The Good Morning Thread

[ILMgolfnut]

Already got the results of yesterday's shoulder MRI: Rotator cuff tendinosis, mild AC joint degeneration, possible bursitis. Nothing there too surprising, and I don't think there's anything there surgical. Have reached out to my ortho to see where we go from here. I can play golf with this, but I can't sleep very well, and that's my main issue at the moment,

[RichL85]

Morning all. Back to work after 5 days away and the motivation level just isn't there right now. Luckily, none of my clients are processing today, so I can use the day as a bit of a breaking in period to get back into work mode. I've got a few organizational projects that I can work on that don't have tight deadlines, so at least I can keep myself busy without stressing today. Was a late night with the wife having to work late because a couple of no-call no-shows at her place. She ended up getting home around 1:00am and having to be back at work at 10:00am today.

Somehow, we ended up with two more kittens, a 1 month old, and a 3 month old. As if the house wasn't already overrun by furballs, we added two more, mostly against my wishes. Nothing too much planned for the day other than some work and a possible trip to the range to work on some wedge distances. For whatever reason, those partial wedge distances are the thing that I tend to have to practice the most often in order to keep them reliable. Whenever I don't work on them for a few weeks, I struggle hitting the right distances, especially in that 30-70 yard window.

[Erin B]

2 hours ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Ugh. One thing about concussions is once you've had one, it's easier to get another one (ask Troy Aikman about that; it forced him out of the NFL after his 10th). If she gets another one, it might be time for her to reassess her passion. Fortunately I haven't had any more blows to the head in the last four decades.

Coaching. She would make a great coach. And there’s golf!

[Erin B]

1 hour ago, EnderinAZ said:

Yeah, or Mario Lemieux

I was shocked, after 6 or 7 years of playing the cancel renew game with SXM that company now has an AI driven chatbot that has the data that says I wont pay anything more than 6 bucks a month for their service. So it offered the same thing I listen to now for 5.99 a month, and yep, I took it. 

Here is a pic of my tested Claw Pro glove after around 80 rounds of golf in 100+ degree temperatures. An amazing hot weather glove, one I will purchase for next summer. You can see some of the silicone is starting to come off in my grip area and once that happens it will be retired. 

 

 

If any of you snowbirds are heading south this winter I cannot recommend this glove enough. It wears cool when it is hot, and it does not matter how sweaty your hand gets the glove never loses its gripping power. But, if it rains, take the glove off or you will toss your club into the next fairway. Getting it wet from the outside, like rain or picking up a very wet grip from setting a club down in dewy grass, well to me the glove is useless. 

I don’t know why but I just can’t get used to a glove. I hate wearing them. 

[EasyPutter]

21 minutes ago, Erin B said:

I don’t know why but I just can’t get used to a glove. I hate wearing them. 

I stopped wearing a glove last year shortly after finishing a glove testing, won't mention which one because what happened was entirely my own cause and the worn glove that should have been disposed of (but kept in a bag pocket and fished out when the current good glove was forgotten) merely provided the vehicle for whatever it was that a neglected well worn glove cultures.  Then, when put on a hand and worn for 9 holes it affected the skin on the back of the hand to where no glove could be worn until the skin response (read that as bad rash you would not wish on anyone) subsided.  So I played for the next month and a half without one and rash gone, never saw reason to put on another glove for golf as bare handed that worked so well for @Marc Threeput since I knew him was also working for me.  I have not worn a golf glove since August 2023.

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[Erin B]

2 minutes ago, EasyPutter said:

I stopped wearing a glove last year shortly after finishing a glove testing, won't mention which one because what happened was entirely my own cause and the worn glove that should have been disposed of (but kept in a bag pocket and fished out when the current good glove was forgotten) merely provided the vehicle for whatever it was that a neglected well worn glove cultures.  Then, when put on a hand and worn for 9 holes it affected the skin on the back of the hand to where no glove could be worn until the skin response (read that as bad rash you would not wish on anyone) subsided.  So I played for the next month and a half without one and rash gone, never saw reason to put on another glove for golf as bare handed that worked so well for @Marc Threeput since I knew him was also working for me.  I have not worn a golf glove since August 2023.

I remember when I stopped wearing a glove, about 10 years ago, got a batch of bad gloves that kept tearing. I threw them out after being frustrated and haven’t really looked back. Scratch that, I did try a glove this season for about 5 seconds. Nope, no good. 

[ILMgolfnut]

2 hours ago, Erin B said:

I don’t know why but I just can’t get used to a glove. I hate wearing them. 

For my first 30 years of golf, evidently I was squeezing the life out of the grips and thus had a lot of problems with blisters, and had to wear gloves as a result. Since my return to the game 2+ years ago, I'm not having any blister issues either during rounds or prolonged range sessions, gloves or no. Don't know if that's because of grip pressure, or using grips that are less abrasive (always cheap Golf Pride in the old days), or both. The main reason for me to continue with gloves, I guess, is if/when my hands become sweaty in hot weather.

Meanwhile, the death toll from Helene is up to 115, with 47 of those in North Carolina, and it shows no signs of stopping there. Of those 47, 35 are from the county which includes Asheville. UPDATE at 3:12 ET, deaths now up to 119. Remains at 47 in NC; not sure where the additional 4 occurred.

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[tdroma98]

2 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

It's primarily why I chose these jumbomax is that they are almost the same weight. 

Thanks @Josh Parker! That's the same thing I learned about the grip and keeping the same weight range.  You're already there! Good luck!

[rkj427]

@ZoonORama great pictures and thanks for sharing them here. Safe travels and hope your time adjustment goes well.

@tdroma98 glad to hear the cruise went well, and all is good in your part of Florida.

To those commenting on gloves, the only time(s) I wear a glove or gloves is if it is raining while playing, then I use Red Rooser Rain Gloves, or in the summer heat and humidity, I will wear the Red Rooster MGS glove.

Otherwise, gloveless for me, as I never have been a glove person at all, prefer to have bare hands.

 

[cksurfdude]

4 hours ago, Wib081 said:

LB on the team my son's team was playing was leading with the crown of his helmet all game no flags thrown not even when he hit a kid helmet to helmet and my sons friend was unconscious for 3 minutes.

Yeah that's not right. IMHO anything younger than, let's say, college that stuff absolutely needs to be ruled against *immediately*. Maybe a new strict penalty for younger kids football? Kids should *not* be using their helmets as weapons.

 

4 hours ago, Dan1993 said:

On a more personal note, started taking my SSRI today with lots of conflicting emotions. I'm looking forward to getting to homeostasis again, but don't want to lose myself to the meds, or change who I am. But then again, if that didn't need changing, then I probably wouldn't need the meds. I don't know. Lots of feelings. But praying for better tomorrows. 

Thanks for listening Spies, glad to have found a community here. May have just saved me  

Just a thought along the lines of "golf reflects life" ... thinking one thing may be try to look at your reactions to the not so good shots, your feelings about being out on the course if it's busy, whatever .. and try to compare those experiences to what you recall of prior rounds pre-meds..?

 

2 hours ago, EnderinAZ said:

I was shocked, after 6 or 7 years of playing the cancel renew game with SXM that company now has an AI driven chatbot that has the data that says I wont pay anything more than 6 bucks a month for their service. So it offered the same thing I listen to now for 5.99 a month, and yep, I took it. 

Haha I've done the same dance a few times with them. I first had XM - before Sirius started up, so before they merged - and enjoyed it until the renewal price went up way over whatever I was paying at the time. Have restarted / stopped service a few times .. including in my wife's car, too .. just to get back on the cheapo deal. At that price it's worth it for me; anything higher nah not really.

[Erin B]

42 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

For my first 30 years of golf, evidently I was squeezing the life out of the grips and thus had a lot of problems with blisters, and had to wear gloves as a result. Since my return to the game 2+ years ago, I'm not having any blister issues either during rounds or prolonged range sessions, gloves or no. Don't know if that's because of grip pressure, or using grips that are less abrasive (always cheap Golf Pride in the old days), or both. The main reason for me to continue with gloves, I guess, is if/when my hands become sweaty in hot weather.

Meanwhile, the death toll from Helene is up to 115, with 47 of those in North Carolina, and it shows no signs of stopping there. Of those 47, 35 are from the county which includes Asheville.

Thanks for the update. My BIL lives in Charlotte by Norman. He’s good. But a lot of NC isn’t.

[poprocksncoke]

Mornin all!  

Another weekend past and now back at work again.  Found out over the weekend my daughters horseback riding trainer is moving so in search of a new trainer for her.  For some reason it seems people who teach horseback riding are not very good at returning phone calls 

I haven't worn a glove in probably 30 years.  Probably started out as getting tired of always buying new gloves but ended up just liking the feel  better without the glove.  I have the calluses to prove it 

[Erin B]

39 minutes ago, tdroma98 said:

Thanks @Josh Parker! That's the same thing I learned about the grip and keeping the same weight range.  You're already there! Good luck!

For someone who likes counterbalancing this might be a plus plus. I recently changed my mini driver to XStiff Velicore which changed the weight to C9. I hit it well so far. But adding more weight to the grip will probably force me to get weight kit for it to try to get back to at least a D3. D3/4 is my comfort zone.

[Erin B]

1 minute ago, poprocksncoke said:

Mornin all!  

Another weekend past and now back at work again.  Found out over the weekend my daughters horseback riding trainer is moving so in search of a new trainer for her.  For some reason it seems people who teach horseback riding are not very good at returning phone calls 

I haven't worn a glove in probably 30 years.  Probably started out as getting tired of always buying new gloves but ended up just liking the feel  better without the glove.  I have the calluses to prove it 

Calluses on my fingers proves that I’m gripping in my fingers . My trigger finger has a massive callus where my knuckle crease is.

[Erin B]

29 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Yeah that's not right. IMHO anything younger than, let's say, college that stuff absolutely needs to be ruled against *immediately*. Maybe a new strict penalty for younger kids football? Kids should *not* be using their helmets as weapons.

 

Just a thought along the lines of "golf reflects life" ... thinking one thing may be try to look at your reactions to the not so good shots, your feelings about being out on the course if it's busy, whatever .. and try to compare those experiences to what you recall of prior rounds pre-meds..?

 

Haha I've done the same dance a few times with them. I first had XM - before Sirius started up, so before they merged - and enjoyed it until the renewal price went up way over whatever I was paying at the time. Have restarted / stopped service a few times .. including in my wife's car, too .. just to get back on the cheapo deal. At that price it's worth it for me; anything higher nah not really.

Funny!!! Just got done chatting with them to change my price!  Literally like 5 minutes ago!

[ILMgolfnut]

50 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

 

Haha I've done the same dance a few times with them. I first had XM - before Sirius started up, so before they merged - and enjoyed it until the renewal price went up way over whatever I was paying at the time. Have restarted / stopped service a few times .. including in my wife's car, too .. just to get back on the cheapo deal. At that price it's worth it for me; anything higher nah not really.

As much time as I spend on the road, even full price has been worth it to me. My saved channels are a mix of music, news and sports channels, and I hit all of them fairly regularly, plus listening to live sports events on the play by play channels. When I rent a car for work, I plug my phone into the car and listen to SXM through Android Auto. I almost never listen any more to what Howard Stern calls "terrestrial radio." But your hacks to get the reduced rate might be worth a try.