Doctor’s Arm. Would very much appreciate some
condition reports on flooding, wind damage or other property damage as I am
not able to drive down right away to check my place. I hope everyone dodged
the bullet on this one ok. I will check the site often realizing that you
probably don’t have power yet as of Monday afternoon. |
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| To our elected officials, bureaucrats, and utility
employees: public servants are elected by and work for us taxpaying
citizens. We appreciate your advice, but we don't appreciate being told when
and where to evacuate. This is a decision we will make ourselves, based on
the best information available. Those of us who stayed home during Wilma did
so to defend our properties and avoid being part of a horrendous mass
exodus. In many cases, we were able to prevent damage by being on site
during the storm. In all cases, we were able to avoid injury to us or our
families (early reports show no injuries or deaths from Wilma in the Keys).
Sometimes its important to remember that we homeowners are not dummies who
need politicians and bureaucrats to order us around; we can make our own
decisions, and most often they are the right ones. |
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With
hurricanes, tornado's, flooding and severe t-storms tearing up the country
from one end to another, with the big quake in Pakistan, the quote of the
month is from .....Jay Leno:"Are we sure this is a good
time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?" |
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Rosa Parks is dead. Who cares? It is all over the
news that she is dead as if we care. The only good thing to come of it is
that our great country now has one less black person. I would suggest
they make it a holiday so her people could take the day off but why
bother? Black people don't work anyway.
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| I hope you all are doing well after Wilma
came through there, and that nobody was hurt. I am wondering what happened
at the sea camp? We are heading down there in Feb with some students and I
am interested in how it faired in the storm. |
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L I KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT
EVERYTHING HURTS OR DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. I'M NOT REALLY SURE, CAUSE I JUST
CAN'T REMEMBER ENOUGH TO KNOW!! I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHICH DOCTOR FIXES WHAT |
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My name is
Louis Cutler and I live on Big Pine at 30736 Hammock Big Pine Key. It is
down the road from the Cracked Egg restaurant and next to the Royal Palm
Trailer Park. We have been trying to get news on Big Pine and the conditions
there for a couple of days. No news organizations seem to be providing
anything for us to go on. We are simply trying to find out whether we have
anything to go back to and what conditions we will find when we get there.
If you could provided us some feed back so we would know what to bring and
be prepared for when we come we would be very grateful. We left last Tuesday
and have not seen our home since. Thanks in advance. |
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Here's hoping BPK.com HQ is OK. We were
luckier than many others and am thankful. Hope all is well with Editor.
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the "dirty old lady" you are concerned about has been
around for many years, she has her cats and books,she likes beer and minds
her own business...I can feel that you would like to help "someone"
....try bring in the guys empty garbage cans from next store ,or his or
her newspaper,pull some weeds on the lot down the street,random acts of
kindness are a great thing and should be part of all caring folks life,s.....ooo
and you must not tell anyone that you did these random acts of
kindness,that would be selfserveing and not in keeping with what we are
speaking of.....there are so many things within YOUR power that would make
someones life alittle better..........look alittle closer to home......
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Handy info for the next storm season.
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| Saturday night -- great party at the Tiki Bar at Ramrod.
Many people around now hopefully still around when the storm comes ashore.
I wish them luck! |
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You gotta love it! The Bush administration is about
to implode with the sleeze finally catching up with Tom Delay, Karl Rove,
Scooter Libby, and the hollowness of the Iraq war taking hold of rational
minds throughout the world. These guys are starting to make the Nixon
white house look like a bunch of choir boys.
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| If you are getting bored with your regular Keys bar, try
the Looe Key Tiki Bar at MM 27. This place doesn't have a website and it
doesn't advertise, but word of mouth seems to work pretty well. The best
time to go is on weekends when a good rock band like Mile Marker 24 or
Injade are playing. There is always a strong party atmosphere working, and
the dance floor fills up fast. Notice the range in ages - where else do you
find such a variety of party people? Even |
Cracked Conch keeps crackin'
In its 26-year history, the Cracked Conch, a restaurant of
legendary proportions in Marathon, has never closed. Not through Andrew,
Georges, Katrina, Rita and certainly, not through Wilma.
Though 6 feet of storm surge had washed through much of
Marathon, the restaurant, a simple one-story structure with worn tables and
chairs, was open for business. The hours and the menu would be abbreviated.
Four hours of service on Monday.
The menu: chicken sandwich or fried fish basket.
Drinks were more bountiful: lemonade, Chardonnay and plenty
of ice-cold beer.
The owner, Joe DeConda, cleaned the tables after each
satisfied and thankful customer, left.
"Someone has to be here for the local people," DeConda
said.
He would close at 5 p.m. much to the dismay of many
residents who continued to pull into the driveway after closing.
DeConda, a slightly rotund man, who greeted his regular
customers by first name, was admittedly weary. It's hard living up to a
business mantra that requires full service, seven days a week, no matter the
weather.
"I think we set something in motion that we can never
undo," he laughed.
"We're afraid that if we stayed closed, just once, they
would never let us re-open." |
http://www.justracin.net/is.swf
I've often wondered
if you should leave your computer turned on during the night. I now have
the answer as to what happens to your computer while it is unattended
during the night while you sleep. Turn on your sound...
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| "One flaw in women." The Lord replied. By
the time the Lord made woman, he was into his sixth day of working
overtime.
An Angel appeared and said, "Why are you spending so much time on this
one?"
And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her? She has to be
completely washable, but not plastic, have over 200 working parts, be
able
to run on Diet Coke and leftovers, have a lap that can hold 4 children at
one time, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a
broken
heart- and she will do everything with two hands."
The Angel was astounded at these requirements. "Only two hands? No way!
And that's the standard model? That's too much work for one day, wait
until
tomorrow to finish."
"But I won't, the Lord protested. I am so close to finishing this
creation that is so close to my heart. She already heals herself when she
is sick, AND can work 18 hour days."
The Angel moved closer and touched the woman. "But you have made her so
soft, my Lord."
"She is soft, but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she
can endure and accomplish."
"Will she be able to think?" Asked the Angel.
"Not only will she be able to think, but she will be able to reason and
negotiate."
Then the Angel touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like you were
trying to put too much into this one, there is a leak."
"That is not a leak, that is a tear".
"What is the tear for?" The Angel asked.
The Lord said, " The tear is her way of expressing joy, her sorrow, her
pain, her love, her lonliness, and her pride."
The Angel was impressed. You are a genius Lord, you thought of
everything. Woman is truly amazing!
And she is.
Women have strengths that amaze them. They can bear hardships and carry
burdens, but they hold happiness and joy. They will smile when they want
to
scream, They will sing when they want to cry.
They will cry when they are happy, and laugh when they are nervous, they
will fight for what they believe in, and stand up to injustice.
She won't take no for an answer, when she believes there is a better
solution. She will go without, so that her family will not. She will go
to
the doctor with a frightened friend. She will love unconditionally. She
will cry when her children excel and cheer for her friends when they get
awards.
She is happy when she hears of a birth or a wedding. Her heart breaks
when a friend dies, she grieves the loss of a family member. Yet she is
strong when she thinks ther is no strength left. She knows that a kiss
and
a hug can heal a broken heart.
You see women come in all sizes, shapes and colors. They will drive,
walk, run or send an e-mail to you to let you know how much they care.
The
heart of a good woman is what makes the world keep turning. They bring
hope
and joy and they have compassion and ideals and they give moral support
to
their family and friends. Women have vital things to say and everything
to
give. However, if there is one flaw in women, it is...that they forget
their worth. |
| A friend from Virginia wants to know if
there's any way to help. Let me know. Carole (recently back from Guatemala) |
| Glad to hear from you. Anxious for news
from the neighbors. Hang in there all! |
Boycott Wal-Mart
A memo to Wal-Mart's board proposes ways to limit
health care costs, including discouraging unhealthy job applicants. |
|
déjà vu all over again /Oct 26
Miami police officers sought yesterday to control a crowd trying to enter
the Orange Bowl in hopes of getting water and 10,000 bags of ice there.
Top of Form 1
South Florida was a coast-to-coast mess on Tuesday as millions of people
remained without power, huge lines formed for basic supplies and drivers
wove through packed, debris-strewn streets with no traffic signals.
Despite Gov.
Jeb Bush's assurances that recovery
from Hurricane Wilma would proceed smoothly after lessons learned from seven
previous storms, the government response looked frayed. In Broward and
Miami-Dade Counties, people lined up for ice and water only to learn that
government deliveries of both were late.
Many busy intersections had no police officers to guide impatient
drivers. Schools and most businesses remained closed as dazed multitudes
wandered in search of food, gasoline and cell phone reception. The one bit of
luck was blissfully cool air, brought in by the storm, that made the lack of
air-conditioning endurable.
A day after Hurricane Wilma struck, leaving at least six dead, power had
been restored to several hundred thousand households and businesses by
Tuesday evening. But 3.1 million still had no electricity, including about
93 percent of customers in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. Eleven other
counties also reported power failures, many of them widespread. Officials at
Florida Power and Light said some customers might have to wait four weeks. |
| Voice of Jolly Green Giant Dies at 80
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr., who extolled vegetables to
generations of TV watchers as the booming voice of the Jolly Green Giant,
has died. He was 80. |
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Sorry to hear you got clobbered this time. I've been
checking daily to see if you're back. The news didn't make the damage
sound quite so bad as you describe. Good luck to you all.
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Autos may have to be scrapped
Vehicles flooded by storm surge are iffy candidates for repair, according to
Keys auto experts who have seen this before.
“If the water got inside, then it's almost not worth spending the money it
takes to repair,” said Ronnie Freeman of Freeman Automotive in Marathon.
The height of the water is key in assessing how much damage was done.
And the fact that saltwater is so devastating to electrical systems and
onboard computers escalates the cost of repair.
“When water gets into the main harness and the computer, forget it,” said
Mitty Ram, owner of RAM Unlimited.
If the battery was submerged, as soon as the ignition is turned on, a short
runs throughout the electrical system, he added, making the damage even
worse.
Even when cars start up and appear to run OK after flooding, the long-term
prospects are not very good, said Freeman, who worked on cars that were
flooded by last year's hurricanes when flooding was much, much less.
“It's a can of worms,” he said. “Once the water has reached the floorboards
inside, that usually means the electrical system. And you can fix one thing
and then find out later something else goes bad.”
Insurance companies have varying policies on repair versus writing off
vehicles as a total loss.
The recent experience with insurance adjusters in the New Orleans flooding
as well as flooding along the Alabama and Mississippi coasts provides some
guidance.
Based on Blue Book value of the car, older models are simply declared a
total loss. It's not worth what it would take to replace and repair all the
components that have gone bad.
Ram notes that a starter can be replaced, but once water has gotten up into
the cylinders or the computer system, then it's a total loss.
Both Freeman and Ram advised flushing vehicles with fresh water as soon as
possible, especially to clean the undercarriage, brakes, rotors and wheels,
where saltwater does great damage.
Following New Orleans, insurance companies began a national clearinghouse to
keep track of vehicles declared a total loss after flooding. That's to
prevent unsuspecting buyers from purchasing a flood-damaged vehicle later. |
Hurricane wisdom
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car
payments.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day! . Teach him how to fish, and
he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day |
| Garrison Keillor on Halloween
And so we should celebrate Halloween. It's as close to a carnival as we
have, and it's a chance to slip out of the stereotypes assigned to us and
find truth and beauty in caricature. If you are pegged as a Midwestern mom,
Monday is your chance to be Decadent Heiress, Transcendental Heartthrob,
Taxi Dancer, Aviatrix, Lady Macbeth or the Goddess Athena,
and break free of your family's low expectations -- a
chance to be something passionate.
We made our choices in life, based on lousy
information, and got stuck being who we are. You: attractive, impetuous,
with bedroom eyes and a savage wit. Me: rumpled, preoccupied, shambling,
dropping things. And do we regret this? No, not really. A person only needs
to be truly understood by two or three people. Everyone else is audience.
Passion is in your head. Two people can be married for a dog's age and
despite all the aches and bruises of matrimony they still look at each other
and get excited. Nobody else understands this. Nobody else needs to.
So, on the Eve of All Hallows, let us paint our faces and put feathers in
our hair and venture off along the curve of the earth and be somebody else. |
More hurricane wisdom
Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and a dark side, and
it holds the universe together.
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. |
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I am
trying to find out information about how much damage Big Pine had from
Wilma. I lived in Eden Pines until 2 years when we moved back home. I
still love the Keys and am concerned about my former home. Please let me
know how you guys are doing, etc
Keyspug@bellsouth. |
| 9am Hello Everybody! I'm running on my boat battery and I don't
know how long it will last. Corporate headquarters has taken a beating and
our transportation fleet is out for the count. Call FEMA at 1-800-621-3362
and file for assistance. Or go online at
www.FEMA.GOV and apply online. I think all our vehicles are not fixable.
We're screwed. We're going to try to make it to the highway to get some
food. Help your neighbors if you can. We can all pull together. Please be
patient. We have a lot of stories to share. We'll try to get your emails
later if the battery holds up. |
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Wednesday October 26, 2005 |
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Sunday October 23, 2005 |
Re: Wilma. The waiting is getting old. I feel like I'm sitting on a
time bomb. |
| If you see a homeless, "dirty" looking
woman at the Winn Dixie parking lot... write down the address of where
she can shower and a shelter she can stay in. Be kind enough to help. |
|
Regarding the comments about Sea Center. I
recently bought a new motor from Sea Center and I was treated like
royalty. I do not know the owners, I can only speak for myself that they
went way beyond the call of duty to make this customer happy. If I ever
win the lottery, I can guarantee you that Sea Center is where I will buy
my new boat. Also, several of the guys commented to me how wonderful the
owners were to work for. I'm confused on how the writer is making these
assumptions, I can only guess jealousy plays a factor.
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I was listening to that
old rock 'n roll song from the fifties, Jim Dandy (to the
rescue) and I realized that Lavern Baker is actually saying, "Jim Danny."
How about that? |
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To the erudite band critic complaining about
existing bands and their repertoires: bands play what the majority of
people in the area want to hear and dance to, otherwise they lose their
audiences. Note the number of salsa, rap and country bands that thrive
down here.
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There are a lot of old buzzards farting in
bars around here; and they are proud of it! Some of them even think they
can fly.
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 I have a
request, as Wilma passes to our North (typed with fingers crossed) please
limit your time on the web cam. If you live and stayed here you know what
the weather looks like without visiting the web cam. I am thinking that it
can only handle so many visitors at one time. Please leave those spots for
residents, friends and family that are not here, that may want to check the
weather conditions. I give the address to friends and family, out of town,
that want to check up on me. They always report "Ready" and black screen. I
think that is because too many of us go there and leave it there. It does
not disconnect after 10 minutes, I have tried. Check it and leave, please.
Thank you. Stay safe.
(Ed: Because it is live streaming video only five viewers are able to log
on at one time.) |
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Why is it when I
order from 2 for 20 during the day the food is great but, when I
order at night the food sucks
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Hey Editor, please explain how "The Nextel Lady" is
any more specific then, and this was copied and pasted from the gossip
column just as it was yesterday but once again you changed what someone
said "but the Spanish-speaking "helper" watching me had a big
attitude, " in Winn Dixi isn't naming a person? I am sure you will edit
this to read in your favor just like you have in the past. Your such a
phoney you should be a polatition. (unedited)
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There are 2 bridges on the road to No Name Pub. You have to go over
the first but not the second. |
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The person complaining about Keys Bands
is right. They all sound like a Karaoke contest! Nothing new, nothing
original and not to good either!
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| They
(guys with teeth) can't all be in Key West Gay Bars? Aren't there
any decent looking guys in Marathon? Oh, by the way, the guy you girls are
talking about so much for the last couple of weeks. He ain't nothing to
look at! I didn't go out with him. |
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I don't know what every body's worried
about, I never heard of any chick named Wilma, who gave a good BJ!
|
 Wet your whistle.
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim,
or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the
whistle to get some service. “Wet your whistle” is the phrase inspired by
this practice |
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Personal hurricane shelters?
You are kidding right? Can't you dummies see a con when it hits you in the
wallet? You are 150 miles out to sea, live with it or leave!
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| To the guys
who like fat, out of shape women,
we know you're stuck with one, and misery loves company, but come on,
you're making us sick in the stomach with your revolting postings.
Fat chicks are good for one thing, bait! |
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Brotherly love.
Re: Can't evacuate because you don't have transportation? Are
you from New Orleans or what? We the People are getting sick and tired of
you cry babies who want to blame every body else for your problems and get
everything for free. Grow up, wise up, or get out!
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Buzzards are the only birds that can fart! You've never been
drinking beer at the Tiki Bars, have you?
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Gee, a
Miniature golf course at Boondocks. What's next? A Bowling for Dollars
lawn, an automated welfare machine? How about a walk through foot wash for
the s**t-kickers who go there? The Lower Keys are aptly named!
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| To all my friends in the Keys, please
take care! |
|
The large
construction project at Boondocks is not going to be a caveman or a cow. It
is going to be a huge statue of the Bacon Grease Woman. It’s going
to erupt every 15 minutes. Designers say that this will be the most
difficult hole on the course to reach. |
Wonder what Key West would look like
without tourist?
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The single, young, hair on the head, and teeth in
the mouth men are around. The problem is in order to be single and
young here, we all have to work on Saturday mornings! That makes late
nights on Friday very rare! Tell us where the decent girls are and we
will be there!
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Sunday October 23, 2005 |
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Saturday October 22,
2005 |
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Buzzards are the only birds that can fart! |
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Personal hurricane shelters. The emergency
services personal and medical staff will still be here in their own
shelters; and for those who didn't stock up, FEMA should have emergency
stockpiles in the public shelters throughout the Keys. We have to think
about hurricanes differently if we want to really save lives. |
| What's up with the Post Office closing on Wednesday?
Talk about poor leadership. |
|
Re: single, younger, hair
on your head and teeth in your mouth guys. Sorry to tell you, but
they're all in Key West gay bars. |
 For those with
transportation. First off, It's your own fault you don't have
transportation and live on Islands. Secondly, Key West has been running
busses to the Miami area for people with no transportation since
Wednesday. If you're still here you're just here to complain.
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How does our Editor decide what postings
contain names and what ones don't? I have seen many similar postings
where some contain names and some do not. Someone else commented on that
a few weeks back and our wonderful Editor wormed his way out of it.
Furthermore, oh wonderful Editor, where is your Name and or email address?
Examples below.
This one had person's email. Please note that a
product name is mentioned, not a company or person:
"Did anyone happen to listen to Biz Baz this morning
and hear that bimbo from the Nextel company? I thought we were rid
of her when she moved down to the Key West store but now she has to call
our radio show. She is a piece of work. I would bet the class she
skipped most often in school was English Grammar. I wonder if Nextel has
heard the way she talks on public radio when promoting their name."
Let's have some consistency Mr. Editor.
(Ed: I'm sorry you were offended, but the two examples [that I didn't
print for space reasons] you cited were complaining about a
business--W/D, and your comment was to criticized a real person--the
Nextel lady. There is a big difference.)
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This is for real!
Is
Your Printer Spying on You? |
Has anyone seen this website? A friend sent it to
me. It is kind of like an Ebay and all around classified ad in one. I
have found some pretty cool stuff there.
http://miami.craigslist.org/
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Why in today's society would someone
actually post on a website that they were "gone down on" for all to
read? I realize that the posts are anonymous, however, that is pushing
the edge. If this guy is so great, leave your lackadaisical, tongue
less husband and move in with him. Apparently since he took the time to
call a few days later or even the next day--he might be worth it. If your
husband/significant other is worthless, leave! Don't go bringing more bad
into the marriage/relationship!
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Pritham Singh? He is the loss of horizon!
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I want to encourage the guy who likes fat, out of
shape women. I wish there were more of you as it would lessen
competition for the thin women in the Keys. You may want to move (back?)
to Michigan. It has the fattest women in the country. And if you are in
reality a fat woman writing in as a man, shame on you.
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That under-construction centerpiece of the miniature golf course next
to the Cow Palace now appears to have four legs. I am beginning to agree
with the submitter last week; this is going to be a big cow. Moo.
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I need to vent, rant and rave. Don't read it
if you don't want to hear it.
Why do people smoke marijuana. every friggin' day?
Especially if they smoke cigs too? I mean c'mon already, how old are
you? You're not in college anymore, you have to smoke every single day?
The only thing I may need every day is my medicine prescribed by a doctor
so I can live. Perhaps some food and water. What ever happened to just
now and then? I'm just so sick of it. He's a liar too. I recently
caught him lying again. He had a secret cell phone with three other
woman's numbers in them. He had 3 different BS excuses of why. He just
didn't want to tell me so he, "didn't have to hear my "s**t". Guys, do
you really think it's OK to lie over and over again and not get s**t for
it? How about this? Don't give us anything to complain about and we
won't. Be honest, true and loving. Treat us well, rub our feet, satisfy
us and we will go to the ends of the earth for you. Why is this so hard??
Another peeve; let me tell you guys us woman don't appreciate cat
"whistle" calls, it doesn't turn us on. Frankly, it grosses me out.
Whistle at me and say, oh, "hot mama" doesn't make me feel beautiful. You
can't "touch" me because you don't like to be touched? What the hell is
wrong with you? The worst thing is he believes his own BS. Very sad.
He runs a small business and keeps his employees on full payroll year
round. Yeah, great guy provides for his staff and their family, but can't
provide for his own. He never has any cash. Says he doesn't pay for his
"stuff". He works for it, hmmm then why don't you ever have any money?
Ladies be warned. He will be looking for his next victim very soon. This
guy has all his teeth, a job, decent to look at and is extremely
charming to woo you. He may seem like a good catch in the beginning but
be warned. He is never to be trusted. I truly believe at this point he's
just a pathological liar and just doesn't know the difference. If you
take him in he will lie and deceive like no other. Oh, also he is
manipulative, controlling and physically abusive. I am disappointed that
I stayed as long as I did. Thank god there are no kids involved. I can't
wait for this damn storm to be over with so I can find my own place
and erase him from my memory forever. Hopefully he'll eventually leave
and go back to his hick town where he can smoke up till he dies of
cancer.
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Time for some new bands here in the lower Keys. Dirt Band, Conch
Republic, Moondogs, Jack Nasty, Bo and the Hitchhikers. Same old songs,
same old dumb lines. Time to update.
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I am sorry that you have had an unpleasant experience
at Keys Sea Center. I have been doing business there since the mid
eighty's with both the old and new owners and my service has been nothing
but first rate and professional. The new owners have gone out of their
way to assist me with my needs and they have always done it in a friendly
way.
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Ed: What's up. I have sent posting
twice and they have not been posted. I thought the first was perhaps lost
in cyber space, but twice in a row?
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The fact is, according to those in the know, that if Al Gore were
president none of these storms would have happened. The only problem is we
would have been bored to death a long time ago.
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I don't know where all the single, younger, hair
on your head and teeth in your mouth guys hang out, but I do know
where bloated, chain smoking, hairier than skunk ape, tattooed behemoths
hang out--the bovine palace.
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Jim Cantore was broadcasting
from Key Largo last night! Run away, run away!
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The only center we have here on BPK is the
AARP and the W/D social center
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What's up with the dirty looking
women who lives in her car at Winn Dixie? Her car is full to the brim
with junk. And she has cats living in that cramped car. I fell sorry for
her, but are those animals suffering in that hot car?
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 I was in no way
bashing you, just stating about the great customer service offered at
Ace Big Pine. I did not say anything bad about Ace on Summerland or
about you. Maybe you should go back and read what I wrote and not try to
read in between the lines. I am sorry to see that Monkey is gone from Ace
Big Pine, a very down to earth person. I think we have many stores right
here on Big Pine, that offer great customer service, so why go else where.
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| For the best pizza in town, it's 2 for 20 in the
Marshall building. Great subs and wings too. Kudos to Joe, Phil, Leo, David
and the rest of the staff. |
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. |
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RE:
Tim Dorsey
The bar is
No Name Pub. Take the right fork at light in Big Pine (Wilder). Left at stop
sign. Follow road to the right. Bar on left about a mile. If you go over the
bridge you went too far. |
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Saturday October 22, 2005 |
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Friday October 21, 2005 |
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Wilma!
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| Parrotdise will be closed from Thursday
Oct 20 until Monday Oct 24. |
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I see an ad in the houses for sale part of the
classifieds for the following:
Ramrod Key. Breezeswept Estates. 3+/2.5+.
Concrete 60 ft seawall, boat lift, davits. 1868 s/f and more. w/ 2 ton
AC's. Wrap around walkway, deck, 24 x 10 covered screen porch off pocket
door LR & DR. Cathedral tongue and groove cedar ceilings. $895,000 owner
agent, brokers welcome.
There is no contact information for the owner or how
to see this house. If the person who placed the ad is reading can you
please post your contact information? I would put my contact information
but I do not want to be flooded by Realtors telling me about all of their
houses that are "Great Deals."
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What does anyone know or would be willing to say about Pritham Singh
the Marathon developer?
And what is the name of the bar that Tim Dorsey
writes about in his latest book? And how do you get there?
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Did anyone happen to listen to Biz Baz this morning
and hear that bimbo from the Nextel company? I thought we were rid
of her when she moved down to the Key West store but now she has to call
our radio show. She is a piece of work. I would bet the class she
skipped most often in school was English Grammar. I wonder if Nextel has
heard the way she talks on public radio when promoting their
name.--DickLarge1@aol.com
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| Personal hurricane shelters address
survival at the outset but what about after storm's passage? When Monroe
County evacuates, there is no emergency medical services available. Home
shelters should also include personal protection (and I don't mean condoms).
You may be prepared to survive but others who choose to stay may not
otherwise be prepared. Hungry and thirsty people can become desperate as
Katrina showed. From the perspective of the goverment or insurance
companies, I can't see the benefits of personal hurricane shelters. Risk is
still incurred after storm passage. |
Taking cat loving a bit too far. |
| What is up with the people who own Sea
Center? I mean, the guys who work there are great (except one of the
front desk guys) but the owners walk around like they are royalty and treat
their workers like monkeys. What is up with that? Come on, you own a
business on Big Pine Key, barely on the frigging map. Get over your
important selves! |
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A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue. |
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Personal hurricane shelters should be subsidized
by the government. That's what they did in the fifty's during the nuclear
scare. They gave you a flat cash amount and tax credits. We could do that
here if we can only get the county to think in a different direction. If I
were to evacuate for Whilma I wouldn't even know where to go. It looks the
storms going right up Florida. |
| Cat humor.
http://www.club300.ru/public/content/media/humor/cat_new/cat_new.swf
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The Houston Astros won the National League Championship, but nobody
rioted!
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What local civic center? I have animals too
and am not leaving them behind.
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Ok, I have been reading about this guy for months
now. Who is this emphasis wonderful lover? Or should I call him Magic
Tongue? Or should I call him walking STD?
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I, too, vote for personal ads to stay in the
personal ads column. Please, enough.
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| By no means was I bashing Ace in Big Pine.
They are a great bunch of people also. I was just stating the position of
the great service that I appreciate everyday at Summerland. I appreciate
that you like Big Pine, but I see no reason to bash me for saying something
nice about someone else. |
 To the person
or persons who absconded with my brand new Ryobi Weed
Wacker. Please at your
convenience return and pick up additional attachments. I would not want
the thief who stole this to be without said attachments.
jakbil@bellsouth.net
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Everyone please be safe and evacuate if you
can. I hate for anything to happen to all my loved ones or anybody else
for that matter. Welcome back Ed; just in time huh?
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| All of you married people are recommending
against having sex with a new partner due to the fear of disease. So
what are we single guys supposed to do? |
| Just where are we supposed to evacuate
to? |
| If there was any remaining doubt
Brownie was not. "doing a heck of a job."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/katrina_fema
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Since "Mr. Tongue for Hire" doesn't seem to
discriminate, how about hooking him up with the Bacon Grease girl? Let's
make sure this is safe sex, however, and strap a 2 X 4 to his back. We
don't want to lose such a quality professional gentleman.
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 The guy who
writes in saying he has hooked up with model looking girls and big girls
forgot to mention that when he dated the models he was pleasured at his
own hand. We all have to put it somewhere and I would rather put mine in
a bigger girl than my smaller hand. The few times I have been with a
little Barbi doll girl I felt like I was doing a child. I felt dirty. I
like my women to have breasts and a bottom I can grab. With that
being said, give a big girl a try, you just might fall in love.
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Old Key West saying:
"What to do for a hurricane: Nail it, Glue it, Tape it, Tie it, Chain it,
Weight it, Pool it, Anchor it, Clamp it, Weld it, Solder it, Rivet it, and
if you're still in doubt...Screw it!"
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I have no transportation how the hell do
I get
out of here!
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Hey Guys, My nose is killin me, I can't find any
bond info on the arrest made at HoM and Key Deer for gambling. It
seems that all those folks could not have been released on there O.R.
Please help get my nose out of the Islands butt.
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| Tech Support. Enough with
the cache problems. Go to Tools - Options - General - Temporary
Internet Files - Settings. Select either "Every visit to the page" or at
least "Every time you start Internet Explorer". You'll never have the
problem again. Note that since this does download the page every time you
will run somewhat slower. |
Where do all the single, younger, hair on your head and teeth in your
mouth guys go on Friday nights around here? I haven't seen any in Big
Pine Key.
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| I would like to weigh in regarding the
hardware store wars. Summerland Hardware is one of two of the greatest
run businesses in Monroe County. The other is Beckman's NAPA in Marathon.
These two entrepreneurs hold a standard of excellence that would exhaust any
other of the best of what is available in this county, and likely much of
south Fla.
I could go on with accolades, but I will just say; they care enough about
their community to stay open Sundays, and to last minutes when hurricanes
are imminent. What is discouraging is most of the patrons are too ignorant
to know the difference. This is the reason Winn Dixie hasn't evaporated ( I
haven't been for more than a year, and won't be back although I live next to
them), and any number of businesses here owned by slovenly one way slackers.
Personally, I have a theory that the reason rotten businesses flourish here,
may be that most of the resident patrons either directly or indirectly feed
from the public trough (recipients of tax money through contracts or
salary), and wouldn't recognize good services and quality products if they
lived a thousand years. My premise is; a sub-standard is perfectly
acceptable to those who never hold themselves accountable, and who excel at
nothing but being parasites. |
Happy Birthday to my twin sis on the 21st ! |
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Friday October 21, 2005 |
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Thursday October 20,
2005 |
Yabba, Dabba, Do. Watch out for Wilma! |
| Re: evacuation plan. If you can't afford to leave
just head to a local civic center and all will be taken care of. FEMA
still doesn't know where evacuees are. The Red Cross and federal
government said Tuesday that they had been significantly overreporting the
number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees in hotels. Instead of 600,000 people,
200,000 remain in hotels, the charity said. Although the lower number means
that the FEMA and cities receiving evacuees will find new housing for far
fewer people, the count shows the lack of knowledge that FEMA has about the
relocations and its limited oversight over the money it is committed to
spend on such housing. |
 On
another October 19, in 1899, a 17 year-old Robert Goddard climbed a
cherry tree on a beautiful autumn afternoon in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Inspired by H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and gazing out across a meadow,
young Goddard imagined it would be wonderful to make a device that had the
possibility of ascending to Mars. Forever more he felt his life had a
purpose and in the following years his diary entries record October 19th
as "Anniversary Day", the anniversary of his ascent into the cherry tree.
By 1926 he had designed, built, and flown the
world's first liquid fuel rocket. Mars is just visible through the trees
at the lower right in this dramatic sky view that also features the Moon
and Venus -- all visited by liquid fuel rockets constructed on principles
developed by Goddard.
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 We own 6 high
power assault weapons and 4 semi-auto high capacity pistols! because
we can own them. And for the uniformed person who said there's
nowhere to use them in the Keys you evidently have never heard of the Gun
Club in Key Largo, huh? Or have gone out to international waters and blew
up a few hundred floating targets. And besides, just ask the residents
of new Orleans how well the Gov't was able to protect them.
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Personal hurricane shelters sound like a grand
idea, but why should the government (read that "us taxpayers") build
them? Why would you want a government-built-by-the-lowest-bidder
shelter? The best, most reliable help comes from your own initiative.
Work together, leave the government out of it.
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| Job opportunities: I know you all
were looking for ways to make a living. In N. O. there are signs up on the
Burger King and other places offering $6000 signing bonus for a one year
contract to work there. They will make $10 an hour for one year. Too bad
there is no housing for the workers there. |
Does anyone remember not too long ago when the gas prices where over $3
for 87% octane and the difference between regular 87% premium 93% octane
was $.20. And why is it back to the $.30 spread and gas is cheaper
now? Does that mean higher profits?
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| I wonder if the guy writing in about Ace Summerland
is an employee, the same guy who used to write in about Ace on Big pine
when he was an employee there. I see no reason to go to Ace on Summerland
when we have an Ace here on Big Pine with great customer service. The new
girl at Ace Big Pine is always friendly and helpful and the tall shaved head
guy that works at Ace Big Pine has always serviced me well. |
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I didn’t know that police salaries were based on their weight. That
certainly explains a lot. |
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Has anyone spotted Jim Cantore yet? He is
like the Angel of Doom. Keep him away from the Keys. We would like to see,
however, a few Weather Channel babes down here.
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Did you read about the guy trying to screw a horse?
Talk about a sicko. He reminds me of my ex brother-in-law who used to do
chickens. Guys, stick to Heifers. Support your local Cow Palace.
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I have slept with Barbies and I have slept with porkers. No contest;
the in-shape women are much better in the sack. And they don't clean out
your refrigerator when you are asleep. |
| You need to update webcam page. Away
with Rita on with Wilma. (Ed: Thanks. Will do.) |
| I was at
the Winn-Dixie and the automatic check-out machine was giving me
grief. A young woman who worked there tried to help, but I quickly learned
she didn't speak English. I spoke to her in Spanish and she helped me out. I
guess the bottom line is either they hire folks who can speak English or we
have to learn Spanish. Is this a great country or what? Tiene un buen
dia. Donde esta las chicas gordas |
Look for the Orionid Meteors This Friday.
The
Orionid meteor shower will peak Oct. 21 just before dawn. Although light
from the full moon may make viewing difficult, you can still catch the
brightest "shooting stars" if the sky is
clear. |
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I like the suggestion about reporting the drug
dealing areas in here and also to the police. As much as I hate
hearing people down here saying how they "Used to do it up North," I think
the area I lived in up North had a great success story with drug dealing
and prostitution. The not only focused on the dealers and prostitutes but
more so on the buyers and the Johns. The dealers and prostitutes have no
shame so arrest the person buying the dope or hiring the prostitute and
put their names, addresses and photos in the news papers. That will
greatly decrease the buyers and Johns if they think they will become
public news. If there are no customers the dealers will soon go out of
business and move somewhere else.
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I knew Wilhelmina Harvey would be back one day. Just in time for
Goombay and Fantasy Fest. Her favorite celebrations in the Keys!
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| Why is it that Paradise Petroleum
always runs out of gas before an evacuation? Do they not want the hassle of
50000 cars pulling in or is there another reason. They have in the past
always been available to people that needed help. What gives? |
| I was so glad to see a guy writing in today saying "Kudos
to those women who answered that "Booty Call" personal ad. I'm glad
you had a good time. Apparently there are some folks out there who are hung
up about sex. Remember, if it weren't for lust, none of us would be here."
It is nice to see a man agreeing with us girls on this issue. I am one of
the women who has written in about how I enjoyed the company of the as he
put it, "Booty Call" personal ad. He was commenting on a posting a
girlfriend of mine who also went out the Booty Call guy. Unfortunatly her
posting got butchered by our Editor. I will be surprised if this one doesn't
get edited and my message is conveyed totaly wrong just like hers was. The
point she was trying to make and I also want to stress wasn't just to tell
the world we both ahd sex with this guy. We did have sex with him and it was
great sex. That is true.
 It
seems to be the topic of conversation that he likes to give women oral
pleasure and is great at it. That is true, he does do it and is great at it
but that also was not the point we were trying to make. Now for the points
she was trying to make and I want to make too unless the editor slashes my
email here. We wanted to let the guys who don't treat their girl friends and
wives know that when we women are treated well we will treat you better.
This goes both in and out of the bedroom. We also wanted to send a tip to
the girlfriends and wives who are not being treated right in or out of the
bedroom to look the "Booty Call Personal Ad Guy" up. He will treat you great
emotionaly and mentaly then even better physicaly. The sexual enjoyment was
heavenly while it was happening, no doubt about it. I highly recomend any
girl who needs it and needs it good give him a try.
The part that was better than the sex was the rest. The compliments, the
phone call just to let me know he had a great time. Another call a couple
days later not for sex but just to say hi. On our second date he shopwed up
with flowers. He complimented me and told me I looked good. He told me I was
a wonderfull kisser. Telling me he enjoys being with me. Even if it was BS
it still makes a girl feel good. So the point being, guys if you treat us
well out of bed we will treat you better in bed. Girls, if you need a date
where you will be treated like gold out of the bed and need to be treated
better in the bed, Look him up. Specail hint girls, "Magic Tongue." Now Mr.
Editor, I hope you don't butcher or change this and print it just as it is.
I am not ashamed that I like a gentleman out of the bedroom and appreciate
being taken care of in the bedroom.
(Ed: If you want your email and name printed please place a free
classified ad under Personals.) |
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I'm glad someone else has had their
"kudo's and whiners" changed. I wondered if I was crazy when I read my
article a few weeks ago. It had really been changed to fit the editor's
idea of sensationalism and the meaning of it was all ass backwards. Most
of the postings are fun to read though.
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 What
hapened to the Gossip Column? Does anyone know it's Wednesday? Yes, I
know about the hurricane. Still nothing since Sunday. I miss you. Please
post something and I hope all is well. Our prayers are with you during this
next hurdle.
(Ed: We publish every day. You must clear your browser's cache about once
a month. You're wiewing old issues of the site that is stored on your
computer because your cache is filled.
Submission Guide & Browser Cleaning.
It just take a minute. And it'll speed up yout computer too.) |
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Thursday October 20, 2005 |
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Wednesday October 19,
2005 |
Oh, no, not again! WILMA! |
Click on the link. Don't
forget to Stomp!
http://minibytes.mondominishows.com/poo/affiliates/play.asp?Affil=iwon
http://minibytes.mondominishows.com/poo/affiliates/play.asp?Affil=iwon&W |
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Re: Gambling raid. I'm sure the ski
masks were used so that those deputies could still be our neighbors and
walk the streets and stop in for a beer off duty without ridicule. Just
doing their job. I'm sure they'll wear the masks more and more in the
future as we go further and further down this road of Disneyfing the
country.
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| Son's award winning video.
Those are the worst video clips I have ever seen. That's not even the
producer's real name. What gives? |
| I wrote in yesterday and it was the second time
your editing staff changed what I wrote and printed it different. How
many other people is this happening to? ED, please either print things "as
is" or not at all. Of course they will probably change this too. (I'm sorry,
but we did change this one for clarity. Sometimes in peoples hast to get
their point across they don't take the time to proof read their statements;
and if no one can understand them--what's the point.) |
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 Money
laundering. I heard yesterday that a customer at Key Deer Bar saw the
bartender accidentally drop two bills in a sink full of soapy water while
giving another customer his change. The bartender fished the bills out of
the water, wiped them dry and placed them on the bar along with the other
change. The individual immediately called Crime Stoppers to report the
incident. Key Deer is now under intense investigation for money laundering
and a major raid is planned on the sink!
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If the KKK is going to exist in the Keys, they
had better work at getting more black folks down here. It is a little
difficult to rally against 5-10 people. Maybe the KKK could advertise in
the Atlanta and Detroit newspapers and persuade black people to move to
the Keys- as it stands, the pickins here are a little slim (unlike most
KKK members).
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I love the South Park cow! I can't wait to see
how it will look at the miniature golf course. What a cool idea. Question:
If you putt into it's mouth, where will the ball come out?
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Maybe the people who witness the drug dealing
should report it to the Red Neck with the high powered deer rifle. He can
just shoot them after he puts down his 16 Oz Natural Ice.
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 The same thing
happened to me the other day. I hadn't been to Winn-Dixie in a very long
time, so thought I'd check out the new improvements. There was a very long
line at the single cash register that was open, so I tried the self checkout
lane. I needed some help, but the Spanish-speaking "helper" watching
me had a big attitude, since I interrupted her personal conversation with
another employee. First, I think it's rude to ignore a customer while
conversing in another language that the customer can't understand. Her job
was to help people -- why couldn't she just do that? |
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AOL Visa with Chase
(formerly Bank One) has reward points to use for free AOL: 1-800-587-1354.
You can probably find info on AOL's home page where they solicit
non-members, though I haven't been there in quite a while. |
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I just want to give everyone a heads up on the flu
vaccine: Please, check with your doctor regarding the preservative in
this year's vaccine. (yes, even flu shots come with preservative). Make
sure that it does not contain Thimerosol. This is a
metabolite of mercury, and regardless of what our lovely friends at the
FDA say, it can cause organic brain disease, brain atrophy, Alzheimer's,
whatever name you want to call it. Personally, I think there is a strong
link between mercury (as in the vaccines) and Alzheimer's and childhood
autism.
The preservative Thimerosol was supposed to have been removed from
future vaccine formulations, but if you don't ask, you will never know.
Ask to see the product insert. And yes, I'm a medical professional, in
case you were wondering. And no, I have never taken the flu shot. And
never will. I trust the FDA about as far as I could throw them. Besides,
if you don't let your immune system function, it will not work. That also
means we should all be eating good food, fruits and veggies
 (well
washed, of course), and getting rest and sunshine (no problem there,
mate), along with some playtime.
Yeah, most people don't have a lot of time to devote
to living a healthier life (or so they think), but if you can drink plenty
of water, and get decent sleep, that's half the battle. We really can be
healthier with just a little more effort. Did you know that if you drink
those recommended 6 to 8 glasses of water a day, your joints will function
better? (The ones you bend, not the ones you roll.)
Oh, and here's another boring photo. Wheeeee!
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Hey Guys, a phone call from the ATF, would
have been the "business like" thing to do. This is a big deal and at its
best it will cost HoM and Dan a bunch of money, at its worst, well, it
will cost them there liquor license and jail time and a bigger bunch of
money. Like it or not ATF runs the booze business and everything under the
roof of that business. There was dope on some of the employees and open
gambling inside the building. ATF will offer them a "deal" they will set a
fine and a number of days to close both places. If they want to they can
fight this. If they chose to fight, ATF will ask for much more in court
and they will get it. Take the deal and get on with your business and
life. There is no winning on this one.
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| I use GM's Master card to get 5% on all
my purchases towards a GM vehicle. They have a $3,000 max. I made my deal on
the last two vehicles I bought then told them about the credit I had accrued
and they knocked an addition $3,000 off the price. That sure beats using the
money to buy a second ISP when you're already paying for one. |
 I am not sorry
to see the illegal gambling stopped. It could have been done better,
but the masterminds of the raid were from out-of-county. Not knowing it was
illegal, I would have happily ponied up $30, if I would have been able to
get my spouse to go with me. He won't frequent places, for pleasure, where
he is likely to witness drug transactions; which is what happened the one
time we visited the HoM. And, unfortunately, he puts the Key Deer in the
same basket. I don't know how long the tournaments have been going on, but
if someone reported them in May, that's +/- 5 months. Five months of 15%
could possibly be a good chunk of change. Someone please tell me what local
charities benefited from these charity tournaments. Give me an accounting or
some testimonials from these charities and I too will cry foul. |
|
A local
establishment will have a legal fee fund raiser for those caught up
in the big poker game raid. Locations to be announced. We will have lots
of 50/50 drawings, cash prize raffles, poker, craps, blackjack, baccarat,
roulette, wheel of fortune, slot machines, and “Mugs Manicotti” the sports
book from Miami will be on hand to take all of your sports and racing bets.
Lots of moonshine will be sold, recreational “party favors” will be
available, lap dances and back room rub-a-dubs to the highest bidders and
deep throat specialist Stormy Daze will demonstrate her technique at five
and eight o’clock. Three lucky winners will assist her. Prohibited but
tasty Russian Beluga caviar will appear on the “High Rollers Buffett’ along
with locally harvested Queen Conch, succulent Goliath Grouper filet stuffed
with young short lobster and Key Deer Wellington will be among the select
items to satisfy the discriminating palate. A portion of the proceeds will
go to charity with the remainder given to the accused to assist them with
their legal fees. Since it took the task force several months to figure out
how to handle the original problem we should be O.K. for a one day event. |
 There is a
difference between playing poker at home with friends and running a
poker game in established businesses and advertising it to draw more
business into those establishments. No matter where you are in this country,
gambling is illegal unless it is specified not so by law. Why weren't those
guys running those games playing in their own homes? Because it was a game
played in a public bar. Break the law, pay the consequences. |
|
So let's announce on this website the
crossroads where drugs are being sold on a daily basis and see if the
cops pick up on that one. I let a cop that moved into my neighborhood know
where a nightly situation was happening and he put an end to that
situation immediately. How about going to the substation and bugging the
command officer about the places where the drugs are sold. How about
writing to one of our free newspapers about it. Public outcry actually
works here. Maybe go talk to the local county commissioner also. You know
that old saying about the squeaky wheel getting the grease. Don't give up.
I have teenagers!
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| You ask why would a person living in the Keys
would own a gun.? Here we go again back to our constitutional right
to own guns. Read your constitution please. Think about the proven results
of taking away people's right to own a gun. In England and Australia where
gun ownership rights were taken away, violent crimes have increased
dramatically because only the criminals own guns now.
 In Europe
before the second world war, Dutch nationalists' right to own guns was taken
away subsequently the Nazi's just walked in and took over their country. Gun
ownership doesn't mean those who have them are going to shoot everybody they
meet. On the contrary, non criminal gun owners aren't violent. You probably
wouldn't know one if you met one. Many of those people you are classifying
as "redneck" aren't. They are just unschooled. Are you feeling a right to
tell the rest of us that live in the Keys that a person has a right to own a
gun or not. What choices we can make depends on where we live? I have lived
here many more years than you (apparently) and I lock my doors when I leave
because I don't feel comfortable with many of the people that have moved
here over the past 15 years.
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I'm amazed at how quick people bash posters
personally rather than try to respond unemotionally and rationally. I
know this is tough via email when there is no enunciation to the typed
word. Anyways, I'm the "lily white, ignorance of the law is no excuse"
person. My comments never mentioned how the games were raided. If
officials chose to use guns and masks, that sure seems overboard to me.
I'm not a police officer and I don't know tactics or why they use them the
way they do. But I do know something about gambling and non-profits!
I commented that charity poker tournaments can be done and done legally.
The bar owners obviously asked the wrong people for advice. Seriously
though...15% of the proceeds for the charity? Church bingos and local
fishing tournaments give a lot more. If held weekly, restrictions
increase. Yes, I've helped out many non-profits. Heck, I'm in Rotary!
As for being lily white, I own a condo in Vegas where
I visit often. I can recommend some good online betting sites that I
personally use but you won't get the same good point spreads that you can
get in Vegas. Also, there are several floating poker games in the Keys
where $35 might cover an opening hand. I have supported local bingo games
and the majority of the proceeds go to local charity. They make it clear
who is getting the money, too. I still don't know what charities received
the money from these "fund raisers." Rule of thumb, if 50% or more isn't
going to charity, you're going to get busted. A way to make these more
legal would be for all money to go to a designated charity and for the bar
to issue gift certificates to the winners. After all, I'm sure the money
won was going to be poured back into the bar.
|
 Time to get
serious about another hurricane. Computer models are all beginning
to converge and it appears to be heading straight for the Keys.
A great site to go to for hurricane info is
www.wunderground.com. Click on
"Tropical" and then "Wilma" The "Discussion" section is always more
informative than the latest public advisories are and the "Computer
Models" area is really good. There is also a good 5 day map. This one
bears watching.
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To the mental midget who commented about anyone
with a gun going back to New York: While the other parties comments
were not defendable, your anti fire arms, anti second amendment, comment
showed even lower inelegance than the person that you were degrading. I
personally think that you should give them a lift back to New York.
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| Always drink
upstream from the herd. |
|
Re: Drug dealers. I have had similar
situations telling the law about drug dealers, thieves stealing so they
can buy drugs, and people who are buying drugs trespassing. It seems as
though the Law just plain don't give a damn about those of us who are
paying them to protect the innocent people who elected them. Maybe your
right. They could be making more money turning their heads. They should
get paid by the pound. Weigh each drug dealer, not the drugs, and pay them
according to that. Maybe that would give them the incentive they need to
protect the good folks in our neighborhoods.
|
 Evacuation. Does
anybody out there in our government have a plan to get the many people who
survive check to check out of here? With my old Ford diesel pickup, and fuel
prices, I can't afford to get away from the storm. Does Bush, (any of them)
Red Cross, FEMA, or anyone have a solution to this problem? Cuba does, why
can't we? |
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We are certainly going to miss Garry Freeland in
the mornings on US 1 Radio. His last day is this Friday - call and
wish him well. We are. He's been a delight to wake up to in the mornings
and his trivia has always been fun to listen to. Good Luck Garry in the
mainland!
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Re: Redneck. I live in the Keys and, yes, own
firearms including a high power rifle. I travel to Key Largo and go
shooting at the range up there. I also have a couple of hand guns too. So
I guess that means I'm a redneck. I like to protect my family on trips
when we leave the Keys. Also there are more people then you think on Big
Pine with concealed weapons permits and other firearms. The right to bear
arms is the United States not just in redneck areas.
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| Still no comments on personal hurricane
shelters? |
| I think I saw the missing
Mutt Lucky chasing a young doe on big pine. He better go home. |
| For those of
you with a few spare moments try this. Go to
www.google.com.
Type in the word, Failure. Then, instead of clicking on Google search, click
on I'm Felling Lucky. Watch what comes up! Have a good laugh before they
fix |
Big Girls do it better. The bigger the cushion the better the
pushing. If I want to date a Barbie Doll I'd buy a Barbie Doll.
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| It seems to me that during that staged Q & A
between Bush and the members of the 42nd Infantry Division last week, it
was Bush who needed to be coached, not the soldiers. The man is a cartoon.
No wonder we are the laughing stock of the planet. |
|
If you want Free AOL
Card. Go to AOL Visa.. (800) 265-6524. I've had it for a few years. It works |
|
Re: Cuba--poor health care? The writer should
learn more about the world beyond his door before saying that Cuba has poor
health care. In fact they have the best health care in the world and
everyone is entitled to it. Also, everyone is educated. Don't be listening
to those Miami Cubans. |
| Kudos to those women who answered that
"Booty Call" personal ad. I'm glad you had a good time. Apparently there
are some folks out there who are hung up about sex. Remember, if it weren't
for lust, none of us would be here. And to the guy who placed the ad, dude
you are my Hero. It's tough finding single women in the Keys. Good luck. |
|
If you want to see great customer service. Go to
Summerland Ace Hardware. They have the best and friendliest staff in
the lower Keys.
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I really miss the leaves changing. I also miss the raking I had to
do when they fell off the trees. I also miss the 6 months of crappy, cold
weather that followed the leaves dropping. Gee I wish I lived back up
North. (see any sarcasm here?)
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Wednesday October 19, 2005 |
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Tuesday October 18, 2005 |
|
 Service with
a smile? Yes, some things are changing for the better at Winn-Dixie as
one writer said but they have a long, long way to go before they get the
Customer Service thing. I’m tired of the cranky old woman in the deli
section acting like a request for a pound of shaved ham is a personal burden
for her. (I now buy all my deli meats at Aroma’s) I’m really tired of the
immature attitudes of the children at the so called “Customer Service
Counter.” On a recent visit, using the self-checkout lanes I realized I
forgot my glasses and couldn’t read the SKU numbers on three items of
produce. I asked for assistance from an employee who seemed to be watching
over the self-serve lanes and was greeted with a great sigh of disgust for
interrupting her personal conversation. While she assisted me she made it
clear I was disturbing her as she continued her conversation in Spanish
doing her best to ignore me. When she finished assisting me with my three
items I got another big sigh as she walked away. Winn-Dixie just doesn’t
get it in terms of service with a smile. |
| I am sick of reading about
answering a personal ad and having oral sex with a stranger. Your
pathetic sex life sounds nasty, desperate, and cheap. Save it for an X-rated
message board, or working the street. Ugh. |
| No wonder there's no money left for us. Gov
officials give themselves huge raises every year, and we get pennies, if
at all. What is wrong with this picture? |
Broken lotto machine? Don't the people in fornt of you tell you
that it is broken? Seems like if they were beating the machine and cursing
in frustration you would get a clue. Maybe they can handle the little
frustrations better than you can. |
| Busting up a poker game
is silly. If the authorities did a real day's work, they would be
rounding up illegals. That includes theft of government programs and fraud.
If they are gathered up, and the US lets them stay, at least they should be
screened for disease. After all, Cuba and Mexico are third worlds, poor
health care countries.
Think about who prepares your food at Mexican and Cuban restaurants. They
aren't familiar with personal cleanliness standards, they are used to
pooping in the nearest creek. Typhoid taco, anyone? |
|
Organic potting soil. Home Depot in
Marathon sells a great potting mix with no chemical additives. It's called
Lamberts. Also, there's a type of Scott's soil wth no fertalizers.
|
Hey Jazz fans. Maynard Ferguson is coming to the Coral Shores
Performing Arts Center in Tavernier, November 2nd. Listen to 98.7 Conch-Fm
for more details |
| I heard that Target is a
big GOP donor. I guess the bigger you are, the more rumors. |
|
For peace of mind among
those concerned; the rehabbed flying squirrels will not be released
anywhere on the Keys |
|
Flu shots are
available at several doc's offices. |
| Re: poker raid. Over kill of this sort
does more harm than good. I lose a little more respect for the authorities
every time they pull self-promoting stunts like that. Will they never learn?
It's just what they wait for all year. A chance to kick butt. That's all
they're good for. |
| Last pictures ever taken? Those were
fakes. Well, at least two of those are fake. The last one with the train is
Photo Shoppery. The one with the golf ball is a superimposed ball. If the
guy was putting the ball wouldn't be in the air with him hitting it that way
and not watching the ball.
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| I see another guy is writing in complaining
about us women speaking our minds and saying we enjoyed going out
with him and liked the private contact part too. Why is it that a guy can
sit at any bar in the world and talk about the sex he had last night and he
is a hero; when if a woman mentions the sex she had and enjoyed she is a
tramp?
I want to set a few things straight for this complainer who is obviously
mistaken about what women want and like. First of all, it isn't just the
sex. The thing I enjoyed even more was getting a phone call the next day
just to say, "Hi" and tell me it was nice meeting me. I also enjoyed the
compliments paid to me. I enjoyed him listening to what I have to say. I
enjoyed the time we spent together after the sex just hugging. Those things
are what made it different from the jerk I was with for several years. |
|
 To the person who
wrote that “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” referring to the big
gambling bust. First, the business owners believed they were operating
within the law. They checked before starting the games and were told that
the charity donation kept the businesses within legal guidelines. That’s
why they saw no reason not to advertise openly. And the “officials”
involved used incredibly bad judgment. No one there was posing any threat
to them or anyone else. The open display of firearms could have resulted in
a very unfortunate accident. Weapons and masks were simply not necessary.
And to say that “…..officials
made the right call to stop illegal gambling
before it grew into a bigger
problem” is nonsense.
It wasn’t
going to "grow” into anything
but what it was. Cheap entertainment with some cash going to various
charities. Tell me, Mr. “Ignorance of the law”, have you or your spouse
ever played bingo, ever bought a square in a Super Bowl pool, ever bought a
50/50 ticket at a local event or how about a little side bet on the fishing
tournament or a baseball game. Probably not. You’re too lily white.
However while your shorts are pinching off the remaining blood to your brain
you still have time to find some little thing to tattle on so you can call
Crimestoppers. They give rewards. You’re pathetic! Enjoy your reward. |
| See what you folks in Big Pine are missing?
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|
If there
was some local “concerned citizen” so pre-occupied with the poker games
they felt compelled to snitch them off to Crimestoppers I feel sorry for
them for not having a life. It’s holier-than-thou people like this that
live and breathe to try and make others bend to their narrow view of life.
And for an agency like Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (or whatever) to
stage a raid like they did was nothing more than ridiculous.
Roaring in
with black masks, guns drawn and belligerent was nothing more than
theatrics. The agency should be ashamed and the officer who authorized and
organized the event needs an administrative spanking with a class in
priorities. There were many ways to end the games without all of the
nonsense. Simply telling them to stop would have worked. The business
owners involved have my full support on this one and I have nothing but
contempt for the state agency responsible for an overbearing response to a
simple problem. I hope the snitch can sit at home comfortable and smug
congratulating themselves thinking that they did their best to clean-up Big
Pine and not caring that they may have ruined lives. What a putz. |
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Can someone tell me how to get the arrest report
up? I clicked "arrest report" at the top of the page, and it says it's
only current up to Sept. 9th, and won't go any further.
|
 I have a bet with
a friend; he says the large structure under construction at the Boondock's
miniature golf site is going to be a big caveman. I think it is going be a
humongous cow, sort of like the one featured in Cow Days on South
Park. The winner gets a free honk from the Key's BJ lady.I can't wait.
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|
Please check out these short Videos by my son
Brian. Mama knows won an award and is disturbing but makes a good
point.
http://www.dflproductions.com/dwels/dwels.html |
| Winn Dixie lotto. What's your
hurry? You're in Big Pine! Haven't you ever been to a restaurant where they
come to serve you 15 minutes after you arrive? Hello! |
 I have reported
the drug dealers to the cops on Summerland and Cudjoe Key for years. On
Cudjoe they take turns dealing so to make it just a little hard to bust the
dealers, but on Summerland it is the same people still living in the same
place, On the weekends go to Dion's and check out the cars parked waiting
for the drug man to show up. I wonder if someone is getting paid to stay
away. Or maybe they are to busy busting fund raisers. |
| Rob and Rachel. You guys
are the best. Thank you for the nice memorial for my best friend. She was
the greatest. Now she is where things are beautiful. |
| Capt. Dan. Wish you would move to Ft.
Lauderdale. If you still have the Jersey Girl, you can sail here and park on
my dock with free elect. and water. They would love you here because you
are the best. You always have put other peoples needs before yours. I bet
you have never met a stranger just a lot of strange people in BP. Love you
and don't let them get you down. |
|
I love this time of
year. It is so beautiful at sunset and the moon is just amazing! Enjoy
it people. |
 I see someone
calling another person a Red Neck in here for wanting to start a
chapter of the KKK. Then the same person calling someone a Red Neck
announces that he owns a high powered deer rifle and lives in The Florida
Keys. Isn't that a case of the African calling the Haitian black? Who is
the Red Neck here?
Why would anyone own such a weapon in The Keys? I
don't even have a lock on my door and haven't for the over 15 years living
here. There is no hunting allowed in The Keys. Nobody who is not a
police officer should own a gun here. Go back to New York.
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|
I
don't exercise because it makes the ice jump right out of my glass. |
| Obviously one concerned citizen saw the
activity as illegal and reported it. If you see crime happening in Big Pine
or anyplace else call Crimestoppers! They give rewards!
It saddens me greatly to think one person or more persons with demented
thinking that an actual serious crime was occurring that it was inflicting
harm on another or stealing from another and it scares the hell out of me
that so many law enforcement officers felt that they had to play like they
were the A Team or Gestapo or something and waste money and cause
unnecessary grief in others lives. Do you really think a Sergeant,
lieutenant or Captain could not take time to visit these establishments and
warn the owners of the legal implications concerning this type of fund
raiser. Sounds like entrapment or setup to me in my humble opinion. Are the
police up for election soon? |
It would be so cool to have Bicycle Joanie and the Elvis guy giving out
samples at Winn Dixie. I would love it. I spend a lot there, probably about
$150 per week, and that would be great! |
|
What credit card do you use to get the
free AOL?
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|
Tuesday October 18, 2005 |
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Monday October 17, 2005 |
Re: BP Liquor sold. I'll miss seeing Susan's cheerful face, but at
least she didn't sell to corporate America. Steve and the other guy are
always very friendly to me. I'll continue to be their customer. Good luck
guys. |
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Re: Elvis fan: Why don't you go to work at
Winn Dixie even for a few hours or is it beneath you? Kids have always
worked in grocery stores and wouldn't it be up to the manager himself to
make sure that the kids act proper? Meetings weekly could help to drill
the kids mind to acting properly in the store. Your sanity is worth the
second part time job for you isn't it?
How much are they paid and where else are some of these kids going to
work? Bealls? Coco's, PizzaWorks? Give them a break and let them
learn. The manager needs to be informed so why don't you write him a
letter telling him of the actions of his employees so that he is aware of
your insanity. (If that's your biggest complaint your lucky) Don't forget,
you can make the difference and be their example.
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|
Please don't shop at Target! They support
that gay society, but not the military. How wrong is that?
|
 Urban Legends.
The Target Corporation does not contribute to veterans' causes: False.
The Target Corporation is French-owned: False.
The Target Corporation provides corporate grants only for 'gay and lesbian
causes': False.
The Target Corporation does not contribute to the U.S. Marines 'Toys for
Tots' program: False.
The Target Corporation does not allow reservists called to active duty to
continue their health benefits: False. |
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No, I get AOL free. You know those points you
get with credit card use that you can't ever actually use for anything? I
use them for free AOL. Haven't paid for it in years.
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|
Marriage proposal. I can handle the woman who
is willing to give 10 to 1 in the BJ for going down on her. That would
mean I have to provide for her 3 times a month to get a BJ every day.
Sweet heart, if you tell me we can make that arrangement and you will
allow me to have my TV remote in one hand and beer in the other while you
perform I'll marry you.
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Does anyone know where in the Keys I can get Organic potting soil?
I bought organic tomato seeds, but planted them in Winn-Dixie's potting
soil that has Miracle Gro plant food in it. (Chemical fertilizer) So, I
assume I am no longer growing organic tomatoes. I saw a web site showing
organic soil which is made from coconut pulp. It was out of Canada. There
must be a way I can get this in the Keys. I still have more to plant. If
you know, please type in a comment.
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|
Gravely bike path. It's not just the bike path
on Key Deer Blvd; the road is also terrible. Where does all of our tax
dollars go? There should be more than enough to do some road repair with
lots left over to line the pockets.
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| Where's all of our tax dollar's going, oh yea on Key
West. Maybe it's time to
incorporate Big Pine once and for all. |
|
Re: Winn Dixie. Twice in the last week I stood
in line to purchase lotto tickets, only to find out that the lotto machine
was not working. If management would require the employees to put up a
sign in front of the lotto machine, it would save customer's time and
frustration. The first time I stood in line for 5 minutes before finding
out that the machine was broken. I was pissed!
|
We're enjoying our first cold front of the year. I only wish that the
following fronts will be as mild as this one is. |
|
Flying squirrels. I hope before they are
released the owners of these squirrels do a little research on where they
should, and should not, be released. They definitely should not be
released in the Keys.
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| All this talk about
oral this, and oral that. Please keep in mind that, "Those who give
head, Get ahead!" |
| Re: Flying squirrels. They are just cute rats.
Please don't release them in the Keys. We don't need any more exotic
rodents. I don't think that the kind soul who is caring for them has ever
had their attic infested with squirrels. Think hard about what you're about
to do. |
Re: Gambling at Key Deer Bar and Grill and House
of Music. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Fund raisers for
charities can be done in these places but they need to be done right.
That's how all the other tournaments in the Keys manage to pull of their
events and award cash prizes. For one thing, they don't make it a regular
occurrence and they have non-profit tax status.
 Okay, so
the buy-in was only $30. Would you donate $30 to any organization that
gave only 15% of the proceeds to an unnamed charity? What would you say
if the organization "forgot" to give 15% to the unnamed charity? That was
the excuse of of of these places. Local and federal officials made the
right call to stop illegal gambling before it grew into a bigger
problem. Lastly, the "tip" of illegal gambling came through "Crimestoppers."
Obviously one concerned citizen saw the activity as illegal and reported
it. If you see crime happening in Big Pine or anyplace else, call
Crimestoppers! They give rewards!
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| I definitely agree with the fact that W/D is getting
better. The other day I was looking for something and the manager came
up to me and asked if he could help me. 13 years and that's a first. Go
Robert! Plus the whole store is starting to look cleaner. |
|
Synapses of events. I am tired of
hearing about the great cunnilingus from the 38 year old pro. Did anyone
use protection? Sorry to hear about the arrests in BPK concerning a card
game. The way they went about it, the MCSO or whomever was much too harsh
considering the circumstances. Also sorry to hear about the plight of
Rudy, however, he does have a gay hairstyle! No money in the world would
be able to overlook that. Sorry!
|
What about flu shots? Here it is October. What is going on?
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|
A member
of the joint agency anti-gambling taskforce and Gestapo team spoke on
condition of anonymity saying they were “very pleased” that they were able
to “clean out this sordid pit of corruption and debauchery.” Asked if they
thought the big raid was theatrical overkill and unnecessary when there is
such an on-going problem with crack and other drugs they replied, “We’re not
aware of a problem with drugs since there is a pharmacy right here on Big
Pine Key. What is crack?” |
 I hope the cops
get the dark haired woman in the red PT Cruiser that flies down Key
Deer Blvd. all of the time. I have seen her several times and she has to be
going 45-50 mph. What an idiot. |
| Doesn't the woman who wrote in about men
going down on her get the picture? It's 2005 honey! There are all kinds
of diseases out there. It's not like it used to be. If you got something
then, you just took some penicillin and it went away. Now you can die from
stuff. Anyway, what kind of woman with any self-respect would answer a
classified ad, go out with the guy (a total stranger) and blow him on the
same night? I certainly don't have anything against people meeting through
classifieds, and certainly enjoy oral sex, but you just sound like a stupid
whore to me. What's that you say? You think you're getting a cold sore? Want
to make a bet? Wonder what else he got from you besides the bj? Why don't
you just go and suck on the toilet seats at the bar while your at it?
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| I said, "more recently NJ" Not! That
Indian hut photo looks like it
could have been taken in the Gulf region. |
 Re:
Gambling and travel. Hello Capt. Dan, I hope this all turns out OK
for you. We are with you all the way.--Joe and Miss Kathie
PS: There is always a place here in Panama for you! |
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Monday October 17, 2005 |
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Sunday October 16, 2005 |
Are they going to do the haunted house at Blue Heron Park this
year?
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Can anyone tell me how to get the
schedule for the bus from Marathon to Key West? Does it run all day or
just in the early morning and late afternoon? (Business Directory>Bus
Schedule.)
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Gosh, I really
hope that the KKK comment was a joke. A very bad joke. Go ahead
and have a KKK rally and I'll get some use out of this deer rifle with a
high-powered scope and pick your ignorant red-neck a***s off.
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|
I have AOL on DSL, they don't conflict at all.
(Tech support. They don't conflict, but why are you paying for two
ISPs? You must be rich.)
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The Big Pine House Of Music is having their first year
anniversary party Sunday, October 16th. The band Iko-Iko will
appear from 3pm to 7pm. There will be free hors-deuvres and lots
of fun. To the person who suggested we have a 50/50 charity raffle--That's
out!
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| I'm glad Publix isn't coming here. Now that W/D has
a new manager things are looking good. That whole Publix thing happened at a
time when W/D was being run into the ground. It's all better now. |
| Is there anyone else waiting for bike path on Key Deer
Blvd to be swept so we can roller blade and ride our bike's safely
again. If so call the direct line, the more that we bark hopefully
the quicker something will be done. It's a shame we have to ask for
everything here on Big Pine. Where's all of our tax dollar's going, oh yea
on Key West! Please call (305) 295-5193 |
|
Catch Monday's Partial Lunar Eclipse
Early on the morning of Oct. 17 sky watchers in western North America may
catch a glimpse of a partial lunar eclipse when the edge of the moon skims
through the Earth's shadow. |
| I don't give a damn about Target stores, but please
do your homework, Target is not owned by the French and that whole thing is
just a rumor. Check
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/t/target-viet.htm There is
the text Summary of the eRumor There are different messages urging you to
avoid buying anything at Target stores because the company turned down a
request for funds for a Vietnam veterans memorial wall, is owned by the
French, won't allow collections for Toys For Tots at Christmas, and won't
give reservists call for active military duty continued health insurance
coverage. |
| Ed: Don't
edit the KKK guy's comments. Let everyone see how dumb he really is. |
|
That wasn’t the missing dog Lucky humping the waitress’ leg at House
of Music, it was me in my little doggie disguise. Boy, I sure do like her
leg (especially the bumpy part on her shin). The view ain’t bad either!
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Welcome back, Mr. Editor! We were jonesing without
our bigpinekey.com fix. Hope you had a great vacation.
I just wanted to let you know that Big Pine
Liquors has been sold while you were gone (see, you did miss
lots of things). The good news is that I get to retire after 18 years --
the other good news is that I sold the store to Big Pine Liquors long time
staffers, Steve Miller and Dan Metcalf. A happy ending all around.
This fan is happily remaining in the Keys -- and
enjoying bigpinekey.com with my morning coffee.
Thanks, and all the best for your continued success.
Regards, Susan Eanes
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Well, now just what is wrong with this
picture? Saturday in Toledo, Ohio a group of White brothers in
Blood got together for a peaceful rally protesting the Police not doing
their jobs pertaining to Black gangs terrorizing the city. What happened?
A large riot broke out including buildings burned and looted. Guess what
color the people starting the violence were? Oh, but it's racist to notice
things like that, huh? Get a grip folks it's no coincidence what happened
in Toledo and New Orleans involving the same race. It's just the way they
are.
|
 Flying squirrel
update. I stopped by the vet on Friday and was told Peanut and his
siblings have graduated to an outdoor cage in the country. They'll have
some time to get used to being outdoors, then the rehabber will start
leaving the cage door open for them to come and go as they wish. It's usual
for a family group to stay together in the nest until they go make their own
families, so they'll probably winter over in her care, then start their own
nests in the spring in the surrounding trees. |
| Testicular Implantation For Pets.
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Even if you own a vacant lot it is still illegal
to camp on it in Monroe county if it is in I.S. zoning.
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Re: Comcast Cable TV. My TV is out again this
Saturday night. This happened about two months ago, also. No TV the
entire night. Things could be a lot worse, but....
|
Boot Key City Marina is the most polluted boat basin in the Keys south
of Key Largo. I wonder why? |
| Isn't it funny that guys talk about women giving them
oral pleasure all the time, but someone got upset when a few of us women
write in here that we like a guy who does it to us. I am one of the women
who wrote in about dating the guy from the classified ad and enjoying him
going down on me. Maybe I spoke out of school in announcing that he did that
but I needed to get it out of my system after a bitter divorce. If my
ex-husband did it even one time for every ten times I gave him oral our
bedroom life would have been a lot better. Suggestions for both the men and
women reading.
Guys, just think about it. Do you like being pleasured orally? So do us
women. What you give is what you get. Women, if he won't do it you should
refuse to do it. He'll change his ideas. If he doesn't, look up the guy in
the classifieds. I can assure you first hand, he will do it and do it very
well. |
|
Comcast really sucks going off at 6:59
tonight.
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Re: The bar advertised their illegal poker game? How stupid is
that? How was it publicized by flyers, radio or just word of mouth?
(Ed: By the link on the left for Key Deer Grill was one way. They didn't
think it was illegal.) |
|
Does anyone else out there feel like the
service counter at Winn Dixie is being ran by day care drop outs? (at
night) I sure wish that they could get a few more mature folks to work
there. It's like shopping with Romper Room..
There were two assistant Managers there
while I was there and someone was keying on the intercom over and over.
Like 50 times. One boy in uniform was bouncing 5 gallon water bottles down
an isle (he had a skinny kid with him). I know the Key's are laid back,
but I'm tired of having to deal with this type of environment. How long
before W/D goes belly-up? They need help badly. Please, anyone who can
make a difference please apply online you can do it from your home PC.
Even a few hours would help my sanity. If you can speak fluent English you
have my approval. Thank You, Thank You very much. A Fan of Elvis!
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Travel Corner |
| Dear Ed, So very glad you are back, have been having
serious withdrawel trying to keep up with my favorite Site from my most
favorite Island from way out here in the Valley of the Sun. Hope you had all
your shots, and didn't pick up and Bugs, Tropical or otherwise. This is what
Rita looked like in Miss. and what it looks like in Arizona!
|
Editor, Were the insects bad on your
trip?
(Ed: No. There were no mosquitos or sand flies. I was amazed. Some of
the huts I stayed in didn't even have screens.
|
| That Indian hut photo looks like it
could have been taken in the Gulf region, or more recently. |
| Rio Dulce. The river pass and air plants, look like
Big Pine and our cuts thru Content Keys. Lilly pads look like the Blue Hole.
The Indian hut and washing machine look like most any place were folks
are without power and not much money, kind of like us after a storm. I hope
you had a great trip and stayed safe. Next time you may want to see the good
old USA. I hear there are some fine spots to check out. |
|
Sunday October 16, 2005 |
|
Saturday October 15, 2005 |
Re: Boycott Target. Screw Target! Screw France! Many other stores
have the same products and prices. I'm proud to be a veteran. |
Welcome back Ed! You aren't going to believe this, but
while you were away the citizens of Key West threw out their city council
and replaced them with conservative
Republicans, and Angus Bangus and Captain
Dan were both arrested for playing poker at different places at the
same time! (I told you that you wouldn't believe it!).
Hey Church Lady,
are these the End of Times
days that the bible talks about? |
| The Barometer online has a record of the police
report of the gambling bust on their Crime Report page.
http://newsbarometer.com/ |
Welcome back. We all missed you and the other nuts. |
|
Wow! House of Music
and Key Deer Bar and Grit busted for running an illegal gaming
establishment. Looks like Big Pine finally made the big time. What’s
next? Maybe the big, tough joint agency task force should raid the motel
for cutting off those tags from the mattress or maybe raid the Charter
School in case one of the kiddies has some spit wads. What a load of
crapola. Another example of our tax dollars wasted on some big time raid
that produced absolutely nothing in terms of crime prevention. A simple
‘cease and desist order’ with a court date would have been enough. But no,
these guys with the black masks have to charge in like a Gestapo unit to
roust a two-bit poker game that no one was trying to hide (and, in fact, was
openly advertised with a percentage going to charity).
 I would be more
supportive of these agencies for busting a few of the local crack
houses/dealers that everyone but them seems to know about. And, to charge
the owners at the felony level is just plane overkill. Otherwise decent
business people who didn’t try to hide anything and didn’t think that their
little poker game was illegal may now have their lives ruined with felony
charges. This unnecessary raid could possibly causing them to lose their
businesses, their livelihood and possibly going through life as a convicted
felon. It is an obscene abuse of power by these so called law enforcement
agencies. Hopefully, a fair minded judge will see the ridiculous nature of
these charges and use discresion and common sense and reduce or dismiss the
charges.
As to the couple of people
who had illegal substances with them, let them take their punishment for
being stupid and in possession. |
|
A pervasive stench
blanketed most of Big Pine, the Torch Keys and Ramrod Key for much of
Tuesday. Authorities originally thought that it was the result of rotting
sea grass washed ashore from Katrina and Rita. Upon further investigation
it was finally determined that the offensive methane like odor was actually
from a massive discharge of flatulent gas from the Bacon Grease Lady. |
This page lists but a few, but from this group of only 18 men came over 70
medals in honor of their valor.
Long winded tomes... |
| Re: The recent bust of the
charity poker tournaments. What a crock. They could have told them to
stop months ago and they would have. Also what about the fishing
tournaments and golf tournaments that give really big cash prizes and have
their meetings and banquets at places that serve drinks. What's the
difference and why was this done so dramatically. Showboating by the
sheriffs. I was there and it was not funny. And the volunteers are the
ones that got screwed. |
| Best Halloween costumes
ever:
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Funny Fridays is going on a hiatus as well. I am
getting married on Sunday and will be honeymooning in Hawaii for two weeks-
(from one island chain to another). Now, after an already excruciating
break, (no offense ed., I know you've got to get away as well), I have to do
without Kudos & Whiners for even longer! I think the new wife might get
irked if I check in on BPK K&W from the hotel. I guess I'll have to catch up
on Nov. 2nd. Be good, folks!
(Ed: A special Piner thanks for all you're comedic efforts and your great
graphics. Good luck to you and
your new bride. Bring back some photos and one-liners.)
BPK Funny Fridays (on Saturday)
Because Alan Alda said,
"When people are laughing, they're generally not
killing each other." Alan clearly never heard of the Great Clown War of
1953. Gruesome. There were squeaky-noses and big, floppy shoes
everywhere.
Women say, "Oh, we have sexual thoughts too." No. Not like men.
Ladies, you have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a
bullet and throwing it. Ladies, if you knew, even just for a second, what
men were really thinking when we looked at you... you would never stop
slapping us.
-Larry Miller
Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug.
Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor.
I told him he was grounded.
–Tim Allen
Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals
through his wallet. –Tim Allen
Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for
that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar. –Drew Carey
Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the
kids should be given homework. –Bill Cosby
Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think
-- in a deeper voice. –Bill Cosby
Don't knock masturbation - it's sex with someone I love. –Woody Allen
A lady came up to me on the street and pointed to my suede jacket. "You know
a cow was murdered for that jacket?" she sneered. I replied in a psychotic
tone, "I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you
too." –Jake Johannesen
The cop was like, "Mr. White, you are being charged with drunk in public!" I
was like, "Hey, hey, hey, hey! I was drunk in a bar! They threw me
into public!" –Ron White
If when you die, you get a choice between pie heaven and regular heaven,
choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if not... mmmboy! - Jack Handey
 If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my
holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy
said something like ‘Hey, look. He's carrying a soldering iron!’ and started
laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, ‘That's
right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice.’ Then
everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the
soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free
drink. - Jack Handey
Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm
myself down. I'll go over to the person's house and ring the doorbell. When
the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the
porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of its head with a
note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no
harm done. - Jack Handey
Once my friend told me that he had found Jesus. I thought to myself, "WooHoo,
we're rich!" It turns out he meant something different. - Jack Handey
I got up one morning and couldn't find my socks, so I called
Information. She said, "Hello, Information." I said, "I can't find my
socks." She said, "They're behind the couch." And they were. --
Steven Wright
I went into this bar and sat down next to a pretty girl. She looked at me
and said, "Hey, you have two different colored socks on." I said, "Yeah, I
know, but to me they're the same because I go by thickness." --
Steven Wright
I bought a self-learning record to learn Spanish. I turned it on and went to
sleep; the record got stuck. The next day I could only stutter in Spanish.--
Steven Wright
When I was a kid, I asked my mother for a bubble bath, so she brought the
water to a boil! –Rodney Dangerfield
We all want to leave behind a legacy. We all want to be remembered for
something. The other day, I saw a young boy. He was eating an ice cream
cone. I ran up... and I smashed it in his face! I leaned in and said, "You
remember me forever !" and I ran away. Cuz you know when he's 50 he's
gonna be like, "One day, a man ran up to me. I did not know this man. He
smashed my treat into my eyes! And he pointed and said, 'You f**kin'
remember me forever!'" But I did not say f**kin' " He added
f**kin' to make the story more intense and interesting. He deserves to
have ice cream smashed in his face... Cuz he's a lyin' 50-year old man!
–Dane Cook
I like parties, but I don't like pinatas. Because the pinata promotes
violence against flamboyant animals. "Hey, there's a donkey with some pizzaz.
Let's kick its ass." What I'm trying to say is, don't make the same
Halloween costume mistake that I did. –Demetri Martin |
You have endangered snails?
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|
Councilman Bob Miller of Marathon has his head up his canal. He wants
to sell Boot Key City Marina to the developers and displace Marathon's only
centrally located affordable housing. I wonder who the contributors to his
election were? He says the boaters don't pay property tax. No they don't,
but they do bring him his food and cut his lawn. |
|
New Mayor. Not that I have anything against Mr. McPherson, but as
for him being against the tour train, I believe his brother is high up in
the HTA business. Good luck to all the new crew, they can only do better!
|
The Square Grouper has not been sold.
They just took on a silent partner.
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| Capt Dan's arrest doesn't show up on
the 10/12 arrest listing, yet if you do a search there he is. Interesting! I
wonder who you have to know to be hidden. |
| Regarding the
post: This pass(sic) Sunday, a man shopping at W/D was bashing President
Bush. Sad thing is, the man at W/D doesn't have an opposite opinion of
89% of the U.S. His opinion is now the majority opinion and we are still
suffering with the idiot for President It's time for Impeachment! |
Hate Department. Proud card carry member of E.U.R.O. Here I would be
glad to help you start a lower Keys Chapter of The KKK down here. The
Aryan movement is already well represented though. There is a Lower Keys
chapter of W.A.R. already and a couple of HATED members live and work in
the lower keys. 88 Bro!
(Ed: Heavily edited for grammar and spelling. The "person" must have
missed a lot of days at school. Duh.)
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| Our next president will be Jeb Bush. |
|
Welcome
back! Glad to hear you survived your trip to the technically challenged
parts of our hemisphere |
It's funny that I don't feel much safer now that the cops busted up those
card games. Next they should go after the kids with the Kool-Aid stands. |
| Does anyone know where one can get a bus listing for
the bus that travels up and down the keys? The local bus?
(Ed: Please go to: Business Directory>Bus Schedule) |
|
Curious minds wants to know; is the KKK for
the snowbirds?
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About the rental motor home by the hump
bridge, the guy in the motor home owns the lot its on.
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After saying “It’s probably nothing” at the Key West Airport, a joint
agency task force, charged with the public safety in these troubled times,
decided to raid a couple of poker games on Big Pine to justify their
existence. Ahmad, his oversized briefcase and Ali the camel have vanished.
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About the illegal camp by the humpback
bridge. Just wait and see how long that illegal camp lasts when the snow
birds return. If it is bothering you now just call code enforcement and
it will be taken care of pronto.
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This has to stop. This site should be a self-posted blog type device
with filters for profanity. There is no reason to enslave yourself (Ed.) to
maintain this board. |
| When I saw the 'Texas Hold'em ad for the HoM (House
of Music) I thought it was for a dance with the cattle type women described
on your site. I can't imagine how stupid a commercial bar owner could be to
advertise poker in a bar, no less in America in 2005. What's up with that?
Is business that bad you have to resort to gambling to attract customers?
Goodbye HoM. Lawyers just love this kind of stupidity. |
| Life in 2005
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|
Great to see
the website back. I was having withdrawals. |
|
A small
black and white Chihuahua recently broke into my house on Bogie Drive. He
made off with twenty dollars in cash, a walkman, and a ham sandwich. If
anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of moo cow, please
contact the local anti-gambling task force. |
| Once you
go over the 7mile bridge, south gas goes up, and so does everything
else. |
CD's are great...Long winded tomes... |
| Re: computer virus fix. The virus was Trojan.vundo,
not trojan.undo. A little typo could mean big difference. It was fixed
through Google search> vundofix.exe. This is a new version of an older virus
that seems much improved. Once the fix was downloaded and implemented, boom,
vundo was gone, and fix stays in files in case it comes again. |
Mr. President. And not to gang up on the poor chap, but... (wow!):
http://gprime.net/video.php/presidentialspeechalist |
| Re: AOL. Get rid of it. It slows down your surfing
plus more. It has way too many unnecessary files you don't need. AOL does
not have even one thing that any other ISP doesn't offer or is for
free. It's a beginners sucker program that is way too expensive for what you
get. Everything AOL offers, except the connection to the web, is for free
elsewhere. And when you switch get Broadband (DSL. High-speed) Your surfing
experience will change dramatically and you'll never go back. |
Happy birthday Genna, Lingy and Layla!
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|
Travel Corner |
Welcome back Ed.
We missed you too.
(Ed: Thanks a lot. I was supposed to be back a day later, but as you've
probably noticed, I have a time continuation problem and showed up at the
airport a day ahead of schedule. I didn't want to spend another night in
any major Central American city, so I paid the extra $112 to change my
ticket and here I am! Buenos Dias.) |
Ok, why Rio Dulce?
(Ed: The river; and no fat American tourists telling me how they do it
at home.)
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| Indian
hut |
River
pass |
Indian
washing machine |
Lilly
pads |
Air
plants |
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Re: Ed. Man, if you keep going to places where they
need extra clips you better be training an understudy. I see signs
of withdrawal in the recent posts.
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|
Saturday October 14, 2005 |
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Friday October 14, 2005 |
| 10:30am
Please check back later for more updates until we can get caught up on all
the news and gossip. |
| Gambling Ring Busted. Some jerk dropped
a dime on the House of Music and Key Deer Grill for having a small time
poker game. Big Deal. They're still looking for the Captain. He's on the
lam. They even cited BigPineKey.com for advertising the games. Don't worry
Dan, you can hole up with me. They'll never take you alive. And that pretty
gun moll, Kathleen, from the HoM will never be taken down either. |
 Brain
Cramp: Question: If you
could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because
we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever,
then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would
not live forever," --Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest. |
Personal hurricane shelters. The recent
closing of the seven mile bridge further demonstrates that evacuation is not
the solution to hurricane preparedness. There are just too many bridges that
could be shut down in our time of need.
With the help from government in the form of tax credits, subsidies and
outright cash payments, homeowners should be able to build a small addition
to their houses that will withstand a category 5 storm. These small
additions can be built to blend in to your existing home and also will serve
as an extra room during peaceful times. In addition to person shelters all
new public construction should be built to withstand the same cat 5 storms.
For too long our county emergency services has only one mantra, "Evacuate."
That is not the answer. A personal shelter will enable us to stay at our
homes and business through all of the false alarms that we have every year.
It's just too costly to evacuate. They'll be no more worrying if your home's
all right and no more not being able to return to the Keys when you want to.
What's the down side? |
I thought I was going to clean out the birdhouses to be ready for spring.
Guess this one will wait! Mama and 4 baby flying squirrels making
themselves at home.
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I think I spotted Lucky, the missing
mutt dry humping the waitress' leg at the House of Music. Down boy!
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So you think Reno 911 is
absolutely hilarious? Go to Key West and see the live show any day of the
week.
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Kickin' Back
sucks! Their food sucks, their prices
suck, and they don't honor locals cards. Speaking English is another
problem.
|
 I would
like to make a contribution to your column, first I would like to comment
on all this male testosterone flying about. 1. If you are wrong/right in
any belief or doctrine and you beat the shit out of any person who
disagrees with you, then, 2. You are still right/wrong. Secondly with
regards to the price of beer; would any bar owner who has a problem with
recalcitrant customers, please come to England and sell it at the price
indicated on this website.
Signed, the dry
and hopeful and overcharged for a pint, Englishman
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Price of Beer? Want cheap beer, go to
Japan, they recycle theirs!
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Requesting input from fellow Big Piners. Does anyone
want to start a Big Pine Key Chapter of The Ku Klux Klan?
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This pass Sunday, a man shopping at W/D was bashing
President Bush. He could be heard half way thru the store; and I thought
to my self what a great country we live in. If he were in another country
he could have been put in jail or even beheaded for having an
opposite political opinion.
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Yes, the Square Grouper was sold, but nothing is going to change.
Same great menu. Same great staff. Just a different signature on there
paychecks!
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Use this link to tell me that Paradise
Petroleum is not gouging prices. I don't care what papers you have
to look at. Your diesel prices are over 20 cents higher than anyone
else between Key West and downtown Miami. (Where I just traveled). Average
price for diesel in Miami was $3.02, and Paradise Petroleum is $3.68 how
is that? Price for diesel in Key Largo was $2.99
http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx |
 I was joy
riding around the island of Big Pine Key and No Name Key. Something I
haven't done in a long time. I have to say you people make me ill. Has
anyone been at the end of No Name Key lately? Well let me tell you, people
are using it as a dumping ground for all kinds of junk. I used to
love to go there and walk around to the waters edge. Now I'm appalled to
see what's happened. Is there no shame in our society anymore? Is there no
pride anymore in your surroundings? I just want to cry.
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President Bush is the best president
the Military Industrial Organized Religion Complex, has ever had. Just
wait until He takes over as Emperor of the World. Dog
help us!
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| It's great to see the smiley guy
from Ace Big Pine at Summerland Ace. He is a great fit there with all
of the other great people. |
|
Fight of the Century.
The gossip hounds need to be objective or get glasses. Gossip Columns aren’t
supposed to be objective or factual or they would be entitled
"documentaries", correct?
 I saw that night play
out. It boils down to jealously but no one can swallow that. All the
opponents of Krause were in a drunk run off for who is “rich” and who gets
the “women”. 22 Chocolate Martini’s later it turned into a brawl.
Krause had Jamie outside
and told him he didn’t want a fight. He tried to decelerate it for twenty
minutes out there. His opponents wanted a fight and wouldn’t leave it alone
until it happened. Why the hair comment?
There was one of his
opponents who said, “I am rich, I will pay all of the tabs”. And he did, but
left $0 tips for the staff and decided to later show what was inside his
pants. Was that a tip for the staff or was that his intelligent persuasion
to get the blonde woman back from Rudy. You see, she had had it with the
opponent’s side and was hanging with Krause now. The 20 martini’s didn’t buy
him love. This added fuel to the fire. Those “people” want what Rudy has. I
say, "go work for it", which pans out better than jealous rivalry.
If they worked as hard
as Krause did for 20 years they wouldn’t have anything to prove because they
would have a name for themselves, money and women. He worked for it, they
were jealous.
By the way, did you call
it the Cow Palace because you enjoy cows? It’s not a mandatory appearance
you know. |
What's up with the new campground by the hump bridge in Tropical
bay? That rental motor home has set up a nice little campsite. Kayaks,
bikes, picnic table, boat and trailer. Who does this guy know?
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| I really missed my bigpinekey.com. |
|
How looong does it
take to post a comment? |
Things I have learned from watching the
news on TV during the last few days:
-The hurricane only hit black families' property.
-New Orleans was devastated, and no other city was affected by the hurricane
.
-New Orleans has no white people.
-Mississippi is reported to have a tree blown down.
-The hurricane blew a limb off a tree in the yard of an Alabama resident.
-When you are hungry after a hurricane, and the power is off, steal a big
screen TV. (my favorite)
-The hurricane did 23 billion dollars in improvements to New Orleans. Now
the city is welfare, looters and gang free and they are in your city .
-White folks don't make good news stories.
-Don't give thanks to the thousands that came to help rescue you, instead
bitch because the government hasn't given you a debit card yet.
-Only black family members got separated in the hurricane rescue efforts .
-Ignore warnings to evacuate, and the white folks will come get you and give
you money for being stupid. |
Pumpkin carving. Cool.
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/pumpkin_carve.asp |
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Re:
shorts coming out of washer inside out. Tip: Before you wash them turn
them inside out and when they come out of the washer they will be right side
out. |
| Travel Corner |
 We
are worried about you in Guatemala. Do hope you are safe there. We
miss you. Mud slide news looks terrible.
(Ed: I was east of all the destruction, Everyone, even the very poor,
were mustering a relief effort. It was real nice to see.
The only thing unsettling for me was all the people walking around with guns
on their hips like in the old west. And concealed weapons were evident under
many shirts. The Rio Dolce area is rather lawless. There was a mugging of a
backpacker the first night I arrived. And the owner of Brunos told me
that recently, an out of town gang tried to run a protection racket on the
merchants. Evidently, the major family that controls that area made the gang
"disappear." For every concealed weapon I saw, the wearer always has at
least three spare clips. it looked like they were ready for a long shoot
out.Last year a gang robbed two banks in town right across the
street from one another. (I guess it was their version of
one-stop-shopping.) The bank guards were either paid off or just plain ran
away when confronted with all the firepower of the gang.
 When
I went into one bank to get a $100 bill changed to Quetzals, the
bullet-proof-vest-wearing armed Wackenhut guard made me lock my camera in
one of the dozen lock boxes that were for guns that were provided outside of
the metal detector. The teller behind the bullet-proof glass told me that
they didn't carry that much money and to come back another day.
 I
went to another bank and snuck my camera in and after waiting on a
comfortable chair for a few minutes was sent through a vault into a tiny
room and when the door was locked behind me another vault door in front of
me opened and I was shown to a desk where a lot of paper work was filled out
and I was finally given the change I needed. The banks are the only nice
buildings I saw in the area.) |
Why Honduras?
(Ed: That's one way to get to Rio Dulce, Guatemala. It's also beautiful.) |
Dear Ed: Been to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, had an itchy time. Had
Monty's for several weeks. Web Service is a large blanket and hash smoke.
Have fun. Wash a lot.
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| 5:00pm Update |
What a great time for a
gossip column to be off line! What did I count, 10 arrests, last night
at an Avenue A location? I am shocked, shocked!
(Ed: I know! Wow. I've faithfully edited this column every day for three
years. I leave Big Pine for a little vacation and the 'skeeter hits the
windshield. Damn! Those arrests. The fiery accident on the bridge, Mayor
Weekley's defeat, Judy's benefit, and our own gambling ring that was
advertised on this very website! Whew! "Honey, don't unpack my bag, I'm
going back.") |
| Gambling Ring. As I understand it, they
got arrested because they were handing out cash money after the
charitable contribution was taken from the wagers and entry fee. And that
was the crime. Why can't they award merchandise and let the players redeem
the merchandise for cash? |
 Welcome
Back Ed. There is a new band playing at The Big Pine House of Music. They
are Ralphus Balphus. The rumor is that Angus in Chains,
will be appearing this fall. (Psst...There is a man hiding under my futon
here in the Avenues. I cannot get a good look at him, but he looks like
Captain Dan, I'd bet
it's him anyway!
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Capt Dan better run! Now, this is getting just
plain out stupid! Who is hurt by a poker game? Who is really hurt smoking
a joint? Who gets hurt picking up a hooker? Its time to let our stupid-ass
politicians know we do not need baby sitters! We can pursue our own brand
of happiness without them.
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WebCam. The island seems to be listing a bit.
(Ed: Thanks. It's better now. [all I have to do is remember to turn it
on.] All that rain filled up that side of the island, but we got it all
drained.)
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Looks like the House of Music should be
called the House of Ill Repute.
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 Commissioner
Murray Nelson honored by county GOP.
Monroe County
Commissioner Murray Nelson was recently recognized by local Republicans for
his service to Keys residents as a commissioner and former mayor dedicated
to increasing workforce housing and establishing a new government center,
public park and pedestrian bridge.
Photo caption: Monroe County
Commissioner Murray Nelson, Key Largo, was honored by fellow Republicans at
their monthly executive board meeting. Joining Nelson are Carey Goodman,
County GOP Chair, Cudjoe Key, Greg Goebel, Republican State Committeeman,
Tavernier, and State Committeewoman Judy Greene, Key West. |
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For those who use the bike path on Key Deer
Blvd. If your sick of the County never cleaning it; you've got to call the
direct number is 295-5193. Pathetic we have to call, but you know we're
not Key West. Please call.
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 Too bad for
Capt. Dan getting busted for gambling. Gee, that means every Firehouse,
Police Station, Tiki Bar, VFW, and private club also will be shut down.
How about the stinking Churches with their Bingo Games. They don't even
pay taxes. Dan should have stuck a couple of bent sticks over the door and
got a church license and called the place "The Key Dearest Church of
Devine Gambling and Bar Sports Libationary", then the Righteous Rats
would have left him alone! Not to worry, I think the Captain is part
Injun' !?
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You have a great web site. I used to live down
there and still enjoy reading about it. I was writing to ask if you would
send me or post the short term rental web sites again. These were
mentioned in you gossip column a month ago or so and now I can't find them.
(Ed: Thanks for the kind words, but you'll have to look through the archives
to find them. We sorry not to have a search function. Do you want to
advertise? It's cheap.) |
| Why no gossip column after Oct 6th? |
The Vietnam Veterans Association wrote.
"Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We
received the following reply from the local TARGET management:
'Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social
action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education.' "
 So I'm
thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general do
not meet their donation criteria, then something is really wrong at this
TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even
hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance. As a
follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S. corporate headquarters and their
response was the same. That's their national policy. Then I looked into the
company further. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for
Tots' at any of their stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they
would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to
continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then
as I dig further, TARGET is a French-owned corporation. Now, I'm thinking
again. If TARGET cannot support American Veterans, then why should my family
and I support their stores by spending our hard earned American dollars and
to have their profits sent to France. Without the American Vets, where would
France be today?" |
| Irate Biker. Why does nobody clear the
stones from in front of their property on the bike path? It is their stones
on our bike path. The stones in front of Breezeswept stumps are a danger!
These stones are your stones not our stones are you stoned or just to lazy?
Maybe you should get stoned and do it. Maybe we should stone you to do it. |
 The computer
doctor has fixed my PC! I had picked up a virus last Friday that none of
my four security systems could fix. Norton anti-virus could identify, but
could not quarantine or access or repair. The virus was Trojan. Undo. New
version. It took the doc almost 2 hours (at $65.00/hr) but got rid of the
bad stuff and more. He also suggested I dump AOL and get another ISP so that
I can get DSL. He said AOL has too much junk files needed to operate, more
than MSN or any others. I'll have to think about that. But the machine is
fixed. The virus is gone and I'm back on-line! |
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Re: Raid. Ed, it's a shame you are
gone. Law enforcement went way over the top on Monday the 10th when they
busted our poker games. If it was illegal a word to the owners of
H.O.M. and Key Deer would have sufficed. Instead they pull a raid and send
people to jail. Rick Roth F*** YOU. We were having fun on Monday nights
and giving money to charities at the same time. If this is the new America
count me out.
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| You know, there just ain't
nothing finer than being a Big Piner! |
They should rename the House Of Music the House of Parole. "Im singin'
da blues, man." |
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Friday October 14, 2005 |
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Thursday October 13,
2005 |
| Updated today at 9am, 2pm and 4:40pm |
 ( Ed:
I'm Baaack! I missed all you pine nuts, but I met a lot of other nutty
people too. This missive is just to let you know that they'll be a Kudos and
Whiners as soon as I can sort through the 2,023 spams and the hundreds of
legitimate submissions on my box. Whew! Please check back in a few hours if
you can for an update. I love Big Pine!) |
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2pm |
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One Barrel of beer. 248 12oz. Glasses with a one inch head. That
doesn't include cooling, glassware, paper, glass, whatever, bar coasters,
(they're not free anymore) C02, insurance, workmen's compensation, garbage
pickup, help, A/C, over pouring, not to mention 14 or 16 oz beers. Work with
those numbers for a while. |
I love it! The voters really did what they said they would do. They threw
the bums out in Key West and replaced them with people who will stop the
corruption and deal making and serve the citizens instead. Yes, it was a
non-partisan election, but if you looked closer, the liberal Democrats are
on the way out and conservative Republicans are on the way in. Morgan
McPherson, you are the man! The liberal media are already in
disbelief, still giving more space to Weekley and Oosterhoudt than the
guys who replaced them. They can't believe what happened! It is a miracle.
The people have spoken. This little ole liberal, gay-loving, bum-loving,
conch train-loving, developer-loving town is going to see some big time
changes.
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I hope they catch that dildo that caused the seven
mile wreck. Karma will get him/her.
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The car with the "ASSMAN" plates was spotted
Friday outside the Cow Palace. He has definitely found a home.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802116043/ref=olp_product_details/103-2254548-9950218?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
Ever since I read The Burial Brothers I've dreamed of the
ultimate road trip. Will you make Rio in time for Carnival?
Enjoy your trip, I'm jealous! (Ed: Rio Dulce, Guatemala) |
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How is it that the women can write in about a guy
doing a great job going down on them and it is OK, but if a guy writes in
about a great head a woman gives him--he is a pig? Fair is fair,
if women can tell all about the guy who is good at sex why can't I
talk about the girl who CENSORED?
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A few observations: The "why help didn't
arrive" picture was a scream. The body painting pictures were very clever.
The dog with the fish hook was terrible. I hope that wasn't real. And
finally...what ball?
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 A friend
of mine did that "kitty munch thing" with a woman he met in a bar down
here. It took him six weeks and over $1,500 in medical costs to clear
up what he caught. I asked him if he ever do it again with a Key's
honey, he replied, "None for me, thanks."
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Do they serve Key deer at the Key Deer Grill. If not,
why not? |
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Do the math. The average American keg of beer
holds 15 1/2 gallons (128 ounces to the gallon=1,984 ounces). The average
beer cup holds 12 ounces (some only 10). Therefore, a keg will produce
between 165 - 194 cups of beer, provided no spillage or waste.
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Has anyone been able to confirm if Square Grouper has
been sold? I hope it is just a Rumor. |
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Someone stop Lucky from roving. Keep
your dogs in heat in the house.
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Definition of having a "bad day" |
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I just want to let everyone know that most certainly was
not me addressing the fight between Rudy and Jamie. It just
happened to come from my PC. I wasn't even there, I don' even drink! Some
people out there have my email address and I don't want them to think it was
me saying this. My name is Carol, but I have nothing to do with that
comment, the #1, #2 and #3. It's too late to remove my address from this
site. My boyfriend sent that in and my name showed because the PC is
registered to me. I finally figured out how to send mail to you, that's why
I'm doing this now. Sorry it took me so long. I just want to drop it. I got
a lot of hate mail. Ed, why didn't you print the address of the person whose
mail you had to heavily edit? Sorry to Rudy and Jamie. Thank you very much.
Now, you may print my address. |
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Does
anyone know what happened to the demand made by County Administrator Tom
Willi for overtime pay he was not entitled to? Suddenly the issue
dropped from the radar. Did County government and the good ol’ boy machine
cave in and pay him or was his request denied as it should have been? |
Hell, yea. The single women
down here chain smoke; and they never buy there own weed!
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Tons of household chemicals that were once stored safely in garages,
bathrooms and kitchen cabinets along the Gulf Coast pose a potential
environmental threat after being scattered by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The storms destroyed or damaged some 160,000 homes and left an estimated 22
million tons of debris in their wake -- enough to cover 200 football fields
with a 50-foot pile. |
Alexander Hamilton on Judge Miers (well, not specifically Miers, but
you know), from Federalist No. 76:
"[The President] would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the
most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit
than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged,
or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing
the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious
instruments of his pleasure." |
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Guess what everybody? Billie is coming back.
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Someone asked if they make vitamin beer. The answer is that all
beer has vitamin P.
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Flying Squirrels. I hope we don't have these
critters on BPK. They may be small and cute, but they are the most
carnivorous of the squirrel family, according to a TV program I saw 3 days
ago. It said they even eat birds eggs and even baby birds. If we get
squirrels here, that will be the end of our already endangered Liguus tree
snails. They could be worse than the imported fire ant on our native
wildlife.
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4:30pm |
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Travel Editor: |
Dear Editor: Chicken bus. Wow, brave soul! When I think of buses in
Central America I remember "Romancing the Stone". Let us all hear
your stories when you can! Pics, please, too!
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Travel Ed: I took a bus from San Pedro Sula to Rio Dolce. I found out
latter that it usually is about a three and a half hour trip. After about
seven hours of beautiful sightseeing a Neanderthal sitting in the back moved
up and squeezed in next to me and was asking me way too many questions about
what kind of underwear I was wearing. To change the subject, I asked where
he was going and he said, "Cobán." I said, "Wow, aren't modern times great?
Here I am going west and you're going east and we're both on the same bus?"
After a short pause we both yelled to the driver, "Alto! Alto!"
The driver sort of apologized to me for not telling me that I should have
changed buses a long time ago. Then after about another hour while we were
driving at the top of a scary mountain ridge he stopped another bus that was
going in the opposite direction and put me on it. All the Guatemalans got a
big laugh out of it.
When we finally (I'd had enough of sightseeing by now.) got to Morales,
where I was supposed to get off in the first place, all the busses were gone
for the day, so I had to pay for a ride in mini van. There were thirteen
people in that small thing. It was like how many people can you fit in a
phone booth kind of thing.
The sign read, "Comida Rapido." Fast food restaurant at
Morales, Guatemala
"Brunos". It looks a lot worse than it is. The very noisy bridge is just
behind the trees.
I finally got to Rio Dolce and checked into a cool place called "Brunos.
It's owned by a former Marathon resident (go figure) named Steve and
his sweet native wife. (I might note at this time that every adult that I
met there was slightly off kilter, so I stayed.
They serve very good beer and always put a napkin in the top. Usually in the
shape of a flower, but buy the time I took this picture neither the owner
nor myself could get the flower right. hic!
They don't have any bars per se on the river. Everyone sits at
tables. It's very easy to sit at a table all day overlooking the marina and
the river. The place is loaded with live-aboard ex-pats. (An "ex-pat" is a
foreign national who doesn't live in his homeland any more.) There where
Americans, Brits, a lot of Australians, Danes, Hollanders, Swiss and
Germans. They all had time to stop and quench the ever present thirst and
swap lies with anyone. So, I was an immediate "new best friend".
One guy said it all about the kind of ex-pat who lives on the river, "Either
you're wanted or unwanted.
One morning I wanted a Bloody Mary and was wondering if the Indian girl
tending bar know how to make one. One toothless sailor yelled to me, "Of
course she does. We may be third world, but we're civilized."
 I
got a fine room overlooking the river, but on the first night even my ear
plugs couldn't keep out the sound of the giant tractor trailer rigs backing
off the gas as the descended the bridge. They don't use mufflers, so when
they let their foot of the gas the backfiring sound the engine made was
deafening. The next night I slept like a lamb, but just before sunrise there
were three long sets of loud explosions sounding like machine gun fire. I
flew up in the air and thought I was going to have a stroke. It turned out
to be the traditional way people wake of their children on their kids'
birthdays. Happy birthday, Pedro...rat-tat-tat-tat!
I stayed there for three days, ate like a pig, drank like an elephant,
bought a few rounds, had my laundry done and my whole bill was only $80. |
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Thursday October 13, 2005 |
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Tuesday October 4, 2005 |
| Roving Reporter: Dateline: San Pedro Sula. I arrived
here three hours late due to airplane trouble and in such a large city I was
surprised that most everything was closed by 6pm. There was no where to eat.
American Airlines was supposed to serve dinner, but they didn't. So I
stepped over the sleeping people on the sidewalks and was forced to eat at
McDonalds, the only place opened. Instead of Ronald, they had a soldier with
a machine gun. I had a Big Mac and the grey mystery meat was so wafer thin
that I had to write about it. Seriously, I've never seen meat to thin. I
stayed at the Honduran version of the Bates Motel, but I don't want to talk
about it. |
Has anyone noticed that almost all the single women down here chain
smoke? What is that all about? Are they working on their wrinkles, or
do they just want to look like the Marlboro Man?
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Where's
the dock in Big Pine to pick up fresh seafood from McBuck Seafood.
Ed>Business Directory<Seafood
and give them a jingle. |
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Geez, where is Rudy
anyway? Is that why the Ed. is taking the show to Central America, in
search of R.K.? Inquiring minds want to know.
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To the
Beer Price Guru: I’m not sure where you’re buying or pouring your beer,
but your numbers are somewhat off. Consider this. A bar can expect 275+
servings of beer to a keg if they’re not wasting a lot dumping foam and
spilling. They pay about $60 for that keg (more or less depending upon
quantity ordered, not including all of their overhead). Dividing $60 by 275
glasses we get $0.21. (Twenty one cents/cup) Not 5 or 7 cents. (math
approximate) And, most of the local watering holes have a happy hour and
serve draft beer for $1.00 to $1.50. You haven’t been screwed in the bar
until you buy the dentally challenged, fat blond with the tattoo on her neck
down at the end of the bar a few brewskies and a shooter. Then you’ll get
screwed for sure! |
I'm going to be there for 4 days starting tomorrow. I have references.
Mona Baily will vouch for me. I want a date with a pretty gal between 35
and 50. She must fit through a hula hoop comfortably. Call me at
540-958-3866
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Someone said that the Keys were getting so expensive
it would soon be like Hilton Head. I have been there many times and
don't recall a bunch of rednecks bragging about how tough they are. We
have a long way to go before we have the same class of people as Hilton
Head.
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The guy
with the “ASSMAN” license plate heard about the Bacon Grease girl
and, being a medical professional, decided to examine the phenomena.
Unfortunately he neglected to use proper safety equipment including proper
lighting, air supply and tethers to the surface and has not been seen
since. Bacon Grease lady has now been fed massive quantities of frijoles
refritos in an attempt to effect discharge of the examiner. Authorities
predict little hope for a successful outcome. |
| Have a good trip Ed. Absence makes
the heart grow fonder! |
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Re: travel. You took the show to New
England, but you left out the best part. Your from New Jersey. What a
turncoat!
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| Body painting from FantasyFest
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| How do they nominate someone whose greatest
claim to fame is being White House counsel and President of the Dallas Bar
Association to the Supreme Court¿ My God, it never ceases to amaze
me. The same way, I guess, that they nominate for candidate as president a
person whose claim is a failed oil company and part-time affiliate of a
baseball team. |
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The more I read on this site and hear around the
community about the positive improvements at Key Deer I have to
take my hat off and bow my head to Captain Dan. I was one of the biggest
critics about the lesser than admirable bar crowd at Key Deer, but it
looks like Captain Dan is improving the place by the day. I'll be in
tomorrow for a cold beer.
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| Re: "In 2000
Clinton left Bush one of the
biggest surpluses in history."
Is there a gas leak where you live? |
| The person who said they don't know what the big deal is
about a guy who likes to, as it was put, "Eat Kitty" must be either a
guy who doesn't eat it but wants his oral pleasure or a woman who has never
had it done right. It is a wonderful thing when done right and believe me,
he does it right. |
Why help didn't arrive. |
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Here are just a few of the wonderful animals
currently up for adoption at Stand Up for Animals, the BPK
andMarathon Animal Shelter:
1. We have been overrun by kittens! They
are adorable and playful, but are outgrowing their office pen -- can you
resist?
2. Priscilla came to us when she was too
young to feed herself -- she was fostered out and bottle fed, and now has
a healthy appetite for food, play, and making noise!
3. (Pic: Kitten with Paw) Spike was also
fostered, and what a character! Come in and see for yourself . . .
4. Andy is an Australian Cattle dog who
needs a lot of attention and a big yard -- he's got loads of energy!
Come see these and our other fantastic pets
at 10550 Aviation Blvd in Marathon, or 279 Industrial Road, Big Pine. Or,
give us a call at 305 743 3779 or drop us an email,
sufa2005@bellsouth.net
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What’s up
with the Big Pine Restaurant and Coffee Shop? Closed? Open? Out of
business? Vacation? Mom and Pop fighting? Employee problems? The toilet
is backed up? What? I want my damn eggs and muffins! (Another episode in
“As the Pine Cone Turns”) |
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Lucky is the Moondog's drummer, but I don't
think he has been reported missing; he just wanders around a lot.
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The "man" who "walked out" of Rob's to go
to the Key Deer was far from the "main man" there. Rob's kitchen managers
still work there because they do not push around or threaten teenage
dishwashers. This so called "man" was fired from his
line cook position. |
| Do you know when the 7 mile bridge will be open? I have
friends stuck on the other side. PS It's my birthday. Can you let everyone
know that I am almost forty and old. |
 News Flash:
A Keys environmental group has called for a federal investigation into the
Seven Mile Bridge accident. They claim that the fire from the
burning tanker has dramatically escalated global warning, and leaking
fuel has contaminated the water below. Leaders of the group have called
for the Bush administration to completely drain the Atlantic Ocean and the
Gulf of Mexico and filter the water for any contaminants. Costs of the
mammoth project will be borne by Monroe County taxpayers.
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Ed, enjoy your vacation. You
deserve it. I hope you can post from Central America. Please share
photos.
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I went to the Habitat for Humanity Home center
the other day and what a wonderful place it is. Lots of useful stuff,
furniture and more. I was scared by an old man there though. He clenches a
cigar in his mouth and he is balding with a hint of white hair. His pants
are clenched firmly in his butt-crack...he tried to smile but it seemed as
if it caused him pain to do so. I think he owns the place, I am not sure.
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I did my laundry this morning. all six pairs of shorts
turned inside out in the washer.
but then turned right side out in the dryer! AAAAH, Sweet mysteries of
life! P.S. lost two different socks! |
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Quoting
the person who made this entry “I could not believe it, but it's true. I
just saw a car with New York plates
on it that said "ASSMAN". This guy is either a proctologist, or he likes
backsides. He would love the bacon grease girl.” Do you recall the Seinfeld
episode where Kramer found the license plates with the same moniker and was
proud to be driving around with them¿ |
| Re: Supreme Court Justice. I am still
just so astonished how cheapened everything is that comes out of this White
House:
What qualifies her for the bench? Bush ticked off a long
ling of professional and civic accomplishments, and he said that he knows
her "heart." But Miers' single most important qualification -- at least in
the president's eyes -- may be her loyalty to him. |
I wish my wife would answer that damn personal ad and leave me
alone. Her sex drive is killing my TV watching. I think I'm going to buy
her a dirty movie and a toy.
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| It's the birthday of
Thomas Wolfe, (books
by this author) born in Asheville, North Carolina (1900). He
spent many years trying to become a playwright, then had an affair with an
older, married woman named Aline Bernstein. She became his muse and
convinced him to write a novel. He dedicated his novel Look Homeward
Angel to her.
Thomas Wolfe died young, of meningitis, and left behind a crate full of
notebooks and manuscripts. His editor went through the crate and created two
novels out of the material there, The Web and the Rock and You
Can't Go Home Again. |
| Re: Manners. Manners are a
sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness,
you have good manners no matter what fork you use. |
Ouch! Now those wimps the French are fishing with dogs. Who was the
genius that wanted to save them from the Nazi's?
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| Now if Rudy Krause wrote that
yesterday, there's two things that he sucks at. He can't spell or make a
statement make sense, and also he can't fight. No one jumped in, it was one
on one until the owners of Boondocks held the man fighting Rudy back so he
could get a cheap shot. But then he's friend saw that and it was all over
for Rudy. I'm sure there's a lot of people that will meet you one on one any
day of the week, Rudy, so don't act tough now after you just got beat down.
I guess now you realize you don't run the Key's and it doesn't matter how
much money you got. You can always still get a good ass whipping.
-irishbryan420@bellsouth.net |
| Re: Supreme Court. I like this bit
from the Post: Ms. Miers is a regular guest at Camp
David and is often the only woman who accompanies Mr. Bush and male staff
members in long brush-cutting and cedar-clearing sessions at the president's
ranch |
|
 Wow,
could you please tell me where a bar owner can purchase tap beer for $.05. I
pay $.37 per 12 oz. draft. sell it for $1.50 for a 12 oz mug. Except from 4
- 7 which is happy hour. Then it's $1.00. You get an ice cold mug, a
smile, and a thank you. Do some research before you make comments like that.
I don't see any of the Big Pine bars rolling in the bucks, but they all take
good care of their customers. It's a tough, but interesting business. Oh,
bye the way, the .37 is the cost of the product only, not the $1000 a
month insurance, the $2200 a month elec. and so on. That's my story.
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Tuesday October 4, 2005 |
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Monday October 3, 2005 |
 Notice: (Ed:
This spring we took this show on the road to New England without any
difficulties. So latter today we'll be taking it to Central America and hope
we can publish successfully. If you see that this site has not been updated
daily; it means the third world is still the third world. Check back on
October 14 for updates. We apologize in advance for the Third World. Cross
your fingers.) |
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I laughed when we shopped for Flood, Wind
and Liability Insurance for our home in the Keys. "Why", I asked the
agent, "do we need it when a category 4 or greater storm hits, there won't
be any land left, let alone homes." She said, "it's because you have to
have it for the mortgage." I replied, "Oh, I forgot about the kick-back
scams down here." She throw us out of the office.
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 Bus
Schedule for the new Key West to Marathon bus service. (Business
directory>
Bus Schedule.) |
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I heard
that the main man in the kitchen at Rob’s walked out and went to Key Deer
Grill. Knowing him to be an excellent cook I stopped into Key Deer this
weekend and had prime rib. The food was good and they actually had a nice
crowd to go along with the entertainment. Maybe Key Deer really is turning
around. Hold your present course Capt. Dan. |
Our friend needs her friends. Judy Butner has been diagnosed with
breast cancer. Please help us help her. A fundraiser will be held at
Coconut's Sunday October 9th from 1-6 pm. 50/50 drawing, food, auction, and
live music. A good time for a good cause. All proceeds go to help with
medical expenses. We hope to see you all there. |
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Has Square Grouper really been sold or is it
just another rumor? It is the only decent place we have to eat in The
Lower Keys. I hope it isn't true.
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I could not believe it, but it's true. I just saw a
car with New York plates on it that said "ASSMAN". This guy is
either a proctologist, or he likes backsides. He would love the bacon
grease girl.
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City officials just announced the official Houston 2005
Hurricane Rita Evacuation Plan:
Hispanics use I-10 West to San Antonio
Cajuns use I-10 East to Lafayette
Rednecks use 59 North to East Texas
Yankees use 45 South to Galveston
Longhorns use 290 West to Austin
Aggies use 610 Loop. |
 Re:
beer pricing. You don't know
what you speak of. Where'd you get that price of 5-7 cents cost to pour a
draft? The fact is that as of Monday, for bars and restaurants in Monroe
Co. , domestic draught beer costs about 3.3 cents per ounce. If you do
the math that's almost 40 cents per 12 oz domestic draught beer. Bottled
domestic is going up to 6 cents per oz, or 71 cents per bottle. What a
deal!
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The
Square Grouper sold? Can anyone verify this as fact rather than rumor?
If it’s true I sincerely hope that the new ownership has a solid background
in restaurant management and they don’t screw up what has become a very good
thing. Too often new owners run a successful operation into the ground. It
would be a shame to ruin one of the best restaurants outside of Key West. |
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All you losers are on here talking about Rudy
Krause like you were there an saw what happened. So get the story
right. All you people that wanted to jump him, like your tough, won't come
see me one-on-one anywhere; because you're soft you've got to jump
to win a fight.
(Ed: heavily edited. I think I made some sense of it. It was a
challenge.)
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Who cares if a priest is a homo? If they are
not doing me or my kids I don't care what they do behind a closed door.
It is none of the priest's business what I do with my wife behind a closed
door and none of my business what he does behind a closed door.
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 Squirrel
update. I stopped by
the vet's again Friday and asked one of the techs to get a picture of the
flying babies for me. She got one of the babies as it was being held for
feeding and thought she got another of the whole group. They have 5 flyers
in there now and they're nearly as big as they're going to get.
Unfortunately, she's not real familiar with the hesitations of a digicam and
didn't get the group shot, but this one came out ok. I will try again next
week. |
| I'm a snowbird. If you want I'll bring down some cheap
smokes and my Jersey girlfriend. I hope she's not the same one you've
been chasing in your dreams. Smoke on bud. |
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To the
person writing about the “Wooden Man” at Boondocks: Before you call
anyone a moron you might want to check your spelling and facts. The word
you wanted was “their” not “there.” “Their” indicates possession or
ownership as in ‘it was their caveman’, “there” is a place or position, as
in ‘put it over there’. And who the hell is Ed Wintermyer. If you’re
talking about the former owner of Mo-Bay and the Packers dragonfly his name
is not Wintermyer. Moron indeed! |
| Serious nap time
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| Ed Wintermyer. Isn't he bricks?(?) Do you all remember
when the ATM was stolen from Boondocks? You want to say they did
that too? Better get an attorney if you keep blaming people for doing
things if you can't prove it! |
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I live in the Houston area, I get the Houston
tv channels and radio stations. I haven't personally worked with any of
the Katrina or Rita evacuees, but I have spoken with many different
people, unconnected with each other in any way, who have dealt with them
in many different areas. I have never seen or heard, on broadcasts or in
person, of any ingratitude or rudeness displayed by any of them. I've
always been told how grateful they are for every kindness shown them.
Most want only a place to live and a way to earn their living.
 The worst
incidents I've heard have been foolish use of the FEMA or Red Cross debit
cards handed out; tattoos, expensive jewelry or perfume, big nights out at
fancy clubs. One person has been arrested for buying a gun and
dealing. Some of that is bound to happen, but it is a very small
minority. Those mentalities have never had anything and don't know how to
handle a windfall. Unfortunately when the rescuers were picking up people
they couldn't tell on the spot which ones they should shove right back in
the water. They'll be back in the cycle of poverty in no time.
The vast majority of reports are of people using the money to get a car to
look for a job, or clothes to interview for a job, or gas for their
vehicle to look for housing and work. If there were all these incidents
of abusive bad behavior, don't you think the news reporters would have a
heyday filling every broadcast with them? It isn't happening. The most
you see is someone yelling their frustration at bureaucratic delays.
Well, who among us hasn't had their fill of bureaucratic delays at one
time or another and wouldn't we have loved to had a reporter right there
to listen to us blow off steam! Even those incidents are few and they
don't turn into anything else. Most of these people seem to have patience
with the system.
These are just people going through a bad patch. There are people helping
them and there are a lot of "thank yous" being spoken for every little
thing they do. Don't make them out to be criminals or worse. It isn't
fair and it isn't true.
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 Just
to let you know we have some pretty nice Sunsets in the Valley of the Sun.
(Picture is not the best, done with camera phone from front yard). Sadly,
still not the Keys, which I still miss a bunch, even if its not the same as
when I came for a vacation and stayed for 25+ years. |
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With all this talk of hooking up and oral
favors its obvious that Craven Moorehead is back in town!
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That missing dog lucky, isn't he the
drummer for Moondogs?
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I spent the afternoon at Bahia Honda park the
other day and there was a gunfight on the beach! I found nothing about it
in the local papers. A bunch of girls drew their weapons and fired at each
other, point blank! Some of us just hung around and watched. All in all,
it was just some good clean fun.(Ed: We can't print your picture of a
bunch of beautiful naked women with water pistols, but out male staff sure
liked it.)
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| More puppies. This must be puppy day in Big Pine
Key. We could all use a bit of puppy love.
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| I'm not bashing Kickin' Back (the convenience store
on Cudjoe across from Blimp Road). I just wanted to check my sincere
perception that there has been an obvious decline in both maintenance and
customer service/friendliness since it's been under new management. (The
answer so far is no on both counts, apparently.) My son and I are in there
several times a week, and we used to feel welcome, and recognized as
neighbors. Now all we get is blank stares, no greeting, no, "Can I help you,
how are you today", or, "Thank you." More often than not the person at the
counter is on his cell phone and doesn't speak to the customer at all, not
even to give you the total on your purchase. He just expects you to read it
off the register. I really wouldn't have a problem with not being able to
easily understand the cashier if he would smile, make eye contact, and at
least try to communicate in a courteous way. That just hasn't been my
experience.
Other small, but unfriendly changes: The alarm beeping on the door every
time it opens (where do they think they are, L.A.?), a minimum of $5.00 on
debit card purchases (I just ran out to buy milk and gave my last three
bucks to my son for lunch money), even the bowl of 25 cent candy on the
counter was a nice touch. The lot just looks unkempt, too. And what happened
to Johnnie's car wash? At any rate, as these things started to add up I
thought I'd check and see if anyone else had been getting the same cold
vibe. That's why I asked. |
 TYPEWRITER
is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of
the keyboard. |
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Re: The
Kickin’ Back store being run into the ground? What, you’re surprised?
With Akmed and Abdullah running the joint what do you expect? The only
things they lack are turbans and a couple of camels. |
| How pathetic is it that these women have to
have sex with a total stranger to make them feel good about
themselves? And he likes to eat kitty, big deal. What did you give him? Ever
hear of STD's or AIDS? Go buy a vibrator. |
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Has Montana snatched anything interesting
lately? Inquiring minds want to know.(?)
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 I thought
dates (and time in general) were not of great importance when living on
"island time". Isn't that one of the perks of living on an island?
Suggestion; if the info is new, it's the next day's news. Avoid
controversy, drop the date entirely. Also drop the 10 am deadline and let
Ed sleep in when the urge strikes! (Even I cringe at that suggestion
because I do look forward to the next edition!) Just tack on new stuff in
an endless "stream of consciousness" rambling so nobody can pinpoint
beginnings and ends. End of date complaints.
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Monday October 3, 2005 |
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Sunday October 2, 2005 |
(Ed: I changed yesterday's date to the correct one. I goofed. Since I moved
here I haven't been very good with time.) |
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In 2000 Clinton left Bush one of the biggest
surpluses in history. Since bush hasn't vetoed even one spending bill we
are in debt up to our ears. His spending is up 33% just this year; and the
interest we have to pay on all the money he borrows (from China and Japan)
will be $385 Billion this year! And all this is without Katrina or
Rita added in. He should be ashamed of what he's done to this country. We're
in fiscal crisis and what does Bush do? He cut's $1.4 Trillion in taxes. I'd
rather have sex in the White house than an irresponsible President ruining
my country. |
Re: Beer
prices go up. Wow! Since it
costs 5 to 7 cents to pour a 12 oz double plastic glass of beer in the
average bar, and the average price for a draft beer is $2.00, I think the
bars should be made to hang a Red Light out front, since we're getting
screwed anyway!
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False: "Katrina
evacuees verbally abused volunteers and trashed a rest stop in Waskom, TX."
There have been a rash of false "letters" on the internet from the disasters
trying to compound the tragedy. (Editor's note: If you believe what you
read on the internet--you're a fool. Including our own site.) |
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The
Bacon Grease girl turned up at a local watering hole with a group of
Jerseyites and was looking for "a good time." One of the local guys told
her to, “Haul your big butt outta here.” She had to make five trips! |
House Of Music will be having Bike Night, Tuesdays
starting this week. Safe bike parking will be provided in the amphitheater
area where bikes can be brought in through the large gate on the east side
of the property. Somehow we will be awarding a prize each week for "Best
Bike."
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Lost:
Brown and white mutt, neutered, missing one front paw, blind in left eye and
incontinent. Answers to Lucky! |
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So you are saying, "Ugggh stole Ug?" Gee, I can't
imagine two nice boys like that would ever perpetrate such a fraud. The
guy with the cooler, aside from it's intended use, get over it will
you?
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Some more lovely sunsets stop and enjoy
its all good everyone enjoy the season enjoy the
sunsets relax
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I saw what went down with Rudy Krause and Jamie
O'Brien. The fact is Rudy got pissed because Jamie made a comment
about his Dumb and Dumber hair cut. Jamie tried to apologize
twice after Rudy's attempt to fight him, after the third attempt Rudy
got worked! What can I say three strikes and your knocked out! It was
just another bar fight and you gossip hounds should leave it as such.
-Tyronenoe@aol.com
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Forget I even said one thing about a cooler! I got a new one already.
I did not expect such rude remarks about a simple thing. I hope the guy
finds his canvas he lost. And by the way, I am not the same guy who wrote a
personal ad. Just a citizen, that is all. |
Now that the Square Grouper sold and has new owners will it be as
good now? |
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To whomever wanted to get up with or see the Bacon Grease
woman shake her butt. Think again. Her arms are not not near long enough
to reach around and wipe herself. So, if she shakes that thing, something
could fling out into the viewer's face. No telling how long it's been since
she could wipe between those lard globes. |
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A few interesting facts about Rudi
Krause's fight. 1. It was only him and one other man fighting. The
second man one was trying to break it up. 2. The people who worked at the
cow palace broke it up alright; then let Rudy take a free swing at the one
he was fighting (that's low). 3. The police asked the two men if they
wanted to press charges and the one Rudy was fighting said "No, it was
just a bar fight." And, of course, Rudy said, "Yes. I would." Guess
getting your arse kicked is rather embarrassing. -carol720@bellsouth.net
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 I have found
a set of keys on a neck lanyard on Ramrod near Coral and Dolphin.
Identify the logo on the lanyard and they are yours call 872-3407
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Free flood insurance: If you own a home (in the
Katrina flood area), how do you qualify for welfare and food stamps? |
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A Short Fairy Tale:
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?" The girl said,
"No." And the guy lived happily ever after and went fishing, hunting,
played golf a lot, and drank beer and farted whenever he wanted to. The
end. |
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I am the second woman who wrote in about answering the "Let's Hook Up"
personal ad. I saw some idiot wrote in accusing the guy who placed the ad of
writing in saying he is a woman who answered the ad. I saw that my friend, a
female, who also answered the ad and enjoyed this gentleman's company called
the idiot doing the accusing a donkey. I am not sure what word fits you
better, idiot or donkey.
 Maybe if an
idiotic donkey like yourself paid more attention to your girl's needs and
pleasured her a little more often she wouldn't have to search out personal
ads to have good sex. Guys, here's a couple of hints to better sex. 1. We
women need to have an orgasm too. 2. You think women don't like giving you
oral favors, we do like it, but we also like to receive the same favors. Any
women who have been missing out on those two things I highly recommend you
answer the personal ad too. You won't be missing them anymore. You'll get
both and get both good. Just so the donkey-idiot won't accuse me of being
the guy who placed the personal ad, my email address is DeeDeesails@hotmail.com
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No. Kickin Back has always been
dirty. Their new problem is that you can't understand their cashier. If
they were a McDonalds, this would not be a problem.
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Just sharing an e-mail I received the other day. Maybe we
need to start looking for solutions to the world's problems instead
of just complaining about them.
(Ed: The email link was no good.) |
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Hey Ed. September was bad enough what with the
hurricanes. Two Friday the 30th are way too much. Let's move on to other
less depressing things - like Saturday, October 1! (Ed: Ok, Ok, I get the
message, now I'll try to get the date.) |
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I was going towards Key West driving over the Torch
Channel bridge and looked over to the right and I can see your white
cooler over in the mangroves.
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I think that Reno 911 is
absolutely hilarious, but my wife hates it.
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To Casanova:
I'm 66 and blonde, dumb, fat, smell bad, hairy, 4'8", half Irish and half
Cuban, I live in a trailer, smoke stuff, drink rum shots, and like sex
outdoors. Please leave a note on the wall at Captain
Dan's if
you want to get it on!?
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Yep, here we go. Let's bash "The Kickin Back", the new owners have
been more than courteous since they took over and are I think doing a great
job. They stayed open during the storms this summer and I don't think it is
fair to bash them. |
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Snowbirds eat yellow snow!
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Where is Kickin Back? I never heard of it? |
 To the
morons that own Boondocks, I can't believe you are giving all this attention
to your stupid ugly freak wooden man you had kidnapped outside your
bar. Are you sure you didn’t copy the old article out of the Barometer
newspaper about the time when somebody stole there dragon fly and held it
for ransom? Maybe you and Ed Wintermyer were talking. Get over it and grow
up. You know you have it. |
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Ed, what's with the date? By now you
should know this is a failing and check it every day.
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Sunday October 2, 2005 |
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Saturday October 1, 2005 |
Tragic news -- beer prices go up on Monday, October 3. The beer
companies/distributors raise their prices every October and this year is
no exception. So stock up this weekend.
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Re:
Free
flood insurance.
What a surprise. They (the Government) may reimburse those in the Gulf
without flood insurance. Why not? The poor downtrodden already get free
medical, food stamps (that they sell on the BLACK market for 20 cents on the
dollar), Aid For Dependant Children, WIC payments, welfare checks,
unemployment insurance payments, free transportation and whatever they can
get for the merchandise they looted from various businesses. Free
insurance. Why not? |
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What's the scoop on
Rudy getting beat up? Inquiring minds want to know? |
 The Catholic's,
in their new guidelines, are now asking their new candidates for priesthood
if there is "any evidence of homosexuality in the seminary?" They estimate
that 23 to 58 percent of Catholic clerics have homosexual orientations. The
new guidelines don't say anything about pedophilia--which is the problem
they won't talk about.The Vatican is expected to issue a document
clarifying its attitudes towards gays. In this document they use doublespeak
that further confuses the problem such as: All homosexual acts are
"intrinsically disordered" and homosexual orientation is an "objective
disorder"..."moral relativism" and a bunch of other gobbledygook. |
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Do you think this is one of our locals? Hic!
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To the person in love with the Bacon Grease Girl: I
think she probably hangs out everywhere!
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I heard
Rudy Krause got beat
down because he stood up for himself, after someone said he had "gay"
hair. That's a little funny, because he still lost.
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Here’s a message to all of you who think
that the wild chicken population is so cute we should honor them
with protection and a festival.
 The
World Health Organization said today that 2 to more than 7 million people
could die from a global flu pandemic. Other authorities put the dead at
10+ million. The avian flu is spread by chickens, ducks and other wild
birds and has been a problem in Asia for years where people live in close
proximity to wild chickens. It has now spread to Europe. Strains of the
virus are now turning up in humans and there is growing concern in the
U.S. about the possibility of a pandemic. Experts cannot predict when a
pandemic would strike but many say conditions are ripe. Health experts
warn that the avian flu threat must be taken seriously because the flu is
one of the most infectious agents to humans and readily transmitted
person-to-person. There is no natural immunity in the human population
and no effective vaccine.
Key West and the Keys is a tourist
destination bringing visitors from around the world by ship, plane and car
daily. An infected person could easily bring the disease here. Sure they
make good hot wings, B-B-Q and soup but in the wild they’re just filthy
creatures. So, my bleeding heart chicken lovers, let’s protect and honor
the fowl (a more appropriate spelling would be foul). It’s such a
pleasure to wade through chicken crap on the streets, parking lots and
yards.
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That bacon grease, giant butt girl would blend
right into the Friday night crowd at the Cow Palace. I would love to see
her "shake that thing".
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Keep that Nineteenth
Nervous Breakdown storm out of here or I will have a breakdown! |
 Looks
like Fantasy Fest is getting close. By now, nothing should be a surprise,
especially for those of us were there from the first one!!
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Rudy got beat up?
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False police report.
This girl is sooo tired of flipping through
the Barometer and reading about Ugg, Boondock's mascot. I happen to
know that its all BS! That the owners are the ones who have it; and this
is all a phony publicity stunt. They even went to the extent of making a
police report, which by the way is a felony offence. They need to get
their s**t together and actually make the place nice to go to; Serve some
better food and maybe they won't have to make false police reports to get
the attention they want.
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Ok, I am a little confused is the guy with the personal ad who is
allegedly such a great roll in the sack, the same guy who lost the white
cooler? |
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Which Rudy
got beat up? Young or old? Inquiring minds want to know!
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 Found:
Very friendly Black & white cat with a red collar & bells. In the
vicinity of Division, Hibiscus Ln and Coconut Hwy--Palm Villa sub. If this
cat is yours please call Katie 872-0324 |
I am the woman who wrote in about the personal ad that some donkey
accused of being the guy who posted the ad answering himself. I wrote in
twice and the other woman who wrote in and also saw him is a friend of mine
now and is all female too.
My message to the person who accused the ad's submitter of answering his own
ad is: Maybe if all guys were as attentive to women in the bedroom as he
was, women like me wouldn't have to answer personal ads. If guys want to get
pleasure they should also be willing to give pleasure too. (and he was). It
is a pretty simple concept to understand. Girls have needs as well. Ed, if
you want to print my email address I have no problem with it. I have nothing
to hide and am not ashamed that I also have needs. |
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At the risk of making this website a "lost and found"
forum, after reading about the person who lost their cooler, I thought I
might as well ask about my loss and see if maybe the person who found my
item is looking for me.
 A couple of
months ago, while tailoring my boat from Big Pine to Cudjoe, the green
canvas cover on the captains chair blew off along with a roll of paper
towels that were on the floor of the boat. I believe both items blew off in
the vicinity of Fishcutter's because when I got to the ramp and discovered
the cover missing, I retraced my route and found the roll of paper towels in
front of Fishcutters, but no sign of the seat cover.
The only reason I'm asking if anyone found my cover is that I've
discovered that it's a lot harder item to replace than a cooler. The boat
manufacturer won't sell a replacement, none of the boat stores, marinas or
two canvas companies that I called carry boat seat covers. The best I could
do is a too-small canvas cover from West Marine.
So, if anyone out there found a green canvas captain's chair cover, would
you please post back? |
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Re: White Cooler. I guess I should have expected such a response. I
just thought that MAYBE some one would be KIND enough to return something
they found, and would have the common sense to think someone lost it. Yes,
it was empty, the fact that it was used to keep food in for the volunteers
that goes on these disaster relief trips would make someone do a good deed.
I was wrong. I just find it hard to understand that it only took 10 minutes
for someone to take it. I hope you put it to good use. It was a gift from
someone to us to help with disaster relief. Maybe you don't care about such
things. Yes, I am going to buy another one, hope whoever took it enjoys it
and puts it to good use. |
 Let's bring
back the Church Lady on a regular basis. God knows, we need her
here in Big Pine. She could give a weekly commentary on our problems and
tribulations, such as Captain Dan's Packers truck and the heifers over at
Boondocks. I prefer Church Lady to either Father Tony and his altar dog or
the Vineyard rock and roll band. Maybe she could start her own church
Sunday mornings at the House of Music. Angus Bangus could be the house
choir. You've got to love it. Isn't that just special?
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For those Big Pine men who are just as confused as I am when women speak,
here are some vocabulary words my married friends have taught me:
--Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right
and
you need to shut up.
--Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five
minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to
watch the game before helping around the house.
--Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means "something" and you
should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in
"fine".
--Leave Me Alone: Do not be confused by this one, it means you better try
and find out what is wrong with me and not take "nothing" as an answer.
--Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission, DON'T DO IT!
--Loud Sigh: Although not actually a word, the loud sigh is often
misunderstood by men. A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and
wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over
"Nothing".
--That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements that woman can
make to a man. "That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard
before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.
--Thanks: This is the least used of all words in the female vocabulary. If a
woman is thanking you. Do not question it, just say you're welcome and back
out of the room slowly. |
A new Florida law makes it easier for gun owners to defend themselves.
The British tabloids are warning that when visiting Florida, don't piss
off the locals because they can legally shoot you. Are the snowbirds aware
of this new law? Should they be afraid?
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The guys that assaulted Rudy Krause:
Arrest Date: 09/25/2005
Name: O'BRIAN, JAMIE Age:27 Sex: M Race: W
Address: 30035 N. SANDY CIRCLE, BIG PINE KEY, FL 33043
Occupation: None
Arrest Location: 27205 OVERSEAS HWY, RAMROD KEY
Charges:1 Misdemeanor Count BATTERY - TOUCH OR STRIKE
Arrest Date: 09/25/2005
Name: BARROWS, MIKE SCOTT Age:23 Sex: M Race: W
Address: 707 GRENADA LANE, LITTLE TORCH, FL 33042
Occupation: None
Arrest Location: 27205 OVERSEAS HWY, RAMROD KEY
Charges:1 Misdemeanor Count BATTERY - TOUCH OR STRIKE
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 What would have
happened if there was a nuclear incident in Texas or any other major
American city and people weren't willing to wait in a one hundred mile
traffic jam? There would be anarchy. With a hurricane people weren't in a
panic they were just very anxious. In a nuclear or biological emergency
there would be no time to wait and civilized people would become animals in
a very short amount of time. This is what Homeland Security should be
planning for. |
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Is the guy who wrote the personal ad the one who answered it and then
lost his cooler and went out with the bacon grease girl? Please let me know. |
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Re: Cooler. I can't believe someone cares about a lost cooler. |
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New Orleans Police Racal quota at it's best.
The NAACP must be proud.
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If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small
country |
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(?)Is anyone else disappointed in the way that Kickin' Back
is being run into the ground since it changed hands? |
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Saturday
October 1, 2005 |
Haiku
is a type of brief, non-rhyming poem that originated in Japan. Here are some
