280 YARDS, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE 01/10/06

My dad always told me look before you leap, like the time I went for a walk on our frozen covered lake. Right, I stepped into a snow covered spring hole and went for a swim. On our golf course there is a blind hole and you always look around the corner before hitting your second shot, well almost always. How did I know it was not clear ahead? Almost killed the some poor guy.

Another time we were in such a hurry to go fishing that I hooked up the boat trailer, loaded tackle, rods and beer cooler without checking the trailer. Down the road we went with a very low or I should say 99% flat tire, it was ugly, tire parts flying through the air. Don’t even ask how many fish we caught that day.

Plan ahead, look ahead, just a little forethought can do wonders, something like our country’s foreign policy for the last 50 years. Ta, ta, it’s a blog policy that politics are not allowed in bon your site, but you can vote for me anyway, I am not on the ballot's right column nor left just a little dead center as are my tee shots.