20 Years ago

[old377guy]

On Grassy Key indeed, everybody knows they lay them much farther north.

 

[Slandrew]

20 yrs ago Fountain boats came on the scene

 

[Bobcat]

50 YEARS AGO

A dog left overnight in a parked car scratched kitchen matches and ignited the car's interior. The dog was saved by the firemen.

 

[Bobcat]

Five sailors were injured when the Navy hydrofoil struck a submerged object, believed to be a whale.

An inmate in the Monroe County Jail got out of jail free by claiming he was his sleeping cellmate.

 

[Ratickle]

Is the picture the hydrofoil?

 

[Bobcat]

Yes.

 

[Ratickle]

Yes.

He should fix his GPS........

 

[Bobcat]

He was prolly reaching for a dropped cigarette

 

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

A group of 11 Cuban refugees took over a 100-foot coastal freighter, tied up the captain and crew and forced it to sail to Key West.

 

[old377guy]

20 YEARS AGO

A group of 11 Cuban refugees took over a 100-foot coastal freighter, tied up the captain and crew and forced it to sail to Key West.

Glad I carefully re-read this; sounded kinda kinky at first

 

[Bobcat]

The five crewmen from the hijacked Cuban freighter were allowed to return home with their boat.

 

[Pete B]

Five sailors were injured when the Navy hydrofoil struck a submerged object, believed to be a whale.

An inmate in the Monroe County Jail got out of jail free by claiming he was his sleeping cellmate.

those were very cool boats!

 

[Bobcat]

You are not old enough to remember those (Me neither)

 

[Slandrew]

Ford put a V-8 in a Thunderbird!

 

[Pete B]

Unfortunaley I Am!

 

[Bobcat]

Owner Allan Dunteman drove the Agitator to a win in the Pro 1 Class of the Offshore Professional Tour boat race in Marathon.

Mary Backer, wife of missing shrimp boat captain Rolf Backer, was facing fines of $260,000 from the government because the man who murdered Rolf had run the boat aground.

 

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

Following the bankruptcy and court-ordered closure of the Domino's Pizza chain in the Florida Keys, a pizza war had broken out, with allegations of "double-agent" delivery drivers, pizza espionage and plenty of sniping.

 

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

Three men tried to use a stolen credit card at the store where the card owner's wife worked.

 

[old377guy]

There's no fixin' stupid

 

[Bobcat]

Two men who had been thrown out of a bar by the manager returned and fired four shots into the building.