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I find myself strangely drawn to the Masters coverage on BBC. Do I have to wait until it's over before taking part in the forum again ?

And why is no-one shouting 'you da man' or 'get in the hole, ball'
then he takes your hand in some strange californian handshake and breaks the bone
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There's nothing wrong with golf as such, but I've never understood it's appeal as a spectator sport. Kinda like darts, and snooker...

Irrelevant, I know, but thinking about golf brings up warm memories of my whippersnaper days when I'd earn extra pocket money by creeping round golf courses (hiding behind bushes etc.) and nicking people's balls off them, then selling them to me local sports shop, who apparently had a thriving trade in second-hand golf balls.
Happy days... :P



Oh, and Wintermute- what's your avatar of?
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@ Wintermute:

You and Mr. BP. It was going to be replayed last nite and I had to ask "Are going to watch it again???? If you are I'm going upstairs."

It was touching tho to see Arnold Palmer in his 50th Masters.
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A good walk spoilt.
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Black Shuck wrote:There's nothing wrong with golf as such, but I've never understood it's appeal as a spectator sport. Kinda like darts, and snooker...
At least you can see the balls in snooker and you've got to admire darts players for making a living out of spending all day in a pub without ever having to pull a pint.
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Golf - A good long walk, in the open air, with sticks ;-)
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Golf is a good walk spoiled.
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Red Sunsets wrote:Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Correction:

"A good walk spoilt"

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Blame these guys Thrash, ya pedantic bass!
http://www.quotationspage.com/
I did know the quote, but couldn't recall the author, I thought it was Thurber or Wodehouse, the above set me straight. :P
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Phil Mickelson

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Black Planet wrote:Phil Mickelson
Who he?
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Thrash Harry wrote:
Black Planet wrote:Phil Mickelson
Who he?
He is the guy who won this year's Masters.

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Other sports? Rugby League, every time.

And this year sees Basildon's Essex Eels play in the National League 3 for the first time. Badly, I suspect, but it will be fun seeing how they get on.

Any of you NW-based types with time on your hands on May 1 can see them take their NL3 bow away to a side from Warrington - Woolston Rovers, last year's champions.

And readers of the Basildon Evening Echo can endure regular updates throughout the season.
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I need a translator for most of your last post andymackem.
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andymackem wrote:Other sports? Rugby League, every time.
My mate has had a season ticket for the Rhinos ever since he could shout "Get 'em onside referee!"
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@ RS: Rugby league is a bit like rugby union, only with skill and finesse as well as brute force and curiously homo-erotic rituals. You must have seen it on TV sometimes, as two slate-grey towns from the M62 corridor do battle on a patch of mud in the midst of a torrential blizzard. What were you specifically worried about?

@ Thrash: Rhinos could be in for a good season this year ... probably won't stop Bradford but they should push them close.
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Black Shuck wrote:Oh, and Wintermute- what's your avatar of?
Answering on Wintermute's behalf:
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Great book btw. I'm a huge fan of Iain (M) Banks.
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markfiend wrote: Great book btw. I'm a huge fan of Iain (M) Banks.
I always Wondered- is he any relation to the other Iain Banks? The bloke who wrote the wasp factory?
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Black Shuck wrote:
markfiend wrote: Great book btw. I'm a huge fan of Iain (M) Banks.
I always Wondered- is he any relation to the other Iain Banks? The bloke who wrote the wasp factory?
He's the same guy. He writes his "normal" stuff (if anything like the Wasp Factory can ever be described as normal :lol: ) as Iain Banks and sci-fi as Iain M Banks.
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ah the end of the first major of the year, always a sign of impending sunshine.

apologies for not responding earlier, but i was disappointing mr twain.

thanks to markfiend for replying on my behalf. not sure whether i am more pleased that someone recognised it , or that i finally have something in common with mr BP (that would be golf).

if anyone hasn't read the iain M banks oeuvre, start with consider phlebas and go from there.
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wintermute wrote:...not sure whether i am more pleased that someone recognised it ,
Hehe it's a fairly distinctive image, no?

BTW, IMO the makers of Halo should be paying Iain M a royalty...
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wintermute wrote:mr BP
:eek: :eek: :eek:

* JB heads for the hills in a vain attempt to avoid the Black Planet meteorite storm heading for Wintermute *
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Black Shuck wrote:
markfiend wrote: Great book btw. I'm a huge fan of Iain (M) Banks.
I always Wondered- is he any relation to the other Iain Banks? The bloke who wrote the wasp factory?
Espedair Street is my favourite.
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@ ES (and also off-topic because I can't find the original one) - Was also at sunny hunny on Saturday. Didn't spot a HL dress but mind you never went near the dunes as it was a family outing. :innocent:
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REALLY???
no.... i missed you!!!
*sulks*
i had my jeans on. we walked from Holme next the sea to old hunny and then back again.
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