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Bigbre04 said:
All of my coworkers play. Like we have 5-6 employees that play fairly regularly
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That's awesome! I'm still healing a back injury which makes it difficult to do a complete wind up. But I'm real accurate on mid and short throws which gives me a nice edge :D my buddy and I play for a dollar per hole and then pay up at the brewery thats near by
 
Sunfire96 said:
That's awesome! I'm still healing a back injury which makes it difficult to do a complete wind up. But I'm real accurate on mid and short throws which gives me a nice edge :D my buddy and I play for a dollar per hole and then pay up at the brewery thats near by
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That sounds fun! I generally play solo or with the gf. We have been playing for about a year.

When I play with coworkers it is a treat!
 
Sunfire96 said:
Nice! I usually play with a buddy from work. I wish Virginia had more mild summers because once it gets into June I don't want to be outside anymore lol
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I think I have all of you beat when it comes to being miserably hot and humid in the summer LOL. Well, maybe with the exception of Zambi.
I'm basically starting life over again, so I guess I need to try some things outside that I haven't done in a while. I'm going back over tomorrow to check out the manatee, but this time in a kayak:) I haven't been in a kayak in a LONG time.
 
Sandy Feet said:
I think I have all of you beat when it comes to being miserably hot and humid in the summer LOL. Well, maybe with the exception of Zambi.
I'm basically starting life over again, so I guess I need to try some things outside that I haven't done in a while. I'm going back over tomorrow to check out the manatee, but this time in a kayak:) I haven't been in a kayak in a LONG time.
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I would highly recommend giving disc golf a try! It's a blast!

Heat you def got me but bugs-wise man I think I still got it. We currently have a lovely bouquet of yellow flies(tiny horseflies), sand gnats, mosquitos, and the occasional 1"+ horse flie. All but the sand gnats will happily bite you through your sweat soaked shirt!

Zambi still probably wins though lol.
 
Sunfire96 said:
Nice! I usually play with a buddy from work. I wish Virginia had more mild summers because once it gets into June I don't want to be outside anymore lol
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Also remember going up to visit a Carolina friend many moons ago and them bitching about 97 degrees, but without much humidity.
I laughed my ass off and told them the AC in the house was freezing me.
 
Sandy Feet said:
Also remember going up to visit a Carolina friend many moons ago and them bitching about 97 degrees, but without much humidity.
I laughed my ass off and told them the AC in the house was freezing me.
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I lived in moab utah for a while. 110f is still hot as balls but 95 when it's 0 humidity is not terrible.
 
Didn't take pics today because I had to leave my phone in the truck, but I saw craploads of manatee, dolphins, birds, horseshoe crabs, and glowing jellyfish in the Indian River thanks to the guide. I should have done this years ago. It was really cool.
 
Finally finished my double bit rasp axe. Getting the eye right was a real trick but it's awesome.

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Looks like that could be more than a hobby for you, I love the one that is shaped like two picks!
 
Donoroto said:
I'd love to hear more about your processes for accurate fretboards, shaping the body and, especially, those gorgeous finishes.
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As far as fretboards go, I buy bare necks with fretboard and frets installed, then shape the headstocks and apply finishes. I buy blank boards for the bodies and cut & shape them with a bandsaw, a router and sandpapers.
My finishes are always done in nitrocellulose lacquer with a small compressor and a spray gun. Getting a good finish on a guitar is the same as a good paint job on a car- it's all in the prep. Grain filler, sanding sealer, and multiple grades of sanding until the body is really smooth, then color coats, many clear coats, and weeks letting the lacquer cure & harden. Next is wet sanding in progressively finer grades up to 4000, then polishing with automotive polishes; I use Meguiar's products.

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Well, enough about guitars; time for a beer!
 
Beerbelly said:
As far as fretboards go, I buy bare necks with fretboard and frets installed, then shape the headstocks and apply finishes. I buy blank boards for the bodies and cut & shape them with a bandsaw, a router and sandpapers.
My finishes are always done in nitrocellulose lacquer with a small compressor and a spray gun. Getting a good finish on a guitar is the same as a good paint job on a car- it's all in the prep. Grain filler, sanding sealer, and multiple grades of sanding until the body is really smooth, then color coats, many clear coats, and weeks letting the lacquer cure & harden. Next is wet sanding in progressively finer grades up to 4000, then polishing with automotive polishes; I use Meguiar's products.

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Well, enough about guitars; time for a beer!
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Thanks! I gotta poke at that sometime. Not guitar-making, but the wood finishing.
 
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