dek81572

I retired from the Fire Department in 2017, worked there for 26 years so not as long as you but was there from 19 years old till 44. It was a weird feeling walking out the door, I pretty much grew up there. I can't lie, I shed a tear when I got into my truck and drove off for the last time. The sad thing is, I was there by myself when I left, didn't even get to say goodbye to anyone. The guy who relieved me that day came in a little early and an emergency run came in before I left, everyone was gone. I walked out by myself, we did have a crawfish boil the evening before and had a bunch of guys come by and say goodbye, but when I left, no one was there which was sad. I would have liked to say goodbye to my crew and give them a hug on the way out. I loved those guys like they were my own brothers. After 9 years gone, I still miss it. Not so much of the everyday crap that had to be done, I miss the comradery of hanging around the station, some of the EMS calls and the fires. The adrenalin rush was like no other, it was a great job for a kid out of high school. In other words, I miss the clowns and not the circus. Anyway, God bless and congrats on the retirement and I hope you can enjoy whatever you have planned for the next chapter in your life.

First off, as one already asked, how serious are you about your game? If you're a 20 Hcp who just plays a few weekends a month and wants to have fun, you don't need a "CUSTOM" fitting, meaning you don't need to go and try every single driver head custom shaft combo to help your game. There will be a lot of people who will call BS on this but it's true. You can go to your local golf shop, Edwin Watts, Golf Galaxy etc... and get fitted for an off the rack driver with stock shafts and they will be fine. They will help you with lie angle, length and swing speed which is not what I would call a "CUSTOM" fitting, it is a fitting, just not what most would call custom. They normally don't have the exotic $300 and up shafts, just the stock which are perfectly fine for weekend golfers.

For a 100mph swing speed, you would most likely be in an S flex, they have different weighted shafts that you can also try like a 5S or 6S which are the most common for regular amateur weekend golfers. An X flex, extra stiff, might be right if you transition hard from the top of your back swing to the down swing, they can help you there too.

In my opinion, a true custom fitting is where you not only try different driver heads, but you also try stock and what I call exotic shafts, or custom shafts that make the driver cost considerably more. Edwin Watts, Dicks, Golf Galaxy, at least the ones I've been in, don't have these and the guys working there aren't as knowledgeable about a true custom fitting. Find a local pro at a golf club, PGA Superstore or 2nd Swing that does a true custom fitting. The people who get these are normally the ones who take the game serious, play more than just the weekends and play some tournament golf. You won't gain much noticeable length from the more expensive shafts, but what they offer is more accuracy, your dispersion will be better, meaning that if you hit 10 balls with a stock shaft and 10 with the custom, the grouping of the 10 custom shaft hits should be in a tighter circle or closer together. If you're a high hcp golfer who sprays it around the course, a costly custom shaft won't help much and will be a waste of money, in the $1000 range for the newest driver/custom shaft combo. If money isn't an option, then by all means, go all out and spend what you want. I know guys who can't hit the broad side of the barn and have spent upwards of $5000 on their whole set. :lol:

I use mine to replace a 4 iron. I still hit my 5 iron pretty good, 4 iron, not so much. It is my 200-yard club. I've tried hybrids and I don't like the look of them at address; they have a shape that for some reason I don't like. The fairway woods look good, and I have more confidence in them but that's just a me thing.

What would make more sense is to scrap the 49 degree and get a 50, that way there is 4 degrees between every wedge. You could go to your local golf shop and have them bend it 1 degree to make it a 50 that way you wouldn't have to buy a new one.

PW 45- Mizuno set
GW 50- Mizuno set
SW 54- Cleveland RTZ
LW 58- Cleveland RTZ

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So everyone he pulls over for a traffic violation has to get out of their car?

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I'm not sure what their SOP's are .

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That everyone he pulls over is to be treated as a felon?

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If training assumed everyone was safe, officers wouldn't survive their first year on the job.

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Murders of police officers seem to be happening daily

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My son was on the Fire Dept that I retired from for about 4 years, he got selected to attend the LA State Police Academy, so he quit the FD and has been in training for about 7 weeks now. I'm not real excited about it as I worry about his safety. In fact, he told me a story about his first week, they put him in a scenario of pulling over a car for erratic driving, he said he got out and started walking towards the car and the guy got out and shot him in the face before he knew what was going on. The trainer said that's what he expected since he had no prior law enforcement training. My son told me, dad, that's when I knew that this is for real, I said, you bet your arse it's real and it's good you got shot in training and not on the side of the road. The FD has its own level of danger but for the most part, one of them is not being shot at, most people are happy to see the FD as we're there to help. I told him my concerns, but he was hell bent on changing careers, I just keep my mouth shut, act like I support his decision, and pray for his protection but I'm not overjoyed about it.

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Is this rock bottom for our MBB program?

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No, it's definitely trending in that direction but between 1957 and 1966 LSU was 88-135 which averages out to be a .394 winning percentage. McMahon is 57-61 which averages out to be a .483 winning percentage. Heck, McMahon isn't as bad as Press Maravich yet, very close, he was 76-86 so a winning percentage of .469, never won the SEC and never made the NCAA tournament, made the Final 4 of the NIT with Pete in the 69-70 season but that's it.

Oldest son is in the current LA State Police training academy and my youngest son is in school to become a CRNA so, yes, I think they'll be ok.

I'm done spending $700 on a stock driver. I'll wait till the next generation comes out and save $$. Went to Edwin Watts and they still had brand new Sim2 Max for $300 and the Qi10 for $400. You can buy the newest Titleist driver for $449 now, down from $649. I have the GT2 and it was the longest driver of 2025. You're not going to gain 10 to 15 yards by changing drivers, they are pretty much at the max of what they can do for length rules wise, now dispersion is another story. You need to speed train to gain distance now a days.

I would like them to be good but to be honest, I haven't watched basketball, pro or college since the ladies won the championship, so I guess I really don't care.

He had a wife you know, Incontinentia Buttocks