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Officer Pete Malloy
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JulianneI was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
bentley
Footballguy
Heather here. My first name comes from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/. I almost got my middle name from it, too but my folks went with the first name of my grandparents' neighbor at the last minute.I was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
krista4
Footballguy
I think you're younger than I am, but when I was in school I think we had more Kimberlys than any other name, but it doesn't seem common at all now. We also had lots of Sharons and Lisas.Kimberly.I was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
krista4
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Winner so far. Great name. Whaddya think, Abe?JulianneI was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Abraham
Footballguy
Actually on the list. Love that and Jillian / Gillian.Winner so far. Great name. Whaddya think, Abe?JulianneI was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Abraham
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Actually on the list. Love that and Jillian / Gillian.Winner so far. Great name. Whaddya think, Abe?JulianneI was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
more about wench cousin Sarah, please
Frostillicus
Footballguy
DjyleeyanActually on the list. Love that and Jillian / Gillian.Winner so far. Great name. Whaddya think, Abe?JulianneI was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Officer Pete Malloy
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Kimberly, Jennifer, Cindy, Kelly, Michelle, Melissa...very popular names in the 60s.I think you're younger than I am, but when I was in school I think we had more Kimberlys than any other name, but it doesn't seem common at all now. We also had lots of Sharons and Lisas.Kimberly.I was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Guster
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Limp Ditka
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Officer Pete Malloy
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krista4
Footballguy
Yeah, we had a lot of Melissas and Michelles, too.Kimberly, Jennifer, Cindy, Kelly, Michelle, Melissa...very popular names in the 60s.I think you're younger than I am, but when I was in school I think we had more Kimberlys than any other name, but it doesn't seem common at all now. We also had lots of Sharons and Lisas.Kimberly.I was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Abe, Jillian/Gillian is nice, too.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
I just screamed in a fashion that caused Mr. krista to run upstairs in a panic.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Not sure if you're down with Sporcle but these are fun. There are other tests for boys and other decades.Yeah, we had a lot of Melissas and Michelles, too.Kimberly, Jennifer, Cindy, Kelly, Michelle, Melissa...very popular names in the 60s.I think you're younger than I am, but when I was in school I think we had more Kimberlys than any other name, but it doesn't seem common at all now. We also had lots of Sharons and Lisas.Kimberly.I was going to be "Stephen" if I were a boy. Anyone else know their alternate name?
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I don't mind it when girls have a name like Roberta or Charlene and then they are called Charlie or Bobbi etc.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
ATTN GOLF GUYS (Proninja especially): Went to the driving range today. Haven't played golf in at least 10 years.
1. I wasn't as bad as I thought.
2. I sliced a lot. Back when I played (I was never very good) I never sliced much. What is the main cause for that malady?
3. I developed a blister on my right thumb. I'm right handed and use an interlocking grip. I was wearing a glove on my left hand. Is the blister symptomatic of something or are my hands just [p]ussies?
4. I'm drinking.
1. I wasn't as bad as I thought.
2. I sliced a lot. Back when I played (I was never very good) I never sliced much. What is the main cause for that malady?
3. I developed a blister on my right thumb. I'm right handed and use an interlocking grip. I was wearing a glove on my left hand. Is the blister symptomatic of something or are my hands just [p]ussies?
4. I'm drinking.
mr roboto
Footballguy
Is your right hand on top of the grip (with the right thumb pointing down the shaft) or underneath the grip (with the thumb on the back side of the grip)?
http://www.free-online-golf-tips.com/fundamental-golf-tips/golf-set-up-tips/proper-golf-grip/
See image 4 - strong, weak or neutral?
http://www.free-online-golf-tips.com/fundamental-golf-tips/golf-set-up-tips/proper-golf-grip/
See image 4 - strong, weak or neutral?
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Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Yeah. My hands are soft and white from counting all this teacher money.
Ball starts off semi-straight but then heads right. Not all that dramatic but eventually ends up a lot more right than the target.
It's like the Hemingway quote: "How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
It's sort of like throwing a very understable disc...like a DX Leopard or a very beat-up Roadrunner.*
*had to throw in a disc golf ref...just to keep up my street cred.
*had to throw in a disc golf ref...just to keep up my street cred.
mr roboto
Footballguy
You aren't getting your hands back to square at impact for some reason. If it starts straight, the path is straight.
Where the ball starts = path. How it moves in the air = club face. So if it starts straight then moves right, your path is pretty good but the face is open, imparting left-to-right spin on the ball.
Where the ball starts = path. How it moves in the air = club face. So if it starts straight then moves right, your path is pretty good but the face is open, imparting left-to-right spin on the ball.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
:blisteredthumbup: I think my grip shifted/weakened from address/backswing/downswing/impact. Probably because of my queer little hands.
kevzilla
Footballguy
proninja
Footballguy
1. Yes, yes you were
2. You like that ****** movie Sideways, so your ball goes sideways
3. Don't grip the club so hard, especially with your right thumb and index finger. You want your hands to function as one unit, and you should hold the club mostly with your left hand. Old pro I used to go to had me hit buckets of balls without my right thumb and index finger on the club
4. It is a night that ends in y
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
I mean I was never all that good. If I broke 100 I was happy but there were alway flashes of brilliance. I figured this many years from the game I would be like Tin Cup when he gets the Yips and starts hitting #### at the other guys on the range.
I used to play a lot of Scrambles with my dad and his Lions Club. I was always the "D" player. But I would pull these shots out of my ### that would start these old/drunk guys #####ing.
Gadzooks
Footballguy
Big house, about 15 of us staying there and there is only 1 and a half bathrooms. The other night I go into the "full bathroom" and took a violent dump. I've been going to this house since I was 5 years old (unrelated, it's extremely cool to take my son there now and take him to do all the things I did in that area when I was his age)
Before we get to my Aunt "catching me", let's review what led me to the decision to pleasure myself in a house filled with relatives. Like all great men, I use my time in the bathroom to contemplate life and it's mysteries. I began to reminisce (sp GM?) about my favorite memories about this family house. My thoughts brought me back to summer of 1990 and a beautiful young 15 year old lass named Amy who was staying in the house next to us for the week. She was amazing, long blonde hair, fantastic tanned skin, baby-blue eyes, a perfect set of 15 year old breasts and a devilish smile that made me melt like freeze pop left out on the counter all night. After creepily stalking her for a few days, I finally got up the nerve to talk to her. My studly first line that I used on her was something like "hey I really dig your flip flops, they really bring out your toes". Despite that Wozian pick-up line, she still hung out with me. We played catch with a frisbee, skipped stones across the lake and played wiffle ball (she was so perfect) The only downside was her large Tre-like cousin "Margaret" who followed us around everywhere we went.
On the day before we were both leaving, Amy told me to meet her that night at this bench behind the garage which was behind the house she was staying at. I showered 3 times before going to meet her that evening. I'd never been so excited. I went to the spot to meet her and was she wasn't there. So I waited. And waited. Then I heard a noise and at first I was excited thinking it was Amy, but then the sound got louder and I immediately got scared because I knew it was probably a bear walking around the garage (there are a lot of bears in that area) I was frozen in fear as I heard the beast getting closer to me. Then to my somewhat relief, instead of a bear, it was only Amy's cousin, LargeMarge. My fear was gone, but I was disturbed to see no Amy. So
Anyways, I was thinking about that episode while I was in the bathroom the other night and then pictured what would've happened if it was Amy on the bench with me instead of LargeMarge. Before I knew it, the chicken was in the crockpot and I was going to town on myself. Now I have always always always locked this bathroom door when I go in there. Somehow, this time I had forgotten. As I'm just about to finish, I notice the door start to open. It was like it was happening in slow motion. Apparently my Aunt thought that her husband, my Uncle Jim, was in the bathroom. The door opened and she said "hey Jim I was thinking...." I quickly tried to hunch over while yelling, no I was screaming "SOMEBODY'S IN HERE! SOMEBODY'S IN HERE!" She quickly closed the door and mumbled an apology. After the panic went away, I actually laughed and thought it was it was kinda funny. The rest of the week we never spoke about what happened, but I made sure to tell her whenever I went into the bathroom.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
proninja
Footballguy
Ok, so real answer on the slice thing. Without seeing you swing, we're just guessing, and this advice is worth everything you're paying for it.
When you swing a golf club, you want to start out with your weight evenly distributed over your feet. In the backswing, you want to load up against your back foot, and transfer a good portion of your weight to it. As you swing through the ball, you transfer the weight almost completely to your left foot. Most beginners are ok on the backswing (though some even put the weight on their front foot and move it back as they swing through), and they keep all the weight on their rear foot while swinging through the ball. When you swing around your rear foot, it's next to impossible to get the club going straight through the ball at impact. Instead of your club going straight down the target line as you swing through the ball, it is going from outside the target line across the ball to inside the target line, creating left to right spin, and a piddly little slice.
If I were you I would take a 2x4 out to the driving range, and put it parallel to your target line a couple inches on the other side of your ball from you. Take 3/4 swings, and focus only on two things. Transferring your weight from back to front, and not hitting the 2x4.
When you swing a golf club, you want to start out with your weight evenly distributed over your feet. In the backswing, you want to load up against your back foot, and transfer a good portion of your weight to it. As you swing through the ball, you transfer the weight almost completely to your left foot. Most beginners are ok on the backswing (though some even put the weight on their front foot and move it back as they swing through), and they keep all the weight on their rear foot while swinging through the ball. When you swing around your rear foot, it's next to impossible to get the club going straight through the ball at impact. Instead of your club going straight down the target line as you swing through the ball, it is going from outside the target line across the ball to inside the target line, creating left to right spin, and a piddly little slice.
If I were you I would take a 2x4 out to the driving range, and put it parallel to your target line a couple inches on the other side of your ball from you. Take 3/4 swings, and focus only on two things. Transferring your weight from back to front, and not hitting the 2x4.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
me some zookstales
proninja
Footballguy
mr roboto
Footballguy
I love you. And the Spotted Cow I picked up in Wisconsin and have been destroying all night.
Thorn
Footballguy
proninja
Footballguy
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
:goodposting;
Funny story. The range was fairly busy for a Sunday with 104 temps. I chose the most isolated slot possible. Worked my way throught the mid irons just to get the feel back.
Eventually it gets a little more crowded. Some guy takes the space a couple down from me (to my back). I was struggling with my long irons...duh. Same thing with the 3 wood. Then I start with the driver. First few balls about the same story.
Then I monkey-friending CRUSH two tee shots. That perfect sound. Right down the middle with a ton of ginger behind them. Guy next to me says "Whoa". I look back at him. And he says "Sorry. But I thought you were some hack."
I said "I am. Don't get used to it."
He laughed.
That's all I got.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
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