Thanksgiving is one of the handful of holidays that most superintendents, north and south, can enjoy. It falls in the shoulder season, the “tweener” time for golf courses in cool- and warm-season areas.
Many of you have kids and face the dilemma of traveling for the holiday right now. That said, I was inspired by the following blog/column to offer a few of my own ideas:
- If you must drive more than an hour with children younger than 10 in the car, you are not a wienie for having a DVD player in your vehicle. When my wife first approached me about the idea of having one of these gadgets in the car, I thought it was the most ridiculously indulgent idea I’d ever heard. “Why can’t my children just play license plate bingo like I did when I was a kid?” I asked stupidly. Just about 10 miles into the trip, I knew (once again) she was right and it was a fabulous idea. In fact, the DVD player with headsets for the kids is the greatest invention ever. As a parent, how much is a couple of hours of quiet time worth to you?
- If you’re flying, please don't be one of those #%@!heads who carries all of your worldly possessions onto the plane because “the airline always lose your luggage.” I fly about 193 times a year, I check my stuff damned near every time, and they never lose my luggage. I hate and despise those schmucks who come down the aisle of a plane – smacking me upside the head with their tote-bags full of junk in the process -- looking like Tibetan sherpas humping all of the equipment of some mountain climber who’s trying to summit Everest. As an alternative, there’s a great big empty place in the middle of every airplane called the cargo hold. Please let the nice people put your crap in there and wait an extra 10 whole minutes for it to arrive.
- Last, but not least, relax and try not to check your e-mail, voice-mail and text messages every seven minutes. It’s a holiday, dammit. Enjoy.
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