Re:What Happened to Jai Alai? (2013)
by e40 on Wednesday July 19, 2023 @05:22AM
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Me, too! Remember the Serpentarium? And the king Cobra shows with nothing but grass between us and the snake?
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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...
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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.