TheWahoo

It does remind me of the one about the guy that told his buds that he would not be able to play in their normal Saturday morning foursome because his wife demanded that he stay home. While he was a bit later than usual, he did show up to play. His buds asked why are you here, we thought that you wife wanted you home. He replied " well ya see it is our anniversary. The wife and I got up had some breakfast and then the wife said- tie me to the bed and then do whatever you want. So here I am.

A couple of Canadian buds came to the US on a snowbird golf trip. Unfortunately, one of them took ill and had to be admitted into a hospital. Upon leaving his room after treating him, a nurse reported to a fellow nurse. That Canadian patient has Swan tattooed on his pecker. Well, the other nurse couldn't resist going in to see. A while later, she comes out and says: That tattoo doesn't say Swan, it says Saskatchewan.

Like others, I want to congratulate GolfSpy Stroker and GolfSpy MPR for their selection as our new moderators and to genuinely thank them for assuming those roles. Know that your service to this site is appreciated. I also would like to thank GolfSpy_CG2 and GolfSpy Studque for their efforts to review the applicants and select our new moderators as I'm sure it was not an easy task. We were sure that you would approach the task with due diligence and select the best individuals to fill the role. You did a great job and did not let us down.

That reminds me of the story of the guy that would ask the Pharmacist to cut his Viagra into quarters. The Pharmacist stated that it would weaken its potency. The guy replied--I'm just trying not to piss on my shoes. Using Viagra is a lot like going to Disney World-one must wait an hour for a 3 minute ride. Many nursing homes give their male residents a nightly Viagra-it keeps them from rolling out of bed.

Can you imagine if Brady and Rodgers played under the same rules as Johnny U. or Bart Starr, I'm guessing both would be retired by now. Watching a pro game is like going to some sort of flag day. Sometimes, I think the winning team should give the game ball to the officials.

Remember, the game is called football so it only seems appropriate that the ball be kicked occasionally. In other locales, soccer is called football. I can just visualize some of the residents of those locales asking: so tell me, why is that called football?

That "Old Fart" badge is clearly me. But I like to think I would wear it well.

From my perspective, the Twilight Zone would be now after 15 years, my Hoos beat the Hokies. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the Hokies on their victory. We did take it into overtime. I'll most likely make a visit to home over the Holidays and will see my cousins that sent their kids to VTech. I will take it like the Wahoo I am, I will be drinking. Now the next question for me is can Army beat Navy three years in a row? Living in Annapolis, I most likely will remain silent regardless of the outcome.

Like you, I do find that I now fill up faster, so to speak, so I do have that going for me. Also, I think I am going to say to the relatives-"you need to take home more than that."

Over the last nine months or so, I have been watching my food intake in both type and volume. As a result, I have lost about 15 pounds. I decided that my effort to lose weigh should be done rather slow and easy, because I am trying to change my dietary lifestyle. If I had attempted some sort of crash diet, I feared that it would not be a genuine lifestyle change and when I reached my goal, I could revert back to my old lifestyle given what I thought could be the pain and aggravation of a crash effort. But now comes the holiday season. I'm not sure how it happened, but our place has become the locale where my wife's rather large family gathers on the holidays, such as Thanksgiving tomorrow. Every year, the wife says that she is not going to prepare as much food, but, every year, she fixes enough to feed an army. While she gives everyone their share of leftovers to take home, we still have a lot of food remaining in the fridge to be eaten and most assuredly we will do so. Once that is accomplished, Christmas and New Years is not that far away. Accordingly, I'm not sure how I am going to handle my typical holiday lifestyle. I'm thinking that if I can not gain any weight or keep it to only two or three pounds, I did good. I'm guessing that I am not the only one with holiday concerns, so permit me to ask, how do you handle it.

A while back, I wrote a post about my bud's grandson's effort as a freshman member of his high school golf team and how much I enjoyed watching him play as well as his fellow young golfers. There is a local magazine, "Eastern Shore Golf", its about 80% advertising for eastern shore businesses with local golf topics spread throughout. The cover of the Nov/Dec issue has a group picture of the top 20 high school golfers on the Eastern Shore. I am happy to report that my bud's grandson is in the picture, mind you that he is a freshman. I also took pleasure that I recognized many of the other faces and names as well knowing that they are all good kids. It was truly a pleasure to support them. Additionally, a good friend and retired pro from a couple of the clubs in which I was a member has been inducted into the Eastern Shore Hall of Fame. Obviously, I am happy about that as well. Perhaps, his only failure was getting me out of a sand bunker.

That's why, in the mornings, when I'm getting ready to greet the world, I tune to "Morning Drive" on TGC. There are several shows on TV that I follow and like. But I always DVR them. The one thing I dislike as much as the news are commercials, this allows me to fast forward through them. Sometimes, I watch the shows again in case I missed something the first time. Occasionally, for domestic points, I will watch the Bravo channel with the wife. She likes those "Real Housewives of ......." shows. The one consistency seems to be that all of the so-called housewives are living the good life, so to speak, but they just don't know how to be happy. I guess it shows that a happy person will be happy, a miserable person will find a way to be miserable.

Sorry, at my age and health, I find that I can no longer march. But if I could get a handicap flag and a cart............... If the issue is equal access to golf equipment, perhaps, we should invite the ladies to join us. That would make the march much more enjoyable and I would be willing to share my cart.

Well, the wife came home from the Ravens game rather happy. Like many, she thought the rookie quarterback, Jackson, did well in his first start. From my perspective, the other backup quarterback, "Three Sticks" (aka RG III) perhaps, should mentor him and provide some advice. Specifically, he could say "Hey kid, you did well, but you should really learn to throw the ball. I can tell you from personal experience, if you keep running like that, you're gonna get hurt." While I agree that Jackson did well and should be commended, because he was a rookie quarterback, it somewhat overshadowed the play of another rookie, the running back, Edwards. I was really sorry to see one of my Redskins, Smith, get such a serious injury. One hates to see anyone injured like that. While I genuinely hope and pray that he makes a full recovery, I would hope that Theisman might suggest to him that it is time to retire.

While I was disappointed with Mizuno, I must commend them for their honesty. A while back, I saw in a golf magazine where Mizuno offered a set that was considered one of the top "game improvement" clubs. I contacted Mizuno about the availability of left handed clubs in that model. Their response was that unfortunately they do not offer those clubs in a left handed version. They explained that the demand for left handed clubs in that model did not warrant the cost to produce left handed clubs. While I was disappointed, again, I must applaud their honesty.