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LET'S BE HONEST

• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Sun, Apr 19 2015 8:18 PM

  Thank  you   for adding to this great thread   OmniV .    

• MichaelStroke 2,066 Posts

  Mon, Apr 20 2015 4:45 PM

  The details of my life are quite inconsequential.

  My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery.  My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet.  My father would womanize; he would drink.  He would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark.  Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.

  My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons.  In the spring, we'd make meat helmets.  When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds...pretty standard, really.

  At the age of 12, I received my first scribe.  At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Vilmer ritualistically shaved my testicles.  There really is nothing like a shorn ***; it's breathtaking, I suggest you try it.

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Tue, Apr 21 2015 2:02 AM

  

   

  Let's get back on track please...

• golfvader7 1,822 Posts

  Tue, Apr 28 2015 4:41 PM

  golfvader7:

  It appears you all know each other already, so..........my friends call me "gv" or "vader", I'm 66 (Feb 13), live on Long Island in NY, am married 44 years to the same gal, and my daughter lives in Germantown, Maryland. 30 years ago I was a scratch golfer with hopes of getting better and trying to make the Senior Tour when I turned 50. I had already won 13 amateur tourneys, but still thought I had to get better.

  Then the fun began. I had 2 emotional breakdowns (working 80 hour weeks will do that), had a silent heart attack, found I had 2 bad kidneys (both make stones), developed angina, had a pacemaker implanted 6 hours before my heart shut down (I live off the thing, it fires 65 times per minute, it has been replaced 3 times), had my gall bladder removed, had open heart surgery (2x...after the 1st one I started bleeding into my chest cavity so they had to go in again), & just to make it interesting I have clinical depression and anxiety disorder. And, have tremors in both hands due to certain meds I must take. And I take more meds every day than most pharmacies carry as stock. I think that's it.

  This is without question the very best golf site I have ever seen. I've been a WGT member for a year, am a Tour Master, and hope to make Legend before I go play golf in Camelot. I've had more than my share of run-ins with the WGT..........but quit because of "all the problems"..........NEVER!!! This site gives me everything I had in playing regularly except actually swinging the club. My health prohibits that. But I WILL play again, even if I have to ride around the course in an ambulance with EMT"s as my caddie. 

  When you have stared death in the face 3x, you develop a new outlook on life. Really you do!!! My sense of humor gets through the days, weeks, months and years. So, PLEASE, take a tip from "gv". This is as close to real golf as you can get. I've hit many a shot that I thought was perfect and wasn't. I've missed 10 inch putts more times than I can count. I've been screwed here on credits. SO WHAT!!!! Take this game for what it is.....have fun with it. Make new friends, laugh off some of the stupidity that happens all the time. You don't know when you won't be able to do it anymore. Just before I'm cremated (I want my ashes scattered, 1/2 over St. Andrews, the other 1/2 over the greatest course I ever played, Augusta National),  I'll probably say: "Please wait, I just want to hit 1 more shot"

  "I hope I see you all very soon in the short grass"..........................................."gv"

  PS.....What a simply great idea to have the chance to post things like this. Maybe I'll make some new "FRIENDS"

  
  

  Since that post in March 2013, I became the most hated owner in wgt because of something I wrote concerning CCs of the week. And quite frankly I have not posted since. I leave the community forum to those that "run it" and can say what they please, no matter what, no matter who they hurt. But this thread, the best of those in any forum, deserved an update form March 2013. I have recently been diagnosed with early -onset alzheimers. My short term memory is the 1st to be effected, the rest of my memory will follow. And there is no timetable for it's escalation. At present I have good days and bad days. On good days I can remember to adjust the swing meter, on bad days I cannot recognize my daughter's voice when she calls. So those that said that I had the IQ of a goldfish, in the long run, could turn out to be correct.

  My future, terrifies me. I don't know why, I probably won't remember it. I read my club forum 5 times a day. In lucid moments, I post in my club forum hoping that I'm making sense.

  I know I cannot beat this thing. My only hope is to do my best to try and "hold it off" for as long as I can.

  I'm definitely not looking for sympathy from this crowd, but there are a few who seem to genuinely care about those that "are honest". I have not posted here in months, and probably won't. Being vulture fodder is not my thing. To the few friends I made from this thread, this post was particularly made for you. To the rest, I'm as down as far as I can get, so I'll be a perfect target for the community assassins.

  So say what you will......odds are in a few weeks I won't remember anyway, and you can rest on your laurels while beating down a defenseless wgt member. 

  Renni, thanks for starting this. I won't be posting in it anymore. Because I don't post to the community anymore, and probably because I won't remember it's here.

   

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Tue, Apr 28 2015 5:57 PM

  gv, you have my heart and soul my friend. May the best of the best be upon you and remember what you want. Just reading your post lifts my spirits. Some people can still be honest. For all the others I feel sorry. To be an internet super hero with thousands of comments and non stop blabber, for what. Some people are Legends in their own minds, or in this case, Tour Legends in their own minds. The ones who talk the most, have never been honest on here. Thank you my friend and enjoy what you may.

  Renni

• opyeuclid 6,710 Posts

  Tue, Apr 28 2015 6:12 PM

  iaa R ( R ) V ft 

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Tue, Apr 28 2015 7:46 PM

  GV, I am not sure if hated is the right terminology, as hate is such a strong word and should be used cautiously.

  That said, and as this is the honesty thread, I have always spoken my mind and I have never sought approval or acceptance, probably not to dissimilar to yourself. This is a trait I admire in others, and whilst I may argue against you, should not be construed as hatred.

  I will not pander to anyone's whims just for approval - I call things as I see it and if that upsets someone, so be it.

  I do believe I inferred that you were either delusional, had the memory of a goldfish, or alternatively had selected memory.

  Perhaps all along there was a valid reason, so without knowing that reason, I will retract those comments....oh I can put my hand up and admit fault...tastes like vinegar, but can still do so.

  That said, I have never have had an ounce of malice or dislike against you GV, but when I believe someone is wrong or I disagree, I will say so.

  As for your diagnosis, I wish you the best. I saw my grandmother suffer, and ironically was endearing (being asked the same question 10 time in as many minutes) but heart-breaking at the same time.

  As you say, some moments are good and I was always thrilled that in those good moments came humour, and that is how I choose to remember her.

  Conversely I had an aunt who suffered from Motor Neurones - seeing her waste away, having no control over her body was harder, especially when her mind was as sharp as a tack. 24/7 of terror in her eyes.

  We do not get a choice in life so what illnesses will afflict us, but if I had a choice of the two, I know which I would choose.

  When I get home today GV, I will raise my coffee cup to you......and my thoughts are with you and your family.

   

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Wed, Apr 29 2015 1:32 AM

  All the best GV, 

  to olden is not meant for the faint-hearted!

• SteveW65 4,540 Posts

  Wed, Apr 29 2015 1:47 AM

  Life really seems cruel when you get dealt a hand like that GV. All the very, very best to you and your family sir. After reading your post, I for one will be very mindful of life's frailties and try and enjoy each day. 

• spy88 205 Posts

  Wed, Apr 29 2015 8:18 AM

  gv, I want to thank you for opening up my mind to the "conscious" knowledge that there are so many out there having a worse day then myself.  My personal afflictions cannot be helped with meds so I simply accept the days trials as they come.

  After over 48 years of irl golf, I also got to scratch.  But I've given up any hope of ever playing again and this sim partially fulfills a huge vacancy in my life as it does for you.  When the time comes, I'll be looking for you at Augusta...I'm sure there will be a tee time for us and two other like-minded golfers.  I'll be the one hitting from the other side of the ball.☺