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We live in a golfing community, but I don't play golf. However, the neighborhood is huge. I got the golf cart primarily to take my mother (suffering from dementia) for rides, and secondarily to take my granddaughter for rides when she visits (she's visiting right now and she loves it).
Of course, my wife and 9 year old son use it more than I.
>>must be hard work pedalling it when going uphill full-loaded
With four aboard, it really slows down on the hills, but somehow seems to make it.
but I don't play golf
All is forgiven! ;) In fact, if you were to borrow some of Macguru's nitrous oxide kit and some decent studded tires, you could make a real quagmire out of the "greens" and really annoy all those people who think that a golf course is somehow "nature" and that hitting a small ball with a stick around a herbicide-ridden field is a useful pastime!
I live in one of the worst neighbourhood in Montréal, but I can shoot. :)
>>Macguru's nitrous oxide kit
Actually, it's a CH3NO2 kit for the Electra, but I could use N2O alone for a good laugh.
those people who think that a golf course is somehow "nature" and that hitting a small ball with a stick around a herbicide-ridden field is a useful pastime!
OT >> takes bait... I'm one of those people. I am an avid golfer and your perception of us is perhaps, erm, misguided. I think maybe courses must differ from place to place. Golf is is a nice way to get away from the city if just walking is not your cup o'tea. I play regularly and have yet to use a buggy, 4 hours walking with a couple of stone on your back is good exercise. not to mention the scope for building up a good client base with other players. Agreed a golf course is not nature in it's untouched form but in the UK it is becoming increasingly difficult to find it that way. I spotted rabbits, three foxes, two lesser spotted woodpeckers and a Jay last week - pretty good for a herbicide ridden field ;)
Yeah but what about the squirrels [academic.scranton.edu]?
Here in Canada, a lot of golfers got "squirreled [cbc.ca]", and that is probably due to herbicides.
And most players take it in stride. The course even has a rule that allows golfers to replace their balls without penalty if everyone agrees on exactly what they saw.
Your are willing to replace your balls, only if everyone agrees on exactly what they saw, because herbicide ridden squirrels?
confession : I was actually quite good at it as I was taught it by a friend in order to make up the numbers for "rounds" for the club where I was a regular guest ..however I could never see the point of it except to be polite to my fellow barflies
Macguru? what does esthetic surgery due to the ravages of demented intoxicated fauna have to do with golf ...surely easier to wear sturdier trousers and keep the tree rats from ones gonads thusly ;)
and promptly forgot who said the damn thing ) .."golf is a pleasant walk ..Spoilt!"..
I belive it was Churchill. for me it is quite the opposite; walking is a perfectly good way to spoil a round of golf ;)
Squirrels just cant resist a nice pair of nuts can they...
...surely easier to wear sturdier trousers and keep the tree rats from ones gonads thusly ;)
"Every generation [of squirrel] teaches the new ones to take the balls," added Bilko. "They're trained."
Mark Twain
If you play golf in Canada, wearing bicycle clips is advisable.
"Every generation [of squirrel] teaches the new ones to take the balls," added Bilko. "They're trained."
Even if you play mini-golf, Canadian squirrels will snatch your peanut!
