Everything posted by capnamerca
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
Those things cause you to hit thin lob wedges at the heads of the very nice members that are hosting you at local country clubs.
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
Arrowhead might be the most fun I've ever had on a golf course. I have a picture of my dad and I on what I think is the teebox of the hole AFTER the one in your second pic, PH. That golf course was absolutely stunning, and in great shape, AND at altitude. I love seeing post pictures - it's clearly unmistakable. I really need to go back out there ...
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
I love you man, but you think too much :). (miss you in Austin BTW).
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
Hahahahahahahahaha ... hey @chitwood I fucking told you so. Fuck, I just want Butler to stay the same, because changes to that place remind me that I'm getting older. Progress is inevitable. First they came for Armadillo World Headquarters, but I was too young. Then the Black Cat burned down, but I didn't go to 6th all that often. But Butler Park is a step too far. 8 and 9 are the best holes out there. Burn down that shittastic 3rd hole if you want - the back corner of that lot will hold a food truck pavilion and music lounge, and you can insert another 60-yard hold between 8 tee and the putting green, or even just do away with the putting green and use the space for another hole. But. It doesn't matter. In two years, the new operators are going to complain to the city that the current configuration of land (i.e. golf course) is too difficult to run profitably, and recommend that the city investigate other ways to use the property. And two years after that, we'll have more condos. I LIKE condos. Our urban density is still shit, even after the 10-year boom. We can't magically make more space for highways and we refuse to put light rail to the university or to the airport (you know, where people actually GO), so our traffic is going to continue to suck. Making the urban core more dense is our biggest remaining weapon. But does it have to be THIS LOT that we put more condos on?
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Kyler Murray - The Savior or Satan of OU Football
Que?
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Kyler Murray - The Savior or Satan of OU Football
I never got why so many on here criticized him for this. I mean I guess because this is Texas board and he's at OU. But I don't want my QB to go out there and start taking unnecessary hits. Fuck that. This is a QBs game. You don't win without one so I want mine standing up to play. I also want one smart enough to know this and to avoid them when possible. After the noisy yellers and downright idiots are filtered out, most of us here are pretty complimentary of Kyler's skill set and achievements. He clearly wins, and he's clearly freakishly talented. He didn't start well with us 6 years ago, and he deserves some shit for that, but his on-field results speak for themselves. Mayfield chokes on cock by choice. Fuck him.
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Kyler Murray - The Savior or Satan of OU Football
Now analyze him if he played for texas. Ready? First throw was off the back foot and largely luck that he got it out in front of the LB to his man; If I'm an TX fan I'm worried about that throwing mentality, but gunslingers gonna gunsling I guess. The last throw was really damn nice, dime down the sideline. Props for that one. In balance, in rhythm, on target and on time.
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Kyler Murray - The Savior or Satan of OU Football
Totally agree with this entire post. He and Mayfield seem to be jackass peas in a pod, but I can't deny the talent.
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Kyler Murray - The Savior or Satan of OU Football
First throw was off the back foot and largely luck that he got it out in front of the LB to his man; If I'm an AZ fan I'm worried about that throwing mentality, but gunslingers gonna gunsling I guess. The last throw was really damn nice, dime down the sideline. Props for that one. In balance, in rhythm, on target and on time.
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
DDD can golf his fucking ball (don't let him try and convince you otherwise). Nice playing, old man.
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
God it's fun when you play good golf. Played Plum Creek this morning, 35-39/74. Birdied 7-8-9, and lipped out two others on the back. Couple of lazy bogeys to finish, but just a real solid round. Met three great guys, sun was out, just perfect.
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2019 Women's World Cup - Do It Back to Back
I swear facts are hard for some people. Thank you for typing this out. I don't care about the ENG-SWE match or what their players get paid (well, actually I do but I'm just a softie liberal who cares about equal opportunity), but on this point there's no factual reason why the USMNT should be paid more than the USWNT. Our Men's team sucks ass, and our women's team are playing for two WCs in three attempts, plus a four of the six gold medals ever awarded in Women's soccer in the Olympics. The Men are bumbling chucklefucks that can't posses a goddamn ball (not you CP, you're awesome), and the women define their sport.
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Callaway Apex MB irons
The arms, they're so long. Dragging knuckles on the ground.
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Dog is suddenly terrified of the back yard.
Damn this is topical. Our 7mo ridgeback starting doing the same shit about two weeks ago. She's only ever taken a crap on one specific tier in our front yard, as the backyard is all torn up (pool install), and the fence isn't secure. So literally from the time she was a puppy and didn't know how to climb stairs (so we had to carry her into the yard), until now, never anywhere else save walks. Now? She won't even venture in that area unless you drag/push/bribe her. And I hate doing that, because there's clearly SOME reason why she doesn't want to go. Vet said to re-train her with lots of high-value treats. She apparently uses the bathroom fine on another one of the yard tiers, so we'll be switching to that for the time being, but what a beating.
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Wicked pitches
The one from Jordan Hicks, I guarantee you it ROASTED that catchers thumb. I caught a couple of D1 prospects in high school, and day after games my left thumb was just a black and blue, half-numb mess, because of that late downward movement. The ball enters the glove low on the pocket, and there's nothing you can do about it. And they weren't doing it at a hundo, either.
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Callaway Apex MB irons
Drool. lord those are gorgeous.
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2020 Texas Baseball
I'm not on the "Fire Pierce" train yet, but this is 100% coaching. Or some combination of coaching and recruit identification. If it's coaching, Pierce failed this kid. If it's recruit identification, Pierce's recruits this year better not struggle in this area.
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2020 Texas Baseball
Man. After his freshman campaign, I thought Nico was going to be one of those invaluable four-year starters, eating up incredible innings, Tuesday guy, tournament 4th starter, and by his Sr year maybe hitting a growth spurt and turning into a monster. Bummed about this one, tbh.
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2020 Texas Baseball
Only thing I don't like here is the right arm flying backwards as he releases the ball. It should be working back in front of him. Here's a good example.
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2018-19 PGA Tour
Scottie Scheffler wins on the Web, in a playoff. Bigtime!
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Hi Fi and Home theater set ups
Right now I'm thinking you're right. Not ready to cut the cord yet inside, but outside I think streaming to a WiFi enabled TV for the content I want directly is the answer. I can't get the full Google TV feed, but I can stream the golf channel app, ESPN app, etc. Gonna grab an iPad Mini and a lifeProof case. Connect the mini to the TV and to a pair of outdoor rated Bluetooth speakers, job done. I'm not gonna watch Game of Thrones outside, but I will watch football games - this will work for that, and keeps things dead simple. My parents might still struggle with it, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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2019 Golf Thread of Dominance
Nice little week you're working on ...
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Hi Fi and Home theater set ups
Last I checked YouTube didn't have ESPN or LHN ... that's a deal breaker. I also am trying to keep things simple enough for my parents to turn on the TV and sound outside, but that might be a pipe dream at this point ...
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Hi Fi and Home theater set ups
Hope this is the right spot for folks to weigh in here. Definitely need some pretty technical advice. We're putting in a pool. I've got a great spot for a TV - our deck is elevated, and the pool deck will be beneath it (basically a covered patio when you're down by the pool). The TV is going to go up on the side of the house, under the deck - largely weather-shielded, with great sight-lines from the pool and other social spaces. I've got power handled. Two key questions ... How do I get signal to the TV? (details below) How do I get sound in the backyard from whatever's on the TV? General details / notes on the setup around my place ... in no particular order. Google fiber + TV House is wired with Cat6. I have two drops that terminate on an outside wall, although it would be able 50' of conduit to run it over to where I want to put the TV. I don't mind running the conduit. An ideal setup would be some sort of stream, but google fiber app doesn't like to stream to players/sticks/casters (they want you to use their TV Boxes) I still can't figure out sound ... stereo-pairable outdoor bluetooth speakers seem ideal, but how does the source work? So ... any good ideas? The obvious answer is to get another Google Fiber TV box and put it outside. I can build a plexglass box for it to keep it out of the weather, but even just the hot/cold cycles will wreck that thing. But that might be the best way - curious for other ideas, tho.
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Outdoor AV advice
The challenge with any streaming device is that Google Fiber app doesn't play well with most of them, and as we're a Google TV customer ... womp womp. I'll post over on that thread, too - thanks for the heads up.