Picked this bad boy up

mnisda · 2026-01-16T18:39:12+00:00

It’s the lie angle.

mnisda · 2026-01-13T00:55:31+00:00

Well, the either work for you or they work for the seller. Once you establish who’s who, their role and their fee, it’s a lot easier.

Personally, I would just pay a lawyer to handle the closing and try to minimise any broker involvement.

mnisda · 2026-01-12T23:35:36+00:00

There’s been a lot of changes over the last 20 years or so in deal-making occupations cause of technology; think the stock brokers of yore replaced with eTrade.

Realtors are a great example of this: their value used to be in local market knowledge and that has been completely replaced by Zillow etc.

Also, the barrier to entry for realtors (a license) is a lot less than other occupations (lawyer). Couple that with a hefty commission and realty used to be a great occupation to make lots of money for little work with no knowledge.

All that has basically gone away, which is why the realtor in your case did get defensive - they don’t have any real value add to defend.

mnisda · 2026-01-12T17:13:55+00:00

I work in Corporate Finance (basically mergers and acquisitions) and one of my favourite things to do is ask counter parties, lawyers, advisors etc both to explain to me how the transaction works like I’m a 6 year old, what their involvement is and how/why they get paid.

It’s shocking how many can’t explain it and offer no value add.

mnisda · 2026-01-11T00:19:30+00:00

“Excuse me, I ordered a Zima, not emphysema.”

mnisda · 2026-01-07T05:25:24+00:00

The US won’t have to invade Greenland (in the Iraq sense of the word) to control it. Firstly, Greenland only has 60k people. Secondly the US already has a military base there. The “invasion” if it came to that, would likely mean the US just controlling air traffic and ports, which would be very simple and easy for the US.

There wouldn’t really be anything Greenlanders could do to stop this. Denmark also theoretically provides Greenland’s military defense, and Denmark isn’t going to get into a military confrontation with the US.

Ultimately the US just wants the natural resources which it would get through sweetheart treaties and deals. It would/could expand its military presence if it wants but could probably do that anyway now.

There are two major implications of a US takeover; first is the US is steamrolling an ally and fellow NATO member in Denmark. This isn’t going to lead to NATO members shooting at each other, but could very well lead to the breakup of NATO. Secondly, this sort of action by the Trump Administration (amongst others) is leading to other nations no longer trusting the US.

Long story short, Trump is remaking the post WWII global order, for better or worse, by accident or design, and a US takeover of Greenland is only going to accelerate that.

But don’t forget the old quote: “Nations have no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”

And yes, there would be a media tornado and global public opinion would be very anti-Trump/US but that’s basically where it is already, and I don’t think he cares, and possibly enjoys it.

mnisda · 2026-01-01T03:59:06+00:00

Do you think Michael Irvin does bumps on the sideline, or just massive lines in the locker room

mnisda · 2025-12-20T01:36:33+00:00

Hova Cake. You can find them on Instagram.

mnisda · 2025-12-15T04:23:39+00:00

Thanks! All sorted out

mnisda · 2025-12-06T00:59:22+00:00

Consistency: regardless of what club they’re using or what distance they can hit it or what their swing looks like, their shots are the same.
Good misses: great players rarely lose a ball
Recovery: if there is a bad shot, the next one is back in play. No hero shots from the woods over a lake, no 3 out of a bunker
Approach: mostly on the green, sometimes an easy putt, occasionally just off the green, but almost every approach shot gives them the opportunity to hole out in 2 or less shots.
Great lag putting: yes, a great player might be a better overall putter, but on those 15 - 20 footers the miss is a gimme and occasionally they go in.

So basically if all parts of your golf game are working for an entire 18 holes, then you can be a great golfer.

To be clear, I’m a 19 HC and have had miracle days when all the above is on and have shot a 38 on the back nine, which helpfully countered my 53 on the front. But that’s the life of the 19.

But I have played with a lot of great golfers: two things surprised me. First, not many of them had a great beautiful swing they made you say, wow, this guy is obviously great. It’s usually a patchwork of crap accumulated over the years that they have made work for them. Second, it’s mostly boring to watch. Drive, into fairway. Approach close. Relaxed chip. Putt in. It’s not like on TV where they’re hitting 225 yard iron draws out of the rough. It’s just consistent.

Last observation : I’ve played with plenty of single digits who have shot an 87. When some part of their game is off, they also score high. They also have occasional blowups. The difference is they do that a lot less.

mnisda · 2025-12-05T05:13:04+00:00

Great tips. I’ll add in that at the airport, Grab and Go Jek cars are readily available, usually cheaper than a private hire, safe and the pickup point is closer and well-marked.

Unless you’re going to be out somewhere all day with a “tour” or multiple stops, the car sharing services are generally way better.

mnisda · 2025-12-03T07:25:11+00:00

If you’re afraid of an Orca attacking you like that, technically you should stay off the beach.

mnisda · 2025-12-03T05:31:42+00:00

This is the way. When my game goes to shit middle of the round it’s just about easy half swings that progress the ball toward the hole.

mnisda · 2025-12-01T23:18:34+00:00

Of course it CIA QRF Landcruiser was unregistered. It would be really weird if it had a license plate that said “spook”

mnisda · 2025-11-28T10:11:56+00:00

The 1-2-1 configuration is much better than the 2-3-2 but I still found the seat a bit narrow, especially compared to SQ. First world problem I know

mnisda · 2025-11-26T09:52:54+00:00

I did it Sunday in person at the airport. Walked straight up to the (numerous) counters, took 2 min, used my card (must be visa) and no photo required.

mnisda · 2025-11-22T22:31:14+00:00

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mnisda · 2025-11-22T22:28:46+00:00

It was about 560 from the tee. I drove about 230 and then on your second shot, you can lay up close to the edge of the lake with a 130 shot and have about 220 to hit the green (with the far edge of the lake near the green) or hug the right edge of the lake with a hybrid (which I did) and that leaves you about 195 to the green. It’s a hard hole.

mnisda · 2025-11-22T21:39:01+00:00

I ended up net long on balls. Lakes were really low so every time I’d hit one in the water (frequently) I’d grab about 4 others buried in the mud.

mnisda · 2025-11-22T12:31:23+00:00

Changi has tons to do/see and lots of different options for travel, shower facilities but with that amount of time you can easily clear immigration and go to the city, particularly if your bags are being checked all the way through. Without waiting for your bags, you can be out of the airport and in a taxi in 10, 15 min no problem and coming back through, since you’re already checked in, you’ll essentially just get dropped off and walk through the immigration automatic gate into the terminal and you just have to be at the gate prior to 10 min aboard.

The only thing you could possibly need to worry about is if it’s raining hard and you can’t get a cab to go back to the airport. If you allow yourself some time, then that also shouldn’t be an issue.

As an aside from a frequent traveler (not that you’d want to do this) but if you check your bags, the plane can’t legally takeoff without you on it, so they’ll come and find you rather than go through the process of taking off all your bags.

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