Mickey Land

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday.  The Nurse and I spent the last ten days in Florida with the family.  To be more specific we spent a week at Disneyland in Orlando.  Four days of theme parks was a lot of fun with the grand kids, but one of the most tiring times I've spent in recent history.  The place was wall to wall people.  And, in my estimation 30% of them spoke Spanish or some other foreign language.  I can't even begin to count the times I was almost run over by a stroller or mobility scooter.  Why anyone wants to try to navigate a stroller through those crowds is beyond me.  Besides anyone that young won't remember much of the experience.  That's the primary reason we waited until now to take the grand kids.  Plus, I don't see how the average family can afford to go there for any length of time.  That place is like Vegas without the gambling.  It can eat $50.00 bills in an instant.  Oh well you can't take it with you.

The weather there was good but not great.  One day we wore sweaters all day and were still chilled.  But, no rain.  The trip down and back was uneventful.  I75 is almost 3 lanes all the way.  The only real problem was hitting Atlanta on Friday before the holiday week at the middle of rush hour.  UGH!!  Thank God for the HOV lane.  And why doesn't Florida use Easypass?  Enough about the trip.  Gas prices were all over the map;  $3.09 to $3.49.  I think we filled up 6 times.

I wonder what the GWH will do now that the USGA is going to ban anchoring?  For that matter what are a lot of people going to do?  That bring up a lot of interesting discussions in Golf Committees because of handicap issues if clubs decide to ignore the rule change.  More on that later.

The weather looks to be pretty good over the next few days.  Hope to get some late season golf in.

CC

He Finally Won

OTR has had a long season.  As he tells it he would win during the week with the JRSRs only to lose on the weekend to ABE and Slap Shot.  So on Saturday they let him play with his two nemesis and he had a break through and was finally on the winning side.  Now I'm not sure what to think since he also had Jasen on his team who shot 63.  Sounds like the deck was stacked.  But congrats anyway.  It could have been a long winter without the victory.   Kudos to Jasen.  That is some playing (especially when you're paired with chops).

LTG showed up with his son-in-law who proceeded to take most of our skin money.  Tyler put up a little 74 in a modified format (the 5's from the reds).  We'll know next time that anyone who is wearing a Medina jacket can probably play.  Especially when he is out driving LTG.  Gilhooley played and won a couple of skins along with a couple of other guys.  Even the GWH's putter came alive at times.

The weekend weather was pretty good for mid November.  It doesn't get much nicer than Saturday, and probably won't again for a while if today is any indication.  That leaves play up in the air for this week.

The SOTD had a couple of close calls (including LTG's son-in-law) but continues to grow and now has $215.  That would be a nice holiday present. 

See ya, CC

PS - Where should we met for Friday lunch?  Send your thoughts to the SD. 

Long Johns

That's what I wore for golf on Saturday.  But I really didn't need them.  There was no wind to speak of and the air didn't feel all that bad.  I wish I could say the same for my game.  Since the SD was still under the weather:  the GWH was working on his deer blind;  and Dr. AH was MIA I became a sub in the FGG.  They let OTR set the format and then get snookered on the negotiation for strokes.   He kept his record of never winning in 2012 in tack and I unfortunately was on his team.  I can't blame him though.  I didn't play well (go away for a week and the short game goes).  Still had fun and enjoyed the banter.  Glad I don't have to play the golds on the par 3's everyday.

Thank goodness the election is tomorrow.  We quit answering the phone on Sunday just preserve our mental health.  I'm convinced none of the talking heads have clue this time.  Hopefully by Wednesday we'll have some kind of idea where our country is going.

Watch the weather and keep the clubs handy for good days. 

CC