new spinning reel

[abkeenan]

3 hours ago, Macsimus said:

 

 

Trust me....this train of thought enters my mind nearly every round. I usually quit golf about 15 times per year.

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2 hours ago, vernon said:

Wow.  The rubber bands inside of them babies gotta be feelin' a little fatigued by now!  For a real treat, if you still have any old persimmon woods laying around, tee one of those suckers up and take a whack.  It feels about like hitting a hedge ball with a wet towel!

I've still got a bunch in an old shag bag downstairs and every once in a while I'll take a handful up to the driving range along with an old Arnold Palmer Peerless driver.  I like to get the young hotazz high school and juco players to hit a couple with that combination - the looks on their faces is priceless!

My lab absolutely loves em'.  She chews them until the cover starts coming off and then the rubber bands explode all over the place.  It's like a big spring coming undone - once she catches up to it and bites down, the rubber bands pop loose again which freaks her out so she drops it and then it skitters all over the place while she tries to catch it again.  Cheap entertainment!

I've also got an old Palmer "The Standard" 1 iron that looks like half a butter knife on a ski pole.  I have no idea how we used to hit those things!

After playing since I was 2 years old, now 55, I quit last year.

I could work a balata golf ball like it was a whiffle ball.

[Smalliebigs]

Golf is one of my few conquered addictions from the past.

I'm not sure how much I spent on ProV's in the 90's????.....it's a bad deal. Almost ruined me.

I used to be able to back up a ProV pretty  dang well...Drive for show and put for dough

[Ham]

So this is what we've come to? Starts out with a perfectly acceptable discussion of spinning reels and morphs into a discussion about freaking golf balls. Bah Humbug!

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Don't hate, Ham.  It's the holidays!!  Merry Christmas!

[Terrierman]

Everybody else has/is quitting golf.  I'm taking it up.

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25 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

Everybody else has/is quitting golf.  I'm taking it up.

Ham sounds like he's interested in taking it up too.

[Terrierman]

 Maybe I should set up the deck of the Shawnee with some Astroturf so he can fish and hit golf balls at the same time.

[vernon]

10 hours ago, Ham said:

So this is what we've come to? Starts out with a perfectly acceptable discussion of spinning reels and morphs into a discussion about freaking golf balls. Bah Humbug!

I shall assume responsibility for driving this thread off of the tracks but ONLY if Champ, Snagged and Abkeenan will fess up regarding their role!  I realize that I consistently struggle with the realization that folks really don't care one way or another what I think or have to say but I tend to just put it all out there anyway. 

HOWEVER, I likely would not have felt compelled to compose a 400 page congressional report on the history of the modern golf ball HAD I NOT BEEN PROVOKED!

I, too, was enjoying and innocently attempting to contribute to the spinning reel discussion until Champ had to bring up his spending habits relative to golf balls and then Snagged had to go and post a link to a golf ball article ONLY to be further compounded by Abkeenan sticking his nose in the middle of the whole mess further igniting my already short fuse and, well, I just snapped.

So there.  I'm sorry.

Is it spring yet?

 

[abkeenan]

6 hours ago, Terrierman said:

 Maybe I should set up the deck of the Shawnee with some Astroturf so he can fish and hit golf balls at the same time.

If I did that then it would kill both my excuses...when I suck at golf..."I should be fishing".....when I suck at fishing....." I should be golfing".