Thursday, February 15, 2024

Letter "G" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts Starts with "G." A Favorite. 
For Tom "G"round.
For James Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "G": What does the word "Gras" stand for in 'Mardi Gras'?  Answer:  highlight the blank area below 
Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means “fat.” In France, the day before Ash Wednesday came to be known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.”   
(to find more Click Here)  
This year Mardi Gras was on February 13.  Our younger daughter brought us these two small cakes as a Mardi Gras present.  


A sheet metal green grasshopper.  Work of Art?  My photo, taken 2010


A Favorite:  My favorite today will be Green 
Grasshopper.  I have forgotten where I found this green guy grasshopper.  Maybe in the Grocery store garden section? 
  
Read more about him in my 2010 blog post, click here.

One of my reader commenters there said of this, 
"that grasshopper is a good old green soul
and as Kermit has taught us - it's not easy being green
I think he needs a good home and a loving friend
and I think you fit the bill"


Tom's choice, "Ground":  In the move we've lost our meat grinder.  No more ground baloney.  I'll have to put my teeth in before I eat, or really chew hard.  (directions for the above recipe, click here) 
 

For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  She is supposed to be telling a joke.  Her jokes sometimes are kind of corny. We have a second row seat, our pew.  
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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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# posted by Jim : 2/15/2024 11:10:00 PM  6 comments

Friday, August 09, 2019

The Letter "F" ~~ Rev 04 - Weekend Roundup and Reflections


The 32nd issue of Weekend Roundup for this year... (THE SIXTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "F" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "F"; (B) A Favorite; (C) "F" for "Full" (Tom's choice); and (D) Reflections.

(A) Starts with the Letter "F": 

(1) Fruit starts with the letter "F".  This is a small Fruit plate/basket that KP served me at the Children's Museum Café (see below, Favorite). 

You are seeing two strawberries, a piece of French style Cherry Pie, and a slice of Watermelon.



(2) Figs also start with the letter "F". I like Figs raw but I like them better as a Fig Preserve that I can spread onto bakery or bread items.  

 In the picture you are seeing our daughter's appetizers of the 'perfect figs' from Central Market.  She slipped them and put them on a goat cheese bed atop thin slices German rye bread. The final touch was pour of Bonne Mamam Honey. Really good, I almost overdosed. 

 I found out forty years ago that I DO NOT have a green thumb. I planted two Fig trees, the first the Southwestern Bell installer ran over it with his tractor digger and broke it to the ground. The second little tree died of natural or unnatural causes, we did not do an autopsy.


(B) A Favorite:  Yesterday we visited the Houston Children's Museum branch at Sugar Land, Texas.  KP was hosting, Mrs. Jim had a Taco but she had brought in her own Diet Coke from MacDonald's where we had a larger lunch (an Egg McMuffin sandwich for each). 

KP is our youngest grandchild.  This is her Favorite children's museum, even over the larger Houston Children's Museum in the Museum District of Houston.  Although smaller, this one is less crowded also.

 (C) "F" for "Full" (Tom's choice):  I was an engineer with Ford Aerospace working at NASA Houston with other engineers for 17 years.

 The engineer joke says "The difference between Cowboys and Engineers is where to find the manure on their boots. The cowboys have manure on the outside, the engineers' boots are Full of it on the inside."  

 Accountants and lawyers jokes are even more stupid.


(D) Reflections:  In the picture you are seeing a Reflection of a pretty street in Bellaire,  Texas.   The business had been a barber shop and hair styling salon.   The note in the window says they will not be open for business until further notice.
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My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):

1.  Do your grandchildren (children if you are young enough to have some smaller ones or can still remember that) like going to Museums?  My two oldest granddaughters went to Europe with us when each of them was sixteen.  Both very quickly got tired of all the Museums we would visit .

2.  What is your taste preference towards Figs?  At times they are my favorite fruit.

Bonus Questions:
1.  What is your favorite "F" word? (Careful, no vulgarities here please.)
2.  Does your profession have a Favorite joke you would like to tell?
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The fine print: 
 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
 - I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link to Tom's Weekend Reviews) - The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law. 
 - I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/for my Reflections Photo.
 - Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved
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# posted by Jim : 8/09/2019 12:05:00 AM  11 comments

Friday, September 16, 2016

~~ Friday’s Hunt v.2.12 -- "L" is for ...

Friday's Hunt for the week of September 16th:
1. Starts with "L"
2. Week's Favorite
3. Critter

1. Starts with "L":  "L" is for Laugh.  I posted this little story back in 2013 (link) but since to me it was really funny I'll post it again.  You might laugh.
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Joke of the day brings smiles
(You'll figure it out before it ends)

A man comes home from an exhausting day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television, and tells his wife, "Get me a drink before it starts."

The wife sighs and gets him a drink.

Fifteen minutes later, he says, "Get me another drink before it starts."

She looks cross, but fetches another beer and slams it down next to him.

He finishes that beer and a few minutes later says, "Quick, get me another drink. It's going to start any minute!"

The wife is furious. She yells at him "Is that all you're going to do tonight? Drink and sit in front of that TV? You're nothing but a lazy fat slob, and furthermore..."

The man sighs and says, "It's started."

Joe Cosity used to send me one of these every day. His jokes are still at http://www.cleanjokeoftheday.com/jokes.html where I clicked on "Archives I"

The picture is of Mrs. Jim.  I smiled at the joke but it wasn't how we work.  Mrs. Jim has never brought me a beer while I was watching TV and I have never asked her to.

Here are some other past posts where I was using the letter, "L": 
http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=%22L%22 , for other requesters. 


2. Week's Favorite: I was pretty proud of this sandwich.  Mrs. Jim was having eggs and grits for lunch.  I opted out of those although she volunteered to hard boil an egg for me with hers if I wanted.  I wanted.


Before the egg was finished I had decided that I would like an egg salad sandwich.  I said that I would make her one also but she stuck with her grits.

My Ingredients, yours may vary:
 - One hard boiled egg
 - One hot dog bun
 - A piece of onion, One large purple plum, One teaspoon tartar sauce, Mayo as needed for consistency (I used light), One teaspoon yellow mustard if you want, I did not, Salt and Pepper, I used a couple of pinches each.
 - Other items that you yourself would add to make a deviled egg or egg salad
 - Two fairly large Romaine lettuce leaves

I cut the center out of the hot dog bun to replace that part with my egg salad.  Dice the egg and onion into fairly small pieces, the fruit into larger.  Put in the lettuce, add the salad.  Yummy!


3. Critter:  Farm Dog:

Most farm people have at least one Farm Dog.  If more than one, most likely only one will be the favorite.

Ours would be raring to come out to the field with the lunch like the dog in the picture. 

The lunch for sure came in the afternoon and depending on what activity was there, a morning lunch also might be had.  Farmers can work up an appetite. Also a nice cold drink is appreciated mid-day.

This picture was one I found in an old John Deere book last Sunday afternoon during some 'stops' after church.  I don't think the illustrator person was very famous, there were no credits that I could find.

I did not buy the book, it was marked $20.00.  Dad had a binder machine like this one, he pulled it with four horses.  It cut the oats or other grain and when a bundle size was ready the binder put a piece of twine around it and tied a knot. 

I think it kept maybe four and then dumped them.  Another person or the farmers would pile them in a 'shock' to dry.  The 'shook' had six to eight bundles and was sloped so that any rain before threshing could run off.

This operation, cutting and binding, and threshing happened in the summer so I was able to help a lot.  Dad would not let anyone except himself do the cutting and binding.  Now a 'combine machine' replaces the binder and thresher, combing both operations.  One think though, the grain will have a higher moisture content than doing it the old fashioned way.

Oh yes, now the farm critter dogs either come out with the trucks or stay home and play with the kids.
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The Fine Print:
 - Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt.  Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm."  You have plenty of time to enter as you can get the letter and the other two requested topics as early as Monday.  That is in her sidebar.


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# posted by Jim : 9/16/2016 06:07:00 PM  9 comments

Friday, May 27, 2016

Our Police Chaplin ~~ Friday’s Hunt v1.22-- "V" is for ...

Friday's Hunt for the week of May 27th: (1) Starts with V; (2)  Week's Favorite; and (3)  Sunshine


(1)  Starts with V:  "V" is for Volunteer.  Our Sunday school teacher, Dr. Charles Wisdom is a Volunteer with the Fulshear, Texas, Police Department.  He serves as the Police Chaplin.  Some tease him of having special driving and legal privileges.

As a teasing joke, a few of our members doctored up a picture of Dr. Wisdom's car by putting a big sign on it, reading "Fulshear Police."  After a bit of fun during pre-class time it was admitted that his car actually didn't have this sign.  Rather it was doctored up by clever usage of a photo editing program.

As you can see in the picture, Charles really enjoyed the photo which was presented to him. 


(2)  Week's Favorite:  An Aggie experiment.    Students, graduates, and staff at the Texas A&M College have a reputation of not having everything just exactly right.  These students and graduates are called "Aggies".  Aggies are the butt of many unkind jokes hinting of a less than 'normal' intelligence concerning everyday situations.

There is an Aggie joke saying that some Aggie graduates were having trouble concerning the growing of chickens.  Since none of the chickens planted seemed to be growing, one brilliant graduate decided to call his college professor.

When told of the problem, the professor asked how they were planting these chickens.  "Feet first" was the graduate's response, whereby the prof quickly and wisely responded, "Why don't you try planting them 'heads down'?"

As I snapped this picture I was reminded of the Aggie joke above.  It may be an Aggie clandestine operation of growing children.  Clearly these kids are planted 'head first.'

[click once or twice on any picture for a larger size]
(3)  Sunshine:

This little rabbit is grazing in the sunshine.  We have a very good rabbit crop this summer.  They come and go in and out of our yard, back and front. 

Since dogs here are required to be on leash and rabbits are a protected species in Katy most live a long life.

This one seems to be off to a good start.
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The Fine Print:
 - Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt.  Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The link opens at 7pm Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm, so you have plenty of time to enter."
- The Mr. Linky address here has a list of others who are participating if you would to read what these folk are doing for the Friday post.

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# posted by Jim : 5/27/2016 12:21:00 AM  11 comments

Saturday, March 30, 2013

What makes me smile? — Six Word Saturday —

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my Six Words:
 
Joke of the day brings smiles
(You'll figure it out before it ends)
 
A man comes home from an exhausting day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television, and tells his wife, "Get me a drink before it starts."

The wife sighs and gets him a drink.

Fifteen minutes later, he says, "Get me another drink before it starts."

She looks cross, but fetches another beer and slams it down next to him.

He finishes that beer and a few minutes later says, "Quick, get me another drink. It's going to start any minute!"

The wife is furious. She yells at him "Is that all you're going to do tonight? Drink and sit in front of that TV? You're nothing but a lazy fat slob, and furthermore..."

The man sighs and says, "It's started."
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Joe Cosity sends me one of these every day. I signed up at http://www.cleanjokeoftheday.com .
 
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.

The picture is of Mrs. Jim.  I smiled at the joke but it wasn't how we work.  Mrs. Jim has never brought me a beer while I was watching TV and I have never asked her to.

HAPPY .EASTER .TO .YOU .ALL ! ! !
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# posted by Jim : 3/30/2013 12:03:00 AM  15 comments

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Got this e-mail — My Alphabe-Thursday (2nd), the letter "S" / Thursday Two Questions —

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"Got this e-mail:"

Today my "S" is for Smile and for Spam.  When I get these crazy Spam e-mailings I generally Smile.  They may be funny jokes, they may be malicious to my computer, or they may be stupid things that no one should believe (big whoppers about elected officials or candidates are prime, so also are those that tell you about how the government or big business is ripping you off, etc).

First, smile when you see this YouTube showing what happened to Mark's computer when he clicked on something he should not have:

MARK LEUNG'S CRAZY COMPUTER BUG

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUCZJVJ_M8o

Oh yes, you can still get my Adi (she died September 17, 2012) with the Christmas tree on my YouTube at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwetUMxhtk
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Now, to share the first Spam e-mail that I got (smile, please):

Date: Tue Mar 26 20:26:14 CDT 2013
From: "[him]" Add To Address Book
Subject: DONATIONS:
To: "[us]" 
 
 "A driver was stuck in a traffic jam on the highway outside Washington, DC.
Nothing was moving. Suddenly, a man knocks on the window.
 
The driver rolls down the window and asks, "What's going on?"
 
"Terrorists have kidnapped the entire US Congress, and they're asking
for a $100 million dollar ransom. Otherwise, they are going to douse them all in gasoline and set them on fire.
We are going from car to car, collecting donations."

"How much is everyone giving, on an average?" the driver asks.
 
The man replies, "Roughly a gallon."
 
And then another that no one is his right mind should fall for (I really did get both of these); a second Spam e-mail that I got (smile, please):

Date: Wed Mar 27 04:13:56 CDT 2013
From: "[her]"   Add To Address Book
Subject: Send a copy? 
To: [me]

"My man should be able to make me smile... I hope that you would be happy to get acquainted with appealing, young girl with a quiet and patient character. I am very gentle, careful and romantic. I am very communicative, kind, and calm. I really want to like and to be loved. Can you help me with this step to you?

My dream is to create a happy and friendly family, to be the best mother for my children and the most caring wife for my beloved man.
I'm not waiting for a perfect man, I understand that we all have lacks. So if you are responsible and caring man, I would like to know you better http://xxxxxxxx.com

I  like to meet with you."

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==>  You can see other "S" letter posts by visiting Jenny's blog post, Alphabe- Thursday. My letter "S" portion of this post will be critiqued by Head Mistress Jenny. I always hope for a good grade from her.

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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.

My post last week was about "R" word things, Red colored things that I had found on the golf course.
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):.

1. What is your reaction to e-mailings that came to you as Spam?
I like some of them so much that I put them on my other blog, me, old blogs never read, and . . . that I don't publicise but is mostly for me.  A few will read it now and then.

2. What do you think about e-mailing the sender back telling the truth or your viewpoint?  Would your answer be different if it was a friend doing the sending?
Before I decided it was not nice I would send him back a Spoof Report from one of the blog sites that answer for the truthfulness of chain-e-mails.

Bonus Question:

1. What is your favorite "S" word?
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.==>  My Questions here are for Amanda at her Thursday Two Questions blog, Self Sagacity. Please visit her there for her questions and links to other partakers of her fun blogging idea.

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# posted by Jim : 3/27/2013 09:01:00 PM  15 comments

Saturday, February 20, 2010

The Saint who went to Hell — Six Word Saturday — Oxymoron?


Now WhoDat won the super bowl?

Speaking of saints in Hell, did you hear about the New Orleans Saint fan who went to Hell.

Satan wanted to make it especially hard on him so he turned up the heat. The hottest temperatures did not bother him.

So then he put Saint fan in his personal walk-in freezer.

Later he checked and to find that didn't faze the fan who was enjoying the freezing temperature. He asked why that wasn't bothering him.

The fan said everyone always knew that it would be a cold day in Hell when the Saints would win the Super Bowl.
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words.
Six Word Saturday, Click the box --> to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate runs Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.


Note: Mrs. Jim passed this on to me. She got it from a preacher who was speaking to her group. Hope it's okay? Mrs. Jim said I don't have it quite right still?

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# posted by Jim : 2/20/2010 09:26:00 AM  10 comments

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

M R ducks — MidWeek Blues —

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M R ducks

M R not ducks

O S, De R

M R not ducks

O S de R , C D wings

L I B, M R ducks



I hope you get the drift here. Mrs. Jim can tell this one better than I can. I may have left out a couple of letters and have too many words. But still you can get the drift.

It is supposed to be funny.

Adi and I were walking last week. We saw these two little ducks drifting along in the lake beside us. After they saw us they started swimming away.

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If you want to post a MidWeek Blues picture, go get directions from Rebecca by clicking on the logo picture on the right. She has a Mr. Linky and good directions . Just do what I did. .
Or do less. All she requires is a BLUE PICTURE, you don't have to write.

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# posted by Jim : 2/17/2010 01:21:00 AM  16 comments

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Elevator adventure -- Sunday night / Monday morning -- This and that

This one was on my other....................The characters: .........
.other blog this Sunday (link)
Karen, our daughter .......
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Stuck between floors;
..... what is a Dad to say

Got this text message
from our daughter.
"KP and I are stuck
on the elevator at BP's school.
The Fire Marshall is coming."

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Baby KP asleep in elevator

So what is a Dad to say?
"I fed KP a bottle
and we are staying calm.
I hear them
(Fire Marshall?)."

Momma said
"This is terrible, poor baby."
So what is a Dad to Say?

Dad, the retired professor
spoke in some riddles.
About blowing the curve
and how many have been stuck
there before.

BP practicing for her performance

What is a Dad to say?
About being the norm or to excel
and extolling about our BP,
grandchild who is so smart,
waiting at bottom of the stair.

This doesn't fit the model
of book learning I've been taught.
I am afraid the curve has broken,
what is a Dad to say?
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Momma Karen and KP .

"We are out!" and Momma said
"Praise the Lord!"
What is a Dad to say?
Momma said it best.

Poem and photos
Copyright © 2010 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
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Note: This elevator ordeal lasted 36 minutes Saturday. Karen was calm all the time. So was KP after having her bottle. The firemen had to pry the doors open and lift KP and her stroller out. Then they helped Karen up and out.


They say this happened in Houston:
A policeman had a perfect spot to watch for speeders but wasn't getting many.
Then he discovered the problem. A youngster was up the road holding a sign, "RADAR AHEAD."
The cop a little then found his accomplice down the street with a sign, "TIPS." He had a bunch of money in his bucket.

Men's Tip of the Month:
The way to having a perfect marriage is to always say, "yes Dear" and "you are right."

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# posted by Jim : 1/31/2010 08:11:00 PM  13 comments

Friday, January 15, 2010

Friday Fill In Fun and a Teacher/Student Cutie

TEACHER:. Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: . ... K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER:. No, that's wrong
GLENN: ... . Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

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#158

And...here we go! Tip of the hat to The Beatles this week :-)

1. There are places _ I go to cry ____.

2. _Please help me __ blow those clouds away.
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3. Standing in the _bathroom door, w... ______.

4. Omitted by Jim.
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5. He went out tiger hunting _ and didn't come back _____.
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6. _Chewing my tongue keeps ___ my mind from wandering .
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7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _ studying and preparing my Sunday school lesson ___, tomorrow my plans include _ going to our car club spring picnic __ and Sunday, I want to _teach the lesson I prepared__!


You could do this one too, just go here: Janet's Blog
(this one is for last week but Janet didn't have one for today.

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# posted by Jim : 1/15/2010 01:37:00 AM  4 comments

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Got this e-mail from a relative of mine:

Note, please don't forget to enter Adi's contest.
Scroll down FOR THE NEXT TWO. You have until Next Sunday.
You are permitted to change or update your answers.

Got this e-mail from a relative of mine:


Yes, the jokes have started:

The only person who can beat Tiger Woods with a club is his wife.

What is the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards.

Tiger crashed into a fire hydrant & a tree. He couldn't decide between an iron and a wood.

Perhaps Tiger should use a driver.

This is the first time Tiger ever failed to drive 300 yards.

This will teach him to play a round.

And there are more...Love, (the relative)

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# posted by Jim : 12/03/2009 01:15:00 PM  16 comments

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