Is there a story here?
[yes, actually there are three little stories here.]

[and click the pictures to see them bigger]

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Mrs. Jim and I went golfing this morning. Golfing always starts with a little routine. I back the car out and get the cart ready.

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Then Adi has to go for a ride. This is the first story. Two things happen with Adi's ride: 1) Mrs. Jim takes Adi and me to the proshop and we walk back; or 2) I am playing golf also, so Mrs. Jim takes Adi for a little ride and brings her back. That is what we did today.

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Second story now. When I was filling our divot filling sand vessels with sand, there were two practice balls beside the score cards. I brought them out with us and announced to Mrs. Jim that we could take a practice shot before the drive we would count.

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Mrs. Jim wouldn't have any of that--not in the rules, you know. I went ahead and used the black striped ball anyway. It was a really good shot. So, since she wasn't going to do Mulligans, I said that would be my drive.

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That ball played so well, until the 14th hole. I was playing it as my ball generally goes in the water or bushes, then I would just get out a better one and play with it.

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On number 14, my striped practice ball almost went out of bounds to the left, under a whole lot of trees. I said, fine, and played with the ball in the middle of the picture.

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That ball in the middle of the picture, along with thirty others were in a tray outside the fence of some poor soul's back yard. I guess a lot go there.

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Son, Mike generally gives me his very nice used balls to play with. He is about a scratch golfer and plays a new one after using it for nine or so holes. But I was running low and hadn't been to Mike's for a while. These were pretty nice and were very convenient.

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Third story. After we got home, Adi bounded out the door, through the garage, and got in the golf cart. You can write the rest of that story.

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Note: You are correct, that striped (black) ball isn't the one I lost. That nice fellow with the tray of balls had this one too.