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Saturday, August 22, 2020

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

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