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re: Started a Mad Men rewatch
Posted by STLhog on 8/20/26 at 9:11 am to hogcard1964
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how the viewer easily forgives Don upon first and second watches
The similarities with Don and Tony Soprano are obvious outside of murder and thievery.
Both had incredibly damaging childhoods and oddly have a weird level of principle and integrity in some capacity. Both have massive failures as parents and setting an example for their kids but also demonstrate, at times, legit parental instincts and care for their children.
Don seems to show more genuine self reflection but it never really pans out into genuine behavior changes.
Don is the most perplexing character to me. Pete is fine, an interesting character but had every advantage to not make most of the choices he made, which generally boil down to entitlement and insecurity.
Don's always felt much more complex to me aside from the fact that both of them could have been stronger men and not made terrible choices consistently along the way. Tony on the other hand, was doomed from birth and the cesspool environment he was stuck in.
Breaking the cycle is difficult and takes unique character which none of them were able to ever really demonstrate aside from Pete a little bit at the end.
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I have a qi35 7 wood and it’s amazing
Have this same club. Outside of doing stupid stuff out of the rough and fairway bunkers, it's insane how easy this club is to hit and small the misses are.
I've never flirted with so many par 5 greens since buying that club. Stops on a dime and just so easy to get up in the air.
re: Itching to buy this morning. What are you guys buying?
Posted by STLhog on 8/19/26 at 9:12 am to SmackoverHawg
Say more.
Anyone like META right now?
Know they're going to continue to get dinged for spending but the business itself is absurd.
Feels a little bit like the Metaverse moment from a few years ago that paid off well if you held the course.
Know they're going to continue to get dinged for spending but the business itself is absurd.
Feels a little bit like the Metaverse moment from a few years ago that paid off well if you held the course.
Wouldn't call him a choker. Don't recall him blowing any massive leads per say.
He just can't put it together and go low when he's in contention. Really great player, love his natural "baw" move and love watching him putt.
Some guys just have "it", and some "don't". Most "dont". The dude has still has a pretty damn solid career and has a lot of runway left.
He just can't put it together and go low when he's in contention. Really great player, love his natural "baw" move and love watching him putt.
Some guys just have "it", and some "don't". Most "dont". The dude has still has a pretty damn solid career and has a lot of runway left.
re: Most impressive thing you watched your dad do
Posted by STLhog on 8/17/26 at 9:22 am to Mushroom1968
My dad gathered and built our entire backyard garden structure, rock walls, steps etc with Ozark Mountain limestone from dirt roads in his truck. Pretty damn cool and worked on it for most of my childhood. House is long since sold but I drive by it from time to time in Fayetteville and all his work is still there standing and looking very good.
On the flip side, the moment I realized my dad was not in fact super human. I was about 11-12 in the batting cage. Cage net was hanging a little low in the middle, he was smart about staying behind the L screen but I caught one of his meat balls really good, caught the low hanging net, it came right over the L screen, smoked him straight in the twig and beans and he was down for 5-10 minutes. It was a 1 and 1000 line drive that I thought killed him.
Will never forget that.
On the flip side, the moment I realized my dad was not in fact super human. I was about 11-12 in the batting cage. Cage net was hanging a little low in the middle, he was smart about staying behind the L screen but I caught one of his meat balls really good, caught the low hanging net, it came right over the L screen, smoked him straight in the twig and beans and he was down for 5-10 minutes. It was a 1 and 1000 line drive that I thought killed him.
Will never forget that.
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We have a lot of strong fellows on here playing X Flex shafts.
Feel my x stiff is offset a bit by a bit lighter shafts and blue/red tips being a bit softer. I swing ~110, nothing crazy.
With the Ventus, I just find x really limits the big misses. If it goes right or left, it's generally a push/pull from path and I can "feel" why.
Used to play Denali stiff shafts and I'd get some REALLY bad misses with it. Could get some monster drives if everything worked well but generally felt like I was swinging the orange noodle swing tool and hoping everything work out perfectly. Many times not.
re: End of Summer WITB check in and brands
Posted by STLhog on 8/12/26 at 1:03 pm to reauxl tigers
TM Qi4D- Ventus Blue 6x
TM Qi4D 3w- Ventus Red 7x
TM Qi35 7W- Ventus Red 7x
Srixon Zx5 4-PW- DG S400
Cleveland RTX Tour Raw 48, 54, 60
Spider X Plumber
Have recently dumped the Srixon ZXU 3 iron for the 7 wood and just got fitted for Artisan Wedges that will arrive in the next month.
Couldn't be happier with my metals right now, really feel dialed in with the TM product after moving around from Callaway and Ping.
Will likely be looking at Artisan irons next year to replace my 6 year old Srixons but those will be hard to beat.
TM Qi4D 3w- Ventus Red 7x
TM Qi35 7W- Ventus Red 7x
Srixon Zx5 4-PW- DG S400
Cleveland RTX Tour Raw 48, 54, 60
Spider X Plumber
Have recently dumped the Srixon ZXU 3 iron for the 7 wood and just got fitted for Artisan Wedges that will arrive in the next month.
Couldn't be happier with my metals right now, really feel dialed in with the TM product after moving around from Callaway and Ping.
Will likely be looking at Artisan irons next year to replace my 6 year old Srixons but those will be hard to beat.
Completely non data backed opinion but the game still comes down to short irons and decent putting.
Watching Davis Riley blow the tournament this weekend on 3 holes where he has P-G wedge in and he couldn't put it within 30 feet of the hole.
Same thing for Bryson.
Scottie is plenty long but he separated himself in 24-25 with obscene short iron and wedge play. Would argue the same for 2 of the 4 majors this year in US Open and PGA Championship.
Watching Davis Riley blow the tournament this weekend on 3 holes where he has P-G wedge in and he couldn't put it within 30 feet of the hole.
Same thing for Bryson.
Scottie is plenty long but he separated himself in 24-25 with obscene short iron and wedge play. Would argue the same for 2 of the 4 majors this year in US Open and PGA Championship.
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The dragon battles continue to be the highlight of the season.
And Daemon. This show sucks and their limited utilization of Matt Smith and the character is sad.
Caraxes is the GOAT dragon.
If that dude has ever actually been laid, zero chance it’s ever been anything besides lights off, missionary.
re: -12 (59) M Kim at 3M.
Posted by STLhog on 7/27/26 at 9:17 am to NewOrleansBlend
Not knocking the kid, but he probably just needs to grow and fill out a little and wouldn't need to get after it so much.
All that action and he was still only cooking like 175-180 ball speed. Not like he's moving it in the 190s.
If anything, the rest of his game is more impressive to me than hitting it 10-20 yards further than everyone else.
All that action and he was still only cooking like 175-180 ball speed. Not like he's moving it in the 190s.
If anything, the rest of his game is more impressive to me than hitting it 10-20 yards further than everyone else.
Actually kind of a cool setup today to see what happens.
As good as this Koivun kid is, it’s wild Spieth won a masters at the same age.
As good as this Koivun kid is, it’s wild Spieth won a masters at the same age.
No one even mentioning the absurdity of this dude buying a 14 foot aluminum boat to drive it 90 miles for a “casual” morning of fishing on Christmas Eve, in the SAN FRANCISCO bay. This wasnt a small lake or pond by his house, it’s an obscenely cold, massive, choppy and unpredictable waterway. Who in the ever living hell does something like that?
And in a shocking coincidence, was the exact same place the body was found.
Literally absurd thinking this dude was innocent.
And in a shocking coincidence, was the exact same place the body was found.
Literally absurd thinking this dude was innocent.
Gere, Fassbender and Wright are so damn good in this. So are the rest of the supporting cast honestly.
Gere might be the best. His lines are so good.
"youre still a shitty agent but... no, nvm get out!"
"how do you think I got this fancy office?"
Gere might be the best. His lines are so good.
"youre still a shitty agent but... no, nvm get out!"
"how do you think I got this fancy office?"
Fair enough and won't argue that viewpoint.
I consider 2-1 with 33 minutes left "in the game", regardless of how bad we looked. Another set piece goal or goal against the run of play changes things materially without the 3rd goal.
And in all reality, you're probably right it would have come anyway before it was all said and done.
Doesn't matter at this point, just a shitty night and kick in the dick which is extremely frustrating with how we played earlier, wherever the fault lies.
I consider 2-1 with 33 minutes left "in the game", regardless of how bad we looked. Another set piece goal or goal against the run of play changes things materially without the 3rd goal.
And in all reality, you're probably right it would have come anyway before it was all said and done.
Doesn't matter at this point, just a shitty night and kick in the dick which is extremely frustrating with how we played earlier, wherever the fault lies.
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More shots? Goals? No to both. Gio Reyna helped us maintain possession a bit better but otherwise nothing changed.
I won't argue with that. But we were still in the game until the 3rd goal, however shitty we looked and I'm holding no coach or player to turning around a deficit after something like that happens.
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There is definitely someone doing that in this thread
I just laid out the stats for those periods that you said were ridiculous for looking at the game that way.
Do those stats not say there was a material difference, for meaningful periods, in the way the game was being played and ultimately were killed, twice, by two colossal 1 on 1 mistakes? 1 being way worse than the other obviously.
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Jesus Christ someone didn’t watch the game or, at the very least, has no idea what they watched
They literally didn't have a shot on goal or not on goal from 14 minutes until the 2nd goal at 33 minutes. After that, in the second half, their first shot, on goal or not on goal, came at 57 minutes for the 3rd goal.
You're just basing your argument on feelings at this point and that's fine.
We have materially different viewpoints on how that game played out.
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When you’re getting pounded and your coach makes adjustments to slow down the game and gain better control, players calm down and play better.
Is that not literally what he did in the second half and did it not create the intended outcome until the 3rd goal?
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Seven shots on goal, four times our xG, fifteen shots total and four big chances, plus complete domination of ball progression and final third entries.
Did we watch the same game?
Break that out after the first 10 minutes and after the game was over and it would tell a completely different story.
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