Recent content by curmudgeonDwindle

this thread is funny. McBeth is a living incarnation of the American dream. and the most common snare for we, status-seeking Americans is envy (followed closely by lust, but that's another story). "Must be nice..." "What's next? A couple of kids?" "Sheesh, must be nice..." Build your own...

rhetorical questions need not be answered, my friend...

In Golf, alternate pins do not exist merely for strategic reasons, but also because the green is a LIVING playing surface - it spreads out wear and tear on the single most important area(s) of the course...personally, the 'goat path' appearance (you know, that worn-out patch of dirt encircling...

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum—even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time...

Ideas belong to no one. I doubt anyone here sincerely believes the folks at Innova were the first or only to imagine a triangular rim disc - so what is it that makes them noteworthy? Perseverance? Belief? Faith? Interesting how with human beings, investment leads to conservatism, and frankly...

Scout without preconceptions or program, which is another way of saying 'take what the land gives you'. Allow the plot to tell you where all the good holes are (there could be hundreds or even thousands), listen carefully and take good notes. Trust yourself and exercise patience during this...

Match play scoring is how Golf started and tends to even out penalties and rewards for the individual in a match. One may still win or lose via a single error, but one won't be blown out by single hole, which creates a different sort of competitive tension for the individual. Match play seems...

This is good. I've felt this way about 'regimented' practice sessions. For example, if you force yourself to practice from measured distances, you train your 'being' to 'read' these situations for when you imagine the stakes are higher, like a 'real' match. This practice hopefully allows for a...

this is an interesting phenomena. i wonder, if the lack of affective display has something to do with the supposed diminishment of social skills in younger generations...people who are truly depressed cannot even rise from bed each day, so i doubt it is that...maybe it's that they've not yet...

I read it differently... Saw the fellow in the story as a older guy with limited options and low-self esteem, possessed by the knowledge that not only would he never accomplish such a feat, but it also stirred no desire in him to even try. so he snubbed you with a sarcastic one-up-man dig...OR...

Take note: this thread isn't to be taken too seriously, or better, i take it as an opportunity to brainstorm/b*llsh*t about this topic...these ideas are predicated on the general premise that more skill should be required in disc golf, certainly for professionals and that a player, certainly a...

see #5 - a player should rely on his own normal resources. What's interesting to me is how 'personal' this thread gets...I guess we all tend to think about our own games first and foremost...

I believe in Golf the reason for an early departure's DQ relates to 'not finishing the course correctly', which means one forfeits the right to 'try again'. Disc golf fears alienating players, so there's a stronger emphasis on participation and inclusion...

Disagree for 3 reasons. 1. Maintaining your quiver is to be considered a skill test. 2. Limiting options is also to be considered a skill test. 3. Selection of the proper quiver for a given event is also a skill test. So by combining these three ideas, we have compounded the skill required...

Assuming this is for 'official tournament play'... 1. Ban jump-putting. Jump-putting demands that your card-mates enforce the rules. 2. Expand the smallest green to a 15 meter circle and allow 'course administrators' to create even larger greens of different shapes/configurations within a...