The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

Yes. But I have a few more jerseys of clubs I don't hate (i.e. no Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox . . .) and whose jerseys I like. Currently Blue Jays, Padres, Reds and Mariners. Looking to add Orioles, Tigers and maybe Rangers. Those are the cheaper replica jerseys from the MLB store, though (<100$). The Pirates that I got from my sister for Christmas a few years back is the only "expensive" one (>200$).

Ebay is your friend for jerseys.  I've gotten all of mine off of there and never had an issue (aside from one time the seller forgot to mention the fact that it was a youth sized jersey. )  Why no Royals or Indians?

WHenever I looked on Ebay I was pretty sure they were all fakes.

[Sheilbh]

Well I think Albania or Russia's won Eurovision.

[FunkMonk]

[Sheilbh]

I think that's the 44 year old.

[Jaron]

Good lord, WTF is that?

[PDH]

Saw a minivan today with large (24x36) signs duct-taped to it.  They all read along the lines of "I am a flying pig if Obama is a Christian."

The crazies have come out in Wyoming.

[Jaron]

Oops. I brought home a 800 dollar piece of equipment from work and I seem to have misplaced it.

[Ed Anger]

Yes. But I have a few more jerseys of clubs I don't hate (i.e. no Phillies, Yankees, Red Sox . . .) and whose jerseys I like. Currently Blue Jays, Padres, Reds and Mariners. Looking to add Orioles, Tigers and maybe Rangers. Those are the cheaper replica jerseys from the MLB store, though (<100$). The Pirates that I got from my sister for Christmas a few years back is the only "expensive" one (>200$).

Ebay is your friend for jerseys.  I've gotten all of mine off of there and never had an issue (aside from one time the seller forgot to mention the fact that it was a youth sized jersey. )  Why no Royals or Indians?

I'll wear my Bruins Miroslav Satan jersey in your honor. When it COOLS THE HELL DOWN OUT THERE.

[sbr]

Oops. I brought home a 800 dollar piece of equipment from work and I seem to have misplaced it.

At the last place I worked a guy from the Seattle office took home a ~$20,000 fiber optic fusion splicer and a ~$10,000 fiber tester and left them in his van overnight instead of taking them inside.  I don't remember if the whole van was stolen, or just the equipment, but either way they were both gone in the morning.

[Neil]

Saw a minivan today with large (24x36) signs duct-taped to it.  They all read along the lines of "I am a flying pig if Obama is a Christian."

The crazies have come out in Wyoming.

God Warriors are hilarious.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Welp.  I went to the driving range for the first time in at least a year today, and seem to have developed a semi-regular slice that gets just NASTY as the distance increases.  Somewhere between 150 and 180 that thing takes a hard right and is just gone.  I should still go play as planned tomorrow during the peak time.  "You fuckers behind us can wait while I spend an hour looking for my ball in the woods over there."

On the plus side though, toward the end of the bucket when I was just tired of the shit and all pissy and bitchy etc, and so just lining it up and swinging, it got a lot better.  I actually hit the 185 marker, which was straight out in front of me and what I was using as an aim point, with one of them, so....that's alright.  I don't swing as hard as I used to, I don't think, so I might need to start thinking about switching from a stiff flex to a regular on that driver.  Should help.  Or I could stop being a lazy turd and actually start working out again.  Getting the clubs reshafted is easier.

[DGuller]

Saw a minivan today with large (24x36) signs duct-taped to it.  They all read along the lines of "I am a flying pig if Obama is a Christian."

The crazies have come out in Wyoming.

Wouldn't it be something if he ran off the edge of the road on mountains somewhere?  I guess Obama's Christianity would be confirmed then.

[CountDeMoney]

Welp.  I went to the driving range for the first time in at least a year today, and seem to have developed a semi-regular slice that gets just NASTY as the distance increases.  Somewhere between 150 and 180 that thing takes a hard right and is just gone.

If it's not your hips, like it usually is, double check your elbows aren't pulling out through the end of your downswing.

[CountDeMoney]

Saw a minivan today with large (24x36) signs duct-taped to it.  They all read along the lines of "I am a flying pig if Obama is a Christian."

The crazies have come out in Wyoming.

Those guys would be fun to pull over, if there wasn't the chance they'd riddle your cruiser with an AR-15 first.

[MadBurgerMaker]

If it's not your hips, like it usually is, double check your elbows aren't pulling out through the end of your downswing.

I was just feeling kinda stiff and all that, basically like I was kinda starting over, you know?  I know I was gripping it too tightly too, because my goddamn hands hurt now.  If I can't fix myself to where I'm at least generally consistent again, I'm thinking I'm going to go in and catch a quick lesson.  Maybe have them record my swing so we can look at it and see whats up. 

My hybrids were giving me a lot of trouble today too.  Like, "throw them into the nearest trashcan fuck these things I dont care anymore" kind of trouble.  The 3 wood though, strangely enough, was swinging niiiice.  Irons were generally okay.  My PW never lets me down ever. 

Felt good to go out there though, despite my whining.  Made me wonder why I stopped playing for so long with that feeling you get when you really get a hold of one and just crank that bastard.  It was rare today, but it happened a few times.  *BOOM*  "Oh hell yeah"

What's cool is that my wife has decided that she wants to play now, so we went and got her a really pretty sweet set of women's Wilson clubs from Academy.  Last year's model or something, on sale for like $160.  Her driver is totally fun to hit.  It seems way shorter that it actually is (it's about an inch sorter), but it's still a big 460cc head, so to me it felt kinda like I was taking a shot at it with a BIGASS iron or something.  Anyway, she seems to have had a good time, so hopefully going out to the course will get back to being a regular thing for me.