| Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033818] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 20:06 |
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I had my 74th birthday last week and had a very nice day. Late in the
(Texas) afternoon my son called from his (Washington) cell phone on his
way home from work. "Dad, have you checked your email this afternoon?"
"No." "Can you do that while I hang on?" "Sure."
So off I trundle for the computer room, call up my e mail program and,
surprise, surprise, there is a e mail from him.
I was an elaborate certificate which he had created announcing that he
had reserved for the two of us season clubhouse passes for The Players
Championship next year (with on site parking) and was booking us for a
weeklong golf package at either the Sawgrass Marriott or the WGV
Renaissance. I was speechless!
He had talked with his wife and mine and invited them but they both
said, "No, it would be good for you guys to have a week to yourselves."
I'm as excited about the prospect of that as I am of the golf and
tournament. I think the last time I had a week with him pretty much to
ourselves was when we lived in Ashland, Oregon, and I took him up in the
mountains to finish up work on his merit badges for Life Scout. He was
in high school then, he's 48 now.
All I have to do is get myself and my clubs to Jacksonville. I bet that
I can manage that.
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033819 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 20:25 |
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On Mon, 22 May 2006 13:06:03 -0500, grizzledbear [at] webtv.net (Kenn
Smith) wrote:
>I was an elaborate certificate which he had created announcing that he
>had reserved for the two of us season clubhouse passes for The Players
>Championship next year (with on site parking) and was booking us for a
>weeklong golf package at either the Sawgrass Marriott or the WGV
>Renaissance. I was speechless!
Lucky father to have a son like that.
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033826 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 20:57 |
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>He had talked with his wife and mine and invited them but they both
said, "No, it would be good for you guys to have a week to
yourselves."<
That part of the story was my favorite.
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033842 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 22:05 |
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Kenn Smith wrote:
> I had my 74th birthday last week and had a very nice day.
<snipped>
That's a fine B-day present, in all respects. :-)
--
Dan Driscoll
RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033843 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 22:14 |
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Howard Brazee <howard [at] brazee.net> wrote:
: On Mon, 22 May 2006 13:06:03 -0500, grizzledbear [at] webtv.net (Kenn
: Smith) wrote:
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: >I was an elaborate certificate which he had created announcing that he
: >had reserved for the two of us season clubhouse passes for The Players
: >Championship next year (with on site parking) and was booking us for a
: >weeklong golf package at either the Sawgrass Marriott or the WGV
: >Renaissance. I was speechless!
:
: Lucky father to have a son like that.
I don't think luck has much to do with something like this.
--
Chris Bellomy
C-List Charter Member
http://clist.org/
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033898 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 03:13 |
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Have fun. For my 50th my daughter took me to see the Pro-Am at
Riviera...it was the greatest 2 days of my life.
Hack
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| Re: Wow!, What a Birthday Present [message #1033925 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 11:28 |
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What a special present, you raised him right Bear!
--
bill-o
A "gimme" can best be defined as an agreement between
two golfers neither of whom can putt very well.
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