2022 Gaucho Shootout at Grand Canyon University Golf Course Phoenix, AZ
Tommy’s first tournament of his sophomore year. He qualified in the number 1 position, but he’s feeling a bit overwhelmed with his course load. Specifically Calculus 3. He didn’t have as much time to practice and was frustrated with his score. He still played pretty good. 72, 76
The Bad Boy
I enjoy watching relationship drama, especially from a girl’s perspective. It’s the funniest thing to see a girl saying, “Oh I just want a nice guy!” Then in a week going 🤪 over a “hot bad boy”. Then what’s better is when they try to reform the bad boy, if they don’t succeed it’s just a rollercoaster of toxicity, if they succeed, it’s like they look at him and go, Ehh, for some reason I’m just not attracted to him any more. C-YA!!!
Commissioned Grandad?
The spelling of grandad bugs me more than this whole meme. Granddad… Grandad. Eh, both are weird, how about grandpa, grandfather? The other thing I’ll say is… maybe it was flattering, how do we know?
A Discount Tire Swindle
About three years ago my wheels needed an alignment on my BMW. I let it go for a little bit, which, knowing me was likely months. Anyway, I finally took it in. One tire was toast and had completely worn out the toe. I didn’t notice it was that bad because is was on the inside edge. I took pics of them, verified they were factory OE tires and went to order some, they were about $350 EA Installed!!!
I was more than a little startled. I then find out my car does not include a spare tire, it does not include a tire repair kit or air compressor. No, my car relies on run-flat tires.
I was searching the web for any type of deal and came across two used run-flats and snatched them up. When they arrived I took them to Discount Tire and had them swap them out. I asked to keep the good tire since it was almost perfect with plenty of tread. When I picked up my car, they said they threw the tire in the trunk and I went about my merry way.
Fast forward to today, I’m dealing with some bad road noise. The noise that you get from a wheel loose. However, the wheels weren’t loose. I suspected the brake rotor since the noise was almost exclusive to low speed and changed with braking (also pretty noticeable brake shake). Anyway, I raised the car to verify my suspicion and just generally check everything.
The brake rotors were definitely warped, so problem solved. Brake pads were pretty low too, so I figured I needed to order both new rotors and shoes for the front. So how were the tires? Pretty good, but again, the toe was a little worn on one tire. I thought, huh, let me compare it against the tire I’ve been holding onto in my garage for three years.
I retrieve the tire and start comparing, but I kind of scratch my head because the tread doesn’t look the same. I just stared trying to figure out what was going on. I finally looked at the side wall and the tire brand said Arroyo, not Bridgestone. All this time, I had never inspected the tire after they gave it back to me. Since they are pretty low-profile, it’s not easy to read the markings so I completely missed it.
I’d never heard of Arroyo. The Arroyo new is an $80 tire while the Bridgestone is $285. Used, maybe $40 for the Arroyo and $175 for the Bridgestone. You do the math.
Maybe it was an honest mistake, two cars with similar tires next to each other? Maybe? But I think it’s incredibly unlikely. More interesting question is tech or manager. Oh well, what do you do?
By the way, I’ve got an Arroyo tire for sale. Great deal, $40! Like New!