The Good Morning Thread

[cksurfdude]

2 hours ago, J7Hawkins said:

Rough morning today… unbelievably, my wife and I lost our first dog we got together overnight. It’s very tragic and our household is mourning our dog of 5 years. 

Ohhhh so sooooo sorry to hear... As a fellow dog lover and dog dad to an 11 y.o. large breed and having also lost fur buddies in the past I feel your loss .....

 

[BIG STU]

8 hours ago, Preeway said:

Hawaii golf is on my bucket list and hope to tick it off once the wife and I get out there in a couple years for our 20th anniversary. Last couple of days of work for me today and tomorrow as I clean out my classroom and endure a couple of meetings that could have been emails. Then its off to Wild Horse GC on Thursday. Gonna be a great summer of golf ahead.

Being a school teacher these days in time I will say the summer break is well earned

[BIG STU]

16 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Surfs Up!! Beautiful spot - spent some time there way way back, enjoyed it!

Yep you are just up the road from me some 50 miles

[StrokerAce]

2 hours ago, J7Hawkins said:

Rough morning today… unbelievably, my wife and I lost our first dog we got together overnight. It’s very tragic and our household is mourning our dog of 5 years. 
 

on a golf note, my wife and I took the rest of the day off and are headed to play some golf and sit by the club pool to relax. I really need to grind on my 9, PW, GW clubs as those distances have been a bit unpredictable lately. Hopefully that cleans up before the member guest next weekend. 

dang... I understand your grief. similar thing happened to my wife and I as well. 

it gets better...hopefully a little time on the course and by the pool helps. thinking of you. 

[Preeway]

9 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

Being a school teacher these days in time I will say the summer break is well earned

It does feel more earned these days than it did 5-10 years ago. 

[Kenny B]

17 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Surfs Up!! Beautiful spot - spent some time there way way back, enjoyed it!

So you used Mr. Peabody and Sherman's Way Back Machine?  

 

[cksurfdude]

[Kenny B]

37 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

OMG!!

I'm jealous that you have Mr. Peabody!!!

[cksurfdude]

1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

OMG!!

I'm jealous that you have Mr. Peabody!!!

Was a gift a few years ago from the kids of old, close friends

[BIG STU]

12 hours ago, Preeway said:

It does feel more earned these days than it did 5-10 years ago. 

I agree 110% that is why I said what I said. Kids now days are not taught AT HOME to have respect for adults and that includes teachers. I have a friend of mine who taught here in the public schools for 15 years. He got tired of the back talk and not being able to do much about it. He quit got his CDL license and is driving a dump truck in fact making better money and less BS. Right now in SC we have a drastic shortage of teachers. All the BS and low pay is to blame

Edited May 31, 2023 by BIG STU

[BIG STU]

14 hours ago, J7Hawkins said:

Rough morning today… unbelievably, my wife and I lost our first dog we got together overnight. It’s very tragic and our household is mourning our dog of 5 years. 
 

on a golf note, my wife and I took the rest of the day off and are headed to play some golf and sit by the club pool to relax. I really need to grind on my 9, PW, GW clubs as those distances have been a bit unpredictable lately. Hopefully that cleans up before the member guest next weekend. 

I can feel for you we have lost several over the years. For us since we do not have kids or grandkids our dogs are like children to us. 

We lost one last year which was expected. We rescued a 12 year old chiwawa who was a one owner dog whose owner had died. He had a myrid of health problems which the agency paid the vet bills for. Of course he seemed lost all the time. His human was a lady but for some reason he took up with me. Last July his cancer came back and got into his brain. The vet was going to come by and put him down here at the house one afternoon. He actually died in my arms about an hour before she was to come over. We had him a short time and we knew what would come but we wanted him to live out his days being well cared for. Still it was hard

We have a French Bulldog we adopted right after the chiwawa and it is a story with in itself. They became best friends

[cksurfdude]

G'Day mates!

Was up early and can't get back to sleep .. a little buzz-ey excited about a certain delivery due today fora certain product test  

Hope everyone is able to have a little bit of excitement in their day today!!

[Triple_Putt]

Good morning all! Another chilly morning. Doesn’t feel like almost June! Windy and 47 right now, at least the coffee is hot! Have a great day everyone!

[Placasse61]

Good morning 

Early start today. I stayed up after Lincoln's 5:00 bathroom run.  Picked and washed lettuce and strawberries  from the garden. 8:00 tee time a Wentworth Hills in Plainville with my buddy Kevin. Here is to hopefully a better swing day!!!!

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on the "hump day" of a short work week. Temperatures and weather here for the next 10 days or so are supposed to be in the 80's - 90 degree F with sunny skies. No rain in the forecast at all, although we could use it to keep things green.

Hope that your day is everything you want or need it to be, and make it the best it possibly can be.

[Rickp]

GM & Happy Wednesday!  Have a 7:44 Tee Time for 18 this morning.  Pretty sore especially the back from all the yard work last few days but somehow I’ll make it through.  Told SWMBO no yard work for a couple days.

everyone have a great day!

[Big moose]

34 minutes ago, rkj427 said:

Good morning Spies on the "hump day" of a short work week. Temperatures and weather here for the next 10 days or so are supposed to be in the 80's - 90 degree F with sunny skies. No rain in the forecast at all, although we could use it to keep things green.

Hope that your day is everything you qwant or need it to be, and make it the best it possibly can be.

That's the same forecast for us in western PA. No rain until maybe next Friday, upper 80s. Leaving for the outer banks Saturday planning on golfing twice at nags head. 

[EasyPutter]

Good morning MGSpies, summer has arrived in WNY with air conditioning running to keep the house comfortable especially for the Corgis and SWMBO.  Walking outside feels good this morning and the absence of cans at neighbors driveways was my reminder collection pickup is delayed a day this week and will be again in a month for the next major holiday.  Coffee making my zero commute morning that much better  

Two halves of golf yesterday, front 9 with a full foursome including one regular partner and a man and son who were delightful to play with, back 9 continued on alone and caught up to a threesome that was slowed by two foursomes ahead of them so went from 11th green to the no-waiting at the 14th tee and played out to 18 before going back to catch up the two missed par-4s for a full 18 at handicap - so a good day of golf with enough sunshine left in the day to arrive home before sunset.  4:10 tee time today and hope golf is a part of your day too 

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

Hope everyone is well. I haven’t been as active on here lately but for no particular reason. I joined the golf league at my church and it starts Friday. I played an early 9 yesterday. This game makes one crazy. It’s amazing that on shots that I go after, all hell breaks loose and on shots that I settle into with a smooth easy tempo, the ball just flies nicely and the results are all I could hope for. 
I was most reflective n Memorial Day. On Sunday night my wife and I watched the Memorial Day concert from Washington D.C. As always it was incredibly moving and further brought home the wonderful words on Memorial Day by @EasyPutter 

Be well everyone.

[MattWillGolf]

23 hours ago, skraeling said:

About 24hrs from now be on the way to hawaii and golfing my little heart out.

Well among other activities haha.

Maui perhaps? I was fortunate to play the Plantation course at Kapalua. It was amazing. 

[MattWillGolf]

On 5/29/2023 at 5:21 PM, Javs said:

Fallen Saber,

It is a small world. I just happened to read this post. I am retired CWO Fishel. I was a Platoon Commander with 1/1 in Iraq and knew your brother. I also lost Chris White from my platoon that deployment and my close friend SSGT Ben Williams. Words cannot ease the pain you or your family feel for the loss. I can only reach out and say it was an honor and privileged to have served along side a brave warrior like your brother. I want to thank you and your family. You will always be in my prayers and thoughts. It is the men like your brother who gave everything so that the rest of us could live free and enjoy life. There is no way in this this post to express my feelings and admiration for your family and your brother. I don’t know if you have been in touch with Will White at Camp Hope. He is Chris’s Dad. He runs a Camp that sponsors events for wounded warriors. I hope that you can connect as it might be worth a visit there for you. God Bless your brother and your family. Semper Fi, 

I continue to be amazed by this community and its reach. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have experienced loss like this. As anxious as I was during my son’s deployment to Syria with the 2/7 it doesn’t even compare. Be well and God bless.

[Preeway]

Good morning, spies. Didn’t see a thread in the other areas so I decided to pose this question here. With school wrapping up today for the summer I now have 10 weeks to relax and re-energize. While looking at courses to play locally, I also began looking at what my budget could afford when it comes to traveling to play somewhere. Has anyone ever tried to organize an impromptu MGS day of golf with fellow spies in their region? I’m crazy enough to drive 8-12 hours for the right course, lol. Just curious if anyone else has tried to organize something like this before or if there is a thread I missed that covers this idea. Time to finish my coffee, finish my last day of school and then 9 holes in league later this afternoon. Happy hump day everyone!!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Hello all and of course good morning!

I don't know about you, but I want to see more forum user content on the main site and a good way to do this is getting some questions into Askmygolfspy! Head over to this thread, ask a question and Tony will be checking and writing answers to these on the main site!

https://forum.mygolfspy.com/topic/59525-askmygolfspy/

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies! Not much energy from me this morning. Yesterday, I completed my 9 holes for my golf league, which wrapped up my 63rd hole of golf in three days. I'm not going to lie, my body is DRAGGING today. It took a lot to get out of bed, but here I am. It is supposed to be really hot here in Iowa, so I probably am going to take advantage of giving my body a rest. Looking forward to a relaxing couple of days. Have a day everyone!

[David Leighton Reid]

Happy Wednesday!

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Good morning All, 

only 3 more work days til the weekend and another 18 holes of bliss. Be kind to one another and take care.

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone! I hope today is starting off good for each of you. I'm drinking coffee getting mentally prepared to bring our king size mattress down the stairs later. It won't be bad until it gets to the point we have to attempt to fold it to maneuver it under the ceiling at the bottom of the stairs.

I'm feeling pretty good after playing yesterday, it's amazing what a round of golf can do for the soul. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

 

[BKervin]

1 hour ago, Preeway said:

Good morning, spies. Didn’t see a thread in the other areas so I decided to pose this question here. With school wrapping up today for the summer I now have 10 weeks to relax and re-energize. While looking at courses to play locally, I also began looking at what my budget could afford when it comes to traveling to play somewhere. Has anyone ever tried to organize an impromptu MGS day of golf with fellow spies in their region? I’m crazy enough to drive 8-12 hours for the right course, lol. Just curious if anyone else has tried to organize something like this before or if there is a thread I missed that covers this idea. Time to finish my coffee, finish my last day of school and then 9 holes in league later this afternoon. Happy hump day everyone!!

Hi Preeway - it's called Spy Meet Up

[BKervin]

Good morning Spies!

It's Wednesday league day!  Other than that not much happening here in WN Pennsylvania today.  The sun is out gonna be another gorgeous day!  Have fun at whatever your day brings your way@

[JFish350]

GREAT MORNING FOLKS

 

Yes I am little juiced up this morning than normal. Leaving in about 45 minutes for a 4 round trip with 19 other players. We are all acquaintances and good friends. Driving out to Sisters OR to play Aspen Lakes at 11am. Then onto Bend for the night and Sunriver Thursday - Sunday. 

We play stroke play and pay out top 6 places and KP's. We also started doing what we call a Ryder cup style team match play. 2 teams losing team buys dinner for the winning team on the final night. One guy already owes a round for the group for texting at freaking 2 am this morning. 

 

My coffee cup is full, truck is mostly loaded, (picking two other guys on the way) and then a 2 1/2 hr float to Sisters. 

 

The elevation is about 4000'-5000'. Home it's about 500' if your one of the hills. So that should be fun to figure out club distances on a normal shot. 

 

Have a great week all. 

 

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