Looking forward to seeing a photo when done.

 

I've got a friend that is an avid golfer. He's 61 and single. I stopped by yesterday to chat and grab lunch.

this is his new toy in his den...

 

^^^^ turn up the heat, turn on the oscillating fan and crank up the humidifier.
Then go play Kapalua

 

So there's always a story with my friend of close to 30 years. He is obsessive in some ways, and impulsive in others.

He works on his golf swing endlessly, hitting buckets before work sometimes or after a bad round. He knows what he has to fix and on the range, he does. Then he gets into this OCD pattern when he sets up his shots and has a routine to get in the right position with his body, arm and club, and then swings for real and its different. He also plays darts with me and has the same fixation of practice motions before releasing, only to get different results.

Impulsive side, buys a new M2, keeps it for 2 years, drives 3500 miles, sells it under value and takes a big loss because "They have issues later that I don't want to have to pay for" . Buys a Polestar and sells it within 6 months when he determines the value in 3 years for a used EV with 30K miles is going to be in the tank, so he takes the loss earlier. Each car is his last one to buy until next week.

He's already looking at buying the upgraded software package (about $5K!!!!) which has 40,000 courses. Not for the 40,000, but because it has our five local muni courses he plays. He's had the simulator running for one week at this point.

We know each other's situation for the most part. He can retire today and live comfortably. He's going to work until they package him out. So, he bought the simulator and put it in the only room in his house with a high ceiling. He's about 5'8". I take his 3 wood out and just ease back into a swing motion and I'm about 12 inches past that pillar in the picture, so a full swing would crack the club in half. So he's moving things around to try to get some extra space.

I joke with him. "Move. Find a house in the area, but look for one with higher ceilings, or a 2 car garage or a large enough room where you're not worried about hitting the pillar (or the actual frame of the setup on his follow through)". He didn't like that. He's generally a pessimistic person, and there's a reason to not do anything, and he worries about what other people think. What if someone comes over and I don't have a dining room table? My answer to that - **** it, who cares, it's your house and do what you want, not some societal norm. BTW, Cindy and I don't have a DR table, it doesn't make sense for us and the use of that space in our house.

He can afford it, I know he can, and I said "finally, some money well spent" (compared to the car issues, his 22 guitars, 6 computers and a grand piano). Enjoy it, and, leave me your garage code so when your'e at work and I want to work on my swing, I can come over, whether your home or not.

Sorry - I realize I just started typing and it kept going and then rant on/rant off. My friend's quirks are common conversations in our circle.

 

Sounds like a real character.

 

He just focuses energy in the wrong spots, and when you difficulty focusing at all, it's even more of a challenge.

 

Gary, I hope your friend has fun with whatever his current obsession is! That's so important. I have a friend who I would say is on the other side of that situation. Can't make any decisions, always had a reason to not do something. "We aren't going to paint/wallpaper that room, because we plan on knocking down a wall....." It never got done. Nothing ever got done unless it was an emergency. For a while her financial situation played a huge part. Now she is more comfortable and still nothing gets done. She had a photography hobby back in the film days, bought a digital camera several years ago. I asked how she was doing with it, and she told me she can't remember where she put the battery....She obviously has issues.

All kinds of people out there..............

 

My friend has his list of things to do as well. It's lengthy. But the things he really likes to do, he does.

I try to "stay on him" about things.. "Hey, hows the new flooring coming along?" Finally, 5 years later, done. He doesn't like to disappoint, so he ignores situations instead of just saying "No thanks". So he tends to accept invites, then struggles with how to get out of them.

He had piles of old stuff. "Geo (another friend) said I should sell them on Ebay".
Now, Doug (my friend), has sold stuff on ebay and got burnt by a bad buyer, so he won't ever again. I know that. But he frets about Geo's advice.
My advice- Is the stress of selling stuff online worth it? Is the $1000 you'll get from the pawn show to dump it all worth it? Is the time to pack it in the car and drop at the donation center best used?

If none of those are true, then put it on the curb and let the garbage crew take it away.

If he'd make some small strides the others would be easier.

 

Gary,
It's probably a good thing you're far enough away that we don't hang together and I'm not buddies with your friend.
It could easily go two ways. The first is we would annoy the shit out of each other in seconds. or more likely it could spark a toy war.
A simulator really wants a tall ceiling, a cathedral works really well for this.
The wife's constraint on the simulator was there had to be no way a ball could damage anything in the great room.
You really have to make sure you have the height to be able to swing a driver comfortably.
But as Martha would say "it's a good thing!"

 

The bride has updated the quilt factory with anew machine.
This is why I don't buy her many Christmas gifts. ( I've spent less on a new car in the past. )



The table for it weighs in at 100+ pounds.
Apparently this is good " because it has a big throat" I never said a word.