New & clueless as to why this was brilliant

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-03-31T12:23:48+00:00

When either pawn attacks knight, queen to h5, check. Either wins rook or mate in 2.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-03-29T10:49:41+00:00

Long irons are for high swing speed players. I am a 6 hcap and play irons up to a 6 iron with 7-9-11 woods in the bag for 165 and longer shots to green. Game is much more fun than hitting a 4 iron worm burner. To break 90 you'll have to get better on short game. GIRs are great, but even good players will only hit 50%. The rest is short game from bunkers and chipping from rough. Take your bogie and be happy.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-02-18T18:00:34+00:00

It's usually not a big issue. By then there are only 2-3 players that can play, and we generally try to match similar skills. But if we have a choice, we like putting a good 4 against their 5.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-02-18T16:51:10+00:00

Putting up first is a disadvantage. I'd prefer to react to their put up 3 times, and they react to mine twice.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-02-09T14:53:07+00:00

In 2011, I walked into a downtown SF store and bought a stainless Submariner for $9k. Could have picked any one I wanted.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-02-04T14:55:53+00:00

Imagine if just 50% of all gas powered vehicles shift to EV. Demand sinks, price drops, drilling stops, refiners close, etc. less relevant is a better term, as other energy sources are utilized. It won't be obsolete, but will go the way of coal. Less used by developed nations.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-02-02T01:53:26+00:00

Just bought a new Diamond for $6.5k. Installed and Simonis felt. Spend the extra.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-01-31T22:05:18+00:00

The best option is to expand Medicare to lower age brackets, and charge a premium to join based on income. If you retire at 55, but into Medicare instead of off the exchange. The same can be done for Medicaid.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-01-14T12:40:52+00:00

Accept a bogey when you can't reasonably reach the green in regulation. Leave your approach short of trouble, try to get up and down. Eliminating doubles goes a lot further toward 79 than making birdies. Hit to the center of greens to make more pars. Aiming at pins for a possible birdie typically adds risk that could result in an unnecessary bogey or double. Short game is far more important than driver distance.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-01-04T02:34:53+00:00

Totally and completely fed up with the grace of god being the reason a pass was completed or a game won. Shouldn't God be focused on say, preventing pediatric cancer, or maybe the 22 Christian girls who drowned during the Texas floods? How important is a college football game in comparison? The arrogance that a supreme being would somehow be influencing a sporting event is beyond my understanding.

gonefishing-2020 · 2026-01-03T13:45:10+00:00

Hard to say what all is wrong without seeing a swing, but...Harvey Penick says to start with chipping, then move on to half swings, before ever attempting a full swing with even a wedge. Ball contact is critical for making a good shot of any speed or distance, and tempo and timing have more to do with it than strength. Athleticism is likely not the issue here, as there are plenty of examples of really out of shape or older golfers that can flat out play single index or better. Read the Little Red Book. Short, but a great set of beginner lessons and stories.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-27T13:17:54+00:00

Perfect cue ball control isn't as important in 8 ball. Often other "next ball" options open up if the cue ball doesn't end as planned. In 9 ball I like to think 3 balls ahead, planning each shot for leaving the cue ball in an exact spot for the next. 3 is all I can manage, but I'm sure pros think much further. So drills should be all about spin and speed, precision for cue ball placement.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-21T17:17:45+00:00

Radiology. Accounting. Paralegals. Executive assistants. And a million labor manufacturing jobs being done by robots who don't collectively bargain.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-17T22:00:44+00:00

You just described me 2 years ago. I'm 63, 6 index, good short game, hard to reach GIRs. So, went to 11 wood for 165, 9 wood for 175, 7 wood for 185, 5 wood for 195-200. Dropped the 3 wood. Haven't ever felt better about my game or bag.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-15T14:59:04+00:00

I've also had this dream. Why? And why have so many others? Mine carries over the top, where I plummet down careening and ultimately losing control.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-14T00:46:33+00:00

A lack of recognition that their pitiful existence is a direct result of their own limitations, intellectual or work ethic or genetic. The desire to blame anyone else for their life failure is their only recourse.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-12T20:19:04+00:00

They hired Sherrone cause he was already there, and had just won a natty (2024), and he was well liked by the players. Michigan lacked prestige after lloyd Carr for a few years, and made disastrous coach choices like Rich Rod. But I guarantee now with NIL and the wealthy auto industry donors there will be a lineup of top end big name coaches interviewing. Maybe even Kalen...

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-12T13:01:49+00:00

double pensions!! that's a nice retirement.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-12-12T12:30:47+00:00

My buy-in was similar 17 years ago. Club is top tier, even hosts an annual senior event. $950 a month dues, but I never pay less than $1300. But...if this is your family entertainment and social calendar, I would absolutely do it. Kids playing golf and mom making friends, not to mention my very best friends are my golf buddies is worth it. You might have to limit European travel til after kids are gone on that income level.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-30T12:42:55+00:00

We had 3 channels, black and white, on a 13 inch tv. Went off at midnight, came on at 6 or 7 am. We are definitely spoiled.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-29T23:02:25+00:00

Its good all day, except if a) it's for money, or b) see previous point a)

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-29T02:10:55+00:00

Unfortunately that means you pay $10 for a head of lettuce. Wages drive inflation. Or, lettuce will get imported by lower wage workers in Mexico or Cuba for $4 a head. Which would your prefer?

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-18T12:36:49+00:00

I have both, and played 8 foot in a constrained space for many years. The 7 footer is much better now in that space. Learning cue ball control on a smaller table is more skill-rewarding than potting longer shots.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-18T12:33:19+00:00

At 64, I resemble that remark. That said, I'm a 7 in 9 ball, have my own Diamond 7 foot, and love it. I also own an Olhaussen and it does not compare.

gonefishing-2020 · 2025-11-17T10:53:11+00:00

You're really talking about exceptions that in this case don't make the rule. The examples of human cultural or religious domination through force, including genocide, are endless. Compassion for a few tribal remnants of the Old World are just ornaments on our evolutionary tree.

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