The Official "Good Morning" Thread

[DevilWearsPrada2.0]

Good morning.

No Ruthie to have breakfast with this morning

Good Morning!!

Ozzie, I hope you have a good day. I am sure you are in Ruthie Depression. Have several cups of coffee, and then switch to an adult beverage. I know you miss the kids, and especially sweet lil' Ruthie! Cheer up!

[Very Duke Blue]

For some reason, I could not get on the internet this morning. Very late Good Morning y'all.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Good morning.

It's a golf day. I hope my body remembers what that is - I haven't played in about a month.

[captmojo]

Good morning.

It's a golf day. I hope my body remembers what that is - I haven't played in about a month.

It's a great day for it. The temps have been marvelous since Thursday.

Or...was that since they first appeared in the Motown Studios?

Willie is about to take off to visit the vet to see about an ear infection. He'll be fine. After a grooming visit last Monday...have you ever seen a shaven Irish Setter? It's hilarious! But, he's a lot cooler than he was.

Have a wonderful weekend!

[Very Duke Blue]

Give Willie a hug for me Capt'. I wish the weather would stay the way it's been the last couple of days. I have another busy day ahead of me. Bud will be getting the garage ready for our yearly corn freezing. I think the corn will be ready this coming week. I'll be glad when we're done. To bad our kids are not around to help. Enjoy your day CTN world.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good morning.

[lawgrad91]

Good morning. Headed out to ride bikes today.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good morning. Headed out to ride bikes today.

You ever go to the New River Trail? My mom lives real close (within bike riding distance!) to one section of it. It's an old railway line converted into a bike/hiking path. I don't know how long it is, but I know it's over 50 miles. When we went up at Easter, she took Fordgirl and I with my stepdad to a section I hadn't been to before. Really beautiful. FG was a wimp though and we had to stop after 3 miles.

[lawgrad91]

Good morning. Headed out to ride bikes today.

You ever go to the New River Trail? My mom lives real close (within bike riding distance!) to one section of it. It's an old railway line converted into a bike/hiking path. I don't know how long it is, but I know it's over 50 miles. When we went up at Easter, she took Fordgirl and I with my stepdad to a section I hadn't been to before. Really beautiful. FG was a wimp though and we had to stop after 3 miles.

I haven't! We just got our bikes this spring. We went to the Yadkin River Greenway near North Wilkesboro. B decided to stop and look at the river on a wooden bridge downhill of me, and I ended up with a nice road rash (wood rash?) on my left knee, which feels like it got hit with a hammer.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good morning. Headed out to ride bikes today.

You ever go to the New River Trail? My mom lives real close (within bike riding distance!) to one section of it. It's an old railway line converted into a bike/hiking path. I don't know how long it is, but I know it's over 50 miles. When we went up at Easter, she took Fordgirl and I with my stepdad to a section I hadn't been to before. Really beautiful. FG was a wimp though and we had to stop after 3 miles.

I haven't! We just got our bikes this spring. We went to the Yadkin River Greenway near North Wilkesboro. B decided to stop and look at the river on a wooden bridge downhill of me, and I ended up with a nice road rash (wood rash?) on my left knee, which feels like it got hit with a hammer.

Ugh! The New River one is very nice..it's all flat, but has some great views over some train tressles, with lots of places to stop to picnic along the way.

Here's a map of the trail and the towns it goes through. (Click for a closeup)

Here's FG trying not to fall off her bike.

Here is a view of the river just off the trail.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Good morning.

Here's a great quote from Austin Rivers:

"Coach K knows what the hell he's talking about."

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_stor ... in_article

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good morning.

[captmojo]

Good Mornin'!
The cooler temperatures were nice. Too bad they begin to come to a screechin' halt today.
Oh well. Time for some Buckwheat pancakes and bacon. Mmmm.

[Very Duke Blue]

Good morning.

Here's a great quote from Austin Rivers:

"Coach K knows what the hell he's talking about."

http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_stor ... in_article

Thanks Ozzie, that's good reading.

[Very Duke Blue]

Good Morning.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good Mornin'!
The cooler temperatures were nice. Too bad they begin to come to a screechin' halt today.
Oh well. Time for some Buckwheat pancakes and bacon. Mmmm.

Sounds tasty. The temps were so awesome..I even put on a long sleeve shirt to walk Xiola last night.

[DevilWearsPrada2.0]

Good Morning!!!!

[CameronBornAndBred]

Good morning.

[CathyCA]

Good morning!

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Good morning.

Golf on Saturday was perfect. Oh, wait, 100 is not a perfect score; quite the opposite. Not one par, although I did have one 5' par putt lip out on the "pro" side, but that's as close as I came. I seriously questioned why I should ever come back to the course again.

For some reason on Sunday, I did, knowing I'd either confirm Saturday's ineptitude or not, but at least get in a good 2 or 4 mile walk. But after a butt-ugly 7 on the first hole, something strange happened. Suddenly some of my shots actually started looking like my shots were supposed to look. I actually made a par on the second hole, a par 5. I hit a short but decent drive on that hole, leaving me just under 300 yards to the green. I figured the only club I hit decently on the driving range was the 7-iron, so why not hit that for the second shot? I normally hit that club about 150 yards, and that's what I did, leaving myself another 150 still in the fairway. So I hit another 7-iron to the front of the green, and since the pin was on the front, I 2-putted for my par. It was very satisfying to say the least. Several bogeys followed, but I used the same driver, 7-iron, 9-iron strategy on the par 5 seventh hole for my second par! Eight and nine are short par 4's, and with decent in the fairway drives and short irons into the green, clubs I suddenly could hit again, I parred both those holes and ended up with a 43, a full 10+ shots lower than on Saturday. I say + because some of the 7's on Saturday's card were as high as I could write down (for handicap purposes), and they were really higher, possibly much higher if it had been a tournament and EVERY shot counted - you know, REAL golf. ;)

The back nine was more good, solid golf, initially with only short irons from the fairway. But then, jeeze, I needed a 6-iron to reach a pin, and I talked myself into hitting the 6 like it was the 7, and I left myself a 10 footer for birdie, tap in par. And on 13, our signature par 4, dogleg left, water on the right in front of the green, pin in the back, I was 185 to the flag. What should be a perfect 4-iron for me, what used to be one of my favorite clubs but one I haven't hit well since, umm, last summer. What the hell, why not. Nailed it! Beautiful high draw over the water, ball stops 6 feet from the pin. Birdie putt just misses on the low side. On 15 I made my 8 inch birdie putt. Ended up with a 41, shooting an 84, which used to be a "normal" score for me.

Caused me to do something really dumb, too. I signed up for next weekend's Club Championship tournament, which after Saturday's round I saw no purpose in doing. It's flighted by handicap, and I don't play in the Championship flight, never have, but I like to be competitive and have a chance to win something, either gross or net, in my flight. We'll see.