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[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Distance sells new golf equipment

I have cash in my wallet for anyone that can put a driver in my hands that beats my driver by 20 yards.  I opened my wallet last month and moths flew out.

[cnosil]

9 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Seems like it was just a week or so ago that you were playing lousy.  Hope you get that straightened out before testing starts... bring your "A" swing!!

Still a mess since I haven’t played or hit balls in a while.  But, most wanted testing is about the people and my bad swing could represent the masses

[Rickp]

2 hours ago, cnosil said:

Still a mess since I haven’t played or hit balls in a while.  But, most wanted testing is about the people and my bad swing could represent the masses

Definitely match my swing right now!

[fixyurdivot]

Perhaps it's because he is highly superstitious and thinks he'll curse Big Blue's chances at winning the national championship... but has anyone heard from Alan @Shanksterof late?  The dude gets a promotion and re-assignment and drops us like a live grenade .

Another member that's gone MIA is Wayne @GrumpyGolf.  Hope all is okay with both of them... been weird times of late.

[BIG STU]

On 12/7/2022 at 5:53 PM, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Update:

I now reside in NC. Pulled out of TN Saturday evening and got to the new house at midnight. Unloaded the truck and POD already. Furniture is in place and now it's all about the endless number of boxes to go through. 

Good news is the past owner left the pool table that was less than a year old. Bad news is that was where my simulator was going to go. Current plans for the simulator are for it to sit in the box. But I have thoughts for an outdoor area once spring gets here. This winter will involve a lot of unpacking and additional purging. I'm feeling a double garage man cave in the near future. 

 

Well you are not that far from me now--- BTW when you get settled in I found the large beverage holder for R2-D2. LOL it was down behind the stack of dry firewood. I found it last week when we fired up the wood stove.

[BIG STU]

On 12/7/2022 at 10:51 PM, Jmikecpa said:

Thanks for the kind words, it has been a tough few days. My buddy’s family came into VA today and are starting to get why they need to do done. I got a request from them in that they wanted to know if I could take the dog permanently. They have a lot going on between this and some other issues back at home and can’t care for him. One call to my wife and she said absolutely bring him home and we will figure it out from there. So meet my new buddy Sebastian….

He is a 3 year old St. Bernard and the sweetest boy you could ever want. Obviously hate the circumstances that led to this but my buddy loved this guy and he deserves a good home. My initial decision to take him was based on either he comes with me or goes to a shelter which was not going to happen. He and I are taking a road trip north tomorrow so that he can see his new home and get adjusted. 

Sad circumstances indeed. We got our French Bulldog Tank under similar circumstances. My golf bud Bear bought him out of Missouri as a puppy from a breeder. Bear got real sick and could not care for him so he asked us to take him or it was the Dog Pound. No way we were going to let that happen. Bear ended up having to go to a care faculity and he passed away some 3 months later. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

13 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

Well you are not that far from me now--- BTW when you get settled in I found the large beverage holder for R2-D2. LOL it was down behind the stack of dry firewood. I found it last week when we fired up the wood stove.

 

Who could refuse a large beverage holder! I have my eye on a country club near me. The good news is I don't see any massive hills and elevation changes that I am used to dealing with. R2-D2 will surely see more course time and I won't be gasping for air.  I just checked and Google Maps puts me 2 hr and 8 min away from you. 

[fixyurdivot]

A Tesla S Plaid purchase comes with a free Platinum Twitter account .  All the GT500's, Hellcats, and ZR1's won't even hear it coming as it whizzes past.  When they can get what sounds like a German guy totally stoked about acceleration... well, that's saying something.  

One of my former co-workers just purchased a like new 2021 and says "the acceleration is just bonkers".

[tony@CIC]

13 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

A Tesla S Plaid purchase comes with a free Platinum Twitter account .  All the GT500's, Hellcats, and ZR1's won't even hear it coming as it whizzes past.  When they can get what sounds like a German guy totally stoked about acceleration... well, that's saying something.  

One of my former co-workers just purchased a like new 2021 and says "the acceleration is just bonkers".

All electric cars have rapid acceleration - the bigger question is how can you really go, especially in North America since we don't have an Autobahn. We're going to have to buy a new car in 2023 but I think we'll opt for a hybrid vs. electric primarily based on initial cost and charge availability. 

[fixyurdivot]

1 hour ago, tony@CIC said:

All electric cars have rapid acceleration - the bigger question is how can you really go, especially in North America since we don't have an Autobahn. We're going to have to buy a new car in 2023 but I think we'll opt for a hybrid vs. electric primarily based on initial cost and charge availability. 

Yes, range will be a limiting factor for EV's - at least in the near term.  But, as my buddy said "at my age, those short bursts of crazy acceleration, is worth every damn dollar I spent on it" 

[Kenny B]

1 hour ago, fixyurdivot said:

A Tesla S Plaid purchase comes with a free Platinum Twitter account .  All the GT500's, Hellcats, and ZR1's won't even hear it coming as it whizzes past.  When they can get what sounds like a German guy totally stoked about acceleration... well, that's saying something.  

One of my former co-workers just purchased a like new 2021 and says "the acceleration is just bonkers".

We all see claims of how many miles an electric car can travel on a full charge: I don't see how far they go on partial charges, and I doubt we will ever see how many miles you can go after X numbers of "bonkers" acceleration.

[Kenny B]

4 minutes ago, fixyurdivot said:

Yes, range will be a limiting factor for EV's - at least in the near term.  But, as my buddy said "at my age, those short bursts of crazy acceleration, is worth every damn dollar I spent on it" 

Range is not as big an issue for folks back east, and Seattle where your buddy lives; towns are close by,  Much different for us out here in the wide open west as you well know.  I remember in the 1970's during the gas rationing days driving over Snoqualmie Pass and wondering if my Pontiac Firebird would make it to North Bend before I ran out of gas!!  

[fixyurdivot]

I would want the Tesla S Plaid with the on-demand Hellcat exhaust sound option . 

[cnosil]

15 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

We all see claims of how many miles an electric car can travel on a full charge: I don't see how far they go on partial charges, and I doubt we will ever see how many miles you can go after X numbers of "bonkers" acceleration.

There have been some estimates:

Ludicrous mode is 1600 amps at 400 volts or 400x1600=640,000 watts for say 11 seconds. A p100d+ battery is 100kw so at a rate of 640kw the pack would be at 0 percent in roughly 9.37 minutes.

[Rickp]

27 minutes ago, cnosil said:

There have been some estimates:

Ludicrous mode is 1600 amps at 400 volts or 400x1600=640,000 watts for say 11 seconds. A p100d+ battery is 100kw so at a rate of 640kw the pack would be at 0 percent in roughly 9.37 minutes.

Huh

[silver & black]

Electric cars are 20/30 years away from being viable for every day use...IMO. Not saying they aren't/shouldn't be the future.... just not viable in the very near future.

[fozcycle]

On 11/29/2022 at 11:18 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

Anyone else just having a awful Fantasy Football season? I am in 4 or 5 different leagues and think I only have 1 playoff contender. Previous years I maybe would miss one league and the rest be good playoff teams... yikes

Right with ya APH…..I am in 3 leagues and have no contenders this y3ar, each league has 12 - 14 teams. Injuries have killed me.

[tommc23]

14 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

Perhaps it's because he is highly superstitious and thinks he'll curse Big Blue's chances at winning the national championship... but has anyone heard from Alan @Shanksterof late?  The dude gets a promotion and re-assignment and drops us like a live grenade .

Another member that's gone MIA is Wayne @GrumpyGolf.  Hope all is okay with both of them... been weird times of late.

Last time Alan stopped in he said he just got back from deployment so I don’t know if he got sent back out to sea again

[cksurfdude]

On 12/12/2022 at 11:05 PM, Kenny B said:

I have cash in my wallet for anyone that can put a driver in my hands that beats my driver by 20 yards.

How about by 200 yards, eh?

https://youtu.be/IYI0bPnvzOY

[BIG STU]

21 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

All electric cars have rapid acceleration - the bigger question is how can you really go, especially in North America since we don't have an Autobahn. We're going to have to buy a new car in 2023 but I think we'll opt for a hybrid vs. electric primarily based on initial cost and charge availability. 

A guy I know from my course just bought one of those new Mustangs that is an SUV. Now he is very well educated and researched it well. I asked about charging and he told me his charger plugs into his house with 110 volts just like his golf cart charger. He has figured out his cost of operation that it cost him approxametely $1 worth of electricity to drive 35 miles. Now he did add that he only uses it locally and the week before he had went to Charleston SC ( 75 miles away) and drove his conventional gas powered Escalade.

This was on our local news media this AM. South Carolina is installing chargers in all out state parks at state ( taxpayer) expense with charging free ( also at taxpayer expense). If I go electric it will be a golf cart. Here you can drive on any road with speed limit less than 35 mph as long as you have signals and lights on it and a valid drivers license. You are limited to daylight hours only and 5 miles limit from your residence. You do have to have a state issued golf cart sticker and insurance which are ultra cheap. Most everywhere I go is within the 5 mile limit including my church. Besides as long as you are on designated roads and not drunk or acting like an idiot the cops do not care. In winter I can use a cover and propane heater. 

[Rickp]

8 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

A guy I know from my course just bought one of those new Mustangs that is an SUV. Now he is very well educated and researched it well. I asked about charging and he told me his charger plugs into his house with 110 volts just like his golf cart charger. He has figured out his cost of operation that it cost him approxametely $1 worth of electricity to drive 35 miles. Now he did add that he only uses it locally and the week before he had went to Charleston SC ( 75 miles away) and drove his conventional gas powered Escalade.

This was on our local news media this AM. South Carolina is installing chargers in all out state parks at state ( taxpayer) expense with charging free ( also at taxpayer expense). If I go electric it will be a golf cart. Here you can drive on any road with speed limit less than 35 mph as long as you have signals and lights on it and a valid drivers license. You are limited to daylight hours only and 5 miles limit from your residence. You do have to have a state issued golf cart sticker and insurance which are ultra cheap. Most everywhere I go is within the 5 mile limit including my church. Besides as long as you are on designated roads and not drunk or acting like an idiot the cops do not care. In winter I can use a cover and propane heater. 

I’ve had the Star EV Lithium Golf Cart since mid September and have over 1,000 miles on it so far.  I have no complaints at all every few days plug it in 110 and after few hours ready to go. The cart is capable of 80 miles between charges.  
I do not have any plans to ever own a car that’s EV, I still like my dinosaur eaters.

[tony@CIC]

21 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

A guy I know from my course just bought one of those new Mustangs that is an SUV. Now he is very well educated and researched it well. I asked about charging and he told me his charger plugs into his house with 110 volts just like his golf cart charger. He has figured out his cost of operation that it cost him approxametely $1 worth of electricity to drive 35 miles. Now he did add that he only uses it locally and the week before he had went to Charleston SC ( 75 miles away) and drove his conventional gas powered Escalade.

This was on our local news media this AM. South Carolina is installing chargers in all out state parks at state ( taxpayer) expense with charging free ( also at taxpayer expense). If I go electric it will be a golf cart. Here you can drive on any road with speed limit less than 35 mph as long as you have signals and lights on it and a valid drivers license. You are limited to daylight hours only and 5 miles limit from your residence. You do have to have a state issued golf cart sticker and insurance which are ultra cheap. Most everywhere I go is within the 5 mile limit including my church. Besides as long as you are on designated roads and not drunk or acting like an idiot the cops do not care. In winter I can use a cover and propane heater. 

Distance and convenience of charging is the issue for me, once you get past the initial cost. The majority of our trips are under 30 miles, however we take 3 round trips up north each of which is 1200 miles one way. On those trips - our stops take about 15 min each, no searching for charging stations required - just enough time to fill up and run into the restroom. We're thinking that a hybrid may be a better solution for us. I'm also a believer in the 'law of unintended consequences'. While  the initial economics seem really good for EVs- what happens when the batteries are shot, the state decides it wants added charges because of a reduction in gas tax revenues - not to mention insurance, etc, On the last point I recently read an article that replacement of one of the tail lights on the 150 Lightening is $$7,500. hope those owners don't get rear ended.  

[Kenny B]

I'm hating the USPS right now.  Ordered a present for my wife; shipped last Thursday evening from SoCal.  Arrived at our local post office on SUNDAY morning at 1am; less than 3 days.  

Tracking shows that it arrived at a carrier facility on TUESDAY at 12:24am; at 6:10am package is Out For Delivery, expected delivery between 9am and 1pm... later updated to 9pm.  

Today... WEDNESDAY at 12:22am tracking shows "Awaiting Delivery Scan".  At 10:17am today tracking shows "Arrived at Post Office".  

Who knows when it will be delivered?  So far... 4 days at the local post office 4 miles away.    FedEX and UPS have been very reliable... so far.

[tony@CIC]

19 minutes ago, Rickp said:

I’ve had the Star EV Lithium Golf Cart since mid September and have over 1,000 miles on it so far.  I have no complaints at all every few days plug it in 110 and after few hours ready to go. The cart is capable of 80 miles between charges.  
I do not have any plans to ever own a car that’s EV, I still like my dinosaur eaters.

I just bought an EZGO cart with flooded cells. The upcharge for the lithium was over $2K. The salesgal said "but it'll last 25 yrs" I didn't want to tell her the cart may - but I won't 

[BIG STU]

5 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Distance and convenience of charging is the issue for me, once you get past the initial cost. The majority of our trips are under 30 miles, however we take 3 round trips up north each of which is 1200 miles one way. On those trips - our stops take about 15 min each, no searching for charging stations required - just enough time to fill up and run into the restroom. We're thinking that a hybrid may be a better solution for us. I'm also a believer in the 'law of unintended consequences'. While  the initial economics seem really good for EVs- what happens when the batteries are shot, the state decides it wants added charges because of a reduction in gas tax revenues - not to mention insurance, etc, On the last point I recently read an article that replacement of one of the tail lights on the 150 Lightening is $$7,500. hope those owners don't get rear ended.  

I saw on one of my news or information feeds the other day. Over in Europe evidently they have had electric cars for a while. There is a field and I think it was in France full of used up electric cars because they can not figure out how to dispose of the batteries environmentally friendly. 

[BIG STU]

8 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

I'm hating the USPS right now.  Ordered a present for my wife; shipped last Thursday evening from SoCal.  Arrived at our local post office on SUNDAY morning at 1am; less than 3 days.  

Tracking shows that it arrived at a carrier facility on TUESDAY at 12:24am; at 6:10am package is Out For Delivery, expected delivery between 9am and 1pm... later updated to 9pm.  

Today... WEDNESDAY at 12:22am tracking shows "Awaiting Delivery Scan".  At 10:17am today tracking shows "Arrived at Post Office".  

Who knows when it will be delivered?  So far... 4 days at the local post office 4 miles away.    FedEX and UPS have been very reliable... so far.

USPS and Fed EX frankly suck. USPS just put a $15 surcharge on boxes over a certain diminsion. Everyone in the classic golf club world is raising holy hell. Fed Ex when I did the Motocaddy test the guy slammed the unit in my driveway not on the porch and the box was damaged. He wanted me to sign and I signed it subject to inspection for damage. The driver informed me I could not do that. I told him I was in the trucking business on and off for over 40 years and knew the laws. He shut up. I took pics and informed Motocaddy. I also called Fed Ex and complained and the CSR acted like they could care less. USPS though supposedly not a government entity can lose 20M or more a quarter and the Federal Government will give them 25M more of taxpayer money. I will add that the Motocaddy unit was in great shape due to the Motocaddy company building a sturdy box to ship in. I informed everyone in my classic golf circles on my FB page I would no longer ship or recieve from Fed EX or USPS. 

[Kenny B]

16 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

I saw on one of my news or information feeds the other day. Over in Europe evidently they have had electric cars for a while. There is a field and I think it was in France full of used up electric cars because they can not figure out how to dispose of the batteries environmentally friendly. 

And everyone thought deposing of nuclear waste was a problem.  

[mynerds]

Returning after a small hiatus: welcomed a new niece, left a job for my own sanity, navigated a bunch of family events, repainted and reconfigured one of our unused bedrooms into a second home office, crossed off a bunch of items that had been sitting stale on the honey-do list, and on and on and on.

I am looking forward to getting the garage simulator set up for the winter, and hope to FINALLY get my neighborhood ball test/ball fitting going. 

[doubleduhric]

8 hours ago, Kenny B said:

I'm hating the USPS right now.  Ordered a present for my wife; shipped last Thursday evening from SoCal.  Arrived at our local post office on SUNDAY morning at 1am; less than 3 days.  

Tracking shows that it arrived at a carrier facility on TUESDAY at 12:24am; at 6:10am package is Out For Delivery, expected delivery between 9am and 1pm... later updated to 9pm.  

Today... WEDNESDAY at 12:22am tracking shows "Awaiting Delivery Scan".  At 10:17am today tracking shows "Arrived at Post Office".  

Who knows when it will be delivered?  So far... 4 days at the local post office 4 miles away.    FedEX and UPS have been very reliable... so far.

No mail delivery by USPS up here. So we have PO’s. Just trying to help ya feel better… this happened last Christmas and then it was “delivered”. Except they put the delivery slip in the wrong PO and no one would look for the box for TWO more weeks. Laughing at it looking back but what a pain in the ACE. 

[tony@CIC]

18 hours ago, BIG STU said:

I saw on one of my news or information feeds the other day. Over in Europe evidently they have had electric cars for a while. There is a field and I think it was in France full of used up electric cars because they can not figure out how to dispose of the batteries environmentally friendly. 

Yup and we thought disposing tires wouldn't be a problem.....