Went to the driving range yesterday and my old footjoys separated from the outsole. So, it was time for a replacement. I've never had spikeless, so I went cheap to determine whether I like them. Spoiler
Literally exact same thing happened with my FJ sole, although i had them since high school. Went with these, loving them: Spoiler
I have these. They have to be damn near 10 years old now. I don't golf a ton so they don't have as much wear on them as 10 years suggests but certainly enough that they're starting to look pretty bad. Guess I know what to expect now.
Make sure you have enough room to put the boat when you buy said house. I thought we went plenty big...hell no. I want bigger.
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Bought some of these 2 weeks ago. My Footjoy Icons finally started wearing out and slightly coming apart.
I have a Saddleback messenger bag but it's several years old and I'd no longer recommend them(nothing wrong with the bag...it's awesome, but the owner has lost his mind). Marlando Leather is the guy Saddleback's owner is always bitching about knocking off his stuff so you could look there. If not leather then I am a big fan of Duluth Pack & Frost River
its really not terrible if you know how to take care of shit. sure, stuff will break but unless youve got lemon or you buy a bullshit boat, its no different than any other big purchase
Agree to disagree. Boats, in my anecdotal experience, have exponentially more problems than any other 'big purchase.' Of course, if you have a little 16-18' single-engine Carolina Skiff or something you take on a lake, then that won't have a bunch of issues---but I don't think that's what most people are talking about here. But any boat worth a damn that operates primarily in salt water is going to be a money-pit, from storing it, to trailer-ing it, to fuel, etc. Most things associated with owning a boat are very expensive.
You don't think most people here are talking about a middle of the line boat? Yeah, gas in a 50 foot sport fisher is expensive. Trailering and storing a boat in your yard isn't expensive. There were some years where gassing up sucked, but it's not bad now. My boat isn't terribly expensive to own or operate.
That's not at all what I'm talking about, but thanks. There are other boats in between the john boat and 50' sport fisher range. Ark's dug in, so I'll dip out as to refrain from sabotaging the thread, but boats are expensive as fuck to maintain and keep fully operational. Yours isn't, cool. I think most people would disagree with you, and in my experience virtually everyone who owns a boat--from the 16' center console to the 24' twin engine to anything--spends a ton of extra money in upkeep. Maybe it's because I've only been around salt water (because fresh water is for amateurs).
What are you talking about? You mentioned we're not talking about single engine boats, which is what I assume the vast majority of people are actually talking about... Anyone with twin 250's on the back isn't bitching about any of this cost unless they're retarded and jumped in way over their head in the first place. I grew up on salt water and I own a boat. Lots of my friends own boats. Are there some problems, sure. But if you take care of your stuff it's not ridiculous by any means
Nah. The lake is where the boat goes after its too old for salt water. A retirement home for boats of sorts
I'm just trying to tell the man who wants a boat how awesome they are. Boats are awesome. Case closed
I also grew up on salt water and have been around boats my entire life. Your experience is different from mine, and also differs from the general consensus of, well, pretty much everyone. I wasn't restricting it to single engines. You took this: and thought I meant all single-engine boats, which I did not. Maybe poor wording by me, I was referring to really small boats that simply don't have a lot of electronics/not a lot of bells and whistles. Further, I still think they'd have a myriad of issues. Do you think phrases and sayings like this just came out of nowhere?
No, I think there are plenty of people who don't have any need to own a boat. They don't know what they're doing, they don't know how to take care of their shit, they can barely drive the fucking thing. That's rampant. Plenty of people ruin shit just because theyre ignorant
You responded with my statement about boats are the goat with literal paragraphs of reasons to not own boats...