Topic: Golf Talk / Green Keepers

Right now you’ve all had your say i will explain what happened. Friday afternoon about 5pm just finishing 9 holes where i decided to throw down a couple more balls on the last hole to practice my bunker shots. After i had hit 4 balls a green keeper comes over to me and say’s very aggressivly “You can only hit 2 balls maximum per hole per player.” where i replied ok mate sorry i didn’t know that rule. I respect green keepers as i do every one but when you just come up and be so rude is uncalled for.

How do you know it was THEE greenskeeper? Sounds like someone trying to flex their muscles to me. Do it again and if the same guy comes up to you, tell them you wish to speak to their boss/superior.

Topic: Golf Talk / Green Keepers

Why? The same reason club pro’s do – whiney members who bitch about everything.

Topic: Golf Talk / LPGA instigates must speak english rule

For those of you who aren’t world travellers, almost anywhere (larger metro areas) I go, I can speak English and someone around will be able to communicate with me. Sporting events, meetings, expos, etc. Most of them are predominatly English. I can go to small town Austria and I can always order a meal or talk to many of the locals in English.

Tell ya something?

Topic: Golf Equipment / Stupid question - Why do people carry their clubs?

I like walking much better. Less stuff for others to notice when we are out in the woods doing stuff other then golf.

Topic: Golf Talk / ways to keep calm

Throw your golf club.

Topic: Golf Talk / Golf in the olympics - why not?

and air rifle and pistol.

But didn’t we just do all this in another thread?

http://www.bunburygolfclub….

I don’t read every thread here, nor am I here ever day.

Topic: Golf Talk / Golf in the olympics - why not?

I don’t see it much different then running or skiing. Train for years, get the best equipment you can get for yourself, and the play to compete at always varies.

Topic: Golf Talk / Golf in the olympics - why not?

Why the heck isn’t golf in the Olympics? Think about it, there is everything in there, even “sports” where you needed to be judged as to who wins (really, it is not a sport if you need to judge it). If they had golf, I’d have watched an Olympic event this time around.

Topic: The Lounge / Riot at hospital after "alleged" robber shot

When I saw that 100 Plus people had rioted at Parramatta hospital after their suspected armed robber mate was shot , it was obvious who the culprits were. Just why the Muslims should feel the need to take it out on the hospital rather than Armaguard for example puzzled me for a moment until I realised that Armaguard staff may decide to actually defend themselves.
To what extent their shared knowledge of the deceased man’s actions makes them accomplices I can’t say but all those present were no doubt aware of what had transpired.
When they’re not plotting to blow us up they’re trying to rob us blind.

Mate that post wreaks of racial overtones… I feel sorry for the muslims when they are all chucked in together as “terrorists” because of a few bad eggs..

1-L, it is all there my friend.

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

But people here are certainly quick to generalize Americans…

Topic: The Lounge / A Virus Warning!

Ever notice how all the bad words have four letters?

Work, shi…

You get the idea.

Topic: The Lounge / Father/Daughter Talk

People come to your hospitals, or go to a few other countries, because if you have money you can get whatever you want. There is no gatekeeper. If you want an MRI you can get it

This is the key problem with the system, and why health care is unaffordable in the USA

http://www.nationmaster.com…

USA stats are not published but apparently sit at 6.4, making them 27th, and at the same level as Cuba

http://www.nationmaster.com…
(obesity is combated by good education and health prevention)

YET
http://www.nationmaster.com…

they see the doctor more often. how does that make sense? wasted health money because there is no regulation. USA seem to have lack of regulation problems all over the place hey?

unfortunately the “they get treated in ED” is the problem. your EDs cannot cope as the poor people have no-where else to go, and then when further treatment is required, even middle class people go bankrupt

heres another
http://www.nationmaster.com…

so the problem is much bigger (3% more) for USA than Australia. Wonder why?

Could it be …

education?

http://www.nationmaster.com…
http://www.nationmaster.com…
http://www.nationmaster.com…

yet you spend MORE of your GDP on education than most developed countries! again, this doesnt make sense, or perhaps you spend it in the wrong places

crime:
http://www.nationmaster.com…
0.7% of the ENTIRE POPULATION
australia is 7 times less. Maybe we are just genetically lawful people? oh, wait, we were settled almost entirely by convicts. it must be because there are so many left wing commies!

or

http://www.infoplease.com/i…

try that on for size. over 10% of black male americans aged 25-29 in prison? that is madness. someone isnt being looked after

Man, Im all out of interest in this. If there is something I didnt address, let me know. Shit country

Ahhhhh!!!! Uninformed idiot from another country who is telling me I know less about my own country then I do! WTF??????!

Do I need to repeat myself? Healthcare is NOT unafforable in my country! High levels of health insurance are. If you go to a public hospital, THEY CANNOT REFUSE YOU CARE AND MEDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If our healthcare is so bad (on the same level’s as Cuba as you seem to believe), why do we have people from all over the world coming to get treated here, in my country, the USA????? Many of these people come from countries with socialized healthcare, which in case you don’t know, means everyone in the country has their healthcare paid for by taxes, and everyone is insured. Why would people pay for healthcare in their own country, and also pay to come to the USA for treatment? Why? It must be our bad healthcare, that is the same as Cuba’s.

Lack of regulation problems? If I wanted more regulation, I’d move to a communist country (or Switzerland).

I already addressed the education problem. Go ready it again.

Maybe your imprisonment rate is so low because instead of sending drug addicts, sex offenders, and the like to jail, you send them to rehab. Easy ways to work around the numbers.

10% of black males are in prisons in my country? Maybe it is because they are the ones causing most of the crimes? Gee, did that ever occur to you? Ever been to a predominatly black neighborhood? I bet you haven’t. I myself feel very uncomfortable in them.

I’m all out of interest trying to debate you about something you only read about and I experence first hand. Shit brains you done got their Cletus.

Topic: Golf Talk / golf vids

You going to model yourself after Happy Gilmore or Al Czervik?

Topic: Golf Talk / How you handle playing after surgery?

so if they told you no sex for a year racin, would you listen?

Such is Life

Depends. Some days the little head leads the big head.

Topic: The Lounge / Father/Daughter Talk

Wow racinfarmer,

I didnt really understand pretty much anything you were saying until “here in the united states”

pretty much says it all

worse health care indicators than parts of the third world, many states refuse to teach evolution in schools, and what percentage of the population in jail? 3%?

i think at some point you have to look to other countries and say, what are we doing wrong? The fact is any country which spends more on supporting the lower class has lower rates of crime, less permanent joblessness, better health

america is the prime example of what i am saying. you ignore the lower groups by not educating them or protecting their ability to work with free health care, and you pay for it

yes, there are a core of people who through ubringing or injury or social problems will never work and will drain the system. In australia it is a small group, and the more you support that group as children (it is too late as adults) the less problematic they will be

meh, i think i started well and got rambly. take from that what you will

Uggg, lets start back at the beginning.

Health care – if it is so bad, why do we have people from all over the world coming to the US for it? Even people who have socialized healthcare (Canada & European countries) come here for what we consider basic care, such as child birth or an MRI. You show me were we have worse healthcare then a 3rd world country.

PS, I’ll let you in on our dirty little secret – we already do have socialized healthcare. If you show up to a public hospital, they HAVE to treat you, whether you can pay for it or not. If you don’t, the hospital just absorbes the cost and passes it on to paying consumers like me, and the taxpayer.

Schools not teaching evolution in schools? Strange, I learned about it in the 8th grade. I also learned about it a second time in public college.

3% jail rate? I’d question that rate, but we also jail people for a lot less then you do in Aus, I’m pretty sure of it. How long down a meth/coke/heroin dealer get in Aus? They get around 15 years here. Another thing that raises our jail rate is illegals. We have entire jails in southern states that are filled with lawbreaking illegals waiting deportation or are there for other offences such as drugs, robbery, rape, etc.

You say we are a prime problem of what happens if we don’t support them? I disagree. You can live your entire adult life on welfare and keep popping out kids left and right, and not pay a dime in taxes or work a day of your adult life in the US. Pretty sweet eh? I say look at European countries to see what happens when you make the lower class and poor comfortable. Unemployment near or over 10% (ours is about 5.7%), higher taxes on everyone (to pay for them), and higher rates of drug use (ever seen someone shoot up cocaine at an international airport? I have!).

You make the lower class comfortable with where they are, why should they go and be productive members of society?

Topic: Sports Talk / Michael Phelps

Funny how no one in the US gives a crap about swimming until the ‘lympics come ‘round. Then we have “swimming experts” on the tele talking about how it stroke “pops” and how his brain is “working hard” during the race and all these other annoy crap.

Proud to have not watched a single event in the 2008 summer Olympics.

Topic: Golf Talk / How you handle playing after surgery?

Simple – don’t play. Listen to your doctors. They know more about your problem then you and anyone who says otherwise around the water cooler at work. If they say no golf for 6 weeks, listen to them.

Topic: The Lounge / Father/Daughter Talk

The obvious thing “conservatives” dont take into account is if you dont fund public programs for health, education etc. then the lower classes will become a greater and greater burden on the wealthy as the general health and productivity falls

This is what happens in a lot of developing 3rd and 2nd world countries where there is a huge gap in wealth

Essentially by choosing to not fund preventative measure such as providing eductation to those who cant afford it, you doom yourself and your kids to paying more later down the track when the 80% of people worse off than you decide life has become unlive-able, and actually get off their butts to vote

Zimbabwe/South Africa anyone?

How so?

I’ll start with the lower class. Why should we fund them to be lazy all their life? I have no problem with them taking unemployment for a month, two, or three, between jobs, but when they do it their entire life, then I do have a problem with it. If we continue to fund them for years on end, they have no need or want to contribute to society. They need a kick in their ass to get off their ass and get a job.

Onto public health. Again, I have no problem with helping others for a while (children, eldery, etc.), and some for their entire life (mentally handicapped, war veterens, etc.), but again, you need to get people off their asses and make them productive, not leach off the system their entire life. Don’t you dare say it doesn’t happen, my wife sees it happen every day at work. Some say health insurance is too expensive. And? You don’t need the top of the line plan or stuff that covers everything and anything. Pick and choose wisely.

Forward we charge to public education. I’m not sure what the public education system is like in Aus, but here in the States, it is a joke (I won’t even get into all of it, yet). Private eduction is the answer IMO. How to do it you ask? Give each child a credit. If you wish to send your kid to the public school, do it. If you want to send them to a private school, that is where the credit goes. As for college, I think it should hard to get into and expensive. Why? You are investing in yourself. If you need to take out loans to do it, so be it. If you open it up to anyone and everyone, then you are really screwed. I’ve been in college for three years, and have a year left. I can go through an entire lecture hall and pick out the students who are paying for their own college and those who are not.

Anyways, to clear all the incoherient ranting up – you need to make the poor/lower class uncomfortable with their current situation, or else they will just leach off the system.

Topic: The Lounge / Americans......

Sorry, 100% Norwegien heritage.

Topic: Golf Talk / Whats fair for a 21st pressie?

Tell your old man you want a father/son weekend and hit up 4-5 good titty bars.

Topic: The Lounge / Americans......

French people piss me off.

Espeically the ones that live in Quebec

Topic: Golf Talk / Whats fair for a 21st pressie?

Why not ask for what every normal 21 year old guy REALLY wants:

A beer
and
A steak
and
A blowjob

Topic: Golf Talk / Excess baggage charges for golf gear

Norm, with the increased price of everything, it is hard to get a “cost + profit” deal out there. It is rightfully so that they charge you more for bring more weight onto the plane.

Many many large airlines are having a hard time turning a profit every quarter the way it is. I do know that over the life on a commercial aircraft, one pound of weight removed is about $100,000us in fuel savings.

If it was up to me, there would be a base ticket price, and you and all your stuff get weighted and added into the base price.

More weight = more fuel

Topic: The Lounge / Whats your problem?

Come on!

Thats an avearge of 500 a day!

WTF does she do, just sit on her fat ass and text people to make her food?

Its better to stay silent and look a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

Mark Twain

“Eons of manhours are lost trying to substitute effort for technique and trying to eliminate effect instead of cause.”

Homer Kelley

I know it is over 500 a day. She works the desk at a fitness center. I would have never believed the bill until the MIL showed it to me.

If she was my kid, I’d take her phone away.

Topic: The Lounge / Father/Daughter Talk

Do any of you know a golf forum that isn’t full of wannabe fascists?

There are 9 other sub-forums on this website dedicated to golf, try looking there if you don’t like what you read here.

And James, being conservative with political views is far from being a fascist.

Topic: The Lounge / Father/Daughter Talk

never heard so much rubbish in my whole life…

Cliff Manley

3 bad shots and 1 good shot is still a 4….
Golf is played in a very small area, the 6 inches between your ears…

One swing to hit the ball,
one swing to find a score,
One swing you bring to all,
And on the fairway find them.

How so? Higher taxes on the rich is just that, a redistribution of wealth. If you start taxing the wealth too much, they’ll take their golf clubs and go play elsewhere, per say. You lower taxes on the rich, they have more money to spend, and most of them do so.

“A star that shines twice as bright burns twice as fast.” – In memory of Greg Moore

Racinfarmer will be signing autographs at the mall from 3 to 5.

You mean like Alan Bond? Yeah, he spent all his money in jail… of course he’s back ripping people off again…..

Come talk to me in twenty or thirty years after you’ve lived through it… the highs and the lows, the ripoff merchants and government after government, people with the arrogance to believe things like global warming taxes are nothing more than a way to rip more money out of the system… I could go on but there really is no point… and please don’t take this personally, I lived in Canberra for 33 years, I’ve seen it all, and left in disgust.

Me, I think Star Trek have the right system….

Cliff Manley

3 bad shots and 1 good shot is still a 4….
Golf is played in a very small area, the 6 inches between your ears…

One swing to hit the ball,
one swing to find a score,
One swing you bring to all,
And on the fairway find them.

Ah, I think you and I agree with each other, not disagree. “Global Warming Tax” and all the other bullcrap taxes are just that, a load of crap. You start taxing people too much (especially the wealthy), they’ll go elsewhere. Have you ever wondered why Dubai has become so popular? Or Monaco? Or Luxemborg? It is because they are tax havens, and not just for the super rich either. They are usually rich for a reason, and they aren’t stupid about it.

What is really sad about the America I live in is the country was formed because people didn’t like the high taxes and opression put on them by European monarchs. Today, I am taxed more then I would have been in 15th-17th century Europe, and I loose my freedoms by the day.