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I'm sure I'll get gangbanged but who the fuck is that standing next to Reba?

2nd swing, dallasgolf, and any place with a brick and mortar shop is going to be a more expensive than Auctions on ebay. You will have better selection but you will pay more. I've purchased 4 sets of irons/clubs. I've been pricing and buying clubs for 4 years. I like to try them and sell them if I don't like them. For example, I bought brand new 5-PW Srixon ZX5 irons from Auction. I got them for $520 shipped. 2nd Swing, Dallas Golf, MapleHill, and other shops had them for around $600 used and $800-900 new. I purchased a very good condition Rogue ST 5 wood on Auction for $90 shipped. Callaway pre-owned had them for $120 + shipping. If you don't have time to watch the auctions, then buy from a pre-owned shop. Sometimes the Buy It Now price on Ebay is cheaper than the pre-owned shops. Adding to brown water, make sure the bag is wood and hybrid heavy. Agreed that she'll like the sport much better if she actually sees the ball fly in the air.

S2 stuff has been leaked. I won't give links as to not to make it easy for people to be disappointed. If the leaks are true, then people who are remotely versed in Tolkien are going to lose their fucking minds. Hoping it's all a joke. In fact, the leaks are so fucking bonkers that one would have to believe Simon Tolkien hates his grand father and wants to ruin the legacy of his grand father's masterpiece.

How much do you want to spend? Are you looking to upgrade and in how many years? When my daughter wanted to learn, I went out and bought her a new women's Strata beginner bag with Driver, 3 wood, hybrids, irons, wedges, and putter. Woods are crap, hybrids are good, irons are ok, putter is crap. In hindsight, I should have bought her some used Adams women's clubs. The used Adams would be better sticks (certainly better shafts) and less expensive. Just buy used. She will upgrade when she gets better. Ebay is your friend. You will get a "better" deal with Auction as opposed to Buy It Now. But with Auctions, you have to be patient as they are fewer options. The issue with cutting men's clubs is the decrease in swing weight (may be a good thing, depending) and even stiffer flex (albeit prob negligible compared to original flex) compared to women's flex. Unless you do it yourself, it may only cost a little less than buying women's clubs. When I upgrade my daughter's clubs, I have enough good used clubs that I'll just buy the appropriate women's shafts and reshaft everything myself. Spend $100-150 on good shafts and she'll have a really good set.

Old discussion but I never replied. I was somewhat disappointed on how the season turned out so I checked out from this discussion thread. I didn't like how the writers took immense liberties with literature. I can't remember what I meant when I stated that if it is Gandalf, it would contradict later films. I was probably wrong in whatever thinking I had because the films do not address which Wizard came first. However, most Tolkien experts believe Blue Wizards came to Middle Earth in the Second Age, which is when the events of this series happen. Gandalf and Saruman do not come to Middle Earth until the Third Age. This is why I am pissed it's Gandalf. Then I read this article which basically said the writers are fucking with the timelines. https://www.gamesradar.com/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-timeline-second-age/ "When does The Rings of Power take place on the Lord of the Rings timeline? The Rings of Power is set during Middle-earth's Second Age. This epoch spans nearly three and a half thousand years, with many of the series' events taking place around the middle of this period, circa SA 1500-1701. During this period, Celebrimbor starts the creation of the One Ring and the other rings of power after he's twisted unknowingly by Sauron – expect to see the rings in the show (as heavily hinted by the series' title). However, those who know their Tolkein may wonder why characters who lived in a later period of the Second Age – like Elendil and Isildur – are also present. That's because the events in the show are also closer together compared to Tolkien's work as the timeline has been condensed. We know, for instance, that Isildur will cut off Sauron's hand around three and a half thousand years into the Second Age, thus bringing the Second Age to a close and starting the Third Age – we see this event take place in the prologue to Peter Jackson's movies. Why condense the timeline? Realistically, if the show stuck to Tolkien's work exactly, only the Elven characters would be in every episode, as they're the race with the longest lifespans – hence why Galadriel and Elrond appear in both The Rings of Power and the movies, whereas other characters do not. Speaking to Total Film earlier this year, showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne explained how a non-linear series was considered, but that would have stopped the audience from emotionally investing in the show. Payne points out how plenty of real-life historical dramas do the same thing and says their guiding principle was respect for the "spirit and feeling" of the Second Age." And then I read the below article from Bernorange post that the writers now have access to the stories of all the Wizards. That may explain why this wizard is Gandolf and not the Blue Wizards who would be more correct from a canon timeline. They wrote with what they had access to. https://knightedgemedia.com/2024/02/amazons-the-rings-of-power-now-has-the-rights-to-all-5-wizards/ I'll keep my nitpicks to a minimum and try to enjoy this series. I just hope they quit trying to be clever and focus on writing great storylines and characters. Blaming Galadriel (saving Sauron and access to Celebrimbor) for 1000s of years of Middle Earth misery is already stupid enough.

We are just a bunch of old ladies at a denture finding party complaining about shit. Here's all of us on this thread to everything in Austin.

Doesn't get more American/Florida than this. https://cbs12.com/news/local/son-murders-dad-police-say-vaccine-status-conspiracy-theory-bloody-scene-bludgeon-brian-mcgann-jr-charged-homicide-florida LAKE WORTH, Fla. (CBS12) — A 44-year-old Wellington man faces one count of first-degree murder after being accused of brutally beating and killing his father. According to the arrest report, a 911 caller, who claimed to be a friend of the family, heard the attack over the phone. She described the suspect as a "delusional conspiracy theorist" who was upset with his father recently getting vaccinated. The woman also told 911 said she could hear the suspect's father, Brian McGann Sr., 75, screaming "Stop you are killing me." The caller also added McGann Jr. had also recently started "using cocaine."

Tucker will somehow still win points with MAGAt on this shitshow. Russia good, Dems bad.

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Which one of you is this? Gus Wortham in Houston.

Fuck this asshole. At least have the audacity to move here before claiming what a shit show Austin is. And only we can make fun of Austin, not some dipshit from Bozeman.

Racially motivated? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/06/us/austin-stabbing-palestinian-american-cair/index.html The incident happened just after the victim and three other Muslim Americans attended a pro-Palestinian protest, CAIR said in a news release. They were driving home when the suspect allegedly tried to “rip a flagpole with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf reading ‘Free Palestine’ off of their car,” CAIR said in a news release. The suspect screamed the N-word and pulled one of the group from the vehicle and attacked him, CAIR said, citing the victims. The three others got out and fought the suspect, who then allegedly stabbed the victim with a knife, CAIR said. Stabber: Bert James Baker

so would you say that he's Missing in Action?

I'm a senior in HS when this was released. Still fucking awesome today. IMO their best song.

Maybe in a hundred years, hopefully we'll have finally mostly moved on from our dependence on oil. Then we can not give a fuck about Iran and the entire fucking Middle East. Fuck all those countries. Nothing but batshit crazy. They would become Africa to us. How often do we give a shit about countries in Africa?

MAGAt are the stupidest people on flat Earth.

Idiots cannot help themselves. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-outbreaks-anti-vaccine-misinformation-rcna136994 “The truth is, measles is not a super severe serious illness when you’re a child,” Mary Holland, president of the country’s best-funded anti-vaccine organization, Children’s Health Defense, said last week on the group’s online morning show. Children’s Health Defense was founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took a leave from the organization in April to run for president. Holland, a lawyer, called government responses to recent outbreaks “fearmongering” and “crying wolf.” “It’s a couple days of spots and then you move on,” she said. Mother and wellness influencers with tens of thousands of followers on Instagram have reacted to the recent outbreaks with posts warning their audience not to buy into the hype. “As the news tries to fear-monger about the measles ‘outbreak,’” one home birth advocate posted, “remember that the vaccine is more dangerous than the actual illness.” (This is false.) Other mom influencers posted memes tapping into nostalgia for a time when some parents intentionally exposed their young children to measles, mumps and rubella with “parties,” as the diseases were considered serious, but less harmful for young children. These planned contaminations largely ended with the availability of vaccines, which offered the preferable opportunity to avoid the diseases in childhood and beyond.

When else are you supposed to take a piss?

Jesus doesn't want you to believe in yourself. Surprise, this dude is a nutjob Baptist.

Nixon and Kissinger seemed like OK dudes.

Since we don't have a bitch about whoring ourselves to Bitcoin miners thread, this is the closest one. https://time.com/6590155/bitcoin-mining-noise-texas/ Every night, the nurse anesthetist Cheryl Shadden lies awake in her home in Granbury, Texas, listening to a nonstop roar. “It’s like sitting on the runway of an airport where jets are taking off, one after another,” she says. “You can't even walk out on your back patio and speak to somebody five feet away and have them hear you at all.” The noise comes from a nearby bitcoin mining operation, which set up shop at a power plant in Granbury last year. Since then, residents in the surrounding area have complained to public officials about an incessant din that they say keeps them awake, gives them migraines, and seemingly has caused wildlife to flee the region. “My citizens are suffering,” says Hood County Constable John Shirley. As complaints swelled, local officials brought their concerns to the site’s operator, US Bitcoin Corp. Over the summer, the company agreed to construct a 24-foot sound barrier wall on one end of the property at the cost of $1 to $2 million. But while the wall reduced sound in some areas, it actually amplified it in others. “To be honest, the complaints have gotten louder for us since the mitigation efforts,” Constable John Shirley says. Shirley says that he is monitoring the decibel levels of the facility. Texas state law stipulates that a noise is considered unreasonable if it exceeds 85 decibels. For comparison, vacuum cleaners often run at around 75 decibels—and a cardiologist told TIME in 2018 that chronic exposure to anything over 60 decibels had the potential to do harm to the cardiovascular system. Shadden took her own readings at her house near the Bitcoin mining facility that reached 103 decibels. Erik Kojola, a senior Climate Research Specialist for Greenpeace USA, says he’s monitored similar complaints from residents near new bitcoin mining centers across the country, in Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, and upstate New York. He also contends that bitcoin mining poses a much larger threat to the environment. “Bitcoin mining is essentially a lifeline for fossil fuels,” he says. “It's ultimately creating a new industrial scale demand for energy at a time where we need to be reducing our energy use.”

February says hold my beer. Shooting at a Super 8 in the middle of the night? Drugs absolutely had nothing to do with it. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/police-investigating-homicide-in-south-austin-motel/ AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police said they are investigating a deadly shooting at a south Austin motel as a homicide early Thursday morning. Police said one adult is dead at the Super 8 Motel on the southbound Service Road of Interstate 35 just south of U.S. Highway 290.

Interesting thoughts from a former college coach. Prob goes in the football board but I'm too lazy to find a thread for this. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39429573/sources-packers-hire-boston-college-jeff-hafley-dc Hafley had resisted prior NFL coaching opportunities in the past. But his reasons for taking this coordinator job are rooted in both the overall state of college football and the opportunity to work for one of the NFL's most respected franchises. "He wants to go coach football again in a league that is all about football," a source told ESPN. "College coaching has become fundraising, NIL and recruiting your own team and transfers. There's no time to coach football anymore. "A lot of things that he went back to college for have disappeared."