Aug 25 2008, 10:34 PM
True though. Dave McCormack is my hero.
David makes discs and Gateway and Marshall Street have a business connection. True true true. Everything I say about David is even more tainted than everything else I say, therefore, I guess. I putt with a Wizard. I like the Wizard. And if I�m putting well the Wizard does not let me down. I miss a lot, too, but that�s me. Putting�s completely in your head. The faster a disc flies the more different it is than all the other discs that fly fast. You heard it here, folks. Here�s another one: the point is to get a low score. Unless you�re really really good, faster drivers don�t give you a lower score, just a bigger member.
Is that bannable? Inquiring minds....
Anyway, David McCormack is my hero. We were struggling with the right mixtures and the right first baby steps regarding how to dye discs and mix the dyes and, basically, we wanted to dye discs, cause it�s crazy to pay shipping two ways and then some other guy on the other end. We have more room now; Joel built an addition.
We�re chomping at the bit to BE SOMEBODY. One more thing, one more piece of knowledge, one more small door that accesses everything you dreamed about in the womb. How to put colorful dyes, pictures, words and symbols on discs. How to put Daniel Marcus�s pretty mug on a disc ourselves, with the perfect caption, and just a small wisp of hair awry. Without contacting Discraft or Innova. I�d like to be able to claim we can put anything on a disc, but we can�t yet.
We�re already good at spin dyes, though. Look for our next newsletter with value-subtracted discs. No idea what I�m talking about�
This post is getting stoopid. At the risk of getting banned, I am a huge goofball. Huge.
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Always loved painting, all the way to painting other people�s houses for cash, which, as is common, you get sick of. Still, every year the urge to stain the deck or paint a door would prove overwhelming.
Turns out not everyone who knows how to dye discs is willing to tell you how to do it. Gateway Dave told us EXACTLY how to do it. He told us so much we�ll need three more weeks of experimentation � and a week before the right supplies arrive, after today�s Internet shopping spree � just to crawl out of the water and walk on all fours.
We take apart a box fan to spin it, with Joel the carpenter going, �Wait, I�ll build a perfect box�� Too late. This was yesterday.
The same box fan has been further modified to spin a concentric circle, with much haggling over the necessary hardware. We�ve dyed over 100 discs, mostly failures, but our percentage is improving, our knowledge is growing, and the better supplies have a UPS tracking number. Several �geniuses� said wait, wait till tomorrow, and I�ll build the perfect attachment for the fan.
And I keep saying, covered up to the wrist in the musticolored blood of our disc-dying sweat and splatter, �Are you saying we can�t dye discs right now?� As I pull a strip of duct tape off the roll with functional intent. We can always get it perfect tomorrow, but don�t tell me we have to stop right now.
We need a steplessly adjustable fan, so we can go at any speed at any time with versatile speed fluctuation possibilities.
I asked Dave McCormack why he was so willing to tell us all the secrets of the trade, and his unhesitating response: �Cause I want every frisbee company to succeed.�
Inspiring. I used to think that. Just one big block on that one for full acceptance as the good thought of old. Wishing success for every disc golf company. That doesn't exist everywhere, does it?
It's still inspiring. It is nevertheless disheartening to realize that Dave McCormack is now a better person than me, cause I used to be a way better person than him. That was before I figured him out, AND he gained perspective.
He recently won a PDGA Major -- no small feat -- and has learned some diplomacy. He continues to influence the sport immensely. Just look at how many people are all of a sudden putting with the Magic. All the people that throw a straight albeit slow line at the basket where a Wizard and even an Aviar will fade sooner.
The Magic flies straighter, for the weird wobbly -- and sorta slow -- 40-foot that never deviates from its line.
I still putt with a Wizard. And I still have all these swirly Dave McCormack thoughts in my head, cause if he achieved sanity doesn't it follow that I could, too?
So I'm talking to Steve Pearson, the man behind Quest...
It just occurs to me. Dave McCormack told Steve Pearson how to make discs. Told him everything he new, without holding back anything. Steve Pearson already worked in plastic molding, was already an expert in part of the field, including bold new initiatives in golf disc engineering.
Innova still dominates the market, for all the right reasons. No slight to all the other companies, but Innova earned its first place ranking.
Anyway, I'm talking to Steve Pearson of Quest, who's great to do business with in pretty much every respect, especially customer service.
And Steve Pearson says, yeah, �I don�t know what happened to Dave; he gets it now.� Strangely, I know what he means.
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So it�s day five of dying discs, now with a big Innova 100-disc box around the salad bowl to block the splatter. The salad bowl is mounted to a skeletonized box fan, screwed to makeshift wooden frame to give the motor some air, the whole apparatus resting on a plastic BJ�s table, connected to an orange extension cord, right by the DDC court. This is where we make a mockery of perfecting our craft. We're still using many of the dye colors Dave says don't work, and he's not completely right. They work in a subtle, ineffectual, not-really-working kind of way. We really will have pictures on the site soon.
We are quickly running out of table and countertop space. The top of the hot tub looks like a hippy commune.
I had an idea so toxic I actually donned rubber gloves. I cut some sharpies apart and squeezed the juice out of them. Just maybe a dozen drops per Sharpie, but boy those colors were the brightest yet. We�re working down the list like Thomas Edison and someone put �Organ blood mixed with diesel fuel,� as like the thing we have to try next Tuesday. Makes you wonder what species they meant.
Thank you Dave McCormack. You da man.
David makes discs and Gateway and Marshall Street have a business connection. True true true. Everything I say about David is even more tainted than everything else I say, therefore, I guess. I putt with a Wizard. I like the Wizard. And if I�m putting well the Wizard does not let me down. I miss a lot, too, but that�s me. Putting�s completely in your head. The faster a disc flies the more different it is than all the other discs that fly fast. You heard it here, folks. Here�s another one: the point is to get a low score. Unless you�re really really good, faster drivers don�t give you a lower score, just a bigger member.
Is that bannable? Inquiring minds....
Anyway, David McCormack is my hero. We were struggling with the right mixtures and the right first baby steps regarding how to dye discs and mix the dyes and, basically, we wanted to dye discs, cause it�s crazy to pay shipping two ways and then some other guy on the other end. We have more room now; Joel built an addition.
We�re chomping at the bit to BE SOMEBODY. One more thing, one more piece of knowledge, one more small door that accesses everything you dreamed about in the womb. How to put colorful dyes, pictures, words and symbols on discs. How to put Daniel Marcus�s pretty mug on a disc ourselves, with the perfect caption, and just a small wisp of hair awry. Without contacting Discraft or Innova. I�d like to be able to claim we can put anything on a disc, but we can�t yet.
We�re already good at spin dyes, though. Look for our next newsletter with value-subtracted discs. No idea what I�m talking about�
This post is getting stoopid. At the risk of getting banned, I am a huge goofball. Huge.
__________________________________________________ _______________
Always loved painting, all the way to painting other people�s houses for cash, which, as is common, you get sick of. Still, every year the urge to stain the deck or paint a door would prove overwhelming.
Turns out not everyone who knows how to dye discs is willing to tell you how to do it. Gateway Dave told us EXACTLY how to do it. He told us so much we�ll need three more weeks of experimentation � and a week before the right supplies arrive, after today�s Internet shopping spree � just to crawl out of the water and walk on all fours.
We take apart a box fan to spin it, with Joel the carpenter going, �Wait, I�ll build a perfect box�� Too late. This was yesterday.
The same box fan has been further modified to spin a concentric circle, with much haggling over the necessary hardware. We�ve dyed over 100 discs, mostly failures, but our percentage is improving, our knowledge is growing, and the better supplies have a UPS tracking number. Several �geniuses� said wait, wait till tomorrow, and I�ll build the perfect attachment for the fan.
And I keep saying, covered up to the wrist in the musticolored blood of our disc-dying sweat and splatter, �Are you saying we can�t dye discs right now?� As I pull a strip of duct tape off the roll with functional intent. We can always get it perfect tomorrow, but don�t tell me we have to stop right now.
We need a steplessly adjustable fan, so we can go at any speed at any time with versatile speed fluctuation possibilities.
I asked Dave McCormack why he was so willing to tell us all the secrets of the trade, and his unhesitating response: �Cause I want every frisbee company to succeed.�
Inspiring. I used to think that. Just one big block on that one for full acceptance as the good thought of old. Wishing success for every disc golf company. That doesn't exist everywhere, does it?
It's still inspiring. It is nevertheless disheartening to realize that Dave McCormack is now a better person than me, cause I used to be a way better person than him. That was before I figured him out, AND he gained perspective.
He recently won a PDGA Major -- no small feat -- and has learned some diplomacy. He continues to influence the sport immensely. Just look at how many people are all of a sudden putting with the Magic. All the people that throw a straight albeit slow line at the basket where a Wizard and even an Aviar will fade sooner.
The Magic flies straighter, for the weird wobbly -- and sorta slow -- 40-foot that never deviates from its line.
I still putt with a Wizard. And I still have all these swirly Dave McCormack thoughts in my head, cause if he achieved sanity doesn't it follow that I could, too?
So I'm talking to Steve Pearson, the man behind Quest...
It just occurs to me. Dave McCormack told Steve Pearson how to make discs. Told him everything he new, without holding back anything. Steve Pearson already worked in plastic molding, was already an expert in part of the field, including bold new initiatives in golf disc engineering.
Innova still dominates the market, for all the right reasons. No slight to all the other companies, but Innova earned its first place ranking.
Anyway, I'm talking to Steve Pearson of Quest, who's great to do business with in pretty much every respect, especially customer service.
And Steve Pearson says, yeah, �I don�t know what happened to Dave; he gets it now.� Strangely, I know what he means.
++++++++++++++++++++
So it�s day five of dying discs, now with a big Innova 100-disc box around the salad bowl to block the splatter. The salad bowl is mounted to a skeletonized box fan, screwed to makeshift wooden frame to give the motor some air, the whole apparatus resting on a plastic BJ�s table, connected to an orange extension cord, right by the DDC court. This is where we make a mockery of perfecting our craft. We're still using many of the dye colors Dave says don't work, and he's not completely right. They work in a subtle, ineffectual, not-really-working kind of way. We really will have pictures on the site soon.
We are quickly running out of table and countertop space. The top of the hot tub looks like a hippy commune.
I had an idea so toxic I actually donned rubber gloves. I cut some sharpies apart and squeezed the juice out of them. Just maybe a dozen drops per Sharpie, but boy those colors were the brightest yet. We�re working down the list like Thomas Edison and someone put �Organ blood mixed with diesel fuel,� as like the thing we have to try next Tuesday. Makes you wonder what species they meant.
Thank you Dave McCormack. You da man.