ClairefromClare

Filled up for less than $50 today. It's been awhile since I've done that.

All of this presupposed your clubs make it to your destination!

How great to see you here!

Welcome! Love having the reinforcements.

Once I know I won't shoot less than the max. Once it's that bad, all I'll do is dig myself in deeper (and I'm usually stuck in a bunker, anyway). At that point, it's best just to clear my head, remember it's just one hole, and get on with it.

I went searching for Harry's post on this and saw you looking at it too. That spares me trying to figure out how to link it. He's a self-described gearhead about bags, so I trust him on it. Enough that I put his recommendations on my wish list already (though you probably won't go for the mocha/pink color combo).

All of this spells marketing opportunity to me. If choices for women are so limited, do you work with a pro? Specifically, a pro who would like to raise his/her exposure to women golfers? That person would be ideally suited to start a weekly playing/lesson league for women, or something similar. Or there must be other ideas out there...

Precisely what I was going to say. There are four chapters in TN: http://www.ewga.com/dotCMS/findChapt...pters&state;=TN I've played with EWGA for three years now and love it. Still remember walking into my first season kickoff bruch--a banquet room with 175 women in it, all of whom love to play golf. VERY empowering!

Trust issues??!! I'm truly crushed. I think you'd be adorable in something from here: http://www.loudmouthgolf.com/ Say, this baby? In the eurocut? Attachment 1498 Oh, I give up. I've tried 3 different ways to post the photo. The black disco ball pants. They're you!

Two words for you, Pet: Frat Party. Only if we get to see pics of you in them. I will! The solution to the whole dress code issue is simple: Let me be the Great Decider. And if you think this gets contentious, you should see tennis players on the subject. How white is white? (Shirt color!)

Ah, it's the old Internet correction again. On the Internet, my handicap is 2. From the tips.

You can only wear Bermudas at Baltusrol in July and August.

Hey--they're real golf pants. Made by http://www.aphira.com/ : Low-slung enough that the polo can't possibly stay tucked in all the way through the follow-through, and with my best "Bite me Rory Sabbatini" belt. All totally within my club's very restrictive dress code but very in your face. And therefore proper etiquette (to stay on point).

My work here is done.

It's ??? Jeans on the golf course are akin to jeans on the ski slopes. Maybe you know what you're doing, but you've got to prove it.

This from a man who has publicly said the same thing about burkas.

And another--thought this was kind of cute. NEW STOCK MARKET TERMS CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer. CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer. BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry. VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower. P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing. BROKER -- What my broker has made me. STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell. STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock. STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves. FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected. MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks. CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet. YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share. WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse. PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

Actually, the black Footjoys with the tight black capris. But no red shirt.

But not nearly as cute as or

Not gonna throw anything at you! Eccos feel better than Footjoys, but not $100/pair better.

Only 128! But 1,000 point intra-day swings.

I have tough feet--mutiiple surgeries and enough metal that I have to carry a card to get through airport security. The only two brands I can wear are Ecco and Footjoy. Footjoys cost $100 less than Eccos, so it's an easy choice. I've seen Sandbaggers and they look adorable, but never in a store where they had my size to try on. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can wear them.

Thanks for fixing it Harry. I'm supposed to be smart enough to figure this out... Maybe eTrade figures they can get commissions on all the panic selling? My current theory is that we have one of two outcomes: either this really IS the end of the world, and by the end of the month nothing will be worth anything--not cash, not Treasuries, not gold. So it won't matter what you do. Alternative 2 is that we get some traction and some sense. Anyone who guts it out now will look like a genius in a few years (I know, I've said this all along). So--in either scenario, staying the course isn't the wrong thing to do.

I'll just let the two of you figure it out... Julie, as it happens, only about 50% of left-handers are cross-brained, whereas about 95% of right-handers are. Know how so many left-handers write upside down? We're the ones who aren't cross-brained. That's how you can tell. [End of science discussion]

Yeah, the women have a lot to learn, don't they?