Welcome to the Refuge!
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I just noticed that westy has a male caddy this week. Was his gf not on the bag last week either? Is this due to the KSA government’s view on women’s rights? I’m always impressed when I see a woman looper. My wife would laugh if I asked her to carry my bag.
Apologies if this has been addressed previously, but @Randy are you truly a Kings fan and if so is that a callback to the Cincinnati Royals. If so I absolutely love it. Growing up an LA Dodgers, LA Lakers, St. Louis Rams fan I have the utmost respect for stubborn and completely irrational sports fandom.
So the guest, Cody? The stuff that he dances around and his anonymity - he’s seen some shit…
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I’m watching the Waste Management and I was thinking about the line in this pod that “If you like overpriced target golf then Scottsdale is for you”.
If you were going to do a Strapped: Valley of the Sun and go balling on a budget, what 4 courses would you pick?
I was today years old when I found out people can pay $105 to play Silverado. Holy moly. I was thinking something like Silverado, Papago, Mountain Shadows, Gold Canyon but rates are insane down there. I guess I’ve only played shoulder or summer
They are definitely going to do Tucson to keep it major city adjacent, and unless they do summer in Phoenix I literally don’t think they can afford it. If they tried Strapped PHX in the winter I think they’d need to pack sleeping bags and picking full length walkable courses makes it slim pickings. I think it would be Papago right off the plane, they love a good college course/town. Dobson Ranch would be good for the money round, even though it doesn’t fit the typical desert course. Then lastly Cave Creek probably? That would be $80 + $60 + $44 x 2 = $368 just on golf. Tucson makes more sense and it more affordable, or they just come in summer and we get a bunch of shots of Randy fighting early alarm clocks in their effort to beat the heat.
So I see that Cody, we’ll call him an analyst, has a moderator badge. Is the refuge running some sort of PRISM operation? Collecting illicit communications on the distance rollback? Who will be our Snowden? Tron definitely has some Michael Hayden vibez
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Just finished the Dissident. Was nowhere near my radar pre-Trap Draw the Kingdom and now I’m completely fascinated by all things Saudi. Hoping the tease about future Cody appearances will come to light, that man has seen some things.
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What an interesting pod @Randy and @Tron. As I’m sure you guys felt, I could have listened to a lot more. Obviously a lot Cody couldn’t share but I was fascinated with his insight to all of the Middle East. Great curveball here and made the drive to Aiken this morning seem short.
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I was dying throughout the pod trying to figure out where I heard his voice before. I think it was an actor I was thinking of.
I think he sounds like McConaughey at times
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I can see that! But that’s not who I was thinking. It was a Jake Gylenhall looking guy, who in some film/series was the love interest that was too cool. But I can’t put my finger on it…
Whoever had Slack notifications on the pod, you made me second guess my own hearing.
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Sebastian Stan?
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If you want to dig deeper, I recommend this book to provide foundational knowledge. Took a few classes on the Middle East back in college and this was my favorite book from them:
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Kingdom-Inside-Saudi-U-S-Connection/dp/1400062918
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No! But great effort…this is driving me nuts! I can picture the face and the voice, and even a blurry scene. But no idea when or what it is.
Taylor Kitsch?
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definitely checked my slack a few times as a result!
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