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GORDON wrote:When my wife's coworkers at the bank found out we'd been invited to this club, even the bigwigs were impressed. Ugh.
I just don't understand that attitude. It's a club that just takes money, the end. There's nothing special about any of them.
Some take way more than others. In downtown Minneapolis, there are shitloads of clubs. The pro sports players and local celebs only hang at the "trendy" or high-class ones.
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I assume Gordon meant more like a country club, but I could be wrong.
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TheCatt wrote:I assume Gordon meant more like a country club, but I could be wrong.
Well, goddamnit. Yeah, those are all just places where lazy people go to take really slow walks and wear ugly clothes.
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TheCatt wrote:I assume Gordon meant more like a country club, but I could be wrong.
I don't think it is a "country" club because it is downtown.

http://www.toledoclub.org/

Someone told me it costs $20k+ per year for membership. Don't know if true, haven't researched.
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Ah, got it. Where I grew up "clubs" always meant country clubs. But yeah, still, wtf? Why even bother? "Look how much $ I can piss away"
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If you go, I'm officially calling you Smails.
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We went on amazon and ordered a bunch of "legit" HP clothing... not just costume stuff.

Ten minutes later we got an email, "Oh sorry, the event planner at the club is swamped with holiday festivities, and we'll try again in the Spring."

Fortunately we were able to cancel everything at amazon. I better get my amazon points back.
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Malcolm wrote:If you go, I'm officially calling you Smails.
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Yeah. I looked at a few pics on the club's website... a lot of fucking white people in there.
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TheCatt wrote: But yeah, still, wtf? Why even bother? "Look how much $ I can piss away"
I imagine this is a way to touch base with the local rich guy network. Teenage son get caught drunk driving? I'll just call my friend judge smails at the club, we'll discuss it and shake hands. Need to get zoning for whatever? I'll talk to the city whatever commissioner at the club. Get caught with classified material on a server in your bedroom closet? I'll talk to the FBI director at the club, remind him who his next boss is going to be.

That sort of thing.
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I imagine this is a way to touch base with the local rich guy douchebag network.
Fixed. I picture G in the scene like this:
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I would lean in and whisper, "Mexicans."
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Leisher wrote:Remember "remedial" classes in schools? They don't have those anymore. Can't make those kids feel less special or their feelings might get hurt!
We certainly do at the junior college level. We haven't relaxed our standards in Math and English, so we have a huge "Developmental" department that tries to bring them up to snuff before they get into their real classes. They don't get college credit for those, either.

Enrollment in those classes increases faster than any other department.
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Peer reviewing English papers 12 years ago was when I started to feel less proud of attending higher education and realized that I was welcome as long as my checks were good.
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I just don't understand that attitude. It's a club that just takes money, the end. There's nothing special about any of them.
Truth.

What club was it Gordo?

UPDATE: Very odd error just now. Obviously I've been posting all over the site this morning. Came into this thread and Catt's post that I quoted was the latest. Once I actually hit submit, everything since Catt's populated the thread.
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Leisher wrote:
I just don't understand that attitude. It's a club that just takes money, the end. There's nothing special about any of them.
UPDATE: Very odd error just now. Obviously I've been posting all over the site this morning. Came into this thread and Catt's post that I quoted was the latest. Once I actually hit submit, everything since Catt's populated the thread.
User error.

When you click the red button, it goes to the oldest unread post, which may not be on the same page as the most recent messages.
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User error.
That was my initial thought, but that's not the case. The stuff I quoted is on the same page as my response.
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Maybe your screen is calibrated wrong.
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Leisher wrote:
User error.
That was my initial thought, but that's not the case. The stuff I quoted is on the same page as my response.
I'm sticking with user error.
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I'm sticking with user error.
I blame Bush, Halliburton, and global warming.

Back to the topic at hand...

I did some checking on the Toledo Club. It's mostly old money. They stay afloat thanks to business conferences being held there, but they are hurting for new members. Membership fees are ridiculously high and the building is very dated. Food is "ok for banquet food".

Typically, the big money here (and I always assumed everywhere) is at the golf courses. Inverness is the standard here and has hosted the PGA Championship and the Senior Open. They're currently in contention for a U.S. Open. Memberships there are 6 figures. True story about Inverness and Toledo...In the infinite wisdom of local government, they were going to put government housing right across the street. Right across the street from one of the top 50 golf courses in the U.S., which makes it a tourist spot. Yeah, that's where you want the projects to go... So the members worked with Dana to buy the land before the government did and it sits as a "lawn" for Dana Corp.

Highland Meadows, Sylvania CC, Toledo CC, and Belmont are the next big private courses in the area. Highland has an LPGA event every year, and from what I understand the women want it to be a major because the crowds are larger than at least three of their majors. Most of the big rollers I've known in this area belong to one of these clubs.
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