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these batteries are most common for head lamps and camping. i like my $20 braun flood light, but when it dies, i need to use a usb-a to usb-c cable to charge it before i can use it again.

i find myself using the braun stick light more because i can instantly swap batteries. though i wish it was more of a gentle flood light

Is easy to do?

Bought a new putter. How many strokes can I realistically expect to drop?

Picked up a driver and 7 iron.

Heard these are tried and true. I’m ready for that next level feel.

Figured it was time to invest in some real gear.

Wish me luck.

MacGregor T-945 Eye O Matic

Wilson Staff FG-17 7i

If you had $200 total and could only use used clubs (eBay, thrift stores, FB Marketplace, etc.), what 7-club setup are you putting together?

Goal is something playable for a typical weekend golfer. Not a meme bag unless it actually works.

List the clubs + rough prices if you can.

Curious what the smartest builds look like.

got my wurkkos hd17 in. i already have the hd15r and this definitely feels like a step up in feel. but time will tell! I'll primarily use for camping.

Mine so far:

• big comfy fold out chair

• cooler with beer (doubles as foot rest)

• 2 poles. one rigged for bottom and one with a slip bobber. half night crawler on both. bells on both poles.

• snacks

• cigar

• binoculars

I really hate how YouTube incentives nonstop clickbait now.

I was just trying to find a chill fishing video, someone enjoying the day, no gimmicks, and almost everything is “3 GUARANTEED tricks to catch more fish” or some other algorithm-bait title.

Old YouTube felt different. People made videos because they enjoyed it, not because every upload had to be optimized for ads, retention graphs, and thumbnails with shocked faces. Now it feels like everything is engineered for money first, authenticity second.

I know creators need to eat, but it’s hard not to feel like big business and algorithms have sucked the soul out of what used to be a genuinely human platform.

I'm around a 1000 rated player on Lichess. There was no introduction, no assessment, and no clarification of goals. He had little to no idea of where I am as a student. In our first (and only) session, he immediately jumped into a pawn vs. rook endgame.

I ended the session about one-third of the way through.

I have professional teaching experience and my wife is also an elementary teacher. Starting your first lesson without assessing the student or understanding their goals is simply bad teaching.

If you're curious for more, I recorded the session.

I don't see a rating system for Lichess coaches. How do you find a good coach? Just have 20 sessions and hope you get a good one? For other services you pay for, they're rated, yet I see no review/rating system.

I'm in my 30s and had a session with a chess coach. He was abysmal, to the point I felt hustled; that he figured if he did such a bad job he could quickly take my money and move on.

Thoughts, critiques, refinements for my post-game notes template?

Result / Feeling:

Anchor focus for this game:

What went well:

Biggest mistake:

Cause of mistake:

Main takeaway:

Trying to decide between the Garmin dual beam and the GT8HW. The idea that I could use a 45 degree cone from 20 feet and scan a giant 15ft circle at once sounds like it'd greatly speed up searching for fish.

I looked at Duluth and Lake Maria and they were reserved at least a month out. In Spring, I seen the same issue, but 3 months out. Are people actually showing up for those reservations, or they just reserve in bulk and show up for when they want?