+Mr. Black Cat Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 (edited) To respond to the topic at hand, my nemesis--the very bane of my existence--is the Park Maintenance Guy Sleeping in his Truck (PMGST). These guys are *everywhere*!!! I once ran across what seemed to be a convention of these guys. They chat, sleep, doze, recline in the grass...or do almost anything but maintain the freaking park!!! Mostly, they like to be there when I'm looking for a cache. Sleeping or awake, I can always feel a thousand infernal eyes swivel on their stalks as they look directly at me. Park Maintenance demons have been the cause of countless "did-not-find" logs recorded by me. In private industry, these guys would have been downsized ages ago, but since they're usually employed by county governments, they seem to thrive like vermin. Apologies to any park maintenance personnel who may be reading this. I'm sure there are conscientious, hard-working park personnel out there, but I sure haven't seen them in my lifetime... Edited December 21, 2003 by LeChatNoir Quote Link to comment
+astrojr1&GGGal Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 (edited) PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Edited December 21, 2003 by astrojr1 Quote Link to comment
+RobertM Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Looks like your gf/wife/mother/daughter was also looking straight ahead not acknowledging you. Maybe you are invisible. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Looks like your gf/wife/mother/daughter was also looking straight ahead not acknowledging you. Maybe you are invisible. I was thinking the same thing...maybe it's just you Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Looks like your gf/wife/mother/daughter was also looking straight ahead not acknowledging you. Maybe you are invisible. I was thinking the same thing...maybe it's just you I guess that could be, but to me, she looks like she's just frozen, trying not to make eye contact! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Looks like your gf/wife/mother/daughter was also looking straight ahead not acknowledging you. Maybe you are invisible. I was thinking the same thing...maybe it's just you I guess that could be, but to me, she looks like she's just frozen, trying not to make eye contact! She does have that look in her eye like 'did you take it yet?' Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 PLSG Alert! Spotted in Garland, Texas. 9Key's description was dead on. The G-O-GardenerGal sits back with trepidation as I hurridly snap the picture. Note the PLSG in his vehicle, staring straight ahead, and he never once acknowledged our presence. Looks like your gf/wife/mother/daughter was also looking straight ahead not acknowledging you. Maybe you are invisible. I was thinking the same thing...maybe it's just you I guess that could be, but to me, she looks like she's just frozen, trying not to make eye contact! She does have that look in her eye like 'did you take it yet?' More like... "did yer took it yet?" Quote Link to comment
+RobertM Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 (edited) Post deleted by RobertM. Edited December 22, 2003 by RobertM Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 (edited) I have also edited this post as well. Play nice people... Edited December 22, 2003 by mtn-man Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hope it wasn't anything too terribly profound, we're voting in the other thread Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Photo was taken from inside the vehicle....staged. Still, was probably the point, so it is funny. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I have also edited this post as well. Play nice people... I was hoping someone would! Quote Link to comment
+Patuxent Pirates Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 We came across a PW of the wino type. That's a rather scary scenario. Luckily I took one of our 4 legged team members to keep the PW at bay. He kept his distance, but still a great reason never to cache alone. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Photo was taken from inside the vehicle....staged. Still, was probably the point, so it is funny. I don't mind if it was staged, many pictures are. Unless you're a professional photographer, it's not likely that you would have your camera ready to take a picture and have it come out well. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Don't forget the STSB* PW...... *Sax-Totin' Smurf-Boy Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Don't forget the STSB* PW...... *Sax-Totin' Smurf-Boy Congratulations, Sparky this a milestone for you. Post #666. Welcome to the fold. HA HA HA HA HA cough HA HA HA hehehe Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Congratulations, Sparky this a milestone for you. Post #666. Welcome to the fold. HA HA HA HA HA cough HA HA HA hehehe Is that why he's being so devilish today? Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Don't forget the STSB* PW...... *Sax-Totin' Smurf-Boy Congratulations, Sparky this a milestone for you. Post #666. Welcome to the fold. HA HA HA HA HA cough HA HA HA hehehe And what better way to hit the mark than with a smurf flame! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 And what better way to hit the mark than with a smurf flame! Are you Jo's cousin by chance? Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 And what better way to hit the mark than with a smurf flame! Are you Jo's cousin by chance? Ummmm...yeah......how'd you know? Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 And what better way to hit the mark than with a smurf flame! Are you Jo's cousin by chance? Ummmm...yeah......how'd you know? He and I used to trade flames months ago. It was all in fun, but some thought they were attacks and asked us to stop. We get along fine now, as evidenced on woodster's forum Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 And what better way to hit the mark than with a smurf flame! Are you Jo's cousin by chance? Ummmm...yeah......how'd you know? He and I used to trade flames months ago. It was all in fun, but some thought they were attacks and asked us to stop. We get along fine now, as evidenced on woodster's forum HA! I don't really know who Jo is, but that's really my name, only with an "e" on the end! Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 HA! I don't really know who Jo is, but that's really my name, only with an "e" on the end! I think he means Jomarc-5. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 HA! I don't really know who Jo is, but that's really my name, only with an "e" on the end! I think he means Jomarc-5. You're perceptive, Doc! I did mean Jomarac5, maybe I should have completed my sentence Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Oh......so should I be offended or honored? Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Oh......so should I be offended or honored? Be afraid ! Be very, afraid. Or you could simply be ' a frayed'. What am I saying? Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Oh......so should I be offended or honored? Be afraid ! Be very, afraid. Or you could simply be ' a frayed'. What am I saying? Be spayed! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Oh......so should I be offended or honored? Be afraid ! Be very, afraid. Or you could simply be ' a frayed'. What am I saying? Be spayed! Don't you mean neutered? Quote Link to comment
+CO Admin Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Back on topic Gentleman. Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Back on topic Gentleman. How can you be OT in a thread dedicated to Park Wierdos? Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Back on topic Gentleman. How can you be OT in a thread dedicated to Park Wierdos? There was an absence of wierdos participating. By co admin posting the focus was returned. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 So, you're saying there should be a LPPRPW*? *Little Purple Pony Riding Park Weirdo Quote Link to comment
+RobertM Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 So, you're saying there should be a LPPRPW*? *Little Purple Pony Riding Park Weirdo Good idea! ;-) Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Back on topic Gentleman. How can you be OT in a thread dedicated to Park Wierdos? There was an absence of wierdos participating. By co admin posting the focus was returned. Anyone who has met me knows I am a little weird too, but you all know that I know where the "Close this topic" button is. As bizarre as this statement is -- let's get back to the topic of "Park Weirdos" or close the topic. Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 I'm perfectly normal. Not weird at all. Really. Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Why do parks attract weirdos anyway?? Quote Link to comment
+eroyd Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Why do parks attract weirdos anyway?? Geocaches! Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Why do parks attract weirdos anyway?? You can't get rousted for being in a public park. Try this simple experiment. Buy a bottle of cheap fortified wine. Drink the wine, go ahead all of it. Hang out in front of, oh lets say the Charles Schwab offices. Wave your hands and carry on am animated conversation, with on one in particular. For some real fun greet the officers with a well know American hand sign. You will be amazed at the reaction!!! Have fun and let us know how things turn out. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Why do parks attract weirdos anyway?? You can't get rousted for being in a public park. Try this simple experiment. Buy a bottle of cheap fortified wine. Drink the wine, go ahead all of it. Hang out in front of, oh lets say the Charles Schwab offices. Wave your hands and carry on am animated conversation, with on one in particular. For some real fun greet the officers with a well know American hand sign. You will be amazed at the reaction!!! Have fun and let us know how things turn out. What does that have to do with Geoaching in a park? Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 What does that have to do with Geoaching in a park? You see the thread is about park wierdos, strange folks you might see when caching at the park. The question was why do parks attract wierdos. The point was you can't get busted hanging out at the park. The illistration was try getting blasted and hanging out in front of an office building. Quote Link to comment
+astrojr1&GGGal Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Photo was taken from inside the vehicle....staged. Still, was probably the point, so it is funny. Ok, the joke's on me...I didn't realize the PLSG and the G-O-GardenerGal had the same facial expressions! It was not staged. The PLSG was real. The G-O-GardenerGal had just said "Am I in there cause?" in that "cause I better not be" voice. Oops! Sorry honey. I suppose if someone looked in the window at that moment the G-O-GardenerGal would have been a PLSG. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Photo was taken from inside the vehicle....staged. Still, was probably the point, so it is funny. Ok, the joke's on me...I didn't realize the PLSG and the G-O-GardenerGal had the same facial expressions! It was not staged. The PLSG was real. The G-O-GardenerGal had just said "Am I in there cause?" in that "cause I better not be" voice. Oops! Sorry honey. I suppose if someone looked in the window at that moment the G-O-GardenerGal would have been a PLSG. We've got a spare bedroom if ya need one, astrojr1. Quote Link to comment
+astrojr1&GGGal Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Photo was taken from inside the vehicle....staged. Still, was probably the point, so it is funny. Ok, the joke's on me...I didn't realize the PLSG and the G-O-GardenerGal had the same facial expressions! It was not staged. The PLSG was real. The G-O-GardenerGal had just said "Am I in there cause?" in that "cause I better not be" voice. Oops! Sorry honey. I suppose if someone looked in the window at that moment the G-O-GardenerGal would have been a PLSG. We've got a spare bedroom if ya need one, astrojr1. All is well now. But hold that thought. Thank you for offering! Quote Link to comment
Colonel Mustard Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I've come to the conclusion that those PW's are fellow geocachers who've lost 3 pints of blood trying to get that "light bushwacking required" cache. Quote Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted December 24, 2003 Share Posted December 24, 2003 I came accross a Trogladite ... I mean Park Weirdo (in this case homeless person with hair that looked like plastic dreadlocks) while going for a cache in Santa Barbara. While looking for the cache I stepped through the brush right up to a shelter made of blankets and a shopping cart. As I was backing away I hear this trogladite yelling at me from the lakes edge about 20 yards away. I did not see him at first and I can only assume he was doing who knows what at the lakes edge . He was much taller than I and easily out weighed me so I retreated from the park to my vehicle to retry another day with someone with me. Still have not gone back as this cache is low on my list since I do not get much time to go caching. Quote Link to comment
+Mr. Black Cat Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Why do parks attract weirdos anyway?? You can't get rousted for being in a public park. Try this simple experiment. Buy a bottle of cheap fortified wine. Drink the wine, go ahead all of it. Hang out in front of, oh lets say the Charles Schwab offices. Wave your hands and carry on am animated conversation, with on one in particular. For some real fun greet the officers with a well know American hand sign. You will be amazed at the reaction!!! Have fun and let us know how things turn out. This is supposed to be about park weirdos in general, not about San Francisco in particular! I'll never forget the day I took my lunch to a nice, grassy park near where I worked in downtown S.F. As I was about finished with my meal, I watched a guy in a business suit sit down on the grass and light up the biggest joint I've ever seen... Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Back on topic Gentleman. How can you be OT in a thread dedicated to Park Wierdos? Particularly when you take into account geocachers probably being viewed as wierdos themselves by other observers. Quote Link to comment
+sea_dragon Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Hey 9-Key! How's about those other descriptions! It's been a few weeks, continue the series! I for one would like to hear what other park weirdos there are. Well, that and read all of the reactions.... Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 I ran into a park weirdo the other day... This fellow was sitting on a bench with his shorts pulled up way too high and we were on an offset looking for clues... He mumbled something really loud and looked angry. Needless to say, we split ! Can you say, PSYCHO ! Quote Link to comment
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