I guess my day even got better while I slept, I need to buy a Mega Millions ticket first thing this morning with the roll I am on. Your reply was the second thing I saw so I had no idea that this had received a Curie upVote so thanks for breaking the good news to me.
Just to clarify, he isn't my buddy meaning old Johnny , they are nothing but a bunch of highway robbers disguised as lawmen. You won't get any argument from me though on the disguised cars being part of the revenue enhancement plan. Like you say, big markings and big light bars on top of the car do way more for controlling the speed of traffic by being out in plain sight where people can see them and obey the speed limit for fear of the tickets. They are just an organized crime ring of robbers with a government sanction.
The two immigration check points coming out of the Rio Grande Valley on the east end of the valley and the mid valley can't be avoided, there are no other roads to take, not even old gravel roads to get around them. That sixty mile stretch of highway with no service stations is like that for a reason, mainly it is all King Ranch property along that stretch of road. Did you you know that the King Ranch has over 800,000 acres of property? That is larger than some states and even countries.
Thanks for the congrats too on making the game and winning it, it was close on both accounts, @missypurple is a very good poker player so I would have been happy just finishing second or in the money at all. Which is what I shoot for each game, I just want a piece of the pie, doesn't always have to be the big piece, any piece will satisfy my appetite.