Halloween 2006

[No one should doubt this country] That kind of thinking is what has ruined this country. Blindly trusting our government to do the right thing has been a mistake. America is not the best country in the world. We only think that because we used to be. The only reason the third world people all want to come here is for economic reasons and nothing else. American has lost its moral compass. Our government is for sale, no habeas corpus, kidnapping and approved torture are just a few examples.

[Bridge between Sweden and Denmark] We have the same phenomenon here in the U. S.  It's called the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

If busing in willing workers from Homestead is working for Winn-Dixie and several other places, why could it not work for all of the Keys?  Its a win win situation, they want to work and do not mind the two hour trip down and back and we have jobs.  That solves the housing problem and the environmental folks should love it as less houses would be built. 

#Most of the affluent areas around the world bring in willing workers because the cost of living is too high for the workers to live there.  Where can we find a location to build affordable housing--the Key Deer refuge, another Stiltsville, string boats around the Keys like Hong Kong harbor in the 30's?  Look around you and find a place for thousands of workers that is "affordable"; It does not exist!  In fact we could start a ferry service from the mainland that uses those high speed hovercrafts that would make it better for all of us to travel to the mainland.  There are lots of solutions we just have to quit hollering at each other and try to find them.

We got a ham sub and calzone from 2 for 20 pizza.  What a rip off!  One piece of ham and one piece of cheese and the calzone was as flat as a pancake and had the worst sausage I have ever tasted.  Never again 2 for nothing.
--ImBearsCub@aol.com

[illegal to take whale bones] If the feds responsible for towing the whale carcass away had towed it into the Atlantic ten miles instead of towing it ten miles into the back country no one would ever have seen the bones again.

[sick and tired of people bashing this country. If you were in some other place you might be hung for voicing your opinion.] Yes, I understand, but that is one of the things that makes this country what it is; freedom of speech.  We have the freedom to say what we want, when we want, to whom we want.   And here you are saying how much you're "sick and tired" of it.  Well, you my friend, also have the right to say as you wish, and you have the right to not listen to those saying what they want.  No one is forcing you to listen to someone bashing this country.

We called Rays pizza  and a nice lady in a jeep Cherokee drove up for just $35 and brought us 5 of the best pizzas ever.  You’ve got to quit crying and start buying. Our total bill was under $150 for 5 18 inch specialty pizzas.  And coming from Key West they were still quicker than the local pizza place next to US1 radio. Check them out when you’re down south or having a party. Well worth the extra delivery charge.

[Paul’s Appliance] I had an old propane dryer kick the bucket on me last week and Paul came out right away to see what the problem was.  The part that was needed was no longer available so we ended up purchasing a new dryer from him.  Which again, he came out immediately and installed.  Great prices, great product and a very personable and knowledgeable guy.  I would rate him five stars.  Great service and super reliable.  Yay!

These two met at the Cow Palace and were married last month. She is from Trenton and the lucky guy is a local. I think he plays drums in one of the bands down here. 

Does anyone know who would head up Toys For Tots or another such program to help get Christmas presents to needy kids?  I would love to volunteer or maybe host a fundraiser. My house is nothing special, but I would love to do my part for a really wonderful cause.

This ain’t the 60's anymore. You pull some of those trick or treat shenanigans and you could get your can shot off.

St Louis is the most dangerous city in America. Sorry Miami, maybe next year…

Favorite Halloween trick: The name of that game is tap tap spider.  It was made famous in David Nivens Auto biography The Moon is a Balloon.

That Denmark tunnel/bridge is super. Can we build one from N.J. to Key Weird?

Tapping the nut on the window, beats the hell out of egging the city buses in Jacksonville Fl. 30 years ago.

With more living space in an apartment downstairs you may have to upgrade your septic tank and drain.  The reason you need a permit to build it is so that you are up to code.  If you have 15 people living in a single residential place the sh** could hit the fan!

[Sweetwater Homes] I was told that the two brothers that run it micromanage and have a difficult time keeping good employees who want to work. I don't know that to be true, but it's worth asking about. --terrytunz@bellsouth.net

Ditto on Pizzaworks being good.  I called yesterday for a sub and it was made just perfect and delivered hot and fast.  Hubby got cheese garlic bread and the smallest pizza and it was terrific. In fact we had enough left over to reheat for lunch. I could not believe how fast the order came and how polite the delivery person was to us.  Woo, hoo Pizzaworks!

[Sweden bridge] There are two of those ship tunnels under Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Zap-a-ghost game. I like shooting games and this one gets harder as you go. Travel Channel :: Haunted Travels

I need some lousy tech support.  How often should I run the disk cleanup, defrag, Spybot, virus scan and Registry Pro?  I have managed to free up some space.  I am currently at 28% free space.  What is the norm?

(Lousy Tech Support: the norm depends on the size of your hard drive. 28% on a 160Gb hard drive is a lot, but on a 4Gb hd--it isn't.

We leave our computers on all the time and have our antivirus, spyware, software updates and backups scheduled to automatically run in the wee hours of the morning. We never defrag unless we’re having a problem. You don’t need disk cleanup unless you really use your computer a lot and I don’t mean just surfing the web. Registry Pro should be run and if you see it has helped correct potential problems (it gives a report) than run it more often. If no problems--run it less often. The same really goes for most of the programs you mentioned. It’s all relative to your usage. Automatic scheduling these things is the best way to go.

The best little program we’ve found in a long time is McAfee’s Site Advisor. It’s free and places red or green dots next to search engine results to let you know weather a site is safe or loaded with spyware and malware. Everyone should download this free tool. It’s saved out computers several times so far.)

Sea horse is an RV park not a mobile park.

I hope you guys and gals are right about all the kids at Eden Pines for Halloween.  I have candy on top of candy and will have all lights on bright for the kids.  I look forward to the costumes.  If they do not come and I am left with candy that I will eat I will silently wish for your demonic demise.  In 45 years down here this snowbird has somehow always missed Halloween.  Where do all these kids come from anyway? Every school bus I see is mostly empty.  Can anyone tell us the numbers if the school population is going up or as it looks going down?

I am home and can finally catch up on BPK.com. I moved to Key West for a few days. I did it to partake in the Fantasy Fest Festivities and see a laptop with an air card in the future. I’m still not sure of the time and feel a little on the peaked side as well.  I missed my daily dose of Kudos and Whiners. Thanks Ed, you are the bomb.

Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an order directing Florida Peninsula Insurance (FPI) to set its wind-only base rates  in Monroe County at or below the last approved rate from Citizens Property  Insurance Corporation (CPIC) through January 7, 2007, and then to set rates  at or below the 35% lower CPIC mandated rates as of January 7, 2007.

FPI customers will receive a credit or a refund for any premiums paid in excess of the new approved rates.  FPI had filed for a 92% rate increase that was disapproved by the Office of Insurance Regulation.  FPI subsequently submitted a revised filing for an even greater increase that was not approved.

Just got some real bad news for us Piners. Andy McClain was allowed to plea to lesser charges. Our States Attorney will let Andy McClain out in less than6 months. He will serve his time here in Monroe county. This man is bad. He robbed many homes with folks inside. It took the SWAT team to remove him from his trailer. Remember Our States Attorney did this. He will be running for something, they all ways do. I believe his name is Mark E Kohl.

Make your dog a "Service Dog" with the click of mouse!  You can even take Fido on a plane and he can sit next to you in the cabin, like you're a Special Needs Victim.  Simply click on "Clothing" and then "Service" to get all the accessories to trick everyone.  You can't tell the players without a program!  http://www.sitstay.com/

I need help with my insurance company.  Every year my insurance company raises the insured value of my home by 10 percent or more.  And they always block my attempts to reduce it.  Does anyone have any suggestions? Or, can you recommend an insurance company that will work with me?

I heard there are potential lawsuits waiting in the wings this Halloween based on the sugar and fat content of candy given out by households to trick-or-treaters. Anybody else hear about this? I hope it's just BS. This society is just getting too litigious.

[Sloan's Slot] Once upon a time (late April 2001), in Key West, I had a dream that heralded my writing a new novel, but it was a few days later before I knew what the dream meant. By then, I was in Helen, Georgia, where the novel was written. Novel preview in Long Winded Tomes

Tuesday October 31, 2006

Monday October 30, 2006

I would like to thank all the county commissioners and candidates, Ty Symroski, Habitat, US 1 radio, Barometer, and KW Citizen for showing up at the meeting of the Seahorse residents Thursday night. They feel they do have options now to the evictions. Habitat received a sizable donation to hire a lawyer to represent the residents. There is some reason to believe that the Seahorse might be considered a mobile home park or a hybrid per Florida statutes. Those eviction laws are very different from RV laws. The next day I heard BOCA Developers were back at the negotiating table. They do not want a trailer park. They do not want to evict them and they do not want to build there. They want a deal. I would also like to thank Ty for helping clean the Marathon beaches.

[Trick or treat] If the porch light’s on—your welcomed. If the light’s off—you get your windows waxed.

Good news for Lost Cargo Trading Post. The stucco crew should be done with most of the building mid next week. We hope to be open in the next 10-15 days.

The bridge (or should it be called tunnel) goes under water to allow movement of ships . In order for ships to pass, this bridge is half under the water. You drive down in the water and then come out on the other side. Truly a marvelous piece of engineering! This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark. The picture was taken from the side of Sweden .

[New York license plates. I guess it's time to go into the "self defense" mode. This means talking ten decibels louder than normal…]  It’s possible that the individual in the car will conduct themselves in this manner due to the fact that New Yorkers live in very close proximity to New Jersey and can easily pick up on the obnoxious, rude, belligerent, argumentative behavior that is common to a Jerseyite.  It’s somewhat like catching the flu from someone sick you got to close to and picked up their germs.  This is especially true of Jersey women.  If you haven’t yet learned to avoid this miserable, intolerable species refer to the photo.  Do no approach this Jersey Woman.  Hearing damage and nausea will result.  Direct contact can cause a nasty rash and olfactory overload.

Making ground floor enclosures legal makes too much sense. Making them available would bring in more tax money from income, give normal people a place to live and the homeowner some relief from the tax and insurance burden.

[what happened to Paul's Appliance] I had to move and the details are too numerous to list here.  (Just like the sign out front of the Methodist Church said, "Eliminate anything negative in your life!" -- so I did!)

My new location is 30375 Quail Roost Trail. Our products are in units A & Z  and our office is located up the stairs in the middle of the building. The phone number is the same 872-3926. If you want to know the details, stop by from 9-2 and chat.

[Missour-a vs. Missouri] On TV they said the first pronunciation was the Native American pronunciation. The second was the French pronunciation.

I for one like the conspiracists and it’s nice to know there are other free thinkers besides myself on this board; there are actually plenty. Question everything. If you have blind faith in anything, especial law enforcement which has a license to take away your civil rights--your a commie. My apologies if I hurt any communist conspiracists feelings out there. Remember Kent State University and the National Guard? I do and I’m only in my twenties.

Just because your spell checker doesn’t have it as a word doesn’t mean it’s not a word.

Christopher Bordne, 17, was arrested in Newton, Mass., after a police officer, waiting behind Bordne at a traffic light at 1:40 a.m. through several light changes, checked to find Bordne with his foot on the brake but otherwise sound asleep. After yelling at Bordne and rapping repeatedly on the window with his flashlight, the officer watched as Bordne woke up, drove off and crashed into a tree.

No one should doubt this country.  I'm proud to be an American no matter what party is in office. I'm sick and tired of you people (some) bashing this country.  Just think if you were in some other place you might be hung for voicing your opinion.

Iguana,iguana,iguana.

Paul's Appliance moved over by the flea market

The poster was right. If we had thought of removing the ban on downstairs enclosures to solve our affordable housing problem before next Tuesday’s election the hungry politicians would have made it happen. Now we have to wait two more years for the next election for them to do anything. And I do mean anything!

Dear Mr Trick or Treat.  The flaming dog turd trick was perfected, I think in the early seventies, however it is still useful for some homes.  I would like to hear of some of the more up to date stunts one can pull, and still not get arrested! Anyone?

The only president we have had that is worse than Bush is Clinton and the next one is going to be even worse unless it’s McCain. We are lucky for this reason. We live in America and we are American. We are made up of the best people from all over the world and that is why they (other countries) are jealous. We got their best people. When am I going to be able to fill my car up on Hemp Seed Oil grown in Indiana or Iowa what ever state he said “ethanol” I  prefer Hemp.

Paul's appliance moved to a small spot near the flea market.

I was looking for Elaine and finally found her. She was an excellent hairdresser at Nadine's but moved several weeks ago to Headlines in Key West. No one could tell me where she went so I called around and found her. 

I'm looking to put up a modular home in Sands Subdivision in Big Pine. I'm leaning towards Sweetwater Homes. Any advice good or bad on Sweetwater or any other builder would be very helpful. I know for sure Modular Homes of the Florida Keys in Marathon does not work in Big Pine.

I think all of lower Keys’ kids should target and descend on Eden Pines in droves on Halloween! Kind of like kids’ Fantasy Fest. I wish I could live in an area where I could enjoy the sights and sounds of my childhood when the whole neighborhood was hopping!

What do you do in heaven for eternity?

Did anyone notice that the first "float" in this year's Fantasy Fest parade was not a float at all, but two religious evangelists with a bullhorn? Their calls to repent were mostly unheeded. Does anyone know which church they represented? I think I saw them later, marching with the Invaders from Pluto.

Recipe for Sugar / Olive Oil Body Scrub:  1 Cup Sugar to 1/2 cup Olive Oil plus your choice of aromatherapy oil.  Mix in a plastic container.  In a hot bath, gently exfoliate sugar mixture with loofah.  Rinse.  Be careful stepping out of the slippery tub!  Towel dry.  Call a team of maids to clean your slimy tub.  Every orifice will be soft and shiny clean.

Where is the horseshoe?

I hit a deer in Colorado and managed to pull over safely. As I was surveying $3000 damage and catching my breath several concerned citizens rushed to my vehicle and said, "Is the deer OK". I replied, “I sure f**king hope not!”

[Illegal enclosures] Someone asked if you're violating tax laws by not declaring income from rentals.  Yes, it is a violation.  However, if you declare income you can also deduct expenses.  Assuming the enclosure is 1/3 the square footage of the property, you can deduct 1/3 of all insurance (including windstorm) and utilities (if you don't charge).  In the end, it's not worth the IRS's time to prosecute you.  Personally, I always thought Monroe County should give a tax break to encourage homeowners to build enclosures as work force housing.  Perhaps not enforcing the code is tacit approval enough?

My daughter Sarah left Big Pine Key this morning and is heading home to Virginia Beach.  She was at Fantasy Fest last night and lost her cell phone.  Please, if you find a phone, call 757-652-8504 from the phone and if it is Sarah’s I will pay the postage. She has many photos and videos of her friends there.  I know she will miss you all.

The Reverend Flea (flea mkt owner) as he was called nixed the Publix deal because the promoters wanted a free extension to try to tie up the property and sell the deal to someone else--not the property. Publix was never really that interested. Another example of a greedy real estate promoter (middle man) which is worse than a greedy real estate developer. Would you let someone tie up your property for free while they found a developer to sell the deal to?

I got an Italian sub sandwich and a sausage and mushroom pizza from Pizzaworks yesterday and they were both very good.  Lots of meat and cheese in the sub and plenty of toppings and good sauce on the pie.

Monday October 30, 2006

Sunday October 29, 2006

[To the thank god for George Bush pundit] Your attitude is turning me off.  It's bad enough that this administration, as well as others such as Limbaugh, Hannity, and Foley have turned me off to the Republican party, but now people like you are causing me to doubt my political affiliation.  I was weaned and raised a Republican in a wealthy, white, squeaky clean Chicago suburb among people with self-righteous attitudes who were all to ready to ban the "unworthy" from the country club or perhaps their church.  You sound like you have brought some of these same character flaws with you to the Keys.  Although I still register as a member of the conservative party I think I have finally out-grown their insulting behavior and sleazy politics and plan to vote a straight party line for the opposition next week.

[Tattooed kids] I will never complain about my kids again...I will never complain about my kids again...I will never complain about my kids again...

[Bah! Halloween] 300 kids at your door! I guess we found the Scrooge of Halloween.  Eden Pines is the best on Halloween. Stop being so grumpy or move to a retirement park!

It's f**king cold up here! I want to come home!

[Spring forward, fall down] I really like that one!

Can those who rent their apartments that are illegal get in trouble for not declaring their added income to the IRS?  Assuming they don't, that is.

I stopped eating hamburg a while back because of the fat content and the risk of mad cow disease (because it’s so close to the bone). I’ve been using ground turkey until yesterday. I looked on the back of the turkey and it had 17 grams of fat in a 4 ounce portion. That’s about the same amount of fat as a greasy sausage! I was surprised because I’d always thought turkey was better for you than beef. I looked at the premium ground beef and it had about 13 grams of fat. Then I noticed W/D’s new line of beef products from Naturewell (what a BS name, they’re probably a subsidiary of some big meat processor.) ground beef that only has 8 grams of fat. And there are no antibiotics or added hormones. Another big selling point for this meat is that they are raised on a vegetarian corn-fed diet. That means to me that they are not fed any animal bi-products in their feed because that is where mad cow disease comes from. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m having cheeseburgers tonight and will no longer be worried about the poor meat supply in this country.

Did anyone hear about a head on collision on Key Deer Blvd a few nights ago?  My husband was directed around it by an officer and said there was a girl involved with an SUV.  There’s been nothing in the papers so far; or on this site.

Eagle rays and sting rays: there is a difference.

[Downstairs illegal apt] I don't think of them as our workers, I think of them as our neighbors and if we don't think of a way to stop Big Development none of us are going to be able to afford to live here.

I didn't even know 2 for 20 pizza was up and running again.

Why does the easy way out usually end up on a long hard road?

Where was it stated that a cop was positioned as to ticket people taking bones?  The way I understood it, the guys were stopped by a Deputy when they were pulling their boat full of bones out of the water.   The Deputy had a feeling it was illegal, but was unfamiliar with what exactly the federal law said, so he let them go.  National Marine fisheries later contacted the guys and reclaimed the bones. 

Take a minute to learn the truth and maybe you won't feel so oppressed.  What made the case so big was that it was a county big-wig who should have known better than to break a federal law.  You think North Korea needs some test dummies?  You can start by volunteering your hate-mongering-conspiracy-theorist self.

[not all New Yorkers are bad]  Well, OK, you might be right. Studies show that most of the upstate New Yorkers are OK people, except for the ones who voted for Hillary. And most of the downstate folks are pretty bad, but there are some exceptions. Just draw a line somewhere around Poughkeepsie. That's pronounced Po-KIP-See. Any questions?

[300 kids at your door] Sounds like the Halloween Grinch of Eden Pines has spoken.

Today is time to "fall-back" from daylight savings time. The Humane Society is reminding drivers who find themselves on the roads to slow down and be aware of wildlife activity. The HSUS has designated October 25 – 31 as Give Wildlife a Brake Week to highlight and curb the potentially fatal effects of low visibility driving conditions on both wildlife and drivers.

[Trick or treat] I liked the one where we would put some dog crap in a bag, squirt lighter fluid on it, place it on the front stoop, ring the doorbell, hide and wait for the owner to come out and stamp out the fire.

I think we should rename “Missour-a” to Missouri. When are they going to learn how to pronounce their own stat’s name?

S.O.P. for most Trick or Treaters:  If the front light is on you are welcome at that door.  If the front light is off those people do not want to be bothered.  So you with no seasonal spirit turn your light off, stay in or leave home, and let the rest of us enjoy the goblins!

What time is it? I'm confused again.

What happened to Paul's Appliance?  What's up with Lost Cargo?

On November 18th, the Michigan Wolverines will be beaten like a weak insect. Beware the vest. 
Go Buckeyes!

Sunday October 29, 2006

Saturday October 28, 2006

It would be nice in this high tech era if you could press a button on your dashboard and it would tell you the speed limit where ever you are. I never seem to know what the speed limit is and there are so few signs.

The county commissioners better think this one out. They have got a group of very poor people with nothing to loose except an old trailer.  They have no money to move anywhere. All the parks are full and cost three times the rent if they did have a vacant space. Boca developers bought a trailer park and that is what they got. They and the county should learn something from this situation. Boca will find that people can be sued for the clean up, but they have nothing. Perhaps if it goes far enough Sheriff Richard Roth will let them move in.

The time changes tonight. Don’t forget to set your clocks back. Spring forward, fall down.

The best invention ever made to fend off colds is called Zicam.  It's very nearly magic if you follow the directions.  It works so well lots of flight crew members carry it on all their trips. 

Eden Pines welcomes all the kids for Halloween. It's only once a year; stop complaining.

There are not too many down stairs apartments left because of Wilma.  Some people fixed theirs right away, others have not.

Analysis through photography. photos you likebetter: you are what you like

Turning a pumpkin into a working computer. pumpkin carving

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Pumpkin buns seem to be all the rage this Halloween.

I still think that this is the place for the poor oppressed North Koreans and the long suffering Iranians to test their nukes. We are as a whole the most selfish and sour people in the U.S.A. Stationing an environmental cop to ticket people taking dead whale bones is arrogant. Whose stupidity left the carcass of the over drugged whale they killed within sight and smell of US1? Who is paying this cop’s salary? How is saving a bunch of bones helping the environment? This is oppression by an over bearing government and tedious bureaucracy.

Why isn’t the stranded wind surfer ticketed for molesting a trap by hanging onto a trap rope? He could get five years in the pen. Just wait, they’ll think of it.

If this basically useless part of the United States was nuked, maybe it would wake up the rest of the country before we’re overrun. Think of us as collateral damage in the third world war.

Another nail was pounded into freedom's coffin when President Bush signed the Military Commissions Act into law.  Within the Act, the 800-year tradition of Habeas Corpus -- the right of the accused to face their accuser in court -- was essentially eliminated.  What the future holds:  War powers act. New Deal come to mind.   The act on the surface, and in light of the current war we have, many won't see future implications.

My wife is pissed at me again! She says I haven’t spoken to her in six months, I said I didn’t want to interrupt her.

[Downstairs illegal apt] I agree 100%. Lets take care of our workers. Think how many of them were there after Wilma taking care of us.

Ok, if you don't like the kids on Halloween in Eden Pines, send them to port Pine Heights, We'll take care of them to help you out.

[Employees not showing up] Trust Me I've Been There: It's a little different here in the Keys. I also have been in the restaurant business for 35 years in Central Fla. 

Do they call you "Sir" when you're really a "Ma'am"? Lose the smokers voice and the stale tobacco stench Thursday, November 16, 2006 during the 30th annual Great American Smokeout?  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_10_4.asp

2 for 20 Pizza screws up again.  I placed an order at 8pm, they said delivery would be 45 minutes.  Wait and wait and wait.  I called again at 9:45pm to cancel the order and they said, “We will be right there.”  New ownership, but the same don't care attitude.  --bradleypjones@bellsouth.net

I live in Eden Pines and I look forward to the trick or treaters every year.  Last year we had around 300 kids, this year I'm hoping for more. 

[Is this truly magic or I am just dumb] The answer is the latter. You must have missed math in high school.

[Regarding the poor soul replying to the thank God for George Bush comment] I know you are having a tough time, but remember mommy will soon be here to dry your tears and tell you everything will be just fine. Now go outside and play with your brother and sister, while the rest of the grown ups talk.

Saturday October 28, 2006

Friday October 27, 2008

That’s true. We’re all healthy until the tourists arrive with their exotic colds and flus. Then we’re all runny-nosed until the sickness runs its course. This happens every year like clockwork.

I have a solution to affordable housing, but it’s doesn’t include developers so the commission probably won’t be interested. My solution is to allow people to rent their illegal downstairs enclosures right now--today. Allow them to rent the enclosure no matter its condition and give the homeowner a certain amount of time to bring the unit into compliance. Problem solved. Everyone benefits (except developers).

[Sting ray attacks] Remember a few years ago when there were several instances of barracudas jumping into boats and “attacking” the occupants? It must be global warming. (Ha)

Fantasy Fest was great. I went downtown yesterday afternoon for happy hour and sat outside at Fogerty’s and watched the people pass. There sure was a lot of skin. I hadn’t been downtown in years. It was so good to see so many people I knew were still alive and kicking. Did I mention all the naked ladies? Two of the most beautiful naked girls were letting people take pictures of them for a dollar. I’m glad the religious louts weren’t able to clean up Fantasy Fest. Party on people! Oh, and there were a lot of naked girls.

Monroe County has told many property owners they cannot use their property for what they want. They should tell Boca builders they bought a trailer park and they are lucky to continue as a trailer park--no houses, trailers only.

I would probably believe that until I saw for myself, fifteen years ago, when a huge ray jumped onto the bow of the boat with 4 kids sitting there. Well, they were not sitting long they scattered like rats.  It was scary, but then we had to laugh once everybody stopped crying!

Not your typical toilet paper fire.

Murray’s burger meat is also made of people. It’s the way we trim the herd here in Florida.

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” ~Douglas Adams

Maybe someone has more information on this for me. Is the whole horseshoe closed to everyone, or is it just the area that they replaced the sea grass? If it's the whole thing, that sure sucks, where can I take my dogs now? And in the summer, I love to go sit out there with a book and relax.

I am appalled by people posting the Fantasy Fest party featuring a 21 year old virgin "losing it” on stage. You shouldn’t print stuff like that. (Please give us the place, date and time.)

At the next commissioners’ meeting with Boca Development in 2 weeks, Boca will say. “We have started the eviction process with the Seahorse, Deal or No Deal!”

Monroe county government does not have to permit houses in a trailer park. Keep the trailer park zoned for trailer only!

I'm voting for that guy who talks to God for county commissioner. It seems that he returns God’s messages which is more than you can say about the current County commissioner returning calls unless you are big developers. Even if Sloan is defeated it should send a message to our county commissioners that big time changes are needed. 

[voice an opinion on any subject, even politics] Yes, I too am thankful for Freedom of Speech and that’s the reason that I quickly told the boss that I would be voting any way that I personally choose and it is none of his business what or who I vote for; and he didn’t say another word.

Furthermore, it is downright harassment for an employer to imply a threat that I could lose my job if I don’t vote to his liking.  If you think otherwise then you are the one that is clueless! We are not in Iran or Iraq or are we?  They kill people over there if you don’t vote how they demand.  Maybe their beliefs are rubbing off on us?

[boats should be prohibited from running anywhere a poor fish might jump]  Come on, you are killing me with this one! Perhaps we should just keep the boats on the trailer, drive up and down US 1 and pull over and put a line out when we see something other than a ray, stand in the boat so it feels like we are actually on the water, and through our lines out!  Sorry for what happened to James, however, freaky things happen all the time--look at Steve Erwin's demise.

[Sting Rays are not known to jump] It must have used the boat ladder.

If you lived in Eden Pines and had 300 kids at your door from 4pm til the teenagers decide to quite around 10pm, you would dread Halloween as we all do .Why don't they go to Port Pine?

Being late or worse, no call, no show is unacceptable! You cannot run a restaurant with staff that decides, “I’m not going in today” for whatever reason. I owned a restaurant for 12 years and if one person decides not to go in it throws the whole thing down the tubes. Trust me I’ve been there.

This is truly magic, or I’m really dumb. milaadesign.com - website designer

I Love the Cracked Egg but Rickey can't sing and when they lose all their help and have to close. He won't be able to get a job as a singer. Ha.

To Boca Developers. Instead of throwing out 122 households into the streets         (these are the same people you appeared to care for 6 months ago) why don’t you offer everyone a financial incentive to move ($10,000-$15,000)? I realize this would cost you between ½ million and a million dollars. Only ½ the residents would probably take the offer. However, you could condense the remaining residents to the back ½ of the property and be able to develop the front half. You should build maybe 30-35 affordable units there. By now I’m sure you think I’m crazy, but by doing this you would prove to the people of Monroe county and the commissioners that you really do care. You would remove the image of being land grabbing , money hungry vultures .With your new image the people might begin to embrace your ideas of creating a beautiful waterfront community with public access to the water in Key Largo. Lets face it, that’s where the money’s at. You can’t build enough vacation homes on Big Pine to realize a profit on the $8,000,000 investment you’ve already made. I’m not against progress, but you shouldn’t be destroying so many families along the way. Become a new wave in the development world. Become the developer that people can trust and be proud to do business with.

Thanks, Editor, for sharing with everyone about the hateful poster and the fact that they write in as someone else.  I was one of the first ones to discover this entertaining website in 2003 and shared it with friends and neighbors, many of whom asked me if I wrote this or that nasty comment, when in actuality I didn't.  The hateful poster seemed to have banter back and forth with themselves.  Don't believe everything you read here or assume so-and-so wrote a specific piece.  They get thousands of hits a day and the mail is from all over and not limited to Big Pine Key.     

Kudos to the person who said that they do not eat in restaurants in the winter time because the northerners bring the colds and flu.  Not only that, they are loud and abusive and you have to listen to them discuss how much their houses are worth. We too stay away as much as we can, but we try to go early before they finish their martinis, just like the flea market.  Snowbirds on Sunday: 1. Go to breakfast, 2. Go to church, and 3. Go to the flea market. So we go real early. Oh by the way, they sometimes get the sequence mixed up because 3 is a big number.

[Hate Mongers]  Why are there so many unhappy and unbalanced people down here?  Many of them hardly leave their tiny, unkempt homes.  I have lived all over the country and have never seen a County so full of miserable and unhealthy people living in the prettiest place in the world.  I'm guessing they have severe personality disorders, need and don't take medication, drink / drug to excess and do not sleep well at night because they are toxic.  The negative poster person could try to enlighten us, but it seems like he is a full-throttle racists and psychopath.  

Seahorse now; next will be Lucky's Landing, The word is out that the owner of that park is teaming up with the folks that own Boondocks and they are going to do a deal with Lucky's Landing. Money is a funny thing.

I have a small business on Big Pine Key and it will hurt to see my customers leave. I just don’t see what can be done about it. I believe very strongly in property rights and the fact is that the owners of the land we are talking about have rights to do whatever the zoning will allow. I understand they are also working a deal to take the church land and the small building next to it. We all have a lot to think about.

Do you have any local handymen that have advertised in the past? I’m looking for a local handyman also.  yelene_garcia@admworld.com

“Michael J. Fox is faking.” What is wrong with Rush Limbaugh?  Maybe he thinks Christopher Reeve was faking too?

[Unedited II] Does anyone else think this guy is the author?

To the person who get fired from the Cracked [CENSORED] Egg: Congratulations you are no longer part of a restaurant that cares nothing about its employees (other than whether or not they will actually show up to keep money going into the register). Go get a case of beer and head out to the reef and celebrate! It's your opportunity to take your life to the next level up. You will do much better than that in your life. Screw any job that pays less than $10/ hr. Opportunities much better than that await you. Don't settle for exploitation. Settle for what works for you.
--bigpineartifacts@yahoo.com

One evening sitting on the boat tarpon fishing we were eating cold mangos.  Sitting with a light above us a large shadow came flying over us as we all hit the deck! Looking up you could see the shadow of a large Ray.  They free jump for sure!

[Thank God for George Bush and the Republicans for the highest Dow ever] Yeah, right.  The folks at Sea Horse really give a damn about how wonderful the Dow is thanks to the do nothing Republicans in local and state government.

Then there were the 2800 brave soldiers that Bush and Rummy sent over to Iraq to get killed for nothing. No armor for their vehicles, no bulletproof vests, no exit strategy, no plan on how to win the peace. And 600,000 Iraqis killed, some of them innocent civilians, due to "collateral damage". Are we more secure because of these sacrifices? Hell, no. Jihadists are running rampant around the world chomping at the bit to get a piece of us. North Korea is setting off nukes, with Iran sure to follow. Yeah , Bush is really on top of the international scene, right?

 We can't afford wind insurance, gas is 2.65 a gallon, we can't begin to afford health insurance, illegal immigrants are taking our jobs, and the corporations are shipping the remaining jobs to China as fast as they can; and all Bush can do is talk about building a 700 mile fence. What about the other 1500 miles, dummy? But listen, none of that means anything because the rich bastards on Wall St. are getting richer.  Man, I can't wait 'til the election so I can watch Bush and the Republicans get their butts kicked to kingdom come.     

Blue Heaven Restaurant in Bahama Village, Key West. I ate there yesterday at 5 p.m. in the outdoor garden area. I don't know if there are other areas in the restaurant where you can eat (I didn't walk around, but there seemed to be a second story area very near by).  Anyway, the food and service was great. All 3 of us were very pleased, although we were the only people in the place. The food was unbelievable. The black beans were even great, and I don't usually care for them. The only downside was the prices and the chickens all over the place. Quite pricey, I thought, and chickens were everywhere. If they ever get rid of the chickens, I might return.

To the person who said sting rays are not known to jump. I am sure you haven't spent much time on the water or you would have seen rays jump. It is certainly not unusual.

To the Bush lover who is in love with the market and worried about the democrats and taxes: When are we going to pay back our deficits?

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The reason the Planning Board Commissioner walked into Winn Dixie and found so many cash registers empty is that, if you hadn’t noticed, across America everywhere, your check-out now is a do-it-yourself register.  We no longer need people to check out our groceries it is much quicker and easier to do it yourself.  Check out the stock Digital Angel where a shipment comes into Wal-Mart or Publix and it instantly gets put on inventory as soon as it comes thru the door because there is a chip in the box that the computer automatically reads.  Also, these computer friendly tags will soon be on the smallest shipment so all stores can automatically control their inventory.  Face it, the machines are quicker and more accurate than humans.  Join the 21st century. 

The latest breakthrough in this wonderful stock (ADSX applied digital) is a chip that has just been patented that diabetics can implant and can read their sugar level any time they want as the chip sends out the signal. They will soon have it so that if your sugar gets too high or too low alarm bells ring and remind you to do whatever you have to and you can correct the problem before you go into a coma.   RFID is here to stay so get on the bandwagon and appreciate the computers doing the work for us.

The fact that America tears down old and rebuilds with newer and better has been happening since we got out of the wagons. Don't get left behind in this booming economy, put the drugs and the booze down, get a trade, get more education and enjoy the ride.

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Friday October 27, 2008

Thursday October 26, 2006

[12,129 at the Dow back to 2000 levels] What market were you trading on?  This is the highest the Dow has been--ever! Thank God for George Bush and the monetary policies he and his appointees have put in place; that have made it possible for everyone to benefit by trading on the various markets.  The Dow is the highest ever and if this hotter than ever economy is not touched by the tax and spend Democrats we could be heading for Dow 15,000 in the next few years.  Just vote the Democrats into power and watch prosperity vanish.  Remember if the rich do not make money then the trickle down shuts off the spigot and we go back to the usual jobless muck that the Democrats need so they can keep enough people down to get re-elected with all their empty promises.  Thank God for our system and the Republicans that allows it to work.

[Palm Beach County, whose Democratic voters' confusion over the "butterfly ballot"]  Wrong. We lived in Palm Beach County during that election; in fact, we lived in the precinct where it all started. Every voter received in the mail a copy of a sample butterfly ballot before the election. There were no complaints. The day after Gore lost, Democratic activists started calling their rank and file, telling them that they had just been duped by a bogus ballot. Many suckers believed the lie, and the media fell right in line, reporting it as fact. The fact is, they could count those ballots any way they wanted to, but the results would still be the same.

[Seahorse Trailer Park Eviction] At the October 18th Board of County Commissioners meeting, two items were on the agenda to: increase height and increase density. The purpose to allow this would be to build twice as much "affordable housing" and explained how crucial this was for the Keys as we are in a "crises".

One of the Planning Board Commissioners (PBC) came up to the podium to speak and expressed such sadness and despair as she described what it was like to walk into a Winn Dixie, and see so many cash registers empty.

She was sad because here was yet another business struggling to operate, because they cannot find enough workers who can afford to live here in the Keys. If only there were enough affordable housing, which we so desperately need, we might have those registers operating at full capacity.

Well Š.. guess what! We have a good number of those Winn Dixie workers living in the Seahorse Trailer Park, and guess what else? They just got their eviction notices Monday, October 23, and were told to leave by November 30th because the Boca Developers want to build!

Why would a PBC, say we need Winn Dixie Workers, when it was her vote assisting the Boca Developers to kick out the Winn Dixie Workers?
It all doesn't make sense: Tear down 139 existing homes and build 50 houses? Take away affordable housing and offer "not- affordable housing"?
Living in the Seahorse Trailer Park, is Mary, a woman who has Parkinson's disease, is disabled, owns a permanent trailer which is not mobile, has lived there for 12 years and has received eviction notice to move her and her trailer in one month's time. Mary has no idea of how she will move, where she will move to, how to afford the move, how this was all done legally, not only to her but all her neighbors. Yet another of Mary's concerns was paying her November rent, because the first of the month was coming up.

I think of the PBC who worries about the next time she walks into the Winn Dixie and realize Mary will not get help from this person (nor anyone from the PBC's). I sat at the BOCC meeting last week and realize, there will not be help there I see how these Developers operate and know there will be no help for Mary Š. So who's going to help Mary? Mary needs our help. She lives near us, or not far from us. Any of us could be next in Mary's shoes.

Another Trailer Park or Eminent Domain. This is happening now in front of us and close to our homes. It's time for all of us to fight together to protect each other from this corruption. If you care, you need to fight with us on this one. If you don't care, you need to wake up and get involved.

It's time. Contact Save the Rock Coalition at 296-3937. We have until November 30th!

Airbags

Since when do we need to hire someone to watch our homes during Fantasy Fest? What’s that all about? I’ve never heard of any problems caused by the Fest. Are you paranoid? This isn't Detroit.

[Fried Foods] I’ve also read that a good sense of humor will also help in living longer. Remember not every thing printed in K&W is the absolute truth, just darn close.

If there are folks who just can't make it down to Key West Friday night, Injade is playing at Looe Key Tiki Bar!

How many single family homes do you think can be built on the Seahorse property? Maybe 20. How much do you think they will get for them in the avenues in a flooded housing market where new modulars are down to $400,000. 20 X 40= $8 million. Okay say 40, 40x 40= 16 million.  They paid $8 million.  They still have to build them with a workforce they just evicted. The numbers do not crunch for a million dollar waterfront condo developer.

Clueless is the only word I can think of to describe the employee who thinks her boss was wrong for loudly voicing his opinion on politics at their workplace. Since when is there a special place where you can talk politics? Freedom of speech is one of our only freedoms Bush hasn’t diminished (so far).

It is time now to hold the line. Boca developers are evicting the trailer park residents (which is their right), but they have to rebuild there and they don’t want to. When we stop bending the rules that allows developers to transfer units miles away then they will stop forcing people out.

Force Boca to build where they bought, they own the property but not the development rights they want, they have already said they would sell rather then rebuild there Hmmm, I wonder why?

Skeleton dance.
Le squelette danse... Chez Maya !

The person hit by the sting ray in the boat was trying to get it out.  He was handling the ray so it was defective. (defensive)

[New York plates] Hey, hey, easy does it; not all New Yorkers are bad!

Regarding the comments about eating or not eating in restaurants that are only open in the Winter. My husband and I stay away from restaurants during the winter mostly because so many tourists decide to come down here sick as a dog. They spread it around in Winn Dixie and the post office and the local restaurants to the clerks and the servers and the chefs.  These folks can't afford to take sick days, so they work sick and then the customers get sick.  I can't tell you how many times I've seen a waitress with a runny nose and a cough serving food.  Ugh!

That interview gone wrong video was hilarious!  Interview gone wrong

The Sting Ray did not jump into the boat and stab the occupant.  The occupant was stabbed only when he carelessly tried to remove the Eagle Ray from the boat.  By the way Sting Rays are not known to jump.

To think that it is unethical or maybe even illegal for any one, even an employer to voice an opinion on any subject even politics, shows a complete lack of understanding of the first amendment.  That is why the ballots are cast in secret.  

[Dow over12,000 because of Bush] Only because big business and big oil want the Republicans to stay in power is why we are seeing lower gas prices and a stock market surging in the face of large war inspired deficits, major businesses struggling (Ford) and cutting work forces by 1000's, higher medical costs, higher college costs and stagnant wages. By December I expect to see gas prices rising and the market dropping if the Republicans win and vice versa if the Democrats win.

[Fired worker at the Cracked Egg Café] Someone taking responsibility for their actions--too cool and very mature.

This game is just like the Deal or No Deal on TV, but your the one that is involved.   http://www.joytube.com/bankers-deal/

[helicopter circling Big Pine] Creepy? That sounds like helicopter phobia to me.

The Coast Guard helicopter off Big Pine Tuesday was searching for a 55 year old windsurfer that was missing.  He was found 18 hours later, on his board, without the sail, tied to a lobster trap buoy.  What a lucky guy, it was cold on Tues night.

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The snow birds must be rolling in. I saw someone with more than three teeth yesterday.

Oh, crap!

[Seahorse] Before I even read BPK gossip column, I want to say that we need a full investigation into our County Government. My wife and I are very lucky to own our home. If we still had our illegal apartment downstairs, it would be open to someone from Seahorse Trailer Park (Wilma took care of that). Residents of Big Pine Key: We need to come together to help our friends who are not as fortunate as some of us. Does anybody have any Ideas?

To the former Cracked Egger, if I'm correct that is the second time you have posted a note here after getting fired.   Both very, very classy. You'll be missed. Best of luck to you. A fan.

I know who you are fired from the Cracked Egg. I hope you get hired back. You're service and attitude has always been great.

[When they (stingrays) jump into a boat and stab the occupant that gives the appearance of a deliberate attack.] This Spotted Eagle Ray (have you ever seen a Spotted Eagle?) didn't "jump into a boat and stab the occupant" it was free jumping, probably just enjoying itself, and the boat ran under it, forcing it to land in the boat. Unfortunately for both the ray and the poor guy it ended up in his lap and justifiably freaked out it stuck him.  If it had just landed somewhere in the boat the ray might have been put back in the water safely and no harm would have come to either. The ray is dead and James Bertakis is fighting for his life. I think we should restrict boats from running anywhere a poor fish might jump.

I just heard on US1 radio that Boca Developers took their deal to Monroe Co. off the table. They will build homes on their land. There will be no condos, but nice homes, most likely between 400 and 600 thousand bucks. Then they will move on. I don’t mean to sound rude but as a renter you have few rights in an RV park. Now there is a chance that there will be no lost cost; low cost meaning between 150 and 275 thousand bucks. Maybe the BOCC can kiss some butt and get something back. If I were the new owner I would not put up with Monroe County’s BS either. Build it, sell it, and move on. That sounds so hard because it is. Once again, I don’t mean to sound rude, but I think you would be wise to be making plans and stop hoping for something special to happen. Sorry, Seahorse has been there for a long time, so was Scotty’s and the Reef light and on and on it goes.

[Big Pine Halloween] Everybody in Big Pine goes to Eden Pines for Trick-or-Treating.  I took my children there last year and they had a blast.  There was the usual swarm of obnoxious teenagers doing their thing, but the experience felt very safe and pleasant, nonetheless.  You'll likely get ten similar responses.

Seahorse Trailer Park’s demise. That’s progress. Quit complaining. That’s what people on this website are always crying for--more development on Big Pine. Get rid of the old rundown stuff and build new shiny stuff. Isn’t that what you all want? No one will miss that scraggly run down place and those scraggly poor people. Let’s get some more snowbirds to buy second homes in its place.

(?) I was asking you to remove my ads that were in there. There were 2 in the wanted and 2 in the rooms for rent. 

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