On this bitterly cold winters day, 6 wants to put all of his
energy it to dreams of warmth and
relaxation. The way that 6 has this figured, if we live each day with a
positive attitude, the negative just does not seem as daunting.
It has been several years now, but does anyone recall the
year that the actual temperature was 100 degrees not counting the humidity? It was back in the day when we got the two
bedroom condo’s, 3 of them in fact, where the men folk stayed in one condo, and
the woman in another. Ah the “good ol days” “Do not cry because it is over, smile because
it happened”. Now let’s just think about this, today at high noon, it is 8, 12,
13, 28 ,37 or 55. (6 will bet you that you cannot figure out where those temps
are) As per the morning ritual, several of us were gathered around the TV
watching the Regis and Kelly, 8 was telling us to shut the heck up as he was
making Tee times or was it High Tea time…Kind of the same thing, and you know
it was 102 already! Yes they are
extremely different temperatures but, 6 did not hear one single complaint about
how hot it was, where today 6 got texts from several people telling me how cold
it is. 6 is going to once again use his superior intelligence and logically
explain the nuances, between the disparity in perceptions, and its effect s on
day to day activities. Ok let’s start
with the setting of the thermostat in the house Vs. the condo. This 6 will
never forget, as 7 walked the first
thing he did was walk to the thermostat and turned it down to 65, within an
hour you could no longer see thru the windows, as a result of the
condensation, there are other benefits
such as sleeping with blankets when it is 95 degrees outside. So when it is
cold 7 sets the thermostat to 68-70 on a hot day he sets it at 65. Conclusion: When it is hot 7 sets the thermostat colder
than when it is cold? Let us continue, the sun shines when it is hot and when
it is cold, so we need our shades, when you leave your house/condo, what do
your shades do? Well they fog up your glasses don’t care if it is 0 or 100.
Your car, when it is hot out, you burn your hands on the steering wheel when it
is cold you also feel the pain. When it is cold, you hear about people having
problems starting their cars, but did you know that more batteries fail in the
extreme heat than in the cold? 32 has experienced that personally after having
to run to Wall-mart to get a battery for the truckster. Let’s see, salt, you
have it when it cold on the roads all over your car etc. when it is hot, you
still have it on your car, and all over yourself from that nice ocean breeze. As
I type this blog, I look at my hands and from the cold and dry the skin, looks
like a gator, so once again the same. As I look out over my yard all I see is nice
white snow, looks just like the beach, it has a few foot prints in it and as
the north wind blows the sand to smooth out the rough edges the north wind
blows the snow wiping away all the activities of the day. Need I go on? Back to
the golf, we paid our $130 to play 18 holes of golf, as the pro told us that it
was 106 outside, so we better drink a lot of water, as you could imagine, he
had a cooler of water bottles there with the Kiawah labels on them for sale for
$2.50 a pop, but 6 figured that they must have water out on the course, so 6
passed. As we arrived at the first tee the started gave each of us a couple of
bottles for fee… now what is that all about? I stood there drinking a bottle of
free water and patiently waited my turn at the tee box at the first hole. As
you might expect 6 launched into that ball and drove it far past my competitors
and landed it right in the center of the fairway, next hit a wedge to within 5
foot of the flag and proceed to sink the putt. Birdie on the first hole! This is
going to be a great day! Hole number two.. par… three the same! Three holes down one under par, and three
bottles of water down! As 6 stood on the fourth tee box drinking still another
bottle of water, it became painfully obvious that if you drink that much water
in shuch a short time, it has to go someplace. The sweat was just not cutting
it! On the forth tee 6’s drive went a little right and landed on the roof of
someone’s million dollar house. Oh well let’s try this again! The second drive
was struck with perfection, it was a long booming drive, but this time went a
little off line to the left, and landed in the pool of another house! Let’s try
this again.. 6 pulled out his trusty wedge and stuck the ball perfect 100 yards
right down the middle, landing 50 yards short of the fairway. The next shot, 6
found a tree, what a relief! The 4th hole was over and 6 was now 4
over par! I will not continue, but you know how the pro’s keep track of how
many fairways they hit, I was keeping track of how many houses 6 hit! In the
end 18 holes were played and 18 houses were hit, 6 would like to see a pro do
that! So you want some more stats: 6 and 8 once case of water, 6 score was
higher than the temperature, 15 golf ball gone… there were more lost but 6
found a few. 12 gator sightings, two sitting on the tee box on the 10th
hole, 7 trees hit, 18 greens hit 3 in
regulation, 4 houses hit, three pools and one beach. After that round of gold,
one could conclude that 6 would be a little negative about golf, or even make some
excuses for his performance… my hands were constantly wet from perspiration
thus causing my club to slip, or 6 did not know the course, or it was too hot,
or the golf cart was too slow, or the sun was to bright, etc.. But ya know, it
was a perfect day.
Words of wisdom: Enjoy each day, for every day we have is even more special than the last.
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