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[Hasbeen]

I noticed one of those black helicopters that Beefy is always talking about circling my place last evening. When it landed in my east pasture I drove down to see what was going on. By the time I got there, there were two helicopters, three humvees and two state police cars parked in my field. Can you guess what was going on? Hint: from my southern border there is probably 10-15 miles of nothing but wooded mountains with no houses.

 

[warpaint]

Lookin for Alf???

 

[Alice]

I noticed one of those black helicopters that Beefy is always talking about circling my place last evening. When it landed in my east pasture I drove down to see what was going on. By the time I got there, there were two helicopters, three humvees and two state police cars parked in my field. Can you guess what was going on? Hint: from my southern border there is probably 10-15 miles of nothing but wooded mountains with no houses.

Jimmy Hoffa! They found Jimmy Hoffa! Am I right, huh? Am I right?

Alice

 

[cfpinz]

They found your "garden" patch?

 

[warpaint]

They found your "garden" patch?

:shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[Hasbeen]

They found your "garden" patch?

Close enough. Fortunately, it wasn't found on my land. But they had the three Humvees completely loaded down with pot plants and were looking for a place to burn it. I volunteered my brush pile and we had a huge bonfire with thick smoke everywhere. I have the happiest cows in the county.

 

[warpaint]

That happened in my home town many years ago. At that time, the Sherrif's office was right in the middle of town. They stacked up all the plants they had confiscated, and burned them right behind the jail. Every pothead from miles around was there to watch the blaze. :shock:

P.S. All the fastfood places in town did a record business 30 minutes later.

 

[Hasbeen]

It's an annual event here right up until the first frost. The street value of the stuff is supposed to be $1000 per plant and I would guess I saw in the neighborhood of 200 plants burned. My concern now is if my cows got the "munchies" last night I may not have a blade of grass left by the time I get there this evening.

 

[Grippie]

P.S. All the fastfood places in town did a record business 30 minutes later.[/quote]


:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

 

[Alice]

I went to school grades 1 thru 12 with a guy who's "garden patch" was found by an ATF plane circling over it. He decided that the best way to handle that was to shoot at the plane. That was about 20 years ago.

My brother saw him driving a gas truck the other day. Guess he's out of the pen now.

Alice

 

[cmjust0]

But they had the three Humvees completely loaded down with pot plants and were looking for a place to burn it.

See, now there's where my 'quick wit' would have gotten me in trouble, because I know I woulda said something like "sure thing, lemme run back to the house and grab us a few bongs."

Then I'd remember that cops don't really do jokes when they're in uniform..

 

[dun]

Shades of "History of the world part I"

dun

 

[Hasbeen]

Then I'd remember that cops don't really do jokes when they're in uniform..

Actually, they were rather funny. They were joking about stopping on the way home to get some Doritos for the munchies. One was, like me, just getting started in cattle. We had a nice talk about breeds and bulls and pastures.

 

[rkm]

Have couple neighbors [brothers] that are always in la la land. But as dumb as they are, their smart enough to plant it in other people's corn fields.

 

[dj]

We have a river just 1/2 mile away so we see the helicopters on a regular basis starting about Aug till Oct.
I could have sworn the one yesterday had a machine gun hanging out the door. Maybe it was a boom arm for a wench though. Or a wand for spraying. However they get it gone I just hope they don't try to burn it right now. A welding spark had me doing the fireside stomp for about ten minutes a week ago.

 

[MrGale]

largest cash crop in the U S from what i hear....

 

[john250]

We have a river just 1/2 mile away so we see the helicopters on a regular basis starting about Aug till Oct.
I could have sworn the one yesterday had a machine gun hanging out the door. Maybe it was a boom arm for a wench though. Or a wand for spraying. However they get it gone I just hope they don't try to burn it right now. A welding spark had me doing the fireside stomp for about ten minutes a week ago.

A few years ago my neighbors were working a crew of migrants in a field above the Ohio River.
The Ohio has carved itself down through limestone so that there is 250-300 feet from the river to the bluff, and a helicopter down there can easily be invisible to people on top.
Neighbor tells me that when that chopper popped up out of the river bottom, men in the doors, he looked around and there was no one in the field with him--there had been 15.
Says he commented to his brother "I thought you said these guys were legal ".