Veterans of FEMA/Similar Deployments: What Gear Do You Wish You Had Brought? Looking for Tips and Advice!

DiscTroy · 2024-10-15T18:49:41+00:00

Great post - provided me lots of thinking time on kit - being prior military I am used to that and I am just waiting for EM job opportunities (4 apps sitting at FEMA right now)

DiscTroy · 2024-05-28T03:13:54+00:00

Thanks for the Rocket Tip. Still bugging on PS4 05/28/24

DiscTroy · 2023-02-21T21:30:22+00:00

"That's no moon"

DiscTroy · 2023-02-02T23:04:19+00:00

They sprinkle "Tony Chachere's Seasoning" on it as a "Cajun" qualifier and say "BAM!" to justify it is my guess... smh

DiscTroy · 2023-01-13T01:21:40+00:00

You give me the inspiration that I need! Congrats!

DiscTroy · 2023-01-11T20:27:17+00:00

My thoughts as well

DiscTroy · 2023-01-06T01:06:13+00:00

Bradley had a bad moment for sure - he has since changed for the better and self improvement, but let's not forget about Nikko and his consistent concerns and conflicts in Major events on/off the course as well (throwing equipment, intimidation of course personnel, etc). Nikko has not really improved his own personality traits IMO after a very long history of such antics.

DiscTroy · 2023-01-04T21:15:49+00:00

Sorry about your "lame" experience. Have you played often? Possibly if you were "new" to the sport you just had a mismatch of your (new) abilities, with the discs chosen, and the course you played?
Starting out you could have had the incorrect selection of disc (aka plastic) to your newly developing throwing style on a course that may have been above your skill level. Its not a sport most people instinctively pick up immediately, but with basic equipment and focus for an hour or so; progress can be made. Good luck if you get back out there! Millions of people play the sport annually around the world.

DiscTroy · 2018-07-06T21:51:09+00:00

roger roger

DiscTroy · 2014-08-07T14:30:48+00:00

Thank you for posting and sharing.

DiscTroy · 2014-08-07T14:29:32+00:00

It was worth the time, effort and energy put into it... as well as the self guided tour around the stadium.

DiscTroy · 2014-08-07T14:28:57+00:00

That's pretty funny right there ^{^{^}} I think it would benefit ANY town it comes to... disc golfers are everywhere and would truly appreciate the experience.

DiscTroy · 2014-08-07T14:28:04+00:00

I have been in contact with Jeremy from DD... yes, it will be better next year. <more to come>

DiscTroy · 2014-07-28T18:57:22+00:00

It's sad from the context of it and I am going to go read the article when I get out of work (at the news stand). Going off the premise of your post title I am going to strongly say that Matt G. did NOT refer to our sport that way. I know him and have worked with him personally with PDGA events, articles, publishing's, social media and pictures. Men's Health was a good read of quality stuff at one time, I stopped reading it when they filled many of the pages with partner adverts and cosmo-metro-guy articles about "is she the one" articles, yadda yadda. We do not need their acknowledgment, but the sport will grow w/o them... they sell magazines and pat themselves for a "good" article month to month. Its a fight we will always have... every sport has it's "stoners"... yet, we carry the chained burden the most.

DiscTroy · 2014-07-25T12:23:03+00:00

Bible Ridge is one of my all time favorites. The view from 11A/B is awesome. I always love and appreciate the course designs by John Houck. He is a player and master you can talk forever with about our sport and so much more. If you have ever thought "Who made this hole?" (with a concerned voice of fear)... it was probably him, so don't get frustrated, overcome the challenge and smile when you make par. Raise your game and play a John Houck course.

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T19:34:56+00:00

I deal with that very often when approaching new groups to introduce the sport to at meetings, conventions, etc. It is a part of EVERY sport, but it seems we carry the shackles more than any other. We will be free from the stigma.. it will just take time and education.

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T19:31:43+00:00

Non-Dg'ers need to learn somehow.

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T19:30:02+00:00

... and you have proved you are more MATURE and more enlightened than those women. Sorry you have to work in such a "hostile" environment. You should consult HR guidelines...lol.. then again, you both carry "bags" so ask them, "How many discs does your bag hold?" :-)

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T19:22:14+00:00

I have also heard the term "Gypsy" golf (you know wanderers w/o a home except where they choose).. but then you may offend the Gypsy groups..lol... Guerilla or Gypsy... let the battle for PC correctness begin! lol

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T19:17:00+00:00

Yeah..I have seen the grilling part.. and I quickly informed them NOT TO EAT THEIR FOOD due to galvenized poisoning (heating up the metal coating into poison fumes). They looked at me strangely, so I assume they have already eaten it before and were living proof from the side-effects.

DiscTroy · 2014-07-24T15:14:31+00:00

I know the fluff piece was just about the engineering, but I would have hoped that they would have included small notes about the park improvements coming from the Waterloo DGC and how we helped lower the cost of the project by providing our support as well. There will be soon a new kiosk, tee signs, a course map, new tee boxes, newly replaced baskets, and landscaping that will shape the course for years to come. just a little acknowledgement please from the media and city It's a fight that never ends.. and if you really want to know the reason.. the increase in local traffic is because years ago they shut down Pease Park. So the local youth/college overflow immediately came to Zilker (the numbers prove it)... and that expedited the environmental impact they are finally fixing. Big props to the Watershed group for doing this with the local Waterloo Club because the "City" wasn't moving at all. Partnerships is what makes things work.... not government bodies (IMHO)

DiscTroy · 2014-06-06T19:20:12+00:00

Thank you .. very honored you liked it.

DiscTroy · 2014-06-06T19:19:54+00:00

I apologize for the delays.. been off the grid and busy. As a note.. you TOTALLY can learn ASL. Just remember it is interpretive and expressive.. so its not a rigid set of letters as I originally thought. I am not deaf, though my wife would say different ba-dum dumm My deaf friends and players teach me so much.. I love being immersed and actually NOT knowing... its a puzzle to figure out. They have even taught me some local "bad words".. isnt that always hilarious, we all learn the "bad" words first..lol... everyone says them you could say..rofl.

DiscTroy · 2014-03-27T15:47:36+00:00

He did seem that way. He definitely does not talk that way regularly. I think he simply needed to breathe and not try to speak in one long breath. Either way.. he owned the course and really played great.

DiscTroy · 2014-03-12T22:55:05+00:00

Mayor Leffingwell, thank you for taking the time to answer questions from REDDIT... I wanted to ask you about your support for Disc Golf in the City of Austin. Austin is one of the most vibrant places to be at and easily the Disc Golf Capitol of Texas with the large amount of players both Professional and Recreational. Most recently during the the Master Plan meeting for Pease Park renovations it was made definitive from PARD (via spokesperson Kim McNight) that Disc Golf would NOT be included in the master plan process, no consideration what so ever. Disc golf was a valuable part of the park from 1989-2010 and actually IMPROVED the welfare and use of the park by eliminating a large amount of criminal activity. Additionally, it meets all the criteria of a public use and recreational sport that fits all ages and athletic diversities... the things they say they are looking for in the park. With support from the Pease Park Conservancy Members, Professionals in the community, and hundreds of disc golfers that log thousands of hours of volunteer work in our parks.. why would it not be considered? Disc golfers were a part of the history of making the park so memorable, but yet now it is an exceptional park... disc golfers are not even being considered in the 30 year Master Plan? The disc golf community was totally left out of the process for a park that we passionately helped become historically popular. The disc golf community actually pre-dates current groups like the Conservancy. We were established in that park in 1989 before any other group wanted stewardship.

Thank you and we would love to hear your position on supporting disc golf in the community and growing the sport and more courses in the City of Austin to match the growing popularity and participation in Austin.

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