Rya

Golf just happens to be an expensive hobby. You might want to start off with a mid-priced set of clubs ($200 - $300) to make sure that you really like it (you'll also need shoes, a bag, balls, tees, towels, etc). After you get into it, then step up to the better quality clubs ($500+). But, do invest in a good putter & maybe a driver. They really make a huge difference (at least for me). As far as the driving range once a week & 18 holes once a month, just price your local places out. In my area I can hit a bucket of balls for $5 - $8, fairly inexpensive. 18 holes, $100+ at our better places (I'm by Firestone which throws off the curve). Make sure you don't need a membership to play at the places you're looking at. I can't even imagine what a membership to Firestone would be. But one of our smaller places was $35k!!! Plus you still pay for your games - the memberships have benefits, but this is where things get expensive. So, about $1600 for the year, just to play (again this is NE Ohio rates.... not the rates you'll see). But we have a little Par-3 down the street from work (only need 3 clubs really) that's about $20.00. Shoes - $75.00 ish (online). When I learned to play, it was in high school & the rules are farily straight forward. But everyone has a rules book so you don't have to remember everything (buy a rules book too). You could even take a few lessons to really get a good grasp of things. The basics of the game you can learn quickly, just a few weeks to a month or two depending on how much you dive into it. The technique - well, Tiger still practices & refines his swing so that's a continous learning thing. I highly recommend lessons for the technique at the very least. People watch tv & it looks easy - it's not. The swing is actually very technical when you're first learning & bad habits are easy to latch onto. Here's a site for you: http://www.golfsupport.com/tips.htm & http://sports.expertvillage.com/videos/gol...g-technique.htm Good luck!

what's this about? If you guys would have read the posts from last night, you would have been caught up on what we were talking about.... What?????

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.... look at you go!!!

Pesky computers..... back to MySpace... ooops - wrong thread!! :P

NC211....use to be a camera geek in movies.... I worked on a film WAY BACK IN THE DAY with Bill Paxton...who was in Apollo 13...with....The Baconator. Need proof? Here's a picture of me and Paxton one day goofing off at lunch. I think I was all of 22 years old then. Who's Bill Paxton? What's Apollo 13? Just kidding..... fun messing with you guys!! (ooops - no more old guy jokes - we're the same age!!) Art

I hope so.... starting my MBA next month! Woooooooooow! Maybe I should hijack really old posts & just start posting whatever.... just to get my numbers up. Step aside boys.... I have work to do....

It's about time. All the cool kids are doin' it.... So... Facebook vs. MySpace???

WHAT?? No.... not hot. It was only in the 70's today. (hehehe!) :P

Sounds like a plus - cool!! I just added you in m/s - see you there!

Typically there is a difference. 3M is thicker, has a warranty & better adhesive. I'd buy the 3M for the Lexus.

You could start a thread to see if it can be done... Degrees ----> Angle

Yep, facebook was not my deal. Between tribe & m/s, that's enough for now. I was just teasing.....

Bacon (I didn't think you all wanted to talk about the prom or dancing)

Nice..... :) So, did you sign up for facebook??? Did you wait until I left?

Dry ---> County (No Fun....)

Can you see the head nod on the post?

I was gonna say DUH, but I know your opinion on that....

Ice

WRONG THREAD!!! I already saw that one!!! Winter ----> Cold (brrrrr - but that leads to fireplaces, wine, you know....)

What kind of response is that???

Rudolph, Frosty & Santa

Gumby!!

Scratchy

From Wiki: Facebook is a social networking website which was launched on February 4, 2004. In the beginning, the membership was restricted to students of Harvard University. It was subsequently expanded to other Boston area schools (Boston College, Boston University, MIT), Stanford, and all Ivy League schools within two months. Many individual universities were added in rapid succession over the next year. Eventually most US college and many Canadian university students with a university (.edu) email address were eligible to join. There was a separate network initiated for US high schools. Since 11 September 2006, it has been made available to any email address[2] user who inputs a certain age range. Users can select to join one or more participating networks, such as a high school, place of employment, or geographic region. It's another web based social networking site. We (LOC) had a facebook group, but there were very few communications & most of my friends are on myspace or tribe.net. Yes you have to join to log in..... but myspace (aparently) is where the majority of people are at, so if you have to pick one over the other, you might try myspace. The majority of people on facebook are high school & college kids.

Diamond :D