Every year The Golfer and his brother exchange Member/Guests. And since what’s good for the gander is good for the goose, in the fall of every year The Women and I take a trip. Over the years we have been many places coast to coast. The criteria for said trips is entertainment, shopping and alcohol readily available and husbands and families not allowed to contact except in case of emergency. And every year I come back from the trip to find that some ‘household improvement’ has been made. That was, in fact, how the Tivo first made it’s appearance. When I left we didn’t have one. When I got home we did. This past fall the improvement was a flat screen TV mounted on an arm out on our patio. Because you don’t want to miss out on the Saturday round of the weekly tournament just because you have yard work to do. Uh hunh. Just how much yard work do you think has been getting down now that the TV is out there? Not much. Unless you count drinking beer and smoking a cigar as yard work.
Anyway. There is a show on the DIY network called Man Caves. Have you seen it? Well even if you haven’t I’m sure you can guess what it’s about. A couple of guys and their work-truck-packed-with-the-coolest-power-tools-ever shows up at some guys house and converts his basement/garage/sunroom etc. into the perfect male retreat. For obvious reasons this show is on The Golfers Tivo list.
In last weeks show ‘the guys’ converted a garage into a man cave for an avid golfer. Here is a picture of the finished product.
That back wall? That’s a mural of the 17th hole at Pebble Beach. And what you can’t see is the putting green back behind the chair, in front of that mural. And the TV in the middle of that mural? It’s actually a golf simulator. So the recipient of this cave can practice his swing.
The Golfer was pretty quite during this episode. You could almost hear the wheels turning in his brain. If he starts planning now he could have it all ready to install this fall. And the guys on the show did it all in one weekend, so how hard could it be really?
I said ‘This is The Wild West. It gets cold and it snows in the winter, and it gets hotter than Hades in the summer. If you want to get in your car and burn the back of your legs on the seat, or get up early so you can scrape the windows and warm up the car, that is your choice. BUT. When I get home from The Trip this fall I will be putting my car in my side of the garage. If that means I park on a putting green or obstruct your view of the 17th hole so be it.’
I don’t for one minute think that put an end to his plans. I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that, this fall, after sipping cocktails in the sunshine somewhere, I will return to a putting green in the garage. The only question is: How long before the dogs and cat decide the grass on the putting green is a pretty good substitute for the snow covered back yard, and use it accordingly.
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