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1. Florids It's gators or guns when you retire to...

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Fri Feb 24, 2023, 02:46 AM

Feb 2023

Florida.

Given a choice, I'm choosing snow.

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Video of gator just before he took an elder woman down in Florida. [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 OP

Florids It's gators or guns when you retire to... TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #1

Same! nt pazzyanne Feb 2023 #7

+1 llmart Feb 2023 #59

Florida is like a death trap - gators, sink holes, pythons, guns and underthematrix Feb 2023 #2

And awful bugs. nt leftyladyfrommo Feb 2023 #16

And laws to cancel vaccines that can save you from the plague. Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #19

and worst of all HUMIDITY BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #50

This is tragic. We are told all the time about the dangers near lakes n ponds Deuxcents Feb 2023 #3

The Residents Gave The Alligator A Fucking Name SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #4

Gators, guns and weenies. rubbersole Feb 2023 #14

"Neighborhood fixture" In It to Win It Feb 2023 #5

Common Sense? This Is Floriduh. nt SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #22

Oh wow. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2023 #49

The Truth Hurts SoCalDavidS Feb 2023 #53

There's no truth there. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2023 #57

Had to click off that video. Poor woman and her loved ones. PufPuf23 Feb 2023 #6

That has got to be one of the most horrific ways to go. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #8

I recently watched one of the Jurassic Park movies, similar ancient scary creature. betsuni Feb 2023 #9

In one of the last Jurassic Park movies, I was more afraid of Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #20

Oh, dear God! How horrific! dmr Feb 2023 #10

If there is a mandatory HOA involved, they will probably get sued. Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #21

I doubt it will be successful. Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #58

A good friend just bought a house there spinbaby Feb 2023 #11

They are not... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #13

And diminishing food sources. rubbersole Feb 2023 #15

Yeah. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #17

Florida take-out... rubbersole Feb 2023 #18

In Florida, people just have to assume all water contains gators. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #40

Apparently there's a service for that spinbaby Feb 2023 #43

Yeah, that is strange. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #54

Yes on pools. I have seen them in pools in the past. JanMichael Feb 2023 #63

Oy! Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #65

Not going to watch that. 2naSalit Feb 2023 #12

That's just bdamomma Feb 2023 #23

It's people-infested In It to Win It Feb 2023 #38

True. The people are far more destructive. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #42

It is not an alligator problem it is a people problem. Chainfire Feb 2023 #24

I think that those of us who live in Florida near lakes also have the sense Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #26

True, and if you are in doubt that the local lake or pond has gators, just take a strong flashlight Chainfire Feb 2023 #28

LOL. Good tip. Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #31

Thanks for your insights. n/t shrike3 Feb 2023 #33

So true. They are a fact of life and supposed to be. Hortensis Feb 2023 #39

A friend's mom who lives in Florida said she can't get a small dog right now ecstatic Feb 2023 #56

Nobody goes to Florida anymore it's too crowded GusBob Feb 2023 #25

The area from The Villages into Orlando is ridicuous. Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #27

The community I used to live in GusBob Feb 2023 #29

Of course they're open arms to growth. Baitball Blogger Feb 2023 #30

See above comment GusBob Feb 2023 #32

Through Orlando is ridiculous spinbaby Feb 2023 #44

"I won't have to shovel snow." shrike3 Feb 2023 #34

Wellllll GusBob Feb 2023 #35

Yeah as a resident I wish the boycott was a little more effective come on people do your part EX500rider Feb 2023 #36

I wish that people were not still coming to Florida. Chainfire Feb 2023 #37

Well said GusBob Feb 2023 #41

That's almost half the entire population of the USA FakeNoose Feb 2023 #46

People from all over the country and the world GusBob Feb 2023 #48

I didn't count them personally, so I can't be sure. ;) Chainfire Feb 2023 #51

That was in 2019 EX500rider Feb 2023 #60

Most if not all of the people I know who've moved to Florida were already red state types shrike3 Feb 2023 #62

Yogi, is that you? 11 Bravo Feb 2023 #45

Nearly 1000 people a day move to Florida. Mariana Feb 2023 #55

They fished a alligator out of a lake in Brooklyn's Prospect Park earlier this week... Princess Turandot Feb 2023 #47

What a macabre thing to post. Brenda Feb 2023 #52

+1 Celerity Feb 2023 #61

I've learned Zeitghost Feb 2023 #64