Yesterday, September 14th, I played my first 18 holes of golf in about 10 years and only about my 3rd in a lifetime. I can fully understand why.
My foursome won the "most honest golfer award". Kind of an oxymoron type of award for a lawyer. They would not even mention our scores -- if they had -- they would have been pretty decent if we had played 36 holes with the same scores.
It may be a nice friendly sport (activity); and eco-friendly except for the excremental language being used -- but it ain't for me. Besides I just couldn't bust the titanium club in half over my knee no matter how hard I tried. --- my final score was 11 over (as in I lost 11 balls).
What a great weather weekend in Toronto.
On Saturday, I travelled to the Beaches and then spent a couple of hours in Yorkville with my two favourite hobbies -- biking and cigars. While in a restaurant with Len Goodman, in came Dr. House. He didn't bother us so we didn't bother him. He sat alone for a while and then had the company of a couple of other persons that I have seen on West Wing. Except for allowing them to remove one of the chairs from our table, they didn't otherwise bother or interrupt us. Very polite of them.
On Sunday I participated in the Blue, Red & White Ride for the Salvation Army Toy Fund. The Blue is for police officers, the red is for firemen and the white is for the emergency medical team. Prior to the beginning of the ride (over a couple of hundred bikes) there was a memorial service remember 9/11. It was a somber occassion.
Finally, I was asked to participate in a weekend meeting for a non-profit organization that I am involved with. The following was my answer:
my comments as they relate to accounting and summer weekends in Ontario:
I am 62 years old -- if the weather is perfect for weekends then I have approximately 13 years of motorcycling left -- in those 13 years there are less than 6 months of potential nice weekends -- meaning 24 weeks. x 13 years = 312 weekends x 2 days = 624 possible days
of the 624 possible days at least 20% will be taken up by commitments leaving 499 days free -- of those probably 60% will be affected by weather leaving 199 expected beautiful Ontario days meaning 100 good weekends in the next 13 years.
so, do we really want to have a meeting on a weekend????
allan
On Saturday, I travelled to the Beaches and then spent a couple of hours in Yorkville with my two favourite hobbies -- biking and cigars. While in a restaurant with Len Goodman, in came Dr. House. He didn't bother us so we didn't bother him. He sat alone for a while and then had the company of a couple of other persons that I have seen on West Wing. Except for allowing them to remove one of the chairs from our table, they didn't otherwise bother or interrupt us. Very polite of them.
On Sunday I participated in the Blue, Red & White Ride for the Salvation Army Toy Fund. The Blue is for police officers, the red is for firemen and the white is for the emergency medical team. Prior to the beginning of the ride (over a couple of hundred bikes) there was a memorial service remember 9/11. It was a somber occassion.
Finally, I was asked to participate in a weekend meeting for a non-profit organization that I am involved with. The following was my answer:
my comments as they relate to accounting and summer weekends in Ontario:
I am 62 years old -- if the weather is perfect for weekends then I have approximately 13 years of motorcycling left -- in those 13 years there are less than 6 months of potential nice weekends -- meaning 24 weeks. x 13 years = 312 weekends x 2 days = 624 possible days
of the 624 possible days at least 20% will be taken up by commitments leaving 499 days free -- of those probably 60% will be affected by weather leaving 199 expected beautiful Ontario days meaning 100 good weekends in the next 13 years.
so, do we really want to have a meeting on a weekend????
allan
While this has been a short week -- it has been the kind of week in which you would swear there was a constant full moon - both day and night.
Having said that, I am now planning to be on my motorcycle most of the weekend. On Sunday there is the 33rd Annual Red, White and Blue Ride in support of the Salvation Army Charity Toy Drive. It is a collection of about 200 bikes that congregate at Toronto City Hall -- and leave at noon for an escorted ride around toronto returning 60 minuts later. It is an amazing event which includes a motorcycle ride display put on by the Metro Police Motorcycle Squad.
And most important, this year there is a remembrance for 9/11.
If you want to have some serious and good fun -- come out to the Toronto City Hall on Sunday -- be there by 11:30 and check out the main event.
Having said that, I am now planning to be on my motorcycle most of the weekend. On Sunday there is the 33rd Annual Red, White and Blue Ride in support of the Salvation Army Charity Toy Drive. It is a collection of about 200 bikes that congregate at Toronto City Hall -- and leave at noon for an escorted ride around toronto returning 60 minuts later. It is an amazing event which includes a motorcycle ride display put on by the Metro Police Motorcycle Squad.
And most important, this year there is a remembrance for 9/11.
If you want to have some serious and good fun -- come out to the Toronto City Hall on Sunday -- be there by 11:30 and check out the main event.
back again
For those of you who visit for the purpose of finding some material that concerns associateships, leases, valuation of practices, etc. -- you will have to go deep into the blogs for years gone by. There is actually an almost relevant index which may be of help.
Anyway, it is September -- last week I spent four days on the bike in Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania. I rood in Rutland and Wilmington Vermont on roads that existed on Saturday and were gone on Sunday. A real shame. However, 2700 km. in four days was great on some of the nicest roads in the nices area of the continent. If you did not otherwise know, motorcyclists are avid environmentalists who take great pleasure in travelling to places which are almost untouched by urban development. We love to pull the bike to the side of the road and enjoy the mountains, valleys, rivers and other wonders of nature. It is a treat that is not generally afforded people who travel on four wheels.
Since then, I have spent some short time with the new class at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. A potentially great class that is likely to excel in health care.
It is time to get back to the grind of the practice of law. I hate when business gets in the way of fun.
Anyway, it is September -- last week I spent four days on the bike in Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania. I rood in Rutland and Wilmington Vermont on roads that existed on Saturday and were gone on Sunday. A real shame. However, 2700 km. in four days was great on some of the nicest roads in the nices area of the continent. If you did not otherwise know, motorcyclists are avid environmentalists who take great pleasure in travelling to places which are almost untouched by urban development. We love to pull the bike to the side of the road and enjoy the mountains, valleys, rivers and other wonders of nature. It is a treat that is not generally afforded people who travel on four wheels.
Since then, I have spent some short time with the new class at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. A potentially great class that is likely to excel in health care.
It is time to get back to the grind of the practice of law. I hate when business gets in the way of fun.
I didn't do it -- really, I didn't do it. I did not pass on the signals at the blue jay game. After all, they didn't exactly offer it as a paying position. And besides most of my t shirts are black not white.
So, having regard to legal jargon:
1. I didn't do it.
2. If I did it -- I had good reason.
3. If I didn't have a good reason then there was legal justification.
4. If there was no legal justification then it doesn't matter because everyone does it.
5. If not everyone does it -- they should.
and most importantly
who cares.
Stealing base ball signals is right up there on par with making noise at a golf tournament. The simple response to all those involved -- get a life !!
So, having regard to legal jargon:
1. I didn't do it.
2. If I did it -- I had good reason.
3. If I didn't have a good reason then there was legal justification.
4. If there was no legal justification then it doesn't matter because everyone does it.
5. If not everyone does it -- they should.
and most importantly
who cares.
Stealing base ball signals is right up there on par with making noise at a golf tournament. The simple response to all those involved -- get a life !!
Dear Reader:
If you have found your way to this blog as a result of first going to the CMCC site and then moving on to the golf tournament "Backswing '11" and then finally hitting my sponsorship name -- then you will likely think that I either golf for know something about golf. Either assumption would be wrong.
I do, however, consider myself a reasonably good sport. So I am sponsoring the event and will host a foursome. The last time I did this I prayed for rain so the event would be cancelled. It came as a shock to find out that golfers golf in the rain -- sans lightning. So, I will be on the golf course, with three or four cigars and a like amount of golf balls. I expect to finish off both at the same time.
ps. instead of a golf cart I am intending to use a motorcycle!!!
If you have found your way to this blog as a result of first going to the CMCC site and then moving on to the golf tournament "Backswing '11" and then finally hitting my sponsorship name -- then you will likely think that I either golf for know something about golf. Either assumption would be wrong.
I do, however, consider myself a reasonably good sport. So I am sponsoring the event and will host a foursome. The last time I did this I prayed for rain so the event would be cancelled. It came as a shock to find out that golfers golf in the rain -- sans lightning. So, I will be on the golf course, with three or four cigars and a like amount of golf balls. I expect to finish off both at the same time.
ps. instead of a golf cart I am intending to use a motorcycle!!!
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