The Captain Trips Anxiety thread

[Pruitt]

My escape (and exercise) has been taking the dog to the local city golf course for a few hours every morning.

Closed.

Idiotic too because no one is crowding in there, and dozens were using it to walk. Problem was probably the few assholes who would try to play golf.

By Law guy told me that anyone walking the course would be subject to $500-$1,000 fines starting tomorrow. Guy was one of those real officious pricks too, bragging that he could give out fines as high as $100,000 if he saw a group of people hanging out there.

[Ryan]

If I wanted to pay that much to walk on a golf course, I’d take up golf

[wlu_lax6]

Guy was one of those real officious pricks too, bragging that he could give out fines as high as $100,000 if he saw a group of people hanging out there.

Canadian...look like one of these guys?

[Pruitt]

Guy was one of those real officious pricks too, bragging that he could give out fines as high as $100,000 if he saw a group of people hanging out there.

Canadian...look like one of these guys?

Actually no - he was asian and his name tag read "DeGuzman." Filipino.

But the guy he was with looked more traditional hoser - built like Randy. Guy was a friendly knucklehead-type.

But DeGuzman? FUCK DeGuzman!

[degenerasian]

Come back to Alberta Pruitt. No walking restrictions here

If course it is still snowing though.

[Pruitt]

Come back to Alberta Pruitt. No walking restrictions here

If course it is still snowing though.

Freezing here too. Maybe mid-20s (f) with the wind chill.

Captain Obvious says: Worst spring ever.

[Nonlinear FC]

If I wanted to pay that much to walk on a golf course, I’d take up golf

Honestly, it seems dumb to close golf courses down. Just take out the flags and make people play solo. Shit, I'd say easily half the time I golf it's by myself (my family doesn't play, so when I vacation I'll rent clubs and play 9 holes occasionally.)

[Ryan]

OK, but the workers have to show up too then. Not essential.

[Nonlinear FC]

OK, but the workers have to show up too then. Not essential.

Shit, there are landscapers in my hood every day, all day.

I hear you, but some of this stuff is pretty subjective.

[Sabo]

If I wanted to pay that much to walk on a golf course, I’d take up golf

Honestly, it seems dumb to close golf courses down. Just take out the flags and make people play solo. Shit, I'd say easily half the time I golf it's by myself (my family doesn't play, so when I vacation I'll rent clubs and play 9 holes occasionally.)

Golf courses are open in Ohio. I played last weekend and plan to play tomorrow. Here are the various rules in place for Ohio golf courses:

1. If you have a cart, either it's one person per cart or two people per cart if the two people live in the same house.
2. Flag sticks aren't to be removed. Most courses have either raised the golf holes or put foam in the holes so you don't put your hand inside the hole.
3. A three-foot circle around the hole for automatic gimmies.
4. No ball washers, rakes for sand traps or any other communal items are available on the course.
5. Tee times are spaced out to either 15 or 20 minutes to increase the gaps between groups.
6. Limited food and beverage service, if any. Courses that are offering food or beverage are essentially doing a curbside pick up model.

The group spacing was a big help and allowed me and my two playing partners to play 18 holes in 3.5 hours. That's pretty fast for a weekend round of golf.

[Steve of phpBB]

If I wanted to pay that much to walk on a golf course, I’d take up golf

Honestly, it seems dumb to close golf courses down. Just take out the flags and make people play solo. Shit, I'd say easily half the time I golf it's by myself (my family doesn't play, so when I vacation I'll rent clubs and play 9 holes occasionally.)

Golf courses are open in Ohio. I played last weekend and plan to play tomorrow. Here are the various rules in place for Ohio golf courses:

1. If you have a cart, either it's one person per cart or two people per cart if the two people live in the same house.
2. Flag sticks aren't to be removed. Most courses have either raised the golf holes or put foam in the holes so you don't put your hand inside the hole.
3. A three-foot circle around the hole for automatic gimmies.
4. No ball washers, rakes for sand traps or any other communal items are available on the course.
5. Tee times are spaced out to either 15 or 20 minutes to increase the gaps between groups.
6. Limited food and beverage service, if any. Courses that are offering food or beverage are essentially doing a curbside pick up model.

The group spacing was a big help and allowed me and my two playing partners to play 18 holes in 3.5 hours. That's pretty fast for a weekend round of golf.

The courses here just reopened, but they are not allowing carts. Which I guess I understand, but my mother is 81 years old. She can walk a course, but damn that will take a long fucking time.

[Pruitt]

If I wanted to pay that much to walk on a golf course, I’d take up golf

Honestly, it seems dumb to close golf courses down. Just take out the flags and make people play solo. Shit, I'd say easily half the time I golf it's by myself (my family doesn't play, so when I vacation I'll rent clubs and play 9 holes occasionally.)

Golf courses are open in Ohio. I played last weekend and plan to play tomorrow. Here are the various rules in place for Ohio golf courses:

1. If you have a cart, either it's one person per cart or two people per cart if the two people live in the same house.
2. Flag sticks aren't to be removed. Most courses have either raised the golf holes or put foam in the holes so you don't put your hand inside the hole.
3. A three-foot circle around the hole for automatic gimmies.
4. No ball washers, rakes for sand traps or any other communal items are available on the course.
5. Tee times are spaced out to either 15 or 20 minutes to increase the gaps between groups.
6. Limited food and beverage service, if any. Courses that are offering food or beverage are essentially doing a curbside pick up model.

The group spacing was a big help and allowed me and my two playing partners to play 18 holes in 3.5 hours. That's pretty fast for a weekend round of golf.

This makes perfect sense.

And the course I walked on had people, but no crowds - during the day at least. Apparently some kids tried to have a party there two weeks ago. Problem is that it's a city owned course, and Toronto can't be seen to be putting city employees (groundskeepers) at risk. A big problem was that a bunch of assholes were using the course to play rounds or practice chipping etc. Dangerous to walkers (in theory) and it hacks up the course. Groundskeepers had been telling the dog walkers that they didn't care about us as long as we cleaned up after the pups and kept them off the greens. But a lot of people complained about the golfers to the city and as a result - the place is closed.

Just hope that the privately owned public courses open soon. But it doesn't look like it'll be happening.

[sancarlos]

OK, but the workers have to show up too then. Not essential.

Shit, there are landscapers in my hood every day, all day.

I hear you, but some of this stuff is pretty subjective.

Funny thing, just lately most of the lawn guys and landscapers around here finally quit working. We have small yards on my block and yet, I am one of only a couple of us who've regularly mowed our own lawns instead of hiring lawn guys. Now, I've had two different neighbors this week ask me if they could borrow my mower to do their own lawns. Got it back from the first guy all wiped down and as clean as if it was new.

[rass]

The kids haven’t been beyond our neighborhood for about a month, so yesterday we bent state recommendations about as innocuously as we could manage and drove out to the sticks where my wife grew up and visited her father’s gravesite (local Catholic cemeteries are closed by order of the church, but despite my FIL being the near dictionary definition of an Irish-American Catholic, he isn’t buried at a Catholic cemetery).

There were only half a dozen or so cars there, so no problem as far as that goes. Despite being gone 12 years this spring, he is in what is still one of the newer sections of the cemetery with more plots available. Yesterday we counted at least 5 fresh graves in his area, all older individuals passed in March or April of this year.

[brian]

Not proud of this but stole one of my wife’s leftover hydrocodone’s from her surgery last week to take tonight. Feels good though.

[A_B]

Not proud of this but stole one of my wife’s leftover hydrocodone’s from her surgery last week to take tonight. Feels good though.

I have one left from a bit back but will prioritize its dispensement.

[brian]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

[A_B]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

My first recreational oxy was on the way to Vegas when we met up. It was the first leg to Dallas and I was convinced some water I saw was the gulf on Mexico. I know geography but I was certain it was the gulf.

[brian]

Just found out a friend of mine is hospitalized with COVID-19 here in Las Vegas. He has an 8-year-old son. Ugh.

[Steve of phpBB]

Just found out a friend of mine is hospitalized with COVID-19 here in Las Vegas. He has an 8-year-old son. Ugh.

Fuuuuuck.

[mister d]

Good thoughts.

[rass]

Shit man, sorry. Does he have someone (who was already around?) to take care of his son?

[brian]

Shit man, sorry. Does he have someone (who was already around?) to take care of his son?

He's divorced from his wife (one of Tanya's best friends who Giff actually probably met at Fridays for the Lions game we all caught together -- hell, he might have been there too though I don't remember), but she's a nurse, so...yeah. Not good. Fortunately his parents and her parents both live in Vegas though.

[Giff]

That fucking sucks. Good thoughts his way.

[Johnny Carwash]

Sorry to hear, brian. Hope it turns out well for him.

[sancarlos]

Just found out that the guy who was my boss, mentor, and huge help to me in the corporate minefield just tested positive for Covid-19.

[Steve of phpBB]

Just found out that the guy who was my boss, mentor, and huge help to me in the corporate minefield just tested positive for Covid-19.

Damn again. Good luck, guys.

[brian]

Just found out his prognosis is pretty good at the moment so that’s good news.

[TT2.0]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

[rass]

Damn SC.

[The Sybian]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

Death, unless we worked up to it for years.

[TT2.0]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

Death, unless we worked up to it for years.

Just saying. Its rare that I get to participate in group discussions with any semblence of experience

[blundercrush]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

Death, unless we worked up to it for years.

Just saying. Its rare that I get to participate in group discussions with any semblence of experience

Pills scare the ever loving hell out of me. Alcohol tastes gross, weed is a pita and stinks, pills though? just take them with some water? I'd be an addict in a heartbeat.

[brian]

I've thought I would like to try heroin one time. I get how addicting it is, so I think you definitely have to take the attitude of you're just gonna do it once and then that's it. These days with people cutting it with fentanyl there's no way, but if I had a feeling I could trust the source of it I'd absolutely try it.

[sancarlos]

I've thought I would like to try heroin one time. I get how addicting it is, so I think you definitely have to take the attitude of you're just gonna do it once and then that's it. These days with people cutting it with fentanyl there's no way, but if I had a feeling I could trust the source of it I'd absolutely try it.

That reminds me. Did Gunpowder ever go on that regimen cycle of steroids we discussed years ago?

[brian]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

Death, unless we worked up to it for years.

Just saying. Its rare that I get to participate in group discussions with any semblence of experience

At the risk of (unintentionally I assure you) sounding condescending I'm really proud of you for staying sober through this. I know there's no way I could go without alcohol for the next couple or three months (and maybe that in and of itself is evidence of a problem), but your life might literally depend on it, so way to go, bud.

[The Sybian]

Pills scare the ever loving hell out of me. Alcohol tastes gross, weed is a pita and stinks, pills though? just take them with some water? I'd be an addict in a heartbeat.

More of a needle guy? Or just freebasing?

[TT2.0]

It’s honestly scary how good these feel. I could absolutely understand getting addicted. Fortunately weed does the trick for me 99 percent of the time.

Imagine what 100 of them feel like.

Death, unless we worked up to it for years.

Just saying. Its rare that I get to participate in group discussions with any semblence of experience

At the risk of (unintentionally I assure you) sounding condescending I'm really proud of you for staying sober through this. I know there's no way I could go without alcohol for the next couple or three months (and maybe that in and of itself is evidence of a problem), but your life might literally depend on it, so way to go, bud.

I don't want to spend my time on fb whining about my life choices but I don't have words for how hard this is. No meetings, No sponsor, No comedy as an outlet. Just trying not to lose myself and what I've fought for

[brian]

Well you can complain freely here If it helps for whatever that’s worth.

[A_B]

Yeah man. I’m dealing with my comparatively silly situation by just posting silly stuff for your guys. But we can surely handle serious stuff if you need to vent.