In other news (apolitical thread)...

[utee94]

That's fair. My thought is that among our contemporaries, as young adults, tattoos became much more common. Probably not among people in their 40s, but among people who were going into the "professional" work force in their future. Now a fair number of middle aged professionals have tattoos--many of which they first got when they were young adults.

Perhaps it depends on your industry.  And maybe there's a geographical component as well.  I can say that in tech/business/finance, in my part of the world, tattoos were a rarity among young professionals in the mid 90s.  Even ones that would be hidden under business attire.

But it's certainly not a rarity now.

I'm just disputing the timeline.  I think if we're talking "mainstream" then it happened later, maybe as much as 7-10 years later, when the millennials began entering the workforce (and adult society in general) en masse.

And that could be what normalized it to the point that a lot of older people went ahead and started getting tattoos as well.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Somewhere else that I just recently read, he pulled out another $100 word, the kind that you mostly only know if you went to Purdue. 

Actually I knew it, but I never think of it, and thus never use it. 

Can't remember it, though, and I can't find it.  I think it might have been in the backlog of 25+ pages I was catching up on yesterday in the retirement thread. 

Pity, I have a list of big words that nobody needs, but which I like to whip out on people if they get on my nerves.  Using big words really gets on people's nerves, I don't know why.  See:  Milchick's performance review, Severance, season 2. 

The advantage of having a large vocabulary is that sometime that one specific uncommon word simply fits exactly what and how you want to convey better than using smaller words. I.e. the use of Sisyphean... I could say playing with those older kids felt like beating my head against the wall. But that doesn't convey the sense of hopeless futility that it didn't really matter what I did. I could keep working and working but because I was ALWAYS going to be two+ years younger than some of them, the boulder was never going to get to the top of the hill and stay there. 

And as I said, the funny thing about it in retrospect is that if I had stuck with it, it actually might have swung in my favor. Because I was going to turn 17 years old the summer before my senior year of HS, and would thus be no more than ~11 months younger than anyone I would be competing against in HS football. But most of them were NEVER going to be 6'4" and 225#--or likely closer to 240# or more if I'd been weight training heavily all through HS. 

[MikeDeTiger]

The advantage of having a large vocabulary is that sometime that one specific uncommon word simply fits exactly what and how you want to convey better than using smaller words. I.e. the use of Sisyphean... I could say playing with those older kids felt like beating my head against the wall. But that doesn't convey the sense of hopeless futility that it didn't really matter what I did. I could keep working and working but because I was ALWAYS going to be two+ years younger than some of them, the boulder was never going to get to the top of the hill and stay there.

My vocabulary seems to be divided into two categories, words I know, and words I think of and thus actually use.  I read/hear other people's big words just fine.  It's more rare that they jump into my mind and out of my mouth (or onto my screen).  

I'd be a more impressive communicator if my brain could bridge that odd gap.  I can think of some if I intentionally try, but just i the course of a normal conversation where I'm not thinking about big words, they don't just present themselves in my sentences.  

[SFBadger96]

It's a neat trick to find exactly the right word for the situation, but also one that everyone around you will understand.




It's one of the reasons expletives are so popular. 

[MikeDeTiger]

Don't know how youthful your team is... I thought it was funny that when we had our department Christmas lunch a couple of months back, one of the topics of conversation between a couple guys was that they'd hit the "50%" club... They'd been at our company for over 50% of their life. I'm at about 17 1/2 years now, but wouldn't join that club unless I stick around until I'm 58.

Trying to attract the young'uns to boring data storage when they all want to work for OpenAI or Tesla or SpaceX or [insert hot hip company name] is a little difficult. I don't know if the PC / compute space is similar...

Your solution, of course, is to hire a guy with a data science degree, who doesn't care about OpenAI or Tesla or SpaceX, has a modest vocabulary, and no tattoos 

[FearlessF]

all I'm missing is the degree

[MikeDeTiger]

We know all about the secret OU tramp-stamp tattoo you have.  

[betarhoalphadelta]

Your solution, of course, is to hire a guy with a data science degree, who doesn't care about OpenAI or Tesla or SpaceX, has a modest vocabulary, and no tattoos

You see any openings on our web site, just let me know and I'll put your name in via employee referral 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Finally found the new ball in yellow!

And not to allow politics into this thread, but thought it prudent to stock up in case the price rises soon due to the tariffs. 

So now I've got 4 doz of the yellow, and already had 2 doz of the white, so when my last half dozen of the old version in yellow are gone I should be good for a while. 

[FearlessF]

haven't tried the new ball.
last year's ball was high spin, I assume the new ball is as well
I like them for approach shots and around the green
not good for my driver
I strongly dislike yeller balls

[SFBadger96]

I, too, have an aversion to yellow balls, but this is the ball I play. Price point is the winner. I'm not good enough to think about anything else.

I also have Kirland Signature wedges, and the driver. I don't hit a driver very well--I'm more confident with my 3-wood--but I like it well enough. I get about 20 extra yards, on average, from the driver (over the 3-wood). Again, the price point was right. My other clubs are all TaylorMades (although all but the putter and 15-year old 3-wood were purchased used).

The wedges are great. I'm not sure what I would compare them too because I've literally never had another gap/approach or sand wedge (I always used to use my P to get out of a bunker). As much fun as the loft wedge is it sits on a shelf in my garage to prevent me from using it. Too much danger around that club.

[betarhoalphadelta]

haven't tried the new ball.
last year's ball was high spin, I assume the new ball is as well
I like them for approach shots and around the green
not good for my driver
I strongly dislike yeller balls

I prefer yellow. Easier for me to see. 

The new ball is reportedly lower spin. Odd though as I haven't seen a lot of YouTube reviews of it, which is uncharacteristic for a Kirkland ball. I've seen some personal people reporting on their own launch monitor results, and most say that the spin numbers are now in line with other premium balls. 

I'm not some massive big hitter (good drive 250, if I roast one 260-270, including roll), but never had a problem with distance with any of the Kirklands. If this one is better b/c it's a little lower spin, then it's all good as far as I'm concerned.

I, too, have an aversion to yellow balls, but this is the ball I play. Price point is the winner. I'm not good enough to think about anything else.

I also have Kirland Signature wedges, and the driver. I don't hit a driver very well--I'm more confident with my 3-wood--but I like it well enough. I get about 20 extra yards, on average, from the driver (over the 3-wood). Again, the price point was right. My other clubs are all TaylorMades (although all but the putter and 15-year old 3-wood were purchased used).

The wedges are great. I'm not sure what I would compare them too because I've literally never had another gap/approach or sand wedge (I always used to use my P to get out of a bunker). As much fun as the loft wedge is it sits on a shelf in my garage to prevent me from using it. Too much danger around that club.

My issue with the wedges is that I'm a giant. I've heard they're great. But if I bought the wedges, I'd have to get them reshafted (incl. longer playing length) and regripped to get them even remotely close to playable. And once you do that... The cost advantage is gone. 

I bought the driver, with the stiff shaft. The goal was to see if I liked it more than my own--which itself is a 10+ year old Ping G25 with 70g stiff shaft. I didn't feel like I hit it better than mine. Had my son try it out, and he was using an older TM R7 with regular, and this was MUCH better for him. He also plays the Kirkland wedges. 

For me, I'll stick with the balls and gloves. The clubs, like any off-the-rack clubs, just aren't a good fit for a gorilla like me 

[FearlessF]

I have 2 clubs in my possession that aren't used.
a gap wedge and a sand wedge - Clevelands that were gifts at a Member/Guest weekend
my other wedges are all CG14 Cleveland - last year of the square grooves 

[FearlessF]

utee94 is gonna luv this

https://mygolfspy.com/labs/ball-lab-costo-kirkland-performance-plus-v3-ball-review/