Re:What Happened to Jai Alai? (2013)
by mixmastamyk on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @04:20AM
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On that note, I also remember TV shows as a kid, the parents always came out in full pajamas, fuzzy slippers, and a robe on. "Who dresses like that?" I thought. Didn't know a single person in SoCal that did, to this day even. In fact summers I'd live in swim trunks (only) for three solid months.
Even in Washington, DC, which isn't New England, I can get away with bumping around the house in shorts and tee shirt only until about the end of September.
Of course, the TV shows were largely filmed around LA, so maybe the cast got hardship pay for the costumes.
TV produces so many ideas per second. Young minds absorb them not realizing they come from a bunch of stressed out writers in a room. The ideas are really transient but that moment on TV makes it seem so important.
Me, too! Remember the Serpentarium? And the king Cobra shows with nothing but grass between us and the snake?
Grew up outside of Gainesville and always wondered about Jai Alai. The ads on TV made it very important but no adult I knew cared about it. Very confusing.
I went to U.F. in the 90s (grew up in South Florida). Some college buddies and I went to a Jai Alai game in Ocala once. It felt like we'd stepped back in time a few decades. Here's photos of the Orlando fronton which has a similar vibe:
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/orlando-jai-alai-31-ph...
(Archived for posterity https://archive.ph/r2Yga)
Never did, but going back to "exotic", when I moved to Illinois I encountered a lot of new vegetation. "What's this one?" I asked. My friends looked at me with an odd expression. "Maple." Me: "Oh! It does look like the Canadian flag!"
To them, mango, avocado, and Key Lime trees - all which we had in our yard - were exotic. To say nothing of lizards and iguanas, nor having a flock of parakeets fly out of a tree.
Thank you for this explanation of giant TV lockers for a SoCal raised guy.
For me, I thought the large school lockers I saw on TV were pretty exotic. Why were they large enough that someone could hide in them? Ours were about backpack sized.
My Mom explained that's where people put their winter clothes, which also explained why the lockers were always inside enclosed hallways. I was used to having hallways with one side open, to allow a breeze.
To show you what I mean, here's my elementary school, https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7538402,-80.2581714,3a,27.4y... . They didn't install A/C until I was in 4th grade. The entire classroom wall facing the hallway was a bank of doors that could open up to allow a cross-breeze, with a wall of windows on the other side.
For that matter, snow was pretty exotic too. ;) When I went up north to Tallahassee for college, us S. Florida people were so excited when the temperature got to freezing. We stayed up late to see if the water we left out would freeze.