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2000 US Open
But Woods was in no mood to take in the alluring vista. It was a Saturday morning, and he was completing the delayed second round of the 2000 U.S. Open. He had just hooked his tee shot into the ocean. And there was Woods, his hand held out, somewhat annoyed that Steve Williams had yet to give him a ball.
The caddie knew what the golfer didn't, and so he wanted Woods to hit another club. Woods was having none of it, steam coming off the water and out of Woods' ears.
The completion of the second round began early that morning. What Williams did not realize was that Woods had taken several balls out of his golf bag the night before to practice putting in his hotel room. Woods never put them back, and Williams didn't notice -- until Woods tossed one to a fan coming off a green. Now there were just two left.
"I wanted to go to that kid and ask him for the ball back,'' Williams said. "But I couldn't do it.''
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/26902640/down-last-ball-how-tiger-avoided-disaster-won-2000-us-open-15
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So this brain surgeon rings my doorbell yesterday ...
One gentleman and two women. They ask if I'm voting in the primary on Tuesday and I told them I vote every time. Now I've been on the other side of the door canvassing for Sen. Kaine (~1,400 doors) and Abigail Spanberger so I cut to the quick. He's a Republican. I was very polite but informed him that he shouldn't count on my vote.
He hands me a flier and I say, "Hey! That's you,". He's running unopposed in the primary for the county board. He asked that if I did decide to vote in the Republican primary (you have to pick which party you want to vote for/in here) to consider him. I ask what he does as a profession and he says, "I'm a neuro......" "Oh, you're actually a brain surgeon?" We all laugh and then I said a stupid Dad joke about remembering that the board ain't exactly rocket science.
All three of them crack up. One of the women with him is in the state House and she said "my opponent in the primary IS a rocket scientist".
Too funny.
Nice little chat then I ended it by saying that if any of them ever darkened my doorway again I'd find out where they live and shoot out their porch light. I thought it was too early in the day for the "your children will open their lunchbox to find it filled with your blood" thing.
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I'm kidding. That last part was just a joke.
It was really a nice little chat.
Dr. Collins on D-Day
Dr. Collins married my wife and I 17 years ago.
He was an ooold time Baptist preacher I mean that in a good sense. His church was for the community. Come if you can but there's always spaghetti dinner on Wednesday if you need it.
He once started a sermon with, "Okay I'm going to keep this short so we can beat the Methodists to the buffets".
We had to go visit him at his house. I knew he was sizing me up. He'd known my wife's family for decades. Lynchburg area but no not associated with...you know who. I knew how to behave - feet on the floor, Yes Sir No Sir, thank his wife for the coffee. He asked about my faith and I told him I'd been christened as a Presbyterian (I think that's right) and we talked. Smallish man but my wife let me know she wanted him to officiate and there was no guarantee he would.
Mind you this was literally a parlor. Perfectly furnished with the furniture you'd expect.
He handed us a copy of the vows, obviously his template. I read through it and have a question but don't ask it. It referred to my wife as "help meet".
As we are leaving I ask about the "help meet" thing,
My wife: "it's Dr. Collins.....you know he was at Normandy"
Me (US Army Cav 90-93) "Wow"
Wife: He was a Chaplain
Me: He was unarmed?!?!
There were a lot of moving parts of that operation. Thank you Dr. Collins.
Who wants to go for a swim in London? .... 55 stories up
Company Designs World’s First 360-Degree View Infinity Pool With Entrance That Works Like The Door Of A Submarine
A company called Compass Pools have some good news for height and swimming enthusiasts. Recently, the company announced their new vertigo-inducing design – a first of its kind 360-degree pool which is set to be placed on a skyscraper in London.
The Infinity London will be the first and only building in the world to incorporate this cutting-edge pool design. The pool will be laid on top of a 55-story skyscraper and will allow people to float over 200 meters above the London skyline with unobstructed views of the city.
The company says that the pool is made from cast acrylic rather than glass. This material was chosen after careful consideration. As it turns out, cast acrylic has a similar wavelength to water which allows the pool to look completely clear. Furthermore, the floor of the pool is also transparent so people inside the building will be able to see the swimmers splashing above.
As you can see from the pictures, the entrance to the pool is concealed. People began to raise questions about how anyone would get inside the pool. Compass Pools explains: “Swimmers will access the pool through a rotating spiral staircase based on the door of a submarine, rising from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out.”
But that’s not the only unique technology of the pool. The designers found a way to make sure the wind doesn’t blow the water down to the streets. They included a built-in anemometer to monitor the wind speed. It is linked to a computer-controlled building management system which will also take care of the temperature of the water.
https://www.boredpanda.com/open-air-infinity-pool-london-compass-pools/
U. of Al Abama returns $21.6M and removes anti-abortion law donors name from law school
Miami attorney’s name pulled from Alabama law school, $21.5 million gift returned
A week after Coral Gables philanthropist Hugh Culverhouse Jr. called for students to boycott the University of Alabama over the passage of a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, the university’s board of trustees voted Friday to give back a $21.5 million gift and remove his name from its law school.
Culverhouse, a top donor at the university and former Miami prosecutor, said the board decision was retaliation for “exercising free speech” and accused the university of lying to the public. The university stated Culverhouse’s “ongoing attempts to interfere in the operations of the Law School” led to the unanimous vote to return his money and cut ties with the donor.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coral-gables/article231313138.html#storylink=cpy
His $25.6 million pledge to the law school in 2018 was considered the largest gift in the university’s history, the school said at the time. The university wired $21.5 million — the amount he has paid so far — to him Friday.
On May 29, Culverhouse issued a call for a boycott of the state’s economy following the passage of the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, which would ban abortion except for when the life of the mother is in jeopardy. The bill would make performing an abortion a felony in almost all cases. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the legislation into law on May 16, and it is scheduled to go into effect in six months barring a successful legal appeal.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/coral-gables/article231313138.html#storylink=cpy
I think I had a good explanation of Trump's Mars-Moon tweet today. No seriously
This morning I saw a headline that NASA will allow private citizens to go to the International Space Station. Perhaps Trump saw that too.
Now Trump is pissed because:
A. He's probably too old
B. He probably wouldn't pass the physical
C. (Most importantly) He couldn't afford it if he could go.
But you know who can afford it? Jeff Bezos.
I think Trump wanted somehow to distract from what he'd seen earlier in the day by sort of claiming he already done it or was making all this possible.
What are these people talking about on their phones?
I see people just blabbing away on their phone. I don't mean this as demeaning as in they are intelligent people (see I was nice). The ones that kill me on people on the phone fumbling around at a cash register, often not actually talking just sitting their with a phone in their ear. Jesus. Put it down and focus on what you are doing.
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