Who wouldn’t be honored by Jose Andres!!! The man behind the Masters menu? He’s feeding a hungry world!!! @livgolf_league #livbroadcast https://t.co/Zl5D30PyYp
— kathleen sullivan (@kathleennewsie) April 6, 2024
I follow @CleanObserver for his political takes, and this was a lovely bonus. From Golf, “The man behind the Masters menu? He’s feeding a hungry world”:
… SOMETIME IN THE WINTER OF 2016, José Andrés’ phone rang.
It was Sergio Garcia.
As almost every story involving José starts, somebody needed help. Garcia had been an excellent professional golfer, achieving fabulous wealth and international fame, but on the eve of his 34th birthday, Garcia still had holes in his resume. With 20 pro victories but no major wins in 73 attempts, his legacy hung dangerously in the balance between historically good and quickly forgotten.
“He called me out of the blue,” José remembers, his eyes widening. “He had this … energy.”
The request was formally a job offer: Garcia needed an in-house chef for Masters week, and he could think of no one better suited to run his kitchen than the best chef he knew, José.
Trouble was, José was already booked solid. He was busy trying to feed the world. And feeding the world doesn’t necessarily allow for a week of flipping omelets at a rental home in northeast Georgia, as Andrés tried to explain…
Garcia was relentless, and soon it became clear that he really did need José…
… And you’ll have to click through to find out what that involved. C’mon, it’s a great read!
JOSÉ IS EVERYWHERE, which is perhaps why his phone never stops ringing.
On line one is the José you think you know — the celebrity chef. From up close, the machine is dizzying…
But it’s the José on line three that you really should meet. José, the savior. The guy who’s trying to feed the hungry and save the world. He’s not the guy I’m expecting on the morning we play golf, but it’s not his benevolence nor his confidence that surprises me.
It’s just that before I met José, I was pretty sure nobody could actually save the world.
Now I’m not…
José wasn’t sure what to expect when he founded the non-profit World Central Kitchen in 2010, but the last 15 years have proven it to be nothing less than his life’s purpose. His goal is refreshingly (and almost biblically) benevolent: To feed the hungry. And it doesn’t take long to realize this is by far the most revealing and foolish of his pursuits, as his buddy David Chow jokes plainly.
“Just think about how good you’d be at the important things in life, like golf,” David tells José. “…if you weren’t so busy trying to save the world.”…
I just hope commentor Raven sees this (if only so he’ll forgive me for some of my previous football coverage).
Baud
I’m not sure Raven is the forgiving type.
Hope Andres gets his Nobel.
Anne Laurie
Raven & I are both Scorpios. The Scorpio motto: ‘Forgive, sometimes. Forget, never.’
NotMax
Kind’a sort’a vaguely related.
More than you might expect goes into a golf tee.
;)
Baud
@NotMax:
https://youtu.be/-DKCFjm0DvE?si=EuR9YzXGPh_1YNtI
Raven
I’m cool! I thought I’d adjusted pretty well when we changed from a sports oriented blog to whatever we are now.
Raven
Here’s Macilroy eating a cookie at August!
https://flic.kr/p/FyK1bw
Betty Cracker
@Raven: Oooo, a black & white!
Raven
Amen Corner
https://flic.kr/p/F4AAFD
rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone 😊 😊 😊
twbrandt
@Anne Laurie: Another Scorpio here. Yup.
Raven
(“I didn’t know the cabin was famous)
When my wife and her friend went to England her friend knew Kevin Curran and he got them tickets to Wimbledon. They were able to go “behind the rope” to the fancy section and they had no clue what it was!
Raven
@Anne Laurie: Funny, I’m sitting at the dog park and there are a couple of dudes I’ve had enough of. The park is big enough that I can sit by myself and just avoid them!
OzarkHillbilly
@Raven: Speaking of:
Omnes Omnibus
A golfer? That’s the first terrible thing I have heard about him.*
*Discounting, of course, the blog bigot’s accusations.
Gin & Tonic
@Omnes Omnibus: People like that have to have one flaw, just to show the rest of us they’re human.
Omnes Omnibus
@Gin & Tonic: That’s fair.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
Baud
@Gin & Tonic:
I must be super human.
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: You comment here.
Dorothy A. Winsor
I’m ridiculously pleased with myself because I finally figured out how to make words appear and disappear on the otherwise simple tiktok I made today. Still following my editor’s prompting, I’ve posted a tiktok nearly every day for more than two weeks. It’s kind of fun figuring things out now, but it’s going to get old.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
How’s your engagement?
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Unlike Trump, I like to look good by surrounding myself with people who are better than I am.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Baud: Not bad. I usually get around 300 views, and I have 700 followers. I get the most hits when I talk about writing.
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Nice.
OzarkHillbilly
@Baud: I look better just by staying away from golf courses.
Soprano2
Good morning everyone. Final update on hubby – he’s almost back to how he was before this whole ordeal began. I’m convinced he was not ready to come home from the hospital the first time, even though all the numbers said he was OK. He will go places with me again without any problem or argument, and I got him to take a shower on Sunday, which is a major achievement! I’ve gotten some good ideas from the physical therapist and the nurse – the PT told me to get some ice cream and make shakes with those protein drinks. I got some low carb ice cream and tried it, and it worked great! We have an appointment with the social worker next week to talk about our options for home care. I feel like I have a good direction now. I also learned that you need to be insistent when the nurse ignores you. He told me “these are his new meds”, and I said “but he already takes those meds”. Turns out the doctor had reduced the dosages (and discontinued another med completely) but didn’t tell me that!!! I guess I was supposed to just figure it all out from the discharge papers. Now they might be taking him off the BP meds altogether, which is weird because he’s had high blood pressure as long as I can remember. In fact, he used to almost radiate heat.
I went to see the VA liaison – it’s a state-funded office where they help you fill out all the paperwork. Turns out that because he was a “boots on the ground” Vietnam vet he might be due some compensation if they decide he has a service connected condition or conditions. It’s part of the PACT Act, passed in 2022 (thanks Democrats and Joe Biden!). I think we got a letter about it a while ago, but I ignored it. Guess I shouldn’t have. Raven, I don’t know if you’ve looked into this but you might be eligible too.
Cheryl from Maryland
I remember in the 1990s going for the first time to Mr. Andrés’s second restaurant in DC, Jaléo. Wayne and I took his parents out to celebrate their anniversary. It was so wonderful that it has become my go-to DC restaurant. Chef for the Nobel Prize!
Another Scott
@Soprano2: Excellent news. Thanks for the updates.
Best wishes,
Scott.
Baud
@Soprano2:
Glad to hear things are looking up.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Soprano2: That sounds so promising. I’m relieved for you.
zhena gogolia
@Soprano2: Good news.
OzarkHillbilly
@Soprano2: Good news, maybe now you can relax a little… Well, for 5 minutes or so anyway.
Barbara
@Omnes Omnibus: Golf is very popular in Spain, in no small part because people from the British Isles go to Spain, especially the south of Spain, for vacations and retirement.
OzarkHillbilly
Just in case anybody missed the news: Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94
RIP.
Barbara
@Soprano2: Keeping my fingers crossed that things continue to improve and that you and your husband get the care and help you need.
Baud
Via reddit
eclare
@Soprano2:
Oh I am so happy to hear all of this!
sdhays
@Baud: Ah, now we see who’s the real fascist!
And…yep, it’s still Trump.
TBone
Although my beloved grandfather (childhood father figure after divorce) was an avid golfer who used to jokingly opine that we’re related to Curtis Strange (same last name), I cannot find within me any love for the game in no small part due to That Fucking Guy. Gramps used to take me to Aronimink where he’d give me lessons on putting and golf in general, cherished memories but now overshadowed by that cheater who “wins” his own tourneys. I now live on the edge of a golf course and every time I’m outside it’s front and center. Ugh. The little carts, the overdressed “upper crust” players, the blaring horn when storms approach, it’s all ruined my former pleasant associations. Bah! I say BAH
ETA fuck LIV forever too
Peke Daddy
@Anne Laurie: I’m one, too. I have come to appreciate what I call Scorpio amnesia, which is riding above the need to sting back or cultivate resentment and sulk. I concentrate on cultivating the eagle or phoenix aspect of the sign, soaring above need for revenge and resurrecting focus on my own need for integrity.
TBone
@Baud: hip hip hooray, mood lifted again ☺️ progress does that to me.
Omnes Omnibus
@Barbara: Doesn’t make it right.
Manyakitty
@Soprano2: you must feel so much better now that you’re getting a grip on all this. Glad your husband is improving. 🙂
Soprano2
Thanks everyone, and yes it’s quite a relief to know that he’ll go to his doctor’s appointments now without any problem. Now I know that if he starts to get like that (combative and saying “leave me alone) there might be something wrong. ETA -I’ll feel even better after I get the cameras installed (I think that’s going to happen on Monday) and we finally have a plan going forward for him (and me).
On another note, did anyone here send me a friend request on FB? I have one from someone who is a real person, but I don’t recognize the name. It’s not one of those fake requests from someone who has no friends.
Betty Cracker
Shaddup, haters! Golf is fun as long as you don’t take your game too seriously. What other “sport” allows you to ride around in a cart drinking beer half the day? Also, golf courses are great for birdwatching. Yes, the peanut butter-faced clown plays golf, but he’s the one who sucks, not golf! That fucker has ruined too many other innocuous things (red ballcaps, for example). He doesn’t get to ruin golf too.
catclub
Lawn mower racing.
ETA: scratch that, Synchronized lawn mowing.
Omnes Omnibus
@Betty Cracker: My issues with golf go back to my youth and my grandfather’s “teaching.” Friday Fish Fries at his golf club were pretty good though. Also, golf carts? Who has golf carts? Anyway, I am with Churchill and Le Carre on golf. Not a fan.
Marcopolo
@Soprano2: Glad your situation has improved. Seeing progress is nice. I hope it continues for both of you.
coin operated
Golf is fun for those of us who ignore the number of strokes and instead score on the number of balls it took you to get through 18 holes.
MomSense
@Soprano2:
This is great news. Keeping fingers crossed for continued good news for you and hubby.
eversor
@Betty Cracker:
Nah golf sucks. It’s boring and stupid as shit and we all have to suffer through it because the fancy people like it. Bret BEER! is a member at the club I’m member of and they are all assholes. I have a corporate buy in because reasons and we need to talk to politicos.
On the other hand the pure driving range items are great. These are a thing here and are like six stories high and you just slug the suckers into a net.
@Anne Laurie:
I am a Scorpio. Never forgive. Summon up all your venom and rage and embrace it. Make it part of you to your core. Then come for them. Years later when they do not see it.
OzarkHillbilly
@coin operated: The price of golf balls is why I’ve never even attempted to play golf.
OzarkHillbilly
Who’s this “we all” you speak of? Fancy people or no, I’ve never had to suffer thru it. I’m with Betty here: Eat, drink, and wreck golf carts!
Omnes Omnibus
@OzarkHillbilly:
My fraternity had one of our formals at a country club and some of the lads and their dates discovered that the golf carts were “unlocked.” Mayhem ensued. Apparently. golf carts rollover fairly easily when cornering at speed. We were asked not to come back.
Betty Cracker
@eversor: You’re projecting your own terrible traits onto a game. Yet another item you should seek help for.
Omnes Omnibus
@Betty Cracker: He does point out that the members of the club of which he is a member are all assholes. Just saying.
coin operated
@OzarkHillbilly: I buy used golf balls in bulk. Beer, cigars, and golf cart shenanigans all take priority over the little white objects I’m going to lose anyway.
Mike in NC
We’ve lived on a pleasant golf course for 15 years now after bugging out of chaotic NoVA to escape that rat race. Never had the slightest urge to play the game. Wife enjoyed it until it aggravated her arthritis. I remember one of our firsts visits to the country club and encountering a gaggle of middle-aged Republican women who were complaining, “Why does there have to be a Miss Black America contest?” I wondered if that was something that kept them awake at night.
Soprano2
@Omnes Omnibus: I have a nephew-in-law who was run over by a golf cart at a company event. It was a freak accident, someone lost control of the cart and it careened down the hill right into him. He’s been dealing with it for almost two years; he has a surgery scheduled in August. It hurt his leg and foot.
Soprano2
@Mike in NC: I wonder how horrified they were the first time a black woman won Miss America. Pretty horrified, probably.
OzarkHillbilly
@Omnes Omnibus: HA!
@coin operated: I used to know a guy who dived course ponds for lost golf balls (not the only person to do so). Made a fair payback selling them back to golfers.
OzarkHillbilly
Tall tales but no dessert: the storyteller of Karachi and his ice-cream cart library
Omnes Omnibus
@Soprano2: Oh, we were probably deserving of most criticisms you could have thrown at us. With the exception of being racist and/or anti-Semitic.
eversor
@Omnes Omnibus:
I don’t mind the game itself but country clubs fucking suck. I have Chevy Chase (BRET! BEER!) Fairfax, Avanel, and Congressional all through work it and it’s insufferable jackasses.
Do you want to play golf with congress critters, SCOTUS, and Deloitte executives? It’s not fun.
But if someone wants to smoke cigars, drink scotch, and drive golf balls at a tent and not be around those assholes I’m game.
For me I’m going to stick to the rapids at Great Falls and have my fun time there!
Sure Lurkalot
@Soprano2: It’s so good to hear you’re a couple of steps ahead. I hope you can line up the help and expertise you need and get some fun time for yourself.
Also, good advice to keep current with VA programs. My FIL was career, lied about his age to get into WWII and did 2 tours of Vietnam (while hating Nixon and the military—he was a complicated man), but applied for every single program and benefit he earned. He traveled extensively in his later and last years with the money.
Belafon
@Anne Laurie:
The really bad part is we apply it to ourselves.
Jackie
Georgia related, but not golf related: I didn’t click the link as I assume subscription required…
Baud
@Jackie:
The free market always leads to the highest and best use of property.
Ken
Golf is one of the sports where I don’t understand the spectators. You stand by the seventh hole all day, watching a couple dozen people take their putts at 20-minute intervals. Meanwhile the people watching on TV are seeing all the action, such as it is.
Olympic bobsledding spectators take the gold in that category, though. Every fifteen minutes a sled blurs past you in less than two seconds, and you’re cold.
Sure Lurkalot
@Betty Cracker:
Well, there’s bocce, which in our backyard version necessitates having a ball in one hand and a beer in another. Significantly less pricey, no special duds or shoes and birds too
stinger
I don’t golf and don’t know or care if Joe does, but the White House is getting good at this.
Omnes Omnibus
@eversor: Don’t talk to me.
eversor
@OzarkHillbilly:
I hit a point in my consulting for the government career where golf is sort of manditory. And as anybody who ever served in the military will tell you mando fun sucks goat balls.
I grew up with these people and they are all horrible. As a kid the country clubs around here back in the 80s and 90s had all black staff and all the members were white and women were not allowed in the mens areas. That’s still common at many of these places. It’s pretty much the confederacy all over again at most of them.
It sucks and they suck and fuck them and fuck it. But work requires it. Now…. feed me some funny gummies and get me rip shit drunk and let one of us drive the cart around while we drive golf balls at them and I’m your Huckleberry!
WaterGirl
@eversor: John Cole gave you a 5-day time-out for your offensive comment last night that violated the comment policy.
Effective immediately.
eversor
@Omnes Omnibus:
Keep defending the kiddy fucking religion you rapist.Totally unacceptable, in violation of the comment policy.
ONE-WEEK TIMEOUT, PER JOHN COLE.
WaterGirl
@eversor: You wrote:
I believe this will get you another timeout, to be served consecutively. But I will check with John on that.
If the timeout is just for last night, you’ll be unable to comment for less than a week. If John decides this second one just now to Omnes also violates the policy, that one will get you a one-month timeout.
If they are consecutive, that will be a 5-week timeout.
J.
@Anne Laurie: Fellow Scorpion here. Never heard that motto, but it’s SO TRUE.
TBone
Clearing the air with a classic:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4w7H48tBS8
Not music, but music to my ears
The crowning achievement in golf tech: motorized golf bags with remote control 😆
Ken
@WaterGirl: We need you and John to take over for some of the Trump judges. “Three days in jail for violating the gag order. Would you like to try for seven?”
Which reminds me, one of Trump’s criminal trials starts on Monday.
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
Same. Stupid game, AFAIC. If you can be drunk, overweight and ride in a cart to do it, it’s not a sport. Same with fishing. These are past times, not sport.
eversor
@WaterGirl:
Ya’ll are the ones non stop defending rapists, kiddy fuckers, and more and then stomping your feet when you lose in elections. Banning me won’t change it. You’ll still just keep doing it and then wondering why you get crushed in elections you should win.I’m anti Christian but I’m not the one standing by child molestors or people that kept chefs on staff that raped their own staff. You all are the ones doing that.So yeah, rapist. But hey! The food was good and Jesus. Now bite the pillow close your eyes and think happy thoughts.Totally unacceptable, in violation of the comment policy.
ONE-WEEK TIMEOUT, PER JOHN COLE.
Soprano2
@WaterGirl: I think with that last comment he’s trying to get banned permanently. My immediate reaction was “Whoa, no no no no”. It’s beyond the pale to accuse another commenter of something like that with zero evidence
I agree with whoever said that poster needs to get help for his anger issues.
Nelle
@Soprano2: Thanks for this about the PACT act. I’ll have my husband see if any of this applies to him. He’s pretty healthy for an 80 year old now, but has chronic sinus issues and high blood pressure. He had three tours in Vietnam.
TBone
Feeding trolls only makes them fat and happy. Ignore.
TBone
@geg6: but, but, but, if done properly, fishing requires much more skill than golf. Mostly, it is not done properly. It’s not a sport though, on that point we agree. It is an art.
Kay
They sold the golf course here and the new owner is raising cattle for high end beef on it – super premium, goes to expensive restaurants. Eventually he plans to open a restaurant serving his own beef.
Now, FRISBEE golf is wildly popular. We have a course at the park across from my house and a lot of people use it.
WaterGirl
@Ken:
That can’t be said enough! :-)
Kay
LOTTA pot smoking among frisbee golfers, I must say :)
Kay
I realized it’s called “disc golf” after I wrote that. sorry to the disc golfers.
You are pot smokers though.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: I have always wanted there to be a golf-cart version of Grand Theft Auto. Sounds like you were living the dream. :)
Drunken Hooligan Golf-Carting, anyone?
WaterGirl
@Soprano2: I don’t actually care what he thinks.
If john doesn’t enforce the rules, then the rules aren’t really rules, are they? Then they are just useless words.
TBone
@WaterGirl: YE$ ! How are we planning to celebrate? Hubby needs more surgery (femoral artery this time) so I’m not baking or popping champagne (the champagne ban might be lifted though). All ideas for celebrating this momentous occasion welcome! I have a private stash of crunchy food and some secret chocolate for starters.
🎶
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uaqoQr-aCtQ
Barbara
@Omnes Omnibus: That’s funny. My soft spot for watching at least, goes back to my dad who liked to play golf when he had the chance. He was a caddy at the Oakmont Country Club in high school and college. I don’t play, but I sometimes watch. The Saudi incursion has taken away a lot of my interest. They make so much money already and it’s galling to hear naked greed being characterized as “doing what’s right for my family.” Clueless idiots. I like watching the ladies better, to be honest, and the differential in the amount of money involved in the women’s game versus the men’s is enormous.
WaterGirl
@TBone:
Pretty sure that’s all you need.
Omnes Omnibus
@Miss Bianca: I was not a part of the golf cart shenanigans. My date was though. I had wandered off to refresh our drinks when it all started. As corresponding secretary of the fraternity, I got to write a lot of the letters that included such phrases as “We hope that you do not judge our organization on the example of a few individuals on one occasion” and “We hope that the enclosed check….”
TBone
@Barbara: I always love watching Katharine Hepburn golfing in her prime. She smashes it!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UKOjq9gvxo8
TBone
@Omnes Omnibus: 😆
Kay
angry_staffer
True. People who think they’re winning don’t behave like this. The NYTimes political team is more confident of (their candidate) Trump winning than Trump or the RNC are.
TBone
@WaterGirl: no, I also need a bullhorn to disturb neighbors and all the golfers when something great happens! 🤣 When the 2020 election was finally called, I raised a huge ruckus in my sleepy neighborhood with car horn and bell and pots & pans lids and I need to outdo that. Air horn equipped bullhorn, hmmm, going shopping in anticipation.
raven
@Soprano2: I’m glad to hear he’s better. I was glad to get the hearing aids from the VA but, given our pretty solid health insurance, I wouldn’t want to take money from them when others need it.
Miss Bianca
@Omnes Omnibus: lol, oh dear!
JoyceH
I’ve always insisted that golf is not a sport, it’s a social activity. Howard Taft golfed more than Trump and that was back in the pre-cart days so he walked the whole course. And he was even fatter than Trump. Not a sport.
Ken
Correct. The appellation “Frisbee” should only be used for discs from the Frisbee region of southern France.
wjca
I haven’t been good on golf since I was learning to fly in the 1980s. Doing touch-and-goes. There was a golf course just past the end of the runway. Coming in to land, and suddenly there’s a golf ball in front of me. Came thru the prop unscathed. Punched a hole in the windshield. It was on course for my right eye, but I managed to jerk aside, so it only took off my headphones. Somehow managed to land smoothly.
I still have the golf ball (it’s a range ball) on a little holder on my desk.
TBone
@wjca: holy guacamole! Glad your razor sharp reflex kicked in, that’s a really close call!
Villago Delenda Est
Jose Andres is an amazing human being.
TBone
Weaselberg sentenced: five months. Should have been five years IMO.
https://abc7news.com/former-trump-organization-chief-financial-officer-allen-weisselberg-was-sentenced-wednesday-to-five-months-in-jail-for-committing-perjury/14641213/
pat
@Kay:
I wonder if they are feeding those cattle with the grass that was on the golf course. Probably lots and lots of stuff, weedkillers, fertilizers, on that grass….
Villago Delenda Est
@Ken: There’s a provision in the Treaty of Versailles stipulating that.
Paul in KY
@Soprano2: Great news! Best of luck!
Fake Irishman
@Nelle:
VA researcher here: I cannot personally evaluate your husband or do anything like that, but I believe high blood pressure is now considered automatically to have a service connection based on the PACT Act. TLDR: Definitely reach out to your local VA to investigate.
Soprano2
@Nelle: Sounds like it will definitely apply to him. The guy told me that if you served in Vietnam between 1965 and 1972 they pretty much say you were exposed to Agent Orange. Depending on his health issues he will probably qualify for something. Check with your area office on aging, mine directed me to the guy who helped with the forms.
Soprano2
@WaterGirl: I don’t care what he thinks either, just a comment on why he’s doing awful stuff like that.
Soprano2
@Fake Irishman: That’s what I was told. My husband had high blood pressure when I met him. Strange fact – he was unable to qualify for the reserves because of it. He didn’t go into the reserves immediately – he tried to get in a couple of years after he was RIF’d. He was pretty bitter about it too. He wanted to be in the reserves long enough to qualify for the retirement. If he had gone into the reserves straight from the Army it would have been fine regardless of whether he had high blood pressure or not.
cain
@WaterGirl:
I’d thought that you would have the agency to do the bans instead of having to consult John. It’s not like that things like this happen that often and this was a fairly clear violation.
TBone
@Soprano2: I wish this had come about in time for my dad (colon cancer Viet Nam vet) to have received home care help. I hope you and your hubby get excellent help going forward and that you get time to recharge and renew. Glad to hear things are improving!
WaterGirl
@cain:
JOHN IS THE DECIDER ON BANNING.
Front-pagers are not supposed to unilaterally ban people. John reserves that right for himself. As it should be.
Jackie
@TBone: Weisselberg was packed and dressed in sweatpants when he arrived at court this morning. He knew he wasn’t heading back home until Halloween decorations were in abundant display in his neighborhood 🎃👻😁
TBone
This sentence fragment made my day:
🤣😆😍
https://crooksandliars.com/2024/04/trump-tries-make-fetch-happen-again-its
TBone
@Jackie: 💙 cuffed and stuffed is how I like my criminal offenders also! I hope it’s contagious 😆
Mousebumples
Generally not a fan of golf.
Happy Gilmore is enjoyable, though. Mini golf is fun, too.
wjca
Except that I have (and always have had) the slowest reflexes of any adult I have ever met. I credit dumb luck. To quote my father: “It’s better to be lucky than good. Skills may fade, but dumb luck goes on forever.” Grateful regardless.
Geminid
@Mousebumples: I also like mini golf. One of my dreams is to win the lottery and spend a few weeks in Myrtle Beach playing a different miniature golf course each day. They have over 20 courses.
Gotta buy that lottery ticket though!
Gin & Tonic
@Ken: Not to spoil all the effort you put in to that joke, but in point of fact, none of the competitive disc sports use Frisbee-brand discs. Wham-O, the owner of that trademark, really missed the boat decades ago.
Paul in KY
@Geminid: Will say that alot of those courses down there are the same basic course.
JML
Golf is kind of amazing. It’s one of those sports where you can stink at it and still have a lot of fun if you have the right mindset. You can have a terrible round and then on one of the last holes hit a perfect drive that goes exactly where you wanted it to, feels great when you hit it, makes a great sound and all you want to do is come back the next day. (Isn’t this what heroin is supposed to be like? always chasing the perfect high?)
I refuse to let TFG ruin it. even if I hardly ever play any longer.
raven
@JML: A Good Walk Spoiled
Betty Cracker
@JML: That’s the right attitude! I play badly but do enjoy it. You’re right — even if you’re an awful player like I am, there’s joy in a well-executed drive, chip shot and putt. :)
Steeplejack
@OzarkHillbilly:
In high school my brother and his best friend had a nocturnal ball salvage operation that was quite lucrative. They sold them to golfers in bags of six and sorted them so that no one bag got all gems or all clunkers. Helped with the “sight unseen” and “no returns” policies.
JML
@Betty Cracker: I always tell people it doesn’t matter that much if you’re bad as long as you don’t play slow. what makes people crazy is when someone spends a week lining up every shot, taking 9 practice swings, re-thinking their club selection, checking the wind again, and then duffs it 20 yards. and then does that again and again. You’re not in a tournament; just step up and hit!
I gotta make time to play a round or three this year.
hueyplong
Talk of golf prompted a ticker check and it looks like Trump’s bogus stock is down another nearly 9% today. So far.
It would appear that my thoughts and prayers haven’t yet borne fruit because it still has at least some value, on paper.
Hoodie
@Betty Cracker: Generally, I get kind of bored by about the 8th hole. When I was a student in Athens we used to go to nearby golf course that, while kind of flat and featureless, was arranged in a hub and spoke manner such that every other tee was near the clubhouse, thus allowing you to replenish your beer at regular intervals. If that wasn’t frequent enough, they had young women driving around in carts equipped with coolers to meet your refreshment needs.
lowtechcyclist
@Hoodie:
Did they also provide beverages? ;-)
raven
@Hoodie: Proly Whispering Pines.
Geminid
@Paul in KY: I’m sure. And the different pancake houses I want to breakfast at before my miniature golf rounds are all the same too.
Still my dream, though. I sometimes think I have a boring life.
mrmoshpotato
Miniature golf, sure.
Regular golf, oh hell no.