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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Tipping

« on: Today at 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 »

https://twitter.com/HeDontMissVj/status/1780322194804859316

 

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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 »

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.

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.

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!

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

Is now a good time to put $50K on BTC? Asking for a friend who knows almost nothing about Bitcoin.

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. 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".

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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.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Masters

« on: April 11, 2024, 04:29:00 PM »

For those wondering, Tiger tees off at 2:54 PM.

What time zone?

Yours.

i don't know why, but this made me chuckle.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 11, 2024, 04:27:23 PM »

Another ass kicking. I was out there with the 7 other people last night so its basically me and Lil SF that got Vinnie out of his slump. 

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kc restaurant suggestions

« on: April 09, 2024, 03:03:13 PM »

RIP Ale House (westport)

Ha, I already heard another Johnny Kaws is going in there.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 01:55:07 PM »

I guess if your kids are having a great time, and you don't mind the time and expense, then I have no standing to complain. Just make sure they're taking intellectual pursuits just as or more seriously, since they'll almost certainly go pro in something other than sports 

Uh, yeah, so about that. Head on out to any 10-16 year old baseball tournament and I can assure you that every kid there is going to be a pro baseball player!!! The parents will tell you. ha. Kidding for the most part. There really is a level of delusion that goes on with some of these people though. I talked to a guy fairly recently at a game. He lives in KS but he is a big MU guy. I was joking around and I asked him if he was going send his kids to Kstate or if he was going to stump for out of state at MU. His answer was, "they will go to whatever school recruits them". I was like, uh, that kid out there???

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 01:36:08 PM »

My affinity for pickup games and lack of specialization has nothing to do with nostalgia, I think it's a better way to get kids good at sports and leads to less burnout and fewer injuries. There's a lot of research on it

Same with me. I'm fine with the "good" kids moving on. I ended up being a pretty decent smaller town baseball player. I sucked ass my first couple of years of kid pitch though. Had all my friends moved on to other teams or if my only other option was to hope to get on a competitive team that practiced every day, I may have not stuck with it, who knows. Some kids just need some time for it to click. I'd love my kid to be one of those hyper competitive dudes he plays with and against, but he just isn't. Sure I could dump him on a random rec league in JOCO where he would probably whoop ass again, but I highly doubt he will want to join a random team where he doesn't know anyone.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 09:57:53 AM »

IMO what would be best for kids would be more pickup/unstructured play and less specialization and travel in general for younger kids especially. I think most people agree with this but it won't ever change significantly in the US because there is too much money in tournaments and clubs and private coaching and stuff.

Yep, this can be copied to the getting old thread, but we played football, basketball, and baseball all day every day growing up. It was just kids meeting up and deciding which sport to play that day and we would play all day and in to the night. Practice was like 1 day a week in whichever sport was in season. We just played without parents telling us what to do every 3 seconds. It makes me sad thinking about it. As I said above, Lil SF appears to be getting tired of his competitive baseball team and I suspect this may be his last year. I have zero doubts that he would be doing the exact same thing I did every day as a kid if he had the opportunity. He just loves to play which is totally fine and what most kids probably want to do. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)

« on: April 09, 2024, 09:50:34 AM »

Who is the early 2000's Bill Self of our current landscape?  He whipped ass for 3 years at ORU then whipped ass for 3 more years at Illinois. Has to be a mid 40's super star or two out there.

A lot of them flamed out when they got bigger jobs. Shaka at TX, like the last 3 guys that went to Indiana, etc. Maybe the guy that just went to Michigan if he can have some success there?

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 09:36:00 AM »

I saw a thread about youth soccer in the 12,000 person town Erling Haaland grew up in and that sounded idyllic.

Caveats— I don’t know if it is accurate and I am generalizing

They had kids in youth soccer from about 6 on. They built a dome for soccer in the middle of town (it is Norway). They had an excellent coach. They only practiced 2x a week but left the doors unlocked to the facility so it was open access pretty much 24/7. They had pickup games every Saturday. They did not cut, they let kids choose how often they came to practice when they were like 11-12, 2x a week or 4x a week. Again they didn’t cut and they only started competing in tournaments regionally at 13+. I don’t know what the fees were, but it seemed like most of the expenditures were public not pay to play.

That sounds better in pretty much every way.

And it produced several pros, not just Haaland. I don’t care if my kid plays beyond HS or even in HS if they do more than ride the bench tbh, I just want them to have something they can get better at that is active and with a team.

Yeah, this sounds pretty great. I feel like outside of small towns, US cities/suburbs are just too segmented. The above sounds awesome, but that 12k person town would be like 7 different cities/towns in the KC area. I'm not sure what the fix is. Its a combo of so many different issues. The main problem is that 95% of kids playing sports should be playing in rec leagues with like 5% playing "competitive or travel". For some reason, that % that I just made up got flipped and rec leagues are hard to find or non existent because everyone is on a different competitive team. Its dumb.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 08, 2024, 03:56:17 PM »

so this touches on an issue that i’ve been wondering about ever since I first picked up one of these bats.  it’s ridiculous how lightweight and “hot” they are.  i immediately wondered to myself how they were legal and accepted.  i’m not suggesting that they should be using wooden bats, although college probably should be. 

seems like the technology and materials advancement has outpaced the game.

I may be talking out my ass here, but I think they actually have less pop than they used to. I think the old college bats that you heard the "ping" were hotter so they added the new version with required specs. I may have made that whole thing up though.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 08, 2024, 02:21:45 PM »

I have the hype -10. I think its last years version. Am I screwed too? If so, I now understand why I got such a good deal.

not yet, just the -5 so far. reviews all say the -5 is the hottest so probably will be good.

Thanks, I assume I'll be fine since its last years model. How do they make these determination? Like, does the season start and coaches start noticing a bunch of rockets being hit by a certain brand?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Total Solar Eclipse 2017

« on: April 08, 2024, 02:19:38 PM »

Anyone get raptured yet or nah?

Has to be an eclipse AND an earthquake for that. Have you ever even read the Bible?

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 08, 2024, 02:18:04 PM »

I have the hype -10. I think its last years version. Am I screwed too? If so, I now understand why I got such a good deal.