From: Moderate on

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-7A11F8.08333320072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
> In article <8alts1FogoU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-8701E4.08260120072010(a)news.shawcable.com...
>> > In article <MPG.26af57407b61ec6998a137(a)news.giganews.com>,
>> > BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> You are well schooled in this form of banter.
>> >
>> > Almost everyone is. They learn it as children.
>> >
>> > Unlike you, most grow out of it.
>> >
>> BWHAHAHAHHAHH!!!
>
> Yeah, Mike, we get it.
>
> You can't back it up, but we get it.

LOL


From: Moderate on

"William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
news:wclark2-A9E308.12334320072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> In article <i247us$26h$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
> "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:
>
>> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:wclark2-430C41.20092019072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>> > In article <8ai92cFjdnU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>> > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> We have a links course in Portland. It's ok. Bandon is a few hours
>> >> as
>> >> well. I'd play it if the price were right but I wouldn't trade it for
>> >> a
>> >> good desert course or the ones in central Oregon. I like beautiful
>> >> scenery
>> >> and being warm. My game is depressing enough without the addition of
>> >> ugly
>> >> surroundings and cold, marine air.
>> >>
>> >> -Greg
>> >
>> > No, you don't. You have a course set up to resemble a links course, but
>> > it is not a links course in the sense that St. Andres, Carnoustie,
>> > Troon, Muirfield, and the rest are. That takes a couple of hundred
>> > years, a lot of sheep, and striking natural beauty.
>> *********************************************
>>
>> How did sheep make those bunkers and that ugly ditch? That course is an
>> eyesore.
>
> Sheep made the bunkers by digging holes in the sandy soil to get shelter
> from the wind. And the course os not an "eyesore" - it's magnificent, if
> you have seen it. Which, of course, you have not.
>
> Schooled. Again.

Who knew sheep could cut and stack sod like that?


From: MNMikeW on

"Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote in message
news:i24uum$7l2$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>
> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:wclark2-A9E308.12334320072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>> In article <i247us$26h$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
>> "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:wclark2-430C41.20092019072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>>> > In article <8ai92cFjdnU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
>>> > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> We have a links course in Portland. It's ok. Bandon is a few hours
>>> >> as
>>> >> well. I'd play it if the price were right but I wouldn't trade it
>>> >> for a
>>> >> good desert course or the ones in central Oregon. I like beautiful
>>> >> scenery
>>> >> and being warm. My game is depressing enough without the addition of
>>> >> ugly
>>> >> surroundings and cold, marine air.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Greg
>>> >
>>> > No, you don't. You have a course set up to resemble a links course,
>>> > but
>>> > it is not a links course in the sense that St. Andres, Carnoustie,
>>> > Troon, Muirfield, and the rest are. That takes a couple of hundred
>>> > years, a lot of sheep, and striking natural beauty.
>>> *********************************************
>>>
>>> How did sheep make those bunkers and that ugly ditch? That course is an
>>> eyesore.
>>
>> Sheep made the bunkers by digging holes in the sandy soil to get shelter
>> from the wind. And the course os not an "eyesore" - it's magnificent, if
>> you have seen it. Which, of course, you have not.
>>
>> Schooled. Again.
>
> Who knew sheep could cut and stack sod like that?
>
Not to mention getting those cool cameras in there. ;-)


From: William Clark on
In article <i24uum$7l2$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
"Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:

> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:wclark2-A9E308.12334320072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> > In article <i247us$26h$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>,
> > "Moderate" <no_spam_(a)no_mail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> news:wclark2-430C41.20092019072010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
> >> > In article <8ai92cFjdnU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >> > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> We have a links course in Portland. It's ok. Bandon is a few hours
> >> >> as
> >> >> well. I'd play it if the price were right but I wouldn't trade it for
> >> >> a
> >> >> good desert course or the ones in central Oregon. I like beautiful
> >> >> scenery
> >> >> and being warm. My game is depressing enough without the addition of
> >> >> ugly
> >> >> surroundings and cold, marine air.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Greg
> >> >
> >> > No, you don't. You have a course set up to resemble a links course, but
> >> > it is not a links course in the sense that St. Andres, Carnoustie,
> >> > Troon, Muirfield, and the rest are. That takes a couple of hundred
> >> > years, a lot of sheep, and striking natural beauty.
> >> *********************************************
> >>
> >> How did sheep make those bunkers and that ugly ditch? That course is an
> >> eyesore.
> >
> > Sheep made the bunkers by digging holes in the sandy soil to get shelter
> > from the wind. And the course os not an "eyesore" - it's magnificent, if
> > you have seen it. Which, of course, you have not.
> >
> > Schooled. Again.
>
> Who knew sheep could cut and stack sod like that?

Who knows what they were up to 200 years ago? You certainly don't - just
like you don't know anything else.
From: Carbon on
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:48:11 -0400, BAR wrote:
> In article <4c451d40$0$4859$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
>>>
>>>> But you still can't figure out why asking me if I'd bowed to my
>>>> Queen makes you the loser in a discussion about what constitutes
>>>> how golf was "designed", do you?
>>>
>>> Just poking you with a stick about your comment about the youth of
>>> the USA. You Canadians have only had your own country, almost, since
>>> 1982.
>>
>> Well, not really. The Monarchy has had nothing to do with governing
>> Canada for a very long time.
>
> Why is the Queen of England your head of state?

You're certainly not shy about demonstrating your cluelessness.
Good for you, I guess.