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[touch]

Tonight's special dinner 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by touch

[Soloman1]

38 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I'm just not dealing with any company that puts that vague of information in their user agreement. Forbes says there's too much left to Paypal's "interpetation". I don't need them. I'm getting old Sol and I just won't put up with BS anymore.😀

I know how you feel.

 

I have an internal septic tank. It can’t be cleaned out. I’m full from a lifetime of crap so I ask people to please give their crap to someone else. 😉

 

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Soloman1

[touch]

The liquor that's being featured in tonight's dinner on display. 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by touch

[BIG STU]

44 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

I'm just not dealing with any company that puts that vague of information in their user agreement. Forbes says there's too much left to Paypal's "interpetation". I don't need them. I'm getting old Sol and I just won't put up with BS anymore.😀

Right on---- My BS meter pegs lower and lower each day

[BIG STU]

Touch-- Just saw on one of my feeds that the City of Asheville is getting 1.5 million to restore the Asheville Municipal course which is a Ross design---- Did my heart good to see that

[Qqq123xx]

3 minutes ago, touch said:

The liquor that's being featured in tonight's dinner on display. 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like someone, aka Mr. T, got a lot into that left bottle ahead of schedule. Bad boy. No Maple Pear Tart for you pal. 

[touch]

2 minutes ago, Qqq123xx said:

 

Looks like someone, aka Mr. T, got a lot into that left bottle ahead of schedule. Bad boy. No Maple Pear Tart for you pal. 

 

 

 

[touch]

52 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

Touch-- Just saw on one of my feeds that the City of Asheville is getting 1.5 million to restore the Asheville Municipal course which is a Ross design---- Did my heart good to see that

 

You are correct and it sure needs it Stu. It is a crying shame that the city has let that historic track fall into such disrepair. I've played it about 20 times and when I do I think this is just pure ghetto golf. The greens are always acceptable, but that is about it. 

 

 

[Soloman1]

Tonight’s menu — moist, tender, flavorful chicken thighs baked with EVOO, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic. They had just enough heat to linger. Baked potato and spinach salad.

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

1 hour ago, touch said:

Tonight's special dinner and liquor paring. 

 

 

 

Did the wild boar giggle when you rubbed his ribs?

[Double Mocha Man]

Windy and rainy tonight.  No barbecuing on the outdoor patio. Had to use the oven to bake a chunk of salmon which was accompanied by grilled polenta and chanterelle mushrooms.  I may start a mushroom farm... chanterelle's are going for 40 bucks a pound!

[braincramp52]

15 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Did the wild boar giggle when you rubbed his ribs?

He'll be here all week folks!!🤣

[Double Mocha Man]

11 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

He'll be here all week folks!!🤣

 

Oh hell... I'll be here all year.  These guys are accustomed to putting up with my whacked out humor.

[touch]

It was my first shift back after the fantastic time I had for two days in Asheville this week hanging with Mr. Conrad. 

At 8 AM this morning I walked out behind the 18th green and took it all in. I was missing the Rad. 

It was a very still and peaceful moment.

 

  🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by touch

[Conrad1953]

47 minutes ago, touch said:

It was my first shift back after the fantastic time I had for two days in Asheville this week hanging with Mr. Conrad. 

At 8 AM this morning I walked out behind the 18th green and took it all in. I was missing the Rad. 

It was a very still and peaceful moment.

I thanked the Golf Gods for bringing the Bama Boy my way this week.

  🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I drove straight home Tuesday night. Got home just after midnight. Unloaded my stuff from the

car, wound down, and was in bed around 2AM. 

 

I woke  up the next morning and fell into my usual routine with a cup of coffee out on the back 

deck. Cobi was already up and we did our morning thing as we always do; albeit a little later

than normal.

 

The previous 2 days spent with Touch seemed like a dream as I shared my reflections with her. 

Many weeks of anticipation and then I was there and it was over so quickly. I got a little lost 

in thought and then I heard Cobi asking me "where are the cookies?"

 

She is a cookie monster and I told her before I came home that Touch had sent me away with

several little presents; among which were a small batch of freshly baked cookies from the 

BFCC kitchen. So I went and grabbed the cookies and gave them to her. There are a variety
in there and she grabbed one and gobbled it up.

 

Now, being a cookie monster, she is also a cookie critic and generally only eats the ones

she makes and looks askance at the store bought varieties. One bite though and she raved

about how good the cookie was. It passed the Cobi test. I wasn't surprised considering

where and who the cookies came from. I knew Touch would not hand me a batch of

cookies that would not pass his high standards.

 

Cobi was a little apprehensive about my golf trip out to Asheville to spend time with Touch.

After a few calls and texts while I was there...and the pics of us having a good time, she

moved from apprehension to ease to happiness and ultimately, with the first cookie bite,

to a Touch fan, as am I.

 

 

[BIG STU]

6 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

Tonight’s menu — moist, tender, flavorful chicken thighs baked with EVOO, ground black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic. They had just enough heat to linger. Baked potato and spinach salad.

 

 

Cayenne pepper in one for or other is a part of my daily diet. No joke for me it helps with arthritic problems and digestion. Most days when I am up early I do a cup of noodles sprinkled with cayenne. Part of my morning diet. I also use Texas Pete on lots of stuff during the day including French Fries. Now I eat my noodles early when I am up like 3 and 4 AM which is SOP for me. Depending on what I do in the mornings we eat real traditional breakfast anywhere between 8 and 10 AM. If we eat a late breakfast we do not eat again  until like 5 or 6. 

[Divot License]

Sorry for the several day absense goys. Work (you guys remember that don't you?) has been super busy with people on holiday for school half term. 

 

So Mrs D has a golf lesson tonight. She played in her usual Thursday Cluc game yesterday and just stopped at 12. She walked the rest of the round but refused to hit anymore balls. She's been in a slump with her game recently. Can hit it like both a single figure and a new beginner in the same round. She's confused what's she trying to do with her swing, it feels uncomfortable and it's getting into her head. 

 

So she called our pro yesterday and he's booked her in for this evening to "start again" with her swing. 

 

She went for a driver fitting a cpuple weeks ago and was hitting her driver grteat. As soon as she was given another club the wheels fell off and she couldn't get it back so the fitting never happened. 

 

Personally I think this has been a while coming and much needed. When she swing, she looks uncomfortable and awkward compared to a year ago when she was playing her best and got her handicap down to near single fingures. 

 

I ran through my grip check list with her last night and she said that felt very different, but much better and reliable than how she was holding it. I think they will start with grip and takeaway as that's where I think her big issue is.

 

I also got her to do Sol's tests and the club was so shut with the first test it was scary. 

[Divot License]

Took my daughter to the range last night (our usual Thursday evening event)

 

She always reaches for a 9 iron first as it's her favorite club. I sat back in my chair drinking my beer (range has a bar but has no drink issues so is good for kids) and left her to it as last night she seemed really focused on it and wanting to sort it out (her words) Her main issue is a combination of lossing control of the club (either a pysical hand strength issue or grip pressure issue) and her path gets very right due to the club falling behind her, again this club dropping is linked (I beleive) to the first issue.

 

What made me smile was after about 25-25 balls she pulls out driver. Tee's it up, swings and sends a beutifull little draw out there about 100 yards carry. Turns to me and says "I'm done with that as I'm not going to hit a better one". 5 mins later she's reaching for the driver again. I said "I thought you wrerent' hitting any more" and her reply was "Well this one might go even further". 

 

I think she may have the bug.

[BIG STU]

7 hours ago, touch said:

 

You are correct and it sure needs it Stu. It is a crying shame that the city has let that historic track fall into such disrepair. I've played it about 20 times and when I do I think this is just pure ghetto golf. The greens are always acceptable, but that is about it. 

 

 

Sometimes ghetto golf can be fun but not at the expense of a Ross course. Nothing gets me started like someone under the guise of revamping a Ross course messes it up or destroyes it. Good example Carolina Golf and Country Club in Charlotte. About 25 years ago they "redesigned it" Now hardly any of the original Ross design is there. My friend his family was one of the charter members was so incensed he resigned and joined another club. I was told recently that Mooresville NC Muni which the front 9 was a Ross design has been completely revamped. In Stu's World you do not mess with a Ross course. In my heart I believe there is a special place in hell for those that do.

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Divot License said:

Sorry for the several day absense goys. Work (you guys remember that don't you?) has been super busy with people on holiday for school half term. 

 

So Mrs D has a golf lesson tonight. She played in her usual Thursday Cluc game yesterday and just stopped at 12. She walked the rest of the round but refused to hit anymore balls. She's been in a slump with her game recently. Can hit it like both a single figure and a new beginner in the same round. She's confused what's she trying to do with her swing, it feels uncomfortable and it's getting into her head. 

 

So she called our pro yesterday and he's booked her in for this evening to "start again" with her swing. 

 

She went for a driver fitting a cpuple weeks ago and was hitting her driver grteat. As soon as she was given another club the wheels fell off and she couldn't get it back so the fitting never happened. 

 

Personally I think this has been a while coming and much needed. When she swing, she looks uncomfortable and awkward compared to a year ago when she was playing her best and got her handicap down to near single fingures. 

 

I ran through my grip check list with her last night and she said that felt very different, but much better and reliable than how she was holding it. I think they will start with grip and takeaway as that's where I think her big issue is.

 

I also got her to do Sol's tests and the club was so shut with the first test it was scary. 

Like I have said before I am not an instructor by any means of the imagination. I will say this from what you posted IMHO she is a victim of parlysis by analysis. Let her relax not think about it and hit the ball.

Yesterday I was up on the range really not working on anything other than staying loose. I really hit the ball good. Had a break in the action so I snuck out on the front side. I really hit the ball well hit 4 out of 5 GIRS. Our par 3 3rd hole I hit it well and flew it over the pin so I had no problem. I did get it up and down for the par. Our next hole a Par 5 I had something happen I never had happen since the balata days. When I play by myself I play whatever balls from my shag bag I grab. I hit an old NXT Tour and it had some funny flight and dropped like a rock maybe 150 yards out and had a funny sound to it.  I did tee up another ball sorta a provisional. I got to the NXT it had split. For the fun of it I hit my 7 wood towards the hazard and it never reached the hazard some 150 yards away because it split slam in 2 pieces LOL. I played the second ball and made birdie. I do keep a seperate shag tube with my old play balls mostly Srixon for short game practice. I decided for now on to play balls from the tube unless it is CPO. I ran into some slow tourists on #5 and I called it a day after that. Our greens were just Verdi Cut because they are fixing to overseed so they did not putt good. In reality I hit the ball good but even if the greens were good I had only one shot at a bird which was a no brainer on #4 off the second ball.

Not going out early or after lunch today because we have the 9 and Dine at 4. We will go out about 2 or so loosen up and play that.

Edited October 28, 2022 by BIG STU

[Divot License]

34 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

I will say this from what you posted IMHO she is a victim of parlysis by analysis. Let her relax not think about it and hit the ball.

I completly agree with this. 

 

Her issue is she went from complete beginner to 15 handcap index in under 3 years. Then hit the inevitable plateau and started pushing hard to get through it. She went from occcasional lessons to more full on and somewhere along to way got very lost in the wold of swing technicallity. 

 

She's also a big practicer and moves her swing signifucanlty in short amoung od time. Over a year ago she was put on trackman and was hitting 3 degrees out to in on her 7 iron. Our pro make a small change to her swing to get the path a little more neutral since an out to in path is "usually" steeper and since shes only a little over 5' that can cause issues. Therefore a more neutral and this shallow attack angle would be more consistent. 4 months later she was on Trackman and was now 7 degrees in to out. She had moved the needle 10 dgress in a few months. 

 

Speaking to our pro a few weeks ago while on the course we said he needs to stop with the more vague instruction and try actually getting her to hit exact positions an give her more rigid guidlines.

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Divot License said:

I completly agree with this. 

 

Her issue is she went from complete beginner to 15 handcap index in under 3 years. Then hit the inevitable plateau and started pushing hard to get through it. She went from occcasional lessons to more full on and somewhere along to way got very lost in the wold of swing technicallity. 

 

She's also a big practicer and moves her swing signifucanlty in short amoung od time. Over a year ago she was put on trackman and was hitting 3 degrees out to in on her 7 iron. Our pro make a small change to her swing to get the path a little more neutral since an out to in path is "usually" steeper and since shes only a little over 5' that can cause issues. Therefore a more neutral and this shallow attack angle would be more consistent. 4 months later she was on Trackman and was now 7 degrees in to out. She had moved the needle 10 dgress in a few months. 

 

Speaking to our pro a few weeks ago while on the course we said he needs to stop with the more vague instruction and try actually getting her to hit exact positions an give her more rigid guidlines.

I agree with your Pro somewhat--- Now I will add this and it is not of mainstream thought which is one of the reasons I have never been an instructor--- Everyone is different and the AOA and point of contact can vary. I have always been a proponent of a natural swing that feels comfortable to an individual and no in golf guru circles that is not popular mainstream either. I am sorta being in favor of changing the stance some to compensate somewhat for what I feel is a natural swing. When I say stance I mean open or closed and Ball position. I have also been a big proponent of ball position because again everyones swing and AOA and position of contact is different. I have always been a proponent of a more natural swing because everyone is built differently. I have actually went through the stage of trying to be too mechanical and got to where I was overthinking everything trying to get things absolutely correct. Now in life say I am building a club or even back when I built race cars I am anal and jump through hoops to get things absolutely correct. I developed my swing attitude growing up at the course my old man ran and observing different swings with different results. My mind works as in I absorb information then analyize it and sort it out. That is how I developed my attitude of there is no one proper etched in stone way to swing or play this game.

And no I am not against formal instruction and I give anyone 2 pieces of advice on it after finding a instructor you can work with. First off practice exactly what that instructor has taught you. Do not watch GC instruction programs or do U-Tube or read golf magazines. Number two Practice Practice Practice exactly what your instructor tells you to do between instructional sessions. That last part I see a lot down here as in people will take lessons from an instructor and expect miracles without practice on what they have been taught. When they do not improve due to lack of practice they want to blame the instructor. Yes people expect miracles without effort. 

Just my.02 from my perspective which I admit is not etched in stone either it is just IMHO

[BIG STU]

11 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

I know how you feel.

 

I have an internal septic tank. It can’t be cleaned out. I’m full from a lifetime of crap so I ask people to please give their crap to someone else. 😉

 

 

 

 

First off I do not want to offend here because I know all Northners are not like that. Some of these ***hat transplants around here can not handle me because I will not take their crap period and will spring back on them WFO. I come back on them straight out of North Charlotte NC straight off the trailer. Good example

Yesterday one of our Red Card members was complaining about they Vedi Cut the greens this week and he complains every year and he has been told countless times why that I have heard myself. Our Super and grounds crews have worked their butts off the last 2 years and have done a 150% turn around of the course. I got on his old decripid butt hard in front of one of the owners. I told him you know damn well why. It is transition season and if they do not get the thatch out then the overseed rye will not take root and grow. By December you will be putting on dirt and complaining then. I further told him everyone was putting in the same conditions. I also told him he was a Red Card member and for $150 a year he got $20 rounds cart fees and all and he plays 3 or 4 days a week. I told him maybe if he expected Augusta National conditions year round he should maybe join next year up at Grand Dunes or one of the upscale courses but it would cost upscale prices. Man he sulked off as quickly as his old decripid butt could go. And like I said before since my accident and getting older my BS meter pegs lower and lower

[braincramp52]

7 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

First off I do not want to offend here because I know all Northners are not like that. Some of these ***hat transplants around here can not handle me because I will not take their crap period and will spring back on them WFO. I come back on them straight out of North Charlotte NC straight off the trailer. Good example

Yesterday one of our Red Card members was complaining about they Vedi Cut the greens this week and he complains every year and he has been told countless times why that I have heard myself. Our Super and grounds crews have worked their butts off the last 2 years and have done a 150% turn around of the course. I got on his old decripid butt hard in front of one of the owners. I told him you know damn well why. It is transition season and if they do not get the thatch out then the overseed rye will not take root and grow. By December you will be putting on dirt and complaining then. I further told him everyone was putting in the same conditions. I also told him he was a Red Card member and for $150 a year he got $20 rounds cart fees and all and he plays 3 or 4 days a week. I told him maybe if he expected Augusta National conditions year round he should maybe join next year up at Grand Dunes or one of the upscale courses but it would cost upscale prices. Man he sulked off as quickly as his old decripid butt could go. And like I said before since my accident and getting older my BS meter pegs lower and lower

I spent 6 years as the president of our grounds committee on the board at the club I belonged to back in the 90's. The first couple of years really sucked because I couldn't even play a damn round of golf without some smuck flagging me down to complain about something or make a "suggestion". I finally got smart and shut them up real quick by saying I had never seen them at a board meeting and that's the place to go if they had something to say. 

[nitram]

16 hours ago, touch said:

I spied these today and thought I better send a few pics to the Don of the Grand Strand's Miura Mafia and ask him about them. 

 

 

 

JW has pretty good taste . . .

[miamistomp]

13 hours ago, touch said:

Tonight's special dinner and liquor paring. 

 

 

 I would rather have a cheesesteak from  D Allesandros and a Mexican Coke

 

 

 

[touch]

6 minutes ago, miamistomp said:

 I would rather have a cheesesteak from  D Allesandros and a Mexican Coke

 

 

 

 

What no green peppers?  For shame. 😄

[touch]

The Age
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer

 

30 is the age that they say you're old
but you are still young and pretty bold.

Then comes 40 and you may feel
You've been given a rotten deal.

But wait, 50 appears out of the blue
And that age may be a bit of an issue

And before you know it 60 arrives
And you're thankful you have survived

And some of us see 70 years
People stop and call us dear.

The big 80 surprises you
You can't do what you use to.

And if 90 you do see
To stay awake drink more coffee

100 is the age that is amazing still
To get around takes some skill.

Forget about the age you are
Set your goals and you'll go far.

Yes with age you may have to adjust a bit
But it doesn't mean you have to sit and knit!

 

 

Edited October 28, 2022 by touch

[touch]

[Soloman1]

2 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

I spent 6 years as the president of our grounds committee on the board at the club I belonged to back in the 90's. The first couple of years really sucked because I couldn't even play a damn round of golf without some smuck flagging me down to complain about something or make a "suggestion". I finally got smart and shut them up real quick by saying I had never seen them at a board meeting and that's the place to go if they had something to say. 

 

If you had 300 members, you had 300 golf course architects and 300 master greens keepers.