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  • Hitler finds out Isaac is headed towards Tampa

    08/22/2012 12:00:14 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 6 replies
    Youtube ^ | Goseminoled
    Hitler finds out Issac is headed to the RNC.
  • Problem possum drinking game 'nothing new'

    05/03/2012 12:09:25 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 12 replies
    3News New Zealand ^ | 5/4/12 | Unknown
    People partaking in a popular drinking pursuit "possum" are causing headaches for staff at Dunedin's Botanic Garden, who are forced to clean up broken bottles, food scraps and vomit left behind. The drinking game, played by the city's students, involves participants sitting in a tree like possums while consuming large volumes of alcohol. It ends when the players descend the tree voluntarily or fall from it. Dunedin City Council gardens and cemeteries team leader Alan Matchett says garden staff first came across possum players about four years ago. Since then, he says, the game has grown in popularity to the...
  • Anybody ever heard of a Fisker?

    04/12/2012 3:33:59 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 40 replies
    A friend of mine bought a car that I've never heard of. Anyone else ever heard of a Fisker Karma? Im on a phone so I have limited posting capabilities. Basically its like a Volt. It gets almost 60 mpg and does 0-60 under 6 seconds. Just curious is others have ever seen one? Thoughts? Tired of the Trayvon story.
  • Any opinions on the S&W Bodyguard .380

    11/16/2011 2:52:27 PM PST · by goseminoles · 56 replies
    vanity ^ | self
    I just purchased the S&W Bodyguard .380. I was looking for a good ccw weapon and personal defense weapon. Its 6+1 with built in laser. Anybody have one of these? Im waiting three days to pick it up Monday. Any positives or negatives?? Personal experience is appreciated.
  • Tactic Fails; Jacksonville man guilty of sexual battery. (small penis)

    08/26/2011 4:10:43 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 23 replies
    Jacksonville.com ^ | 7/1/11 | David Hunt
    A man told a Jacksonville jury that his penis is too small to have possibly inflicted the wounds prosecutors say he caused a woman during a 2005 rape.
  • Does Comcast limit internet speeds at night? Vanity

    08/19/2011 4:31:10 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 38 replies · 1+ views
    self | 8/19/11 | Vanity
    Every night after 9:00pm our internet becomes slower than Obama's economic recovery plan. The kid can't play his games(gets kicked out) and using the web is slower than balls. Is this an internet issue or some other problem? Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Oh, yes im logged in...
  • Cell phone advise.

    03/22/2011 5:34:14 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 107 replies
    Vanity ^ | 3/22/11 | Self
    My Verizon contract is up and I am requesting guidance from fellow freeper friends. My contract is expired. Where to go from here???
  • Assistance with ascertaining the the cause of the sub-prime loan crisis due to accounting errors

    10/26/2010 5:48:03 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 14 replies
    Self ^ | 10/26/2010 | self
    I have an academic topic/project that has been assigned. If anyone could provide assistance in guidance it would be much appreciated. I realize there are political/lobbying concerns, but this issue specifies accounting errors and remedies. Any thoughts? The assignment is: "What role did the Accounting profession play in the recent sub prime mortgage crisis? What could they have done differently?"
  • My friend "Howudoing" is now a Freeper. Please welcome her!

    09/13/2010 5:00:45 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 169 replies
    Free Republic ^ | 9/13/10 | self
    Please welcome a new Freeper and make her feel welcome! We need all the help we can get and promote new members!! She is a N. Florida gal. Please post any suggestions and links you have for successful freeping. "Howudoing" is weak but we'll work on that.
  • What is the real story on the rig explosion?

    09/02/2010 11:14:18 AM PDT · by goseminoles · 48 replies · 1+ views
    self | 9-2-10 | self
    I have been going online today to various news outlets and they all differ on the gulf oil platform that blew up today.
  • Are you ready for some football?

    08/29/2010 5:31:19 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 67 replies
    vanity ^ | 8/29/2010 | self
    I'm just watching a little pre-season pro ball and am ready for college to kick off. By my screen name you can tell who my boys are. Ready for some post-Bowden football.
  • Rick Scott in Fl

    08/26/2010 5:44:13 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 26 replies
    vanity ^ | 8/26/10 | self
    Instead of going back and forth on the Florida forum, I opened up this thread.
  • Does anyone honestly think the mosque will be built?

    08/20/2010 3:33:41 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 40 replies
    Self ^ | 8/20/10 | self
    Does anyone think this will be built? Americans on both sides of the aisle are opposed to this. Will civil/non-civil disobediance, sit ins, protests, and violence occur? My point is, who will protect the construction of this mosque? Show me an NYPD officer, state officer, Fed officer, or military officer who will protect the construction site? What are the consequences?
  • ANN YARKO for FLORIDA!!

    08/12/2010 7:45:10 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 6 replies
    self ^ | 8-12-10 | self, vanity
    Support this young lady. We have a class act running for State Office in Northern Florida.
  • Rick Scott

    04/16/2010 3:44:36 AM PDT · by goseminoles · 3 replies · 229+ views
    self | 4/16/10 | self
    Ok. So my tv if filled with Rick Scott campaign commercials for Governor of Florida. I've done precursory reasearch on this guy. What do other Freepers think about Scott? Will his business history kill him? I would appreciate any facts or opinions regarding this guy. Have a great Friday everyone!
  • Manatee poop closes beach

    http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/vero-21439-beach-closes.html
  • President Backs 'Glades

    06/05/2001 6:08:34 AM PDT · by goseminoles · 9+ views
    AP | 6-5-01 | Sandra Sobieraj
    President backs 'Glades Congress should coexist like gators, crocs, Bush says By Sandra Sobieraj THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK - As an alligator slithered through murky waters behind him, President Bush celebrated Florida's Everglades on Monday and said he hoped the reconfigured Congress would take a lesson from this "beautiful slice of heaven." The Republican president, who is tending his image as both environmentalist and bipartisan, pledged to state activists gathered canalside that he would not abandon the massive, 40-year ecosystem restoration under way here. "Our job here is to be good stewards of the Everglades, to restore what ...
  • 62 Year Old Woman Gives Birth

    05/31/2001 6:32:20 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 776+ views
    Reuters | 5-30-01 | unk
    62-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth Updated: Wed, May 30 10:25 AM EDT NICE, France (Reuters) - A woman aged 62 has given birth to a baby boy in France and may face court action for undergoing a fertility treatment available in neighboring Italy and England but banned under local laws. Philippe Laverne, director of the Lauriers clinic in the Mediterranean town of Frejus, said the woman -- whose identity is being kept secret -- delivered the baby on May 14. "The mother and baby, a boy weighing three kilos (6.6 pounds), are well, and that is the most important thing for ...
  • Woman Battered by Swan Loses Injury Claim

    05/25/2001 3:40:10 PM PDT · by goseminoles · 10+ views
    Reuters | 5-25-01 | Unk
    Woman Battered by Swan Loses Injury Claim Updated: Fri, May 25 10:12 AM EDT DUBLIN, Ireland (Reuters) - A woman whose wrist was broken after a swan knocked her to the ground and battered her in a Dublin park has lost a $32,600 injury action against the state, Irish newspapers said Friday. Mary Ryan, 71, told a Dublin court that on the day of the attack she had just fed the swan -- a resident of the central Phoenix Park for the past nine years -- and was walking away when she heard a heavy flapping of wings. "When I ...
  • Topless Woman causes traffic jam

    04/27/2001 10:27:40 AM PDT · by goseminoles · 9+ views
    AP | unk
    Topless Woman Causes Traffic Jam By The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- It wasn't your standard weekday traffic jam when drivers slowed to watch a fire-spitting woman dancing topless atop a high-voltage electrical tower beside a freeway bridge. It wasn't meant to be. Ara Tripp, 38, of Olympia, told The Seattle Times she planned the stunt for weeks to protest discrimination against women and laws that allow men to take their shirts off but not women. Tripp was a man before undergoing a sex-change operation. Tripp climbed the 180-foot tower Wednesday morning, took off her shirt and began dancing, occasionally ...