AsktheBuilder.com Issue #1249 (I think)

September 3, 2023

Dear ,

Are you a brand-new subscriber? Greetings and solutions as my dear departed father-in-law would say.

Pooof! There went the summer of 2023. And just like that it's September.

You're about to discover:

• my PCL injury
• fascinating audit videos

Let's get started.

#DoNotComply

How to Lay Around for Four Days

Five days ago Ed, my golf league partner, and I won the first match in our league playoff series. It was a nail-biter. On the fourth tee, I think I twisted too much after striking my ball and I injured my posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) behind my left knee. Yeouch did it hurt!

It was not a full-blown tear, but I sure did something to it. I was able to tough it out and finish the all-important match. It was crazy painful to hobble down any large or small. slope. Years of working injured paid off and I won the three holes we did win and helped tie two others. The other team only won one hole.

Earlier in the day I thought about how the match might go. I wanted to be mentally prepared. Many years ago I played organized sports and fortunately had a coach that taught us all about mental toughness. If you've played sports, I think you might agree that in the end it really comes down to the mental aspects of the game.

It was neck and neck through hole #7. As we drove to the 8th tee box, Ed was starting to unravel saying, "We're running out of time!" I replied, "Ed, we've got this. I guarantee you we can win the last two holes if we simply play our game and ignore what Chris and Nate are doing. Just bear down and focus on each stroke."

I thought the match might be close and decided in the last twenty minutes. That's exactly how it played out. While driving to the 9th tee box, Ed said, "Tim, your clutch 8-foot putt for par on the last hole broke their backs. You could see the the desperation on thier faces as they walked to their cart."

It did and at the 9th tee box the young bucks we played started swinging for the fences trying to win the last hole. It's a very nice par 4 hole at Lochmere Country Club. Both of their balls went wild to the left. They finished the hole with a triple bogey while Ed and I both had a bogey. 

The scorecard is just below. I got a stroke on the 9th hole (see the asterisk in the box on my row?) and technically finished with a net 4 for the hole. The circled numbers are holes that someone won. Those numbers not circled represent neither team won the hole and each team gets 1/2 point for the hole. Circled holes mean you get one full point.

I gave the #9 hole to Ed since we both had a 5 on the hole.

Resting Up

My medical team told me to ice the knee, brace it, and stay off it as much as possible. This meant I had lots of time on my hands over the past four days.

I found myself at YouTube a few days ago and stumbled across a slew of fascinating videos.

It's a very eclectic channel on YouTube called Amagansett Press. The guy who owns the channel is a professional photographer that used to work for the New York Times.

Now he and his wife and son travel the USA recording unique travel videos visiting all sorts of tiny towns recording street videos.

He's all about protecting your rights and mine. Being a member of the media, he strives to teach storeowners, customers, police, security people about the First Amendment.

You'd be STUNNED about how many people are absolutely oblivious to what is allowed on public property. Perhaps you might get an education watching a few of his videos.

There's a REALLY GOOD chance he's been to your town and its business district. To find out, just type into the YouTube search engine: amagansett press NAME OF YOUR TOWN

For example, amagansett press bar harbor

or amagansett press meredith nh

or amagansett press east hampton ny

GO WATCH a few of his videos and see what you know or don't know about what one is allowed to do on public sidewalks.

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel - The BEST Love Story of all time - well, maybe a close second...

That's enough for a holiday weekend morning.

Peace out.

Tim Carter (PhD, FullyAwakeology)

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