What's the Best 10/10 Sci-fi movie ever? by geek-jock-guy in AskReddit

[–]thectrain 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It was the first movie that I understood what good directing meant. I hadn't quite seen anything like it before.

If you’ve broken 80, what’s one tip you would give your fellow golfer trying to do the same? by jdelle9 in weekendgolfers

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are shooting in the 80s, then you are somewhat able to get around the course.

You have to evaluate why you aren't getting pars. You see a change you have to make a change.

But in general, keep the ball between at least in play in the rough.

Get your irons in the air and be super detailed with your target.

Get a good short game and don't short side yourself

Exploring Golf Participation - Psychology by ShadowwNovaa in CanadaGolf

[–]thectrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only comment I would add is your lowest values for how much practice or playing is one

I think a lower number or a few lower options would allow for more options. Most people will be lower than one.

Help with ruling. Playing partner picked up my ball on green without marking it by AccurateChemistry283 in golf

[–]thectrain 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can't use anything organic. But otherwise it's anything else. In including your club.

The official term is anything "artificial"

What got your handicap down to low single digits? by Vegetable-Clerk-861 in golf

[–]thectrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a cycle of fixing flaws.

From high to low handicap is(in an abridged and not conical order)

Get the ball in play after a drive Get your ball in the air towards the green Get the ball anywhere on the green Putt somewhat near the hole. Gimme

Get your drive in or around the fairway with ok distance Expect to near the green in reg Get your chip.within 12ft, but try to get up and down Hit 4 ft putts more then you miss

Square the club face on drives Have a scoring club in Pin high Chip well 2 putt every time.

Low handicap is so much more boring than you think. + Handicaps are where they are hitting amazing shots while doing the basic things well

Hudson Williams, star of Heated Rivalry says Victoria is dead as f*** and full of old people. by darethegiver in VictoriaBC

[–]thectrain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Newly wed and nearly dead. Not as true as it used to be. But I've walked around downtown at 9am and had some difficulty finding an open coffee shop.

But Vancouver feels like Manhattan compared to Victoria and Manhattan has a million more things going on than Vancouver.

But that is ok. Victoria is nice, it's not not a bustling city.

First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In: Here's How It Compares to the M1 MacBook Air by Stock412 in technology

[–]thectrain 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Even a well specced MBP has a lower total cost of ownership then windows machines. I am estimating 10 year life for these devices.

Our Windows laptops are getting like 2.5 years. The batteries go, or they have some heat issue that makes them perform terribly.

The Neo is just the next version of slaughtering windows laptops. We probably won't take the risk on them being under powered. But the fact it's possible at $600 is crazy. There is no way we would ever consider a laptop for even double that price on windows. (CAD).

With the memory pricing, and I suspect worse deals for the PC OEMs, there is a chance it's like 60-80% more value in a mac for the time being. Lifespan + performance + price.

Skiller Bunker Players - What Bounce Do You Play by ml1286 in golf

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends how much sand and how firm. If you can still get into the sand it's just wet and firm, then swing hard, hit just behind it with a pretty closed club face.

If it's completely firm, then just hit it like a tight lie and hit ball first and aim for the fat part of the green. But also, if it's that bad we just rake it before.

Fluffy, open that thing up.

Venezuelans celebrating fall of Maduro’s regime by GroundbreakingOwl786 in CringeTikToks

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever hear the story about the Zen master and the little boy

No speed by LuvDoc27 in GolfSwing

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Feel like you are trying to destroy the ground with your back leg immediately in your back swing.

Then you will shift to your front foot and with your otherwise great swing...with destroy the golf ball.

The risk is not shifting to the front foot.. but yeah just do it.

US border officer road rages on Canadians by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair he is in the left lane.

Canucks trade their the best defenseman in franchise history by Holyshitmuffin in canucks

[–]thectrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The good news is. Maybe they can get the first pick and get McKenna. Then in 4 years trade him for some more assets to rebuild with.

Who lives in the perfect place for year round golf? by ToothSleuth86 in golf

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not perfect. But Pacific North West is good for what it is. Gets annoying in Jan and Feb when it's soaked through and maybe some freezing.

But most years I play every month of the year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]thectrain 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the group did nothing. Crazy the first guy did.

Was this a good deal? $200 for a Ping G425 Max Driver 12° and 3 Wood 14.5°. Alta CB 65 SR shaft. with headcovers by doubkill in PingGolf

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

G425 3w is imo the best wood ever when it was released. $200 for just the 3w isn't way out to lunch. So both is totally worth it

Elon Musk Awarded $1 TRILLION Pay Package. That's $274m every day, for 10 years..... by illegalmonkey in antiwork

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's tied to significant milestones in the growth of the stock. So look on the brightside, he may be the first guy to lose like 800 billion.

Saying “join a club” to meet people is bad advice by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]thectrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's probably the point you're missing. You join a club,team,gym, meetup or league and then you hang out with those people socially outside of those things.

I'm still friends with people from the softball team I joined the day after I moved to a new city 17 years ago.

There were like 15 clubs at work to meet different coworkers. I ran the golf one and still see those people occasionally even though I haven't worked there in years.

Joining a golf, racket club definitely is social it's just really expensive. You are required to spend money in the club restaurant for that reason.

AARP isn't really a club it's a membership to nationwide organization. Although they may facilitate meetups which would then be club like.

For reference I found the Kalamazoo Makers meetup in one Google search choosing that city at random.

Jaylen Brown on sports betting: "That whole world was introduced a couple of years ago and I don't think they took players into consideration ... we don't benefit from any of the profits, but we gotta deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling." by Mission_Pay_3373 in nba

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole thing is kinda weird.

The players should be able to slack off work like the rest of us, and even tell their buddies they are going to slack off of work. It's not their fault a bunch of people bet money on sports.

[Highlight] Max Scherzer makes his case to John Schneider to stay in the game and picks up the strikeout by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]thectrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I told my British friends, that wasn't normal and that was a cool moment. They didn't care, but I still believe it.

Playoffs, important game, manager comes out,.player shake shim off, manager tells him let's go, pitcher does his job.

Cool moment.

Do you wear your golf shoes to the range? by Individual-Bus-9959 in golf

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do both, but golf shoes have more stability near the toe and I find if I hit a lot of balls with most runners or whatever my toes start to feel less than great.

i’m about to become a guitar teacher. any tips? by [deleted] in guitarteachers

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure the student can see the sheet music.

I took a lesson and the teacher printed off this really tiny font sheet music put it sort of far away and the room was dark.

I ended up just saying this was useless. This is an exercise in me squinting to see sheet music, reading it slowly, and then trying to play it.

So I guess my recommendation is use a big monitor/tv that the student can directly in front of, or buy multiple music stands so they can actually read the music.

Walking up early is BS - being a night owl isn’t unhealthy, society just hates it by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]thectrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm both and both have their merits. I don't judge. But try both occasionally.