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From: Antonio Veranos on 26 Jun 2010 23:35 Hi folks, I've resubscribed as I'm done with surgery and about ready to hit the links again, plus there's some exciting golf taking place around the world right now and I figured there'd be lots of discussion about it on RSG. Having said that, I can't find any golf posts, and instead see a lot of ignorant bleating on various political topics. The polidiocy which has spoiled many forums hasn't spread to this extent to RSG and actually ruined the place, has it? That would be a terrible shame. -- Antonio Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it?
From: Draco on 27 Jun 2010 11:37 On Jun 26, 11:35 pm, Antonio Veranos <summerstorm0...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've resubscribed as I'm done with surgery and about ready to hit the > links again, plus there's some exciting golf taking place around the > world right now and I figured there'd be lots of discussion about it on > RSG. Having said that, I can't find any golf posts, and instead see a > lot of ignorant bleating on various political topics. The polidiocy > which has spoiled many forums hasn't spread to this extent to RSG and > actually ruined the place, has it? That would be a terrible shame. > > -- > Antonio Veranos > > What color does a smurf go when you choke it? It goes white. But that is besides the point. RSG has always been a free fire zone for all types of posters and spammers. You will find those who still post about golf. Though they are few and far between. I played this past week at the local muni in 95+ heat and 80%+ humidity. Nuts? Sure, but I did have the course pretty much to myself. It allowed me to skull, chilli-dip, slice, duck hook, hit and loose the ball and even hit a few straight. Frustrating? Sure. But, I wasn't holding any one up nor suffering the bad whit of fellow players. Sweated like a horse after a hard won race. But still had loads of fun at the same time. So, Antonio. Hope you keep playing and post the fun you get to have now you are done with what ever surgery you had done. Draco
From: Antonio Veranos on 27 Jun 2010 11:41 [Draco <JPDFDA(a)HOTMAIL.COM>] [Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:37:31 -0700 (PDT)] : I played this : past week at the local muni in 95+ heat and 80%+ humidity. Nuts? Sure, : but I did have the course pretty much to myself. It allowed me to : skull, chilli-dip, slice, duck hook, hit and loose the ball and even : hit a few straight. Frustrating? Sure. But, I wasn't holding any one : up nor suffering the bad whit of fellow players. Sweated like a horse : after a hard won race. But still had loads of fun at the same time. I know exactly what you mean. Having a sparsely-populated course behind me is one of the reasons I enjoy playing very early in the morning and quite late in the day. I prefer late, though, I think... as the dew can make finding the ball difficult when the sun is high in the sky. -- Antonio Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it?
From: Mike Dalecki on 27 Jun 2010 13:16 Antonio Veranos wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've resubscribed as I'm done with surgery and about ready to hit the > links again, plus there's some exciting golf taking place around the > world right now and I figured there'd be lots of discussion about it on > RSG. Having said that, I can't find any golf posts, and instead see a > lot of ignorant bleating on various political topics. The polidiocy > which has spoiled many forums hasn't spread to this extent to RSG and > actually ruined the place, has it? That would be a terrible shame. > It is a terrible shame. Unlike what others have said (RSG has always been like this), that is not so. Back at the end of the 1990s and during the early 2000s, RSG was a beautiful place on the web. Oh, there were a few spammers, and the meowers would take a shot every once in a while, but mostly it was about golf. Remember the big RSG events, the invites (where everyone was invited)? Remember RSG-Atlanta (both I and II)? Remember when there were RSG events all over the place (Atlanta, Northwest, Ohio, Pittsburg, Hershey, Wisconsin, Cincy)? Remember RSG-Ohio, what some might consider the premier event? Most of those events are still going, they've just evolved away from RSG. Remember the swing debates (the Golfing Machine!), the equipment threads, the short game and mental game and course review threads? Alas, no more. Most who want to talk about golf have left and found other venues. I'm on a couple mailing lists with former RSG'ers, who had grown tired of the drama and self-centeredness which defined most of RSG. I pop in from time to time to chronicle the decline of RSG; it fascinates me, that this unregulated forum has degenerated into shouting matches, during which NOBODY'S mind is changed. And yet the shouting continues. (What's that old definition of mental illness? Doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting a different outcome?) Today, if you want golf talk, you need to find a moderated forum like the Golf Channel, or some such. You're not going to find it here. Congrats on being past the surgery, BTW. Take it easy, do what the doctors tell you to do, and enjoy the recovery. Mike -- Mike Dalecki Occam's Razor: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
From: Antonio Veranos on 27 Jun 2010 13:19
[Mike Dalecki <mike(a)dontincludethistclubdoctor.com>] [Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:16:05 -0500] : Today, if you want golf talk, you need to find a moderated forum like : the Golf Channel, or some such. You're not going to find it here. Sad. : Congrats on being past the surgery, BTW. Take it easy, do what the : doctors tell you to do, and enjoy the recovery. Thanks, Mike. -- Antonio Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it? |