Clubhouse Grille (*** NO LIV DISCUSSIONS ***) (*** NO POLITICS/RELIGION ***)

[billh17]

10 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Does that fine print read, "Starter Iron".

LOL   What  in the world is "Stable Iron "??   Comes in the Black..

and the other option is GOLD....with that same shaft......weird looking...

Edited November 24, 2022 by billh17

[billh17]

YOU gotta remember I am the only One Length user in the grille, I think,.

tho, I have gone back to my regular wedge set up. The rest are one length.

[Soloman1]

Uh, I’ve never heard of single-length Honma irons. Are they modified by someone?

 

If they’re Mutsui Honma, they’re not Honma. It’s the name of the brother of the founder of Honma and are nowhere near Honma quality.

 

Oops, just saw the photo. It didn’t load earlier.

 

Caveat Emptor, those are not Honma…

Edited November 24, 2022 by Soloman1

[Soloman1]

Those clubs are popular with the yakuza, or people who want to pretend that they're yakuza. 🙂

 

They do look weird because they're made to be as gaudy as possible and ridiculously expensive new in Japan. The yakuza and chimpira (wanna be's) love gold gaudy stuff.

 

The horns on their cars even play the Godfather theme! 🙂

 

[Conrad1953]

Cobi and I were at a friends house for Thanksgiving today, and after we had stuffed our faces

full of yummy chow, the guy brings out this Meta Geordi La Forge Visor/Headset looking thing

and asks us if we want to try it.

 

Not knowing any better we were like sure, OK. Cobi wanted to go first and after the guy got 

the contraption mounted on her face, he put her on a roller coaster through some Jurassic

setting with dinosaurs in pursuit. She started to get dizzy right away but he coaxed her along

and she hung in there till the end, though she was in obvious distress when she took that thing

off.

 

Next was my turn. I lasted about 1 minute and then I ripped that thing off my head just before

I was gonna lose my Thanksgiving dinner all over the floor. Instant nausea. I've always loved

riding roller coasters but this thing?? Never again will I go near one of those Meta head things!

 

We were both still feeling queasy when we got home. Thankfully, I still had some anti nausea

medication on hand from my last surgery. Maybe it's old age or maybe we're just becoming

wusses but man, our sense of balance went quickly in the thing.

[Soloman1]

Thats the number one reason that virtual reality and FaceBook's Metaverse will fail disasterously. We had a virtual reality setup where a player could "step into" the avatar of a tour player and move in 3D slow motion, seeing everything, including themselves through the headset.

 

It's the biggest unrevealed and unresolved issue by people trying to sell virtual reality is that so many people get nauseous - seasick. It's a disconnect between the sensory processing of your eyes to images that are actually still images moving at a frequency incompatible with human vision and a delay between the images and your body motion.

 

Movies are still 24fps, but we're external viewers and don't see ourselves in the image. Trying to speed up the frequency doesn't help the body react to the disconnect when we're participants.

 

Oops, I went into the science stuff again!

Edited November 24, 2022 by Soloman1

[miamistomp]

1 hour ago, billh17 said:

YOU gotta remember I am the only One Length user in the grille, I think,.

tho, I have gone back to my regular wedge set up. The rest are one length.

 I am one length cobras=but wedges are standard length

[Double Mocha Man]

10 minutes ago, miamistomp said:

 I am one length cobras=but wedges are standard length

 

Curious.  Why not wedges at the one length size?  Seems like that would be beneficial.

[miamistomp]

 I should say PW is one length too 

  Gap and sand are standard length- I try not to hit full shots with those

[Conrad1953]

17 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

Thats the number one reason that virtual reality and FaceBook's Metaverse will fail disasterously. We had a virtual reality setup where a player could "step into" the avatar of a tour player and move in 3D slow motion, seeing everything, including themselves through the headset.

 

It's the biggest unrevealed and unresolved issue by people trying to sell virtual reality is that so many people get nauseous - seasick. It's a disconnect between the sensory processing of your eyes to images that are actually still images moving at a frequency incompatible with human vision and a delay between the images and your body motion.

 

Movies are still 24fps, but we're external viewers and don't see ourselves in the image. Trying to speed up the frequency doesn't help the body react to the disconnect when we're participants.

 

Oops, I went into the science stuff again!

 

Great explanation. Thanks for getting "scientific". 

[Double Mocha Man]

West Coast time.  All you satiated and couch-bound folks back East... I will be feeling the same in about 3 hours.  Turkey just went in the oven.  It's a "Heritage" bird this year.  Bred from the original turkeys at the first Thanksgiving.  Or marketing.  Working on the dressing and cranberry sauce.  Very traditional this year.

[touch]

Let me share a piece from an author that I have enjoyed now for a few years. His stories are excellent. 

 

November 24, 2022 — sludgo's Mile Markers | 40 Comments

sludgo’s Mile Markers: Mile 130

I woke up to the sound of a mourning dove cooing from its perch in the giant saguaro just outside my window. A cool-warm breeze danced across my face and I smelled sage and lavender in the late November air. The Beehive was rattling pots and pans around out in the kitchen, whipping me up some eggs and sausage and bacon and pancakes and toast even though she knows I don’t do breakfast. I wiped the sleep from my eyes and gave a little chuckle. It had been so good to see her the day before when I picked her up at the airport. She’d looked terrific coming out of the tunnel, still trim and fit and vivacious after almost eighty-eight years, ready to enjoy her twenty-seventh winter in the Valley of the Sun. I grinned at the thought then noticed the time and hopped out of bed. Slipped into the snappiest duds I’d packed for the trip and wandered into the kitchen. Saw her standing over by the slider, all made-up and dressed to the nines. She noticed me walk in and greeted me with her movie-star smile. Asked if I was ready to go and I said that I was. Told her I was looking forward to it. Nothing like Coffee Time at Sunset Acres.  

 

 

We headed out the door and into the bright yellow Arizona morning. Toddled a block or so down the street until we came upon a dark brown adobe cozily nestled behind two lazy palm trees. Tony’s place, the one and only coffee stop for the entire neighborhood ever since he and Fran moved down from Kansas in ’89. Fran was long gone but Tony had kept up the tradition they’d started—coffee at their place every morning from eight-thirty until whenever. Bring your own cup and conversation. Donuts if you’d like.

We strolled up the walk and through the screen door and into a giant room packed full of Bluehairs and Silvertops and Chromedomes and southwestern décor. Mom held onto my arm tightly as she led me through the crowd like a show pony, introducing me to everyone as we went along, telling them all that I used to be a psychotherapist but had recently retired to become a writer.

One of the Bluehairs smiled at me graciously and raised a curious eyebrow.

“Exactly what kind of writing is it that you do?”

The room got quiet and my mouth got dry.

“Oh, well, uh, it’s kind of hard to explain, actually,” I stammered. “I do a regular column for an automotive website, a human-interest thing that usually has to do with cars but more often than not it’s about people I’ve known and experiences I’ve had. Honestly, I sort of write about whatever I want. For example, right now I’m working on my Thanksgiving post. Something about all the things I’m grateful for.”

Her powdered face brightened.

“Make sure to mention good health,” she said knowingly. “It’s the most important of anything.”

“That and the health of your family,” chimed in one of the Silvertops sitting nearby.

“And the fact you’ve got a dry bed to sleep in and food on your table and a dollar in your pocket,” noted another as the crowd nodded in unison.

Just then one of the older Chromedomes eased himself up from his chair. Turned and walked slowly over to the couch where he’d laid his coat. Picked it up and pointed to a patch on the shoulder. A flag patch. The Stars and Stripes.

“This, Mr. sludgo. This. This is what I’m most thankful for. The fact that I was born and raised and privileged to spend my entire life as a citizen of this country. The United States. The greatest in the world then and the greatest in the world now. I fought for it. Lots of my buddies did too. All of us eighteen years old and thousands of miles away from home and scared spitless, but doing what we were supposed to do. Our duty. A lot of those guys never made it back and I think about their service and their sacrifice every day. Every single day. And even though I know we’ve got some big problems as a nation that we’ve yet to iron out I can still say that there’s no place on earth I’d rather call home than America. The land of the free. The home of the brave.”

Not a dry eye in the house.

 

 

I brought the tumbler of Bailey’s on ice out to the patio and set it on the end table next to the Beehive’s lawn chair. Noticed she was busy fiddling with her phone, completely ignoring yet another gorgeous bittersweet-orange Arizona sunset. I took a seat across from her and asked her what was up and she told me she’d been locked out of InstaFace and couldn’t get back in. That there was something wrong with her emails and her messages too. Then she clapped the phone down hard onto the arm of her chair and took the Almighty’s name in vain. And she never does that.

I reached out and picked up her phone. Looked at it and saw the problem and after a few quick clicks and slides and shakes that was that. All was well again. I handed it back to her and told her it was fixed and she grinned. Said she appreciated it.

I nodded and smiled. Told her that I enjoyed helping her out. That it was my pleasure, the least I could do for the best mother in the world.

She turned away immediately, trying to shake off the compliment but I wouldn’t let her. Took the opportunity to finally say some things I’d wanted to say to her for a while. Like how blessed I’d been to have her as my Mom. How thankful I was for her. All the hugs. All the kisses. All the patience and all the kindness. That I was grateful for all the times she’d patched me up after I’d fallen down and hurt my boo-boo. All the times she’d cheered me on when everyone else had counted me out. And especially for all the times she’d given me a good swift kick in the keister because she thought I needed to toughen up, Buttercup.

She laughed at that and so did I and we grew silent for a moment, then I leaned over and took her hand. Wrapped it into mine and gave it a gentle squeeze.

“I love you, Mom.”

“I love you too, sludge.”

Not a dry eye in the house.

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by touch

[touch]

My 7 lb oven roasted turkey breast. I just used a flavorful rub on the exterior prior cooking. 

Man do I love the crispy skin. 

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

3 minutes ago, touch said:

My 7 lb oven roasted turkey breast. I just used a flavorful rub on the exterior prior cooking. 

Man do I love the crispy skin. 

 

 

 

You'll be having turkey sandwiches, turkey salads and turkey omelets for awhile...

[billh17]

1 hour ago, miamistomp said:

 I am one length cobras=but wedges are standard length

Thanks !  Thata my concept exactly... Just did not get the results with the wedges

and switched back to my old ones.

[Soloman1]

Yeah, I’m still 30 minutes away from a ludicrous amount of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy.

 

The wife wanted me to shave her legs before she got into a bubble bath. Sometimes a man’s gotta do what’s asked.

 

Hmm, could be an eventful thanksgiving.

[Soloman1]

Good idea switching to shorter wedges.

[Double Mocha Man]

3 minutes ago, Soloman1 said:

Yeah, I’m still 30 minutes away from a ludicrous amount of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy.

 

The wife wanted me to shave her legs before she got into a bubble bath. Sometimes a man’s gotta do what’s asked.

 

Hmm, could be an eventful thanksgiving.

 

L-tryptophan.

[billh17]

1 minute ago, Soloman1 said:

Good idea switching to shorter wedges.

changing back to the regular wedges  sure made my game more enjoyable.

[miamistomp]

 I have the Cobra F8's with regular graphite shaft

 

6-pw are the one lengths

 

I carry the 6 iron about 165 and the gaps are about 12 yards between clubs

 

My f8 gap wedge is standard length and is my choice from 80- 100 yards

 

After that 56 degree sand wedge ( I actually carry two-low and high bounce )

[billh17]

2 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

 

Curious.  Why not wedges at the one length size?  Seems like that would be beneficial.

when i first switched, the wedges were the more difficult to start hitting well.. After a couple years, i noticed a definite drop on distance.  I whined about it on here a while back.  After many days of hitting balls on the range, i found that the wedges were the only club i lost distance on. I think it may have been due to the high Traj on them. Like Miami, I play Cobra One Length thru the PW..after that i went back to the regular wedge set up. The GW in the One Lengths was a high 75 to 85 and i had no idea which it would be ! Now my full swing is:

PW    105

GW      95

54        80

LW is a good 60/65, but i seldom hit the last two full swing. Most of the wedge work for me is 1/2 to 3/4 swings. I am not good enough nor play enough to need more than that !

Edited November 25, 2022 by billh17

[billh17]

4 minutes ago, miamistomp said:

 I have the Cobra F8's with regular graphite shaft

 

6-pw are the one lengths

 

I carry the 6 iron about 165 and the gaps are about 12 yards between clubs

 

My f8 gap wedge is standard length and is my choice from 80- 100 yards

 

After that 56 degree sand wedge ( I actually carry two-low and high bounce )

we are pretty close on the set up and yardages, but I bet your accuracy is a mite bit better than mine !

[billh17]

Just now, billh17 said:

we are pretty close on the set up and yardages, but I bet your accuracy is a mite bit better than mine !

Now i am looking really close to a set of the Cobra Forged One Length. But I hate

to spend the money !

[Soloman1]

That’s OK, you can get them in your next life. 😉

 

[Conrad1953]

Soloman, this is a Japanese listing on eBay. The word Laputeur......I cannot find anything on it.

Do you know what this word means? 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364052746971?hash=item54c33c12db:g:KmMAAOSwUQljdxIC&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8JYgC36LHOdlYJY9dztU24UiBur%2FALyNSOAYI0pM6neKhf2XJLtHc7r%2F7x84vAsRtVX7e6jLGXCuwT1dVtcePJCHIKHZENNXH4QolP%2BtF6aANUua%2FaIKbpzrF7xYDDKMAErq07I03LuVNOo5ADv14IgnbWgNx16RK%2FqNMETJKGyckAxjKyZEMfzQ04B0FJb5RmpTN8tf%2F%2Be140Wjg7SLjK0EVCthGEJCcoRb99rwUJ8KcutyhVPRyOKqKZjTZL6DJ8R%2BPHHZv7gSsEBcei8fW%2BgGRCXrrOEuy8Y%2F%2FF2Jy%2BfFUHIWCUidCb3W19vdpHFSzw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR57ixsuVYQ

[miamistomp]

 They misspelled Ping  Rapture 😀

[touch]

And for whenever Fella checks back in I have this for him. 

 

 

 

 

Picks week 12 

 

Standard                                                                           SLP

 

LP         Detroit  Dal/NYG Ovr  TBD                             Min/NE Ovr     TBD

 

 

For those of you keeping score at home that is a 3-0 on Thanksgiving day for the second place commissioner!  

 

 

And on your coat tails #8 I went a perfect 3-0 on Thanksgiving.

Thanks for putting up the points and congrats on the huge win in prime time Captain Kirk !

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2022 by touch

[Conrad1953]

2 hours ago, miamistomp said:

 They misspelled Ping  Rapture 😀

 

LOL, the seller answered me by telling me it was sold and they hope to see me again. Nothing

on Laputeur so maybe it is Japanese for Rapture...or very much misspelled it Laputeur. I'll never

know now.

 

I had also asked them about the shaft. It looked like a Ping version of the Graphite Design AD

shafts Tour Edge Exotics used to put in their FWs around that time frame; 2009 or so. 

[scomac2002]

19 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Back in the kitchen at the Clubhouse Grille all the chefs are whipping up Thanksgiving dinner. Lots of very tasty entrees, but no ham. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

 

 

 

 

We had ham, but then again, Thanksgiving was 6 weeks ago... 🤷‍♂️

[Soloman1]

7 hours ago, Conrad1953 said:

Nothing

on Laputeur so maybe it is Japanese for Rapture...or very much misspelled it Laputeur. I'll never

know now.

 

 

It’s Rapture using roman alphabet. There is no R in Japanese.

 

ラプツル　in katakana for a foreign word pronounced la pu tsu ru. Maybe they thought it was French…

 

You're better off going to yahoo auction instead of ebay Japan. ebay is a minor site there.

 

Yahoo is more controlled and sellers vetted. eBay is not.

 

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/category/list/2084304015/?p=ピン&auccat=2084304015&fixed=2&exflg=1&b=1&n=50&s1=featured

 

Those are Ping drivers. But it’s only in Japanese, I think. 😞

 

 

 

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Soloman1