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Steve Keene

Tommy,

Sorry you woke.  Go back to sleep.

Lowell Tuttle

OK.   We had a time of it when the Eagle's Nest opened at RHS.   As I remember, seniors only could go there as a study hall anytime they were not in class...It was open for lunch to everyone, but for us seniors it was a good deal.   

Now, there was some really good music piped into The Eagles Nest.   I always thought it was an FM station which was playing album rock, no commercials...and I remember that if you had an FM radio in your car (most did not) you could listen to that same station.

Now, it has been touted generally that the first album rock station in Dallas was KZEW 98 FM.   But, shows/memories are stating that KZEW didn't start until 1973....

So, what was the statino we listened to which was piped into the Eagle's Nest.   

Or, is my brain fried...

Wayne Gary

Lowell,

There was KLIF am 1190 that played a lot of the hits.

KVIL 103,7 fm played the hits top 40 with Ron Chapman as DJ

David,

I did not think acknowledging someone would disagree with a report is being  besmirched.

Kurt Fischer

Lowell:

KNUS

By the way, I saw your post in the Memories of the DFW Music Scene.  Nicely done.

Jim Bedwell

Tommy,

IF and I do emphasize IF, Wayne does continually insult you, I must say I do prefer Steve's insulting you over Wayne's on the forum - it's a little bit funnier!!! YEE HAW!!!

Steve,

Like the old joke goes, if you do move to New Mexico from Texas, you would raise the average IQ's of both states!!!

David Cordell

Steve,

Fear not. You needn't worry about Tommy's wish fo you to be de-interneted. Elon Musk awaits to Starlink you. That said, I hope you don't actually move.

Steve Keene

David,

Don't keep us in suspense.  What famous golfers did you see and meet?

David Cordell

Steve, I will respond as if that were a serious question.

At the Senior PGA Championship at one of the new courses on the property of the new headquarters of the PGA, I saw lots of famous golfers. The only one I "heard" was Colin Mongomerie, who dropped the F-bomb on the 18th hole. Didn't meet anyone. However, I got a couple of responses. I flashed the Hook-em sign to Justin Leonard, and nodded back. I said, "Geaux Tigers" to LSU alum David Toms, and he smiled.

The tournament is at Fields Ranch East, which just opened on May 8. Someone told  me that there are 400 acres for the two courses and 2100 acres for development. There is a big Omni Hotel but no development at all on the vast majority of the course. I think it will look a lot different in 10 years. The property has a lot of roll to it. Several ravines. The course looks interesting, but it is certainly not a tree-lined course. There will be several PGA championship events (PGA tour, Senior, Women's) in the next ten years.

I think the course is semi-private - memberships available but public play allowed for a hefty green fee.

https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/pga-frisco/golf/fields-ranch

Steve Keene

David

Thank you.   it was a serious question.  I was hoping you saw someone a step above Colin or Justin.  I hope you were able to handle the rolling terrain without pain.  Is it true the pain in the terrain is only when with no cane?  Or is it the pain in the terrain is mainly sans Novacaine?

Steve Keene

Tommy,

After Joe Biden's inflation, Dollars to Mints makes more sense.

Steve Keene

All,

That reminds me of an oldie but a goody.

A 72 yr old retiree walks into a bar and sits up at the counter and tells the bartender, "I just came from the doctor's office.  How many shot glasses do you have?"  The bartender replies "48".  The retiree says, Set them all up here on the bar and give me a shot in each of your best gin". The bartender complies but the retiree is slamming them down almost as fast as he can pour them.  The bartender says, "You are drinking those mighty quick, what's the problem?"

The retiree says you would be drinking a lot of them quick , too if you had what I have."

The bartender says, "I am real sorry to hear that sir  what do you have?"

The retiree say, " 50 cents."

Lowell Tuttle

When Padraig Harrington gets his game together, you can count out about everyone over 50.   

I didn't see John Daly's score...He garners the largest crowd, or close to it...I followed him a dozen or so years ago down here in Humble one year...it was a practice round, so you could get right up on the tee with them and the players would autograph hats, golf balls, etc...

There was a long dogleg par four (dog leg beiing formed by a long water hazard.)   We were on the tee and Daly proceeded to hit four balls in the water just to be sure he couldn't cut the corner.   Of course bangers who hit it 340-350-370 now are common with the equipment available...he was still amongst the longist drivers on tour in those days.

I now see Daly WD'd   like he did in the PGA last weekend.  Must have issues physically.

It seems by the leaderboard that foreign golfers are fairing a lot better than our stateside boys.

Lowell Tuttle

You have to admit this is a funny editorial cartoon...

David Cordell

Tommy said:

Will you please put an end to Wayne's insults aimed at me once and for all? His behavior besmirches our entire class.

Then Tommy said:

The ability, expertise, and financial means required to connect to the Internet through Starlink is so beyond Steve's mental, physical, spiritual, empathic, and emotional capabilities that he will be lucky to be able to master the skills required to set a mousetrap. And it's not just the manual dexterity required to hold back the murderous bent link of steel before setting it under that flimsy holdback -- he'll always be distracted by and eat the cheese before he puts it on the trap. Dollars to donuts he doesn't last a week out there.

David Cordell

Steve, at the Senior PGA I saw Goosen, Love III, Harrington, Els, Montgomerie, Furyk, Janzen, Weir, Clarke, Andrade, Leonard, Cink, Choi, Stricker, Langer, Toms, Lehman, Appleby, and others. But the view is much better on TV.

Lowell Tuttle

David, it seems to me that Kitchenaide, an appliance Co. for the kitchen, should be a sponsor for an LPGA event, not a Champions PGA event...

Steve Keene

David,

Those are more like it.  You have to study the course and find the choke point to get to see them up close, like a bridge across a creek or a lake path with a short distance out of bounds fence.

Chief Jim Noggin Moonshine in the Sunshine,

In your mind you''ve gone to Carolina

Gone to see the Sunshine

Gone to feel the Moonshine

Glad to be the one that kicked your ass in the behind

Cuz you've gone to Carolina in your mind.

Lowell,

There you go getting misogynist on us again.  Your wife is gonna cut you off on ice cream if you keep that up.

David Cordell

Steve,

A lot of the scary places on the course are not scary to those guys. They know how far they every club and can rely on those yardages. We duffers don't have that advantage.

Lowell,

Yeah, I thought the same thing about Kitchenaid. But, hey, their money is green, too.

Lowell Tuttle

That about does it.   After googling the Champions PGA Kitchenaide leaderboard, I am now getting adverts to buy kitchenaide appliances on my facebook board...

Wayne Gary

David,

Did you go to any of the cookong demos or put on the giant putting green.  They just showed them on Ch 8

Jerry May

A few posts back you all were mentioning the "Eagles Nest" and the songs. I remember no how many times it played, "Hey Jude" was always a favorite! In fact it was at the top of the charts for 19 weeks, and #1 by Sept 28th if 68'.

 I still have it on my phones playlist!

David Cordell

Last night Martha and I joined Hull and Delisa Barbee and David and Karen Kennedy Seidler at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art for dinner and a showing of It Ain't Over, a documenatary about Yogi Berra. When this film becomes available for streaming, any classmates who recall the Yankees of the 50s and 60s should try to watch it. One tidbit - after he signed with the Yankee organization, he joined the Navy in 1943. This link addresses his service record on D-Day. Yogi on D-Day "Happy" Memorial Day, lest we forget.

Tommy,

Your "apples and oranges" line reminds me of a line delivered by the late Michael Constantine in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Wayne,

That practice green is unbelievably large, and it has all sorts of moguls and slopes. There is a multihole short game practice area. Those greens are at different elevations so you can, for example, pitch up to an elevated green with a bunker in front. One guy I spoke to said that there are 400 acres of golf course and 2000 acres for development - "multiuse" and houses. He also said that the property belonged to the Hunt family, but I don't have any confirmation of that. Property has a lot of roll to it, but far fewer trees than I like to see on a golf course. But in answer to your question, no, I didn't try out the putting green or check out the Kitchenaid exhibits.

Jerry,

I have the CDs of both the red and blue "1" albums of the Beatles' hits. I rarely listen to CD. I never listen to any of my vinyl, and I have many boxes of records that have made multiple geographical moves without being opened. Somewhere I have a White Album that I played once -- to record on cassette.

What are youz guyz doin' with your old records, or did you already get rid of them?

David Cordell

Tommy said, "David, apples and oranges. It's all fruit to you."

David said, "Tommy, your 'apples and oranges' line reminds me of a line delivered by the late Michael Constantine in My Big Fat Greek Wedding."

Tommy said, "Davdi (sic), what was the line from My Big Fat Greek Wedding?"

David posts video. (Turn up the volume.)  

Hollis Carolyn Heyn

My earliest memory was at naptime standing in my crib ( I could have been as old as 2 and a half as they took awhile to put me in a big girl bed) singing along with the national anthem that opened the game my mom was watching in the next room.  I imagine she was ironing since watching baseball and, oddly, ironing were two of her fav pasttimes.  I remember her laughing at my made up words and telling me to go to sleep.  It was a hot day and my bedroom was very sunny.

Tommy, my dad drank Pearl beer and took the family to tour the San Antonio brewery.  Don't remember what I asked but do remember the guide being irritated.

Steve Keene

Hollis,

David wants to know if you were naked.