I didn't know Daniel Balsz passed away!? - General Tiki

T TIKIBOSKO Tiki Socialite Joined: Oct 17, 2004 Posts: 336	T TIKIBOSKO Posted posted on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 2:01 PM The Tikis Although this was an ignoble end to the Tikis, I wouldn’t fret about any important artifacts being dozed under; all the Tikis and architecture were long gone. Most likely, what ever was there recently was too heavy to move, concrete stuff like the skull wall and giant stalagmites Danny made. When we went there in 94 the place already looked like it had been hit by a hurricane and picked over by looters. There had been a flood right thru the place the night before I went by, the place was covered in mud, rolls of unused thatch, broken fish floats, rotten Tikis, anything on the ground was covered in muck, some of the artifacts I saved from there have (now dry) dirt on them. It was a surreal scene; once you went thru the gate Danny pad locked it behind you, inside a bunch of salty Lake Elsinore types were milling around doing nothing in particular. Every time a car pulled up he suspiciously looked over the occupants, I was under the impression something odd was going on. Danny walked us around the compound told us his tale; how successful the Tikis had been and other stories about back in the day, meanwhile here we are we were walking thru this scene of Tiki destruction, with our feet in the mud. He offered the giant fire and Freon breathing Tiki (pictured on 111, BOT) to me for 1500 bucks, but at that time I was broke and it would have taken a crane and semi truck to get it home, so it remained behind. Finally we had to leave, I had collected whatever artifacts I wanted, unfortunately one of his guys had left the pad locks key inside a pickup truck, which had left ten minutes earlier… Danny was resourceful; he pulled out a hammer and with little effort smashed it off, although he was a little miffed that he had to destroy a perfectly good 12 dollar lock. We said our good buys, I would never see him again, but his effect on me has been incalculable. My very best alohas Bosko

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Although this was an ignoble end to the Tikis, I wouldn’t fret about any important artifacts being dozed under; all the Tikis and architecture were long gone. Most likely, what ever was there recently was too heavy to move, concrete stuff like the skull wall and giant stalagmites Danny made.

When we went there in 94 the place already looked like it had been hit by a hurricane and picked over by looters. There had been a flood right thru the place the night before I went by, the place was covered in mud, rolls of unused thatch, broken fish floats, rotten Tikis, anything on the ground was covered in muck, some of the artifacts I saved from there have (now dry) dirt on them.

It was a surreal scene; once you went thru the gate Danny pad locked it behind you, inside a bunch of salty Lake Elsinore types were milling around doing nothing in particular. Every time a car pulled up he suspiciously looked over the occupants, I was under the impression something odd was going on. Danny walked us around the compound told us his tale; how successful the Tikis had been and other stories about back in the day, meanwhile here we are we were walking thru this scene of Tiki destruction, with our feet in the mud. He offered the giant fire and Freon breathing Tiki (pictured on 111, BOT) to me for 1500 bucks, but at that time I was broke and it would have taken a crane and semi truck to get it home, so it remained behind.

Finally we had to leave, I had collected whatever artifacts I wanted, unfortunately one of his guys had left the pad locks key inside a pickup truck, which had left ten minutes earlier… Danny was resourceful; he pulled out a hammer and with little effort smashed it off, although he was a little miffed that he had to destroy a perfectly good 12 dollar lock. We said our good buys, I would never see him again, but his effect on me has been incalculable.

My very best alohas

Bosko

Post #220214 by TIKIBOSKO on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 2:01 PM