No disrespect T... took the kiddos on one last trip before school started... new york, 64 at night and 79-82 during the day... sounds warm but holy moly it beats the shiat out of the sauna we live in down here...

wade, the white zone is for the immediate loading and unloading of passengers only..... look betty dont start :)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyOX4G7TmE0[/YOUTUBE]

dont know why your comment made me think of that but i got a laugh out of it...

...because that was exactly what I was thinking of when i posted it....I'm tired of your white zone $hit Betty. :lolhit:

What auction is going on at club 105 today at noon?

It's all the units that Justin was paid!!!!!!!!!!!:lolhit:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...l?mod=yahoo_RE

AWEEEEEEESOMMMMMEMMMMME!!!!!

It must have been quick. Joew and I were there around 12:30 and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary

It will be in the water before you know it

but will it do 120MPH:party-smiley-004:

Who? Me? Doubt it. 75 is enough:coolcowboy:

Is that how fast the meatballs toaster is???? Wow!!!!

That's a spicy meatball

The spicy meatball is lucky to do 75mph....I was just repeating what mushmouth told some of my guys:....


wow nice boat...how fast is this one? "120mph on a good day"....:coolcowboy:

Never said that. I was was told 113 on the OLD POWER, so that is what I said.

Sounds like Miles strikes again to me.

Joew

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o35720-en.html

Time for the Stultz Boys to open up their check books......Jeffro, Spik1, and bigandy should to since they like the old junk as well....:)

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ml#post3189003


Maybe bigandy could just donate his old flower pot so maybe one day it will see water again ......:coolcowboy:

Great plan. Let me see what I can find that is historic and ask a bunch of people to send me money so I can restore my rig on someone elses dime.

Unless I mis understood what he is saying..

DEA seeks Ebonics experts to help with cases
Buzz up!3 votes ShareretweetEmailPrintBy GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writer Greg Bluestein, Associated Press Writer – 19 mins ago
ATLANTA – Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.

The Drug Enforcement Agency recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent Michael Sanders said Monday.

Ebonics, which is also known as African American Vernacular English, has been described by the psychologist who coined the term as the combination of English vocabulary with African language structure.

Some DEA agents already help translate Ebonics, Sanders said. But he said wasn't sure if the agency has ever hired outside Ebonics experts as contractors.

"They saw a need for this in a couple of their investigations," he said. "And when you see a need — it may not be needed now — but we want the contractors to provide us with nine people just in case."

The DEA's decision, first reported by The Smoking Gun, evokes memories of the debate sparked in 1996 when the Oakland, Calif., school board suggested that black English was a separate language. Although the board later dropped the suggestion amid criticism, it set off a national discussion over whether Ebonics is a language, a dialect or neither.

The search for translators covers a wide swath of the Southeast, including offices in Atlanta, Washington, New Orleans, Miami and the Caribbean, said Sanders. He said he's uncertain why other regions aren't hiring Ebonics translators, but said there are ongoing investigations in the Southeast that need dedicated Ebonics translators.

Linguists said Ebonics can be trickier than it seems, partly because the vocabulary evolves so quickly.

"A lot of times people think you're just dealing with a few slang words, and that you can finesse your way around it," said John Rickford, a Stanford University linguistics professor. "And it's not — it's a big vocabulary. You'll have some significant differences" from English.

Critics worry that the DEA's actions could set a precedent.

"Hiring translators for languages that are of questionable merit to begin with is just going in the wrong direction," said Aloysius Hogan, the government relations director of English First, a national lobbying group that promotes the use of English.

"I'm not aware of Ebonics training schools or tests. I don't know how they'd establish that someone speaks Ebonics," he said. "I support the concept of pursuing drug dealers if they're using code words, but this is definitely going in the wrong direction."

H. Samy Alim, a Stanford linguistics professor who specializes in black language and hip-hop culture, said he thought the hiring effort was a joke when he first heard about it, but that it highlights a serious issue.

"It seems ironic that schools that are serving and educating black children have not recognized the legitimacy of this language. Yet the authorities and the police are recognizing that this is a language that they don't understand," he said. "It really tells us a lot about where we are socially in terms of recognizing African-American speech."

Rickford said that hiring Ebonics experts could come in handy for the DEA, but he said it's hard to determine whether a prospective employee can speak it well enough to translate since there are no standardized tests. He said the ideal candidate would be a native speaker who also has had some linguistics training.

Finding the right translators could be the difference between a successful investigation or a failed one, said Sanders. While he said many listeners can get the gist of what Ebonics speakers are saying, it could take an expert to define it in court.

"You can maybe get a general idea of what they're saying, but you have to understand that this has to hold up in court," he said. "You need someone to say, 'I know what they mean when they say 'ballin' or 'pinching pennies.'"

Steak anyone?

T-Bone pics

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuSMMu-aIfw[/YOUTUBE]

A better T-Bone vid...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzKbM8J4ODI[/YOUTUBE]

Cameron with two drives...:party-smiley-004:

Ferrari boat. Cass and crew in the Cig.

Man those are some big.... ummm, sponsons? :lolhit:

Donzi from Houston. Unfortunately I don't know these folks' names but I see them all over...Conroe, San Leon, Travis, Destin, etc.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ep9VfsiL30[/YOUTUBE]

Misc pics from Destin 2010

More misc pics...

We were almost out of gas so we finally decided to let this guy pass. He does look kind of hungry for some meatballs, doesn't he? :lolhit:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSdx83LPZ4[/YOUTUBE]

thanks for the pix and videos Busta:)

Looks like good times

In other news, This boat started and ran today. Hasn't run in 15 years. I tweaked the carbs a little and it runs like we just turned it off yesterday. Not bad for sitting in a barn for 15 years and filling up with rats. I should have this one in the water this week. Just need hodges to fix my lower unit. I need to put in the gas tank and all the other stuff that got taken out. This was a fun boat back in the day. Hopefully have it out later this week and hanging in the boat dock. :coolcowboy:

And jess, Marco's upholstery job looks pretty good as well. It just took 9 weeks to do it. :bigbird::lolhit::drink:

Joey like steak:drink:

That Skater is bad azz.

Classic Stultz move.....shocker in the bottom of the picture...:lolhit::coolcowboy:

That was right after I made Creedo my bit(h in the kiddy pool:evilb:

Nice:coolcowboy:

Joew

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o35748-en.html

Holy ****. THis is wild

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/b...hes-crash.html

I am thinking about doing the texoma run September 11th. You monkys that are man enough to leave LC for a weekend let me know.....

I just talked to the boss....were going...:coolcowboy: