IOS #6 @ Round Lake, IL--10/20&21/07

[Jon Brakel]

Bring on the yellow rope and leave the pricks at home...unless he's driving the van!   

[damonshort]

Nobody's asked about the weather forecast yet.

The World Serious doesn't start until the Wednesday after IOS#6. So even if the Cubs make it - by losing every series to get there, apparently - hell won't have completely frozen over by the previous weekend.

[Classic_ROCer]

I tried that strategy at league tonight but it is not as easy as it sounds. 

Hey, I'm making Bears discs for Round Lake.  I'm doing some Innova.  Right now I have three Champion Orc Bears and one Champion Monster Bear. 

Becky, I'll be rinsing your Storm Bears tomorrow.

Bruce,

What is the weight of that Champion Monster Bear that you have?

[Bruce Brakel]

I'll check.

[Going to the freezer music...]

Monster 172

Orcs 170, 170, 167

[Stenky]

Damon,

It looks like that pipe dream of the World Series is gone....

Oh well, at least you guys got the division...

Stenky

[damonshort]

Damon,

It looks like that pipe dream of the World Series is gone....


Stenky

I've really never held such delusions.

I just bought a cheap pocket radio so I can check up on Sunday's game during the Bloomington/Normal tournament. But I'm not taking it out of the box until after Saturday's game. 

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm going to work on trophy discs for IOS # 6.  The custom stamp is elegant.  I think I'll do a few micro divisions in faith, but feel free to pre-reg.

[Jon Brakel]

I'm going to work on trophy discs for IOS # 6.  The custom stamp is elegant.  I think I'll do a few micro divisions in faith, but feel free to pre-reg.

The trophies for IOS Overalls for 1st place Rec, Int, Adv and Open men are done-done-done!*

*note, add Krupicka to the "get even" list...oh, wait he's had Bruce stay over at his house, so WE still owe HIM! 

[pickax]

I didn't realize that we were having a fashion contest at Round Lake. Do we get bonus points for a straw hat with our overalls.

[Bruce Brakel]

Wow, I now have 32 discs with glue on them and 22 discs with dye on them drying in the basement. 

[Bruce Brakel]

This is the deal with the Chainstar, even if this isn't the thread.  I'm not sure on what thread we were talking about the Chainstar.

When Dustin asked for a Chainstar I told him I didn't expect to have one for the rest of the year because I didn't expect to have one for the rest of the year.    Then when I did my combined IOS/Byron order it was a Chainstar sized order.  But by then, I did not know who had last been asking for a Chainstar or first asking since I got my last one.  I get lots of asks.  Tracy was the only person I could remember, not because Dustin is not a memorable person, but because I have a brain injury that impairs my ability to remember new stuff.  Tracy has cash for an unsponsored basket, so I put it out there on whatever thread seemed appropriate at the time and Krupicka called it first.  So Krupicka gets the sponsored Chainstar for 400 Brass or a Brass/Cash combination to be negotiated.  That 400 Brass goes right back into the process as 80 Throw Discraft player packs, so that works for everyone, except Dustin. 

I have an unsponsored Chainstar too.  I bought it for the Byron basket raffle, but I'll have 18 Chainstars at Byron, so technically, I don't need one of my own.  If I return 17, I pay for the one I lost.  The Byron basket is 650 Brass because there is no wholesale deal on baskets.  No one has ever wanted a 650 Brass basket, but Dustin can have first right of refusal.  You can buy down the Brass price on a basket by substituting dollars 1 dollar for 2 Brass.  If Dustin doesn't want it and someone with a hoard of Brass does, I'll bring it and get another for Byron. 

I wish I could get more 400 Brass baskets for the process, but that is just a function of how much Discraft we move.  We move more Discraft than any TD I talk to, even more than the Michigan TDs, but rarely enough to get more than one or two baskets a year. 

[DougEDawg]

Brett/Jon,

Any ideas on out-of-bounds yet?  Same as last year (i. e. Island hole surrounding practice basket and swamp for holes 12 and 18....I think that was it for last year)? 

[Jon Brakel]

Brett/Jon,

Any ideas on out-of-bounds yet?  Same as last year (i. e. Island hole surrounding practice basket and swamp for holes 12 and 18....I think that was it for last year)? 

Most of this depends on Bruce. Bruce is quite ill right now and hopes to be able to make it to the tourney. He has the rope and will probably buy more if he recovers in time to be there.

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm taking my anti-biotics and getting better day by day.  You don't want to know the gory details of what I've got, but I'm not contagious.  I'm certain I'll be there for the tournament with yellow rope.  If I relapse and have to be hospitalized, Diana will bring the merch, trophies and Brass, so no worries. 

This is what I want to do with yellow rope, but I'm not sure of the hole numbers:

Hole Probably 5:  The short hole with no obstacles there in the cow pasture part of the course.  Make an island hole with a big landing zone and the basket on a smaller peninsula.  We've done that before.  I'd like to make it more USDGC Tin Cuppy, though.  The tee pad is the drop zone and the drop zone is the only option until you land something on the island.  No retrieving any o.b. discs unless you are out of discs.  Once you successfully drive the island, any subsequent o.b. is played from the point last in bounds. 

This is funny:  That is the rule for White Acres island hole.  I once threw four drives in a row out of bounds, playing best shot doubles, so my partner did the same.  Then I landed a drive in the basket throwing some rarely used mid-range, probably my Wasp.  I yell Ace!  My opponent says, No that's a nine I think. 

Hole to the Practice Basket by the Parking Lot.  The yellow rope defines a big o.b.U-shaped pond.  The basket is right there in the center of the U.  O.b. drives will have a mandatory drop zone at the base of the U.  O.b. other shots will play where last in bounds. 

18 and the parallel hole:  All that will be o.b. is the tall grass there that is usually swampy.  We won't run the line separating the two fairways.  There will be a drop zone for each hole that allows both drop zones to be played simultaneously without conflict.  The main point of that o.b. is simply to discourage the tactic of pumping your drive out there in the tall grass and then hoping no one is going to call you on time.  That just creates big back ups and encourages cheating.  The line between the two holes is interesting and fun, but not so necessary that I want to buy another spool or two of rope. 

[CEValkyrie]

There will also be OB on hole #14A. The left side of the fairway will have maked OB where the empty creek is.

[SERG]

so the tall grass between hole 12 and 18 is out of bounds?
i don't think i've ever played hole 18 without going into the tall stuff...sounds like fun!

[Dan Michler]

so the tall grass between hole 12 and 18 is out of bounds?
i don't think i've ever played hole 18 without going into the tall stuff...sounds like fun!

no, Bruce is saying the swamp area is OB.  not all of the tall grass.  the swamp is the area you must shoot over the top of on hole 12.  on hole 18 it is easily avoidable.

[tree]

Bruce makes a line of rope between 12 and 18. If you cross into the other fairway, as deemed by the rope, you are OB.

[Bruce Brakel]

I don't think I'm doing the line between the fairways.  Just the line around the swamp. 

[discpro99]

do you still save 5 bucks if you pre reg or no? just wondering cuz of the 3.00 surcharge to register online which i would just rather reg in person and pay the extra 2 bucks.