Lewis
* Ace Member *
I don't know what we would have done if tbone had jumped us.
You would have died.
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I don't know what we would have done if tbone had jumped us.
You are correct, I did not take those awesome shots myself. They were pulled from a slideshow and were uncredited. I posted them on my Picasaweb gallery so I could share with family that don't have access to viewing M$ slideshows.I really like EricJ's animal pics, but I must say I don't think he took them himself.
Witness: http://picasaweb.google.com/ericjubin/AnimalSlideshow#5274848691597442098
if you see a snake, poke at with a stick, or try to grab it by its tail and swing it around over your head as fast as you can and launch it.
OK, here is the thing...Kansas City has the weirdest "gay" paranoia I'm aware of. Back when we were in college, there were always rumors that the KC people would spread about the KC athletes being gay. If George Brett had played in St. Louis, no one would have dared say a bad thing about him. But he played in KC, and the folks from KC seemed to love to say "he's gay you know." When Joe Montana played for the Chiefs at the end of his career, I heard a thousand "Joe Montana is gay" rumors...all started by Kansas City people. So from my experience, Kansas City just has a weird homophobic vibe. Anyway, back when Kansas City had two courses (three really, but Oceans of Fun really didn't count) the short story was play Swope if you wanted to get shot and play Rosedale if you wanted to score a gay prostitute. Since then, I've heard "gay prostitute" stories about Waterworks and Cliff Drive as well. For me, it's just part of the Kansas City "everybody is gay" paranoia. I never really noticed anything all that much weirder than you would see on a disc golf course anywhere on any of the Kansas City courses...other than that old dude that one day at Rosedale.
There is a park near me, Barnett Park and it's in the hood. A few holes parallel some back yards and they tell you to go to their houses rather than hop their back fence. Some have big dogs so it is advised to knock. Anyway, we had to do this one day and the lady that answered was some form of Caribbean islander. She made my brother say with hear as a hostage while I went to look for the disc! She was spouting some babel about a million dollars or something so I had to hurry up and look. Exact words "him! he stay with me while you go...million dolla, now go." She really wouldn't let him leave or help me. Their back yard was a full garden with loads of rabbits and chickens for eating. There were also some weird animals I've never see before. After no luck finding the disc I make it back to my brother and he is sitting there on the ground with this lady looming over him. We start to walk away and she insisted we stay for dinner! Long story short we didn't and when he plays with me, he now skips that hole. He never really told me what happen while I left to look for his disc either.
I played Pease Park in Austin on Thanksgiving day with my brother. You have to go under a bridge at one point and it is where a bunch of homeless people live. There is cardboard laying everywhere that they sleep on. There are bags of clothes everywhere. You can see toilet paper thrown around and smell shit as you walk under the bridge. There was a huge sign spray-painted on one wall that said "You don't fuck with tbone cause tbone will fucking kill you" and there is a self portrait of tbone. He is even holding a stick with a bandana tied to the end like a hobo. It was pretty scary.
We found out later that the locals never go under the bridge but have created an alternate teepad up above the bridge by the road. I don't know what we would have done if tbone had jumped us.
Evidently a decent part of the force and the firefighters play often. Moral of the story, disc golf is not a crime Oh, and I decided to stay at one of the more expensive hotels.
Probably about 3" across and 3' long. A couple experts at the Zoo have guessed it was a Diamondback Water Snake (or here) based on my pictures.holy shit that thing was huge!!
I think that in the Disc Golf directory or in the description of any courses on this web site, it should be noted if the course is in a good neighborhood or a bad one, cause I might wanna bring a lady friend along and what if ?? I always ask this question when asking a local player via the web or some close facsimile of what kind of neighborhood the course is.
I rather to see notes about any wild/dangerous/poisonous wildlife animals in DG courses that I might be encounter rather than knowing what kind of neighborhood/people that I should be watching out for. I cannot discriminate the DG courses based on people/neighborhood itself. Its not fair.
Humans - Can talk to them, can call police onto them, can beat them up or play with them.
Wildlife animals - Can't talk to them not to bite or attack you, they don't tell you that they are right under your nose/hands/feet, they don't care what kind of person you are, or they can't even play game with you!!
People/neighborhood can change all the time through the years by the power of influences. Animals don't because its in their natures.
I think both should be noted so people know what to expect. At the same time I don't think either should lower a courses score.