Big Blue Huddle

QuoteJBG,

It really appears by your posts that you think the right is the closest thing to perfect you will see on this planet and you believe liberal Americans are the closest thing to pure evil you will see on this planet.   It's also clear that you despise our government despite the fact that it is of the people, for the people, and by the people.

I don't think that republicans are always right, and in fact despise plenty of them. I'm a libertarian at heart, but hate labels so I end up just being independent. Voted for Gary Johnson twice. The thing that killed him was his stance that marijuana should be legalized and took a hard stance against the military budget. Anyway, he wasn't perfect, but he thought along my way of thinking...except cutting the military budget as I believe in having the strongest force in the world as a deterrence to war. Lotta crazies in this world and if they think you're weak, they'll test you.

I believe what RR said about Democrats is spot on, "it's not that Democrats aren't smart, it's just that they know so much that isn't true"...LOL
I don't hate Dems - hell, half my family are Dems including my son who was a combat medic in Iran. We get along fine and actually agree on a lot of things, but tend to shy away from discussions where we disagree. He's young and very smart (recent grad from U.of Wisconsin), so I know he'll come around.

QuoteWhen I see views like yours I can't help but think of the words of Abraham Lincoln

I'm glad that you think of Abraham Lincoln when reading my views. I consider that a compliment. A lot of people don't realize that he was far more lacking in gravitas or political decorum than Trump. Like telling a woman who yelled at him for reducing government employees to balance the budget and saying, "sorry, but there's not enough tits on the hog to feed all the piglets". Abe could be crude, both in word and in statesmanship and his great Gettysburg Address speech was not indicative of the way he talked all the time.

Anyway, I don't hate liberals. I don't understand them...well, except Bernie and AOC who aren't afraid to say what their party is really about. I know exactly what they want because they don't beat around the bush to deceive the less astute masses like the MSM

Exactly what propaganda do you believe the right is making with their machine? I've never met a right winger who didn't know exactly what they believed and wanted and spelled it out for all to see. No propaganda -no bait-n-switch - no false promises if you vote for such and such - no beating around the bush. The say they believe in the Constitution and following the Constitution to the letter - and they do. They say they love personal freedom to do whatever they want to do as long as it doesn't interfere with someone else's freedoms and rights, and yhat's what they do. They say they believe in the opportunity to pursue happiness as each person describes happiness, and that's what they do. The right just wants (and say that's what they want) for the mfng government to stay out of our mfgn business and let us live or lives as we see fit! We desire a small well run government. Draining the swamp of all the leeches suckling on Mother America's teat and drinking the milky wealth of taxpayer funded obscure behind the scenes government made jobs!

I couldn't help but notice you brought in racism again. All eight of my great, great grandfathers fought in the Civil War because they were so adamantly against slavery - two of them were wounded and spent the rest of their lives as cripples. Seven of my great, great, great uncles gave up their lives in the civil war. You can read their letters if you want by going to https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3330.1oti?view=text and requesting their letters. All four of the men were my uncles and they gave up their lives in that war for a purpose they believed in. Before they marched to war, they held secret meetings in the now defunct Forrest Lake Baptist Church in Susquehanna County, PA where they formed protests against slavery and marched through downtown Montrose, PA in parades making their objections to slavery known to everyone - and this was long before the Civil War broke out and when it did break out, they were first in line to sign up.

Regardless, I carry the genes of people who gave up their lives to fight for the freedom of blacks. My family has intermarried with blacks and my family adopted two black children. My entire life I have never been a racist or even harbored racist thoughts. I am not a "rich white man" because I am white. I don't know what it's like to be rich. I grew up on a farm with chores since I was 5 years old - and some of them were brutal. I put myself through college working three jobs and was so busy working that I didn't even bother to go to my graduation ceremonies and simply waited until the papers came in the mail from Binghamton University and Syracuse University. Although I have a lot of education and have expertise in several fields (I am considered a GD&T guru and have taught the subject for years to hundreds of engineers and manufacturing personnel as well as teaching statistics to monitor trends, etc while simultaneously working as an engineer), I have not gotten rich. I've gotten somewhat comfortable and have been able to help my now grown kids through college and supporting their dreams, but I am anything but rich. But, if I listen to CNN or MSNBC I discover that the work I did on the farm or what I had to do to get my education is only because I'm white...and therefore, I am automatically a racist and nothing I did in life earned what I now possess. It's insulting. But that's the mantra of every left winger I know. Stir the pot of racism over and over and over and hope to create a race war so that more useless democrats win the lottery by getting elected to office 

Quote from: MightyGiants on April 27, 2021, 06:01:22 PM
I am confused am I supposed to do as you say, or do as you do?      

Also, your effort to zing me doesn't bother me.  Ideologies are incompatible with my efforts to adhere to logic and avoid logical fallacies so I have little use for them.

Sorry if I offended you. Wasn't really trying to zing anyone.

My beef is that you imply (or at least I inferred) that you believe those on the right have some sort of a "disingenuous hidden master plan" or something. IMHO, an agenda is meant to "change" things in a different direction - and if necessary - use tricks and deception to get something that couldn't be gotten otherwise so deceitful tactics become the norm. For the most part, I believe that the right is straight forward and honest in what they want. They aren't trying to use chicanery in an attempt to do something hidden and only want a responsible government that allows freedom for everyone and to follow the Constitution to the letter. I would think that would be a given to most people, but there are those on the left who want to radically change America away from the Constitution and away from the things that made America prosperous and a great place to live. There is no need for the right to use tactics to make their point clear. It is crystal clear and the right says as much. On the other hand, in order for the left to move the country in the direction of socialism the need for duplicity is incredibly important. They can't preach the end of the Constitution or building an all seeing, all controlling, freedom stifling, overpowering, monster government in D.C., because the average American would never buy it so misrepresentation is a huge requirement to fulfill their desires and are forced to use all means of disinformation and dishonesty, especially through the main stream media and academia.

I like Bernie Sanders. Not for his political viewpoints, but because of his direct honesty! He doesn't beat around the bush and says straight out that he wants America to radically change into a socialistic society. He doesn't beat around the bush like most on the left who pretend they want personal freedom and the opportunity for prosperity and happiness while voting for individuals who want to get rid of personal freedom, personal prosperity, and happiness. Bernie comes right out and says it: "we need a huge monstrous government to run every part of your life - then we'll take all your money and filter it through D.C. and give back some of it, i.e., what we think you should have" in order for life to be fair. In short, the left wants to use the sledge hammer of an unchecked political machine to make sure that there is "equal outcome" for everyone instead of "equal opportunity" for everyone. And as history has proven over and over and over again - it never works. Everyone ends up unhappy and poor...unless of course, you are politically connected and then you are golden. All politicians become the "royalty" and everyone not connected becomes the peasant. Unfortunately, there are people who believe an all controlling government attempting to make the life of everyone equal will "work this time" because we are smarter than all those countries who have tried it before. They believe that capitalism is the bane of society and the only "good" people left are the the omniscient politicians in the democrat party headed by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, John Kerry, etc. Everyone else is ignorant and stupid.

People in this generation do not understand how far the left has come from just a generation or two ago. JFK would never get elected as a democrat as he would be a far right republican - even further right that the Bush's. Even FDR would no longer fit into the agenda of today's left and he'd be torched as a right leaning moderate. And for those who don't study politics, Ronald Reagan started life toying with socialism and a follower of FDR. He was a democrat until he was in his 50's and called himself an FDR democrat. He made the famous speech in his later years that he did not leave the democrat party, it left him. The democrat party today can pretty much be summed up as the party of Bernie Sanders and AOC (along with her squad) as these are the key people setting the agenda from which Biden gets his marching orders and who the party walks lock step to their drumbeat.

I'll stop rambling because once I get going, I am "brevity challenged" and tend to write books once I get going. My point is: the right has no hidden agenda and are straight forward in what they want and that is personal freedom and to stop the left from destroying this country by following in the footsteps of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Trotsky, Tito, Ho Chi Minh, Castro, Ch

Quote from: MightyGiants on April 27, 2021, 03:32:39 PM
I have to say, the right employs literally every logical fallacy in the book to further it's agenda. 

That's pretty condescending to say that. How is having an opinion "an agenda". What exactly do you think is the "right wing agenda"???

Before I say what I think it is, be it known that I'm a registered Independent because I despise both parties - switched to "Ind" in 1972 - however, I'm fiscally conservative, socially open minded, and probably would be classified by the left and those needing to stereotype everyone into a group as a "Radical Right Wing Hate Mongering Racist Bastard" - Never mind that my heart and my home overflows with love - not just for each other, but our neighbors and acquaintances. I'm a born again Christian who attempts to emulate Christ's life, but fail often, but not for lack of trying. My siblings have interracial children and grandchildren and we don't see color - but if I listen to CNN, that's all I see. Pisses me off.

Here's my right wing agenda:

- individual freedom without an overbearing government bureaucracy spying on me and always telling how to live (according to their standards)
- the right to have an opinion and even speak that opinion openly - even if it doesn't correspond with the WOKE crowd - without being attacked
- I want the government to be efficient, cut costs, become lean, and be fiscally responsible so that my grandchildren and great grandchildren stand a chance to have a good life without being taxed into oblivion
- I love academics and am distressed at the failings of our schools that have switched from teaching kids how to think for themselves, and instead indoctrinate them with left wing socialist propaganda they call "progressive" and now we have a generation of kids who are dead last in math and science compared to all civil societies, but have been taught that all white people are inherently racists and all blacks and minorities are victims of incredible hatred. Saddens me that politicians own the teachers who then fan the flames of racism just to get more democrat politicians into office
- I am a student of history and therefore reject all forms of communism and socialism (communism lite) after seeing the utter failure of every attempt, each subsequent try thinking they are smarter than the last one the failed at it
- I love liberty and I love my country. I would die for it (not that I want to, but I would)
- I want my children, grandchildren to be free from an oppressive all-controlling government like that in China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, etc.
- In short: I just want to be free - free from harassment from the left, free to keep enough of my earnings to survive comfortably, a free from unelected faceless bureaucrats who tell me how to think and how to live. Screw them! 

Personally, I don't try to persuade my liberal friends to join me or my way of thinking or to vote the way I choose to vote in the privacy of a booth. Every person deserves to vote how they want and think how they want - this is America for heaven's sake (or used to be). On the other hand, I figure if they are intelligent, they'll eventually come around on their own - they usually do

A couple of articles that show phenomena that contributes to climate change...and of course, to help us feel even more helpless...LOL

https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-is-tracking-the-mysterious-evolving-anomaly-in-earth-s-magnetic-field

https://scitechdaily.com/space-hurricane-observed-over-the-earth-for-the-first-time/

The sun is a fascinating entity
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/what-will-solar-cycle-25-look-like-sun-prediction-model

The problem with "experts" is that every scientist thinks they are one. Never met a Phd holding scientist that thought of himself as anything other than an "expert". There is actually no truthful definition for the term "expert", as every individual has elements of expertise, but it flies in the face of other "experts" with differing views producing different results. As in theology, politics, and science - it is easy to find two experts who passionately disagree on issues and are 180 degrees of each other on what is a "fact" and what is not. As Arthur C. Clarke once said, "For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert." In short: science is not and has never been settled - apart from the fundamental laws (gravity, thermodynamics, etc) and is a journey in process with an incredible number of ideas and viewpoints that are not necessarily (or even close) to the same. Knowledge is a building block still being built and it's built on the foundation of all previous thinkers over centuries. It's why we no longer bleed out people at the local barber shop to control high blood pressure and why we no longer drink raw milk. Hence, think for yourself and listen to all sides and make up your own mind who or what you want to believe

Albert Einstein stated, "We should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems, and we should not assume that experts are the only ones who have the right to express themselves on questions affecting society."

One of the problems that concerns me with the whole issue of climate change, is that almost every laboratory that has degreed and respected (by peers) scientists are financed without producing something that can be subsequently sold for profit and thereby, cannot sustain themselves in a capitalistic society unless they choose a path like developing pharmaceuticals or high tech inventions. Whether on a college campus or in the many private laboratories, labs whose sole purpose is to "discover" and argue ideas have to be funded by some entity other than rely on self-sustaining profit. Nearly every penny that supports and sustains these scientists come from the government run by politicians. Scientists know that providing new evidence that does not support a political cause (thus, politicians seeking power) could be kissing their careers goodbye or even losing all funding to keep their lab afloat. Even college campus labs get government funding whether indirectly or directly that is tied heavily to scientific research. Every scientist knows who is buttering their bread and whose hands hold their future and it's good not to rock the boat of those who hold the purse strings. In fact, it is extremely advantageous to give credence to the politicians' desired results.

Anyone who thinks "climate change" is purely scientific without extreme political undertones does not understand the financial circle of life for scientists. Sad, but true. Little different now than half a millennia ago when the Pope arrested and imprisoned Galileo for inventing the telescope and proclaiming that earth is not the center of the universe. It pays to keep a finger in the political winds if you are a scientist

Sounds like a really good book Bob. The part ("society

Quote from: squibber on April 26, 2021, 04:27:29 PM
Jolly Blue Giant, I have to go hitting a slow pitch softball over hitting a golf ball although I didn

I will probably regret dragging myself into this discussion, but what the hey. Maybe it will help time pass faster until the Giants are on the clock Thursday night!

Let me start by discussing something we use in engineering called DOE "design of experiments", a method used to determine which combination of variables can create an ultimate predicted outcome. There are a couple types of DOE, the most common and the one I always used: a "traditional" (full factorial experiment) and a quicker, but less accurate method known as the Taguchi method.

To keep it as simple as I can, imagine trying to come up with the ultimate combination of variables for producing tomatoes on a grand scale: Some of the variables include soil composition, soil wetness/dryness, external factors like sun light, wind, humidity, fertilizers, natural chemical elements in the ground, geographic location, etc. A person who doesn't use a designed experiment tries different things (hit and miss method) and might conclude that "this particular fertilizer, in this particular soil, with this particular humidity, etc., produces the ultimate combination for optimum growth, taste, and texture even though it is not the optimal tomato and it cannot be proven that they have found "the best", it's just the best they've found so far. However, using designed experiments can help an engineer come up with an EXACT optimal combination of factors in record time by creating a grid with all the factors (variables) listed and then does what is known as "confounding" the variables. This means changing one or two of the variables and run the test, then do it again while confounding other variables. Using an algorithm and matrix algebra, the ultimate combination can be deciphered in record time after about 5 or 6 confounding attempts and if your math is correct, it will be optimal. All OEM companies producing extremely high tech products use DOE all the time - their future depends on it. As a long time user of DOE, it is always surprising to discover the optimal combination because just using common sense makes one think that one variable controls most of the outcome when just the opposite is true.

Herein lies the rub with climate change (which I do not deny, I just think it's highly politicized to give advantage to certain political groups who are only concerned with cementing power and control over the masses) is that politicians have determined that "carbon dioxide is the monster that must be slain", even though, CO2 is the lifeblood of trees, plants, and most life forms.

Now let's look at some of the variables (factors) that effect climate:

* solar wind which varies from a low of 1400 - 2300+ mph
* constantly changing gamma ray bombardment from the universe
* recurrent and unexpected geomagnetic storms on Earth due to coronal holes in the Sun
* sun bursts (solar flares) which are unpredictable and cause extreme bombardment of x-rays on earth at varying and unpredictable times each year
* varying UV (ultra-violet) rays from the sun
* Earth's irregular orbiting of the sun (we are not on a string and each orbit is different depending on positions of other planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn) Jupiter's size and gravitational pull effects Earth's orbit. Jupiter takes hundreds of years to orbit the sun and is currently the closest it's been since a thousand years before Christ
* the moon's gravity which controls the oceanic tidal movements is constantly changing and the moon is slowly drifting away from Earth

Other factors to consider:

* unbalanced gravitational drag due to geomagnetic field lines in plasmasphere
* fluctuating earth's magnetism (this is a biggie that confounds a lot of scientists)
* constantly shifting and changing ocean currents
* shifting trade winds
* volcano activity
* forest fires
* desertification (expanding deserts) from the removal of the natural vegetation cover and expanding agricultural activities in vulnerable ecosystems which negatively effects the hydrologic cycles (rain and moisture cycles)
* earthquakes (especially those under the waters of the ocean)
* carbon emissions ?
* chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), HCFCs, Freon, halons) causing an expanding hole in the ozone (i.e., man-made aerosol spray cans and Freon based refrigerants..., but also certain solvents, propellants, and foam-blowing agents such as Styrofoam)

In short, you would need a PhD in Heliospheric Physics to know and understand all the variables that effect the climate and there would still be variables not taken into consideration.

Going back to DOE (design of experiments), it would be futile to try to arrange a grid and confound variables to determine which factor combination is causing the most harm because of the sheer number of factors. And the true dilemma is, is that 99% of the variables are out of the reach of human control so they can't confound them anyway and subsequently doing the math.

Keep in mind that the Sun is 1.3 million times larger than earth. It does not have a thermostat and it is constantly changing and has gotten more moody in the last couple of decades. And we have no control over the many types of radiation and foreign elements bathed on earth from the universe and we cannot control the fluctuating magnetism and fluctuating gravity or virtually anything to do with controlling the sun.

For a scientist to conclude that "climate change is due to mankind's carbon footprint" is really, really shortsighted and ignores the reality that green earth thrives with CO2. That is not the same as "pollution" for which I am a warrior against pollution of any sort. CO2 is good - very good! Is too much CO2 bad? We don't know (unless you are a politician or a Hollywood icon speaking from the deck of a yacht or on a private jet) then of course you know....duhhh.

Plants, trees, and vegetation require a lot of carbon dioxide to flourish. A study reported by BBC in 2016 concluded that the increase in carbon dioxide emissions due to the industrial age has made Earth greener. The oceans contain 37,400 billion tons (GT) of suspended carbon, land biomass has 2000-3000 GT. The atmosphere contains 720 billion tons of CO2 and humans contribute only 6 GT additional load on this balance. In essence, 92.5% of the carbon dioxide that contributes to the growth of vegetation comes from the ocean and most of man's contribution to CO2 is infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things.

A couple of points to end my long dragged out point(s):

1) The earth is greener than it has been in centuries as semi-arid areas are turning green and plant growth is at an all time high as well as crop production
2) Statistics show that for each degree of warmer temperature, most countries show a correlation of a healthier and longer life span of a couple years

With all that said, it rubs me the wrong way when a millionaire politician smugly lectures me from his huge mansion or his private jet and wants me to ride a bicycle to work or jam myself into a train like sardines in a can while he lives a life of luxury, eating at 5-stars on the taxpayer dime, being shuttled in limos, and playing grab ass with the pretty people and far, far away from the inconvenience imposed on us as they go laughing all the way to the bank happy to have found a con that works to keep him/her or their party in power and able to lord themselves over us with restrictions that effect none of them.

As far as clean energy, clean water, clean environment - I say let's go all out. Clean is good. Pollution is horrid.

I'm not going to proof this because I have other things to do. I apologize in advance for grammatical and spelling errors.

Quote from: Bob In PA on April 25, 2021, 11:42:52 PM
Jolly: It's a bit like playing ping-pong while standing on the table.  LOL

That's what it seems like to me as well. I love ping pong and I love tennis - sort of a compromise 

Quote from: Bob In PA on April 25, 2021, 02:48:08 PM
Jolly: For me it was once racquetball and tennis (I don't think pickle-ball had been invented back then LOL). These days, it is just tennis, and rarely that.  It's not due to old age but rather to lack of free time.  Bob

I don't think the game is more than a few years old. I've never played it because I've never been around a court and don't even know where I'd find one. I would like to try it though and I suspect I'd really like it because it's less running. Specially now that I'm an old fart!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtCRY67SqvU

New bar room subject:

Racquetball or Squash?

Tennis or Pickleball?

As for me (at 68 years old), I prefer Squash over Racquetball even though I was the Racquetball champ in college for a couple of years. I just don't have the energy and endurance to chase the bouncy racquetball like I used to. Squash is more mental IMO, sorta like playing chess compared to playing checkers. There are no second chances when a ball gets beyond you and bounces back for a second chance to recover like with racquetball. I still play squash on occasion, but have trouble digging the ball out of the bucket or when the ball is too close to the side wall.

I don't have the flexibility, endurance, and eye sight that I used to have and I used to love tennis. Haven't played it in a couple years now. I have never tried pickleball, but it looks right up my ally. Maybe once I get to move to Florida, I'll get to play it. Anyone here have experience with pickleball?

Quote from: philo43 on April 25, 2021, 10:48:38 AM
JBG how true!!!!

I only golf once or twice a year - mostly to hang out with friends and have a couple of beers.  If there is a hazard to the left I hook it it, to the right I slice it.

Did you ever play Genegantslet  back in the day?  They had a hole (long since changed  - can't remember what number) that used to run parallel to Rt 12.  I took out a car's windshield while it was driving up Rt 12 with a wicked slice once.

Yeah, I've played Genny a few times. I mostly play Ely or Maple Hill in Marathon. I try to get out once a week, but my golf partner got in a wreck a few weeks ago and is in bad shape. You may have read about it. He fell asleep on Rt 81 along that stretch across from SUNY Broome and ran into a tractor trailer. The next week, all the large electronic signs on 81 and 17 had things like, "Stay Awake - Live", etc. It's what happens when you try to work 80 hours a week and keep up with his son's soccer games and his daughter's field hockey games. Anyway, last year my grandson got really into golfing so he is now my partner. He pushes me to get out and be active. In the winter, he constantly drags me out to go skiing and he's getting good enough that it's getting hard to keep up with him.

Getting back to Genny. The most memorable shot I had there was one of my shots that dribbled into the water. Very close to the shore line and only in a couple inches of water so it was possible to stand on the bank without getting wet and hitting the submerged ball. I chose a wedge because I was only about 50 yards out from the hole. Anyway, I took a full swing and displaced about 2 gallons of water right on top of my head. I was soaked from head to tail...LOL. My "buddies" really got a kick out of it!

Here's a couple of shots with my grandson (Willowbrook Golf Course, Cortland, NY):

Quote from: Bob In PA on April 25, 2021, 10:13:15 AM
I had intended (but forgot) to make a post "announcing" what even the casual investor probably knows... we are now in "earnings season."

Early next week Microsoft will announce, as will several many major players in major industries, followed in the next two/three weeks by the brunt of all major and minor companies.

IMO, the market's reaction (to both good and bad reports) will tell us what to expect from the over-all stock market for most of the remainder of this year.

Bob

Good point. However, I can't tell you how many companies came back with "higher than expected earnings", whose stock fell 10% the next day. It's very confusing. Market is extremely volatile and it's hard to know where to go. I bought a couple thousand bucks in SKLZ (Skillz) for no other reason than I read in Barons that Cathy Wood (of ARK investments) bought a few million shares and she has a reputation of getting high returns. The next day it went up 33% and I sold my shares and banked the profit. Revenue is in the red and the shares were down from a high of 43.72 on February 5th, and was at 12.55 a share on April 20th. It's now about 19.00 and I don't dare buy back in even though ARK doubled down and bought more than a million shares after the 33% bump.

Regardless, I am aware that companies have been releasing (or preparing to release) their quarterlies, but it almost seems as if it has little to do with things - especially when I see a profitable up and coming technology company surprising analysts with higher than expected earnings only to have their share price dive the next day or stocks with negative revenue going up 

Interesting subject as I too had stains on my hardwood floors. I ended up renting equipment to refinish the main floors. It took a few days of prep and sanding (especially getting into the corners where the machine didn't reach) and then spent hours on my hands and knees putting on three coats of satin polyurethane over a 2-week period. Lotta work!

Since we are sitting on a bar stool, here's a question:

What is a better feeling - hitting a home run and the feel of the bat in your hands when you know you "got it" or, hitting the sweet spot with your driver and dropping the ball exactly where you wanted it about 350 yards away?

I really want to know because I have never had a drive like that, although in HS and college (and later in life, fast pitch softball) I hit multiple HRs and it is a great feeling - simply an incredible feeling. For some reason, my hand eye coordination was such that seeing/timing/shifting weight at a 90 mph fastball coming towards me came easy to me, but for the life of me, I can't seem to consistently hit my driver like I'd like. With thousands of swings, I've hit some solid shots, but the ball hooks or slices or just ends up lost in the woods. Any good feeling in my hands are erased by knowing the ball is probably lost. The harder I try, the more likely I am to worm hop it or skull it so bad that it's embarrassing. And if there's water, my balls automatically seek it out and grasp it from the air - so consistently that it seems like a conspiracy from the Almighty! So, in order to play a reasonable round of golf, I take easy 3/4 swings to let the club do the work while my golf partners out drive me by a hundred yards and tell me lovely things like "hike up your skirt next time" or ask me "does your husband play?", etc. I can't "grip it and rip it" because if I try to hit the ball long and hard, I never marry that sweet spot on the club head with the ball. It looks so easy and people tell me my hands are right, my stance is right, and that my swing is exactly what it should be. So why can't I hit the @#$ little white ball like I used to hit baseballs and the ole Dudley softballs? I want to know that feeling of driving a ball like an amateur DeChambeau