29yrswithaGApass Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Click here to see the whole Spotlight! Comments and discussions are welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grounds75 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 One of my best stories while working at GA in the “70”. The pond is always full of change guest toss in, people love to toss money in water. Working on the night crew for Grounds – Dream Street, at the end of the night we would meet at the Frog Pond to all walk up to the lockers together. One night we were looking in the pond and one of the guys says he is jumping in and getting the money guest threw in. I was a few years older than most of the High School crew and said if we show up at wardrobe soaking wet, we would raise suspicions. Let’s wait for a rainy night when we are wet anyway to pull off our crime of the century. Deemed a criminal master mine by my fellow workers, the plan was set and we waited for a rainy night. Of course, it doesn’t rain for a few weeks. Finally our night comes with a big thunderstorm. We all pass the pond dozens of times to plan the best place to retrieve our bounty. The park closes and we are alone. OVER THE WALL…into ankle deep mud and scum as nasty smelling as it looked and felt. We fill up our pockets with as much as we can carry and slosh off to the lockers to change. We hurry out to our cars. Gas and beer money for the summer. By the light of our dashboards we count out our loot. I had about $7.20, one guy less than $5. The most was about $9. Bubkas along with soaking wet sneakers for a week. So when you see a fountain or pond full of change and think it would be worth it to dive in and claim your fortune, it’s only change, and not worth much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 That is a funny story- great idea to wait until the rainy night! Were there frogs in there at the time? You couldn't pay me a million to jump in with frogs. I hate frogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 "New" photo! Here is an aerial photo of the pond near the Buccaneer back when its stone wall was lower and it was home to frogs. I honestly would avoid this area all together if it still had frogs today. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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