Somehow the conversation at work devolved into us finding this little gem:
Hemp for Victory. 1943 Film by the US Government. It’s 10 min. long, and seems to have been sped up a bit during digitizing. According to the websie where I found this, the film was VERY difficult to locate, and a usable copy was not located until 1976!.
Here it is, hosted on YouTube… at least until someone in the US Government puts a stop to it:
Played my 2nd round of golf (ever) at Elk Run Golf Club yesterday. Joel, a really good golfer and co-oworker sponsored my play yesterday. Thanks Joel!
Elk Run is a very interesting course. Not a lot of long holes, but there were a number of technical aspects to the course! One of which was the fact it winds through a housing development. Not a ‘Golf and Country Club’ but.. it’s more like a standard residential neighborhood with a golf course running where some of the blocks would be. Made for some serious out of bounds issues. I lost 8 balls on the front 9. My drive from the tee box is.. ‘variable’.
I’m really enjoying this game. It can be frustrating, but also rewarding when you hit a really nice shot. The 5th hole I drive straight down the fairway and within chip-distance of the green. I was in a great possition to PAR the hole, but my putting game (if you can call it a game) completely disintigrated. The upside of playing with a couple of good players, were a number of really helpful tips all day long, and by the end of the day I was making a some pretty decent puts.
On the way out to play, I picked up 3 ‘new’ 6-irons of various shaft stiffness and manufacture. I shot with the 6 instead of the 7 and 8 in a number of places (my game is not consitant enough for singular club selection to make that much of a difference) and Cleavland CG4 seems to be the one that’s going to work best for me. At $10 per club.. it was an easy investment in learning more about what clubs work well for me. I’ll sell off the others once I get my preference dailed in.
So, off to have brunch with my kids today, then to the driving range to work 100 balls with just the 6 irons. Need to work in my consistancy of swing. Received some great tips there as well, yesterday.
Golf.. frustrating and fun. I plan to play this game for a long time!
A little news that highlights was a REALLY aggressive national government does to protect it’s people. Extreme? I don’t really think so. If there is a massive outbreak then it needs to be CUT OFF, BORDERS CLOSED.
The CDC and the White House could learn a little something from this. Oh.. wait.. nope.. because “Liberals are ALWAYS right. Ask them”. – Marcus Luttrell, American Hero. So, read on Reuters article:
Chinese, Mexicans return home as flu fears ease
By Royston Chan and Alistair Bell
SHANGHAI/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico was flying home dozens of its citizens on Tuesday quarantined in China over fears of a new flu virus and announced plans to revive its economy hit by the deadly epidemic, which showed signs of easing.
An Aeromexico plane arrived in Beijing to pick up Mexican nationals there, after taking on dozens in Shanghai. The flight was scheduled to head south to Guangzhou and then to neighboring Hong Kong before flying home.
None of the 70 or so Mexicans quarantined in mainland China have shown symptoms of the H1N1 [Mexican] flu, but they have been caught up in a drama about how far governments should go to stifle fears the virus could creep across their borders.
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