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Welcome to ButlerWebs' General
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Florida
The Sunshine State
Florida became the 27th US State on March 3, 1845.
Capital City: Tallahassee
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Information, fun facts, jokes, humor, hunting, fishing, camping, gambling, casinos, famous people, state symbols, state song, links - anything and everything having to do with the US state of
Florida.
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- Jacksonville, Florida is the second largest US city
in land area at 759 square miles. (Anchorage, Alaska is the
largest at 1,698 square miles and Oklahoma City ranks third at 608 square miles.)
- Gatorade was developed at the University of Florida and named for the Gators football team. For information and history, see:
http://rgp.ufl.edu/publications/explore/v08n1/gatorade.html
- "The top ten states in number of lightning casualties (deaths and injuries combined): Florida leads the list, with twice as many casualties as any other state. Other states represented are Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado and Texas."
Source: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd18jun99_1.htm
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Gambling
in Florida
Florida Casinos, Poker, Bingo, Racetracks,
Lottery, etc.
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Casinos
In Florida
- BOCA RATON, FL
Coconut
Creek Casino
5550 N.W. 40th Street
Coconut Creek, FL 33073 (near Boca Raton)
954-977-6700 or 866-2-CASINO
Web site: Click
Here
Pull tab gaming machines, lightning bingo, match pair bingo and
poker room. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- HOLLYWOOD, FL
Seminole
Bingo Gaming Center - Seminole Casino Hollywood
4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, FL 33024
1-866-2-Casino or 954- 961-3220
Web site: Click
Here
Seminole Casino Hollywood was the first high stakes operation in the
country opening on December 14, 1979. After court challenges by the
State of Florida and later in California, the path was cleared for
gaming on Indian reservations.
- IMOKALEE, FL
Seminole
Indian Casino
Seminole Casino of Immokalee
506 South First Street
Imokalee, Florida
1-800-218-0007 or 239-658-1313
Web site: Click
Here
- MIAMI, FLORIDA
Miccosukee Indian
Gaming
Miccosukee Resort & Gaming and Convention Center
500 S.W. 177th Avenue
Miami, FL 33194
800-741-4600 1-877-242-6464
Web site: www.miccosukee.com
- OKEECHOBEE, FL
Brighton
Seminole Bingo & Gaming Casino
Route 6, Box 611 – Hwy 721
Okeechobee, FL 34974-8908
866-2-CASINO or 863-467-9998
Web site: Click
Here
Brighton Seminole Bingo and Gaming Casino is open 6 days a week,
offering High Stakes Bingo, Video Gaming Machines and Low Stakes Poker
- TAMPA, FLORIDA
Seminole Gaming
Palace
Seminole Indian Casino
Seminole Casino Tampa
5223 North Orient Road
Tampa, FL 33610
1-800-282-7016 or 813- 621-1302
Web site: www.casino-tampa.com
Bingo, video gaming machines, poker.
For more complete information
about casinos in Florida, visit:
Florida
Casinos
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Casino Cruises in
Florida
Below is a list on
only a few casinos cruises we were able to find Web sites for. There are
lots of casino cruises in Florida. For a good Web site about cruise
gaming ships, see: Florida
Casinos
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The
Big "M" Casino Cruise
Ft. Myers Beach, FL
Web site:
www.bigmcasino.com
Sails year round and departs twice daily from Moss Marine at the
foot of the Sky Bridge on Fort Myers Beach. Each cruise lasts five and a
half hours. Roulette, blackjack, and slot machines are on the first
floor for gamblers, a dining hall is on the second floor, and
entertainment is on the third.
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Sea
Escape
Port Everglades, Florida
Web site: www.seaescape.com
Daily day and evening party/casino cruises from Port Everglades.
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Sun
Cruz Casino
Key Largo, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Port Canaveral, Daytona Beach
Web site: www.suncruzcasino.com
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Sterling
Casino Lines
Sails from Cape Canaveral twice daily.
Web
site: www.sterlingcasinolines.com
Lottery In Florida
Other Gambling in
Florida
Racetracks, Bingo, Poker, etc.
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| World Casino Directory and International Gambling Guide provides the most complete information for
Florida casinos and other gambling facilities
for anywhere in the world - including
Florida - such as casino cruise ships, poker rooms, poker tournaments, pari-mutuel facilities,
horse racing, dog races, racinos, off-track betting (OTB), sportsbooks and racebooks. World Casino Directory also publishes lottery results from around the globe. |
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Gambling
information for American gamblers and tourists! |
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U.S. Casino Links presents a gambling forum for every state in the
US. Clicking above on Land Based Casinos or U.S. Casinos will take you to the same site.
Click the link below to visit the state guide with information
about casinos, riverboat gambling,
Vegas-style casinos, Indian casinos, casino cruise ships,
racetracks, pari-mutuel facilities (dog & horse betting), poker games,
state lotteries, and other forms of land-based gambling. |
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Click on the link below
for information about gambling in Florida:
Florida
Casinos and Gambling |
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General Webs for Gambling
with casino, bingo, lottery information for other US States
and a separate page for Casinos.
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- Arbor Day for Florida - third Friday in January
- "The United States officially observes National Arbor Day on the last Friday in April.
However, The Florida Legislature in 1945 designated the third Friday in January as the State Arbor
Day, because that is the time of year when the climate is optimal for planting trees in Florida."
Source: www.arborday.org/states/index.cfm?state=FL
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General Webs for
Holidays & Observances
with a separate calendar for each month of the year
and separate pages for special holidays.
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Florida
Humor
Please...No Offense Intended...Just Sharing Some Smiles
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You know you are in FLORIDA during the summertime when:
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- The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
- Hot water now comes out of both taps.
- You can make sun tea instantly.
- You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
- The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.
- You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.
- You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.
- You actually burn your hand opening the car door.
- You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.
- Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
- You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
- The birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground.
- The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt, and pepper.
- Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
- The cows are giving evaporated milk.
- The trees are whistling for the dogs.
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Fun Florida State Slogan:
Ask Us About Our Grandkids
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You know the driver is from Florida when
you see two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the
interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on.
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New Slogans for Florida:
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- FLORIDA: If you think we can't vote, wait till you see us
drive.
- FLORIDA: We count more than you do.
- FLORIDA: If you don't like the way we count then take I-95
and visit one of the other 56 states.
- FLORIDA: We've been Gored by the bull of politics and we're
Bushed.
- FLORIDA: Relax, Retire, ReVote.
- FLORIDA: What comes after 17,311?
- FLORIDA: Where your vote counts and counts and counts.
- FLORIDA: This is what you get for taking Elian away from us.
- FLORIDA: We don't just cheat in football.
- FLORIDA: We're number one! Wait! Recount!
- Palm Beach County: So nice, we let you vote twice.
- Sign on I-95 : Florida this way. No -- that way, 5
miles. Wait! -- 10 miles...
- Palm Beach County: We put the "duh" in Florida.
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To close each day's activities in summer and on holidays in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World at Lake Buena Vista, Fla., a huge fireworks display lights up the sky.
One night I noticed a small boy about three years old perched on his father's shoulder. The child sat mesmerized, aware only of what was exploding in the heavens. When the fireworks were over, the little boy looked up into the sky again and said, "Thank you, God."
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I won the Florida lottery!
I'm now a multi-millionaire! Can you believe it?! I'm bouncing off the walls here!
You see, my ticket doesn't have the exact winning numbers on it, but I meant to pick those winning numbers.
The ticket was very confusing when I was filling it out and so I ended up with the wrong numbers on my card.
But since I really meant to pick those other numbers, they're going to give me the money anyway!
They really shouldn't make those darn cards so hard to fill out! Even though I was confused, I didn't ask for help because no one would have helped me anyway. I know the
Florida State Lottery will give me the money. If they don't I'll just sue them!
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What do a divorce in Alabama, a tornado in Kansas, and a hurricane in Florida have in common?
Somebody's fixin' to lose them a trailer.
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- The Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival is a food and arts & crafts festival that pays homage to the mullet, a bottom-dwelling fish that inhabits local bayous. The Mullet Festival is held annually the third weekend in October in Niceville, Florida. For information, see
www.mulletfestival.com.
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Beth
Copenhaver, CRS
Coldwell Banker Residential
14502 N. Dale Mabry Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33618
800-755-2895 or 813-962-6345 Ext. 239
www.bethcopenhaver.com
Beth is one of the top real estate professionals in the Tampa Bay area. Browse her Web site to explore the Hillsborough County communities of Brandon, South Tampa, Valrico, Riverview, Pasco, Pasco county, Pinellas county, Cheval(Lutz), Pinellas and Westchase. This comprehensive online tool offers direct access to the latest properties for sale in your area. Featuring extensive community information, consumer links, school information, free reports, answers to commonly asked real estate questions, and more, you'll find everything about real estate within one easy source.
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The Swanee River
(Old Folks at Home)
Written by Stephen C. Foster in 1851
Way down upon the Swanee River,
Far, far away.
That's where my heart is turning ever.
That's where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.
All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam,
Oh! Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.
All 'round the little farm I wandered
When I was young,
Then many happy days I squandered,
Many a song I sung.
When I was playing with my brother
Happy was I.
Oh! take me to my kind old mother,
There let me live and die.
All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam,
Oh! Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.
One little hut among the bushes,
One that I love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see the bees a-humming'
All around the comb?
When will I hear the banjo strummin'
Down in my good old home?
All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam,
Oh, Lordy, how my heart grows weary,
Far from the old folks at home.
Former Florida State Song
Before "Old Folks at Home", there was another state song,
Florida, My Florida:
"Florida, My Florida"
Written by Rev. Dr. C. V. Waugh in 1894
Land of my birth, bright sun-kissed land,
Florida, my Florida.
Laded by the Gulf and Ocean grand,
Florida, my Florida.
Of all the States in East or West,
Unto my heart thou art the best
Here may I live, here may I rest
Florida, my Florida.
The golden fruit the world outshines
Florida, my Florida,
Thy gardens and thy phosphate mines,
Florida, my Florida.
In country, town, or hills and dells,
Florida, my Florida,
The rhythmic chimes of the school bells
Florida, my Florida.
Will call thy children day by day
To learn to walk the patriot's way
Firmly to stand for thee for aye
Florida, my Florida.
Yield their rich store of good supply,
To still the voice of hunger's cry—
For thee we'll live, for thee we'll die
Florida, my Florida.
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- State Animal: Florida Panther
- State Beverage: Orange Juice
- State Bird: Mockingbird
- State Butterfly: Zebra Longwing
- State Freshwater Fish: StateLargemouth Bass
- State Saltwater Fish: Atlantic Sailfish
- State Flower: Orange Blossom
- (For other US State Flowers, see our
General Webs for Gardening.)
- State Fruit: Orange
- State Gem: Moonstone
- State Saltwater Mammal: Porpoise (Dolphin)
- State Mammal (Sea - Marine): Manatee
- State Reptile: American Alligator
- State Soil: Myakka Fine Sand
- State Stone: Agatized Coral
- State Tree: Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal Palmetto Palm)
- (For other US State Trees, see our
General Webs for Gardening.)
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Mary's Gifts and More
Ocoee, FL
Web site: www.marysgiftsandthings.com
Hello all! My name is Mary and I am trying to sell some really neat things over the Internet at low prices. I sell statues, pictures, kitchen items, yard items, clocks, eagles, toys, tools, and anything else you could imagine.
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Criminal Defense Lawyers
319 Clematis Street, Suite 804
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
561-721-0552
Website: www.palmbeachdefense.com
Criminal defense attorneys in West Palm Beach Florida experienced in handling all criminal charges having qualified lawyers for criminal defenses, provides quality legal representation with highly qualified attorneys from West palm Beach, Florida.
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Little
& Big
Little and Big makes your child the star of the story with our
personalized children's Books. These books are available for both
children and adults, with special occasion books for graduation,
weddings, even retirement! We also carry the TattleTale Smart Child
Seat, the only talking child car seat. This seat will audibly tell you
if the child is climbing out, if the child is buckled, and even if the
seat is tightly installed in the vehicle. We also carry other safety
products such as the CD-ROM, "What's the Safest Thing To Do" with fun
characters that will help your child be safe in many situations.
www.littleandbig.com
PO Box 11, Belleview, FL 34420
800-305-BOOK (2665)
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Florida Traffic School Online and Online Driving Course
14 Garden Way
Tallahassee, Florida
800-723-1955
Website: www.trafficschoolonlineflorida.com
Florida Traffic School Online offers high quality traffic school course to reduce your insurance rates.
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