Posts posted by Wally Fairway
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You want someone to root for at the Open, someone you've barely heard of?
Hayden Springer, and here is his story (open with caution, it is very dusty in here)SpoilerQuotehttps://firepitcollective.com/against-overwhelming-odds-springer/
here is the first few paragraphs
The Springer family shares their emotional story of surviving and qualifying
- By Ryan French
- June 14, 2021
- Photographs by Ben Van Hook (@benvanhookpictures)
Hayden Springer is going to play in the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines this week. A great accomplishment in any player’s career. Then you consider the journey the Springer family has been on and you wonder how he even is able to get the tee in the ground.
Emma and Hayden Springer met as freshmen at Texas Tech. Both were playing golf for the school and their shared passion for the game helped the relationship quickly bloom. For golf reasons Hayden transferred to TCU—as a senior he won the Big 12 championship, outdueling Victor Hovland—but Emma’s and Hayden’s love for each other never wavered. They were married on August 2nd in 2019, after Hayden had graduated and begun his pro career. A pregnancy soon followed, and their daughter was due in October 2020. It seemed like the start of a storybook life together.
Last May, Emma went in for a routine ultrasound. The doctors discovered some abnormalities: the umbilical cord had two blood vessels instead of three, and there were some cysts on the baby’s brain. A gauntlet of tests and doctor visits followed, measuring and testing to narrow down the issues. On June 30th Emma went in for an amniocentesis. She had to go in alone, as Hayden wasn’t allowed in due to COVID. A week later they received the devastating news that their baby had Trisomy 18, a genetic disorder caused by the presence of a third copy of all or part of chromosome 18. Around 50% of the babies with Trisomy 18 are stillborn. For the 50% that survive birth, the average life span is between two and fourteen days. Those who make it into the world are often exceedingly small, with severe heart defects. Most hospitals won’t attempt the surgery needed to correct the heart defects, deeming it too high-risk.
For the rest of their pregnancy, the Springers were plunged into a state of fear and uncertainty. How could they celebrate a baby that was so unlikely to survive? There would be no baby shower, no registry, and no family shopping for all the necessities. Emma had purchased a crib on sale before the diagnosis, but it remained in a box in the garage. They were told by doctors repeatedly that even if Sage was born with a heartbeat, she wouldn’t make it more than 72 hours
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21 hours ago, Sbbruin said:
Help me out. Pool time, pick 2 players from 1-10, 2 from 11-20, and 3 from 21+ based on the World Golf Rankings. http://www.owgr.com/ranking Total prize money of all players wins it. Whaddya got?
Xander & Cantlay (as much as I hate to say it - maybe even Patty Reed, he did win there this year)
Viktor & Scottie
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16 hours ago, Armybrat said:
Oh, they know for sure.
My high school grandson asked for, and received a little kiln furnace to melt metals as a hobby a couple of years ago. I bought him a mold and gave him some scrap sterling silver to make his grandma a nice cross for her birthday last year. Took him 3 tries, but he succeeded with this nifty result...
(it is kinda heavy, but she loves it)Hey - the Sugar Daddy thread is that way ----->
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3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
In fairness, the Clinic did follow up to say that more info is needed, and we know for sure that getting vaccinated works, so if you can, still get vaccinated:
But the point is....data is pointing to prior infection contributing to overall herd immunity.
From what I've seen, they are only counting vaccinations. But if prior infection means immunity, then the reality is that we can add double digit percentages to the percentage of immune persons in the US. Which would seem to track with the overall decline in cases - that level of performance makes sense if we've actually got 60-70% of the population immune already (vaccinated plus prior infections who aren't vaccinated).
I think it gets tricky with the numbers, because there is a way to track and count the number of vaccinated people; but not so with those who were infected. And then you'd have to try and not double count the people who were infected and then got vaccinated (raising my hand)
I was never sick, but sometime between my November blood donation (negative for antibodies) and my February donation (positive for antibodies) it seems like I contracted Covid. And then in May I got me some J&J.
Like everything else related to the pandemic, there is very little of it where there is a clear direction. IMO some states will count prior infections and some will not, and based on those calculation things will continue to ease but at different rates. A lot will be learned from this pandemic, but I won't be around in 100 years when the next pandemic, hopefully not before, hits. -
5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
Cleveland Clinic just released a study that indicated that prior infection provides immunity that's as effective as a vaccine. That's important information, ESPECIALLY for countries with smaller vaccine supplies deciding how to allocate them.
link please - is the duration as long as the vaccine, because there are many elements to effectiveness. I'd still take the vaccine, so I don't have to get the virus to obtain (or maintain) immunity.
But maybe that is just me (I'm thinking my dead FIL would opt for the vaccine, instead of dying from Covid - but then he didn't think they were effective) -
4 hours ago, Wally Banger said:
Uh, can this be right? Cole Hammer...FIVE PUTTED?! from eight feet???
Yes - looks like he missed 32 feet of putts, starting with an 8 footer ..... looking for videoQuoteShot 7 in the holeShot 6 putt 3 ft 3 in., 12 in. to holeShot 5 putt 9 ft 0 in., 2 ft 0 in. to holeShot 4 putt 10 ft 5 in., 6 ft 9 in. to holeShot 3 putt 11 ft 9 in., 3 ft 4 in. to holeShot 2 40 yds to green, 8 ft 1 in. to holeShot 1 336 yds to left fairway, 41 yds to hole -
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1 hour ago, Blotto said:
Relative to market cap, I should say. 5 yrs ago, GME did twice what they do today in sales and actually made money. Now they lose plenty of money and need to completely revamp their entire business to remain relevant. Yet their market cap is 10X what it was 5 years ago. There is no way to justify their current market cap as a retail operation. Its just market fuckery, which will have to last for years until they create a new identity.
On average, successful retail stocks typically trade at 1X sales. GME is currently trading at about 5X sales. They are basically priced today as if they have already turned the business around completely and conduct 100% of sales online. But they don't. I remember when JCP hired the apple retail chief as CEO to turn around their business....it didn’t go well. Just hiring new people doesn’t mean shit. Maybe Chewy and friends succeed, maybe they don’t.
It seems to me that the better comparable is that they are being valued like they are a start-up, and everyone is hoping that the "new" business model really dazzles and attracts VC, hedgies or a buy-out.
I gave up on believing in an efficient market theory years ago; the market is irrational and can stay that way for a very long time -
6 minutes ago, LABEVO said:
bUt ThE wEaThlY pAy AlL tHe TaXeS !!
in reality, it is the middle and upper middle class who pay all the taxes and get fucked the most by our tax system
well of course, because the ultra-wealthy can afford to
bribelobby legislators and get the loopholes that they drive the Brinks trucks right through -
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Thanks, but I'm only interested if I'm going to the Masters

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49 minutes ago, deadshank said:
Personally, I pay as much as I can.
There is no way that I would ever ask questions to inform myself about tax ramifications, ask for tax advice, plan for tax savings, pay an accountant and incorporate legal tax strategies based on current tax code and tax law.
I like taxes.
Will you let me pay yours?
That sounds like something a poor person would say
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ProPulica - Secret IRS Files report
Buffet is the king of tax efficiency - paying 0.10% on his wealth gains 2014-2018 (well no shit - its unrealized gains)
Bezos had the largest wealth increase - and payed less than 1% on his wealth gainsProPublica uses the term "True Tax Rate", but taxes haven't been paid on unrealized gains; that said they say there will be follow up article(s) going into how the fat cats avoid taxes, exploit loopholes and escape federal scrutiny.
Keep the CR comments to a minimum, so this doesn't get move to that shithole 😉
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1 hour ago, KYHorn said:Surely this will be positive for AMYZF
right now it looks like it is worth <$0.01
and at the end of the (trading) day - it is worth a total, to me, of $1.00 - one tendie for dinner tonite
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11 minutes ago, Angry Gorilla said:I have a question for you GME/AMC diamond apes...
I've seen people (mostly on other sites) claiming they are holding until ridiculous prices like $500K. Assuming these hedge funds start getting margin called and forced to cover their positions and the price skyrockets, isn't there a price point where the hedge funds don't have the money to cover the positions? If they are short tens of thousands of shares, where do they come up with the capital to cover if the prices hits $10K, $50K, $100K, etc.? What happens then?
Next question, if all the short positions are forced to cover and the price does shoot up to $500K, how do the retail holders cash out? Every transaction needs 2 sides, and who is paying $500K for a single share of a company not currently turning a profit? Isn't the smart move to sell some shares on the way up, and not hold out for an astronomical price point like $500K?
It creates market havoc; see Archegos hedge fund collapse circa March 2021. In the end, if the fund runs out of money to cover the short, then the brokers/banks that lent them the shares are on the hook to replace the shares that were shorted but that their customer was not able to cover.
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Buying a New Vehicle in this environment
in Business and Markets
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Edited by Wally Fairway
Post pictures of your wife (or at least her car) and we will make you an offer