Green Champ Orc at Lombard

[stpitner]

Anyone know who Josh Knight (#27353) is?  That looks like he is the owner of the Champ Orc that was signed by a bunch of the different players (his pdga # is on the inside rim... see the pictures) and that's his signature on the top of the disc right in the sweet spot.  Wonder if he would like to know about his disc going to a new home...

[DougEDawg]

Josh played in most of the IOS events last year.

[Mukey]

I wonder how deep that pond is.  There's probably a LOT of discs down there.

I was checking out the discs at the White Hen down the road one day & the young guy working asked me if I ever waded out into the pond to look for discs. I said I didn't, & he said he does this every few months. So I'm guessing it's not TOO deep, and this guy was no beanstalk, for sure.

Josh Knight plays the J-town double league pretty regularly, I'll post something on jolietdiscgolf.com regarding this thread.

[Mike S]

Ok, the first email was posted onto the eBay auction on March 9th.  That means the seller replied on the 9th.  That email was from the owner (who we all know is Mike).  The first bid came in on the 10th.  lol.  The other funny thing is that he said he wore his reading glasses and couldn't see the number on the monitor (now keep in mind that I was able to read the name and most of the number on the disc which is why I contacted Mike about finding the disc on ebay in the first place), but my thought is, "ok mr. seller, what's preventing you from using your reading glasses and looking at the bottom of the ACTUAL DISC instead of looking at the monitor?" hahaha.

Somedays I just don't understand people.

That was pretty much the gist of my last email to him, albeit in a slightly more insulting and demeaning tone.  The guy in my office (who posted the second question) has a set of emails going back and forth, too.  Apparently the last one he sent, he said something along the lines of "If you lost Chin-chin at the park, you would probably want someone to call you instead of hawking him on ebay right away."  Hilarious.  I guess he got a long angry email back from the guy telling him to be careful threatening people like that.   

[stpitner]

dude, I am trying soooo incredibly hard to not bust out laughing like crazy here at work lololol.  I kind of feel bad for this trickle affect from finding the disc up on eBay, but this guy might think twice before selling them on ebay (either that or sell them twice as fast!)  man this is one of the funniest things I've heard in a LONG time.

[stpitner]

I wonder how deep that pond is.  There's probably a LOT of discs down there.

I was checking out the discs at the White Hen down the road one day & the young guy working asked me if I ever waded out into the pond to look for discs. I said I didn't, & he said he does this every few months. So I'm guessing it's not TOO deep, and this guy was no beanstalk, for sure.

Josh Knight plays the J-town double league pretty regularly, I'll post something on jolietdiscgolf.com regarding this thread.

Which White Hen sells discs?  I did a search on google and it looks like there is a White Hen on Meyers and then one at Madison & Main?  Decent prices?  I'll have to check that out...

[Mukey]

Which White Hen sells discs?  I did a search on google and it looks like there is a White Hen on Meyers and then one at Madison & Main?

Actually, I believe they BOTh sell discs. Prices are OK, maybe about $1-$2 over club or Gary Lewis prices.

[Eruc D]

Just a note for the ebay moron. it is not against policy to end an aution early. You can at any time end it with the excuse that the item is no longer for sale. he would have to pay the ebay listing fees though. What an idiot.

[FiveTone]

It's not against eBay rules to end an auction early.  In fact, when you end an auction early they give you several options, one of which states "Item is no longer for sale."  That's the option he should have chosen.

[Mike S]

Okay, I put a pink teebird into the pond again today.  Not that I'm expecting to ever get it back again, but if it shows up on ebay I might kill somebody.

[stpitner]

lol, man, that stinks.  But don't worry, THERE IS HOPE!  I didn't realize that I lost my Discraft Wildcat (although I hadn't seen it recently when I was digging through my discs in my trunk) until I received a phone call from a guy saying he found it.  Not only that, he found it AT Madison Meadows.  PLUS, it wasn't a pond shot disc, so someone found it before Macy and Chin-Chin lol.  Although your green disc was a pond shot disc as well.  Did you lose it on 3 or 19 (or I guess 13 could be a possibility as well)?  I have a device that can help me fish for some discs, but it's really on effective when you can see this disc.  You can't really see too much in that pond... I lost a blue star beast right off the edge on 3 (bounced of a branch and rocketed into the pond, gah) and couldn't see it.

I hope that guy can make it out to the course soon so that I can get my disc back, I've only thrown the dumb thing maybe 5 times.

Scott

[damonshort]

I'm guessing he doesn't play DG anyhow.

What hole did you lose it on? It's probably gone by now, but you never know... I'll keep an extra eye out for that one the next time we go out. With all this rain maybe it will be washed to a new location that will be easier to find

thanks, but nah. It was #6 (I think...the long left-to-right one.) I swore I saw it land the day I lost it and looked a week or so later after a thaw and it wasn't there.

...apparently this guy didn't find the Manitowalk Flash I left there in the snow this winter... 

I'm guessing he doesn't play DG anyhow.

... it turns out somebody actually found it back then and brought it to me at Mokena!? The only good thing that happened that day...

[Mukey]

Maybe I should just invest in some water shoes or waders & get discs out of there myself sometime. Wouldn't be a bad thing to do on a summer afternoon, and un-named plastic is fair game. If I get bored enough after best shot tomorrow I just might.  Macy and Chin-Chin don't deserve the monopoly.

[stpitner]

Maybe I should just invest in some water shoes or waders & get discs out of there myself sometime. Wouldn't be a bad thing to do on a summer afternoon, and un-named plastic is fair game. If I get bored enough after best shot tomorrow I just might.  Macy and Chin-Chin don't deserve the monopoly.

I was out there one day.. probably 2 months ago now, and there were 3 guys pond-side (I know it was shortly after IOS #2, so it wasn't quite 2 months ago).  2 of the guys were in the water wading around, and the 3rd was creek-side protecting their booty.  They left with 50+ discs.  When I confronted them asking if they were going to call the proper owners the response was "more than likely" so translation "no."

So that said, if you ever see a blue star beast with red stamp, red champ beast with silver stamp, yellow champ valk (beat), dyed pro wraith (mostly black), dyed elite-x stratus, Star Firebird (I think it's blue), I think a red pro valk, and who know what else... that's all stuff that the pond has eaten that was either mine, borrowed from me, or owned by someone in my group (which would only be 2 of the aforementioned), please let me know.  I'd love to get any of those back.  The majority of them had a name on it (the star firebird did not... it landed somewhere near 14's tee... that side of the pond).

That pond gets hungry

Scott

[plasticfiya]

damn 50 disc's. i should get out my swimsuit and jump in next time im there

[Mukey]

If anyone wants to help I'll get some water shoes tonight (hate goose poop & mud between the toes) and go out there wading after work. The "guy on the bank" protecting is probably a good way to go, but I could also hold a garbage bag with me until I'm done.

[Chainmeister]

Chris

As long as your are going fishing...I threw a X Crush just shy of the far bank going to #3 from the long tee at the tournament.  I won't really be crushed if you don't find it.  When I saw the hole, I picked up the disc as the cheap add-on to the throw discraft deal specifically for that shot.  Be careful.  Of course, the disc is likely already on e-bay. 

[plasticfiya]

lol i was there yesterday afternoon and saw 2 people throw shots into the willowtree side of the pond. and the basket on 13 is missing

[Mukey]

and the basket on 13 is missing

Gotta luv people.

[stpitner]

and the basket on 13 is missing

Gotta luv people.

I still wonder if they somehow messed up the sleeve that the basket goes into when the park district pulled out the basket.  They were doing cleanup after Lombard Fest, and I watched the guy trying to pull up 13's basket.  That was last known siting of it (as far as I know lol).  They had about 4 other baskets in the back of their truck.  Obviously the others have been returned to their spot, but maybe he broke something when he went to pull out that basket?  Only time will tell I guess...