Two thirty

I thought today was a new experience for me, but having racked my brain I now realise that is not the case.

Today I had a tooth extracted (almost) which I thought was for the first time. It had cracked and was not possible to fill so it had to come out. There ended my being able to say that i had all my own teeth. Well I suppose I do, but am one less than a full set!! I indicated that I almost had the tooth out because one of the roots is still in situ as it proved difficult to extract it as it was the one above which the crack occurred. The dentist thinks it should be OK and may even ease closer to the surface with age. If that is the case then she may be able to extract it later.

One often hears of people who have had car accidents itching out pieces of glass some years later as the body slowly rids itself of the debris.

The reason I had experienced a tooth extraction before was that one of my milk teeth had refused to come out before the adult tooth behind it had appeared. The operation to extract happened in about 1960 I guess and I was put to sleep with full anaesthetic and doctor in attendance, with mother and father there to check I woke up. None of the pain killing injections and off you go approach which I experienced today. That said I wonder when the numbness will wear off and any pain will start to kick in?  Not too long I suspect.

The Highs and Lows

That sum's golf up pretty well really. There are days when everything goes your way and times when it doesn't and the last few weeks have certainly been like that. We are entering the knock-out match period of the season, and I have been dashed a few times on the 18th green. Sometimes you think you have been beaten, which is fine, other time you think you have lost which is a very frustrating feeling. I also entered an English Golf Captains event at THE Wilmslow and did not play very well. I am not a great fan of the Wilmslow course and I am unsure why they have added the THE to the front of their name. Wilmslow is part of the Viagra triangle in the Eastern part of Cheshire, the other two towns being Alderley Edge and Knutsford, so maybe it is a supplemental boost to their perceived status in that part of the County. All very strange though.

SWMBO and I were delighted to be able to host the ex-Captains, the Council members and their partners together with some ex-Captains widows in our garden as an opportunity for them all to get together. The ladies in particular had probably not seen each other for 18 months or so. It was a very convivial gathering which I think everybody enjoyed. The Club then hosted an array of Captains from the Cheshire and Lancashire clubs for a match and some refreshment afterwards. I was able to make a short speech and enjoy a few beers with the locals.

I was disappointed that an opportunity to play at St Andrew's in the Old Tom Morris 200th birthday celebrations  passed me by, but a further Salver Day at Wallasey in the middle of June  focused my mind and that earlier disappointment was washed away when yesterday I was able to help our 1997 ex-Captain win his Salver Day for the first time after 24 years of trying.

So the highs and the lows of the game have been encapsulated into the month of June, I await with interest what July will have in store.