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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 11:17:38 GMT -5
We need details, man. Don’t tease us with the basic facts. Numbers! Memorable shots, the Eagle you should have made, final score vs. your expected score. Do you do mulligans? If you do mulligans, don’t bother with above queries, they’re all fictional… 🤓 Since my round wasn't very memorable (e.g. I kinda sucked), I'll talk about my buddy. He's a high handicapper who broke 80 for the first time. He had 3 birdies and was under par on the front. Hung on to shoot 79 after starting the back with back to back triples. It was fun to watch him do this. The guys I play with are fun but also serious. No mulligans and have just recently started conceding putts if they are inside the leather. Good story! My one time golfing pal was actually a guy that worked for me. I was 39 when I first touched a club and we were partnered up at the time that I was improving rapidly, so we took a few scalps. One of the things that I always enjoyed was seeing him get excited about the distance on my drives, as he was a short (though deadly straight) hitter. And he loved and respected the rules of the game. Since he passed away I keep thinking about this little par three we played one day. Hit off almost a cliff, the green protected by a small stream in front. My ball was on the back fringe, just against the rough. Tricky chip of about 12 feet with a hard left hand turn. The only way I can see to get this thing close is to pull out my three wood to chip. The guys are all looking at each other as I do a few practice stabs. When I hit the chip, it was pretty obvious right away that it was perfect, and there was Charlie on the green, so excited that he’s running out my chip. He looked as excited as if it was his birdie instead of mine. Congratulations to your buddy. I never made to a sub-80 round. I twice had 39 on a front side but both times I fell well short, my best being 82. I figure about 16 years since my last round. Trying to decide if I should pull the sticks out of the closet now and see what I have left in the tank… |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on May 3, 2024 12:14:44 GMT -5
Since my round wasn't very memorable (e.g. I kinda sucked), I'll talk about my buddy. He's a high handicapper who broke 80 for the first time. He had 3 birdies and was under par on the front. Hung on to shoot 79 after starting the back with back to back triples. It was fun to watch him do this. The guys I play with are fun but also serious. No mulligans and have just recently started conceding putts if they are inside the leather. Good story! My one time golfing pal was actually a guy that worked for me. I was 39 when I first touched a club and we were partnered up at the time that I was improving rapidly, so we took a few scalps. One of the things that I always enjoyed was seeing him get excited about the distance on my drives, as he was a short (though deadly straight) hitter. And he loved and respected the rules of the game. Since he passed away I keep thinking about this little par three we played one day. Hit off almost a cliff, the green protected by a small stream in front. My ball was on the back fringe, just against the rough. Tricky chip of about 12 feet with a hard left hand turn. The only way I can see to get this thing close is to pull out my three wood to chip. The guys are all looking at each other as I do a few practice stabs. When I hit the chip, it was pretty obvious right away that it was perfect, and there was Charlie on the green, so excited that he’s running out my chip. He looked as excited as if it was his birdie instead of mine. Congratulations to your buddy. I never made to a sub-80 round. I twice had 39 on a front side but both times I fell well short, my best being 82. I figure about 16 years since my last round. Trying to decide if I should pull the sticks out of the closet now and see what I have left in the tank… Inger, my advice would be do it. Good way to meet people and you sound like a guy who likes to compete. If you do, and decide to start playing again look into some new clubs, you'd be amazed at how much golf clubs have improved since you last played. Even cheaper clubs would be a big improvement over 16 year old clubs. |
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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 12:20:30 GMT -5
Good story! My one time golfing pal was actually a guy that worked for me. I was 39 when I first touched a club and we were partnered up at the time that I was improving rapidly, so we took a few scalps. One of the things that I always enjoyed was seeing him get excited about the distance on my drives, as he was a short (though deadly straight) hitter. And he loved and respected the rules of the game. Since he passed away I keep thinking about this little par three we played one day. Hit off almost a cliff, the green protected by a small stream in front. My ball was on the back fringe, just against the rough. Tricky chip of about 12 feet with a hard left hand turn. The only way I can see to get this thing close is to pull out my three wood to chip. The guys are all looking at each other as I do a few practice stabs. When I hit the chip, it was pretty obvious right away that it was perfect, and there was Charlie on the green, so excited that he’s running out my chip. He looked as excited as if it was his birdie instead of mine. Congratulations to your buddy. I never made to a sub-80 round. I twice had 39 on a front side but both times I fell well short, my best being 82. I figure about 16 years since my last round. Trying to decide if I should pull the sticks out of the closet now and see what I have left in the tank… Inger, my advice would be do it. Good way to meet people and you sound like a guy who likes to compete. If you do, and decide to start playing again look into some new clubs, you'd be amazed at how much golf clubs have improved since you last played. Even cheaper clubs would be a big improvement over 16 year old clubs. About a year before I quit I bought some really nice Adams irons with the rescue 3 and 4 irons. I have a Titleist driver that I thumped pretty well, up to 310 yards in the humid air of MD and ungodly distances here in Colorado. I never bought a good putter. That might be the best place to start. My old three wood… can’t remember the branding… oh yeah, Taylor Made was good for up to 275 on perfect strike. Imagine how much distance I must have lost by now… yikes… |
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Post by qwik3457bb on May 3, 2024 13:24:20 GMT -5
Checking in from the office waiting to be examined to say that I’m looking forward to Jones’ Yankeeography with great eagerness. Hope everything went well with your eye exam! As a matter of fact, it went OK. After taking a close look with several machines, the doctor told me that another injection for my diabetic retinopathy could wait another month or two. Slight improvement, and no further deterioration. Thanks for asking, kaybli. |
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Post by kaybli on May 3, 2024 13:31:38 GMT -5
Hope everything went well with your eye exam! As a matter of fact, it went OK. After taking a close look with several machines, the doctor told me that another injection for my diabetic retinopathy could wait another month or two. Slight improvement, and no further deterioration. Thanks for asking, kaybli. Sure. Always great to receive positive health news! Sorry you have to deal with the diabetic retinopathy. |
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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 16:18:49 GMT -5
Hope everything went well with your eye exam! As a matter of fact, it went OK. After taking a close look with several machines, the doctor told me that another injection for my diabetic retinopathy could wait another month or two. Slight improvement, and no further deterioration. Thanks for asking, kaybli. To the best of my knowledge the words “diabetic retinopathy” have not been used in my visits to this point, but I would assume that to be my likely diagnosis. The doctor has told me that six months ago I had some small bleeds in my eyes, and that this time they were gone, but they had been replaced by a few smaller ones. He said this to be very common in diabetic a patients are are of little concern at the stage they are now. He congratulated me on my last A1C being 6.1 anc said that maintaining that would be very important in maintaining and retaining my vision moving forward. Best wishes to you Kwik. It’s a nasty illness and all we can do is throw everything we have it, knowing that we can only stave it off, not defeat it… |
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Post by kaybli on May 3, 2024 16:41:04 GMT -5
As a matter of fact, it went OK. After taking a close look with several machines, the doctor told me that another injection for my diabetic retinopathy could wait another month or two. Slight improvement, and no further deterioration. Thanks for asking, kaybli. To the best of my knowledge the words “diabetic retinopathy” have not been used in my visits to this point, but I would assume that to be my likely diagnosis. The doctor has told me that six months ago I had some small bleeds in my eyes, and that this time they were gone, but they had been replaced by a few smaller ones. He said this to be very common in diabetic a patients are are of little concern at the stage they are now. He congratulated me on my last A1C being 6.1 anc said that maintaining that would be very important in maintaining and retaining my vision moving forward. Best wishes to you Kwik. It’s a nasty illness and all we can do is throw everything we have it, knowing that we can only stave it off, not defeat it… Keep up the good working in keeping that A1C down inger! Proud of you! |
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Post by bumper on May 3, 2024 16:57:49 GMT -5
I planted thyme and oregano outdoors today. Outdoor temperature has to consistently rise above 50 degrees during the evening hours to move my basil outside. Been hardening my various pepper seedlings. Hopefully I can plant them outdoors in a weeks time. I aim for days near mother's day to move all my seedlings outdoors. Downsizing my gardening this season. Will just aim on herbs and peppers. Sounds like a diverse garden you have created. I’d have to wait until the middle of July for consistent 50’s at night… 😂 We’re classified as zone 5b, but the people that do those classifications need to move here for a year… wow. inger where do live? here in central vermont, believe it's zone 5a. most folks wait until memorial weekend but i'll push it as early as mother's day depending on the forecast. last year, we had a hard freeze may 18 which required a major replant. for now i just put seeds in the ground for the cool weather stuff like lettuce, spinach and peas. they're rather hardy. |
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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 17:10:46 GMT -5
I’d have to wait until the middle of July for consistent 50’s at night… 😂 We’re classified as zone 5b, but the people that do those classifications need to move here for a year… wow. inger where do live? here in central vermont, believe it's zone 5a. most folks wait until memorial weekend but i'll push it as early as mother's day depending on the forecast. last year, we had a hard freeze may 18 which required a major replant. for now i just put seeds in the ground for the cool weather stuff like lettuce, spinach and peas. they're rather hardy. I worked as a shipping manager for commercial greenhouses for some 17 years what seems like 50 years ago (it’s more like 18-20). I remember the early seasons of spring in MD, shipping out pansies first and the following up with the plants you mentioned, along with broccoli, dusty Miller and snapdragons. We live in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at 7,600 ft, elevation, just a bit north of Alamosa. Needless to say, we go to care much for summer heat, and don’t mind cool weather at all. We went from sea level MD for our entires lives basically to the 5,000 ft. Elevation of Pueblo West, CO, and finally migrated uphill after experiencing blistering summers for 5.5 years. The population density is extremely low… |
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Post by bumper on May 3, 2024 17:20:27 GMT -5
wow. inger where do live? here in central vermont, believe it's zone 5a. most folks wait until memorial weekend but i'll push it as early as mother's day depending on the forecast. last year, we had a hard freeze may 18 which required a major replant. for now i just put seeds in the ground for the cool weather stuff like lettuce, spinach and peas. they're rather hardy. I worked as a shipping manager for commercial greenhouses for some 17 years what seems like 50 years ago (it’s more like 18-20). I remember the early seasons of spring in MD, shipping out pansies first and the following up with the plants you mentioned, along with broccoli, dusty Miller and snapdragons. We live in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at 7,600 ft, elevation, just a bit north of Alamosa. Needless to say, we go to care much for summer heat, and don’t mind cool weather at all. We went from sea level MD for our entires lives basically to the 5,000 ft. Elevation of Pueblo West, CO, and finally migrated uphill after experiencing blistering summers for 5.5 years. The population density is extremely low… i loathe summer heat. vermont is substantially cooler than manhattan  but there seems to be warming trend so last year got an air conditioner.
very rural where i live. (no one lives in vermont and that's how i like it) my nyc apartment had more people than my town has.
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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 17:28:43 GMT -5
I worked as a shipping manager for commercial greenhouses for some 17 years what seems like 50 years ago (it’s more like 18-20). I remember the early seasons of spring in MD, shipping out pansies first and the following up with the plants you mentioned, along with broccoli, dusty Miller and snapdragons. We live in the San Luis Valley of Colorado at 7,600 ft, elevation, just a bit north of Alamosa. Needless to say, we go to care much for summer heat, and don’t mind cool weather at all. We went from sea level MD for our entires lives basically to the 5,000 ft. Elevation of Pueblo West, CO, and finally migrated uphill after experiencing blistering summers for 5.5 years. The population density is extremely low… i loathe summer heat. vermont is substantially cooler than manhattan but seems to be warming trend so last year got an air conditioner.
very rural where. (no one lives in vermont and that's how i like it) my nyc apartment had more people than my town has.
The locals here complained last summer when we had three days that hit 90, with one of them being 93. We haven’t gotten an air conditioner since we have such low humidity, but last summer was our first here. We’re putting a heavy duty screen door on the house this year and if we get desperate we may consider a swamp cooler. The house is comfortable at up to about 79-80 degrees in summer with good airflow. We have ceiling fans. The biggest enemies we face are the metal propanel roof and east facing windows that we must close the curtains on in the morning or the temperature rises quickly. I think we only had a couple nights during July or August that were at 60 or so, most summer nights are around 48-54… |
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Post by laurenfrances on May 3, 2024 20:06:04 GMT -5
I planted thyme and oregano outdoors today. Outdoor temperature has to consistently rise above 50 degrees during the evening hours to move my basil outside. Been hardening my various pepper seedlings. Hopefully I can plant them outdoors in a weeks time. I aim for days near mother's day to move all my seedlings outdoors. Downsizing my gardening this season. Will just aim on herbs and peppers. Sounds like a diverse garden you have created. more like a small farm . i grow everything - broccoli, cauliflower, brussels, squashes, tomatoes, peppers, berries etc. last year even grew artichokes which came out great. i have 2 freezers that i fill up over the summer and then mostly eat my home grown all winter. last year processed about 100 lbs of tomatoes into sauce. works out well since i'm a vegetarian . before moving up here (vermont), lived in manhattan for 30 yrs and had maybe a begonia. funny the paths we take ... Wow, you do have a little farm. I use to grow a lot more...beans, eggplants, squash, tomatoes, mustard greens, peppers, etc. Last year I grew tomatoes. Still have a small freezer filled with tomatoes, basils and various hot peppers. Thought about canning stuff. Just fearful if I don't do it with utmost sterility I will get sick consuming it. I just ended up freezing and dehydrating stuff. Dehydrating peppers are great. Made jars of various pepper powder in addition to pepper flakes. Boy are they hot hot hot and yummy. This year I'm thinking of making "cowboy candy". Cowboy candy doesn't require pressure canning, so a pressure apparatus is not needed. I bought small size canning jars in case I get myself to do some canning. For sure this year I decided to limit my growth as I still have bags of stuff frozen from last summer. I'm not a fan of heat/humid weather. It was about 55 degrees as I took a walk in shorts and a t shirt. As I was talking to a friend doing exactly the same elsewhere, she had on a long pants, top with a fleece jacket claiming it's cold. For me ideal temperature is 40-75 degrees. For my friend 80-90 degrees. |
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Post by inger on May 3, 2024 22:49:13 GMT -5
more like a small farm . i grow everything - broccoli, cauliflower, brussels, squashes, tomatoes, peppers, berries etc. last year even grew artichokes which came out great. i have 2 freezers that i fill up over the summer and then mostly eat my home grown all winter. last year processed about 100 lbs of tomatoes into sauce. works out well since i'm a vegetarian . before moving up here (vermont), lived in manhattan for 30 yrs and had maybe a begonia. funny the paths we take ... Wow, you do have a little farm. I use to grow a lot more...beans, eggplants, squash, tomatoes, mustard greens, peppers, etc. Last year I grew tomatoes. Still have a small freezer filled with tomatoes, basils and various hot peppers. Thought about canning stuff. Just fearful if I don't do it with utmost sterility I will get sick consuming it. I just ended up freezing and dehydrating stuff. Dehydrating peppers are great. Made jars of various pepper powder in addition to pepper flakes. Boy are they hot hot hot and yummy. This year I'm thinking of making "cowboy candy". Cowboy candy doesn't require pressure canning, so a pressure apparatus is not needed. I bought small size canning jars in case I get myself to do some canning. For sure this year I decided to limit my growth as I still have bags of stuff frozen from last summer. I'm not a fan of heat/humid weather. It was about 55 degrees as I took a walk in shorts and a t shirt. As I was talking to a friend doing exactly the same elsewhere, she had on a long pants, top with a fleece jacket claiming it's cold. For me ideal temperature is 40-75 degrees. For my friend 80-90 degrees. I have a sister in Charleston, SC that’s like your friend. She’s happy at temperatures that I loathe. My tee tolerance weather can be in the mid to high thirties on sunny near windless days. Shorts usually come out about now (two weeks ago). And humidity is a very naughty word around here. We start griping at about 20%… |
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Post by laurenfrances on May 4, 2024 1:07:12 GMT -5
Wow, you do have a little farm. I use to grow a lot more...beans, eggplants, squash, tomatoes, mustard greens, peppers, etc. Last year I grew tomatoes. Still have a small freezer filled with tomatoes, basils and various hot peppers. Thought about canning stuff. Just fearful if I don't do it with utmost sterility I will get sick consuming it. I just ended up freezing and dehydrating stuff. Dehydrating peppers are great. Made jars of various pepper powder in addition to pepper flakes. Boy are they hot hot hot and yummy. This year I'm thinking of making "cowboy candy". Cowboy candy doesn't require pressure canning, so a pressure apparatus is not needed. I bought small size canning jars in case I get myself to do some canning. For sure this year I decided to limit my growth as I still have bags of stuff frozen from last summer. I'm not a fan of heat/humid weather. It was about 55 degrees as I took a walk in shorts and a t shirt. As I was talking to a friend doing exactly the same elsewhere, she had on a long pants, top with a fleece jacket claiming it's cold. For me ideal temperature is 40-75 degrees. For my friend 80-90 degrees. I have a sister in Charleston, SC that’s like your friend. She’s happy at temperatures that I loathe. My tee tolerance weather can be in the mid to high thirties on sunny near windless days. Shorts usually come out about now (two weeks ago). And humidity is a very naughty word around here. We start griping at about 20%… Summer weather in NYC is hot and muggy. Humidity is quite high. Right now humidity has exceeded 40% |
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Post by inger on May 4, 2024 7:31:09 GMT -5
I have a sister in Charleston, SC that’s like your friend. She’s happy at temperatures that I loathe. My tee tolerance weather can be in the mid to high thirties on sunny near windless days. Shorts usually come out about now (two weeks ago). And humidity is a very naughty word around here. We start griping at about 20%… Summer weather in NYC is hot and muggy. Humidity is quite high. Right now humidity has exceeded 40% Humidity is high on the list of reasons I moved west… |
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but there seems to be warming trend so last year got an air conditioner.