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RainMaker
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 07:27:39 AM » |
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900 horsepower on that bad boy!!! Wonder what the top speed is?
Visiting McAllen all this week. No high speed chases so far.
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Hoser
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 07:32:28 AM » |
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Hope it has a BIG fuel tank. Everything is bigger in Texas.  Hoser
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I don't want a pickle, just wanna ride my motor sickle  [img width=300 height=233]http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 07:39:58 AM » |
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I wonder if they take volunteers? I love yachting.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 08:43:28 AM » |
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I wonder if they take volunteers? I love yachting.
I like the cut of your jib.
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fiddle mike
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Nothing exceeds like excess.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2012, 08:54:31 AM » |
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My compadre and I saw one tied up at Snoopy's Pier on the Intracoastal Waterway, a month or so back. It had four guns, the two closer to the stern were twins. We hear the since the CoC moved the Coast Guard to Homeland Security, TX DPS has taken over their shallow water duties.
We hope the troopers learn to handle the boats better than the guys we saw trying to dock her. Looked like a Texas Ranger was out there for no other reason than to get in the way since he didn't seem to know his aft from a hole in the ground.
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fiddle mike
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 08:58:07 AM » |
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A family of boat builders here, in the Bluff, have been building 70 mph boats for 30 years and more. Up until a few years ago, they refused to sell the boats to the Fish and Game Dept.  .
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 09:33:30 AM » |
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I thought I heard a couple got ambushed on falcon lake last year? they were on PWC's and the scumbags shot up the husband?
I think I also heard some discussion about the veracity of her story
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 10:12:59 AM » |
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I thought I heard a couple got ambushed on falcon lake last year? they were on PWC's and the scumbags shot up the husband?
I think I also heard some discussion about the veracity of her story
I think they found the husbands body finally. Could be wrong though.
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And... moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.'' -- Barry Goldwater, Acceptance Speech at the Republican Convention; 1964 
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Titan
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2012, 10:19:16 AM » |
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Question for you Texas folks..
I don't know anything about the law enforcement organizations in TX but can anybody say why this boat patrol would come under the highway patrol? Around here (SC) all water patrols are handled by the sheriff's departments or DNR.
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2012, 10:42:55 AM » |
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When I first heard that lady's story I thought some concerned citizens with firepower might do a "Q" bass boat. The Q" ships were very effective, though kinda unfair. Cant recall cartels playing by Marquis of Queensbury though. Good on ya TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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fiddle mike
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2012, 11:20:01 AM » |
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Question for you Texas folks..
I don't know anything about the law enforcement organizations in TX but can anybody say why this boat patrol would come under the highway patrol? Around here (SC) all water patrols are handled by the sheriff's departments or DNR.
As I understand, it's part of the Homeland Security Shuffle. The boat I saw looked like a re-commissioned Coast Guard vessel. Sheriff's are primarily responsible for the jail and for serving warrants. Game wardens are armed and have arrest powers but I believe their purview is limited. We still have Marina Patrol.
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« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2012, 11:31:14 AM » |
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I DONT REAALY CARE WHOSE RUNNIN IT AS LONG AS THEY TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE.. if ya git my drift.. 
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bscrive
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« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2012, 12:08:40 PM » |
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I think that bad boy has more fire power than our Canadian Navy.
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 If global warming is happening...why is it so cold up here?
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« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2012, 02:21:03 PM » |
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If I had any say, that Bow gun would be a 50 cal.
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GreenLantern57
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« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2012, 07:00:03 PM » |
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Yippie Kii Yii Yaa
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Stormrider65
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« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2012, 07:15:22 PM » |
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Thanks for posting that pic for me Titan. I'm still trying to figure out how to do this computer stuff. My wife's friend who is a deputy south of Fort Worth sent her that pic. 6, 240b's, firing 7.62 I think. I thought they were 249 SAW's at first glance. Armored in certian places, with the 3, 300 Mercs. Supposed to be 2 or 3 going to the Rio Grande, and a couple going to some of the South Texas waterways, according to the news feeds. The cost was way up there too.
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In this wild and wolly world, there are only 3 things you can depend on, your brains, your bros, and your bike. Ride free!!!
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« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2012, 07:42:13 PM » |
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I wonder if they take volunteers? I love yachting.
I like the cut of your jib. That's enough dirty talk! ! or was it a religious comment ? 
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