Al no golf. Golf is the best way to get out and relax. It is one of the few things my wife and I enjoy doing together. I guess golf is not for everyone.

I read some of the rankings. Usually just to see what the person ranked and why. I like to read how they came up with their opinion. I like to analyze the analysis.

Most of my life I've enjoyed golfing, fishing, and snow skiing.

Someone once asked me, "Why those three?"

After thinking about it a minute it hit me - I'm a fan of pastoral settings. A verdant course, a calm, quiet lake, or a pristine alpine piste.

Surprised you didn't write something on the World Cup.
Like World Cup attendance numbers and
The simplicity of soccer vs the NFL.
After all the NFL is expanding into the world markets.
Soccer is getting a lot of press.

Man, I am so sick of the lists! I stopped reading those articles.

Young kids are fun. My nieces and nephews are all grown up now, but I have fond memories of playing with them when they were little.

My family is not Italian, but Italian feasts are our favorite meals. There is a lot of good Italian food in the area where I grew up. We know where to get the best Italian sausage, and it was a good day when my wife got my sister's recipe for stuffed shells.

I know nothing about wine (my favorite beverages are Mountain Dew and Tropical Punch Kool-Aid), but if you want to explore the realm where wine meets music, check out folk rocker Al Stewart's album Down In the Cellar. It's a concept album about wine, and it's very good! But then, I like pretty much everything Al Stewart has done, except for the inevitable dip in quality in the 1980s.

Al I forgot to comment about your newspaper comment. Yes I had a paper delivered for a long time. I did enjoy reading the paper on the bus on my way to work and on Sunday mornings and doing the crossword puzzles. I slowly decreased the days it was delivered due to the cost. Sometimes I do miss reading the newspaper but I have a funny feeling if I get the paper delivered again I will not read it and waste money.

"Sometimes I do miss reading the newspaper but I have a funny feeling if I get the paper delivered again I will not read it and waste money."

I don't know how old you are Cheez, I am 70. I wonder how many people go thru this same scenario. I bitched a lot when our local paper cut days but not cost. And threatened them if I didn't get the same deal new customers got that I would discontinue. Well they gave in and I got the deal. Fast forward to February 2026, my wife fell and shattered her right shoulder. weeks in the hospital and the newspapers piled up. I found that I really didn't need it anymore and will not renew the subscription.

Sports is the main news I seek, and I can read everything I need to know about the Packers, Hawkeyes, and Lakers on line. The only downside is sitting in front of the computer too much, but chair Tai Chi might just be the answer to stay active and lose the gut. Go Pack Go!!!!!!!!!!!

I am an avid and lifelong golfer. In August I will be taking a bucket list trip to Ireland to play Royal Portrush and Royal County Down among other fabled Irish courses. Even though my game is slipping at age 75, I can't wait to play there!

I always used to love reading the paper newspaper, but after years of having to retrieve the paper from the foot of my driveway in icy, freezing winter months (I live in Wisconsin), I finally decided to give in and have it delivered electronically. Electronically delivered is a third of the cost of a paper newspaper and much more convenient. And the paper does a pretty good job of covering Packer news so my early mornings are split between the paper and CHTV to keep me up to date on my favorite sports team. Life is good.......

What I've discovered today is: we are all old.

I've also enjoyed learning more about several of our fellow CHTV posters.

To all our good health! Cheers!

I'm going to take up golf when I'm too old to play tennis.

I like my summers. However I do miss football content for the moments when the body and heat require a retreat in doors and something that takes away from the complexities of life personally and wider societal issues. How dare the NFL have the temerity to take a vacation! However, it might be better if a lot of those who make a living off its back were required to as well. The amount of sheer rubbish out there this dead season is stupefying.

Go out, wreck your knees and stay buff Al, and take pride in not succumbing to the feeling that you need to polish the void that is football at this time of year. You can’t burnish nothing. In a few weeks we will start a season that might teach Ed Policy that or force me to accept that Murphy’s little emperor is wearing clothes after all. Well, perhaps after pads go on and contact starts.

Number 1 for me is spending time with my grandchildren. Number 2 is listening to music. 3 is reading, especially history and biographies. 4. Going to the theater and to opera. 5. Playing chess. 6. Light exercise, walking, strecthing, swimming.
7. Traveling, though not as much as in the past, since the grandchildren have arrived. 8. Home projects/repairs, 9. Following the NY Yankees. 10. Packer football.

Everyone stay well and enjoy your hobbies. Thanks, Since '61

I'm also a professional computer geek for my day job!

I'm an amateur strongman for my primary hobby. I lift giant boulders and pull trucks. Which is mentally irregular at any age, but extremely unusual for someone who turns 55 in October. Makes any high school reunions fun, though. Other guys talking about how strong they were "back in the day" while current day me could squash "back in the day" me like a bug.

I also enjoy reading (huge sci-fi/fantasy aficionado), computer games (RPG), and cheesy monster movies.