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Brant Admin
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Jeez, George, I figured you'd blame the deer for being too lazy to get out of the way. _________________
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pap Understudy
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Brant wrote: | Jeez, George, I figured you'd blame the deer for being too lazy to get out of the way. |
I would never blame an animal. Most people drive too fast in any conditions and when a deer shows up they panic and swerve out of control. I have no pity for those drivers. They need to slow down. Have you ever driven on route 18 south. Its like the Daytona speedway out there. I have been doing 55 and been passed like I was standing still. That is a rural road that at any time could have deer, tractors with hay and or wagons moving at 20 mph or loose live stock. I keep hoping that one day the idiot that flies past me is found a few miles down the road in a creek or around a tree.
I have told my children, if a deer shows up hit it. That will do much less damage that trying to avoid may do. |
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Brant Admin
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 5277 Location: Hopewell Township
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:40 am Post subject: |
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You're right about the idiot drivers, George. I drive the speed limit on 844 (45 mph), and people pass me as if I were a little old lady driving 25. They pass at high speed no matter the road conditions, and they even pass in areas with double yellow lines. And you're also right about them showing no cognizance of the hazards that are found on country roads. And half of them are jabbering away on cell phones while they drive like jackasses. I slow slightly before cresting every hill out my way, because you never know when there might be a hay wagon or a deer or somebody coming out of a blind driveway. Better safe than sorry. _________________
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pap Understudy
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Brant wrote: | You're right about the idiot drivers, George. I drive the speed limit on 844 (45 mph), and people pass me as if I were a little old lady driving 25. They pass at high speed no matter the road conditions, and they even pass in areas with double yellow lines. And you're also right about them showing no cognizance of the hazards that are found on country roads. And half of them are jabbering away on cell phones while they drive like jackasses. I slow slightly before cresting every hill out my way, because you never know when there might be a hay wagon or a deer or somebody coming out of a blind driveway. Better safe than sorry. |
Well, at two of us know how to drive on rural roads. I have driven 844 to reach Highland Springs Golf Course and that is a more dangerous road that 18 due the high number of really blind spots while cresting the many hills. I have often wished I had a grenade launcher on my truck so I could take out some of the idiots passing in no passing areas before they kill someone. |
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dazes Professional
Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 1422
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Weird Amom, Boo Boo just hit a deer too. 1 Car payment left to boot! $2000. in damage, but none of us think it's that bad. We have a $500. deductible and the Progressive agent said he found used parts. Can they do that? If it were my car, I would fix the broken head light and leave the dent in the hood and the hoof print on the bumper. He is still out of work, so I'm not sure what he do, it's funny when the paycheck goes so does the vanity! |
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Brant Admin
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 5277 Location: Hopewell Township
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:08 am Post subject: |
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George, although I haven't played in quite a while, I always enjoyed Highland Springs. They used to have a great rate for walking 18. Of course, I'm past the point of walking that course now (too old and fat). Indian Run, out my way, is also a good place to play. And the best thing about those courses is that you can stop at Breezy Heights Tavern on your way home. _________________
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dick Journeyman
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:26 am Post subject: |
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Indian Run is a great time. Its pretty wide open. So its forgiving to a bad drive or two. But it makes up for it with some tight greens, which are usually in prestine condition. There are a few blind tee shots, but after you play once you'll be fine. Avella is a real hike for me, but I get out there at least once or twice a year.
I was friends with Officer Nate Burnfield, who was struck by a car and killed last year. His family put together a great outting at Indian Run last August. They plan on doing it again this year, and hopefully for many many years! _________________
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Brant Admin
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:24 am Post subject: |
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The greens are excellent, and there's generous space available for most tee shots. The hole that always gets me is that short Par 3 on the front nine with trees to the right and the hillside to the left. It should be the easiest hole on the course, but I always butcher it. The one time I did hit a perfect tee shot, it hit a power line and dropped like a rock. _________________
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dick Journeyman
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Haha, yeah there are a couple powerline holes. The hole that your talking about look easy, but its guarded pretty well by sand traps... which are my #1 enemy. I enjoy the par 3 on the back that just drops straight down. Its like 165 yds, but you have to hit a PW or even a SW because when you take the hill into account, its more like 100. _________________
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ellipses Mod
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:33 am Post subject: |
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This sounds like a par three on a course I played a few years ago... I hit a pitching wedge as hard as I could, the ball went 100 yards up and 50 yards out and buried in the green about 8 inches from the hole. And I mean buried... the top of the ball was even with the green surface, so it plugged down in the dirt a good inch and a half...
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pap Understudy
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:05 am Post subject: |
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dick wrote: | Indian Run is a great time. Its pretty wide open. So its forgiving to a bad drive or two. But it makes up for it with some tight greens, which are usually in prestine condition. There are a few blind tee shots, but after you play once you'll be fine. Avella is a real hike for me, but I get out there at least once or twice a year.
I was friends with Officer Nate Burnfield, who was struck by a car and killed last year. His family put together a great outting at Indian Run last August. They plan on doing it again this year, and hopefully for many many years! |
The last time I played Indian Run it was not really wide open. I recall rough up to my butt just off some fairways on the first nine and a few tight treelined holes on the back. |
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Brant Admin
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:41 am Post subject: |
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E, it sounds like you're describing the third hole at Double Dam. Talk about dead downhill. I've plugged a few on that green, for sure. I've also put a few in the pond behind the green. _________________
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ellipses Mod
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:49 am Post subject: |
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That doesn't sound UNfamiliar... It was somewhere...that's for sure
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busdriver Journeyman
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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ellipses wrote: | This sounds like a par three on a course I played a few years ago... I hit a pitching wedge as hard as I could, the ball went 100 yards up and 50 yards out and buried in the green about 8 inches from the hole. And I mean buried... the top of the ball was even with the green surface, so it plugged down in the dirt a good inch and a half...
I consider that my only hole in one... the ball made its own hole |
You never played golf in Southern Florida I see, you get that on nearly every hole, if it is a dry day, it is in the coral sand, if it is/was a rainy day, then it is in the muck.
Also had one stuck in the top of a palm tree about 60 feet tall.
But, the biggest difference between play up here or down there is the distance of your drive. Took several outings to figure why that was. Up here when your ball hits the ground on the drive, you more often then not, get a lot of roll. Down there it is buried on landing--no roll most of the time. So a 230+ plus driver you thought you were comes to about a 190 yarder if you are lucky.
Also a few warnings, do not search for your ball near a pond or in the cat-tails around the water. Gators/ snakes , bugs.
Never stand or play a ball on mounds of sand on the fairways( fire ants will bite you with a hatred you never knew possible.)
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dick Journeyman
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, similar to Myrtle. You're closer to sea level, so supposedly you have to club up because of the change in altitude. But I'm not good enough to really tell the difference.
Golfing in Pa definitely helps for when you play down south. We're used to bad down/up hill lies, while down there, everything is pretty much flat. _________________
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