ShopTalk: Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:24:06 -0400

[Connie Mack Rea]

I told a friend how to inscribe a mark around the center of his putting ball.  His response was just a notch above the response one would get from showing a cat a picture of himself.   One golf source would charge him almost $25.  A less sophisticated device is only $8.00.   My device has no moving parts, was not purchased from any golf site, and is ultimately and absolutely practical.  The device is made from pewter.  That one end has a conical vessel of one ounce and the other a similar vessel of two ounces is significant only from a social perspective.    It is my drink jigger.  The two ounce end has precisely--and I mean precisely--a  circumference such that the jigger's diameter divides the logo perfectly.   One trip around the circumference with a felt pen is just as perfect as a woman's diagnostically lovely legs.   If you prefer three guide lines, set the ball in the one ounce end.   My friend has apologized for his cat-like indifference with a quart of Grey Goose.  I returned it to him for an equal quantity of Crown Royal.  I would rather not subsidize the French.   Dr. CMR