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Double Mocha Man · July 19

15 minutes ago, touch said:

We were at a restaurant and it was slow because we were there between the lunch and dinner hours so the parking lot was empty, but still that's no excuse for my 80 year old friend Clayton to park like that.

At least Clayton parked to the side where no one else can park anyway.

Double Mocha Man · July 19

31 minutes ago, touch said:

There's a pretty good chance it would be. 😀

He would talk a while about all the people in the Lounge that he put together. That's funny stuff right there. "Well, we got a guy... and there's another guy..." And so on.

touch · July 19

1 minute ago, Double Mocha Man said:

He would talk a while about all the people in the Lounge that he put together. That's funny stuff right there. "Well, we got a guy... and there's another guy..." And so on.

Yes I could have a nice talk on that subject for sure DMM. Bravo Bellingham.

CasualLie · July 19

Please golf gods, don't give us an Open where everyone falls to the pressure except Scottie. Last thing we want is Scottie going into Sunday with a 5 shot lead.

It's been said many, many times before; an Open without a bit of gnarly weather is not an Open. It's pretty rare to get 4 calm days in a row at Portrush, but here we are... And it's boring! There's been little wind and 5 minutes of real rain...boo!

P.S. Lowry penalty was completely stupid

P.S.S. If you are going to play desert golf, you need to one "beat up" iron in the bag or borrow your friend's club 😉

Question: Can Kate Upton throw a pitch? Because her husband sure can't.

touch · July 19

17 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Where is the signage on the back that says "JUST MARRIED!"? And where are the cans on a string tied to the bumper? This is back when they actually HAD chrome bumpers.

They will decorate the mustang later this afternoon.

I'm old enough to remember chrome bumpers and I'm also old enough to remember the 5 mph energy absorbing bumpers that were required by the NHTSA starting in 1973.

Double Mocha Man · July 19

9 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

Question: Can Kate Upton throw a pitch? Because her husband sure can't.

He did throw a few good ones over the years. But the Mariners never benefited.

mshills · July 19

16 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

Please golf gods, don't give us an Open where everyone falls to the pressure except Scottie. Last thing we want is Scottie going into Sunday with a 5 shot lead.

It's been said many, many times before; an Open without a bit of gnarly weather is not an Open. It's pretty rare to get 4 calm days in a row at Portrush, but here we are... And it's boring! There's been little wind and 5 minutes of real rain...boo!

P.S. Lowry penalty was completely stupid

P.S.S. If you are going to play desert golf, you need to one "beat up" iron in the bag or borrow your friend's club 😉

Question: Can Kate Upton throw a pitch? Because her husband sure can't.

I think today is the day to go deep. Weather is supposed to be shocking tomorrow.

touch · July 19

DMM McIntyre Lowry Rory Rahm Scheffler alt- Xander

touch Rahm Rory Lowry Day Xander alt-Spieth

Casual Rory Rahm Fleetwood R. Fox Fitzpatrick alt-Hovland

BobCat Rory Fleetwood Clarke Harman Fitzpatrick alt- Xander

Mitchell Rahm Rory Scottie Fleetwood Straka alt- A. Scott

chisag Scottie Rahm Rory Xander Hovland alt Morikawa

imk Rory Fitzpatrick Aberg A.Scott Hatton alt - Choi

DLR Bryson Scottie Rory McIntyre Rahm alt - A.Scott

DMan Rory Scottie Bryson Fleetwood Aberg alt- Lowry

Parker JT Rory Koepka Fleetwood Hatton alt- Xander

TLindy Scottie Rory Rahm Xander Lowry alt - Bryson

BigFish Rose Henley Rahm Reed Hatton alt- R. Fox

P3P Cantlay MacIntyre Morikawa Xander Straka alt - R. Fox

NCL Fleetwood Hovland McIntyre Rai Straka alt - N. Taylor

SPounder Rory Scottie Rose Fleetwood Lowry alt - Rahm

Point Values

50 points if your player is the Champion

40 Points for a 2nd place finish

30 Points for a 3rd place finish

10 Points for a Top 10 finish

5 Points for making the cut

-3 Points for a Missed Cut

Standings

283 Pts - TripleLindy

268 Pts - DLeightonReid

265 Pts - DMM

264 Pts - Mitchell

243 Pts - Chisag

220 Pts - Spounder

195 Pts - Touch

189 Pts - Casual Lie

152 Pts - imKirby

138 Pts - NJ Big Fish

109 Pts - Parker

95 Pts - DMan

91 Pts - Hickory

45 Pts - P3P

28 Pts - NCLancer

14 Pts - BobCat

chisag · July 19

... OK, back to the unfortunate Shane penalty. After seeing the camera view this morning his ball was sitting on a twig and his practice swing hit the twig and caused the ball to move. Just one of those crazy 1 in a million things that happen and with the wind and rain it's easy to see how it happened and he didn't see it. I don't see how the officials had any choice other than the penalty. Which brings me to a different perspective of how many others would have had that happen with no penalty because a camera wasn't filming them. Especially when no advantage was gained I think it has always been a tricky thing and unfair to those being filmed.

Double Mocha Man · July 19

20 minutes ago, chisag said:

... OK, back to the unfortunate Shane penalty. After seeing the camera view this morning his ball was sitting on a twig and his practice swing hit the twig and caused the ball to move. Just one of those crazy 1 in a million things that happen and with the wind and rain it's easy to see how it happened and he didn't see it. I don't see how the officials had any choice other than the penalty. Which brings me to a different perspective of how many others would have had that happen with no penalty because a camera wasn't filming them. Especially when no advantage was gained I think it has always been a tricky thing and unfair to those being filmed.

At least you can't phone in a penalty from the comfort of your couch in front of your TV anymore.

CasualLie · July 19

21 minutes ago, chisag said:

... OK, back to the unfortunate Shane penalty. After seeing the camera view this morning his ball was sitting on a twig and his practice swing hit the twig and caused the ball to move. Just one of those crazy 1 in a million things that happen and with the wind and rain it's easy to see how it happened and he didn't see it. I don't see how the officials had any choice other than the penalty. Which brings me to a different perspective of how many others would have had that happen with no penalty because a camera wasn't filming them. Especially when no advantage was gained I think it has always been a tricky thing and unfair to those being filmed.

Easy fix, if you can't definitively see the penalty in real time playback (and no zooming in) then it didn't happen. It's the 240 fps slow motion playback that's unfair.

And what the tech has also ruined in these situations is a player will not take charge. They defer to officials for the final decision because they don't want to get roasted as a cheater on social media.

aenemated · July 19

3 hours ago, mshills said:

Been quietly looking for a Cayman, man they are thin on the ground preowned. Maybe better to look in winter, not sure, or if there just aren’t that many out there. Or maybe they are costlier than I think ha ha. I need a PDK….I can drive a manual but it’s uncomfortable juggling it with my L arm permanently bent.

Strongly recommended! Said it plenty of times; the Cayman is a better performance ride than a 911.

Fun fact - all Porsches have the ignition to the left of the steering wheel. Since I've not owned anything else since like 2009 or so, it always throws me off when I drive anything else.

NJBigFish22 · July 19

2 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Where is the signage on the back that says "JUST MARRIED!"? And where are the cans on a string tied to the bumper? This is back when they actually HAD chrome bumpers.

If the 20 bridesmaids and groomsmen can’t complete such a task, you could probably eliminate 98% of them.

chisag · July 19

21 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

At least you can't phone in a penalty from the comfort of your couch in front of your TV anymore.

... I always wondered what kind of person does that? It reminds me of my favorite statement concerning critics "Those that come down from the safety of the mountain after the battle and shoot the wounded".

Double Mocha Man · July 19

36 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

Easy fix, if you can't definitively see the penalty in real time playback (and no zooming in) then it didn't happen. It's the 240 fps slow motion playback that's unfair.

And what the tech has also ruined in these situations is a player will not take charge. They defer to officials for the final decision because they don't want to get roasted as a cheater on social media.

The only camera on the course doing a close up of a player's ball should be that of Patrick Reed. It's almost as if the TV coverage was looking for an infraction. Sure, show the ball so we can see the gnarliness of its lie in the rough, but then pull back.

If anything, it looks like Lowry ended up with a worse lie, lower in the rough. And as an aside, golfers might want to start thinking about standing much farther away from the ball for a practice swing in the rough. It seems that kind of rough is intertwined for a foot or so.

Edited July 19 by Double Mocha Man

chisag · July 19

... Just read this and they make a good point about common sense "This is where, in my view, golf’s rules seem to stray from the boundaries of common sense. Because Lowry was deemed to have moved his ball but didn’t replace it, he was penalized two strokes. But why?! If Lowry didn’t know the ball moved, he couldn’t have known to replace it."

touch · July 19

Double Mocha Man · July 19

6 minutes ago, chisag said:

... Just read this and they make a good point about common sense "This is where, in my view, golf’s rules seem to stray from the boundaries of common sense. Because Lowry was deemed to have moved his ball but didn’t replace it, he was penalized two strokes. But why?! If Lowry didn’t know the ball moved, he couldn’t have known to replace it."

I just read the same story right after I posted. Interesting stuff.

chisag · July 19

... Even though I usually fast forward through many commercials, I always stop and watch anything that looks interesting. Obviously there is an art to producing an entertain spot that also gets the message across, although I am not sure that is always possible. There are many I enjoy including Becoming Your Parents and Doug/Emu but @aenemated you have to love the Work Space Corporate Types as Rock Star commercials. Reminds me a little of Alice Cooper that had that insane Rock Star image but interviewing him unseen an a radio booth back in the early 80's he was wearing khaki pants and a nice polo shirt.

aenemated · July 19

42 minutes ago, chisag said:

... Even though I usually fast forward through many commercials, I always stop and watch anything that looks interesting. Obviously there is an art to producing an entertain spot that also gets the message across, although I am not sure that is always possible. There are many I enjoy including Becoming Your Parents and Doug/Emu but @aenemated you have to love the Work Space Corporate Types as Rock Star commercials. Reminds me a little of Alice Cooper that had that insane Rock Star image but interviewing him unseen an a radio booth back in the early 80's he was wearing khaki pants and a nice polo shirt.

Haha the irony isn't lost on me. I generally keep work separate from, ya know, my actual life but back when TCK played our last show; I was working at one of the "big three" Hollywood ad agencies and invited my colleagues to it. It was at the fabulous El Cid in Hollywood and was literally a capacity crowd; perhaps due to Jello Biafra promoting it and performing a few DK tunes with us. The following Monday, there was a lot of "Dude, knew you were in a band but ... for real?"

Alice (well, Vince to people who know him) is a sweetheart. A lovely pal of mine for many years is on his management team ...

I've been TRYING to get her to set me up for a round with him for years.

chisag · July 19

4 minutes ago, aenemated said:

Alice (well, Vince to people who know him) is a sweetheart. A lovely pal of mine for many years is on his management team ...

... You Da Man!!! I interviewed some back in the day that were a little lost in their "stardom" and thought they had perfumed defecation. Some recognized how much they needed radio back then and you could tell they were just kissing our butts. Then there were a few just really genuine people and Alice was one of them. Same with Willy and Chaka Khan. On the other end of the spectrum was Lee Greenwood and Glen Campbell. The one that always stuck with me though was Chris Cross that felt like he was the luckiest guy in the world, living the dream and shocked he was being interviewed. Really nice guy. As you know, there were a few whose names I won't repeat but were so F'ed up they could barely get through the interview. Twice they didn't make it to the control room.

mshills · July 19

1 hour ago, chisag said:

... You Da Man!!! I interviewed some back in the day that were a little lost in their "stardom" and thought they had perfumed defecation. Some recognized how much they needed radio back then and you could tell they were just kissing our butts. Then there were a few just really genuine people and Alice was one of them. Same with Willy and Chaka Khan. On the other end of the spectrum was Lee Greenwood and Glen Campbell. The one that always stuck with me though was Chris Cross that felt like he was the luckiest guy in the world, living the dream and shocked he was being interviewed. Really nice guy. As you know, there were a few whose names I won't repeat but were so F'ed up they could barely get through the interview. Twice they didn't make it to the control room.

Willie Nelson is the greatest living Texan.

chisag · July 19

1 minute ago, mshills said:

Willie Nelson is the greatest living Texan.

... Gotta say I was a little shocked at how down to earth and what a good guy he was. I was a little jaded by some of the super stars so he was a very pleasant surprise. Same for actors, some real jerks but some genuinely good people too. I really wish I could have met Keanu Reeves as he seems like an extraordinary human being.

mshills · July 19

42-43 today. Our par is 38-34, played pretty well. Hit 12 fairways, that’s a sweet deal there! Front could have been much better. I made two bad bogeys and a dumb double on the three par 5s on our front. But I also made my first deuce on #4….that hole can play as much as 235 😳 from the member tees. Today the tees were up, I had 171 to a back pin on a crazy soft green after downpours all day yesterday and last night. Hit a great 9w about 25 feet left of the hole and knew it would feed down. It fed all right, ended up tight. 👍🏼

mshills · July 19

4 hours ago, aenemated said:

Strongly recommended! Said it plenty of times; the Cayman is a better performance ride than a 911.

Fun fact - all Porsches have the ignition to the left of the steering wheel. Since I've not owned anything else since like 2009 or so, it always throws me off when I drive anything else.

If I can find a nice one I may do it. I’d like to spend $50k. Really should wait until the winter as a number of things will be more clear on several topics at that point. Plus….a Cayman is a totally great year round daily even in our climate with a set of snows, and I think I can redneck engineer my clubs to fit. That’s what I have to be sure of.

touch · July 19

CBS sports broadcaster Chris Schenkel giving live Saturday scoreboard updates from the studio - September 21, 1963.

Edited July 19 by touch

mshills · July 20

Got a wrestler working on his weight in the house….means we all eat healthy. 🙂 Got a grilled red snapper with citrus and herb pesto, some grilled pineapple and peaches, some roasted broccoli, and some potstickers in limited quantity. Yum.

He’s going 108# in Atlantic City this week. 💪🏼 Club has 3 silver medals this season. Let’s go get that first place hardware!

CasualLie · July 20

4 hours ago, aenemated said:

Haha the irony isn't lost on me. I generally keep work separate from, ya know, my actual life but back when TCK played our last show; I was working at one of the "big three" Hollywood ad agencies and invited my colleagues to it. It was at the fabulous El Cid in Hollywood and was literally a capacity crowd; perhaps due to Jello Biafra promoting it and performing a few DK tunes with us. The following Monday, there was a lot of "Dude, knew you were in a band but ... for real?"

Alice (well, Vince to people who know him) is a sweetheart. A lovely pal of mine for many years is on his management team ...

I've been TRYING to get her to set me up for a round with him for years.

Couple of years ago in Nashville I'm heading up to my hotel room after a night at the Twelve Thirty Club. I get in the lift, doors close, but just as they almost close I can see someone trying to get the up button last second. Being the polite guy I am, I hit the open door button and who's standing right there, Alice. I did hear he had a show that night so all I could say was "how was the show?". He was like great, have to hit the sack, early tee time! Such the anti-rock star, it was cool.

touch · July 20

8 minutes ago, mshills said:

Got a wrestler working on his weight in the house….means we all eat healthy. 🙂 Got a grilled red snapper with citrus and herb pesto, some grilled pineapple and peaches, some roasted broccoli, and some potstickers in limited quantity. Yum.

He’s going 108# in Atlantic City this week. 💪🏼 Club has 3 silver medals this season. Let’s go get that first place hardware!

Sounds tasty.

Is dad having a few fingers of whiskey at sunset on a day he played 18?

Thanks for the recap MS and for the pics from your course. You know I always admire the beauty of your clubs turf.

touch · July 20

Golf saved Alice Cooper from a downward spiral with drug abuse.

I have always admired my Detroit brother.

Young me loved "billion dollar babies" and "school's out".

He picked Phoenix to call home many years ago. Smart move for a golf addict.

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