We had our first night of league last night at The Oaks and the greens were horrible. Not complaining as "we" are like 4 weeks behind in the growing season and lack of rain was making things NOT grow but holy mackerel. I literally cannot remember anyone with a 10+ foot putt going PAST the hole. I have never seen so many putts go only halfway. LOL
I had 17 putts but that includes four 1-putt holes. I actually hit the ball fairly well but The Oaks has it's own little challenges. I had one shot where the ball was on the lip of a large bunker. My choice was a baseball style swing with the ball waste high or I could hack at it with my hands about half-way choking up on the club. Actually ended with a bogey on that 1 putt hole.
Anyway - I'll take a 49 on the back nine at The Oaks for my 1st round of the year with sandy greens full of aeration holes. So so much better then Door Creek.
But the exciting part was watching the literal wall of rain coming towards us from the club house. We're up on a hill and it was a spectacular image. This wall of water marching towards the clubhouse. SADLY, my sunroof was cracked open on the car.
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In other news - I see Rudy Guiliani outed the President telling Fox Opinion News that Trump not only paid Cohen the $130,000 to keep Stormy quiet but there is $300,000 that went to other payoffs,
all legal of course. But the GOP does not care about those pesky rules.
OH - this morning Trump did say he paid off Stormy . . . . . wait . . I thought he said he DIDN'T pay off Stormy. He will say anything. Here is the weird thing.
People didn't vote for Clinton BECAUSE they felt she did not tell the truth . . . so they voted for Trump? However, Trump is the best thing to ever happen to the Democrats (I said this after Bush was re-elected for a 2nd term) as it sort of guarantees 8 years for the Dems in the White House after the groper is out of there. BTW - I would scrub down every surface in that White House.
OH - this morning Trump did say he paid off Stormy . . . . . wait . . I thought he said he DIDN'T pay off Stormy. He will say anything. Here is the weird thing.
People didn't vote for Clinton BECAUSE they felt she did not tell the truth . . . so they voted for Trump? However, Trump is the best thing to ever happen to the Democrats (I said this after Bush was re-elected for a 2nd term) as it sort of guarantees 8 years for the Dems in the White House after the groper is out of there. BTW - I would scrub down every surface in that White House.
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The Brewers - hearing a lot of talk about how the Brewers cannot beat good teams. WELL - listing to the talking sports heads a guy took the last 20 world series champions and compiled their winning % against team above .500. The average was .518 against winning teams.
The Brewers are doing fine against winnings teams NOT name Cubs (1-7?). The Cubs have scored 14 runs in their last 8 games and are 7-8 vs. winning teams NOT named Brewers. The Brewers are 4-5 against winning teams NOT named CUBS.
So lets not get all anal. If a team plays .500 against .500+ teams. It's OK.
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44 States have residents that are pro-same sex marriages, UP from 30 States 5 years ago. 6 do not support same sex marriages - Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia, Louisiana and North Carolina. The world is changing . . . except for them. They are free to leave whenever they want.
Gas prices in the US are now averaging $2.81 per gallon. Tension with Iran is stoking price hikes and AAA predicts the price will be $3.00+ in a month. Just in time for summer road trip #1.
Democrats and Republicans have one thing in common. Blue jeans. 50% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans wear jeans 4+ times a week. I really hope that survey did not cost too much.
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We watched "12 Strong". Based on Doug Stanton's book "Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan". Fantastic book. Stanton also wrote "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors"
The movie is rather good and if you think America was not doing anything 5 weeks after 911 you are mistaken. You should watch this movie just to honor these 12 unsung hero's and what they did.
Excellent war movie with Longest Day/Patton style killing (as opposed to Private Ryan gore killing). An amazing tale of how these guys, on horses, took the fight to Afghanistan against tanks and rockets. 50,000 vs. 5,000. We win and the 12 live (no feeling of dread watching the movie)
A fact based movie with fantastic audio and visuals. Follows the book pretty well. I was not disappointed.
https://youtu.be/Zxag9p-63RU
Talk at ya tomorrow.
Gas prices in the US are now averaging $2.81 per gallon. Tension with Iran is stoking price hikes and AAA predicts the price will be $3.00+ in a month. Just in time for summer road trip #1.
Democrats and Republicans have one thing in common. Blue jeans. 50% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans wear jeans 4+ times a week. I really hope that survey did not cost too much.
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We watched "12 Strong". Based on Doug Stanton's book "Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan". Fantastic book. Stanton also wrote "In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors"
The movie is rather good and if you think America was not doing anything 5 weeks after 911 you are mistaken. You should watch this movie just to honor these 12 unsung hero's and what they did.
Excellent war movie with Longest Day/Patton style killing (as opposed to Private Ryan gore killing). An amazing tale of how these guys, on horses, took the fight to Afghanistan against tanks and rockets. 50,000 vs. 5,000. We win and the 12 live (no feeling of dread watching the movie)
A fact based movie with fantastic audio and visuals. Follows the book pretty well. I was not disappointed.
https://youtu.be/Zxag9p-63RU
Talk at ya tomorrow.
