20 Years ago

[BUIZILLA]

'Cat... where do you find this stuff? LOL

[old377guy]

'Cat... where do you find this stuff? LOL

...he doesn't find it..............it finds him......

[Bobcat]

keysnews.com

[Bobcat]

50 YEARS AGO

The Navy reported that two obsolete ships were towed to the area near the Marquesas and grounded to be used for air-to-surface rocket targets.

I thought this was funny, because that's where Mel Fisher discovered the Atocha. The Navy was blowing gold and emeralds to smithereens !

[Ratickle]

50 YEARS AGO

The Navy reported that two obsolete ships were towed to the area near the Marquesas and grounded to be used for air-to-surface rocket targets.

I thought this was funny, because that's where Mel Fisher discovered the Atocha. The Navy was blowing gold and emeralds to smithereens !

Smart Guys.....

[Bobcat]

Isn't this like selling ice to Eskimos ?

50 YEARS AGO

John McMahon of Little Torch Key was leaving for Iceland to work as a civilian instructor for the Navy, teaching refrigeration.

[Bobcat]

50 YEARS AGO



A gun that weighed 130 pounds and was used to shoot line to disabled vessels was stolen from a yard on Eaton Street.

[Bobcat]

It was a dog day

20 YEARS AGO

Warren Ehrhardt, a Pier House employee, jumped into Key West Harbor to save a dog that was caught in the tide and drowning.



An 84-year-old woman was charged with aggravated battery and cruelty to animals for throwing rocks at a woman walking her dog

[Ratickle]

It was a dog day

20 YEARS AGO

Warren Ehrhardt, a Pier House employee, jumped into Key West Harbor to save a dog that was caught in the tide and drowning.



An 84-year-old woman was charged with aggravated battery and cruelty to animals for throwing rocks at a woman walking her dog

I wonder which offense carried the bigger sentence??????

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

Because investigators for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office forced a detective to admit he used cocaine he found, he could not be prosecuted.

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

The state ruled that the exterminator who gassed Key West Mayor Tony Tarracino and his family did not violate the law.

[rschap1]

Did it kill 'em?

Are they OK?

[Bobcat]

He passed away a couple of years ago at 90 or so, his oldest daughter "Lil Tony" is my neighbor. They were sick for a while but fine.

[Bobcat]

20 YEARS AGO

A probation officer was charged with misconduct for allowing one of his clients to travel out of state to purchase marijuana.

[rschap1]

At least the client had a good reason

[Ratickle]

I wonder what the misconduct, conduct was????????

[Bobcat]

50 YEARS AGO

The members of the Golf Club were calling for a grand jury investigation into the work of building the new nine holes at the Key West Golf Course.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office, in a move to totally stop bolita, warned that any person buying or possessing a bolita ticket would be arrested.

The January 1962 Friends magazine had an article about the Keys entitled, "Tropical Playground Cooled by Sea Breezes."

[old377guy]

So let's see if I'm clear about this - small balls are illegal in the Keys?

[Bobcat]

50 years ago, yes....now they are encouraged!

[old377guy]

just so long as they're not small and blue