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Old 02-06-2009, 10:14 AM
Fred Douglass Fred Douglass is offline
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Wink No-no, Buzz, me Boyo....
...trust me.....a V-drive ski-boat with a blown Caddie (lotso' them ripping between Port Everglades and Government Cut at. let's say....90+ mph!) would "put paid" to the ciggies of today. At least on flat water. They were, essentially the precursors of "drag boats". And.....a 1150-lb. (all up, wet-weight) fiberglass T-bucket with 650 hp. blown Buick nailhead or an Olds........well, Krikeys...at least in a straight line....saya-fookin'-nara to just about anything on wheels!

Up at Lauderdale Lakes, the young sports would race the T-buckets v.s. the drag boats. Now THAT was worth it!!

As for fireworks? Cherry-bombs, M-80s, "quarter sticks", etc. all "dedicated to the 'gators etc. up the New River or the phishy-wishies out on the reefs. A cherry-bomb alternately (and repeatedly) dipped in Elmer's glue and BB's made for a nasty thingamabobby! We were below savages.

It took decades to civilize me.......

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