Jon A thon

Honestly, property tax is the one I'm most comfortable paying. In our area, it is high. Keeps out people who don't see value in paying more each year for an equivalent house. Schools are great, parks are clean and continually updated if the equipment breaks, medians and such are kept up, etc.. I realize this is the exception though.

There's a few places that do it well where I'm at. Usually obviously run by Louisiana transplants. When I first moved, I was in a sales role and went with some clients. All Texans. They knew I just moved and suggested this "great" crawfish place. They had to get the extra spicy and I even recall them chuckling that the Louisiana guy didn't even get the extra spicy. Well extra spicy was just more seasoning powder coated on the outside and they gave you a ramekin full of the seasoning powder to dip your tails in. It was disgusting, but those guys loved it. Not that I order crawfish at restaurants much, but knew to be selective after that.

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So you are like me and using the 58 out of the bunker ?

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I am, but I happen to like the bounce on the 58 (12) more than the 54 (10) in the sand. I'd like to get my hands on the same clubs with the bounce swapped to see how that works. I'm fine (relatively :lol:) in bunkers greenside, but struggle anything over 20 yards

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have the ball pretty far forward in my stance, so I don't think it's that.

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Where is the point where the shaft enters the club head? I have to put that just before center stance. It literally has the ball on my front toe with a DF3. It was substantially forward to an uncomfortable point at first. Just wasn't what I was used to seeing. If I don't focus on that, I will without a doubt push putts. It took a lot of putts on my mat at home to realize just how far it was for me to not push, while not going to far to start pulling. Then it took 100+ for that to become my new norm. Not sure how long you've used this putter.

Honestly, with Bhatia, he's like 125 lbs soaking wet, it likely is only touching his clothes. I imagine his chest is concave.

I was a baseball player. Dad coached high school baseball and other sports. 11 year old son plays and can hold his own, but it's not super athletic. It's just hanging out with friends to him. And that's okay.

My only frustration is that he wants to play, but has no intention of putting in extra effort and can't stand if his dad tries to coach him on how to do things better. But I'm blunt with him when he talks about moving back to a select team or playing in high school. Never say he can't, but that it's a different level of sports than he's playing right now in little league. He'd have to have put in a lot of work.

It's just different to me as I would have gone to practice or just throw in the back yard 24/7 when I was young. He'd rather play a video game. Hard for me to relate to that.

Parents and Sister both had Expedition MAX's. After a few mong family trips with them, we decided to move to a full size SUV. Went in with the intention of getting the Expedition. For the sake of being thorough we stopped at GMC to take a look. At least for the 2025 model year it had more features, noticeably nicer fit and finish, and just looked better. Test drove it and never went back to the Ford dealer again. Still only had it for a year, but no complaints so far.

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I did, after 15 years.

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As a standard teacher? Or did you move into administration or something? My father retired as a public school teacher. Always knew he didn't make a ton, but what shocked me the most was complete lack of salary increase throughout his career. I made more in promotions and raises in my first 5 years than his entire salary at retirement.

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I topped it so bad, I think the back crown of the 3 wood hit the ball. I didn’t pass the edge of my own box.

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I got par on the #1 handicap hole after topping it to the back side of the front tee box. Had a uphill fluffy lie on the back of the tee box. Driver of the deck left a pitch and a putt for par after. I don't always follow my own advice, but I try to never give up until the hole/round is done.

I've snap hooked 3 in a row OB into trees right to the left of the first tee box. Almost just went back to the car.

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and it didn't require any prep or anything.

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I don't think I've ever really prepped for a concert. My wife works in the front office for an outdoor amphitheater like the one you are going to. We used to go to tons of shows. A little more difficult with young kids, but we still go to a few a year. Summer in the South is hot and humid. No surprise there. To me, it's worth getting assigned seats to not have to get out there early to claim a spot on the lawn.