The Good Morning Thread

[Rob Person]

BRRRRRR!  ITS 28⁰ here this morning, high of 44⁰ expected,  same for tomorrow.  All you northerners come get this weather back please!

Got a round in yesterday,  but was windy windy! Shot a 44 front, 49 back. The lochness monster jumped up and snagged those balls!  But it was a great day none the less.

DUNKIN coffee in the brewer,  and ready to get the day going as soon as it breaks 35⁰. Honey do list is flexing itself today for me. With 10 xmas inflatables, of course she doesn't like the way they look from the road. So I'll be re-arranging them according to a diagram she drew up last night. Have a great day spies!

[Rob Person]

48 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Good morning, everyone. Coffee isn’t in hand yet but it’s almost ready. I’m a pour over kind of guy so it takes a few minutes. I used to make it by the pot but I was dumping so much down the drain I went and bought one of those hot water pitchers and now make as much as the day demands. Also seems to taste better this way too. 
On a side note, be sure to tag your fellow spies if you enter any holiday giveaways on IG or Twitter (yes it’s twitter, not X). I tagged @Jnoble89 and now we both get gift cards to PGA Super Store!

If you don’t know any fellow spies on IG, my handle is tripletdadne and now you also know Jasons’s ! 
Have a great hump day!

Congrats!  I'm searchable on IG and FB, same name. Feel free to add me.  Going to search here for a social media name thread now

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies! Late night last night leads to a slow morning this morning. Didn't get home until after 10:00 pm after officiating two varsity basketball games. Luckily, today is a short day at work, so hopefully, the tiredness arrays away. Halfway through the work week which means we are on the downhill side!

I hope yall have a wonderful Wednesday!

[Preeway]

30 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Congrats!  I'm searchable on IG and FB, same name. Feel free to add me.  Going to search here for a social media name thread now

Not a bad idea. I know it isn't that hard to look at each person's profile but a thread couldn't hurt, for those that want to be outed. I know my kids are tired me tagging them in the contests I enter on IG, lol

[Rob Person]

13 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Not a bad idea. I know it isn't that hard to look at each person's profile but a thread couldn't hurt, for those that want to be outed. I know my kids are tired me tagging them in the contests I enter on IG, lol

I could definitely use a few more tagging buddies!  There are some insane IG promos that I will never win on.   

I did find one post, it's from 2016, but I just posted in it.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Good morning All, 

weather is cold, coffee is hot. Carry on.

Have a great Wednesday!

[Preeway]

I think I’ve won 4 or 5 giveaways in 2023. Pair of FootJoy Hyperflex shoes, head covers from Cayce Golf and a driver cover from TPC Colorado and a polo shirt and pants from Travis Matthew from PGA Pappas. Never anything crazy like a set of clubs but still cool to win. Drives my kids nuts when they see me tagged as a winner. Much better this time to spread the joy to a fellow spy. 

[cnosil]

24 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Not a bad idea. I know it isn't that hard to look at each person's profile but a thread couldn't hurt, for those that want to be outed. I know my kids are tired me tagging them in the contests I enter on IG, lol

 

9 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

I could definitely use a few more tagging buddies!  There are some insane IG promos that I will never win on.   

I did find one post, it's from 2016, but I just posted in it.

there was an Instagram list created a couple of years ago.  There is also a group chat on IG with a bunch of people that post the giveaways they find  @xOldBenKenobiX is the recent king of giveaways and probably has a garage full of things he’s won.  

 

[Coachbutt]

Good morning.  No procedure today. Waiting for call last night for surgery time and none came,called # on form and found out that it was canceled. Follow up call this morning and still no answers. Cryptic call from cardiologist on Monday night may be telling as he did not expressly say that he would not clear me. Little disappointed.  Cold here 39° at7am suns out and steam coming off pool.

 

[cnosil]

2 minutes ago, Coachbutt said:

Good morning.  No procedure today. Waiting for call last night for surgery time and none came,called # on form and found out that it was canceled. Follow up call this morning and still no answers. Cryptic call from cardiologist on Monday night may be telling as he did not expressly say that he would not clear me. Little disappointed.  Cold here 39° at7am suns out and steam coming off pool.

 

Tough to hear when you have gotten yourself psyched up for something like this only to find out that it was cancelled at the last minute.   Hope they figure out the logistics quickly.

[russtopherb]

Good morning all! Second cup of coffee is about to hit the system to prep me for too many meetings today. I got an email from Mikey at TXG yesterday letting me know my Caley 01CBs that I won via their Instagram contest are on the way, which is awesome. I'll probably only be able to hit them on a sim for a little bit, but I'm excited to see how well I get along with them. Fingers crossed for a warm day where I can get them outside for a bucket or two.

[Shrek74]

Good morning Spies! Happy Hump Day everybody.
It was 17* when I woke up and it's currently 24*.
I'm sitting at the doctor's office waiting to have blood drawn. I'm in shorts and a hoodie and getting a ton of funny looks. I walked into my garage and into the car. Then walked about 20 yards from my car into the doctor's office, which is very warm inside. No reason to bundle up, IMHO. But that's just me.
Have a great day all!

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[tdroma98]

Good Wednesday Morning Spies! 

Ccccold Cccentral Florida morning.  48 degrees and clear skies.  Passed on playing golf this morning. Instead on 2nd cup of hot espresso coffee. Working from home this morning, dealing with client insurance claims. Person in their vehicle drove through front of clients store, thankfully store was closed & no one hurt. Will have to brave the cold weather & venture to office LOL. 

Good luck @Coachbutt with docs & cryptic cardiology call! 

Have a Happy Hump Day Everyone! Stay warm & hit'em straight! 

[tony@CIC]

13 hours ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

Sorry about the lateness in answering. I checked the forum following golf today and started to answer and lost the entire forum ( server issues ) for a few hours.  
    We are in the Ft.Myers/Cape Coral. Was recommended by a former co-worker.

Too bad - you're about 100 miles south of us. If you're ever in the Ruskin/Sun City Center (exit 240) let me know we can play a round at our courses (1 - 27 and 1 - 18 hole)

[Rob Person]

9 minutes ago, Coachbutt said:

Good morning.  No procedure today. Waiting for call last night for surgery time and none came,called # on form and found out that it was canceled. Follow up call this morning and still no answers. Cryptic call from cardiologist on Monday night may be telling as he did not expressly say that he would not clear me. Little disappointed.  Cold here 39° at7am suns out and steam coming off pool.

 

Ooof! ESPECIALLY harder knowing you have to "prep" yourself at least 12 hours in advance usually for any procedure.

Hopefully you get in soon!

[cnosil]

54 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Not a bad idea. I know it isn't that hard to look at each person's profile but a thread couldn't hurt, for those that want to be outed. I know my kids are tired me tagging them in the contests I enter on IG, lol

I added you to the group messages.    @Rob Personcouldn’t find your Instagram account.  

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good morning all on what feels like an almost warm 22 degrees after single digit temps yesterday .

Have to thank @Preeway for tagging me in the IG giveaway that AZ golf association put on! I saw him mention earlier he's won a handful this year, as have I. So the IG giveaways are legit! I also saw @cnosil shared the tagging thread, so no need for me to share that again. I am also proof that big prizes can be won. I do not share this to brag, because it's been just a lucky year, but I have won a PX HZRDUS shaft, perfect practice putting mat, Scotty Cameron putter plus apparel and accessories from the company that did the giveaway and a Flightscope prize package that included a Mevo.

Feel free to tag me for any giveaways you want. There's a pretty solid contingency of MGS forum members that are good about doing that as well.

Hope everyone has a great day!

[xOldBenKenobiX]

52 minutes ago, cnosil said:

 

there was an Instagram list created a couple of years ago.  There is also a group chat on IG with a bunch of people that post the giveaways they find  @xOldBenKenobiX is the recent king of giveaways and probably has a garage full of things he’s won.  

 

King is a stretch, I got say I am ore of a journeyman, I enter pretty much all tagging giveaways that I see on IG.

Good morning everyone, I hope everybody is doing great on this cold morning.
 

 

[ZoonORama]

Good morning Spies and Happy Hump Day!!

Today is Electronic Greetings Day (not kidding) so here goes….. “Hello World”. Done.

Really cold here today but warming later in the week to something not frozen. So, I’ll try to get to the heated range to hit some balls. I’m going to try and take a pretty decent golf swing, mix in a bunch of new swing thoughts, and then combine that with off center strikes to see how that works. Or I might just try to incorporate 3 or 4 new techniques I saw on YouTube. That usually has the same result as the afore mentioned process.

I did get some new Takomo wedges. I bought the 52 when I got the 101Ts and loved it. Picked up the 56 and 60. Compared to my other wedges, the bounce is really high (52/10, 56/12, 60/12). I tried them out last week for the first time, expecting to blade everything when opening them up and to my surprise, they were fine. Pretty smooth actually, even off of a mat. So, we will see once the courses dry in the summer and lies are pretty firm.

Have a wonderful week all!

Cheers 

[Rob Person]

58 minutes ago, cnosil said:

I added you to the group messages.    @Rob Personcouldn’t find your Instagram account.  

https://instagram.com/robperson_?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==

[jbern]

Good morning! Unexpectedly busy morning so far. I haven't even gotten around to having my coffee, but I'll get it after I post this. Today is recycle day at the house and the amount of cardboard we need to put in the recycle bin is mind blowing and makes me want to rethink all of our holiday purchases. Luckily, I didn't get any cardboard cuts from breaking them all down.

@Preeway, @Jnoble89, @cnosil, @xOldBenKenobiX feel free to add me to IG giveaways also. I do them when I can so it'll be nice to not pester my families accounts with that stuff!  My Instagram handle is jbern26.

 

[sirchunksalot]

I need my secondary Instagram added to the group chat @huntnflagstx, I've not been able to sign in to my primary since I got a new phone. 

Edited November 29, 2023 by sirchunksalot

[David Leighton Reid]

After 10 days with no golf, I took advantage of a warm day and hit the course.  It was an effort to walk 18 holes  having the waning stages of the creeping crud, but it was definitely enjoyable to get out and play.

 

This cartoon reminds me of the movie Misery.

 

 

[Dead Solid Bogey]

WOW, just wow… The people of Florida across the spectrum are just so nice,  friendly, and generous. 
  Got a police escort to the airport, ultra VIP rental car return and flight check-in ( I never knew that there was such a service. Everyone involved was  more than determined that we made our flight in plenty of time and that the flight was given top priority for take off… Just the best of the best people. Was a tad disappointed that no one invited us to ever come back to Florida.  
   Back in Texas and headed for her highness’s dark kingdom. 
  May the rest of the mid-week be to your liking. 

 

[tony@CIC]

34 minutes ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

WOW, just wow… The people of Florida across the spectrum are just so nice,  friendly, and generous. 
  Got a police escort to the airport, ultra VIP rental car return and flight check-in ( I never knew that there was such a service. Everyone involved was  more than determined that we made our flight in plenty of time and that the flight was given top priority for take off… Just the best of the best people. Was a tad disappointed that no one invited us to ever come back to Florida.  
   Back in Texas and headed for her highness’s dark kingdom. 
  May the rest of the mid-week be to your liking. 

 

Details, details, details please. 

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

WOW, just wow… The people of Florida across the spectrum are just so nice,  friendly, and generous. 
  Got a police escort to the airport, ultra VIP rental car return and flight check-in ( I never knew that there was such a service. Everyone involved was  more than determined that we made our flight in plenty of time and that the flight was given top priority for take off… Just the best of the best people. Was a tad disappointed that no one invited us to ever come back to Florida.  
   Back in Texas and headed for her highness’s dark kingdom. 
  May the rest of the mid-week be to your liking. 

 

Haha. Got run outta there did ya. 

[Kenny B]

Late to the party today, so Good Evening everyone!  Hope you day was better than mine.  It started off like normal... 2 cups of coffee, but them my wife thought it would be a good idea to call about our Medicare insurance.  It was, but we spent two hours on the phone and I then had to run to my physical therapy appointment.  

When I returned, my wife said that the golf course was opening around 9:30 and it was wide open.  I knew she wanted to play and there were no ladies signed up today, so I said I would play.  Big mistake!  I thought I had made a mistake once back in 1967,  but I was mistaken.   Well, this was a mistake!!  31º and a high fog... no sun all day.  I hit some pretty good shots in-between many pretty bad shots, but I was freezing all day; had 6 layers on top and 2 on the legs.  I have no idea what I scored, and I'm sure my 2nd mistake won't be this year.  She can go alone.  

[Samuel09152]

Well I know it’s not morning, so good afternoon/goodnight to all the spies out there. 
 

little update: little one does have another ear infection, we will be taking her to an ENT to take tubes but that’s tbd. She is on antibiotics and getting better. We hope these antibiotics do the trick. We have tried a couple different ones in the past, so hopefully this one will knock it out and we will get our happy baby back.
 

The past 48 hrs have been a wild ride. I had a bad case of food poisoning, I believe. Yesterday was AWFUL! Never felt so sick in my life and I have literally survived deaths bed with staph infections. Today is a lot better just trying to get energy back from losing 7 lbs in a 12 hr span and 10 over 24 hrs. I know I needed to lose my Thanksgiving weight but I planned doing that by hitting the golf course/sim bit the bathroom floor/bed. The devil really was testing me but he didn’t win this time. I don’t wish that on anyone, not even my worst enemies. 
 

still haven’t gotten to play GSPro. Waiting till I have some time to mess with it! Hopefully by Friday I’ll have the energy to do so! 

 

anyways thank y’all for the prayers/vibes/ support for the little one! Yall are the best! Be the blessing! 

[fixyurdivot]

51 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

Late to the party today, so Good Evening everyone!  Hope you day was better than mine.  It started off like normal... 2 cups of coffee, but them my wife thought it would be a good idea to call about our Medicare insurance.  It was, but we spent two hours on the phone and I then had to run to my physical therapy appointment.  

When I returned, my wife said that the golf course was opening around 9:30 and it was wide open.  I knew she wanted to play and there were no ladies signed up today, so I said I would play.  Big mistake!  I thought I had made a mistake once back in 1967,  but I was mistaken.   Well, this was a mistake!!  31º and a high fog... no sun all day.  I hit some pretty good shots in-between many pretty bad shots, but I was freezing all day; had 6 layers on top and 2 on the legs.  I have no idea what I scored, and I'm sure my 2nd mistake won't be this year.  She can go alone.  

It's time you guys buy that winter home here in The Grand.   And you can stay in the "casita" anytime you need to when looking at homes.

Edited November 30, 2023 by fixyurdivot

[bens197]

16 hours ago, EasyPutter said:

Good morning MGSpies from white wintery last falling snow for a few days WNY on this Wednesday  hot coffee helping the surge into computer online navigating the network from basement command central, glad of the no-commute day with only wife and daughter to clear snow off vehicles and help them on their way when it is time.  

Yesterday's hot water heater issue required a complete replacement, turns out they aren't made anymore with repairable electronic parts so 10 years is life expectancy my friends and going rate around here is $1250 installed.  On the plus side it might be 25F outside but the hot water is near scalding, careful dear 

Rob @rkj427 as soon as that warmth starts moving in would appreciate you sliding it my way quickly and no doubt @bens197 and @MattWillGolf will too as it slides past my neck of the woods.  Hope golf of some kind is part of your day! 

 I would take the warmth…sub 30 hit me a little harder than I hoped.

BTW - $1250 for a new hot water heater installed isn’t too bad.