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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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Watching that shot pass by his head causes me to better appreciate some of the risk in sports - even a "non-contact" sport like golf.
Nice choice, Joe.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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Having a hard time understanding the political joke and satire in a golf shot.... please advise.
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Agree! What is political about it?Originally Posted by Phillbo
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Having been a golfer for too many decades, I have learned the truth of the statement, “A golf ball’s gonna do what a golf ball’s gotta do, and we have very little control over it.” That understanding makes the game much more enjoyable and less frustrating.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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I don't play golf, but I have always thought it would be fun to convert a golf course into a shooting range where targets (clays) fly out without warning to shoot. Target locations would be hidden and frequently moved to keep the game interesting.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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It could be similar to sporting clays, but we could call it "Sporting Combat"...Play it with burst-fire AR-15's for instance...To reduce accidental damage to property or people, use plastic projectiles in the ammo...Made from recycled water bottles we could call them Beto Bullets...
I like it......Ben
The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...
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That would become interesting when the beer girl started making her rounds.
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Ahhh… that remark reminds me of Las Vegas, Bo - where you can be served alcohol at some of the firing ranges.
Hunter
I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead
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Here’s a golden oldie photo I captured in Columbus, Tx. for which Hunter may not have been around when I posted it before. You don’t even have to get out of your pickup truck to get loaded —
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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I'm assuming once you have a drink you are not allowed back in the range.... Golf is a drinking sport. Beer = Aiming Oil.
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Not for me!
I did a field test on the effects of alcohol--simply because I did not believe it was as extreme as claimed. As most know I am a fanatic about accuracy with a rifle---my still hoped for is to put 5 shots through one hole at 100 yards. I've been close but no cigar--and as I get older it seems to be even more of a challenge.
Anyway---back to the test. I took a bourbon bottle down to my shooting bench and rifle range. I shot one five round group to start. I then had a drink of bourbon, waited 15 minutes and fired another 5 shot group---the effect was undeniable, despite the fact that I felt nothing from the alcohol. To verify what I observed, I took another round, waited 15 minutes and shot another group---and I had no need to continue--at least from a scientific point of view. My youngest (adult) son was with me---it provided a good lesson for him as well.
I remind myself of that experience anytime we are out and I am tempted to have a second drink.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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The scientific method where it counts. Well done. I wish we had those patterns to show.
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
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Science in the field has always trumped scientific theory.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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I have often regretted not saving them.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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