
Hornbeliever
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How is Memorial Park for beginner-ish players? I just started playing but am down 30 shots since i started a few months ago. Happy with progress since i started in April but happy in the way one is happy with someone on My 600-lb Life who lost 300 lbs…. Easy to lose 300 lbs when you are fat as shit just like it’s easy to drop 30 shots when you suck and shoot 130 first time out ( just cracked 98 at Sugarcreek). So still suck. I still have clubs gifted to me that were made in 1999 but now that I feel I’m committed to learning and playing this game, I’m going to buy new clubs in next month. I’ve take seven lessons and instructor finally told me my swing is far along to consider buying since swing is stabilizing a bit. Long way of saying I still hate slowing groups down so if Memorial Park is for like players in the 80s, I’ll continue playing at random places…but I live right by park so it would be nice to go play less than 5 minutes from my house rather than hodgepodge of places all over Houston I’ve played at that are 4-5x further.
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Sorry Mr Banks. Didn’t mean what I said
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Went to various parties where Elizabeth Banks was at pre-stardom. Any random UT bar in the late 90s had numerous better looking girls so it’s interesting to see what’s happened since mid-aughts with her.
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My daughter was 3rd grader on 3rd/4th grade league that was way more serious than I thought. Some parents acted like if their daughter was being scouted by UCONN. Even as serious as parents were, I did not see one purposeful pass the whole season so check your expectations. League was 100% pick and roll based and winning team had the better pg and defense. So yes to advice above about layups and defense. in this league, you could not double anyone whatsoever unless they were in paint and you couldn’t guard a girl in backcourt and no zone. Rules meant to allow some fluidity in game so I hated them at first but then grew to understand once I realized that without these rules, over/under would quite literally be 0.5. With these rules, over/under would be probably 40.
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Replaced a terrible light fixture with this one I made. Bought white oak and dug channels up top for the wiring and the six black pipes for the lights. This wood was so much harder to work with than regular Home Depot wood. Also pretty damn heavy so had to put it up with help of handyman. He had to hit the ceiling joists (?) exactly for large screws to go into. It was a process but was happy with his work.
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Just starting to get into golf so wanting to buy some clubs as the very very old ones I was gifted suck. I am nowhere good enough or committed enough (yet) to get fitted….given that, where is best place to buy set of clubs….Just go to PGA store or Academy or somewhere else? if I’m still committed a couple years in, I’ll do things like get fitted but I have to show I love it enough before I commit to bigger dollars.
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@Tailgate Did you end up going and if so, thoughts? Thinking of going myself
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The Surly Budget Wine Go To List
Hornbeliever replied to The Original Greaser Bob's topic in Food and Travel
We only buy Pinot and la crema, inscripcion, and macmurray are all under $25 and we love them. -
While I hate Mack, this has been a problem for a while….maybe why we underachieved for decades. I was playing 2 on 2 basketball in summer 1997 at an outdoor court on the east side of 35 when the starting UT linebacker crew came and challenged us to a game. Clearly, we were athletically outmatched but hung in there due to two reasons: (1) we played as a team and they did dumb one-on-one type bs but more importantly (2) we didn’t constantly smoke out in the middle of plays like all of them were doing. Around 60 days later, I’m guessing this crew got winded from chasing UCLA RB’s when they scored 900 points against us.
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Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.)
Hornbeliever replied to surlybevo's topic in Business and Markets
Welcome to gambling 101! Join us who own crypto but have no clue what we are doing, other than getting a bit wealthier. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
Hornbeliever replied to Machinator's topic in Football
All OU fans are praying this happens so it’s true news -
While this isn’t a show that will go on the Mount Rushmore for TV, I have enjoyed it. I can understand what some are saying on pacing but I’ve never once thought that I regret watching it. It is what it is….a solid 8. Nothing more, nothing less. And even dirty, grimy RF brings the heat.
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Not as enjoyable as Reacher IMO. Reacher is just the right amount of masculine ridiculousness. I felt rebel ridge tried to halfway be serious but also had some ridiculous moments. Pick a lane. Be Rambo or not but I don’t like halfway measures.
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When Aggie goes 8-5 next year again, I’m trying to figure out how they keep the payments going on the roller coaster….’Year one of Elko’ was obviously always going to be the excuse this year but the rationalizer-crystal-ball gets a touch tougher next year. Marcel Reed will be junior with lots of experience…..click? Two full classes of Elko recruits plus all the stud true freshmen that will play in 2026 so…clak? we get UT and LSU at home again….click?
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