tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7393265706889704586..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Florida News– Year in ReviewLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12009508368188077962019-01-20T18:50:35.195-05:002019-01-20T18:50:35.195-05:00You're welcome, Eve. Alligators are amazing cr...You're welcome, Eve. Alligators are amazing creatures. When their elbows (knees) are bent and their bellies barely clear the ground, they don't seem much of a racing machine. But when they straighten their legs and rise off the ground, they're capable of surprising burst of speed.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-91578337717304726682019-01-20T17:16:53.231-05:002019-01-20T17:16:53.231-05:00Thanks for the info about gators, Leigh! The leng...Thanks for the info about gators, Leigh! The length of their bodies - well, that's enough.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21488956336559638082019-01-20T16:25:27.673-05:002019-01-20T16:25:27.673-05:00It’s the heat, Janice, and humidity too, consideri...It’s the heat, Janice, and humidity too, considering we outpace the likes of Arizona and New Mexico. It cooks what’s left of the brain.<br /><br />Paul… (laughing) The real miracle of this story is the wife had been trying for years to get her Florida cracker husband to use a fork at the dinner table.<br /><br />Eve, I noticed the posing too. Some people seem to pretty themselves up assuming their mug shots will pop up on social media.<br />As for the horse, I courageously refrained from sooooo many awful jokes including one rottenly political. At least we learned where centaurs come from.<br />Once upon a time I consulted for Piper. Their planes tend to be low-wing models (except the famous Cub) unlike, say, high-wing Cessnas. Gators have the ability to rear up about their body length (excluding their tail). My guess is the reptile had been enjoying the evening warmth of the tarmac when a plane so rudely interrupted his reveries. I imagine the Piper PA 31 Navajo was near to touchdown when the alarmed beast reared up to take this bird out of the air. Alligators are heavily armored and hardy, but the quarter-ton gator was facing at least a 3¼ ton aircraft. Assume a landing speed of 130 knots, or 150mph/240kmph… that’s a big mouthful even for a gator!<br />Eve, Mar-a-Lago is here in Florida, little more than a hop and a skip from BeBe Rebozo and Richard Nixon’s Winter White House.<br /><br />Elizabeth, I’m not sure what the back wall was made of, but maybe the crook was looking ahead, thinking the air hammer might make a good (if noisy) burglary tool. But then he tried to sell it back, so I may be wrong. Probably I am wrong, considering this genius drove such an identifiable vehicle. This time of year, I bet your crook wishes he’d sinned in Florida!<br /><br />Jerry, I appreciate the correction. Thank you. It’s scary, Jerry, as you say, just scratching the surface. At least Florida offers fodder for writers!<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-19574641779468575422019-01-20T16:13:58.060-05:002019-01-20T16:13:58.060-05:00One minor correction of a typo: The "kill &#...One minor correction of a typo: The "kill 'em with kindness" machete man was from Milton, not Minton. Otherwise, everything you said about Florida was spot on, albeit you just scratched the surface.Jerry Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-92020406190962716972019-01-20T14:27:45.920-05:002019-01-20T14:27:45.920-05:00We've got some big geniuses here in Canaduffal...We've got some big geniuses here in Canaduffalo:<br /><br />Auto shop burglarized; then burglar tries to sell back items<br /><br />A burglar believed to be a white male in his 20s broke into an auto shop on Friday, puncturing a hole in the back wall of the garage and then stealing a $400 air wrench and $160 air hammer.<br /><br />The incident was caught on video surveillance, but that apparently didn’t stop the suspect from returning to the shop later on that day to try and sell the tools back to the store. Buffalo police said the suspect also contacted the store owner by cell phone, but no arrest had been made as of Sunday.<br /><br />A landscaping truck with a snow plow was described as the suspect’s vehicle.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-77461755191913917202019-01-20T10:55:51.328-05:002019-01-20T10:55:51.328-05:00Oh, Leigh - Florida is so... Florida.
(1) I thi...Oh, Leigh - Florida is so... Florida. <br />(1) I think the turf mommies were given way too many and too flattering photos in the article.<br />(2) I suppose I'm just looking on the bright side, but at least Mr. Sardo was banging a horse, and not a child.<br />(3) Re the gator and the plane - how high can gators actually jump? Inquiring minds want to know.<br />(4) I don't know about SD making FL up its game, but I do know that Scott Walker, so far, has outfrauded anyone we've got. Except perhaps a current resident of la maison blanche...<br />GREAT post, Leigh.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12058444152191547772019-01-20T08:37:56.017-05:002019-01-20T08:37:56.017-05:00"He stabbed a poor woman in the head for unde..."He stabbed a poor woman in the head for undercooking his potato." Let him come to California. I doubt that's even a crime here anymore. Literally.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39400324654013351342019-01-20T08:32:30.621-05:002019-01-20T08:32:30.621-05:00Eve Fisher's posts about malfeasance in South ...Eve Fisher's posts about malfeasance in South Dakota have clearly pushed Florida to up its game. The rest of us can only look on with caper envy.janice lawnoreply@blogger.com