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[BIG STU]

8 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Ya can’t remember last time saw movie worth the price of admission but this new Furiosa Mad Max movie was good.

 

I know you and @BIG STU into custom cars and this flick had some dope metal and lunatic fights!

 

And got dope 🍔 too! 🤣

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blade is really into the properly restored nice cars. Me I am more the Rat Rod type like the one in the picture. Not flashy but safe and dependable with some kick. 

[bladehunter]

I just want yall to know that I managed to make it rain a little last night.  I washed two huge trucks yesterday ….🤣.  And turned n the irrigation for the watermelons.  Of course.  That made it rain.  I told my wife it would.  Every damn time.  

[braincramp52]

4 hours ago, BIG STU said:

My neighbor across the street runs a bait and tackle store. He quit taking credit cards years ago. Now he is very smart. He had a cash machine installed outside his shop. He charges rent for space on the machine and gets a cut on every transaction. He has signs posted saying "Cash Only" and will direct tourons to the machine outside. He does not have to mess with the machine at all. The guy with the company comes by and fills it up with cash and maintains it. LOL I was in there one day and this obnoxious tourist told him by law he had to take credit cards. He told they guy this was Garden City Horry County SC and there was no such law here and the cash machine was outside if he did not like it to go back where he came from.

Yeah I know these big corporate companies push credit card sales with their cards. Home Depot one time I made a small purchase and they asked if I wanted a home Depot card? I told her no way. Then she wanted my E Mail I told her no way. I kinda got POed by then and asked her if I needed a e-mail and HD card to buy stuff? If so I would go elsewhere. I do not give out my phone number and E-Mail to strangers. On my discount cards like Kroger etc I use an old phone number that I have not had for 20 years. That stops spam and scam calls and scams off the e mail

I know people who do everything on credit cards and I just don't get it. 

[Soloman1]

8 hours ago, bladehunter said:

When I hit middle best it’s ball teed below crown of driver. Or top  of ball to top of driver.  I will tee it up. And somedays I’ll hit it higher and time it up.  But for the most part that’s the exception not the rule.     For another example. I tee 3 wood just off the grass. Basically just building a perfect lie with a tee. And I can get 1.49 smash all day … with a tiny divot after the tee , which is basically just a buzz cut of the grass. 
 

You hear “ don’t make lt a different swing “. If I don’t that’s where the tee height is. I’m going to return the club  to where it starts at address.  I can tee it up and hover it. But that’s basically same same.  I can hover an iron with ball teed  5 inches in the air and hit it clean. As far as  that goes. 🤣.  What I have  trouble with is teeing it somewhere up , and starting from an address position and hitting it up , without tilting something out of whack.  Or moving path etc. 

 

I’ll see if I can get some video tomorrow. .  I’m not ashamed to post it, just harder to do than you think.  I’ll get every angle on earth except the ones needed 🤣. 

 

thats perfect for 3-wood.

launch angle is too low with driver at that tee height, so you’ll never hit driver consistently farther. bulge comes into play also on slight mishits vertically.

 

ball position and tee height is your answer to playing the driver to the level you want.

 

can still hit a fade with slightly higher tee height by moving ball back an inch or so.

 

—-

 

monster steaks last night after another good day on the golf course.

 

 

Edited Monday at 12:33 PM by Soloman1

[braincramp52]

2 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

 

thats perfect for 3-wood.

launch angle is too low with driver at that tee height, so you’ll never hit driver consistently farther. bulge comes into play also on slight mishits vertically.

 

ball position and tee height is your answer to playing the driver to the level you want.

 

can still hit a fade with slightly higher tee height by moving ball back an inch or so.

 

—-

 

monster steaks last night after another good day on the golf course.

 

 

I think the big question here is, did you take somebody's cash?😁

[Triple Lindy]

2 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

I know people who do everything on credit cards and I just don't get it. 

We use credit cards for 95%+ of our purchases. Subscriptions, online purchases, gas, groceries, - it’s really hard to find something we don’t use credit cards for. I rarely pay with cash - too much of a hassle. I used to carry cash for the beverage cart, but even those have gone to credit card only around here. We don’t carry credit card debt, though. On the rare occasion that a discount is offered for cash, I’ll use it.

[Duct Tape]

23 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Okra! My father had particular taste with vegetables, only liked tomatoes, green peppers, and okra lol

 

My mother had a very nice garden and got tons of tomatoes and peppers 🫑 but okra doesn’t grow well in ny so had to buy it. She’d like stew it with some tomatoes and it was dope with a loaf of Italian bread. Oh and she’d stuff the peppers with rice and ground beef and bake them, awesome. 
 

As far as real estate and debt, there’s a concerning trend with “underwater” mortgages/homes on the rise. House is a dwelling not a piggy bank unless the equity is significant. 
 

Incredible farm you’ve got, blade! 🍻 can’t wait to see the sunflowers!

Fried okra is the only way to go BSC!    I could eat crispy ones and cheese grits all day. 
 

My mom’s family in OK were all gardeners. They liked things such as beets and turnips. 😡. Guess that didn’t pass down to me. 
 

Several years ago I built six raised garden beds. For me it’s all about heirloom tomatoes, esp Brandywines. The wife likes to sneak in other stuff. 

[bscinstnct]

3 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

I know people who do everything on credit cards and I just don't get it. 

 

Multiple reasons

 

5x faster at the register 

 

No need to keep getting cash constantly and carry cash around, I keep a hundy or so in wallet if a place looks sketchy and I don’t want them to have my credit card lol

 

Tracking expenses is all there for you

 

And most CCs you get fringe benefits. Like I have one that accumulates points for all I spend. Then if we go to Walgreens I’ll get $10 bucks off when pay. I usually accumulate hundreds of dollars in points and buy Christmas gifs with them for free

 

And you incur zero interest charge if you pay balance off month to month 
 

I totally understand those who prefer cash as well

Edited Monday at 03:04 PM by bscinstnct

[Petethreeput]

A lot of vendors prefer credit cards, particularly in the service industry.  Cash somehow "disappears," checks somehow aren't good, and with a credit card the 1.5% fee is worth it for the guarantee of receiving the money.  Labor laws are difficult as well.  You almost have to catch a person red handed for stealing cash or one might be open to a wrongful termination lawsuit.  In a former business we had about a 2% "shrinkage" and there was almost nothing I could do about it.  So for us, it was actually saving us thousands of dollars annually to take credit cards.

 

An advisor of mine also told us to never use a debit card.  The banks don't always guarantee fraudulent purchases, and with the skimmers, etc. people are using credit cards to keep their account from getting hacked.  Whereas credit card companies have fraud alerts and won't pay like a bank might in the event of fraud.  Likewise, if I have cash on me, and somehow I lose it there is no recourse.

 

Having said all of this, I tip in cash exclusively unless in a town with a servers union (a la Las Vegas) since it doesn't matter to them tax-wise because the tip is automatically taxed (they are automatically taxed on an expected tip regardless of whether they receive one or not).

 

Lots of reasons to use credit cards for your own security and the merchants security, the miles, cash back, etc. is just a perk.

Edited Monday at 02:59 PM by Petethreeput

[Nard_S]

 Don't have a CC. Use debit exclusively outside of purchases under $50. Carry few hundred in small bills. Tip in cash except big dinners. Wife has CC, things like car rentals and hotels prefer that to debit anyway. 

[braincramp52]

1 hour ago, Nard_S said:

 Don't have a CC. Use debit exclusively outside of purchases under $50. Carry few hundred in small bills. Tip in cash except big dinners. Wife has CC, things like car rentals and hotels prefer that to debit anyway. 

Yea, we don't have a cc either. Our bank takes care of any fraud on our debit card. Most places give a 3% discount for paying by cash or check. I don't like the idea of having almost unlimited funds at my disposal with a credit card. Too easy to buy crap I don't have money for. We got rid of our cards in 2010 and have never missed them once. I think it depends on your lifestyle and ours doesn't require one. 

[Soloman1]

1 hour ago, braincramp52 said:

I think the big question here is, did you take somebody's cash?😁

naw, these are 30-year friends. 20-year friends you can take cash from…

[Soloman1]

1 hour ago, Petethreeput said:

An advisor of mine also told us to never use a debit card. 

 

agree. gas stations are the worst place for debit card fraud.

[Nard_S]

23 minutes ago, braincramp52 said:

Yea, we don't have a cc either. Our bank takes care of any fraud on our debit card. Most places give a 3% discount for paying by cash or check. I don't like the idea of having almost unlimited funds at my disposal with a credit card. Too easy to buy crap I don't have money for. We got rid of our cards in 2010 and have never missed them once. I think it depends on your lifestyle and ours doesn't require one. 

Had one petty theft at a gas station in PA, they caught it, been doing this as long as you have. 

[mshills]

Credit card is required for car rentals and nice to have for airline tickets and hotel rooms. So I have one. 

[Nard_S]

My brother got his CC number hiked, someone booked a $11k cruise with it. Then following year, he had his tax return filed by someone else.His bank had a breach of sorts, will say bank i use can pee me off but security wise, top shelf.,

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, braincramp52 said:

Yea, we don't have a cc either. Our bank takes care of any fraud on our debit card. Most places give a 3% discount for paying by cash or check. I don't like the idea of having almost unlimited funds at my disposal with a credit card. Too easy to buy crap I don't have money for. We got rid of our cards in 2010 and have never missed them once. I think it depends on your lifestyle and ours doesn't require one. 

 

Nails it

 

 

🤣

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 06:03 PM by bscinstnct

[RoverTiger]

Guys,

 

Mrs. RoverTiger and I just endured one of the worst dining experiences either one of us has ever had. No hyperbole.

 

The place was criminally understaffed, the food took well over an hour to come out, and the wait only led to us receiving a chicken tender basket that may have come from the Island of Dr. Moreau and a flatbread pizza that was the physical manifestation of depression. At one point the waitress (bless her, she was trying her best) pretty much admitted that the guys in the kitchen didn't know what they were doing.

 

We're now salvaging the evening with TV dinners and ice cream.

 

Happy Monday. 😂

[braincramp52]

44 minutes ago, RoverTiger said:

Guys,

 

Mrs. RoverTiger and I just endured one of the worst dining experiences either one of us has ever had. No hyperbole.

 

The place was criminally understaffed, the food took well over an hour to come out, and the wait only led to us receiving a chicken tender basket that may have come from the Island of Dr. Moreau and a flatbread pizza that was the physical manifestation of depression. At one point the waitress (bless her, she was trying her best) pretty much admitted that the guys in the kitchen didn't know what they were doing.

 

We're now salvaging the evening with TV dinners and ice cream.

 

Happy Monday. 😂

That sucks. Did they make you pay full boat?

[RoverTiger]

1 minute ago, braincramp52 said:

That sucks. Did they make you pay full boat?

They knocked a good bit off, thankfully.

 

It's too bad. This place used to be one of our favorite places to grab a beer and some food, but the last couple of times there have left us feeling that they're going downhill fast.

 

 

[mshills]

7 hours ago, dashanks said:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I don't have any interest in hearing about anyone else's golf round here, or anywhere else, probably.  I know that this is a golf forum, but I could not care less about how anyone is driving it, chipping it, or putting it. My golf game is he only one that matters to me.  I wish everyone the best, but if you are hitting it like Ben Hogan or Ben Dover, it really doesn't matter to me.  And I know it really doesn't matter to you either.  Say I'm having a rotten stretch.  Do you really care?  Of course not.  I'm a faceless entity on the internet.   But, you know what?  Even if my best buddy was scoring like crap, I don't really give an isht. 

   These guys who give you these blow-by-blow descriptions of their rounds, I believe are wasting an incredible amount of effort and time. At the end of the day, as they say, the only score that matters to me is my own. We are all, after all, just a bunch of guys who love to play this game. A couple of sentences will suffice.  Couldn't get off the tee?  Short game sucked?  Fine.  That's all we need to hear. Been there, done that.  It's a game without pity.  Great shot followed by crappy shot. We're never gonna figure it out.  It's unfigureable.

I’ll take the full blow by blow recap every day and twice on Sunday vs. hearing about a fantasy football team or NCAA ‘bracket.’

[deadsolid...shank]

7 hours ago, dashanks said:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I don't have any interest in hearing about anyone else's golf round here, or anywhere else, probably.  I know that this is a golf forum, but I could not care less about how anyone is driving it, chipping it, or putting it. My golf game is he only one that matters to me.  I wish everyone the best, but if you are hitting it like Ben Hogan or Ben Dover, it really doesn't matter to me.  And I know it really doesn't matter to you either.  Say I'm having a rotten stretch.  Do you really care?  Of course not.  I'm a faceless entity on the internet.   But, you know what?  Even if my best buddy was scoring like crap, I don't really give an isht. 

   These guys who give you these blow-by-blow descriptions of their rounds, I believe are wasting an incredible amount of effort and time. At the end of the day, as they say, the only score that matters to me is my own. We are all, after all, just a bunch of guys who love to play this game. A couple of sentences will suffice.  Couldn't get off the tee?  Short game sucked?  Fine.  That's all we need to hear. Been there, done that.  It's a game without pity.  Great shot followed by crappy shot. We're never gonna figure it out.  It's unfigureable.

A hat for you Dashanks!😀

[bscinstnct]

8 hours ago, dashanks said:

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I don't have any interest in hearing about anyone else's golf round here, or anywhere else, probably.  I know that this is a golf forum, but I could not care less about how anyone is driving it, chipping it, or putting it. My golf game is he only one that matters to me.  I wish everyone the best, but if you are hitting it like Ben Hogan or Ben Dover, it really doesn't matter to me.  And I know it really doesn't matter to you either.  Say I'm having a rotten stretch.  Do you really care?  Of course not.  I'm a faceless entity on the internet.   But, you know what?  Even if my best buddy was scoring like crap, I don't really give an isht. 

   These guys who give you these blow-by-blow descriptions of their rounds, I believe are wasting an incredible amount of effort and time. At the end of the day, as they say, the only score that matters to me is my own. We are all, after all, just a bunch of guys who love to play this game. A couple of sentences will suffice.  Couldn't get off the tee?  Short game sucked?  Fine.  That's all we need to hear. Been there, done that.  It's a game without pity.  Great shot followed by crappy shot. We're never gonna figure it out.  It's unfigureable.

 

Whaddayu from NY or something?

 

da be like

 

 

 

 

🤣 🍻 

 

 

People care da, hard as it is to believe.

 

I mean, I don’t 🤣 but you know. 
 

Actually when I played with my FiL (RIP) he had a few retired NYPD we’d play with.

 

One guy was very chill, just happy go lucky. Had amazing touch around the green for a big dude. One guy just sneered his way through the round, never talked much, I liked him, one time he gave me a ball marker, I was actually quite touched lol

 

One guy got really mad if you hit good shots, one time my FiL made like 3 pars in a row (a big deal for us!) and he was like “would you just stop”. Total idiot

 

Oh, one guy, not PD, cheated marking his ball, he’d literally put his mark down a foot in front on his ball, then when it was his turn, he’d put his ball down a few inches in front of his mark and pick it up 🤣

Edited Tuesday at 11:47 AM by bscinstnct

[Duct Tape]

Great timing. I had an excellent round yesterday. Drove well which always starts off my good scoring. Sharp iron play. Great putting. 
 

But much more detail to come on the 10PM late night episode. For now I need to urgently work on my four fantasy NFL teams with new, “sure to win strategy” this year, for once, and then switch over to the NCAA.  Won’t leave out prep and college wrestling @mshills!  😀

 

🤓😀🏌🏼‍♀️🏌🏼‍♀️🏌🏼‍♀️

[dashanks]

28 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Whaddayu from NY or something?

 

da be like

 

 

 

 

🤣 🍻 

 

 

People care da, hard as it is to believe.

 

I mean, I don’t 🤣 but you know. 
 

Actually when I played with my FiL (RIP) he had a few retired NYPD we’d play with.

 

One guy was very chill, just happy go lucky. Had amazing touch around the green for a big dude. One guy just sneered his way through the round, never talked much, I liked him, one time he gave me a ball marker, I was actually quite touched lol

 

One guy got really mad if you hit good shots, one time my FiL made like 3 pars in a row (a big deal for us!) and he was like “would you just stop”. Total idiot

 

Oh, one guy, not PD, cheated marking his ball, he’d literally put his mark down a foot in front on his ball, then when it was his turn, he’d put his ball down a few inches in front of his mark and pick it up 🤣

I used to play with a guy like the last one you mentioned.  He loved to be asked to move his marker.  That would get him another foot closer to the cup.   He putted with a Spider and would line up the rear of the head with the marker and then move the marker to the front.  Same act when he replaced it.  For some reason he also found it necessary to "identify his ball" quite a bit.  Miraculously, the ball would end up in a much better lie after he "identified" it.  We never played for money (the only time I care what somebody else shoots) so I never said anything.  It was actually funny to watch because he thought he was being really slick.  Just for the record, this guy wasn't a cop.

[bladehunter]

22 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Multiple reasons

 

5x faster at the register 

 

No need to keep getting cash constantly and carry cash around, I keep a hundy or so in wallet if a place looks sketchy and I don’t want them to have my credit card lol

 

Tracking expenses is all there for you

 

And most CCs you get fringe benefits. Like I have one that accumulates points for all I spend. Then if we go to Walgreens I’ll get $10 bucks off when pay. I usually accumulate hundreds of dollars in points and buy Christmas gifs with them for free

 

And you incur zero interest charge if you pay balance off month to month 
 

I totally understand those who prefer cash as well

Want you to know that I recognized Michael Johnson’s form on your avatar , from my tiny phone  screen. Without clicking on it. But I did click on it just to see if it was Atlanta or not. That guy was my idol .  Just a beast. Born with the pepper.  
 

we sat and watched all the finals last night.  I had forgot how much I love to watch elite runners. Probably haven’t watched over 30 min since 2000 or so.  I can still pick winners .  My son got mad at me last night for calling out winners before.  He’s like “ how on earth are you doing this “. I just see it. Sometimes it’s the bounce.  Sometimes it’s just the eyes. They just glow.  
 

i Managed 3 days of running last week.  Going to get some in today.  Ready to see this spare tire melt.  
 

 

Edited Tuesday at 01:16 PM by bladehunter

[Duct Tape]

2 hours ago, bladehunter said:

Want you to know that I recognized Michael Johnson’s form on your avatar , from my tiny phone  screen. Without clicking on it. But I did click on it just to see if it was Atlanta or not. That guy was my idol .  Just a beast. Born with the pepper.  
  
 

 

He did have a unique upright style. 

Edited Tuesday at 03:53 PM by Duct Tape
Upright, not “uptight”. Jeez

[bladehunter]

21 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

Yea, we don't have a cc either. Our bank takes care of any fraud on our debit card. Most places give a 3% discount for paying by cash or check. I don't like the idea of having almost unlimited funds at my disposal with a credit card. Too easy to buy crap I don't have money for. We got rid of our cards in 2010 and have never missed them once. I think it depends on your lifestyle and ours doesn't require one. 

I have one. But I don’t carry it. My wife has it Incase for some reason  I want to buy a big item and float it for a month .  But I don’t like the idea , as you said , of unlimited money.  I’m too naturally inclined to be generous if I’m flush with cash.  I’ll take the check. Or I’ll tip too much. Or I’ll buy enough food for 3 years at the grocery store and it will spoil.  Etc etc. probably some deep seated consequence of growing up poor.  I share easily , and  I want to hoard things.  Everything.  So having a budget or limit is good.  

Edited Tuesday at 01:24 PM by bladehunter

[bladehunter]

6 minutes ago, Duct Tape said:

He did have a unique uptight style. 

Yep.  He’d start out down and as he got momentum he’d get up on his toes and eventually be leaned back into that upright place where he just let go.  
 

 

I had a coach that compared that style to a boat getting up on the water and trimming out to where the prop was all that was in the water.    That was the best description for me I’ve ever heard.  Once you’re up on top ( as we’d call it ). The resistance level is much less. You’re touching the ground much less than at slower speed.  But alot of runners can’t get up on their toes completely.  That’s one of the differences between elite and good. 

[bscinstnct]

13 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Want you to know that I recognized Michael Johnson’s form on your avatar , from my tiny phone  screen. Without clicking on it. But I did click on it just to see if it was Atlanta or not. That guy was my idol .  Just a beast. Born with the pepper.  
 

we sat and watched all the finals last night.  I had forgot how much I love to watch elite runners. Probably haven’t watched over 30 min since 2000 or so.  I can still pick winners .  My son got mad at me last night for calling out winners before.  He’s like “ how on earth are you doing this “. I just see it. Sometimes it’s the bounce.  Sometimes it’s just the eyes. They just glow.  
 

i Managed 3 days of running last week.  Going to get some in today.  Ready to see this spare tire melt.  
 

 

 

🤣 gotta drop that wisdom the younguns. 
 

Ya, I never ran track but remember he was da 💣 

 

And now I’m gettin more into these sprint intervals, doin 10 x 200, prolly at 80% effort (don’t wanna injure myself lol) but the crescendo of being completely winded and gasping for breath builds up as I progress to the last rep. 
 

Good work blade! There ya go. Live a little! Nothing like the wind in your ears and hitting the stride. Then, I’m so relaxed even the morons I have to sometimes deal with for work don’t phase me at all 🤣🍻