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You should start a potato gun thread, I LOVE potato guns.
I never built or owned one - but a guy at our hunting camp had the "Mack Daddy" of potato guns. He built it like a bazooka (handles and everything) with a gas grill igniter as the trigger - I was often amazed that it didn't explode and kill the guy when he would shoot it. I wouldn't venture a guess on how far it could shoot a potato, but that thing could launch them.
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A contest is fine. One Aldeer brother owing another Aldeer brother money over a bet could cause hurt feelings. A few dollars not so much a few hundred is another matter.
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A contest is fine. One Aldeer brother owing another Aldeer brother money over a bet could cause hurt feelings. A few dollars not so much a few hundred is another matter. They’re big boys. Anyone that plays golf can afford a couple of hundred bucks.
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A contest is fine. One Aldeer brother owing another Aldeer brother money over a bet could cause hurt feelings. A few dollars not so much a few hundred is another matter. They’re big boys. Anyone that plays golf can afford a couple of hundred bucks. True, true. Hustlers who can play on the Tour but don't make hundreds on the course all the time.
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A contest is fine. One Aldeer brother owing another Aldeer brother money over a bet could cause hurt feelings. A few dollars not so much a few hundred is another matter. Yep. That's why I requested a good steady video of the fight at the end of the day.
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Years ago when I had the money to spend I played three to four times a week. Our group would do weekend road trips to some of the best golf courses in Alabama and the Panhandle. I constantly was a twenty five handicap along with another buddy of mine. But two others of my buddies were / are scratch golfers and really long off the tee. Both were big fellas and could shape their shots and pretty much hit all the greens in regulation and when they did get in trouble off the tee box they had the distance and game to hit the ball back in play. Their biggest weakness was putting.
The thing that always impressed me by playing with them was the way they could hit their irons. That’s what I sucked at the most and was just damn aggravating no matter how much they tried to help me or how many lessons that I took. I was so bad with long irons but decent with my 7 iron and that I got to the point where I would only hit my 7 instead of the 3,4,5 and 6. But I could hit my 7 consistently long as it could and keep it in the fairway. Yes it costed me strokes but I stayed less angry than buy always topping my long irons.
One of my buddies played with Ben Hogan blades and could hit a 1 iron 300 yards when he got on it. To me that damn club looked like something you would tear roofing shingles off with and not hit a golf ball. The other could smash it with a 2 and put it in the fairway but seldom did with his driver.
One weekend we decided we would take outing to Kiawah Island South Carolina and play the Ocean course. We left Montgomery early on a Friday morning and had a tee time at one the next afternoon. That course was something to see and play. I knew I was in trouble before we ever started but you don’t get many chances in life to play where the US open was played. I stunk it up but good but had a great time. Actually we all stunk it up. My two buddies that were scratch golfers and could tear up the RTJ trail and our home courses didn’t even break a hundred.
My point is like others have said. A course that the professionals play that have hazards in the fairways and 3 and 4 tier undulating greens will humble you.
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Was wondering the same thing my damn self
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Last edited by ClarkGriswold; 07/27/19 10:21 AM.
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After the offer was made and accepted it seems the offerer abandoned ship. Probably a fiscally responsible decision.
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After the offer was made and accepted it seems the offerer abandoned ship. Probably a fiscally responsible decision. Thermostat on that ass
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I just wanna watch. I can bring the beer. I'm in. I'll bring the bourbon. 😀 There is no “bringing of any outside refreshments” on the course. I know it gets done, we just haven’t caught them yet. Amazing how people love to take money out of other peoples pockets by sneaking stuff on. Just like shoplifting in my eyes. Sorta like Chucky does the Taxpayers of Alabama... Its always about the money with people..
Last edited by daniel white; 07/27/19 11:26 AM.
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I was just talking crap, braggin, and surprised that my stepson could hit the golf ball that well with one hand. I wasn't trying to go 575 dozen arrows strong with this post. I am all in now.
If this does go down can someone show up just to take video & put it on youtube or facebook stream it?
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I just wanna watch. I can bring the beer. I'm in. I'll bring the bourbon. 😀 There is no “bringing of any outside refreshments” on the course. I know it gets done, we just haven’t caught them yet. Amazing how people love to take money out of other peoples pockets by sneaking stuff on. Just like shoplifting in my eyes. Sorta like Chucky does the Taxpayers of Alabama... Its always about the money with people.. Well, we are in the habit of making money, so yea, it is about the money. But hey, anytime you want to grab a weed eater and work for free, they start at 6 am.
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After the offer was made and accepted it seems the offerer abandoned ship. Probably a fiscally responsible decision. I've been out of town, Haven't checked in, in a few days.
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Ive done more honest work in my 34 years on this earth than chuck ever has, ain’t never broke any laws either, more than y’all can say I feel like. Just my thoughts
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Ive done more honest work in my 34 years on this earth than chuck ever has, ain’t never broke any laws either, more than y’all can say I feel like. Just my thoughts Never broken a law ever? Who you kiddn?
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