tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post8902644744638775712..comments2023-11-03T09:25:57.607-04:00Comments on 829 southdrive: Where Einstein Sailed and Tillerman RanBaydoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-60345744662123001072014-10-22T20:01:02.540-04:002014-10-22T20:01:02.540-04:00Doug, get with the programDoug, get with the programBaydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-57640100725736084732012-04-19T22:37:29.358-04:002012-04-19T22:37:29.358-04:00The best way to approach that hole is hit to hit a...The best way to approach that hole is hit to hit a nice little fade off tee, compensating for that slight dogleg right, Placing your ball about 175 yards out and giving you beautifully approach shot. Now take out your six or seven iron and think "birdie"! This is important. Now line up, check stance, position and grip. Your ready, swing away hitting the ball thin and sending straight into the water trap. No worries all frustration can be alleviated by repeatedly smashing your iron against the golf cart, ball cleaner and your golf partner. Tillerman, you Golf?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502931086947044367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-7619637255265635522012-04-19T16:31:44.961-04:002012-04-19T16:31:44.961-04:00I don't golf often, but when I do - it's m...I don't golf often, but when I do - it's more for the company than the sport. My dad, brothers, and brothers-in-law all go on a fall retreat weekend to a sweet place on Lake Michigan - and I usually golf 1 or 2 rounds with them that weekend. We also mix in running on the sand dunes, jumping off the pier (10 or 12 foot drop) in the cold waters of Lake Michigan, occasionally sailing if I trailer up my Sunfish, eating delicious food at the camp, and drinking some cold beers.<br /><br />For me, the golf we fit into this weekend is more the time to enjoy a few hours with the guys in my family.<br /><br />As for Colgate, at least the college wasn't named after a Beaver.my2fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457239434851029876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-37802884254402636272012-04-19T11:01:40.035-04:002012-04-19T11:01:40.035-04:00As everyone knows (or to put it another way, I rea...As everyone knows (or to put it another way, I read it on the Internet) Einstein once said, "In golf as in life it is the follow through that makes the difference."Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-60685638553327494172012-04-18T21:43:29.524-04:002012-04-18T21:43:29.524-04:00Einstein discovered that if you drove your car at ...Einstein discovered that if you drove your car at night at the speed of light and turned on your headlights, nothing would happen. <br /><br />Ah, time honored Scottish game called "where did it go?" It was better before electric carts. They started requiring those to make people play faster so the courses could make more money.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-51901519549323392142012-04-18T15:22:32.227-04:002012-04-18T15:22:32.227-04:00Are you allowed to take your dog with you In those...Are you allowed to take your dog with you In those nice green fields they play on? I've never seen a dog in those places. Don't those people like dogs? I would have thought it would be handy to have a dog with you when you lose your balls.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-82184657464108770362012-04-18T13:26:29.046-04:002012-04-18T13:26:29.046-04:00Also, they have those little carts all over the pl...Also, they have those little carts all over the place so you can always have a cold beer in hand.Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-11273426737111094672012-04-18T13:00:46.801-04:002012-04-18T13:00:46.801-04:00Maybe so. But every time you push the tiller to th...Maybe so. But every time you push the tiller to the left, the boat goes to the right. However, every time you swing one of those sticks there's no telling which way or how far the little ball will go. I think that's why they like it?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-65111986802793469402012-04-18T11:29:08.470-04:002012-04-18T11:29:08.470-04:00I have often reflected on differences of cart ride...I have often reflected on differences of cart riders' & stick swingers' field of dreams and yacht racing. Too often, I concluded, the latter was as slow as the former. However, <b>HOWEVER</b>, every day you sail out, the water is <i>different</i>. You can't say that about the grass.Doc Häagen-Dazshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577427442824705257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-28932640969895267902012-04-18T11:28:13.206-04:002012-04-18T11:28:13.206-04:00I was frequently invited to join the cart riders &...I was frequently invited to join the cart riders & stick swingers. My line used to be "I'm not old enough to take it up." Now, I am no longer invited. But if I were, I'd have to say, "I'm too old to take it up."Doc Häagen-Dazshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577427442824705257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-9434221101432939802012-04-18T11:07:53.505-04:002012-04-18T11:07:53.505-04:00Exactly. Actually I felt quite a kinship to the st...Exactly. Actually I felt quite a kinship to the stick swingers. I think their hobby and my sport have a lot in common. They are both totally absorbing pastimes that require a lot of time and practice if you want to do them well. I figured that it would be impossible to commit the time to do both as well as I would like and so it would be better to stick with one. And I am just naturally perverse.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-58903611801379403612012-04-18T10:58:29.133-04:002012-04-18T10:58:29.133-04:00Imagine how many races you can sail in the time it...Imagine how many races you can sail in the time it takes to play one round of this hobby on a sunny summer day.Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-56089402106983009612012-04-18T10:53:01.796-04:002012-04-18T10:53:01.796-04:00I may have told this story before. When I first m...I may have told this story before. When I first moved to the USA, many of my colleagues had that hobby you show in the last photo , the one where they ride around in little carts and swing sticks occasionally. I guess they were just being friendly because they were always inviting me to take up that hobby and go and ride carts and swing sticks with them. I told them I was a Laser sailor and that I might take up their hobby when I was too old for a real sport. For some reason I didn't make many friends at that job.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-40913413728179054602012-04-18T10:08:45.960-04:002012-04-18T10:08:45.960-04:00I want to venture a comment on that activity you i...I want to venture a comment on that activity you illustrate in the last photo, the name of which sounds like something caught in ones throat. Not long ago a venerated but retired Star sailor challenged me to some tennis (at that time, my game). He was humiliated. He could have retaliated by challenging me in Lasers. He would have beaten me soundly. However, at that point in our lives, going at it in Lasers would have humiliated both of us. Much to my relief, he returned to his pastime as depicted in your last illustration. I just mention this to make a point that some people who participate in the leisurely activity depicted above were once sailors, even great sailors, and as well as Corinthians in their daily lives.Doc Häagen-Dazshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577427442824705257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360557762116828277.post-24020292388505364622012-04-18T09:00:07.086-04:002012-04-18T09:00:07.086-04:00On that inauspicious day I ran from Rocky Hill Roa...On that inauspicious day I ran from Rocky Hill Road to the Washington Road bridge and back to the car, then north for 4 miles or so and back. So, yes, I would have passed that dam twice.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com