Fw: Ain't this the truth

Thursday is Valentine's Day. Don't screw it up i.e. vacuum cleaner or dishwasher not a smart gift. Flowers, candy, dinner all good but jewelry is the best.

What I would like in 2019:

• good health for all, no wakes in 2019 ( too many in 2018)
• a great Indian Trip ( vacation) 
  
• rain on off days only 
• a general membership meeting featuring - the pro to discuss rules changes and how we are effected as playing members, Chef to discuss his ideas going forward, membership to explain all the memberships and projected needs, introduce the new pool manager. Course Superintendent explain his long term and short term goals for MGCC.
• Seeing new items and more variety in the pro shop.
  
• Winning the Italian - Irish and the Cowboys and Indians in the same year
• Beating Rajiv and Joey D for a few bucks
• Playing gin with no arguments 
• Playing in the member / member shootout and beating Donhi too win it all with Dr. Sharma as my partner

I feel that we tend to baby our golf course. Mother Nature is one tough lady. Grass is one of her toughest inventions, it recovers from drought, deluge, diseases, and temperature swings. Please let us play. Spend more time educating the members and stop closing the course. If they can play the ATT Pebble beach and every British Open in crazy weather then we should be able to play more rounds. I don't claim to know as much as our superintendent or the greens chairman but I know we were closed more then other courses in our immediate area last year.

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A  WINTER FRIEND   

This  article is so befitting for all of us... take time to ponder... the last  statement cannot be refuted:-   


  I FIRST  STARTED READING THIS EMAIL AND WAS READING FAST UNTIL I REACHED THE THIRD  SENTENCE.  I STOPPED THEN AND STARTED OVER, READING SLOWER, AND THINKING  ABOUT EVERY WORD...  IT MAKES YOU STOP AND THINK.  
So,  please        READ SLOWLY!   

 

AND  THEN IT IS WINTER   
You  know time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing  years.  It seems like yesterday that I was young, just married, and  embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and  I wonder where all those years went.

 

I know  that I lived them all.  I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all  my hopes and dreams.    But,  here it is... the winter of my life, and it catches me by surprise... How did I  get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember  well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those "older  people" were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not  fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.   

 

But,  here it is...my friends are retired and getting grey... they move slower and I  see an older person in myself now.   Some are in better and some worse  shape than me... but, I see the great change... Not like the ones that I  remember who were young and vibrant...but, like me, their age is beginning to  show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd  be.

 

Each  day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day!   And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory!  Cause if I  don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit!

And  so... now I enter this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and  pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had  done but never did!!   But, at least I know, that though the winter  has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last... this I know, that when it's  over on this earth... it's over.   A new adventure will  begin!

Yes, I have regrets.  There are  things I wish I hadn't done... things I should have done, but indeed, there are  also many things I'm happy to have done.   It's all in a  lifetime.

So, if  you're not in your winter yet... let me remind you, that it will be here faster  than you think.  So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life,  please do it quickly!  Don't put things off too long!!  Life goes by  quickly.  So, do what you can TODAY, as you can never be sure whether this  is your winter or not!   

You have no promise that you will see  all the seasons of your life... so, LIVE FOR TODAY and say all the things that  you want your loved ones to remember.. and hope that they appreciate and love  you for all the things that you have done for them in all the years  past!!   

"Life" is a GIFT to you.  The way  you live your life is your gift to those who come after.   Make it a  fantastic one.   

Remember:  "It is  Health that is real Wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."   
 
~Your  kids are becoming you......but your grandchildren are perfect!   

~Going out is good.. coming home is even  better!   

~You forget names.... but it's OK,  because other people forgot they even knew you!!!

~You realize you're never going to be  really good at anything.... especially golf.   

~The things you used to care to do, you  no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them  anymore.   

~You  sleep better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than in bed. It's called  "pre-sleep."

~You miss the days when everything  worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..   

~You tend to use more 4 letter words ...  "what?"..."when?"...???

~Now that you can afford expensive  jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

~You notice everything they sell in  stores is "sleeveless?!"   

~What used to be freckles are now liver  spots.   

~Everybody  whispers.   

~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your  closet.... 2 of which you will never wear.   

~But "Old" is good in some things: 
Old Songs, Old  movies ...
and best of all, our dear ...OLD  FRIENDS!!   

Stay well, "OLD FRIEND!"  

Send  this on to other "Old Friends" and let them laugh in agreement!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fw: New Golf Rules for 2019 - That Seniors may have missed

Happy New Year

I think that we have been over protective to our golf course. If you let carts out today would the course be damaged? We are closed for a month plus February. Don't claim we need revenue and then close the place. You can't damage what mother nature has already wrecked. 

I just can't walk the course so I was double punished. We lose site of the fact that members are an asset that should be protected. Members are an asset that can and have left. 

Mother Nature has been a bitch all of 2018, hopefully she will return to being the loving mother we need and never seem to appreciate. 

I think I will stop here before I really get in trouble. The year is done. Revenue lost can never be retrieved so lets hope that 2019 is a better years for all. 

Again - Happy and Healthy New Years to you and your family! 

Members are our life blood so if you have anyone thinking about joining be proactive contact membership ASAP 

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under consideration for seniors 

Rule 1.a.5 

 A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior player should not be penalized for tall grass which ground keepers failed to mow. 

  

Rule 2.d.6 (B) 

A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed NOT to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree, and play the ball from there. 

 

Rule 3.B.3 

There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, thereby making it a stolen ball. The senior player is not to compound the felony by charging himself with a penalty. 

   

Rule 4.c.7(h) 

If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The Law of Gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf. 

   

Rule 5. 

Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This SHALL NOT apply to balls more than twelve inches from the Hole. No one wants to make a mockery of the game. 

Rule 6.a.9(k) 

There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds." If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior player deserves an apology, not a penalty. 

 

Rule 7.G.15(z) 

There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float.  Senior players should not be penalized for any shortcomings of the manufacturers. 

 

Rule 8.k.9(S) 

Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since this is financially impractical for many senior players, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment. 




No, the MGA Board was not completely intoxicated when these new rules were reviewed.

Fw: Check this out: Hanukkah

Happy Hanukkah which starts to night

Played yesterday and Friday, I am amazed at the shape the course is in, great job Jason and crew.

Clearing the ditch in front of 6th tee should help move water off the course

Indian night this Wednesday, this is a menu change - plus the man himself will be there (MS Donhi). Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is referred to by the media as Thala called affectionately by the CSK fans in Tamilnadu. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket. He is also regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket and is know

Christmas brunches starting 

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Fw: Ah Retirement . . .A Guy thing and funny

The Wednesday night game is back, contact John " Riverboat " Gavin for details. 

Tried to get plans at the library for plans to build an "Ark" that sob Noah never returned them. We might not have had 40 days and 40 nights of rain but mighty close. 

Someone informed me that Edison has addressed the deer problem all deer will now be called cows political way to solve the problem. Edison now has no deer but soon will be over run with political BS. 

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 It is important for men to remember that, as women grow older, it becomes harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping as when they were younger.  When you notice this, try not to yell at them.  Some are oversensitive, and there's nothing worse than an oversensitive woman.

My name is Roger Lesch.  Let me relate how I handled the situation with my wife, Peggy.

When I retired a few years ago, it became necessary for Peggy to get a full-time job, along with her part-time job, both for extra income and for the health benefits that we needed.

Shortly after she started working, I noticed she was beginning to show her age.  I usually get home from the golf club about the same time she gets home from work. Although she knows how hungry I am, she almost always says she has to rest for half an hour or so before she starts dinner.  I don't yell at her. Instead, I tell her to take her time and just wake me when she gets dinner on the table.

I generally have lunch each day in the Men's Grille at the Golf Club, so eating out is not an option in the evening.  I'm ready for some home-cooked grub when I hit that door.  She used to do the dishes as soon as we finished eating.      But now, it's not unusual for them to sit on the table for several hours after dinner.  I do what I can by diplomatically reminding her several times each evening that they won't clean themselves.   I know she really appreciates this, as it does seem to motivate her to get them done, before she goes to bed.

Another symptom of aging is complaining, I think.  For example, she will say that it is difficult for her to find time to pay the monthly bills during her lunch hour.  But, boys, we take 'em for better or worse, so I just smile and offer encouragement.  I tell her to stretch it out over two, or even three days. That way, she won't have to rush so much.  I also remind her that missing lunch completely now and then wouldn't hurt her any (if you know what I mean).   I like to think tact is one of my strong points.

When doing simple jobs, she seems to think she needs more rest periods.  For example, she had to take a break when she was only half-finished mowing the front lawn.  I try not to make a scene.  I'm a fair man... I tell her to fix herself
a nice, big, cold glass of freshly squeezed lemonade and just sit for a while.   And, as long as she is making one for herself, she may as well make one for me, too.

I know that I probably look like a saint in the way I support Peggy.  I'm not saying that showing this much patience & consideration is easy.   Many men will find it difficult.  Some will find it impossible !!!!   Nobody knows better than I do how frustrating women get as they get older. However, guys, if you even use just use a little more tact and less criticism of your aging wife because of this article, I will consider that writing it was well worthwhile.    After all, we are put on this earth to help each other.


EDITOR'S NOTE:

Roger Lesch died suddenly on January 31, of a perforated rectum.

The police report says he was found with a Calloway extra-long 50-inch Big Bertha Driver II golf club jammed up his rear end, with barely 5 inches of grip showing, and a sledge hammer laying nearby.

His wife Peggy was arrested and charged with murder.  The all-woman jury took only 10 minutes to find her Not Guilty  - -  accepting her defense that Roger, somehow without looking, accidentally sat down on his golf club.

A hole in one, so to speak !!!!

 

 

 

Fw: Gulf Buddies

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving

Hopefully 2018 will end and 2019 will be drier 

Think that foretees needs to be more forgiving.

Black Friday passed, cyber Monday tomorrow but it seems to rain every day 

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 Gulf Buddies

What luck,!

Fw: Greatest Golf Lesson Ever

I just love this golf lesson. It has been around before but it is worth revisiting

Remember to reset clocks back tonight

Not a big fan of the frozen tundra which should be a December event. Thinking that it will not be frozen at all

November Thanksgiving at MGCC

Foretees is nice but not very forgiving 

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Re: Contest

Went to a member guest at another club, a pay back for ours of two weeks ago. The other club had a nicer tee gift ( who cares) and the pro staff was very well dressed ( again who cares): MGCC was better in the important stuff: Food, service and most importantly the golf course. Nice job Joe, Jason, Andy, Chef and staff. 

Indians won again in the now annual Cowboys & Indians Tourney: Dr Sharma's par on 18 sealed the deal. Wait till next year again.

Have played away a number times this year, MGCC is one of the best tracks around. We just don't realize how good a job Jason and staff have done.

The deer herd needs to be culled. those cute babies are  eating machines. Heavy deer leave hoof prints on soft greens( bad combination) much worse then ball marks. 

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range

I just would like you as a group to revisit a first tee range.

Even if we tried it for the month of November. I honestly believe that the positives would out weigh the negatives. If an easy solution was available it would have been done. The people on the range and the first tee would be in eye line of each other which has to be safer then the current practice area where nine is dangerously in play. The tree line protects the 17th fairway and green. 

Rock Springs currently has a range which crosses their 18th fairway. 

Try it you'll like it 

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Fw: golfers

Congratulations to all on the Irish team for their win and to the Italian team for a great match.  

The golf course is taking a real beating. Mother nature has been a very nasty lady. The number of divots not repaired or replaced is a reflection on the membership. Gentleman its our golf course please repair and replace. 

If you missed the one day member guest you missed a fun time.  The deli lunch was just right and the dinner very nice. The greens were just the best, fast and true. I just am not sure why it wasn't better attended? The price was right, finally decent weather.

The MGCC deer herd must number a hundred.

Ed Houston went to Mt Rushmore last week, what a great trip. Ed has some great picture. America is such an amazing place 

I know that the Irish won todays event but just remember " America is a beautiful Italian name."

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A recent study found that the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year, which means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.
Kind of makes you proud. I almost feel like a hybrid.

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A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack.
"Help me dear," she groans to her husband.
The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter, and lines up his putt.
His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him. "I'm dying here and you're putting."
"Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you."
"Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly.
"No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play through."

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A gushy reporter told Phil Mickelson, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?"
Mickelson replied, "The holes are numbered."

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A young man and a priest are playing together. At a short par-3 the priest asks, "What are you going to use on this hole, my son?"

The young man says, "An 8-iron, father, how about you?"

The priest says, "I'm going to hit a soft seven and pray."

The young man hits his 8-iron and puts the ball on the green.

The priest tops his 7-iron and dribbles the ball out a few yards.

The young man says, "I don't know about you, father, but in my church, when we pray, we keep our head down."

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Police are called to an apartment and find a woman holding a bloody 3-iron standing over a lifeless man.

The detective asks, "Ma'am, is that your husband?"

"Yes" says the woman.

"Did you hit him with that golf club?"

"Yes, yes, I did." The woman begins to sob, drops the club and puts her hands on her face.

"How many times did you hit him?"

"I don't know -- put me down for a five."

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A golfer teed up his ball on the first tee, took a mighty swing and hit his ball into a clump of trees. He found his ball and saw an opening between two trees he thought he could hit through.

Taking out his 3-wood, he took a mighty swing. The ball hit a tree, bounced back, hit him in the forehead and killed him.

As he approached the gates of Heaven, St. Peter asked, "Are you a good golfer?"

The man replied: "Got here in two, didn't I?

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The bride was escorted down the aisle and when she reached the altar, the groom was standing there with his golf bag and clubs at his side.

She said: "What are your golf clubs doing here?"

He looked her right in the eye and said, "This isn't going to take all day, is it?"