Monday 11th May 2020
Lockdown Day 49
7 Weeks have passed....
Tuesday 11th Update:-
(Remember you must be a fully paid-up member to secure a Tee-Time
..or on a payment plan etc)
This week we lose the Greensomes Trophy, Long Sutton Match and the MR&Mrs Greensomes !
Lots of input still coming, including St Francis of Somerton with the results of his Bird Count.
I had submitted an estimate of 23, but unfortunately many were disqualified as you see below, My Crow was out as I omitted Carrion, the Pigeon due to missing 'wood' and the Seagull blasted out of the water as you see below - so when Golf resumes please don't expect a nicer kinder Frankie !
Bird Count Result:-
With Ray getting very close.
Well only 15, as the garden has been a building site for the last couple of years. What is amazing is that you and two others guessed the same numbers, not the same birds, I'm going to award the three of you first place equal!!
The actual birds Blackbird,Robin, Blue Tit , Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Wren, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Collared Dove, Chaffinch, and of course Herring Gull. Incidentally there is no species called Seagull, only Gulls of various descriptions, here endeth the lecture, I will donate £50 to the charity.
Best Frank
Tuesday 11th Update:-
(Remember you must be a fully paid-up member to secure a Tee-Time
..or on a payment plan etc)
The UK Government has today provided clarification on outdoor
recreation and rules on social distancing in England.
These will affect how golf can be played from Wednesday 13 May
and, in particular, the configuration of groupings on a golf course.
Under new government rules released today (11 May), the
following groupings will be permitted upon resumption of play:
- Individuals playing golf on their own.
- Two-balls comprising of individuals from different households
- At the discretion of the golf club, members of the same household playing in two, three or four-balls.
Social distancing rules must be strictly adhered to at all
times.
This week we lose the Greensomes Trophy, Long Sutton Match and the MR&Mrs Greensomes !
Lots of input still coming, including St Francis of Somerton with the results of his Bird Count.I had submitted an estimate of 23, but unfortunately many were disqualified as you see below, My Crow was out as I omitted Carrion, the Pigeon due to missing 'wood' and the Seagull blasted out of the water as you see below - so when Golf resumes please don't expect a nicer kinder Frankie !
Bird Count Result:-
With Ray getting very close.
Well only 15, as the garden has been a building site for the last couple of years. What is amazing is that you and two others guessed the same numbers, not the same birds, I'm going to award the three of you first place equal!!
The actual birds Blackbird,Robin, Blue Tit , Great Tit, Wood Pigeon, House Sparrow, Goldfinch, Wren, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Collared Dove, Chaffinch, and of course Herring Gull. Incidentally there is no species called Seagull, only Gulls of various descriptions, here endeth the lecture, I will donate £50 to the charity.
Best Frank
So what else have we got for you ?
Richard takes the level down a notch...
Have to print a retraction from Yesterday as Bob reports :-
My son who is an air traffic controller tells me that the one winged plane is a fake. Done with model plane and the end bit photoshopped.
Had to be didn’t it.
I’m looking around for a new wife who plays golf.
London underground packed solid but no three ball golf games. Ridiculous!
Bob Rees
..but we enjoyed the Video anyway !
Sometimes, it's just not your day...
Good news that the over 70's are no longer segregated purely on age if they are otherwise healthy !
The UK Government has announced that golf will be able to resume in England on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 after a seven-week hiatus.
My son who is an air traffic controller tells me that the one winged plane is a fake. Done with model plane and the end bit photoshopped.
Had to be didn’t it.
I’m looking around for a new wife who plays golf.
London underground packed solid but no three ball golf games. Ridiculous!
Bob Rees
..but we enjoyed the Video anyway !
Sometimes, it's just not your day...
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| Thanks to Vulnerable Vic for a series of Pictures |
Good news that the over 70's are no longer segregated purely on age if they are otherwise healthy !
Mike spotted an Albino Startling in the garden, let's hope it doesn't make it to Somerton...
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| Are you all Wright mate ? |
Something to think about from Eric
STOP WHINGING JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STAY INDOORS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.
On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.
When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.
Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.
At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.
At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.
Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above and ......YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH
STOP WHINGING JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STAY INDOORS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern between what’s a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.
On your 14th birthday, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.
When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.
Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.
At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.
At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.
Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above and ......YOU ARE CALLED TO STAY HOME AND SIT ON YOUR COUCH
It's Matt again, but with much more confidence.
One member was in trouble when Amazon were not too discreet...
And let's finish today with a message about the importance of sharing, when you phone up the Club to book a Tee-Time under a false name...
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In accordance with the Prime Minister’s statement of 10 May, all outdoor sport, including golf, must be enjoyed alone or within a household group.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, England Golf has also announced a number of key decisions relating to all of our championships and wider golfing activities.
...but naturally, we have to await to hear what the Club intends to allow.I guess more will become clearer today after a debate in Parliament, but with another 270 Deaths Yesterday, 3,200 new case and 5 Million People hopping onto trains this morning - we are pretty low down on the priority as the Government holds its breath.....
All we can do is have fun in the sun and show you a few more contributions to brighten your day.
Keith offers competition to the Beanz advert yesterday, showing that Fishermen have an insight into the perfect bait...but all perfectly legal from Wednesday...
and Richard lowers the standard once more
I don't know where James finds all these, but it shows you the importance of having a good Wing-Man... Scary !
Now you'll have to stay with us for a while as we develop an Italian theme...
Firstly Norman gets us in the Pasta Mood...
For several years, a man had been having an affair with an Italian woman. One night, she confided to him that she was pregnant.
Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money on the condition that she would go back to Italy to have the child in secret.
Also, if she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would provide child support until the child turned 18.
She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born.
To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a postcard, and write "Spaghetti" on the back when the child was born. He would then arrange for the Child Support Payments to begin.
One day, about 8 months later, he came home to his confused wife.
"Honey," she said, "You received a very strange postcard today."
"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later," he said.
The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.
On the card was written:
Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti.
Three with meatballs, two without.
Send extra sauce.
So, are you ready for the punch line, what has just taken me about an hour to produce via YouTube and a Film Editing Programme etc, Our 2019 Captain and his Beautiful assistant show you how they do it in Broadwindsor, so watch and enjoy , thanks Jan for the submission and we hope you agree it has been given all the respect it deserves.
Note how perfectly flattened and smooth the pasta is as it enters the machine....and the G&T lurking by the bread-bin...
Farmer Bob has just read the new Golf Rules and makes plans for a room-mate.
"Room in Colyford available immediately for a 25 year-old blonde female Golfer!"
Remember Dave's question as to what time Winston made his famous Clue - displayed on the "Elizabeth Tower" as we must now call it.
Eric finds a guy that has it all 'Figured Out'
Mike still wandering, thinks he has cracked the booking system with a 3-ball, each taking turns to book - so they can play 6 days a week - He's on the very edge of the Blackdown Hills an AONB.
I feel obliged to post this one from Eric, but it's a link to You Tube, so hope you find your way back.
https://www.youtube-nocookie. com/embed/xU7FdD1SpHc?rel=0
And we'll finish with a bit of class as we await further developments.
Eric again of course, doing it his way - with 'Old Blue Eyes' in the audience.
https://www.youtube-nocookie. com/embed/xU7FdD1SpHc?rel=0
And we'll finish with a bit of class as we await further developments.
Eric again of course, doing it his way - with 'Old Blue Eyes' in the audience.
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