[valis]

I'm sorry. There's no way in hell I could even begin to assist here. I just think it's funny as hell and wanted to post.

Can I ask a question? What was the look on your fact like when you first figured it out?

Also, does it work both ways?

 

[valis]

why is it that I now have this sudden urge to obtain a ham radio and fiddle with it for a bit?

 

[valis]

heck no........this threads been meandering all over hell and back. Besides, wacor's the one driving, and I'll lay you ten to one that he will swear that he didn't have anything to do with this thread.

 

[valis]

ROTFL ! Yeah, i guess thats kinda like people that hang out on these forums that can accumulate 25-35k posts in just 5-6 years.

he does bring up a valid point.

 

[valis]

you at least got the work........I got laid off friday........

and no, I've not spent 6 hours in the car with a ham operator (is there any other type other than 'obsessed'?), so you get bonus points for that.

I still wish I could have been there to see your face when both doors opened.......priceless......

 

[valis]

LOL Yes, there are lots of us that arent obsessed, just like theres lots of computer enthusiasts who arent obsessed with posting in forums. If you REALLY want to talk about obsessed, think CELL PHONE. Some people on those are much more irritating than any radio operator i can think of. In fact, cell phones arent even really phones, they`re in essence ,radios that operate in the microwave band, and they`re linked to the phone system via a microwave repeater. They are handy talkies, so you are in effect yaking on the radio. LOL

couldn't have put it better myself. I used to teach golf in Oregon, and I cannot tell you, with all honesty, how many foursomes I've excused myself from as a walk-on singleton because some dipwad has his freakin phone in his bag.

I know me. I know that it's either I excuse myself and either let them play ahead or me play through, or that friggen' thing is magically going to get hit repeatedly with a 5 iron, then throw itself into the lake. And if the owner doesn't like it..........this is why I excuse myself from the situation.............

gad....cell phones......worst invention ever............

 

[valis]

and JW, not one peep about how I really feel.


we should hold a poll for that............worst invention ever........maybe actually get JayDub to post over in CD for a few.

enjoy.

 

[valis]

And I cannot leave out a picture of some of my golf trophies stored in the attic.

yup, that seals it......we're gonna meet sometime......you probably still play with persimmon, too, correct?

 

[valis]

ahhhhhhhhhh jeeze pete.........hell, I still got my old persimmons.........still have the spike with the nice little aprons over the laces too..........

 

[valis]

Well, he says his is new and he`s only had it 6 months, but is it new technology, or did someone pawn off an older unit they had leftover from days gone by that may in fact be new? Have you seen it, or has the discussion progressed that far? Just a thought, but a possibility.

that was my kneejerk reaction too......can't flip a coin and have it come up heads that many times........

 

[valis]

Wacor, I totally agree with you - we are all dipsticks! Especially that Valis fellow with his old persimmon wood golf clubs and rusted and rotted metal-spiked golf shoes with those cute little aprons covering his shoe laces.

damn straight skippy...........even have a hogan 1 iron.........use that off the tee to great esteem..........fecks with the others heads enough to make 'em think I'm actually good at the damn game.........

 

[valis]

when I was a kid my favorite club was a hickory stick 7 iron.

Best driver I had was a $30 metal one back 15 years ago. That head is so tiny I would have trouble hitting it now a days.

best 'driver' you ever had is the one betwixt thine ears, me bill old boy. There's an adage in golf; 'you can put draw on it, and you can put fade on it, put you can't put straight on it.'. That adage, incidentally, I have proven incorrect with just a dab of vaseline and complete and utter disregard for the PGA rulebook.

Gimme a jar of brylcream and I'll paste one 320 down the pipes for ya, every time.

but as far as the sticks go? Ever heard of Moe Norman?

One of two dudes to own his swing.

the other being my idol, hogan............

 

[valis]

dang..........36 putts? any day I walk off with more than 30 is a bad day for me.......and I've got a 1982 K-Mart special putter in my bag..........that and a bamboo shafted 1923 MacGregor 10 iron.......again, I tend to play more with the heads of the competitors than I do with the course itself........

 

[valis]

I literally could not make a putt over 3' in length. I had one round where I was 3 over par and was on every green in regulation. (9 hole round) I still am terrible at long putts. I am pretty deadly from 5 foot in and make a lot of 10-15 footers though. I am all feel and I cut my putts. Drives people nuts trying to read my putts

sound like my dad. He's got 50 odd putters in his garage, still haven't convinced him it's not the damn puttER's fault, it's the puttee.

One summer (of course I measured it, I'm an engineer) I tracked, for 3 months I track his game. I had him write down everything; tee to green, green in reg, putts, fairways hit, etc.....at the time he had just retired, so it was the summer he was 55, maybe 56.......

over that 3 month span, I compared him to the Senior (now called Champions or Legends or some equally politically correct term for 'old fart') Tour average for a similar span that played on similar length courses. Of course, I couldn't get the handicaps to match and all that garbage, but I got a great rough estimate of where he sat.

Tee to green, he was a shade under the average, something like .43 or .44 strokes better.

putts, he was something like 7 or 8 strokes worse than the average. Literally. Never have I seen so many 74's turn into 82's via 3' lipouts, pulls, or flat out misses.