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The Royal We

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  1. That's insane. 

    I got a Backbone and have it up to lvl 3, so my only glaring hole right now is Driver.  Until I get The Extra Mile, I think I'm going to have a really hard time winning 1 v 1 on Tour 4.  I got lucky this morning and matched up with someone on a tour 4 match who still had the beginner wood on a long par 5 and won that one on a chip in.  I've upgraded my big dawg to lvl 3 and it's pretty essential on the long holes for me because the Rocket is clownshoes.

  2. It's a huge issue that I don't know how to tackle without seriously compromising civil liberties, but it's a big component of tearing the country apart.  For retired people there are very few negative consequences to posting and boosting hateful BS.  I'm not on FB but have had a couple of friends tell me that some of the crap my Pops posts on FB is moonbat crazy stuff.  But when his whole social circle and family are ensconced in the same echo chamber there are no social consequences.  

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  3. 52 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    lemonline already echoed some of my thoughts, but I’ve seen the 25% talked about morph into something else. As he said, their news sources are bad, their echo chambers are huge now, and facts and truth are dismissed out of hand. That’s a dangerous recipe. You think they’ll suddenly wake up and scream election fraud when their candidate wins? They aren’t recognizing it now, why would they change their minds after not only their success, but in their view their savior against” Communism winning?

    This is where pretty much my entire family resides at the moment.  I'd really like to think they aren't bad people, but it's really hard on my heart that they cannot pull their heads up and see the BS going on for what it really is.  My pops was a history major FFS and he is blind because of Facebook and FoxNews.  No amount of well-sourced facts and/or data can break through.  I see no way that they would be upset/admit the election was stolen as long as the orange hate goblin wins.

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  4. So I've maxed out Tour 1 already and have a few wins in Tour 3.  I got The Horizon in a random chest and The Big Dawg and prefer Horizon so far because of the much better Ball Guide, but I assume the distance will become more important as I get a better feel for how the ball is going to roll out.  I still don't have any options for a long iron and really am hoping I get one in a chest soon.  I need to do a little research on shaping the ball and plan on watching a few youtube videos today on that.  FML

  5. I don't have FB, so won't be able to do that.  Thanks for the info.

    I've been on Clash forever and am starting to get bored with it - and yes, the coin issue is a beating on there.

  6. Just signed up today.  I have a few buddies that have been playing for years so I finally broke down.

    Is it worth it to upgrade early clubs or should I hang on to the coins?  I've got enough cards to upgrade The Dart, but didn't know if that was good value or not this early on.

  7. 48 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

    Impeach Bill Barr.

     

     

    WTF!?  He got to go. 

    It's wild how anyone who behaves properly around this administration and demonstrates integrity is run out of town quick, fast, and in a hurry.  Like a dog.  Such a head scratcher.

  8. Cases are being counted multiple times!  They are inflating the hospitalization numbers, if you come in for something unrelated and then test positive while you are in the hospital, they count that too for the $$$$!  They are coding everything as Covid, even if they died WITH Covid, not FROM Covid!

    Unfortunately I'm hearing this from some of my family.  It's a huge source of frustration and sadness in my life right now.  I never thought I would have to tell my parents to STFU, but here we are.

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  9. That's pretty damn messed up for the teachers.  I have to think that any Teachers that have the means will tell them to pound sand and not work under those conditions.  This is shaping up to be a clown car smeared in $hit, so, par for the course for this administration.

  10. 3 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

    I think that that kind of reduction to individual level counts vs. test level counts would have to occur at the county level. My assumption would be that test level counts are what is being provided, but there may vary well be variability from county to county, and there would likely be some errors introduced in the process.  None of which I think would actually have a meaningful impact on the numbers. 

    Seems reasonable.  Although I do think it could become more statistically impactful in the future if multiple negative tests are required before someone can participate in an activity - seems like that would drive more positive tests.

    It also seems like counties should have the ability to keep track the number of positive individuals vs. tests in the numbers they are reporting to the state.  At least the smaller counties, it could be more challenging for Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, etc.

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  11. 9 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

     

    That's antibody testing vs. diagnostic testing.  The way that I read the quoted test was how were cases where an individual had multiple diagnostic test come back as positive treated.  Not sure the answer to that, but even if they are double counting I don't think it should have a meaningful impact on the trends we are seeing in cases. 

    Yea, I don't think it would be statistically significant, but I'd like to find a trustworthy source that says the case count is individuals, not positive tests - found that for NC and GA, but not for TX.  Been digging around on the TX DSHS website with no luck so far - not mentioned in the FAQ.

  12. Sorry if I've missed this, I've been away from the thread for a few days and search did me no good. 

    I've had multiple people claim to me that if the same person tests positive multiple times that they are all showing up as additional cases in the official case counts from the CDC and various dashboards.  I can find articles addressing that this is false in North Carolina and Georgia, but nothing for Texas.  Does anyone have a source for this?

  13. 30 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

    Right, but a healthy economy depends on the virus being under control. The idea that the two are divorced is/was fantasy 

    So much this.  The economic pain was coming no matter what - I can't understand why people don't get this.  Sure Houston is "open", but how many people are going to actually go out to eat or to a bar now that the chickens have come home to roost?

  14. My oldest son (10 y.o.) is supposed to go to a 2 week summer camp starting July 5th.  He was signed up last fall, we canceled this spring and then re-enrolled a few weeks ago when it looked like things were somewhat under control.  The camp has made drastic changes to their drop-off procedure and their day to day activities/procedures.  And pretty much everyone out there is confined to the camp grounds (way out in the East Texas woods) for the whole summer.  The cabins are not air conditioned, but I still feel like if one kid in the cabin shows up with asymptomatic CV19, then everyone in the cabin is likely to end up with it. 

    I was the one that had to push my wife to get her comfortable that outdoor activities are fine - still pretty much feel this way, especially if we quarantine for 2 weeks as a family after camp is over.  But I have to admit that I'm waffling a bit with the case numbers in Texas trending like they are.

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