Why is it that the weather always takes a nasty turn at Thanksgiving? It has been that way since I can remember. I think we dodged the snow bullet but have been hit with the frigid air. If you're traveling be safe and prepared. Enough about the weather.
This is the big game weekend. On paper the Bucks look good, but they don't play the game on paper. I'm sure we'll have an interesting game. Some will be happy and others not so much. Then there is the new twist with the Big 10 Championship next week. That game should really be good. Goooo Bucks.
If you want to get confused go look at new cars. We've been doing that over the last couple of days and it has turned out to be more complicated than I thought. I'll never understand pricing, but who does. At the end of the day we settled a Ford Escape (assuming they can locate one that had the options we wanted). I think what really sealed the deal was the free Honey Backed Ham if you got a car on Black Friday. We're supposed to take delivery on Monday. The car that is. I don't know about the ham.
The lunch crowd at the casino was a little light on Friday. I guess everyone was shopping. Speaking of shopping I was up early and went to Bass Pro. It was a big crowd, but pretty civilized. Most everyone was buying jeans and ammo boxes (the old army metal ones). I originally went for jeans, but got caught up in the frenzy and bought ammo cans too.
Well the game is about to start.
CC
PS - LTG you were right. We have ice on the lake. This is the earliest I can remember seeing some.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
That Stinks!!!
Last night on our way home from dinner we hit a skunk at Bates and Ford. The little critter was running across the road and decided to turn back when it saw on coming traffic. Guess he thought he could outrun me. Well, I fooled it. Caught it with the right front tire. I had to leave the car out last night. I called the GWH (more on him later) to see if he had odor remedies. He was no help other than to suggest clothes pins for our noses. I finally went to one of the big box pet stores and they sold me some Skunk Off. We'll see how good that is.
Speaking of the GWH. I asked him how is hunting expeditions went. His response was they were very successful, he had nothing to clean. In fact he didn't even see any elk and very few mule deer out west. The biggest white tail deer he has seen was in his own back yard, an eight pointer. I think he is now building a blind on the patio.
Twinkle Toes fared much better on his fishing trip to the Amazon. He caught a 14lb Peacock Bass and no jungle rot. He told us a lunch the day the trip exceeded his expectations. I'm sure he'd be happy to show you the pictures if you ask. He showed them to us and we didn't.
We had lunch on Thursday at our favorite round table. Surprisingly there were 8 JRSR'S present. We rolled the bones and no one was a winner. Watch for The SD's email to see when the next meeting is called.
Until then,
CC
Speaking of the GWH. I asked him how is hunting expeditions went. His response was they were very successful, he had nothing to clean. In fact he didn't even see any elk and very few mule deer out west. The biggest white tail deer he has seen was in his own back yard, an eight pointer. I think he is now building a blind on the patio.
Twinkle Toes fared much better on his fishing trip to the Amazon. He caught a 14lb Peacock Bass and no jungle rot. He told us a lunch the day the trip exceeded his expectations. I'm sure he'd be happy to show you the pictures if you ask. He showed them to us and we didn't.
We had lunch on Thursday at our favorite round table. Surprisingly there were 8 JRSR'S present. We rolled the bones and no one was a winner. Watch for The SD's email to see when the next meeting is called.
Until then,
CC
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The Season In Review
Now that Thanksgiving is fast approaching I thought I would wrap the season up and give you some of the gory details. Please consider the following:
Starting next week I'll start giving you guys rules questions. We'll see if you have been paying attention this summer. It seems like we had a weekly discussion of the hazard options.
CC
- The JR/SRs played 572 rounds in 2013. That is down 193 rounds or 25% from 2012. I can only think that is mostly weather related.
Remember we had an early start to the season in 2012. - Of all the players Tx2 and Bob D. had the greatest increase (% wise) from the previous year. I guess they couldn't find anything better to do.
- I collected 7.3 dozen balls from the lake on #2. ProV1's still are the most popular ball to lose and were 29% of the total. Range balls were still popular and were 6% of the balls found. The 2013 total is better than the previous year, but I'm sure the poachers (i.e. my neighbors) had a negative impact. My guess is that they found three to four dozen.
Starting next week I'll start giving you guys rules questions. We'll see if you have been paying attention this summer. It seems like we had a weekly discussion of the hazard options.
CC
Monday, November 18, 2013
Nasty Weather
We caught the heavy weather on the final leg of our trip home. This was one of the few times we have pulled off the road to wait the storm out. I'm a bit of ahead of myself so let me back up. On our return from the Myrtle Beach area we stopped in Germantown to see the family for a couple of days. After watching the Browns implode we decided to hit the road at halftime. If we hadn't stopped for chili we would have been home before the heavy weather. Anyway we were watching the weather map as we made our way north on I75. At Lima we heard the tornado sirens and watched the sky really turn black. We seemed to just be ahead of everything until we got to Cygnet. Then heavy rain started and the wind really picked up. It got so bad that I decided to pull into the rest stop before Route 6 and let it pass (couldn't see to drive). After about 15 minutes we resumed driving. When we got to the split it was really erie, no lights anywhere. The only thing working were the traffic lights. Of coures without electricity we couldn't open the garage door. After finding a flashlight we got in the front door and managed to light some candles. After about 2 hours the power came back on and life returned to normal. Based on the news we probably dodged a bullet on the highway. This isn't the first time we've run into bad storms between here and Dayton.
The highlight of the trip for the Nurse was when she had me down three shots coming into the last three holes while playing at Pine Lakes International (The Grand Daddy). I was playing poorly and having back spasms. She was playing really well (best round of 2013). I had to reach down and par the last hole to keep my honor. But let me tell you it was really close. Overall we had good weather and a nice time. We hadn't been to the Grand Strand in a number of years. It has really become very commercial and congested.
I heard Tx2 had a hole in one recently. I wonder if he was using that women's hybrid he carries? I'm sure we'll get all the details at the the winter dance.
Gotta go to the gym and then pick up the mail.
CC
The highlight of the trip for the Nurse was when she had me down three shots coming into the last three holes while playing at Pine Lakes International (The Grand Daddy). I was playing poorly and having back spasms. She was playing really well (best round of 2013). I had to reach down and par the last hole to keep my honor. But let me tell you it was really close. Overall we had good weather and a nice time. We hadn't been to the Grand Strand in a number of years. It has really become very commercial and congested.
I heard Tx2 had a hole in one recently. I wonder if he was using that women's hybrid he carries? I'm sure we'll get all the details at the the winter dance.
Gotta go to the gym and then pick up the mail.
CC
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Black Ankle Road
While traveling across North Carolina on our way to Myrtle Beach we ran across an exit on I73/74 for the above mentioned road. Now, while that won't mean much to many of the JR/SR's it should bring back some fond memories to the Bay Harbor crew. If you don't know the story of "black ankle disease" talk to the LR Dr. The Nurse asked what I was chuckling about as we passed the exit.
We finally made it to the Grand Strand after a small problem with directions from Google. We have a great unit on the 8th floor overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. We'll probably play a couple of rounds of golf over the next week. The weather is supposed to be pretty mild with sunny skies for the first four days. They are calling for showers on Thursday. We'll probably do some shopping then. We're stopping in Gtown on our return trip to stay with the Rabbit Wrangler and Miss Emma for a couple of nights. Both have made their respective basketball teams after surviving tryouts. That's a pretty a pretty big deal for the WR since this is Junior High basketball.
Hit them straight and don't get frostbite.
CC
We finally made it to the Grand Strand after a small problem with directions from Google. We have a great unit on the 8th floor overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. We'll probably play a couple of rounds of golf over the next week. The weather is supposed to be pretty mild with sunny skies for the first four days. They are calling for showers on Thursday. We'll probably do some shopping then. We're stopping in Gtown on our return trip to stay with the Rabbit Wrangler and Miss Emma for a couple of nights. Both have made their respective basketball teams after surviving tryouts. That's a pretty a pretty big deal for the WR since this is Junior High basketball.
Hit them straight and don't get frostbite.
CC
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Again
Twinkle Toes continued his fine play yesterday and tried to win the skin money again. Fortunately his competition stepped up and held him at bay. I can't figure out where he found the "golden answer" and start striking the ball like he did 25 years ago, but right now it is working. We tried to pry the answer out of him, but he showed great resistance and wouldn't crack. At least he won't be around for what few days we have remaining. He's off to the Amazon to go fishing for a week. We hope he catches fish and not jungle rot or worse.
Fred S was seen on the course with Gilhooley and Dr. J. Gilhooley is still on IR but rode along to give his knowledge on shot making to the other two. When we stopped to say high I heard Fred mumbling something about a rope and the nearest tree. Go figure. Dr. J just sat in his cart with a glazed look. Go figure. This all took place after Gilhooley tried to help TTS on the first tee. TTS just wanted to see if he could still hit a tee shot. I won't go into the details but TTS left for home babbling to himself. Something tells me Gilhooley's future doesn't include being a golf instructor.
Thursday is showing potential. See ya at the training table.
CC
Fred S was seen on the course with Gilhooley and Dr. J. Gilhooley is still on IR but rode along to give his knowledge on shot making to the other two. When we stopped to say high I heard Fred mumbling something about a rope and the nearest tree. Go figure. Dr. J just sat in his cart with a glazed look. Go figure. This all took place after Gilhooley tried to help TTS on the first tee. TTS just wanted to see if he could still hit a tee shot. I won't go into the details but TTS left for home babbling to himself. Something tells me Gilhooley's future doesn't include being a golf instructor.
Thursday is showing potential. See ya at the training table.
CC
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