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Old 07-02-2014, 08:01 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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In the Sunshine State, one does not buy a bottle rocket for recreation; one buys it to scare birds away from farms and fisheries.

That’s right: Explosives for pest control.

Technically speaking, consumer fireworks are illegal in Florida. But nearly 60 years ago, state lawmakers passed an exception — now the only one of its kind in the United States — for fireworks purchases by farms and fish hatcheries.

That’s how vendors, including those in the ubiquitous tents that spring up along Florida roadsides, have gotten around the general fireworks prohibition for years.

They simply ask customers to sign forms saying they’re buying under an agricultural or other exemption. There’s also one for illuminating a stretch of railroad..
Patriotism as pest control: Florida’s weird fireworks law | TBO.com, The Tampa Tribune and The Tampa Times

Yeah, once a year I want to scare the birds.
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:07 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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Default Two-headed alligator spotted in Florida?



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"Two-headed alligator spotted in Tampa, Florida along the Hillsborough River in the Seminole Heights neighborhood. According to Florida Fish and Wildlife, this alligator has been reported by several people. They explained that failed separation of monozygotic twins is common in reptiles and amphibians but they rarely reach this juvenile state."
Read more: Two-headed alligator allegedly spotted by artist Justin Alan Arnold in Tampa - UPI.com
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Old 07-02-2014, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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Default But in related news, Al Gore finally won.

Floriduh still gets flummoxed by ballots, no chads were dimpled here.....


Wrong Miss Florida Crowned In Voting Mix-up

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - Just a week after her coronation, the winner of the 2014 Miss Florida pageant was dethroned on Friday when organizers said they had crowned the wrong woman after a vote-count error.
Elizabeth Fechtel, a 20-year-old student at the University of Florida, won this year's pageant in front of nearly 2,000 spectators last Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida.
But the ballot counter didn't see that one of the five judges had changed his mind, writing a new line up on the left-hand side of his ballot.
The true Miss Florida contest winner was Victoria Cowen, a 21-year-old student at Florida State University.

Wrong Miss Florida crowned in voting mix-up - US news - Weird news | NBC News

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Old 07-02-2014, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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Default I don't know if it was Brazillion or not.......

Florida barbershop that allegedly doubled as strip club busted by Orange County police

ORANGE COUNTY , Fla., June 30 (UPI) --Police raided a Florida barbershop over the weekend and took its owner to jail after allegedly discovering that the Orange County establishment doubled as an illegal strip club.

Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation agents raided Super Fades barbershop early on Sunday morning and allegedly found a 17-year-old girl and other women stripping inside the business.The MBI agents were also able to purchase $20 worth of vodka at the shop.


Read more: Orange County police bust Super Fades barbershop for allegedly doubling as strip club - UPI.com
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Old 07-03-2014, 10:28 AM
 
Location: SW Florida
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I do agree with you. A few of these folks are stuck in 3rd grade and snicker every time they hear the word breast.

My purpose and the purpose of most of the regulars is to provide good solid information to those contemplating a relocation and then we have those others.
LOL! I have to tell you I just snorted coffee out my nose when I read your description here....it's pretty much right on...
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Old 07-03-2014, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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LOL! I have to tell you I just snorted coffee out my nose when I read your description here....it's pretty much right on...
Sorry about that. I hope the brew wasnt too hot.
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Old 07-03-2014, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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You've never heard of 'snip and strip'?



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Florida barbershop that allegedly doubled as strip club busted by Orange County police

ORANGE COUNTY , Fla., June 30 (UPI) --Police raided a Florida barbershop over the weekend and took its owner to jail after allegedly discovering that the Orange County establishment doubled as an illegal strip club.

Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation agents raided Super Fades barbershop early on Sunday morning and allegedly found a 17-year-old girl and other women stripping inside the business.The MBI agents were also able to purchase $20 worth of vodka at the shop.


Read more: Orange County police bust Super Fades barbershop for allegedly doubling as strip club - UPI.com
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Old 07-03-2014, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Sinkholeville
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You've never heard of 'snip and strip'?

I couldn't decide whether to get a trim or to get some trim.

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Old 07-03-2014, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Spring Hill Florida
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I couldn't decide whether to get a trim or to get some trim.

Get both! You leave set for the day.
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Old 07-04-2014, 06:08 AM
 
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Florida Man Arrested After Asking Best Buy Employees to Transfer Child Porn to New Computer

lolwtf at this
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