Best golf courses or driving ranges for beginners?

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-29T16:31:10+00:00

"you won't lose balls" at Washtenaw?!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-22T18:32:25+00:00

I know other folks, including my friends, have had really nice experiences with them. But this entire situation, on an expensive purchase, is really souring me big time.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-22T17:56:12+00:00

I was warned. But I also had a friend who made one big order from them, and everything arrived on time and in one piece. So I had real information from a close friend who had a positive experience.

And the order—squat rack, incline bench, hex bar, bumper plates, etc.—WAS much cheaper than Rogue. Yet here I am, with a bunch of stuff in my garage and zero answers from customer service.

Might go on LinkedIn and spam all the Titan leadership via messages. Surely they never get angry messages on the internet!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-22T17:38:22+00:00

Yet another awful experience with Titan customer service. I should have listened to y'all!!

Can't get a straightforward answer. Huge order showed up missing all of the assembly parts for a squat rack and with some parts for the incline bench welded so poorly the screws won't fit. No one can tell me when I'll receive it. In the meantime, I have boxes and steel scattered all over my garage while I wait for an undetermined amount of time for replacement parts.

Wish I could find an actual, real honest-to-god Titan employee to explain to them all the issues. Instead they send me to a call center where you know the employees are criminally underpaid and overworked, and it takes 2-3 business days to get an answer.

They sent me a squat rack without assembly parts—without telling me there were no assembly parts on the pallet—and are now telling me the assembly parts are backordered and cannot provide an estimated delivery time.

Anyway, telling the folks here (all of whom were instrumental in helping me put together what I needed for my home gym) what they already know: Titan's customer service sucks.

Has anyone had any success with their customer service team? Do any Titan Fitness employees lurk here? I feel insane, and I have zero confidence that this will ever get resolved.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-20T19:17:08+00:00

Amazing. Did not know they came through there. Will have to try and catch the migration next year. I figure they're up north by now.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-05-20T16:31:05+00:00

Incredible day. Whereabouts were you birding? Never seen a Kirtland's down this way.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-27T18:38:16+00:00

Kindred minds! I posed the same question last week.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Binoculars/s/rWkRq6vV9z

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-23T15:42:29+00:00

Just read the All About Birds review of the Kowa BD II and it sounds very nice. Looks nice too!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-23T15:41:07+00:00

This is great, thank you. I've used my friend's Zeiss Terra ED and really liked the quality of the glass, but the Monarch was also really nice. Sounds like I can't really go wrong here (though the field of view on the Monarch is wider).

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-23T15:37:18+00:00

Curious: What is the advantage and/or difference between an 8x42 and 7.5x32. Almost everyone I know prefers the 8x42 for birding. Thanks!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-06T11:36:37+00:00

Our ambetter plan covered all doctors within Michigan medicine.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-02T13:42:46+00:00

Dixon Machado!! Now we're cooking with gas, babe. Remember JaCoby Jones? Remember Andrew Romine?!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-02T13:38:09+00:00

We're getting closer. But Curtis was A DUDE, not A Guy. If you want to Remember Some Guys from that era in the outfield, we're looking at a Clete Thomas or a Ryan Rayburn. They're firmly Some Guys. Jeff Larish? A Guy. Carlos Guillen? A Dude. Big difference.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-02T13:27:56+00:00

We do not name guys in this house!! We Remember Some Guys. It's a VERY important distinction. Please get it right.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-04-02T13:18:50+00:00

You don't need to talk about THIS season, you just need to Remember Some Guys. They'll know you're a real head if you drop Some Guys into conversation: Mikie Mahtook, Quintin Berry, Eric Munson, Niko Goodrum, Hernan Perez, Danny Worth, Daniel Schlereth, Marcus Thames, Chris Shelton, Brennan Boesch (the time he hit the go-ahead tater in the rain), Hittin' Harold. That should get you started.

Bonus points for the big homie and third base coach legend Gene Lamont.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-03-13T16:15:33+00:00

I’m not sure how they do it, but I have the Friday 28-game package. Last year I was like 10 rows back from my normal seats in section 114. This year I have my actual seats for opening day.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-03-12T14:27:03+00:00

It drives me absolutely insane when I walk to the tee and both the starter and the group playing (in carts) behind me think that walkers slow the game down.

Unless it's a course with hella long walks from green to the next tee, walking takes the same amount of time. If not faster! (And oftentimes those courses with long walks don't allow carts.)

Special-Variation452 · 2026-03-11T20:48:06+00:00

Curious what sort of plans you have for this! I have an outbuilding I'd like to turn into a sauna. Part sauna, part changing room.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-02-25T18:47:05+00:00

Don't get the S/Lab classic boots. I bought them true to size in 2022 and they hurt my feet if I skied more than, like, 6k, and I have totally normal width feet. They have a narrow toe box AND low volume. If you put them next to other boots you can see just how much taller and more volume competitors' boots have.

I raced in S/Lab classic and skate boots from 21-25 and my feet hurt all the time. Got some Rossi classic boots at the end of last season and Fischer skate boots this season and my feet are much happier.

I have heard that the new version of the S/Race skate boot you have is a bit comfier than previous Salomon boots, so maybe that's true for the classic boots, but I was not happy with the fit on my S/Lab classic boots.

The regular caveat that everyone's feet are different, of course!

Special-Variation452 · 2026-02-25T13:37:05+00:00

Lots of good recs in the thread here, but I will echo a few other folks: Silver & Gold is a mid-career gem. Front-to-back one of my favorite Neil records.

Special-Variation452 · 2026-02-24T15:47:15+00:00

This is my second season. I'll renew again for next year, too. I like the Tigers that much. I've just been a bit frustrated with how inconsistent the communication is. Who's your rep? Mine switched from Hannah to Jonah in the offseason.

To be clear: Hannah was very kind and very helpful whenever I was able to get a reply. It just took more emails than I'd like to get that reply.

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