What did you buy this week?

sdandrea1 · 2019-05-29T20:32:12+00:00

I thought we had a thread for this, but couldn't find it. What did you buy today?

LBlack14

garyt1957 and before I read down any further I'm predicting posts that say they are as fast or faster with a laser. I certainly wouldn't call them liars but I've yet to play with a guy who used a laser who wasn't slow as shit, just my experience maybe

Fact, I see it daily. No way a range finder's faster than GPS.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 I guess I'd be your exception.

Could be, but they all say that. Just what I've witnessed.

sdandrea1

garyt1957

Can I read a GPS watch or hand held faster than I can point a Rangefinder and push a button?, yes....... but it's only a difference of a few seconds. I make a club decision and hit the ball and move on. Two of us in our normal 4some use rangefinders and the 4 of get around in 3.5 hours, if unimpeded by slower groups in front. We even use the rangefinders to help the other 2 guys with yardages. Rangefinders are fine in the hands of golfers who know what ready golf really means and play like they're not out just to kill time. Your mileage obviously varies.

garyt1957

sdandrea1 I played with a guy last year who was lasering 20 and 30 yard shots. Never saw anything like that before.

colej

Bought 15 ton of 304 gravel and got the driveway approach cut in

Rickochet

colej 15 ton

15 tons, whata you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. 😀

colej

Rickochet

both! I did rent a dump trailer and brought home a mini excavator from work though!

sdandrea1

garyt1957 I played with a guy last year who was lasering 20 and 30 yard shots. Never saw anything like that before

That's just stupid......AND slow!

I use mine mostly on new courses where I need a yardage to a hazard, to make a layup or go for it decision, etc. If I can see the 150 or 100 yard marker and the pin, I'm good to go. It's not an every shot thing.

Typhoon

garyt1957 sdandrea1 I played with a guy last year who was lasering 20 and 30 yard shots. Never saw anything like that before.

I didn’t think lasers worked under 40 yards. Maybe that’s why he was taking so long

Subsonic

sdandrea1 you use your laser so infrequently that it is more like not having one. I play with guys that use them on every hole on courses they play every week.

Mustaggolf

19 degree Maltby KE-4 Tour utility- CPO got me with 35% off on putters. Bit on a stroke lab double wide..

Sparky

Mustaggolf CPO got me with 35% off on putters. Bit on a stroke lab double wide..

Yeah, they got me for one of those two months ago. Still have not used it other than 5 foot carpet putts.

LBlack14

Bought a 7 iron head and FST115 shaft to go in it.

sdandrea1

Wilson D100 5 hybrid.

LogicalOne

Some orange juice so I can do some healthy drinking (orange beers). Cheers!

LBlack14

LogicalOne
Wtf is orange beers???

LogicalOne

LBlack14 It’s just a combo of orange juice and beer. The mix for me is about 25% orange juice and the rest beer (typically just a light beer). I also do bloody beers (some call them red beers). I usually use zing-zang blood mary mix with a light beer, but usually 1/3 and the rest beer.

Subsonic

garyt1957 Truth

Rickochet

Subsonic I play with guys that use them on every hole on courses they play every week.

We had a dude that did this. Every hole he would get out of the cart and walk to his ball and look. Then back to the cart, get the laser case, take the laser out, fiddle with it forever, walk back to the cart, put he laser in the case, decide about the club then walk back to the ball. He would often go back for another club. And this guy was a hack. Fortunately he didn't think our game was up to his level and he joined the country club. Whew. This guy also bought more new OEM stuff than Steve buys at $12. Plus he complained and whined the whole round.

sdandrea1

Subsonic

Yep, slow players who over-use gimmicks are a PITA.

Spuzz

Rickochet
It can definitely become habitual and/or addictive OCD like behaviour.
I played a round with this guy, but thankfully I was walking and only for 9 holes.
He was a member and working at winning the club championship in his flight.
His wife told me this, while we golfed and chatted the whole 2 hours. LOL

I played this 9 hole course (3 years ago) 3 times a week for the entire summer.
Used my GPS watch for the first two weeks (it was new-ish),
After that, I only wore it to keep the feel of it fresh.
If anybody had asked me yardage, I could only tell them the time of day as that's what it was set to.
Didn't need yardage. It was more "yesterday I hit 7 iron from here" etc etc.
Alone, I played most rounds in an hour and 15 and I walk slow.

Rickochet

LogicalOne I also do bloody beers (some call them red beers). I usually use zing-zang blood mary mix with a light beer, but usually 1/3 and the rest beer.

I tried that once but didn't care for it. Many here used to use a small can of Snappy Tom tomato juice. My dad like putting tomato juice in his beer. He got it in the large can. Back in the 70's you could buy a gizmo made for large juice cans that you pressed into the top of the can piercing in then twisted it in. It gave you a 1" wide spout with a cap. Actually a neat device. One day my dad opened up a fresh can of juice. After adding some juice to his beer he had a few sips but noticed that it had an odd taste. He looked at the can and it was labled "100% tomato juice." As he finished his beer he got some small objects in his mouth that looked like beans. He looked at the can label again then poured some "juice" in a clear glass. Apparently the can was pork and beans and had been mislabled. Without his glasses on he didn't see the beans.

LogicalOne

Rickochet That’s a great story. I actually think I picked up the red beer thing from my dad, starting in the 70’s (I even remember him giving me a sip from time to time even though I was in single digits). I just take it to the next level with zing-zang and sometimes loading it up with various stuffed olives, smoked string cheese sticks and a beef stick. 🤤

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