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tavernier

(14,073 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:00 AM Nov 5

Had some excitement in the Keys last night.

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article312780517.html

If you are interested, google his name. Rich kid, Cornell, etc. Interesting bio.

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Had some excitement in the Keys last night. (Original Post) tavernier Nov 5 OP

Whoa..the Smithers, big players, rich alcoholic produces rich drug user?? BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 5 #1

tHIS MORON Historic NY Nov 5 #2

He went right past our house. tavernier Nov 5 #3

Maybe he was just making a movie? usonian Nov 5 #4

The boat he ran into and destroyed tavernier Nov 5 #5

More malaise Nov 5 #6

Yeah, but if you drove 100 mph, you'd drive off of the island in about ten seconds! OldBaldy1701E Nov 5 #7

You're not joking. tavernier Nov 5 #8

As a born and bred beach boy, I have to say this about the Keys. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #9

Having grown up in a popular Fla tourist town, have heard the "if we tourists weren't allegorical oracle Thursday #10

Eh, privileged white guy who thinks he is more important than everyone else. OldBaldy1701E Thursday #11

Boy Ain't Right! ProfessorGAC Thursday #12

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,104 posts)

1. Whoa..the Smithers, big players, rich alcoholic produces rich drug user??

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:04 AM

Nov 5

The Smithers Institute | The ILR School
https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/smithers-institute

The Smithers Institute
R. Brinkley Smithers, a recovering alcoholic, marshaled his personal and family fortune into the nation’s largest foundation in support of alcoholism research, education, prevention, and treatment – the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation.

Historic NY

(39,470 posts)

2. tHIS MORON

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:08 AM

Nov 5

https://www.tampafp.com/virginia-man-arrested-after-high-speed-pursuit-ends-in-boat-crash-in-florida-keys/]

tavernier

(14,073 posts)

3. He went right past our house.

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:15 AM

Nov 5

I didn’t see it but heard the sirens. Lots of road construction going on right now in that area. It’s amazing. He didn’t kill somebody.

usonian

(22,371 posts)

4. Maybe he was just making a movie?

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:22 AM

Nov 5

tavernier

(14,073 posts)

5. The boat he ran into and destroyed

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 03:47 PM

Nov 5

was just purchased that day. $250,000.00. So his joy ride will cost papa plenty.

That young man is lucky to be alive.

malaise

(290,995 posts)

6. More

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 03:56 PM

Nov 5

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2025/11/05/man-from-wealthy-dc-suburb-leads-florida-keys-cops-on-122-mph-range-rover-chase-authorities-say/

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)

7. Yeah, but if you drove 100 mph, you'd drive off of the island in about ten seconds!

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 04:58 PM

Nov 5

(I am joking)

Yeah, chances are I am acquainted with a family member. I always found that funny about 'The Simpsons', because I knew a few Smithers way back when.

tavernier

(14,073 posts)

8. You're not joking.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:32 PM

Nov 5

The area he was in, 100 miles an hour heading towards Ocean or Bay, either way he’d be there. There are times when we have a storm that floods some parts of our highway on both sides.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)

9. As a born and bred beach boy, I have to say this about the Keys.

Reply to tavernier (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 07:40 AM

Thursday

I found it to be a lot like where I am from. (Outer Banks... I will never use that three letter thing because they are not some programming file, they are the Outer Banks... or 'the Banks' for short.)

I do recall the last time I was down there. We were walking down Whitehead St. and a battered pickup pulled up to the intersection at Angela. We stopped at the corner and the lady in the passenger side looked over at us and yelled out, "Fuck You!!" a few times before they drove off. We had never seen those people before in our lives. I understood that it was more a tourist thing, and being where I am from, I get it. The others were a bit shook, but I just laughed and waved at her as she flipped us off while speeding away.

I get it lady. But, as so many of my friends back home would say, "You owe them your livelihood. Do you really want to make them mad so that they don't come to your store/attraction? Money don't grow on trees around here!"

(We usually chose to keep our comments to ourselves, but making sure to share them with each other once the season was over. LOL!)

allegorical oracle

(5,973 posts)

10. Having grown up in a popular Fla tourist town, have heard the "if we tourists weren't

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #9)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 09:04 AM

Thursday

here, you and your family would've starved to death" many times.

Can't imagine 122 mph in any of our island settings. Hope they throw the book at Smithers. Too bad the Smithers Institute failed so ironically.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,487 posts)

11. Eh, privileged white guy who thinks he is more important than everyone else.

Reply to allegorical oracle (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 04:19 PM

Thursday

He needs to have that book thrown hard. At his swollen head.

ProfessorGAC

(75,187 posts)

12. Boy Ain't Right!

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 04:27 PM

Thursday

Drugs or no drugs, this guy is disturbed.

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