I'm a day late with this posting. Golf took priority. I played my first 18 holes of the year. The sun was shining and I only lost 2 balls. Luckily Grasshopper No.1 and family gave me new Nike balls for Christmas so the loss cost me nothing. I did have one memorable shot (the kind Grasshopper No.4) always complains about. I mis-hit a ball towards the water. It skimmed across and hit a rock on the other side of the creek. The ball bounced in the air, landed on the green and I made the putt for a birdie. Isn't that what is supposed to happen?
May 28 marks my Dad's birthday. He would have been 89. Theoretically he could still be here giving me fatherly advice. Hummmmm?
Grandson Mitchell in Madison has a brand new cast on his right arm. Something about a bike accident! The worst part is that his Mom was the first to sign his cast. It said something including "Love, Mom". That is not something you show all the kids at school who also sign the cast. Life has it's difficulties. Embarrassing.
There are two American car companies that are in bankruptcy (GM & Chrysler) and Ford is on life support. So I took inventory of the cars owned by our familes. I had trouble finding an American automobile.
Grasshopper No.5 has a Mini-Cooper made by BMW in Bavaria. Nope, no U.S. tag here.
Grasshopper No.4 owns one car, a Hyundai. I think it is Korean.
Grasshopper No. 3 has a Saab and his kids have a Honda and Volvo. I don't see an American tag on any of them.
Grasshopper No.2 has a Nissan Murano. Japanese?
And then there is Grasshopper No.1 and Family with a Chevy and a Ford van. Finally loyally supportive to American products.
And of course your Mom drives a Camry (Japanese) and I have the BMW.
By my count, we have a total of 10 cars in the family, 8 are foreign models.
The lesson Grasshoppers is that people buy quality, dependable cars at fair prices. Our family car inventory supports that fact. American car makers have been out of touch with reality for years. So we the taxpayers, lend money to mis-managed companies in hope of saving the U.S. car manufacturing albatross(es). Kiss that money good-bye!
Love,
Dad