Clearing Out The In-Box -- August 22, 2020

Low gasoline prices: link to GasBuddy --

No brainer at Lego: the crocodile! 

• I bought the Maerklin original decades ago! Currently selling for $550 over at eBay:

• Now, LEGO has another winner:
  

Quick! What's a thurible?

• from late Latin, from Latin thus, thur- ‘incense’ (from Greek thuos ‘sacrifice’) + -fer ‘-bearing’.

 

PGA and the downfall of Tiger Woods: 

• PGA tournament this week; end of third round
• Tiger barely made the cut; stayed for the weekend "right on the number";
• entered the weekend, -3 (the cut line)
  
• third round: two strokes over par;
• ended the third round, -1; dropped a staggering nine places (could change by end of day);
  
• observations:
• does not have the stamina
• if he has a "good" first two rounds, he runs out of steam the third day
• quickly loses the desire
• once he "falls behind," even if it's after the first hole, he psychologically gives up
• later: see how my observations panned out in the fourth round at this link;
  
• look at Rory McIlroy
  

PGA and the decline of Phil Mickelson: didn't make the cut. At least he gets to spend more time with his family this weekend. 

Others missing the cut:

• Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau (say what? the darling of CBS?)

Anyone watching the #BLM play-offs?

• Boston leading the 76ers, 3 - 0 in the best of seven series
• the most fascinating: Lakers and Portland Trailblazers tied at 1-1