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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS
« on: Today at 01:24:05 PM »
I appreciate KC's gusto. He's really going for it here.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: internet memes that you like
« on: April 25, 2024, 12:51:58 PM »lots of hilarious uses of this meme with a guy with a mullet dancing to "Time Marches On" by Tracy Lawrence on ig right now.
https://x.com/ASo1omons/status/1783336994413686801
I enjoyed the crap out of that. Send the good ones here. I don't know how to instagram.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: How Many Credit Cards Do You Have?
« on: April 25, 2024, 11:01:37 AM »
Cards you keep? Mine are below. Any tips/suggestions?
Freedom
Unlimited
Preferred - keep for transfers, Mrs SF flips every 2 years.
Amex Everyday - never use, but have some old MRs that require a card to keep.
Amazon - 5x Amazon purchases. May not be the best deal, but we get like 3 deliveries a day so points rack up pretty quick. Currently Amazoning with Freedom at 5x.
Costco- Use only at Costco
Hyatt - Should I keep this or flip it every 2 years? I got it for the first time last year. Been staying at Hyatts a bit now that I ran out of Marriott points finally.
My main flips are SW visas to get companion pass. Should prob up this game a bit.
Freedom
Unlimited
Preferred - keep for transfers, Mrs SF flips every 2 years.
Amex Everyday - never use, but have some old MRs that require a card to keep.
Amazon - 5x Amazon purchases. May not be the best deal, but we get like 3 deliveries a day so points rack up pretty quick. Currently Amazoning with Freedom at 5x.
Costco- Use only at Costco
Hyatt - Should I keep this or flip it every 2 years? I got it for the first time last year. Been staying at Hyatts a bit now that I ran out of Marriott points finally.
My main flips are SW visas to get companion pass. Should prob up this game a bit.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Deep Thoughts (shower thoughts ok too but no Pit stuff)
« on: April 25, 2024, 09:08:11 AM »do smart phones ever appear in your guys' dreams? I can't think of a single dream i've had where there was a smart phone.
Its because you don't have hands or your hands are all weird in dreams.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Ireland Pak 2025
« on: April 25, 2024, 08:31:02 AM »can't wait for Stupid Fitz posts in the travel thread
Also, yeah, I'm probably going to try and figure it out. I'll buy guinness all week for someone if they book this crap for me.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: 201* Concert Thread
« on: April 25, 2024, 08:27:11 AM »Just got back from Phish in The Sphere. 10/10. Would recommend.
Had some friends go. I heard it was pretty awesome. Not a Phishy fan, but would have totally gone for the experience.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« on: April 23, 2024, 01:31:05 PM »https://twitter.com/DudespostingWs/status/1782801019983859960
If you take your girl to the local dairy queen and see this stud sitting inside you better just turn that truck around if you want to keep your girl.
He's the reincarnation of this guy
I don't know anything about farm stuff so those parts were whatever for me. I was more focused on him having the mannerisms of a 68 year old. His, "how the hell am I going to get out of this conversation" technique was also very elite.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Deep Thoughts (shower thoughts ok too but no Pit stuff)
« on: April 23, 2024, 08:53:29 AM »Its pretty crazy that we zoom down roads at 80mph in a metal tube with no control over what other people are doing...we just assume everyone knows the rules (merging/passing/etc) and somehow it works (mostly).
I always think about this when people are afraid of doing normal crap. I'm like, we are having this conversation while you are driving 80 with a coffee in your hand, meanwhile some ding dong is coming the other way just as fast scrolling instagram. Driving is so insanely dangerous and we don't even think about it that much.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 22, 2024, 11:23:18 AM »Give yourself some time to mourn and heal, but then it's time to accept this new reality and move forward.
Also, just out of curiosity, do you have a weak, neutral, or strong grip? And by that I mean the position of your left hand (assuming you're a righty) on the club. Is your palm under the club (weak), on the side (neutral) or on top (strong)?
Just mybut I have found one of the quickest ways to fix a slice without having to figure out what's goofy with your swing is to move to a stronger grip. The more on top of the club your left hand is the easier it is to roll the clubface over. Heck, you might even start to draw the ball a little bit (which is by far the sexier ball flight, not even an opinion it's just a fact Jack)
I do struggle with my grip still and know its an issue. Still struggling to be comfortable at times. That was the fun part of hitting it well for that period. I was able to adjust my grip just a tad with the driver and see the affect on the ball flight. It was still straight, but just adjusting my grip a tad made my shot go straight or just left.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 22, 2024, 10:41:15 AM »
Man, this game is so freaking stupid hard. I knew my new found pull was a short lived anomaly, but it was so fun making adjustments from there as opposed to slicing everything. Lasted about 3 weeks. I was crushing it. Drives were the best. I was hitting those right down the middle. Golf was fun again! Went to my Friday round with pals all jacked up. Hit the range before and after 3 shots I knew immediately that I was effed. Started with the PW and it was fine, just not going left like they had been. Switched to the 7 and it was really slicing. Picked up driver and bam......slice is back with a vengeance. I was freaking crushed. For the last several weeks I had been telling people that it completely flipped and I had no idea why. Even my lesson was amaze last week. He said my swing was night and day from last year. He and everyone else kept saying, "who gives a crap why you are hitting it good now"? Well everyone, this is why I cared. It still feels the same to me and since I really don't know what I was doing differently, I can't fix it. Back at it, I guess.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: New To Investing Thread
« on: April 22, 2024, 08:09:59 AM »Sup nerds.
I have my 401k with my employer with 5% match and then they match my investment which is neat, have had a Roth IRA that I maxed out last year and am already getting close to maxing it out this year. Any other investments I should be worried about on my radar as a single 26 yo male? With my job I cannot sports bet so that's nice so looking to put my money into something worthwhile. I also have a high yield savings that I put my bitcoin money into but have been told to maybe put that into a mutual fund...
Thoughts?
I'd keep upping my 401k contributions as much as possible. If you are maxed there as well, (that rough ridin' rules as a 26 year old by the way), id just put money in a Vanguard S and P or total stock market fund.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Tipping
« on: April 19, 2024, 09:36:22 AM »
I get a coffee at Einstein on the weekends as a treat for me. Love their dark roast. If you bring your own cup, its like 2 bucks so I bring my 20oz Yeti. The screen asks for a tip. I give a buck every once in a while, but am really annoyed every time. You see, at Einstein, you get your own coffee. So not only have I brought my own cup, I actually pour the coffee in said cup. The only function they served was making the coffee initially and ringing me up. I feel like the company should pay them for those duties, not me.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 18, 2024, 11:19:22 AM »Company bought ballys so we could all bro out and watch day game. The app will not load to LG tvs so we are watching on one small tv in kitchen versus massive tvs all over office. If any of you want to know how shitty ballys is it is a real major piece of crap and I am amazed a professional sports franchise would allow their life blood to be compromised in such a major way.
Its just baffling to me. I pay for it too and it just enrages me that even paying and doing what i'm supposed to do results in such a shitty product. Its the classic case of short term money and squeezing and getting as much as you can now with total disregard for the future. Top to bottom, MLB is run by billionaire dickheads that don't give an ounce of eff. I know very few kids that watch or even talk about baseball. The ones that do are usually from families that still have season tickets so they go to games. My kid still plays baseball and we go to some games, but he has no interest in watching the games on TV at this point. If they drop off, i'll surely cancel and pirate on occasion. I'm already on smash my TV watch because they run the same 3 commercials all game every game. That or the shitty graphic with the "game noises".
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: PORTAL KOMBAT
« on: April 16, 2024, 04:53:34 PM »
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shows that have you by the balls, or vag...
« on: April 16, 2024, 01:31:55 PM »
Just discovered that the saturday night live thread was moved to the birther pit, which I don't go to. This seems like a decent spot to discus the Beavis and Butthead sketch from last week. Didn't see it live, but wish I did. Very good and I know some don't like it, but I love seeing them break. So good.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 16, 2024, 08:33:54 AM »I wish I would of learned to play as a kid but my dad never played so I ended up taking a 1 credit hr golf class at ole ksu and had a buddy who worked at Colbert hills who would let us play the par 3 for free. That class was the only instruction I've ever had and my grip is pretty messed up now from figuring out what works for me. Ended up shooting an 88 at Hodge Park in Nkc last weekend so I'm happy with that.It's a fine line... Definitely easy to get information overload to a point where you're just twisting yourself in knots. I admire how bubba Watson has purportedly never taken a formal lesson, but he's also an exceptional talent. If you don't fully understand the mechanics it can be very valuable to have someone who does say "hey quit moving your head around so much" or w/e and like bam game changer that just fixed a bunch of your issues
Golf is very weird. Its really the only sport I've tried where I really really struggled. I'm def shitty at other sports, but I could always at least be average. When I first just started going out there, I obviously sucked ass, but started getting a bit better on my own just by playing. Then I took some lessons and learned some things and got a bit better. Then, out of rough ridin' nowhere, I couldn't even hit the ball 30 feet. Just over and over I would be slicing, chunking, etc. It just happened and it lasted for like a month or more. That is the hardest part mentally for me. I feel like I'm doing the same thing I did before, but the results are crap and I have no idea why. As I said above, I hope i'm a bit past that as I've kind of figured out that if the ball does this, I probably did that and can adjust a bit. Learning to play golf past 40 is not recommended. I'm making my kids play so they at least learn the basics early.
About 4 years ago I went through a stretch like you were talking about where I just couldn't hit a ball, literally went home after losing 10+ balls on 7 holes on a 9 hole round after work.
Stopped playing for about a month and I was back to normal.
This was the advice everyone gave me during that time, but I continued to go to the range several times a week thinking I could figure it out. I bought an 8 lesson package this year really just to spread them out over the playing season so if something goes bad, I can meet and hopefully reset. When it goes bad, i've learned that I either need to break or get in front of someone that knows what they are doing and can help.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cryptocurrency Master Thread
« on: April 15, 2024, 05:44:57 PM »The halving is this week, guys!Is now a good time to put $50K on BTC? Asking for a friend who knows almost nothing about Bitcoin.
We are about ~600 blocks out from block height 840,000.
Here's a countdown clock: https://www.nicehash.com/countdown/btc-halving-2024-05-10-12-00
I say yes, but just for the stories that come later.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals
« on: April 15, 2024, 05:03:15 PM »maybe the royals wouldn't be a small market team if their fans would actually pay for whatever channel is required to watch them, good gracious. now more than ever they need you to stop being Midwest Cheap
I pay for it out of convenience only. Its nice to just have the app on my Apple Tvs and not deal with finding a stream and then shooting it to the TV and having it fail over and over. With this in mind, I totally get it and am glad no one pays for this crap app from this crap company. I wish no one but me paid for it so their demise comes sooner. Its been said over and over again, but MLB is the only sport that actively makes it difficult for their fans to watch. Its beyond weird at this point and its no wonder kids and lots of adults don't watch baseball anymore.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Documentaries
« on: April 15, 2024, 04:18:12 PM »
Had some drinks and instead of booking an expensive foreign excursion, Mrs SF and i settled in for some TV watching last weekend. Browsing the docs on Prime I found one about the lead singer of the Band Blue October. Trailer seemed fine and I kind of enjoy some Blue October myself, so why not. I thought, if they did a documentary on this guy and band, they had to be somewhat interesting??? Right? Well, I was wrong. There was literally nothing interesting about these assholes at all. We just kept watching and waiting and I can't figure out for the life of my why the doc was even made. 2-10 would not recommend.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 15, 2024, 09:50:27 AM »It's a fine line... Definitely easy to get information overload to a point where you're just twisting yourself in knots. I admire how bubba Watson has purportedly never taken a formal lesson, but he's also an exceptional talent. If you don't fully understand the mechanics it can be very valuable to have someone who does say "hey quit moving your head around so much" or w/e and like bam game changer that just fixed a bunch of your issues
Golf is very weird. Its really the only sport I've tried where I really really struggled. I'm def shitty at other sports, but I could always at least be average. When I first just started going out there, I obviously sucked ass, but started getting a bit better on my own just by playing. Then I took some lessons and learned some things and got a bit better. Then, out of rough ridin' nowhere, I couldn't even hit the ball 30 feet. Just over and over I would be slicing, chunking, etc. It just happened and it lasted for like a month or more. That is the hardest part mentally for me. I feel like I'm doing the same thing I did before, but the results are crap and I have no idea why. As I said above, I hope i'm a bit past that as I've kind of figured out that if the ball does this, I probably did that and can adjust a bit. Learning to play golf past 40 is not recommended. I'm making my kids play so they at least learn the basics early.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 15, 2024, 08:32:03 AM »Been hitting the ball a lot better lately. Worried its just the beginning of the season weirdness where everything is going right and then crashes. Just my second year really playing so i'm def playing catch up, but I'm starting to figure out why crap is happening which I think is progress.I still struggle with the either or issue. I'm either hitting the driver pretty well and not making great contact with the irons, or I'm doing ok with the irons and I may as well not even try using my driver. Right now i'm hitting the driver the best I ever have. Long irons are the struggle. I do ok with wedge through 7-8. First lesson of the year next week so I'm hoping to get a couple things ironed out with my hands. That is where I feel i'm off on the irons. Some days i'm very uncomfortable especially with my right hand and those are the days things go bad.
Have you tried playing 3w off the tee? I do that sometimes, because my driver game is complete crap.
I do sometimes, but honestly, if i'm hitting my 3w ok, i'm prob hitting my driver ok. Again, its really an either or issue with my swing/hand positions. I just got back from the range a bit ago and I was nailing the driver, but just not making good contact with any irons outside of my wedge. I grabbed my 3w and even hit that really well off the freaking mat, which rarely happens. I've sort of figured a couple things out that have helped me a bit, but i'm really curious as to what my guy says next week. He's pretty good with, "yeah, that's a completely mumped way of doing that, but, it seems to be working for you so lets run with it".
I have this Ping driver that I've just never been able to hit, outside of a few lucky swings. I think a fitting might help, and I happen to live right above a club fitting shop (but don't want to spend the bread). My 3w game, however, is on point. Same with wedges and irons (understanding that I'm, at best, a mediocre golfer). Have you ever had a club fitting?
No, i'm not at that point yet. Maybe some day. Everyone i've talked to said it would be pointless to do/pay for a fitting so early on. Once I get my swing repeatable enough, I may do it, but for now I just bought some Cobra Irons at Dicks and a driver that was rated for beginners. I'm coming along though. Last year was my first year of playing consistently and it was really up and down as expected. I think/hope I hit a point fairly recently where I kind of know enough that I can self correct a bit. That obviously helps on the range so I just need more swings so I can be better on the course. Lessons start this week so it will be interesting to see what he says and has me do. I'm actually a little worried its going to put a bunch of new stuff in my head and mess up the progress I have had the last couple of months.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports
« on: April 15, 2024, 08:22:25 AM »
Oof, first AAA tournament of the year did not go well at all. At least my weekend was freed up quite a bit though.
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 12, 2024, 03:33:08 PM »Been hitting the ball a lot better lately. Worried its just the beginning of the season weirdness where everything is going right and then crashes. Just my second year really playing so i'm def playing catch up, but I'm starting to figure out why crap is happening which I think is progress.
Have you tried playing 3w off the tee? I do that sometimes, because my driver game is complete crap.
I do sometimes, but honestly, if i'm hitting my 3w ok, i'm prob hitting my driver ok. Again, its really an either or issue with my swing/hand positions. I just got back from the range a bit ago and I was nailing the driver, but just not making good contact with any irons outside of my wedge. I grabbed my 3w and even hit that really well off the freaking mat, which rarely happens. I've sort of figured a couple things out that have helped me a bit, but i'm really curious as to what my guy says next week. He's pretty good with, "yeah, that's a completely mumped way of doing that, but, it seems to be working for you so lets run with it".
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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?
« on: April 12, 2024, 02:16:23 PM »
Been hitting the ball a lot better lately. Worried its just the beginning of the season weirdness where everything is going right and then crashes. Just my second year really playing so i'm def playing catch up, but I'm starting to figure out why crap is happening which I think is progress. I still struggle with the either or issue. I'm either hitting the driver pretty well and not making great contact with the irons, or I'm doing ok with the irons and I may as well not even try using my driver. Right now i'm hitting the driver the best I ever have. Long irons are the struggle. I do ok with wedge through 7-8. First lesson of the year next week so I'm hoping to get a couple things ironed out with my hands. That is where I feel i'm off on the irons. Some days i'm very uncomfortable especially with my right hand and those are the days things go bad.
I still struggle with the either or issue. I'm either hitting the driver pretty well and not making great contact with the irons, or I'm doing ok with the irons and I may as well not even try using my driver. Right now i'm hitting the driver the best I ever have. Long irons are the struggle. I do ok with wedge through 7-8. First lesson of the year next week so I'm hoping to get a couple things ironed out with my hands. That is where I feel i'm off on the irons. Some days i'm very uncomfortable especially with my right hand and those are the days things go bad.