Hole in one at the Oaks, and another and another - NOT ME

Had golf league at the Oaks last night.

NO NO NO - not THAT golf league - REAL golf.

I was playing with my league partner, The Negotiator, on the 13th hole at The Oaks on a very windy night.  He will either shoot a 57 or a 46 depending on biorhythms or something.  We were just coming off 12 where I had birdied and I had a OK shot on the 132 yard par 3.

The Negotiator is next and hits his ball straight, (yea weird ?) and the ball hits the front of the green.

He says "never saw it" and we tell him it was because it went straight. The green is elevated so we can only see the front but I assured him "it's somewhere on the green" which elicits a victory fist pump.

We walk up and Mike is on the left side of the green and I'm on the right side and the other guy is in front and The Negotiator walks up and says "where the hell is MY ball".  I'm looking past the green  saying I SWEAR it was on the green.

We're wondering around and Mike says laughingly "has anybody looked in the hole"?  Well, I'm closest to the hole so I wander that direction and glance and start to move away . . . . wait . . . WHAT?

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!! 

  
I yell "IT'S HERE" and there is a shrike like a little girl and The Negotiator comes up and  . . . there it is.

But it gets even stranger.  Tuesday, The Oaks had their first Hole In One of the year  and yesterday?  They had THREE!

The chance of a hole in one on a par 3 by a normal typical non-pro golfer is 12,500 to 1 and they had three in one day.

The next shot?  ZIP into the weeds 20 yards away at a 45 degree angle.

The Oaks will need to make more banners I think.

It cost him only about $170.  Pretty cheap.  In Japan when you golf you take out Hole in One insurance.  For $65 a year you are covered for up to $3000.   A typical Hole in One in Japan can cost you up to $10,000 and you must apologize for showing off. 

40% of all Japanese golfers own Hole in One insurance. 

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I might be liberal but I will NOT let conservatives steal the flag for themselves. I took this leaving  The Oaks.  It just looked beautiful.

 Inflation, higher taxes from a needles trade war, hate crime rising, infrastructure crumbling, hard workers being tossed out of the country as racism flourish's, child birth at a 30 year low and blatant, ignorant lies from the head of the Nation but still, America will endure.  At least for maybe another 50 years.  No promises after that.

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Game of Thrones - a survey of 2000 random people saw 314 watched the finale'  of those who watched  26% LOVED it. 37% LIKED it a lot,  24% did not like it and 10% hated it.

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Baseball - The ball is in play less then ever, the bullpen is being used more (3.3 relievers per game) and batting averages a low.

One reason is the fast ball.  In 2002 the average fast ball was 89 mph. This year the average is 92.9. In 2008 there were 196 pitches thrown at over 100 mph.  in 2018 there were 1,320. 

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In Texas a bill to expand Medical Cannabis was unanimously passed in their Senate.

The Cincinnati Common council will vote to decriminalize Cannabis - it's expected to pass.

The Louisville, Kentucky Metro Council is considering a proposal to make marijuana the city's lowest law enforcement priority.

Colorado retailers set a monthly marijuana sales record in March.  In 2018 Colorado sold $1.55 BILLION with most goign towards education, infrastructure and law enforcement.   At the point Colorado is $21 million ahead of last year in sales.

Wisconsin - GOP cronies have ZERO planes for ANYTHING cannabis.  it's gateway drug you know and takes away from alcohol sales along with decreasing the need for opiates sales from big pharm  which many of the GOP are heavily invested in.

Nuff said