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Wally Fairway

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  1. Please don't tell my wife that this is happening, she will start to worry about this and will want to figure out what we should be doing to offset the risk, (I know this belongs in the stupid things my wife says thread)
  2. Thankfully this is a small field event, but getting 36 in on one day will be a challenge - I'm thinking that if Thursday is a complete washout then they will likely not get to a cut until Saturday when they complete 36 holes; which complicates things because you can't just keep them going after they finish 36 because you have to cut and regroup those who make the cut. Also, Tiger pushing himself to 54 holes in 2 days seems like a strain on his physical limitations. I would like to see him make the cut, even though it means more coverage of Tiger, but if he is anywhere near contending then it makes the excitement level skyrocket
  3. FWIW - Randall Monroe does really kinda get it - here is today's
  4. Just to reiterate - I first saw this xkcd after the 2017 eclipse, and reading other peoples posts about being in the totality convinced me that I wanted to go to view this in the totality. So glad I did, my 2 youngest who went to a dark park in Arky are already talking about not waiting until 2040's to see on in the US. credit xkcd.com/1880/
  5. This is awesome news; and I'm excited to book a flight to Guyana. Of course this is only a few weeks shy of my 218th birthday. Anyone want to meet me there, seems like a great place for a surly meet up. I will however not start that thread, yet. Apparently, it is too early to get ready
  6. It's happening, well a little anyway
  7. The local Indy news has a does and don'ts Here is the best advice: Don't drive while wearing your eclipse glasses
  8. Happy Eclipse Day - not to be mean about it, but it is a bright sunny morning in Indianapolis
  9. You can buy tickets, for thousands, but there is a personal commitment to win the lottery. I think I will have to go by 2026, when my best friend turns 70
  10. Jordan doing Jordan things - low round on the course -5 thru 15, 7 birdies, 2 wallys bogeys, to be in the top 10 (for now - afternoon tee times still to go)
  11. This has to be one of the best maps that I have seen; I have sent a link to at least 10 people. Besides the time in totality, it also has a animation that shows the circle (oblated oval) of totality as it travels (heads up - click the 60x button and move the slider to get to where you want to see it
  12. His Mom charges in five minute increments, so that his unitization of the activities.
  13. Seeing this angers me, and makes me wonder what ever happened to the 4chan gang called Anonymous. This seems right up there specialty. Then again what ever happened to Daniel Figurelli (I'm not saying surly should mess with this fucker, but I wouldn't be bothered if he felt consequences)
  14. Lighting ain't gonna matter, cuz dem lights gonna be off
  15. We've been there to visit family, not for the race, on Indy weekend and the traffic (if you are not going to/from the race) is nowhere near as bad as Houston traffic on any given day. I will try to avoid construction, and I will not get on the road home for at least an hour after the eclipse is over, however I will be travelling in a similar direction but not nearly as fast. It will all be fine, I'm thinking this emergency declaration is most similar to the Y2K scare-athon
  16. 2 updates: a) I have decided to view the eclipse with friends who live just outside Indy, and the weather forecast has been iffy, but Monday is starting to look better (gawd I hope I'm not jinxing myself) b) Mrs Fairway has gone high anxiety, near panic, mode for this event. She says the Indy had declared public emergency, schools are closing, she read that there are estimates of over 1 million, food and gas shortages due to influx of people. AND to top all of that she decided to test the eclipse glasses that we have and now she thinks they might all be fakes and not safe for the viewing. She says that when she tried them on last night that the lights in the room were still (very dimly) visible, so next she tested them with her cell phone flashlight and again dim light was visible. So I looked (sources linked below) and a small amount of light should be visible with a phone light and a bright bulb (unless it is frosted or in a shaded fixture - which they were not). And Indianapolis has a population of about 900,000, so a million isn't that many people coming in & it is a, like us, I think many people will not go into the city but rather view in an outlying area. Then she got mad when I said if it seemed like a bad decision to go and she was too worried that we could just drop the trip (which I will fess up, I was bluffing/lying) which made her rethink her overreaction. https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/are-your-solar-eclipse-glasses-safe-to-use-or-fake-heres-how-to-find-out/ https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-are-safe https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/safety/ Fuck it/Floor it - I'm all in on this bitch (and she better not be a just a tease....looking at you Mother Nature and the weather)
  17. 25+ years of not winning the ANGC lottery - I swear I have a better chance for winning the next Powerball drawing than getting a non-disappointing email from the Masters Lottery folks.
  18. Maybe Bones wants to get back on Phil's bag - I keed, I keed
  19. @Brisketexan sure has some weird kinks; but you do you buddy. I think it is more likely that she does an OnlyFans page; but I honestly don't know how or why that works when there are free sites on the interwebs (or so I have heard it reported). But that question is for a different day and on a different board. Hope that Brisket has saved up for his former Congresswoman escort kink fantasy bucket list item checkoff.
  20. 9 days until the Ceremonial first shot, the field is set (barring a non-invitee winning the Valero this week), the website has their fantasy game ready to go and The Big Cat is spending a week getting his game back into shape. The most anticipated event in golf is right around the corner https://www.masters.com/index.html Can't wait to see what this years drama is - someone going low from back in the pack, someone throwing it away, someone seeking a breakout first major (only to sink under the pressure of the back 9 on Sunday)
  21. be careful what you wish for - you might just get the whole darn thing. I once heard these words from a wise may ( or maybe it was a wise guy )
  22. I had to deal with this with both my parents, they had a decent amount of savings but it was not effectively invested. It took several years before my Dad was willing to change their investments. They decided to move to senior living in 2017, by 2019 they were in assisted living - thankfully they did have long-term (separate) LTC insurances that paid for most of their LTC costs. Dad passed in 2020 (due to medical complications) and Mom moved to a higher level of care later that year. In 2022 she was moved to the mental care (dementia/alzheimers) wing of the facility, and the LTC policy was covering 90% of that cost. She passed in August of 2023, which was a blessing as she hadn't been able to speak for over 6 months and was not responsive. Thankfully, money was not an issue because there savings was able to cover the insurance shortfall, but we were looking at how long that could be maintained as her LTC policy would have reached full payout by October. Talking with specialist is a great option, there could be things you can do that someone dealing with families making these transitions are not aware of . Also I would advise looking into hospice care, there is long-term hospice care that may be covered by Medicare. We only found this out a few weeks before my Mom passed, and only because a new medical director at her facility was pro-active in getting this started. In all honesty, no one in my family thought about it, and she could have had those services for probably the last 8-12 months. Good luck with this journey, it is a difficult road - stay in touch with family and close friends who are aware of what is going on. This is not a path that you need to travel alone. And ignore the assholes who throw out hateful comments - that is a bit much, even for the assholes on this site.
  23. I'm waiting too, if you hear any good rumors let me know
  24. 🤣🤣🤣 Now tell us the one where OJ is looking to find the real killer
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