Only in Florida

[Vegas]

Jan 3, 2024 12:13:26 GMT -5 paul said:

Jan 2, 2024 23:05:58 GMT -5 Vegas said:

I have enjoyed reading these stories about Florida.

With my contract situation at work now settled, I am going to be able to start traveling domestically a little once again and for the first time in almost 3 1/2 decades it looks like I will be in Florida this March when we have a 3-day weekend at work.

I will be in Tampa Bay where I plan to go to Major League Wrestling's War Chamber show (tickets go on sale on Friday,) go to a Blue Jays vs Rays game, tour Raymond James Stadium (provided they have a Friday or Saturday tour which according to the stadium's website they sometimes do but those tours are not available to book until the previous week,) check out Ybor City, and I am not sure what else yet. I believe I will be flying in early that Friday morning (red eye flight) and leaving late that Sunday night but so far I have only purchased the return flight home (I will secure the flight there on Pay Day next week when my new raise kicks in.)

Sounds like a fun weekend you have planned.

Stadium tours are always fun to do although I find them much better with a smaller group than a large one. When I toured Petco Park in San Diego it was just me and a family of four and the tour felt more personal and not quite as rushed. My tour of Rogers Centre in Toronto was with a massive group and while it was still fun their wasn't a lot of time for the guide to answer questions and we were quickly ushered from one place to another. (Quick side note to Rogers Communications: Stop putting your name on sports arenas in Canada. Between Rogers Centre in Toronto, Rogers Arena here in Vancouver and now Rogers Place in Edmonton it's becoming difficult to keep track of which venue is which.)

I hope to get back to Florida again too someday. I was there in 2011 and the highlight of my trip was being in Gainesville to watch my Gators beat the Tennessee Volunteers in person. I also made my way down to Orlando for a few days to check out Universal Studios which was incredible, especially The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter.

The bulk of my trip was in Jacksonville though. Dealing with the 98 degree humid weather my first few days there was quite an adjustment for someone who has never experienced it: I nearly passed out from the heat at the Jaguars-Titans game I attended. Jacksonville was a fun city to visit although their public transit system is dreadful. Hopefully it's improved since I was there.

One thing I didn't find out about until I got back from my trip is that Jacksonville apparently is one of the most crime-ridden cities in the State. However, I went all throughout the city, including into the so-called "bad areas", and never once felt unsafe.

sounds like you had fun on that Florida trip!

so far for Florida, I have only been to Orlando for a Disney trip back in the early 1990s

I am looking forward to seeing Tampa Bay in March and at some point in the future I also really want to see Miami.

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There is a reason I named this thread "One in Florida" and not "Florida Man". Of course, there was the porch pirate bears but also because there is this, Florida WOMAN.


Florida woman seen cruising highway on electric scooter

[paul]

Feb 4, 2024 19:43:22 GMT -5 on_the_edge said:

There is a reason I named this thread "One in Florida" and not "Florida Man". Of course, there was the porch pirate bears but also because there is this, Florida WOMAN.


Florida woman seen cruising highway on electric scooter

Definitely not the smartest thing to do. She's very fortunate she didn't get hit; either accidentally or by someone in a fit of road rage.

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Sadly, I did not hear about this before it was too late. I would have loved to drive over to Tampa, only 30-45 minutes from me, and seen this live.


Kangaroo gets loose in Tampa apartment complex


Here is part of the story:


TAMPA, Fla. — Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a rather unusual call Thursday morning in Tampa: a kangaroo on the loose.

According to social media posts from the sheriff's office, the kangaroo had found itself stuck inside an apartment complex's pool area near Fowler Avenue and 56th Street South.


"There's a kangaroo in my apartment complex," a perplexed 911 caller said in a video
released by the sheriff's office.

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Meanwhile, this is one story I am GLAD I was not there to witness when it happened.


Drunk, naked man tried to breach through security at Florida airport

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Man drives his truck into the ocean and has best response for the police. "Not my fault the truck don't surf".


Not my fault the truck don't surf

[TTX]

Next big sporting trend, surfing trucks.

[on_the_edge]

I just wondered if his truck was the reincarnation of Charles Manson.

For those that don't catch the joke, back in the day there were t-shirts with his face and the line "Charlie don't surf". It comes from a line in Apocalypse Now and a punk rock song but I am not sure which was first.

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This one is for the golfers. Those that golf know that proper etiquette is to put back your divots before moving on. In Florida, if you do not do that, this could happen.


Put back your divot buddy

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Of all the threats police officers in FL have to worry about turkeys are either not on the list or way at the bottom.