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Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:02 pm
Communications Failures?
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imkopaka »
Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:14 pm
Has anyone else experienced this or does anyone have any info on this?
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 1:24 pm
Texas Tales-Katie Elder:Her True Story
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:29 am
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By Maggie Van Ostrand
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I find it fascinating how the folk heros of the Old West like the Earps, really didn't have a lot of morals. It would almost seem they wore a badge...
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 11:09 am
This Day In Texas History - August 18
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:32 am
1813 - The battle of Medina was fought on August 18, 1813, between the republican forces of the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition under Gen. José Álvarez de...
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:32 am
Fort Concho
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:31 am
FORT CONCHO. Fort Concho, in San Angelo, was one of a number of United States military posts built to establish law and order in West Texas as...
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:31 am
Off The Beaten Path - Rusk, TX
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:30 am
RUSK, TEXAS. Rusk, the county seat and second largest city of Cherokee County, is near the geographic center of the county at the junction of U.S....
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:30 am
New Boating Law
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howdy »
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:09 am
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Really off topic but I just read starting September 1st, if your boat is <26' and has a kill switch , you MUST have that lanyard attached to your...
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Exactly! As long as the airplane is capable of a safe landing, I'm not getting out until it stops moving!
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Last post by crazy2medic
Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:49 am
Happy Birthday extremist, and RicoTx!!
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Jusme »
Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:06 am
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Happy Birthday extremist, and RicoTx!! :cheers2: :cheers2:
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Thanks - good day at DPC 1st .22AR Carbine. :) Not bad for an old guy now 6 decades on Earth.
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:53 pm
Off The Beaten Path - Winnsboro, TX
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:34 am
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WINNSBORO, TEXAS. Winnsboro (Winnsborough), an incorporated city, is at the junction of State highways 11 and 37, fifteen miles northeast of Quitman...
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My wife was born and raised in Winnsboro. We still go there frequently to visit some of her family. A nice little town, though like many small towns,...
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Last post by thatguyoverthere
Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:38 pm
Fort Hancock
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:30 am
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FORT HANCOCK. Fort Hancock, originally designated Camp Rice, was a military installation established on April 15, 1881, as a subpost of Fort Davis to...
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Maybe best know for where Andy Dufraine crossed the border after escaping prison in the Shawshank Redemption. :lol:
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Last post by flechero
Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:00 pm
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:35 am
This Day In Texas History - August 17
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:32 am
1786 - David (Davy) Crockett, frontiersman, congressman, and defender of the Alamo, son of John and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett, was born in Greene...
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:32 am
Medicare- The Health Care Standard Everyone Should Have
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anygunanywhere »
Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:55 pm
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I just recently went on Medicare. SWMBO went on Medicare last year. Her experience was terrible. The original advantage plan she picked was a waste....
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Thanks TAM and others for your responses. Lots of great information here, much more than I had before I signed up for my advantage plan. I need to...
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Last post by anygunanywhere
Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:21 am
Great quote about mass shootings
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Grayling813 »
Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:20 am
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Matt Bracken @American Partisan
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We all here know what purpose the 2A serves, but the liberals think it is so they can go duck hunting every ten years.
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Last post by carlson1
Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:08 pm
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Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:21 am
This Day In Texas History - August 16
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joe817 »
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:12 am
1719 - Jean L'Archevêque married Manuela Roybal, the daughter of Ignacio de Roybal, the alcalde of Santa Fe. This was just one of many colorful...
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Last post by joe817
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:12 am
Fort Ewell
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joe817 »
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:10 am
FORT EWELL. Fort Ewell was on the south bank of the Nueces River at the Nueces River crossing of the road from San Antonio to Laredo in what is now...
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Last post by joe817
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:10 am
Off The Beaten Path - Montgomery, TX
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joe817 »
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:09 am
MONTGOMERY, TEXAS. Montgomery is at the junction of State Highway 105 and Farm Road 149, near the southwestern edge of Sam Houston National Forest...
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Last post by joe817
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:09 am
Fort Bend
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joe817 »
Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:29 am
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FORT BEND. Fort Bend was a blockhouse built in a large bend of the Brazos River in what is now Fort Bend County to provide protection against Indian...
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Thank you for sharing. This one was close to home for me. :txflag:
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Last post by SQLGeek
Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:59 pm
This Day In Texas History - August 15
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joe817 »
Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:32 am
1825 - On this date in 1825, Haden Edwards was given a contract to settle family in what was later to be known as Edwards Colony.
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Last post by joe817
Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:32 am
Off The Beaten Path - Richmond, TX
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joe817 »
Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:30 am
RICHMOND, TEXAS. Richmond, the county seat of Fort Bend County, is on the Brazos River fifteen miles southwest of Houston. The city's transportation...
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Last post by joe817
Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:30 am
WWII: Eyewitness to the sinking of the Yorktown
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ELB »
Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:17 pm
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Good read:
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As a volunteer at Lone Star Flight Museum I have had the honor in meeting many WWII veterans.
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Last post by 67N20
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:26 pm
Vietnam vet remains flown home by his son
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Grayling813 »
Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:39 am
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Veteran’s journey: 52 years later, Southwest Airlines pilot brings home father’s remains
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:patriot: :txflag:
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Last post by OldCurlyWolf
Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:41 am
This Day In Texas History - August 14
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joe817 »
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:45 am
1819 - The Nacogdoches Texas Republican , believed to be the earliest newspaper published in Texas, was first printed on August 14, 1819. Eli Harris...
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Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:45 am
Off The Beaten Path - La Vernia, Texas
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joe817 »
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:44 am
LA VERNIA, TEXAS. La Vernia is on the south bank of Cibolo Creek at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and Farm Road 775, fifteen miles north of...
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Last post by joe817
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:44 am
Fort Travis
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joe817 »
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:43 am
FORT TRAVIS. The first Fort Travis, on the eastern end of Galveston Island, was the first fort established by the Republic of Texas in 1836 to...
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Last post by joe817
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:43 am
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Last post by Grayling813
Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:14 am
This Day In Texas History - August 13
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joe817 »
Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:58 am
1836 - Henry Mason Morfit wrote the first of a series of ten letters about Texas to President Andrew Jackson. Morfit, a State Department employee,...
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Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:58 am
Fort Mason
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joe817 »
Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:56 am
FORT MASON. After the Mexican War and the annexation of Texas by the United States, the population of the state began to increase rapidly, but the...
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Last post by joe817
Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:56 am
Off The Beaten Path - Mason, TX
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joe817 »
Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:55 am
MASON, TEXAS. Mason, the county seat of Mason County, is on Comanche Creek at the junction of Interstate Highway 87/State Highway 29 and Ranch roads...
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Last post by joe817
Tue Aug 13, 2019 7:55 am
This Day In Texas History - August 12
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joe817 »
Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:56 am
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1838 - On August 12, 1838, thirty-three of the Gonzales Rangers, a volunteer group, joined Joseph S. Martin in laying out a townsite near Walnut...
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The people back then were a lot more tougher than we are now. Give me my a/c !
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Last post by joe817
Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:57 pm
No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money
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BeanCounter »
Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:10 pm
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Sorry, the blog at onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com has been removed.
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The blog has been restored.
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Last post by Grayling813
Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:29 am
Lacy's Fort
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joe817 »
Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:51 am
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LACY'S FORT. Lacy's Fort, also known as Fort Lacy, the fortified home and trading station of Martin Lacy on the Old San Antonio Road, was an...
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Apparently Biloxi, Mississippi also derives it’s name from the Biloxi people.
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Last post by The Annoyed Man
Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:07 am
Off The Beaten Path - Boling, TX
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joe817 »
Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:52 am
BOLING, TEXAS. Boling is on Farm roads 1301 and 442 and the west bank of Caney Creek, nine miles southeast of Wharton in southeastern Wharton County....
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:52 am
Houston: No place but a Houston ER
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philip964 »
Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:59 pm
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Waited 30 to 45 minutes collapsed from blood loss from bad cut from glass.
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There are hospitals (eg Central Texas Medical Center)that provide a phone app that will tell you how long the wait is, and I have seen ER wait times...
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Last post by ELB
Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:41 pm
Video: Inside WV's federal firearm tracing center.
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surprise_i'm_armed »
Sat Aug 10, 2019 3:45 pm
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When LEO's need a gun traced, here's where and how it happens.
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I’m just saying that it could easily be used. Yes every ffl keeps their 4473’s. All it takes is the swipe of a congressional (and presidential) pen...
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Last post by jb2012
Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:14 pm
Have you seen this garbage?
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crazy2medic »
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:27 pm
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If it was the other way around it would never be allowed at the theatre!
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One of the guys at Rudy's yesterday was waiting for it to be released to be able to see it and get a complete picture what it was about. I was a...
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:30 pm
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 9:04 am
Little River Fort
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:51 am
LITTLE RIVER FORT. The Little River Fort's construction began in November 1836 under the supervision of Sgt. George B. Erath of Capt. Thomas H....
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:51 am
This Day In Texas History - August 11
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:50 am
1754 - Pedro de Rábago y Terán took over as commander of San Francisco Xavier de Gigedo Presidio, the military post at the San Xavier missions. He...
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Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:50 am
Off The Beaten Path - Linnville, TX
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joe817 »
Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:49 am
LINNVILLE, TEXAS (Calhoun County). Linnville was on Lavaca Bay twenty miles from Victoria at a site then in Victoria County and now in Calhoun...
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Last post by joe817
Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:49 am
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Sat Aug 10, 2019 3:40 pm
This Day In Texas History - August 10
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:40 am
1842 - Upon receiving a commission from Sam Houston on August 10, 1842, James Russell Cooke (Cook) cheerfully commenced recruiting volunteers in...
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Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:40 am
Off The Beaten Path - Luling, TX
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:38 am
LULING, TEXAS. Luling is an incorporated community at the intersection of U.S. highways 90 and 183 and State Highway 80, fifteen miles south of...
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Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:38 am
Fort Teran
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joe817 »
Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:37 am
FORT TERAN. Fort Teran was a Mexican military encampment or station established in 1831 at a Neches River crossing that Spanish government...
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Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:37 am
Anti drone equipment
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sailor2000 »
Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:29 pm
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Texas has a statute which prohibits capturing images from drones except under very limited circumstances “Texas Use of Unmanned Aircraft statute...
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I bet Tim The Toolman could beef it up for ya! :mrgreen:
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Last post by LDP
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:05 pm
How Texas now works.
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philip964 »
Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:39 pm
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Texas Rangers will now investigate police after a homeless man who throws feces, arrested and led to jail by horse mounted Galveston police by a rope...
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Maybe that's how the Texas Rangers now work. Based on events these past few years, the once respected Texas Rangers seem little more than a shadow of...
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Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:06 pm
This Day Elsewhere...
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ELB »
Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:36 pm
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09 August 1945 -- second atomic strike on Japan. Fatman was dropped on Nagasaki. Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on 06 Aug 1945, and I completely...
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Awesome video ELB! Thanks for sharing and keep them coming!
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Last post by joe817
Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:43 pm
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Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:02 pm
Off The Beaten Path - Stafford, TX
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joe817 »
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:39 am
STAFFORD, TEXAS. Stafford is on Farm Road 1092 and the boundary between Fort Bend and Harris counties, just east of the junction of U.S. highways 90A...
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Last post by joe817
Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:39 am
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