Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Take your fun elsewhere. This is Jackson.

Dammit, I've had it. By now everyone has heard about the closing of Rapids on the Reservoir. What do we get instead? F'n condos. CONDOS!!! Oh don't worry, the developer assures us it will be state of the art, have lakes, a trail, and other cute little amenities. Just one more developer who isnt' satisfied until every tree is chopped down, blade of grass is paved over, and drop of water has a condo sitting on top of it.

This town is getting to where you can't have any damn fun. Want to take your kids to play golf? Want to ride go-carts? Batting cages? Ride some rides? Forget it. Want to go to a water park without driving an hour only to find out it is filled to capacity? You are out of luck. Want to go hear some music and have a drink while enjoying a nice day the water as we used to do at the Dock? Don't bother. Want to go to a bar like the Subway in the old days and hear some music all night long? Mac don't want you to have fun. Feel like having a smoke or enjoying a cigar at a place where the owner allows you to do so? The Smoke Nazis want you to go to hell. Want to enjoy some greenery downtown? Don't worry about it as Watkins and his bunch bulldozed the last section of grass downtown instead of all the old buildings screaming to be torn down. Like the way development is spread out on I-55 North as you drive by the Deaf School? HA!! Duckworth wants a nice concrete jungle in its place.

I'm sick of it. Condos and buildings are nice to a point but dammit, many of us want to do things that are fun or have places to go for amusement. If this is progress, F progress.

Posted by Kingfish at 3:52 PM

6 comments:

The Butterknife said...

I saw this on the news this morning and The Man's first question was "WHY IS RAPIDS CLOSING?"

My theory?

Video Games. See, kids these days play too many video games.

This makes them fat.

Fat kids don't like to get naked in public.

Hence, all things having a high probability that one will be required to do them partially naked in front of a bunch of strangers are all going straight to hell.

Did you know the Spartans used to make their young adults dance outside naked as to encourage them to not get fat?

They knew what they were doing.

Being fat and naked in front of strangers is not FUN.

February 26, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Kingfish said...

admit it. You just want to look at young 16 year old guys dancing naked. Truth hurts. ;-)

February 26, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Tom Head said...

Kingfish, get thee to the 930 Blues Cafe on a Thursday night. You can thank me later!

February 26, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Tom Head said...
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February 26, 2008 at 9:58 PM
Tom Head said...

(For the fun, I mean, not for the naked 16-year-olds...)

And Loriali, I so agree with your nudity theory. After I hit 200 pounds, I stopped taking my clothes off in public places entirely. Great news for the management at McDade's!

February 26, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Anonymous said...

So with a housing slump, mortgage crisis, and an impending recession, they are building more dang condos? I hope the development blows up in their faces. In 20 years they will be a crumbling mess and the neighborhood and soccer field behind them will suffer.

February 27, 2008 at 4:13 AM

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