The Distinguished Gentlemen's Thread

[JohnBarry]

I just finished my Master card interview yesterday, they said I spend way to much!

[Walkerjames]

Big day for the family tomorrow ... I have my visa interview at the US Consular office at 10am ... excited, but nervous as I have very little idea what to expect...

Ya like MattF said have all you documents and photos ready and it should not be bad! When my wife and I went the person was grumpy until they saw that all of our papers were in order the they lightened up. Good luck Buddy!

[Super Tuna]

Ya like MattF said have all you documents and photos ready and it should not be bad! When my wife and I went the person was grumpy until they saw that all of our papers were in order the they lightened up. Good luck Buddy!

 

Indeed.

 

The less paperwork and hunting you make people do, the happier they are.

 

As I tell people frequently, I deal with a lot of paperwork. I loathe it. If you make me pull it from you, it's not going to be a pleasant experience for anyone.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

thanks guys! they already have my photos so that's one thing I don't have the opportunity to forget...

[Firstkart]

thanks guys! they already have my photos so that's one thing I don't have the opportunity to forget...

 

Take more with you.

 

AJ

[Aotearoa_Brad]

well... I'm now officially entitled to work in the US ... so all you golf companies looking for a 'hard working, great guy ' to work with you (based in Hawaii, or at least West Coast) get sending me a PM!

 

I have 6 months to enter the US, which means I'll be State-side come mid-November at the latest! Wow, it's really happening - now I have lots to do!

[GolfSpy WD]

well... I'm now officially entitled to work in the US ... so all you golf companies looking for a 'hard working, great guy ' to work with you (based in Hawaii, or at least West Coast) get sending me a PM!

 

I have 6 months to enter the US, which means I'll be State-side come mid-November at the latest! Wow, it's really happening - now I have lots to do!

 

Congrats!

[The Dansome]

well... I'm now officially entitled to work in the US ... so all you golf companies looking for a 'hard working, great guy ' to work with you (based in Hawaii, or at least West Coast) get sending me a PM!

 

I have 6 months to enter the US, which means I'll be State-side come mid-November at the latest! Wow, it's really happening - now I have lots to do!

 

Go to Hawaii first, I need a vacation

[Walkerjames]

Congrats Brad!!

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Go to Hawaii first, I need a vacation

 

Yeah, me too! I'm envisioning working as a cabana-boy for a period of time, working to make just enough money to support my family (and golf habit), and maybe snorkelling for tour balls around the coastal courses...lol

[Super Tuna]

If this video doesn't fill you with wonder from some of the shots, nothing ever will.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

[Mrs.Manbearpig]

Dan, be careful buddy. There are people against you! Saw this on the "Chive" app and laughed out loud.

 

LOL

[MattF]

well... I'm now officially entitled to work in the US ... so all you golf companies looking for a 'hard working, great guy ' to work with you (based in Hawaii, or at least West Coast) get sending me a PM!

 

I have 6 months to enter the US, which means I'll be State-side come mid-November at the latest! Wow, it's really happening - now I have lots to do!

 

Congratulations!!

[JohnBarry]

Hide the women!!!!

[Mrs.Manbearpig]

Hide the women!!!!

 

Indeed! Although you would have to say the same for the men as Brad's wife is a hottie too!

[GolfSpy WD]

If this video doesn't fill you with wonder from some of the shots, nothing ever will.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

 

Chris Hadfield just returned from space. The news had a segment on him recently on how he's really brought interest to the space program.

 

Here's the article about his return, good read:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10062939/Astronaut-Chris-Hadfield-on-returning-home-we-hit-Earth-like-a-car-crash.html

 

 

Astronaut Chris Hadfield on returning home: 'we hit Earth like a car crash'

 

By AFP

 

9:03PM BST 16 May 2013

 

Speaking during a webcast news conference from Nasa headquarters in Houston, Texas, where he has been readapting to gravity since returning from space on Tuesday, he said: "We hit the Earth just like a car crash."

 

"One person is on the bottom (in the Soyuz-TMA capsule), one is on the wall and one is hanging from the ceiling. I was the guy hanging from the ceiling."

 

Fellow astronaut American Tom Marshburn looked out of the window and saw "dirt and grass, where space had been just moments before," Cmdr Hadfield said.

 

And when the hatch was opened, "we could smell the prairie. We could smell the steppe, the Kazakhstan steppe."

 

"One by one they plucked us out of the capsule and the first true sense of being home was a window full of the dirt of the Earth and the smell of spring and the growing grasses in Kazakhstan."

 

Cmdr Hadfield returned to Earth with Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, after a mission to the International Space Station saw him shoot to global stardom, captivating people worldwide with his Twitter account.

 

Right after landing, Cmdr Hadfield said: "I could feel the weight of my lips and tongue and I had to change how I was talking. I hadn't realised I'd learned to talk with a weightless tongue.

 

Astronaut Chris Hadfield comes back down to earth with a bump. (AP/Getty)

 

"So the subtle things and the big things are taking some getting used to. They're coming back one by one. I'm just trying to learn how to walk ... I'm not ready to run."

 

"Weightlessness is just a superpower. You can fly, effortlessly. And it's a wonderful, liberating feeling," he said.

 

"But the reality of life for everyone is here on Earth. And this is where all the people that I love are. And so I'm readapting to it physically and mentally and we'll get there soon."

 

Over the coming weeks, he said Nasa scientists will be "poking and prodding" him for insights on astronauts' physical trauma.

 

"I'm a full-sized human lab rat," he said. Cmdr Hadfield also said he feels like an old man after returning from space, with a sore back and difficulty walking round corners. Astronauts typically lose one per cent of ben density per month in zero gravity.

 

From space, Hadfield captured the public imagination with regular updates on Twitter that gave an unprecedented insight into daily life in space and access to spectacular images taken from the ISS.

 

The astronaut posted spectacular pictures of the Earth seen from the sky and also insights on the mundane aspects of eating and washing in space.

 

He and his team held the first live news conference from space, recorded the first music video in space – a cover of David Bowie's classic "Space Oddity" – conducted a record number of scientific experiments on the ISS and more.

 

Cmdr Hadfield said he delights in the world being able to see and maybe better understand the work and collaboration on board the ISS, "by seeing our star in the sky."

 

"I was a Cold Warrior, intercepting Soviet bombers in the 80s, and now look where we are. This space station is a wonderful example of how people do things right," he said.

 

"The experience of leaving Earth is still very new for humanity and the ability to explain it and to share it is growing leaps and bounds due to the technology that's available."

 

The experience of flying in space is something that should be shared with everyone, he added.

 

"It is just too good an experience to keep to yourself and the more people that see it and understand ... the more the benefits of space exploration will roll back into daily life for all of us."

[Super Tuna]

Cheers for posting that WD!

I was watching one of the TV interviews he did last night about how trying to do matt exercises were the hardest thing ever. It was really fascinating to hear him talk about gravity and all the things people never think about it effecting.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Indeed! Although you would have to say the same for the men as Brad's wife is a hottie too!

Yes she is!

[kygolfer1980]

well... I'm now officially entitled to work in the US ... so all you golf companies looking for a 'hard working, great guy ' to work with you (based in Hawaii, or at least West Coast) get sending me a PM!

 

I have 6 months to enter the US, which means I'll be State-side come mid-November at the latest! Wow, it's really happening - now I have lots to do!

Congrats man!! Go to Bandon Dunes if u have a couple days, you won't regret it!!

[JohnBarry]

Ok, hide his wife, it's open season for the Male yanks!!

[Aotearoa_Brad]

Ok, hide his wife, it's open season for the Male yanks!!

 

LMAO, well you US boys clearly didn't have the game - she had to come half way round the world to find me!

[kygolfer1980]

LMAO, well you US boys clearly didn't have the game - she had to come half way round the world to find me!

Touche'......

[MattF]

LMAO, well you US boys clearly didn't have the game - she had to come half way round the world to find me!

 

Funny, so did mine. You know it's the accent, right?

[JohnBarry]

I got no come back, and yes, I am sure it's the accent!

[RoverRick]

LMAO, well you US boys clearly didn't have the game - she had to come half way round the world to find me!

 

 

Funny, so did mine. You know it's the accent, right?

 

Funny you say that, mine had to come from South Africa, via Japan and London to find me. And MBP's lovely bride, I do not remember exactly but I don;t think she was local. Maybe, it is the MGS mystique.

[The Dansome]

What's going on in here? I can't believe I haven't visited this thread in a while.

[Aotearoa_Brad]

What's going on in here? I can't believe I haven't visited this thread in a while.

 

We had an epic battle to see which hemisphere had the most 'game' - Southern hemishphere swept the awards and it was decided that there was no need for an inquiry, no dispute tribunal, and the subject was never to be brought up again. That is all.

[The Dansome]

We had an epic battle to see which hemisphere had the most 'game' - Southern hemishphere swept the awards and it was decided that there was no need for an inquiry, no dispute tribunal, and the subject was never to be brought up again. That is all.

 

and den?

[MattF]

and den?

 

We went to the pub and either celebrated or cried in our beers...but a good time was had by all.

[JREcklund03]

I may be new to this thread but think I have a huge piece of key evidence which proves the Northern Hemisphere has more game. I myself have learned everything from "The Ladies Man" and have in fact used this line 100% of the time. Further proof, the approval rating of buying a sweet thang a fish sandwhich is through the roof, instant game changer! I am married too, so you know it works!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szFzCphJz4o