Bob, I play 6-30 times a year. As much as I can, but have other priorities. I find that the poor ball, sitting there unprotected while you take your time to smash it with an ugly piece of metal, is actually using the time to scheme its revenge. On being launched, the ball will momentarily rise gracefully in the direction intended, then dart suddenly and with no apparent reason toward the nearest water/sand/dense vegetation. I long ago lost all sympathy for the balls and feel that it is quite sporting to smash the little piece of...
Stan On Oct 15, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Bob W wrote: > the ball's not doing anything and not going anywhere, and you can take > your time before you hit it. It all seems rather one-sided and > unsporting if you ask me. > > Bob >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jens Bladt" >> Subject: Way OT: Are there any golfers here? >> >> >>> Man, I won a trial membership of a local club. I wonder if I > should >>> pick up >>> golf. Poit and shoot, really. And no darkroom/computer work >> later :-) >>> Perhaps a hole in one is easier than getting that perfect >> sports shot: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/268361406/ >>> Darded noise :-( >> > > I'll try and break this gently: that isn't golf. > > It's a great picture though. > > >> I find golf often puts me where nice pictures are. >> >> William Robb >> > > Really? Golf courses are horrible places where rich people dress like > chavs. > > I went on a corporate golf day a few weeks ago, having not played > since I was a teenager. Turned out I wasn't too bad at it (that is, I > managed to hit the ball more often than not). > > The secret is, it's not like squash or ping-pong where the ball moves > pretty fast and you have to move around pretty fast to hit it. In golf > the ball's not doing anything and not going anywhere, and you can take > your time before you hit it. It all seems rather one-sided and > unsporting if you ask me. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
