u/golfy-canadian

That goddam rule where at double par you stop counting… At the start of the season I’d have blow up holes - I’m not even on the green - I’m out. As I’ve been getting better over the last year (Canadian year), I’ve been making way better shots, more GIR, and making double or triple bogeys basically consistent across the board on a bad round, losing less balls.

Now compare this to a former good round, where a couple bogeys or pars happened, but waaay more double pars where I don’t actually finish the hole, my goddam score is near the same as it is today.

I feel like breaking 100 is a bigger deal than it’s sold. From 110-125 average to under 100 seems to be a long frustrating stretch to me. I’ve played 144 holes this year so far, under 80 last season. I’ve taken 5 lessons. Hit like 3000 range balls.

Will it ever get better!!??? For the love of the golf gods.

Trying to get my wife into golfing, I’m a 33 HCP myself, this would be wife’s first time on a course. We are just 2 so will likely be paired up.

Does Mt. Paul course have beginner friendly vibes? Fairways look fairly open. What’s the most beginner friendly course in Kamloops?

Thanks

What’s your solution out there? Been raining for a month straight they are nuts here

So the used 430 max 10k I bought had a 48” shaft and a E30 weight. Apparently this is why I can’t hit it. $260 later maybe the fitting was worth it though. New shaft, new weight on the way!

Hey guys the dudes I play with around here all consider a sideways drop one stroke. For example slice it off the tee can’t find in forest, sideways drop on fare-way is the third hit… If I was to hit a provisional ball they dont agree/understand.

I’m a high HC for sure, but I count those sideways drops as two, so it would be the fourth stroke after drop. Unless a provisional ball was hit or headed back to tee box (or where the ball was hit OB from)

So here i am trying to keep it honest to improve my own score, but as a guy that can lose 5-6 balls a round, or when the group hits OB a lot and sideways drops, this shit can add up…

I don’t want to be a dick, but also don’t want to break 100 by ignoring the rules lol.

What are your thoughts ? I’m I out to lunch?

In my garage, all plugs are on one circuit, 2 work, 5 don’t.

I’ve confirmed open neutral with a voltmeter

Changed all non-working receptacles (used screw terminals)

Can anyone recommend a cheap “use once” wire tracer that I can send back to Amazon once I use it, or should I call a sparky and get it over with?

As like others, wanting to give back.

Study Hall: 75% on full exam 1 & 2, 75% overage on all exams. 78% on practice Q’s. Was doing games or whatever for about 10-30 minutes each day for a couple months. Studied lightly for a couple months only. Hardest I studied was the 4hr practice exams.

35hrs - took DM’s at work, barely paid attention (I have other PM training too just FYI, if everything is completely new do take notes). I didn’t write a single note this whole time which is nuts to me looking back.

AR 200 hard - ya I watched some of it. You may as well.

DM “pass the PMP exam no study” on YouTube morning of exam. Along with a mini exam from SH to get in the groove.

Third3rock study cheat sheet night before, quick skim, nothing substantial.

Diet: night before exam: BIG meal. Salmon, spinach salad with walnuts, roasted beets. Whole grain rice, avocado.

Morning of: left over salmon, 2 eggs, Greek yogurt, blueberries, one piece of whole grain toast, regular coffee intact and regular coffee intake along with a couple glasses of water. Finish food/liquids 60-90 minutes before exam. Don’t overdue carbs.

Break 1: 3 pieces of 70% cocoa chocolate bar (thanks Reddit user), some water.

Break 2: banana, almonds, water, another piece of chocolate.

Look up this diet of chat GPT if you want. You need brain food, this was perfect. No carb crash, no jitters, just steady energy. Precious 24 hrs Diet is VERY important, as well as good sleep.

Exam itself, at testing centre as recommended: didn’t have to use a calculator, but needed to know burn down charts, burn up charts, SPI/CPI, 2 drag and drops, ~10 multi answer questions. I’d say 15% of the exam was Easy on study hall, mostly moderate-difficult level. I feel like there was 10-15 “expert” questions that were a literal out loud WTF. Lots of very very close answers. This is why keeping your brain sharp through diet and taking breaks is important.

Feel free to ask away. Will passing this exam make me better at my job? Absolutely (not). But I will continue respect other PMP’s for the sheer mental flexibility and fortitude that is required to commit, submit, and get through it.

I also had to submit my application 3x.

I could go another 10 years without having to read the words “stakeholder”. “Next” “do” “first”. I work trades construction, and never met a IT pro that is involved with agile either. Cool concept I will adapt in theory, but glad that’s out the other ear now. Sorry fellow Agillians.

Good luck, breath.

Edit: the Pearson screen is like those emails where people don’t use the Enter key so the sentences spread out across the entire screen, ya that took like 30 questions to get used to haha.

I passed both CMQ/OE and CQA and could never come back to say thanks! Now we’re back ladies and gents!

I didn’t expect the application to be so difficult. It’s been returned to me for the second time. I’ve tried Gemini/GPT and so on. Typed until my wrists cramped up. Im not a project manager by job title but I’ve managed a lot of projects front to back because the company I work for can’t organize a structure and I’m otherwise just very good at PM so it’s easy to side step. I guess I’m surprised there’s not more posts on the application. In study hall I get 75-85% on practice exams but can’t write the dang test