Jon A thon

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Amazing how people park with 2 wheels off the path around the green. I guess it’s from habit of pulling their cars off the the side when parking?

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They have pavers located to the side of the cart path around the green and tee box where I'm a member. With Marshalls driving around and the beverage cart, typically have two carts trying to squeeze by in those areas several times a round. I assume that's why people do it...to give the extra space for them to pass when away from the cart.

Only issue I have is that he is the way he did this fight. I don't mind that he's not a professional and typically fights guys past their prime, undersized, or who specialize in other martial arts. But in this fight he was making wresting style take down moves. He was dropping to a knee and shooting AJ's legs rather often to get into clinch. Should have been treated as a knockdown.

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Maybe a fraction less durable than the pro V balls, but I can make it through 7-8 holes on easily.

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Are you changing out balls that often for wear concerns? I will move a ball to my practice bucket if it has a cart path/tree scuff. And maybe I lose enough balls that I'm not coming across the issue often. But I am typically playing a ball until it has that kind of mark on it. If I'm lucky enough to make a round or two with the same ball, I'm holding onto that lucky MF'r as long as I can.

As I'm lowering my scores, I notice one thing I'm horrible at is long puts. I have an Odyssey Jailbird Cruiser. I liked the longer balanced grip when trying them out and felt comfortable with my accuracy/stroke using it. My accuracy isn't my main concern now. I'm a 15+ handicap and leave myself a lot of very long puts and just feel like I can't feel a speed for a lag put leading to too many 3 putts. When I play with more standard grip putters at golf galaxy/pga superstore, I feel a little more confident in the feel for the speed. Plus like playing with the LAB putters that just feel right. Is that a thing, or am I just seeing the shiny new thing that I want to buy?

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Given the fact that none of us can do anything about that, I guess there are two approaches:

1) Take the worldview of the OP and run around screaming that marriage is a man-ruining trap.

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2) Mitigate the risk of “things going wrong”. I think this starts by understanding that you are part of the thing that could go wrong. The “failed marriage” doesn’t just happen to you, you are a part of a marriage that fails.

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You can do number 2 (and absolutely should), but also continue to call out the insanity of how we treat the situation. By fixing that, you will also fix a big part about "it not being easy". I do think it's hard for both sides, but certainly easier for women. If there is equal difficulty, it's easier to reconcile. I recognize I'm responsible for a lot of the difficulties we may have in my marriage. But funny how I certainly have to work harder to fix myself than my wife does with herself :lol:

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Theoretically the iron sights and dot should line up if you are using the iron sights for your sight picture.

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It does. On my Staccato with a Trijicon RMR HD, I can see the irons easily through the red dot, so it's like getting both options. On my Hellcat Pro with an EPS Carry, they are at the very bottom of the window and not ideal. However, I practice by finding the front iron sight, bringing it down to where it aligns with the rear and in the process, the dot will appear. At that point, it doesn't matter that they are a little obscured, I have the red dot. It's really not much different for me as far as a process.

No clue about Beau Chene, but my course/range is closed on Tuesdays for maintenance. I've had employees tell me that if I brought my own balls to the putting and chipping green after work, I'd probably not be told anything. Never done it though.

Anyone ever use the "B29 Blue Brick" alignment stick holder? It's stupid expensive for what it is, but did find a 3d print file for one and my son has a 3d printer so I made one yesterday. I seem to drift to an out to in swing, especially on the course. If I really focus on the range, I can limit it, but seems to pop back up during a round. I take some awful off-line divots. Hoping I can just use it in my net to build some muscle memory with positive feedback when I'm making a bad swing.

I'm far from a good golfer. Have been struggling as of late. Yesterday I had time to play 9. I hit every fairway. I had 3 really bad iron shots, but recovered quickly on two of them. Usually when it goes bad, it just gets worse. But yesterday, a bad shot was typically countered quickly. For instance, I rolled into the bunker on a par 3, the club hung up in wet sand and I ended up in another bunker on the other side of the green. But the next bunker shot ended up 18" from the hole for a bogey vs. a double or triple. If (a big if) I could have kept it up, I would have been in the low 80's when I've been struggling to break 90....But I couldn't get out to the course until 3:00

Conceal carry for sure. You will be noticed and a target. Either by people who will judge, stores that will ask you leave, or worst case a bad guy going after you first, or just trying to take advantage and steal a firearm.

Not a fan of laser sights, and would suggest anyone who carries practices regularly with iron sights. But I do personally utilize a red-dot sight. It takes some practice in it's own right, but once you learn it, it's about as simple as having a laser. Put the dot on the target and shoot.

I live in a constitutional conceal carry state but still hold my license. There are many businesses that will have signs that state no unlicensed carry. And most convenient stores around me do not allow open carry. It may be legal in the state, but until you are carrying and look for the signs, you realize how many private businesses prohibit, at least without a license. It also gives you the reciprocal states (not sure who Arkansas is reciprocal with, but imagine it's a lot of the normal gun friendly states).

At minimum the class offers a good sit down to talk about scenarios and make you really think about what you are responsible for, etc. as a person who carries.

I'll say it again, practice, practice, practice. It blows my mind in the few classes I've taken for my permit how many people can barely keep their shots on the silhouette.

Bought my son one last year. You can find tons of designs already created online through sites like printables or thingiverse. Just have to know how to use the slicer program, which at a basic level is easy. I've never gone further than basic set up with PLA filament. Accidentally ordered some other type of filament and did have trouble with adhesion to the plate during printing, so it would mess up from not sticking in place. Just had to figure out the heat settings, but was just lazy and stuck with the standard PLA filament.

I have an engineering degree and do have some background in cad programs, so I'll regularly make parts and pieces for different things in fusion 360 and drop it in the slicer program to make custom things. But honestly, you don't need a background if you are willing to tinker for a few hours and watch a YouTube video or two. Son pretty much just prints trinkets and toys he finds online.