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[tommc23]

On 7/13/2022 at 9:43 PM, tommc23 said:

Trying to find a place that can build my irons for me is a pain. Probably going to have to drive over an hour for it but if I do I can have my new clubs together this weekend and use them on my vacation next week.

Was at a wedding last night and a friend and he reminded me his uncle builds clubs. Talked to his uncle while there and we set up a day this week to build my clubs and I’m excited to learn from someone who has been building clubs for years. I’ll have clubs ready for round this week and I’m excited to see how the new Sub70s work for me and the new nippon shafts work

[Rickp]

1 hour ago, Shapotomous said:

To paraphrase Roy Scheider from Jaws....

I think they need a bigger Kubota

The operator/owner (Jamie) we are somewhat acquainted.  SWMBO yelled him that he needed bigger tractor and he replied to don’t worry I’m a highly trained professional

29 minutes ago, tommc23 said:

Was at a wedding last night and a friend and he reminded me his uncle builds clubs. Talked to his uncle while there and we set up a day this week to build my clubs and I’m excited to learn from someone who has been building clubs for years. I’ll have clubs ready for round this week and I’m excited to see how the new Sub70s work for me and the new nippon shafts work

Glad that worked out for you!!

[PMookie]

Forgiveness and accuracy are not the same, but odd to see a club named “best for accuracy” with a poor forgiveness score.

 

[ejgaudette]

9 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Forgiveness and accuracy are not the same, but odd to see a club named “best for accuracy” with a poor forgiveness score.

 

I think for forgiveness they noted talking about thing like ball speed and distance retention on off-center hits, with accuracy being the distance from the center line type measurement. I was confused the first time I read it too, had to read it a couple times.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

10 minutes ago, PMookie said:

Forgiveness and accuracy are not the same, but odd to see a club named “best for accuracy” with a poor forgiveness score.

 

If you just hit it perfectly every time you wont have any issues!

[PMookie]

1 hour ago, ejgaudette said:

I think for forgiveness they noted talking about thing like ball speed and distance retention on off-center hits, with accuracy being the distance from the center line type measurement. I was confused the first time I read it too, had to read it a couple times.

Seems like “consistency” would be a better name for that. If accuracy is just being straight, but one could be 20 yards long, or 20 yards short, it doesn’t sound very “accurate” to me. If one has 200 to carry water, I wouldn’t brag about how accurate my hybrid is if I kept putting the ball in the water short. “Dang! That was SO straight! Too bad it cost me a stroke!”

Thanks for the clarification!!!

[ejgaudette]

1 hour ago, PMookie said:

Seems like “consistency” would be a better name for that. If accuracy is just being straight, but one could be 20 yards long, or 20 yards short, it doesn’t sound very “accurate” to me. If one has 200 to carry water, I wouldn’t brag about how accurate my hybrid is if I kept putting the ball in the water short. “Dang! That was SO straight! Too bad it cost me a stroke!”

Thanks for the clarification!!!

You're welcome and yes that name might not be the best. I can see now how the grammar police on places like Twitter have a field day given day.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

On 7/5/2022 at 7:47 PM, Lacassem said:

Watermelon (and pretty much all the plants) have taken off. But we have 3 watermelons set, these things are pretty cool to watch grow (from 2 weeks ago and today with set melons)

 

These watermelons have been the coolest thing to watch grow. We have 4 per plant right now and tried to Stagger them. Cut the rest of the flowers that were producing two days ago and the first 2 we had tripled in size in two days

 

[edingc]

15 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

These watermelons have been the coolest thing to watch grow. We have 4 per plant right now and tried to Stagger them. Cut the rest of the flowers that were producing two days ago and the first 2 we had tripled in size in two days

 

I usually do one "rotating" crop each year (this year was sweet corn) in addition to my staples (peppers, beans, zucchini, peas), and I think watermelons are going to be next year's crop.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

23 minutes ago, edingc said:

I usually do one "rotating" crop each year (this year was sweet corn) in addition to my staples (peppers, beans, zucchini, peas), and I think watermelons are going to be next year's crop.

They are really interesting growing. They just took off and the kids absolutely love them so glad they are actually working! Going to have to tie them off soon since they are vertical. We  do the same last year was pumpkins, and we have cucumbers, peppers, squashes and beans.

[MaxEntropy]

On 7/16/2022 at 11:36 PM, chisag said:

 

... I am always surprised by those that don't use native plants. There is obviously a reason nature chooses certain trees/plants/flowers for certain areas and just mind boggling when people move and want some of the plants from home. 

We had a neighbor that had more money than sense. They had a big property outside of town and really wanted some palm trees out there. This being Ohio, every fall he would have them dug up and stored in a climate controlled warehouse until they could be replanted in the spring. Seemed kind of silly to me, but it was his money.

[tommc23]

First time building clubs was cool learned a lot. Definitely learned to make sure things are the length they should be brought my clubs home to find them being longer than my current clubs. Looking forward to seeing how they perform compared to my old clubs. Just going to rock them and not carry any of my old clubs tomorrow for my next round.

[bens197]

The streak is alive!

”the annual rejection letter, a tradition unlike any other…”

[cnosil]

5 hours ago, bens197 said:

The streak is alive!

”the annual rejection letter, a tradition unlike any other…”

 

Here is what my email said, is this good?!?!?

[Rickp]

59 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Here is what my email said, is this good?!?!?

Kinda good if you like that kinda thing.

Congratulations!!!

[fixyurdivot]

On 7/19/2022 at 5:32 AM, edingc said:

I usually do one "rotating" crop each year (this year was sweet corn) in addition to my staples (peppers, beans, zucchini, peas), and I think watermelons are going to be next year's crop.

While we were in WA, we had gardens most every year... getting smarter and smarter about what to plant, when, and (most importantly) coordinating with neighbors so we weren't all trying to offload zuke's, cuke's, tomato's, etc.  I tried the baby corn one year.  I had no idea the stalk grew to darn near the size of normal corn and the yield was maybe 10... one and done.   My favorites were cucumber and baby tomatoes.  Lot's of yield and I took a Tupperware full of them in my lunch bucket, slathered in Italian dressing, salt and pepper .

[edingc]

57 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

While we were in WA, we had gardens most every year... getting smarter and smarter about what to plant, when, and (most importantly) coordinating with neighbors so we weren't all trying to offload zuke's, cuke's, tomato's, etc.  I tried the baby corn one year.  I had no idea the stalk grew to darn near the size of normal corn and the yield was maybe 10... one and done.   My favorites were cucumber and baby tomatoes.  Lot's of yield and I took a Tupperware full of them in my lunch bucket, slathered in Italian dressing, salt and pepper .

I had to get smarter as well. I used to do cherry tomatoes but I'm the only person I know who eats them. Felt awful wasting so many - I can eat a pound or two over a few days but that's enough. Last year I think I pulled about 25 pounds of cherry tomatoes out of the garden. Overkill, obviously. I also used to do cabbage and Brussels sprouts, but last year's cabbage went almost completely to waste (something like 11 heads). I just don't know anyone else who eats them!

Green beans are a staple and even we struggle to keep up with those. I think I've pulled 10 pounds out over the last four days. I should can or freeze, but that's even more time commitment that I just don't have...

[fixyurdivot]

8 minutes ago, edingc said:

I had to get smarter as well. I used to do cherry tomatoes but I'm the only person I know who eats them. Felt awful wasting so many - I can eat a pound or two over a few days but that's enough. Last year I think I pulled about 25 pounds of cherry tomatoes out of the garden. Overkill, obviously. I also used to do cabbage and Brussels sprouts, but last year's cabbage went almost completely to waste (something like 11 heads). I just don't know anyone else who eats them!

Green beans are a staple and even we struggle to keep up with those. I think I've pulled 10 pounds out over the last four days. I should can or freeze, but that's even more time commitment that I just don't have...

Ooohhh, forgot all about how good fresh pole beans are... yum!

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

2 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

While we were in WA, we had gardens most every year... getting smarter and smarter about what to plant, when, and (most importantly) coordinating with neighbors so we weren't all trying to offload zuke's, cuke's, tomato's, etc.  I tried the baby corn one year.  I had no idea the stalk grew to darn near the size of normal corn and the yield was maybe 10... one and done.   My favorites were cucumber and baby tomatoes.  Lot's of yield and I took a Tupperware full of them in my lunch bucket, slathered in Italian dressing, salt and pepper .

Best thing about cucumber and tomatoes (on top of them being awesome) is salsa and pickles. Produces so much and I love jarring stuff up

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[fixyurdivot]

While on my way down to AZ last week, I noticed the mileage on the Expedition was approaching an ominous number.  What are the odds this happened as I passed through Las Vegas?   Full disclosure; I set the speed to match... breaking the law by 1 mph . 

[bens197]

3 hours ago, cnosil said:

Here is what my email said, is this good?!?!?

AWE-SOME!

Congrats

 

[hohjoe]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

While on my way down to AZ last week, I noticed the mileage on the Expedition was approaching an ominous number.  What are the odds this happened as I passed through Las Vegas?   Full disclosure; I set the speed to match... breaking the law by 1 mph . 

I got a ticket in Washington state years ago for doing 66 in a 65. I was headed to the airport from Vancouver and I think the trooper used it as an excuse to pull me over to see if I was a drug mule.

 

Is that a 10 speed?

[fixyurdivot]

56 minutes ago, hohjoe said:

I got a ticket in Washington state years ago for doing 66 in a 65. I was headed to the airport from Vancouver and I think the trooper used it as an excuse to pull me over to see if I was a drug mule.

 

Is that a 10 speed?

Yes. 

[Kenny B]

4 hours ago, Lacassem said:

Best thing about cucumber and tomatoes (on top of them being awesome) is salsa and pickles. Produces so much and I love jarring stuff up

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Cucumbers are only edible after vinegar removes the poison.  

[Kenny B]

2 hours ago, hohjoe said:

I got a ticket in Washington state years ago for doing 66 in a 65. I was headed to the airport from Vancouver and I think the trooper used it as an excuse to pull me over to see if I was a drug mule.

Profiling.  Anyone driving at or under the speed limit... everyone else drives 10 over.  

[BIG STU]

4 hours ago, hohjoe said:

I got a ticket in Washington state years ago for doing 66 in a 65. I was headed to the airport from Vancouver and I think the trooper used it as an excuse to pull me over to see if I was a drug mule.

 

Is that a 10 speed?

A bunch of us did something like that screwing with the SC Transport Police. Now I will note most of those guys are ok. We had a couple of little firecracker newbies in the area. We set the cruise on 54 in a 55 zone. They started pulling us and writing up little BS stuff. Their logic was if someone was running under the speed limit they were hiding violations. Those 2 cats wrote up like 100 tickets for BS in like 4 days. My boss was one of the companies that took all to court. When the judge heard one of them make that statement he threw every ticket out. When the district commander heard about it he seperated and moved those guys to different districts. My boss and several companies threatend to file harassment in the future if those guys pulled us. In fact the Sargent in our area thanked us for getting rid of those 2 because as he put it both of them were a royal PITA for him. All of us told him in so many words if he had any future problems to let us know. Now we did get pulled sometimes for inspection but they knew our company kept the trucks up. One of them pulled me one day and asked if I was in a hurry? I told him naah we got paid by the hour. He said no problem that he had one more inspection to do for the day and he knew we were easy with no violations. Sat in the car with him drinking Pepsi while he did the paper work. Next week I got pulled by a different one. He ran my license etc came back to the truck and said have a nice day "Schmitt I see you were inspected 2 days ago and were ok I can not justify another inspection have a nice day and I will catch you again. Around here it was a game with the regular drivers and officers. 

[BIG STU]

3 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Cucumbers are only edible after vinegar removes the poison.  

Well if that was the case I would have been dead long ago.. We used to get them from the field wash them off throw them in a cooler and iced them down sliced them with a pocket knife and add a little salt. In fact Sunday after Church I stopped by the little produce stand and got a couple. Cleaned them up put in a container of water in the fridge ate one just before bedtime. But yes we also eat them sliced soaked in vinegar and black pepper. In fact that was the fate of my second one my wife sliced it up put in the fridge in vinegar and black pepper those were right about lunch time Monday

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

3 hours ago, BIG STU said:

Well if that was the case I would have been dead long ago.. We used to get them from the field wash them off throw them in a cooler and iced them down sliced them with a pocket knife and add a little salt. In fact Sunday after Church I stopped by the little produce stand and got a couple. Cleaned them up put in a container of water in the fridge ate one just before bedtime. But yes we also eat them sliced soaked in vinegar and black pepper. In fact that was the fate of my second one my wife sliced it up put in the fridge in vinegar and black pepper those were right about lunch time Monday

My son will take them right off the vine quick wash and eat them like an apple

[hohjoe]

8 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Profiling.  Anyone driving at or under the speed limit... everyone else drives 10 over.  

Except in Maryland. The get people there for 2 over.

I figured, after he pulled me over, that's what he was doing. I had the cruise set and taking a leisurely drive to the airport, it gave him something to do I guess.

[RichL85]

11 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Cucumbers are only edible after vinegar removes the poison.  

My friend appropriately calls Cucumbers by their proper name... "Pre-Pickles"