I decided to step out of my comfort zone and play a tournament far, far away. The Hyzer Project, a one round PDGA sanctioned qualifying tournament. My destination was Riverside, 100 miles north, a quick 90 minutes with fast track. I had never played the course, so I went up Friday to check it out, get my hotel room and have some dinner.
It’s a nice open non technical place, well maintained so I figured it would be easier than Morley, my home course.
After playing a few holes and chatting up the locals I split back to my room in downtown and sat on the balcony for a smoke and what did I see across the street?
Tio’s tacos, right then I knew what was for dinner.
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The venue was basically take-out, but the entire place was a series of dining areas all in different Mexican Art themes. It is very lush with gardens and shade trees, and a temperate breeze makes it wonderful. All in downtown Riverside, who knew. And they serve alcohol. I was in a hurry so I missed some of the atmosphere, but this will give you a good idea,
Saturday morning I woke up early, grabbed some coffee and headed to the course. As I walked to registration I saw Shelly Mae and JJ from back home, which was cool, but I still started with strangers. They were older guys like me still we tore the course down, XP you know.
I finished in the top twenty which is good for me, and my plan is to play as many tournaments as I can this year. 6 so far, but while all that was happening…
I decided to install a pair of ductless mini split AC systems for our house, we don’t need much, and running the 5 ton is insane, so we are doing spot cooling. I got some Chinese stuff from Amazon very cheap and the first thing I saw was the refrigerant was slightly flammable, What? I did a bit of research and found it has a bit of Dimethane in it. After a new vacuum pump and gauges I was ready to play. I ran 100 feet of new electrical lines and had to rework the cheap flares but got it done. Let’s see how it runs.Total price, 800$ per ton/system
Yes, it runs great and our pack of wild puppies are happy.
I hope you enjoyed the show, Cheers!
Cucamonga peak, 25 miles northwest
I grew up about 2 miles south of the base of that.
I lived on the corner of Arrow hwy and eighth Ave for years
Baseline near Haven was my childhood area, had an apartment just below Arrow and west of Euclid.
I did too, a long cul du sac of nothing but apartments, same place, 19 years old
One of my reps is in Corona. Would have been nice to know about this earlier, Yusef!
But thanks for the article. How big is the space you are cooling with the mini split?
Downstairs I’m doing 600 squares for 1 ton, excellent. Upstairs is about 500 square.
What town are you in now?
San Diego, 80 and humid, they work very well under the conditions and would do so in most climes IMEO
Please, please, please try “Not Not Tacos” for me and report back.
Let me know when you are in town, Tundra. I work in Riverside.
Slow night so far, but I sent out the primary Honey Harvest email.
If you didn’t get it or want to, please send me a note at minnetundra at geemail.
Gracias!
Thanks Yusef!
‘Borders on the absurd’: Dead woman’s estate rejects Disney’s claim that widower’s Disney+ membership means wrongful death lawsuit must be arbitrated
I’ve no idea of the merits of the underlying claim, but this is nuts.
Is the argument that a liability waiver in the EULA of Disney+, which I presume applies to any damage their software does to the user’s equipment or some such, applies to medical damages?
That’s bonkers.
Any dealings at all with all Disney entities must be arbitrated if you at any point signed up for their streaming service.
So this is nearly the South Park episode in real life?
Borderlands – A Boring, Unfunny, Unwatchable Disaster
One of the most negative reviews I’ve seen from the Drinker.
I couldn’t even finish the review, but yeah. Brutal.
Finally got and signed the teaching job offer letter. I start Friday. Yay me.
Congrats
Good on ya!
Those who can, do
Those who can’t, teach
/ old man teacher
Attaboy!
A musical interlude
Florida Man, Florida Man
Does whatever a redneck can
Can he hold down a job?
Yes he can, he’s a Florida Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z8N9TTvKeQ
good deal
Congratulations Derpe!
Nice! Congratulations.
I hope your life settles down into a happy routine.
Yay!
That looks like a fun course. It’s been several months since the last time I went disc golfing. But it’s brutally hot, and I’ve been brutally busy.
It can be a brutal, that’s why I only play away if it’s a PDGA sanctioned event, otherwise I stay home.
I actually work at my course now as a starter, the best job I ever had,
But how was the food at Tio’s Tacos? The decor was interesting but I’m more into the eating part.
I only had a chance, got the wet green burrito con Pollo, it was excellent, definitely recommended
I strongly approve of the outdoor decor, especially. That took a lot of work, and damn well-executed. The commitment to the over-the-topness makes me happy. Would gain me as a customer. A repeat-one if the food was good. Verde-related is my favorite Mexican+ stuff, so I’m glad they aced that as well.
They make great food, do try it if you are ever there
I really like the butterfly canopy.
Start a small fire, attract your dogs, very primal, it’s not cold.
Link, duh
https://photos.app.goo.gl/y2Z5qDRjTXwbtzEF8
That is a lot of dogs.
I take care of 6, lots of fun
I am back from an interisland race. Oahu to Kauai, that was about 100 miles long. After the long slog back, I am sore and tired. It was bliss, distilled into a pure form to slide into my pool and get the salt off of me.
The world apparently did not end.
Jelly, as ever.
*fondly thinks of time on the Big Island*
That’s a weird nickname for your wife.
Yusef! Nice!
My family…oh my family. My niece is telling me my sister won’t visit because *checks demographics* “Asian alone 6%” in terms of demographics. Now…could be my niece projecting so will have to call my sister for clarification. Interesting enough…California is only 15%. So really, WTF?
This needs a call to the sis to clear this up because I think its my niece stirring up shit. Also, she thinks Handmaidens is about to happen and loves Kamala. No reason other than she is not Trump.
Ive frequented Tios.
So I should never visit Japan because it’s less than 1% white? Nor most Africain countries?
That’s a weird criteria.
So some background. She is a new mom…steeped heavily into the progressive view of California and to the point where she thinks her sister and brother (1/4 Asian ) are going to be hunted down. This is my favorite niece. One I talk to on the regular. I don’t know how to combat that. She even questions if I even have neighbors of anything other than KKK members. Its fucking sad.
That’s incredibly sad, OBE.
My wife’s aunt went to grad school in Florida back in the 70s and had a classmate legit look for the aunt’s horns, because “Jews have horns”.
Believing the worst of people because they live in Kentucky is that level of ignorance .
Just embarrassing for her.
Does she have a “Hate has no place here” sign too?
Should be embarrassing for her, but the Dominant Culture really pushes that sort of bigotry as A-OK.
I’m confused Yusef. Were you playing in Riverside or Rancho Cucamonga?
True…that is two different places
Hope, or just a false dawn before an Aldi Obama landslide?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/08/13/must_watch_stephen_colbert_accidentally_gets_laughs_saying_cnn_is_objective.html
It is insane that Colbert was sort of funny once upon a time. That and late-nite TV in general. Before the world went stupid.
He was funny back in the bears being the primary threat days but it’s been all downhill from there, especially since 2016.
Found footage of 2028 Olympics
https://youtu.be/K8fexpOFC8s
I have noticed about skin-suiting that once the process is complete the guilty parties are confused and outraged that the credibility they usurped evaporates. In this case they will be accusing people of trannyphobia because they dont want to participate/watch the tranny shows the way they used to watch the olympics.
Just pulling this out of my ass but their confusion is related to their use of language to change perception. When they change word meanings or invent new words what they completely miss is that words are just sounds. The concepts that words designate remain unchanged. People dont buy Maytag washers anymore because they have become the same shit as everyone else. “But it’s a Maytag!”
Yeah, it is a Maytag but the name/brand no longer designate what we were really seeking – quality, long life and reliability.
Participation trophies dont mean anything if they aren’t based on merit.
I should have called it a cargo cult mentality. I should also have more coffee.
I like some crap but holy shit… that is incredible.
Good morning y’all peoples.
😐⛅
I have to go to a meeting today. In Philly. Yuck.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-bahCT8HBGQ
🎶🎶
Morning, Glibs.
*waves*
How goes?
Going into Philly this morning. Contemplating taking an AK. 😒
Drug run in Kensington?
Good morning, U, Sean, rhy, and Suthen! (I assume GL is asleep by now.)
Morning, how goes?
A couple of details to take care of for payroll, but mainly the big, offsite all-staff meeting this afternoon to worry about. Luckily, once the meeting starts, my work is pretty much done.
How about you?
Once I finished the performance evaluation stuff and sent the paperwork off to disappear into the archives, I slept for twelve hours and woke up around my normal time this morning. I had been gaining weight, but today was the first indicator that I might have reversed that trend again (need more data to be sure). And I need to make sure everything is squared away before I hit the road later this month.
Looks like the brother fucker won her primary.
I like not this news, bring me different news.
https://www.pennlive.com/business/2024/08/man-sells-rare-nintendo-video-game-to-fund-future-22000-square-foot-central-pa-store.html
$230K? Pretty sweet and no, I will not disable my adblocker.
collectors are weird. The only thing that makes that cartridge ‘rare’ is that the packaging hasn’t ben opened.
I’m not unhappy that those thing passed me by. OTOH a Bass Pro Shop is tough to drive past.
I’m not a religious guy but I’m happy for those that are/or are golfers. Reduces Sunday traffic at the boat landing.
I didn’t know you were a musician.