Who plays Golf ? Poll.

[Eastie]

A bridge you say. It just so happens that I'm in the market for a bridge. I'll install it at the end of a freeway and toll the bastard so I too can get in on the biggest money spinner this side of shity link.

[craigb]

Upcoming elections - what upcoming elections?

Are we to have a vote on who is the biggest tit on the board?

(God, I hope it's not me.)

[AlexS]

...just a little point of principle. All letters to the trough-wallowing muck-swillers that we have for politicians should finish with...

You have the honour to be, sir,
my obedient servant.
......

[Kev Y.]

Was'nt golf invented to allow those who were not BIG enough for Aussie rules, Dumb enough for RUGBY, BLIND enough for soccer, DRUNK enough for cricket, or TALENTED enough for woodwork , to have something to talk about????

[vcohen]

While you blokes/blokesses have been mucking about on the golf question .... I have been doing some serious research on the subject. Yessireee Bob!

The final result of this research is to establish that the object of golf is to

'Take a small ball approx 35mm in diameter, place it on a ball approx 12800 Km in diameter, Then hit the small ball without hitting the big one.'

I don't mess about, I go out and ask the hard questions.

[Sturdee]

The trouble is so few can hit the small ball without hitting the big one thereby ruining good grassland. And if they ever do they think it is such a big deal they keep retelling it for years just like the fish that just got away.


Peter.

[silentC]

My wife plays golf 2 to 3 times a week. When she's not playing golf, she's on Ebay looking for new clubs (you can never have too many), reading books and magazines on the subject, or talking to people about golf. She participates in online forums about golf, golfing and golf clubs. She's always sneaking off to "hit a few balls". She tapes the golf show and watches it to get tips on how to play better.

Does this sound eerily familiar to anybody?

[vcohen]

Wow!!!

And then they say WE are fixated with our tools and workshops!!!!

Cheers

[silentC]

It's the perfect situation. I never get challenged when I'm heading for the shed. Sometimes I come home from work and she's checking out Ebay or something. I hang around in the background for a few minutes and she says "why don't you go down to your shed and cut some wood or something?".

[Zed]

your wife sounds perfect - with the price of golf equipment these days surely she cant mess with you buying a new Felder Combo.

[silentC]

It's all in how you play the ball .

You're right about the golf gear. She got all fitted up for new sticks a couple of years ago and now "the flex is wrong" so she has to replace them all. Thank God for Ebay, can't afford to pay retail on a country salary.

A couple of weeks ago I got a new jointer and thicknesser, she got a new driver. Next year she wants a new set of irons, I want a bandsaw and a drill press.

'fraid I'd have to sell the car to afford a Felder. Not sure I'd want one though anyway. Much more impressive having a shed crammed full of single-purpose machines (that's separate machines, if you're reading Jim ). Already got into a fight over that on another thread

[ozwinner]

Originally posted by silentC
She's always sneaking off to "hit a few balls".

Gees, no wonder your called Silent, must be painful.
Cheers, Allan The Loud,

[Rocker]

As your resident pommy b*st*rd (although I do have a bit of paper to certify that I am now dinky-di), I have to point out to Zed that there is one member of the royal family, Viscount Linley, who makes pretty good furniture (see, for example,

http://www.edwardpritchard.co.uk/linleytable.htm ),

although it might be argued that actually he gets the proles to make it and then attaches his name to it However, I have to sympathise with Zed's republican leanings. It does seem a bit excessive that the Australian taxpayer should fork out $600,000 so that Prince Harry can take an extended holiday in the outback.

Anyway, I think that Zed should be grateful that more poms did not take up that that very generous ten-pound offer back in the sixties. But I suppose someone has to take up the white man's burden, and endure the filthy weather in Britain. I am afraid my stiff upper lip was not up to the task.

Darren,
Perhaps you could explain to your wife that, since the rules of golf specify that a player may not use more than 14 clubs, she is risking the humiliation of being drummed out of the golf club, if the word should get around that she has exceeded that number.

[Sturdee]

Originally posted by silentC
..........looking for new clubs (you can never have too many)......

Yes you can Darren. The rules limit her to 14 clubs when she is playing else she be disqualified. And yes unfortunately it sounds all too familiar.


Peter.

[DanP]

Originally posted by silentC
She got all fitted up for new sticks a couple of years ago and now "the flex is wrong" so she has to replace them all. Thank God for Ebay, can't afford to pay retail on a country salary.
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She could always get the clubs re shafted with the correct flex for about half the cost. YEAH RIGHT... LIKE THATS GUNNA HAPPEN

Dan