Florida....? oh yeah, Florida.

[Mournblade]

I lived in Gainesville FL for 10 years, Northern VA for 25 years, Northern California for 2 years, Eastern PA for the last 7 years. 

Give me a choice between any of those places and I take Gainesville FL in a heartbeat. Great town, great weather, jam

packed with things to do (eg. University of Florida sporting events), and the best looking babes on the east coast (all of them

are tanned and obsessed with fitness and exercise so they look great all year 'round). 

 

Florida is just one great big amusement park for adults (with the odd hurricane thrown in to keep you honest ) 

 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Mournblade

[China]

FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON FAKE INTERPRETERS DURING HURRICANE BRIEFINGS

 

FLORIDA -  A House panel has unanimously approved a bill that would require officials to only hire a qualified sign language interpreter for televised hurricane briefings.

The move comes after a news conference on Hurricane Irma in Manatee County last year when a sign language interpreter translated about 95% gibberish, including warnings about pizza and a big bear instead of safety tips.

 

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[China]

 

Originally run on the "Today" show, in May, 1984,

[China]

US boy trapped in Florida stuffed toy arcade machine

 

A young boy became stuck in a machine in an amusement arcade while attempting to win a toy in Titusville, Florida.

 

Mason crawled through the machine's small door, where a prize would normally fall, to get hold of the stuffed toy.

 

An off-duty fire officer was eating in a nearby restaurant when he noticed Mason was trapped.

 

The boy sat calmly in the machine as it was pried open, the local fire department said.

 

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[DCSaints_fan]

On 1/29/2018 at 5:54 PM, Mournblade said:

I lived in Gainesville FL for 10 years, Northern VA for 25 years, Northern California for 2 years, Eastern PA for the last 7 years. 

Give me a choice between any of those places and I take Gainesville FL in a heartbeat. Great town, great weather, jam

packed with things to do (eg. University of Florida sporting events), and the best looking babes on the east coast (all of them

are tanned and obsessed with fitness and exercise so they look great all year 'round). 

 

Florida is just one great big amusement park for adults (with the odd hurricane thrown in to keep you honest ) 

 

 

Where in Norhern California?  I don't see how any part of Florida can claim better weather than Northern California, at least near the coast.   And even inland, its debatable. 

[LadySkinsFan]

A long time ago, when I lived in Orlando, me and a girlfriend visited her family in Gainesville. On the campus of the University of Florida as we were cruising through, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen were playing outside. So we stopped and partied! It was so fun!  1976 and I was 25. 

[Mournblade]

Gainesville is where Tom Petty is from. Great rock n roll tradition there.

 

As for DCSaints_Fan, I lived in Davis, California, a small town on the outskirts of Sacramento. The weather was fine,

but it did rain there a lot. Still the think the weather in Northern Florida was better (aside from the 'canes). 

Edited February 13, 2018 by Mournblade

[China]

Mom charged in DUI peed on an officer and kicked another in groin, police say

 

A Florida woman who police said was driving under the influence Monday was taken into custody after rear-ending another vehicle and kicking and peeing on an officer — all while her child was in the back seat of her car, according to reports. 

 

Nichole Nespolini, 40, was driving erratically, screaming and cursing at another vehicle before rear-ending the car, police report. The driver of the vehicle was able to motion Nespolini to pull over, after which Nespolini continued screaming at the woman and pleading for her not to call law enforcement. 

 

When police arrived at the Melbourne intersection at about 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nespolini continued to act erratically, walking into traffic and pushing an officer in the chest, reports show. At one point, she stood on her toes to yell in an officer's face, police report. 

 

As three officers began placing the suspect in handcuffs, she said, "I'm peeing and I hope it gets on you!" according to an arrest report. The woman began urinating on an officer's foot. 

 

While escorting Nespolini into the patrol vehicle, she kicked another officer in the groin, police report. 

 

It wasn't until Nespolini was secured in the patrol car that police walked over to her vehicle and noticed a baby in a child seat in the back seat.

 

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[DCSaints_fan]

On 2/13/2018 at 6:09 AM, Mournblade said:

Gainesville is where Tom Petty is from. Great rock n roll tradition there.

 

As for DCSaints_Fan, I lived in Davis, California, a small town on the outskirts of Sacramento. The weather was fine,

but it did rain there a lot. Still the think the weather in Northern Florida was better (aside from the 'canes). 

 

The last thing I expected anyone to say when comparing the weather in California and Florida is that in rains too much in California :-)    Did you happen to live during an El Nino year?   Even then, the summers are always dry (May through September, you'll be lucky to see even a dusting) and and I'm not sure rainfall totals even during an El Nino even would beat Florida's average.   As it is, Davis CA averages 19.7" of rainfall vs per year vs.  47.4" for Gainesville: 

 

https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/davis/california/united-states/usca0284

 

Interestingly enough, it does seem that the highs in the summers are slightly higher in Davis (93 in July vs 90 for Gainsville according to above site).  But the lows are also much lower (56 in July in Davis vs. 71 for Gainesville)   It cools off rapidly here when the sun goes down, because the heat in Calfornia is dry, vs. Southeast/East coast (My reference points are Houston, TX and NoVa) being oppressively humid.  Here I don't even notice it until it gets 90+, and even then, it doesn't "hit" you like the east coast/southeast heat.

 

I suppose the weather in Florida is better if you really cannot tolerate it being below about 60 for very long year round,  don't mind humid/muggy summers, or can't stand going 5+ months with no rain. 

Edited February 19, 2018 by DCSaints_fan

[Riggo-toni]

[China]

Florida House declares pornography as a health risk

 

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Legislature is declaring pornography as a health risk.

 

The state's House of Representatives approved the resolution by a voice vote on Tuesday. The resolution states a need for education, research and policy changes to protect Floridians, especially teenagers, from pornography.

 

Republican Rep. Ross Spano says there is research that finds a connection between pornography use and mental and physical illnesses, forming and maintaining intimate relationships and deviant sexual behavior. Spano is also a candidate for attorney general.

 

Democratic Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith asked Spano why there was an immediate need to pass the resolution and countered that there are more important bills and topics that should be taken up by the Legislature.

 

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[China]

Escort shows up at wrong house in Cape Coral

 

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - An escort and "her protection" were arrested in Cape Coral after they apparently showed up to the wrong house.

 

Linda Elkins and Bosha Dawes, both 26, are facing loitering charges after Cape Coral Police said they showed up to a home on SE 10th Terrace and rang the doorbell just before 3 AM.

 

"I would have answered the door with my shotgun," Rachad Leanari, a neighbor, told Fox 4.

 

The couple who lives in the home called police. They told officers Dawes rang their doorbell with something white covering his face. Elkins was with him. The couple then left, but came back shortly after before leaving again.

 

"They hid behind the post so they couldn't see him out the peephole," Melissa Jones, who lives next door, said. "She texted me at 2:30 while it was happening, saying 'is your husband banging on my door or ringing my doorbell?'"

 

"She seemed petrified. Petrified. I think they were seriously in fear for their life," Jones continued.

 

Police were able to catch up with Dawes and Elkins, who first claimed not to know each other or why they were there. They said Elkins was wearing pink see-through lingerie, and she told police she's an escort off of Backpage.com. She told police Dawes is her driver and waits outside while she goes into homes "for protection."

 

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[China]

Florida Woman Beats Up Boyfriend for Interrupting Sex to Check on Dinner

 

Paisley (WTFF) – A woman was arrested for allegedly striking her boyfriend because he interrupted sex to check on dinner.

 

Like most stories in Paisley, it involves Nascar, alcohol, and “having a good time.”

 

According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy received a call about a domestic disturbance on the evening of Feb 25. Dispatch said that the female half of the altercation was at the Paisley Mart located on C.R. 42. The boyfriend was still at their place on Pink Panther Rd.

 

At the Paisley Mart, 51-year-old Teresa Warren told the officer that her and her boyfriend were “drinking alcohol and having a good time,” but then suddenly out of nowhere he just punched her in the face with a closed fist. She did have a red mark on her face. She claimed that she lost consciousness and when she woke up she ran to her boyfriend’s car and left. Of course she went to Paisley Mart, because there’s really nowhere else to go out there.

 

Now to the boyfriend. He told the deputy that they were indeed “drinking alcohol, cooking, watching the Nascar race, and having a good time.” That’s definitely a sound alibi in Paisley, that’s pretty much what everyone does out there all the time.

 

Then according to his story per arrest affidavit, things got weird…

 

They started having sex but then he remembered he was cooking. He didn’t want the food to burn so he took a little break to check on the food.

 

Florida Woman was not having it. She smashed a T.V. onto the floor.

 

Her boyfriend asked what was wrong.

 

Instead of answering with words she just screamed and started “striking him with a closed fist in his face, head, stomach, and legs.” He pushed her out the front door and told her to leave. She just charged at him again, so he stuck his hand out to block her, creating that red mark on her left cheek with the palm of his hand. Then he said she ran off with his vehicle.

 

The boyfriend had a swollen left eye and a red mark on his stomach. The woman was determined to be the primary aggressor, so she was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge and taken to the Lake County Jail.

 

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[LadySkinsFan]

I had some friends who lived in Paisley after they married. I visited then once. I think I remember a combo small grocery and post office. Lots of trailers there. Went to Disney World with some friends from here who were visiting relatives in Lake Mary. It was soon after DW opened. We all drove back to VA together. 

 

Wow, this story brought back memories!

[China]

Gainesville Police pull man over for excessive honking, find guns and drugs in his car

 

According to Gainesville Police they were working a crash in midtown when Rance Shannon continuously honked his horn at four stopped patrol cars and fire rescue.

 

Police approached Shannon and could smell marijuana coming from his car. After searching it they found a handgun, a loaded magazine, ten-thousand dollars in cash.

 

They also found several other weapons and drugs inside, including five mason jars of marijuana, nearly a hundred grams of cocaine, four handguns, and a baseball bat.

 

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[China]

WATCH: Man steals neighbor's pea****, gets chased by angry birds

 

COCONUT GROVE, Fla. - Miami police officers are looking for a man who stole a neighbor's pea****.

 

Yes, you read that correctly.

 

The theft in Coconut Grove was caught on camera.

 

The video shows the man in a red shirt run around the home then grab the pea**** and carry it under his arm and to his truck as other pea****s chase him down.

 

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[LadySkinsFan]

If you all want to read some really crazy fiction about Florida, read the series by Tim Dorsey. The series tells the tales of a serial killer Serge A. Storms and his sidekick Coleman who perform "science experiments" , which are interesting in a bizarre, lethal way. He's also into all kinds of trivia about Florida. I've read them all and they are hilarious! You must have a wicked sense of humor.

[China]

A good funny book (fiction) that captures the craziness of Florida:  Sick Puppy

[LadySkinsFan]

Carl Hiasson, good writer and reporter.

[China]

Man with ties to Natalee Holloway case killed by women he tried to kidnap

 

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) - Police say a man with ties to the Natalee Holloway disappearance case tried to kidnap a North Port woman, but later ended up dead.

 

Just before 7 a.m. Wednesday, police say a woman pulled up to her house on Wesley Lane.

 

"As she's getting out of the car, there he is,” said North Port Police spokesman Josh Taylor.

 

Her former boyfriend, 32-year-old John Ludwick, was waiting for her.

 

Ludwick gained some notoriety a few years ago because he was close friends with Jordan van der Sloot, the man connected to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. 

 

Police say Ludwick was trying to kidnap the woman in North Port on Wednesday as she was getting out of her car.

 

"He wanted the keys to her car,” said Taylor. "What he had plans for after that is yet to be determined but certainly a very scary situation."

 

But the woman did not go down without a fight. She snatched a knife from him and then stabbed him multiple times.

 

"This gentleman had some ill intentions and she wasn't going quietly and it ended very bad for him,” said Taylor.

 

Ludwick ran off, bleeding profusely, and was found a few blocks away. He later died.

 

"It's not something that we would've anticipated in this area,” said resident Levko Klos.

 

Locals are shocked.

 

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[Kilmer17]

On 3/13/2018 at 5:48 PM, LadySkinsFan said:

If you all want to read some really crazy fiction about Florida, read the series by Tim Dorsey. The series tells the tales of a serial killer Serge A. Storms and his sidekick Coleman who perform "science experiments" , which are interesting in a bizarre, lethal way. He's also into all kinds of trivia about Florida. I've read them all and they are hilarious! You must have a wicked sense of humor.

Fun books.  And the author does a great job of using actual landmarks in Florida as part of his narrative.  I've gone places just because I've read about them,

[China]

Woman charged with battery after falling on goat

 

MILTON, Fla. (WEAR) — A Pensacola woman is facing a battery charge for allegedly physically assaulting her nephew after she fell on top of a goat while intoxicated.

 

According to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office (SRCSO) arrest report, deputies responded to the 4700 block of Lynn Road in Milton on Tuesday in reference to a disturbance.

 

Once on the scene, deputies made contact with a man who told them that his aunt, Jan Strickland, had come inside a barn located on the property to hold a goat, the arrest report said.

 

The arrest report stated that Strickland's level of intoxication caused her to fall on the goat and her nephew then removed her.

 

While she was being removed, Strickland struck her nephew in the chest three times and shoved him into a barn stall door, according to the arrest report. 

 

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[China]

Florida Police Report Arrest Of Captain Dickhead

 

A Florida man was arrested early yesterday after telling police that his name was “Captain Dickhead.”

 

 

Cops responding to a 1:45 AM disturbance at a residence in Sebastian encountered Pamela Alonge, who apologized for arguing loudly with her boyfriend in the home’s backyard.

 

When asked multiple times to identify himself, the boyfriend refused and was “being evasive and argumentative with officers at the scene,” according to an arrest affidavit.

 

After cops handcuffed the man, they took one more shot at extracting a name from him. “At which time he said his name was ‘Captain Dickhead,’” an officer reported.

 

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I didn't know manatees could drive...

 

Sheriff: Women used machete, knife in Manatee carjacking

 

MANATEE COUNTY — Two women, one wielding a machete and the other a large kitchen knife, carjacked a Dodge Charger from a man they met on Facebook and led authorities on a chase in Palmetto, a Manatee County Sheriff’s report said.

 

Felicity Wieman, 17, and her friend Brittany Pinkston, 18, later crashed the car and were arrested by Palmetto police. They confessed in a post-Miranda interview with detectives to their involvement in the car theft, the report said.

 

Pinkston was taken to the Manatee County Jail and charged with carjacking with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Police found 41 Xanax pills in “plain view” along with a cut plastic straw and two empty baggies they said were “consistent with narcotics usage,” the report said.

 

Sheriff’s Office spokesman said Wieman, who is a minor, was charged with felony carjacking and taken to a juvenile detention center. He was unsure if she was still in custody.

 

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[China]

Florida stinks...

 

Mystery stench prompts Wellington to launch investigation

 

WELLINGTON —
A mysterious smell plaguing the western communities on and off for several weeks has now reached a level of concern and intrigue that a small team of Wellington staff members has been instructed to suss out its source.

 

It’s the latest effort by local and county officials to determine the cause of the stench, which has prompted an outcry on social media and calls for answers.

 

...

 

The smell is nothing new, Schofield and other officials have said. But this time it is different.

 

“What we’ve had over the last week is far more pervasive,” Schofield said. “None of the normal causes really fit the bill.”

 

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