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Old 10-04-2007, 07:20 AM
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FOOLS

Stop wasting time online and go to a range and practice
The Good Lord only put so many swings in this ol' body. I am not going to waste those swings on a practice range. I, thank you, will use up the swings left... on the course.

So, rather than waste strokes on the practice range, I'd rather waste key-strokes on this DB. Rather than practice, I'd rather stir the pot so, when gone, I am remembered as the antagonistic arse I can be!!!!
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Old 10-04-2007, 07:27 AM
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I'd rather stir the pot so, when gone, I am remembered as the antagonistic arse I can be!!!!
Again, the use of a British term.

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Old 10-04-2007, 09:36 AM
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This thread has hit the head lines in the UK.You are receiving some sympathy but not much it has to be said.And your Russian neighbours haven't exactly waded in to help you either.

But look,lets just all get along.I won't use smilies and will continue to use the word FOOL every now and then and I promise not to do it unless provoked ie like in Lyles late April Fools thread about the NV,which obviously is a big wind-up.And lets not mention the Anser homage thread about the shiney trinket Scotty something or other.I didn't use the word FOOl once in either.

Lyle,if you are serious about the NV (seek help if you are) I will pay you 50 US dollars for the Creation,plus P+P to blighty,thats a mighty fine deal
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Old 10-04-2007, 11:11 AM
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I think that I am beginning, at long last, to

understand this cultural thing. Americans are fools who have to be told what to do. The British are brutally frank snobs who feel that they must tell everyone what to do. The Irish seem to be rollicking good fellows but who knows for sure since a single word can have a hundred meanings. The Australians are overly laid back and spend too much time around the barbie.

That goodness these are generalities!

I suppose that it would be a bit taxing on the nerves to spend time on a site where you would have to take care not to offend when being offensive is a common part of one's culture. It is as though the offended end up being the offensive. Perhaps "fools" is quite all right after all, and "damn fools" would be the trully offensive term. I suppose Americans lack the toughness of skin that comes from living lives of quiet desperation. Why should anyone be nice when we are all going to die any way. In fact, there is no dark side of the moon. It is all dark. Yes, civilization and its discontents. The only solution, isn't it amazing.

On the other hand, we can forget the whole thing about the down-swing beginning from the bottom up. We can forget the left hip, etc, etc. Just think of the arms coming down and through, and forget the lower body. After all, as we coil back, we turn the hips far less than the shoulders, right? Therefore, the hips already have such a head start, we do not have to worry about them after all. And the people who do wonder why they slide rather than turn, and have all sorts of timing problems. All that is necessary is good hand postion at impact. Hogan was not wrong. Of course not, but he only figured out one way to skin a cat. Its sort of like he created one culture when in reality there are many.

When in Rome, do what the Americans do. Thats what the Romans did.

Going to the range and then to the course. CP
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Americans are fools who have to be told what to do.Brilliant
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I guess this thread has been HI-JACKED!
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I guess this thread has been HI-JACKED!
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The Australians are overly laid back and spend too much time around the barbie.

Thank goodness these are generalities!
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Well, actually...

That's hit the nail right on the head!!
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Ok..You guys convinced me, that shaping shots, is an important part of this game.
I'm going to learn this, and will report back with my progress.
It may take a while before you hear from me again.
I wouldn't be too obsessed with shaping shots if I were you. I've tried to reply here before but I don't think it got through so I'll summarise. The reasons most have listed here to shape shots is only relevant to pro's and serious amatuers who are trying to get to tightly tucked pins or strategically playing a tricked up course. For the average Joe a straight ball flight is perfectly acceptable, even desired, and eminently achievable with modern technology. In the old wound ball days it was impossible to hit it dead straight so a draw or fade was necessary to know where the ball was going, but these days the ball wants to go straight. Hitting it straight also means you can just line up down the middle and blaze away, knowing that a hook or fade might still find the edge of the fairway. Try doing that when you aim left for a fade and instead hit a double cross hook, or aim right for a draw but hit a big block slice.

It's good to have some idea how to shape shots for when they are the only option, but for a stock shot if you hit it straight naturally don't change a thing.
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understand this cultural thing. Americans are fools who have to be told what to do. The British are brutally frank snobs who feel that they must tell everyone what to do. The Irish seem to be rollicking good fellows but who knows for sure since a single word can have a hundred meanings. The Australians are overly laid back and spend too much time around the barbie.
I note that you make no comment regarding our Canadian friends. Not worth mentioning?
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I may have created a monster.

There is no way that I can comment on every nationality. Canadians are a pretty level-headed bunch, but there are two species in that bunch. One harks back to France; one, back to Britain. To me, it seems that both groups are far more Canadian than either French or British. Proof of this is that every where they go they are compelled to fly the Canadian flag, which is really a nice flag.

South Africans? Produced the greatest statesman in the last hundred years (Nelson Mandela), and are currently and secretly screening their population to find specimens to breed and produce a strain of golfers who may take over the game. They are following the model used in Korea with women golfers. KJ is the only Korean experiment using a male golfer that we have a record of. There is talk that a third nation, Argentina, may have begun a similar program , and that could be interesting since they also invented the Tango. People from Argentina smoke and laugh a lot and seldom use anything but driver of the tee.

Seve, Jose, Sergio--good wine, bullfights, passion, excellent imaginative golf. The Spaniards are doing very well.

I fear what will happen when one day dozens of Japanese golfers with little cowboy hats will be winning all the majors. This will probably be when Toyota and Honda start making golf equipment which is only a matter of time. Of course, there is already Mizuno, Srixon, etc. You can never be sure what a Japanese person is thinking, but they are competitive, and if you are doing something that they are interested in, in time, they will be doing it like you but just a little better. Your A game better be at the ready.

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LMAO. CP, great post man.

I love being canadian I do have a flag up above my bed and everyone down here yells at my for it. I have no problem at all with my nickname down here: "Canada".

Eracer - It's spelled "humoUr"!!!! My friend and I in our writing class lost marks for using Canadian spelling on our essays, literally got chewed out by the teacher for "ignorance of language".... Dumbest thing ive ever heard in my life. Since then, the teacher has had a "talking to" from the dean off threats of a harassment suit as my friend's parents weren't impressed at all (idle threats always get through the best).

Oh Canada, our home and native land, True patriot love....

Good 'ol smilies dave.!!! Although I am not offended at all by "fool" or your frank sence of speaking, i think being frank with ppl is funny as hell
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Lol,anyway,the modern ball is the real culprit.These things are laser straight,hitting straight is easy,truly shaping the ball with precision is sadly an art that went to the great balata graveyard in the sky
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