grsharky

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The biggest challenge I think is how antisocial and busy everyone is. That's the thing I've noticed as I've gotten older, before 2 of my best friends and I could meet up with a day or two notice. Now it's like at least a week if not 2 weeks notice to put aside time to meet up. Another one of my friends is even worse. They put stuff in their calendar on their iPhone. I feel like a lot of the time I need to give them like 2-3 weeks notice to hang out and do something.

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This. I'm 42, married with two kids. I've noticed as I've gotten older that having a social life has become harder and harder. Everyone is busy, things never line up, and it becomes easier to just skip things. I've mentioned to my wife that our lives are hectic with work and kids and we're constantly on the go, but I've never felt lonelier from a friends perspective. We text and have group chats, talk sports and send dumb memes still. But actually getting together is almost impossible it seems.

I saw Ziregolf that Rahm had an albatross on Sunday yet it was never mentioned on the broadcast. They had a fan video of it.

The ladder at Fenway that’s in play, balls take some weird bounces on that thing.

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Excel. Once a month I put all my account totals in it (Fidelity, bank, other IRAs, etc) and minus my loans. Let’s me see my net worth and I have a little graph. It’s like a snapshot of the 16th of the month. I don’t track individual purchases or anything.

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Same here, how much do we have, how much do we owe?

I saw him almost get in a fight with a fan during a US Open practice round at Oakmont back in 2016. Bubba Watson duck hooked a drive and a fan next to the tee box yelled, “look out Ted, Bubba will throw you under the bus for that!”. He came right up to the rope and got in the guys face and had to be pulled away.

I was doing a WVU baseball game on student radio during that WVU/Louisville game. They were watching it back in the studio and we could hear the reactions in our ear pieces and give updates (like anyone was listening to us). When we were up big it was bedlam in our ears and then it got quiet as the lead slipped away.

Yep that’s how it works, sometimes it goes into extra holes. That’s always fun because you go back out on 1 and everyone will take their drinks and form a mini gallery.

Our 4th of July Flag tournament. Every player uses their handicap and when you reach it, you place your flag wherever your last shot landed. So if you're a 10 handicap, you put the flag in after your 82nd shot. Always fun to see who can go more than 18 holes.

My wife, daughter, and mom flew from BWI to LA and back this past week on Southwest, no complaints. This is the first time since they made their changes, actually I think having the guaranteed seats was good for them since my mom is older and daughter is 4. No chance of being separated or having to haggle with anyone.

There is a guy who plays with us from time to time who has all woods and hybrids, a pitching wedge, and a putter. He’s in his late 30’s, shoots between 75-80 almost every time. Doesn’t have one normal iron and goes out plays darn well. We asked him if he ever considered using a normal set and he said never.
It’s always amusing when someone plays with him for the first time and then the awe they have when they see how well he does.