Post by: CigarBanter on March 21, 2023, 12:18:38 AM
Post by: razgueado on March 21, 2023, 03:14:13 AM
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Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 06:01:18 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 06:01:42 AM
CI Knock Offs - Compare to Montecristo Churchill - 20/42.50
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 06:02:31 AM
Door #1 - Nica Libre Silver 25th Anniversary Torpedo - 10/44.99
Door #2 - La Perla Habana Black Pearl Original Belicoso - 10/29.99
Door #3 - San Lotano Oval Connecticut Toro - 10/59.99
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 06:38:49 AM
Joe:Certainly seems like Tuesday.
CI Knock Offs - Compare to Montecristo Churchill - 20/42.50
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 06:39:17 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 06:40:51 AM
This deal is almost an insult to Tuesdays.Joe:Certainly seems like Tuesday.
CI Knock Offs - Compare to Montecristo Churchill - 20/42.50
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 08:51:08 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:18:39 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:22:40 AM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:23:16 AM
I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:24:12 AM
Is it something you've been assigned to read for work, or on your own?I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:25:25 AM
Wasn't able to grocery shop yesterday, so have to do that today without the wife but with the kids. Should be interesting.They're not that young so it shouldn't be too bad. When my kids were really little, I would have rather taken a bullet than take them shopping.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:27:10 AM
Being young and being teenagers definitely have different challenges. But they haven't been grocery shopping since the before times, so they shouldn't complain too much. Doesn't mean they won't, but they shouldn't. ;DWasn't able to grocery shop yesterday, so have to do that today without the wife but with the kids. Should be interesting.They're not that young so it shouldn't be too bad. When my kids were really little, I would have rather taken a bullet than take them shopping.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:27:18 AM
It's a good book but at times, it hits a little too close to home. It's actually a quick read.I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:46:00 AM
https://www.amazon.com/First-Major-Inside-Story-Ryder/dp/1101971096/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+first+major+by+john+feinstein&qid=1679406339&sprefix=feinstein+first%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:48:55 AM
On my own. I read it before I got my PMP and now I want to check it out again before pursuing my PSM.Is it something you've been assigned to read for work, or on your own?I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:50:26 AM
Going for valedictorian in that one, as well? ;)On my own. I read it before I got my PMP and now I want to check it out again before pursuing my PSM.Is it something you've been assigned to read for work, or on your own?I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:53:07 AM
Speaking of close to home, this time of year I tend to read more golf stuff because I'm itching for the season to start. I just started this one yesterday:That seems interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Major-Inside-Story-Ryder/dp/1101971096/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+first+major+by+john+feinstein&qid=1679406339&sprefix=feinstein+first%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1
Related note...
Recently heard that Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete of all time (over his career, including endorsements, etc.). The next 3 highest paid are all golfers. Tiger and Jack but I forget the 3rd. Maybe Arnold Palmer?
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:53:31 AM
Always.Going for valedictorian in that one, as well? ;)On my own. I read it before I got my PMP and now I want to check it out again before pursuing my PSM.Is it something you've been assigned to read for work, or on your own?I'm rereading The Phoenix Project. Like the book but it stresses me out. The experience never feels like an escape.Sounds like a rough read.
Post by: razgueado on March 21, 2023, 09:53:46 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 09:54:27 AM
Morning, muchachos.Yes it is! Good morning to you, Raz.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 10:01:20 AM
Morning, muchachos.Morning, Page2Raz.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 10:04:03 AM
I saw that as well. I don't remember who or the order, but it always amazes me the amount of endorsement money golfers can make. That's why new drivers come to the market at $600. They pay these guys a ton of money so they have to recoup those costs, but because they pay them the money, golfers are willing to put down that kind of dough for the same driver their favorite pro uses. It's a vicious cycle.Speaking of close to home, this time of year I tend to read more golf stuff because I'm itching for the season to start. I just started this one yesterday:That seems interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Major-Inside-Story-Ryder/dp/1101971096/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+first+major+by+john+feinstein&qid=1679406339&sprefix=feinstein+first%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1
Related note...
Recently heard that Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete of all time (over his career, including endorsements, etc.). The next 3 highest paid are all golfers. Tiger and Jack but I forget the 3rd. Maybe Arnold Palmer?
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 01:08:42 PM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 01:12:13 PM
Triple lull.No birthdays, no photos.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 01:17:23 PM
I'd do it if I were working remotely but I'm in the office today.Triple lull.No birthdays, no photos.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 01:49:15 PM
I declare that no one is allowed to have a birthday today!Triple lull.No birthdays, no photos.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 01:49:29 PM
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 02:15:27 PM
Post by: razgueado on March 21, 2023, 04:05:21 PM
Brutal. A meeting that was supposed to last 30 minutes turner into a working session that took most of four hours.Morning, muchachos.Yes it is! Good morning to you, Raz.
Post by: razgueado on March 21, 2023, 04:19:31 PM
A similar phenomenon happens with musical instruments and gear.I saw that as well. I don't remember who or the order, but it always amazes me the amount of endorsement money golfers can make. That's why new drivers come to the market at $600. They pay these guys a ton of money so they have to recoup those costs, but because they pay them the money, golfers are willing to put down that kind of dough for the same driver their favorite pro uses. It's a vicious cycle.Speaking of close to home, this time of year I tend to read more golf stuff because I'm itching for the season to start. I just started this one yesterday:That seems interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Major-Inside-Story-Ryder/dp/1101971096/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+first+major+by+john+feinstein&qid=1679406339&sprefix=feinstein+first%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1
Related note...
Recently heard that Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete of all time (over his career, including endorsements, etc.). The next 3 highest paid are all golfers. Tiger and Jack but I forget the 3rd. Maybe Arnold Palmer?
About 20 years ago, DigiTech came out with a guitar pedal called "Bad Monkey." It was a subject of intense debate among some guitar players who insisted that it was as good as the Ibanez Tube Screamer pedals used by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others who insisted vociferously it wasn't even close. At the time, vintage Tube Screamers were going for many hundreds of dollars, and the Bad Monkey was selling for $40. Subsequently, DigiTech was bought out. The Bad Monkey was discontinued, disappeared, and was mostly forgotten for 19 years.
A few weeks ago, a famous "boutique" pedal maker and debunker named Josh Scott put a video on YouTube in which he demonstrated visually and sonically that the Bad Monkey was the same circuit as the Tube Screamers, with the same components, and was aurally indistinguishable. He also demonstrated that the Bad Monkey could hold its own with authority against a number of very expensive and and very rare guitar pedals.
What happened next was hilarious. The market value for used Bad Monkeys jumped overnight to many hundreds of dollars. Many guitarists howled that what had been a great cheap guitar pedal in the resale market was now unobtanium.
Josh Scott replied on Instagram to complaints about his role in this travesty, "I wish to remind all of you that you had 19 years to buy one cheap before I elevated its status."
Then, jokingly, he offered one of his Bad Monkeys for $50K.
Guitar players are apparently as nuts as golfers.
Post by: bluecollar on March 21, 2023, 06:46:15 PM
Post by: razgueado on March 21, 2023, 07:45:33 PM
Cigar smokers are nuts... sheesh(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230321/8f7585d502e931bc1990463ab1234db9.jpg)There is at least some semblance of sanity among cigar smokers...at least here on the banter. We all recognize that our taste buds are different. Smoke what you like and like what you smoke.
Guitar players and golfers are just flat nuts, and guitar players are the absolute nutsest. Imagine us saying there hasn't been a good cigar made since 1981, or 1971, or 1961. That's what guitar players do. The closest we get here is to be fans of particular creators. But it comes down to whether we'd spend $500 for a box of cigars.
For guitar players, it's a question of whether we'd spend four grand for a pedal, or fiddy grand for a Dumble Amp, or $300 grand for a 1959 Les Paul. All while saying nothing good has been made since Leo Fender sold out to CBS in 1965. You want nuts? I give you guitar players.
Post by: LuvTooGolf on March 21, 2023, 09:22:55 PM
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Post by: A Friend of Charlie on March 21, 2023, 10:54:05 PM