First of all many thanks to all who have wished me happy birthday and thank you Kitty for the card.
Don't panic about drinking the last bottle of Bonny Sir Johnny Ale, Your Worship, I have two bottles left in the drinks fridge in the garage and you are welcome to one of them if you start to suffer any withdrawal symptoms.
Well, to continue the narrative from this morning;
The Ben Hogan book I had for my birthday has made a huge difference to my game this afternoon, 100% difference to be accurate, instead of hooking and slicing some of my balls, now I am hooking and slicing 100% of them.
I think it would be a fair conclusion to say that I have probably misread the advice the book gives a little!
Her Ladyship wiped the floor with me yet again, but at least I am consistently poor.
She promised to give me a chance as it was my birthday, but I was so bad, that she was struggling to miss enough shots to allow me to even draw with her!
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Still, we have just got back and had a stiff whisky and suddenly everything seems fine again - I am going to recommend the whisky I drink to the UK's NHS (National Health Service) as a 'cure-all', it will save them £M's on prescription drugs.
Were was I? - oh yes, well to cut a long story short (yes I know it is a long story already), we popped down to see my sister-in-law at lunch time (Her Ladyship's big sister), she needs a bridge building over a small stream in her garden so that she can reach the garden on the far side to plant it out without getting her feet wet.
Like a wally (English slang for idiot), I volunteered to build her one - as I pointed out to Her Ladyship, when she asked me why I volunteered - it would be good practise for the roofing timber work I have to do in the holiday cottage she has booked and she could see my point.
But she then said "Why don't we fly Jimbo and Cathy out to help, it would be finished much quicker" and I looked at her in astonishment "Quicker? quicker?" I squeaked! "It would resemble the Brooklyn Bridge if Jimbo came over and I have to finish it in a week, besides, you know they only fly first class and that would double our material costs".
Were was I? - oh yes, well to cut a long story short (yes I know it is a long story already) Fortunately she could see the sense of my argument and let the subject drop.
Unfortunately, the reference to the Brooklyn Bridge got them both thinking about how fancy the bridge needs to be to look right in the garden - Will I never learn to keep my big mouth shut?