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Re: Florida, like reality, only different
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2009, 05:33:33 AM »
Florida has always been a little whacky, nowhere near as bad as kalifornia though.

My Dad lived in Hudson, about an hour north of Tampa/St. Pete. Route 19 was always a treat.

First you had the stereotypical old geezers in acre-sized cars (usually Cadillacs) parked in the left lane doing about 25-30 MPH (45 MPH zone). The only way you knew someone was actually in the car was the barely visible hat in the driver's seat would actually move once in a while. Oh, yeah, the turn signal was on - left meaning they forgot to turn it off when they changed lanes; right indicating that anywhere from 3 to 8 miles from now they were going to get off the highway and go to Albertsons.

If you managed to stay clear of the flock of geezers, you got to deal with the rednecks. You know, the ones driving the older Fairlane or Caprice that looked like someone decided to beat every square inch with a ball peen hammer, and then paint the masterpiece in camo.

Although 19 was pretty built up, Mr. Redneck was weaving in and out of the flock of geezers, probably heading to that estate a few miles east of 19 a few miles or so. You know the one - tin roof, house on cinder blocks, with the 4 to 8 predecessors of said camo car sitting in the front yard - if the patch of weeds-filled space could actually be referred to as a yard.

All of this took place just a minutes south of Weekie-Watchie, home of the mermaids and underwater mermaid show. Kitcshy, but actually kind iof interesting, especially when they wised up to the modern audience and put in a bird sanctuary and water park a short distance fromt he mermaids.

All that in just a few miles of US 19 along the Gulf Coast.
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Re: Florida, like reality, only different
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2009, 10:06:44 AM »
Wow, I thought Ca. was f-cked up ;D
Dont' worry your not mistaken Ca. IS F--K--D UP  :o  But someone is always going to try and steel the CROWN!
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