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[MBCpro]

Philly,

I find it interesting that as soon as bucket started to post a lot, you disappeared Have the two of you ever been seen together?

glad to see you back around, hows the game?

Let's try to get together again.

todd

[phillygolf]

Philly,

I find it interesting that as soon as bucket started to post a lot, you disappeared Have the two of you ever been seen together?

glad to see you back around, hows the game?

Let's try to get together again.

todd

MBC!!!!!!!

Always a pleasure!!! For anyone that doesnt know MBC - a great guy - and in the Birmingham area. Well versed in TGM and rarely posts. Todd, please forgive me, but I must......

A long long time ago, there was this little itty bitty forum. It was bad. Real bad. Chuck Evans ran it - thank God there was something. Anyways,it was basically me, some dude named ecox and golfingrandy. We kept it going for a year or so, then it evolved - golfopinions.com, then freegolfinfo, then tgm forum.

Do I feel I helped take TGM off, yes I do. And I hope they feel the same. There was 5 of us - there was more I am missing - but we all posted. I am talking way back when the only other forum was David Laville's....I mean, TGM wasnt a pimple on anyones butt.

And I owe a ton to all of them - Chuck, MBC, Ecox, Randy - they were the gateway to my learning. Then, someone else joined the fray on TGM forum - and, you know him - I have spent countless hours with him on the phone - he, in my opinion is one of the 2 most knowledgable people in the world for TGM - then went to I believe 3 AI classes - and saw Lynn in his debut back.

Sorry - didnt mean to go this way, but MBC got me going.

MBC - always a pleasure my friend - lets talk soon.

Patrick

[phillygolf]

One other quick note.

On Lynns homepage - the picture - I was there and am not in it.

Why?

Cause I was the one laying on the grass about 3 feet in front of him. Why isnt 6B in it? Cause he was the one behind the camera.

Seems like decades.

[Yoda]

Do I feel I helped take TGM off, yes I do. And I hope they feel the same. There was 5 of us - there was more I am missing - but we all posted. I am talking way back when the only other forum was David Laville's....I mean, TGM wasnt a pimple on anyones butt.

And I owe a ton to all of them - Chuck, MBC, Ecox, Randy - they were the gateway to my learning. Then, someone else joined the fray on TGM forum - and, you know him - I have spent countless hours with him on the phone - he, in my opinion is one of the 2 most knowledgable people in the world for TGM - then went to I believe 3 AI classes - and saw Lynn in his debut back.

Those were the days, weren't they, Patrick?



You did indeed do much of the 'heavy lifting' during that crucial period when TGM was earning its spurs in cyberspace. Including, I might add, educating me about the 'lay of the land' -- the various sites and posting personalities -- that populated this corner of the world. I had been away from golf for 20 years and knew absolutely nothing of the various golf websites, much less this funky thing called 'posting'. I, for one, am grateful for the many thankless hours you put in establishing the basecamp and keeping things humming along the way.

It's now been four years since my first posts on the old TGM site run by you and Randy. By then, Chuck had already started his own site (with Randy as Admin), and I was to learn of it a couple of weeks later. I posted on both sites until Bagger, Trig and I formed this site almost exactly one year later. By the grace of God, Bambam appeared during that first year, and the rest, as they say, is history.

It was Mike O who called out of the blue in December 2003 and told me about the TGM site. I logged on for the first time (and made my first post) on January 11, 2004. Ironically, I would later discover that this was 22 years to the day from when I stepped off the airplane in Seattle, Washington and came face to face with Homer Kelley.

In one sense, it seems all this happened only yesterday, and in another, a lifetime ago. In fact, for me, it has been a lifetime, because mine has so radically changed since then.

Who'da ever thunk it?

[Mike O]

Those were the days, weren't they, Patrick?



You did indeed do much of the 'heavy lifting' during that crucial period when TGM was earning its spurs in cyberspace. Including, I might add, educating me about the 'lay of the land' -- the various sites and posting personalities -- that populated this corner of the world. I had been away from golf for 20 years and knew absolutely nothing of the various golf websites, much less this funky thing called 'posting'. I, for one, am grateful for the many thankless hours you put in establishing the basecamp and keeping things humming along the way.

It's now been four years since my first posts on the old TGM site run by you and Randy. By then, Chuck had already started his own site (with Randy as Admin), and I was to learn of it a couple of weeks later. I posted on both sites until Bagger, Trig and I formed this site almost exactly one year later. By the grace of God, Bambam appeared during that first year, and the rest, as they say, is history.

It was Mike O who called out of the blue in December 2003 and told me about the TGM site. I logged on for the first time (and made my first post) on January 11, 2004. Ironically, I would later discover that this was 22 years to the day from when I stepped off the airplane in Seattle, Washington and came face to face with Homer Kelley.

In one sense, it seems all this happened only yesterday, and in another, a lifetime ago. In fact, for me, it has been a lifetime, because mine has so radically changed since then.

Who'da ever thunk it?

Yes, Even to this day- I get PM's accusing me, blaming me and even death threats- for releasing the powerful green thing! But that's normally just from the "competition" - to which I just PM back and say "You're no competition."

[Yoda]

Yes, Even to this day- I get PM's accusing me, blaming me and even death threats- for releasing the powerful green thing! But that's normally just from the "competition" - to which I just PM back and say "You're no competition."

Mike O,

Start working on your boss now.



Your Frequent Yoda Miles account is heavy-laden, and I will personally spring for your roundtrip airline tickets from SoCal to God's Country!

The barbeque is on Bucket. Or maybe the barbeque is Bucket.



I won't eat until I see him in line!

You guys are too much . . . I just check in from time to time!

Thanks for everything, Mike. See you in North Carolina!

[Mike O]

Mike O,

Start working on your boss now.



Your Frequent Yoda Miles account is heavy-laden, and I will personally spring for your roundtrip airline tickets from SoCal to God's Country!

The barbeque is on Bucket. Or maybe the barbeque is Bucket.



I won't eat until I see him in line!

You guys are too much . . . I just check in from time to time!

Thanks for everything, Mike. See you in North Carolina!

I don't mean to be demanding but...
A) If you guarantee that Bucket will be there
B) Throw in a set of sharp steak knives that could cut through chicken and
C) Let me know what days

I'll see if I could get it on the calendar.

Thanks

[phillygolf]

Those were the days, weren't they, Patrick?



You did indeed do much of the 'heavy lifting' during that crucial period when TGM was earning its spurs in cyberspace. Including, I might add, educating me about the 'lay of the land' -- the various sites and posting personalities -- that populated this corner of the world. I had been away from golf for 20 years and knew absolutely nothing of the various golf websites, much less this funky thing called 'posting'. I, for one, am grateful for the many thankless hours you put in establishing the basecamp and keeping things humming along the way.

It's now been four years since my first posts on the old TGM site run by you and Randy. By then, Chuck had already started his own site (with Randy as Admin), and I was to learn of it a couple of weeks later. I posted on both sites until Bagger, Trig and I formed this site almost exactly one year later. By the grace of God, Bambam appeared during that first year, and the rest, as they say, is history.

It was Mike O who called out of the blue in December 2003 and told me about the TGM site. I logged on for the first time (and made my first post) on January 11, 2004. Ironically, I would later discover that this was 22 years to the day from when I stepped off the airplane in Seattle, Washington and came face to face with Homer Kelley.

In one sense, it seems all this happened only yesterday, and in another, a lifetime ago. In fact, for me, it has been a lifetime, because mine has so radically changed since then.

Who'da ever thunk it?

Yes sir...the good ole days. Funny how that happens.

And thank you for your gratitude, I too, owe you a ton of thanks and am grateful I have a home on the net to come back to even when I stray.

I hope I did not come off as - pompous - I meant not to. MBC just kicked up some memories!!! The 'heavy lifting' was a labor of love - I can still remember questioning, prying....ok, lets be honest, interrogating and not getting the wedges at all!!!

And you and I talking on the phone - the lay of the land conversation. And your first 'trip' back to TGM, and me hanging with Henning and me trying not to give up the secret that you were making an appearance (I must confess, I did say someone was coming in - just didnt say who).

The date - 22 years to the day - is unbelievable. I mean, jaw dropping unbelievable. You're problably sitting home, watching the Falcons lose again (sorry, had to get that in there), and this lunatic from Cali calls. Amazing. And now, after all these years, you're doing something you love. Not to say you didnt love your profession - but I mean, you are now involved in something that obviously lights a fire in you.

22 years to the day. Amazing. Didnt someone say there are no coincidences?

Wow.

Thanks to all as well...I missed some names (not intentionally - I'm not the sharpest spoon in the drawer!) - a gentleman named Jaminid that was stuck in 2-g for 2 years, ldeit - as well as others.

Patrick

[phillygolf]

Hmmm...

Ok, you got me.

Date please. I am due for a Pinehurst trip anyways.

A few conditions.

1. Me and ecox eat at the same restaraunt the lady took his plate in mid bite.
2. Me and ecox eat at the same restaraunt the waiting insisting on twirling and cutting my spaghetti (literally).

Last but not least.....

Mike O makes an appearance (we can let him slide on the reunion!)

Oh yeah, and Mike.....

Leave the lotion home - no need for it - 12 piece lives down there.

YEAH! Take that, and that. Uppercut, left left, right hook.....

[99toty]

Well it is beginning to sound like a large Georgia contingent is planning on being there. In that case, count me in! Someone will have to bunk with the
golfgnome, to bad bucket. I attended the Hombre school last year as a silent observer, Thank you Adam Brack and Billy McDonald.

I remember very vividly when Yoda came out of retirement. He was described as "probably" the most knowledgeable person of TGM. After just a few minutes of listening to Yoda, I told my business partner to remove the "probably".

Yoda, start working on that schedule, Pinehurst here we come.