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Travis Dewire

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golf vs. life
« on: March 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM »
Golf is supposed to be fun
Life is supposed to be fun


Why do we have fun at neither?
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JESII

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 04:27:21 PM »
Are you channeling John Kirk?
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Travis Dewire

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 04:31:06 PM »
Only in dimensions you didn't know existed
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Bill_McBride

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 04:39:40 PM »
If golf's no fun you can always quit.
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JESII

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2011, 04:40:34 PM »
Quote from: Travis Dewire on March 03, 2011, 04:31:06 PM
Only in dimensions you didn't know existed

Of which there are several it seems...
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Travis Dewire

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2011, 04:42:27 PM »
Quote from: Bill_McBride on March 03, 2011, 04:39:40 PM
If golf's no fun you can always quit.

Sadly, the same can be said for life...
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Pete Lavallee

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2011, 04:48:36 PM »
Travis,

If you ask a Scot if golf is supposed to be fun you may not get the answer you hoped for. Remeber golf is a Scottish game; it's meant to be cruel, probably alot like life was back in the guttie days!
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Rory Connaughton

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2011, 04:48:53 PM »
the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

          --Hobbes

This is also probably an apt description of the game of the average golfer
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Travis Dewire

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2011, 05:08:38 PM »
Really? Invented to be a cruel game? Why did anyone start playing, then? No i think it was fun when the archers were neglecting practice to play golf.

I like your quote Rory.

But I would have to disagree with Hobbes, and say, yes those are all true of man, and man kind. But I do believe we have the power of perception and how we perceive our reality in our own minds. One man could be and have all those things in his life - and have fun and be happy. Another could have all the same things, and be utterly depressed. Reality is a matter of perception
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Bob_Huntley

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2011, 05:28:13 PM »
Quote from: Travis Dewire on March 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Golf is supposed to be fun
Life is supposed to be fun


Why do we have fun at neither?


I cannot imagine there will be not one iota of fun in eighteen holes of golf. Just to see an opponent sclaff his ball twenty yards up the fairway brings a smile to my face.

As for life, now that is a different thing altogether. As my dear mother said to me as a boy, "Life is inherently unfair, get used to it."


Bob
 
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Mac Plumart

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2011, 06:08:44 PM »
Life ain't supposed to be fun.  As for golf, that is personal choice.  It can either be fun or misery...we individually make that choice each time we play.
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Carl Nichols

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2011, 06:18:05 PM »
Both are better if you at least try to have fun.  And both are really better if you're successful.  
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Gary Slatter

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2011, 06:22:17 PM »
Travis, if golf isn't fun, you can change courses, or quit.  I've had fun golfing since I was 3 (62 years).  I do know people who appear not to enjoy golfing, but they still participate.

If life isn't fun, change your meds and location, or both.
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Gary Slatter
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JMEvensky

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2011, 06:33:45 PM »
Quote from: Gary Slatter on March 03, 2011, 06:22:17 PM

If life isn't fun, change your meds and location, or both.


Changing meds is cheaper and more effective.
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Alex Miller

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2011, 06:56:15 PM »
Quote from: Gary Slatter on March 03, 2011, 06:22:17 PM
Travis, if golf isn't fun, you can change courses, or quit.  I've had fun golfing since I was 3 (62 years).  I do know people who appear not to enjoy golfing, but they still participate.

If life isn't fun, change your meds and location, or both.
+1

I have no idea how people can not enjoy themselves on a golf course. Age, skill, weather, ,company, course should really make no difference, but the right combination can definitely provide an even better time.
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Mike_Young

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2011, 06:59:52 PM »
Make the best of it....
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Cristian

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2011, 07:03:05 PM »
Quote from: Travis Dewire on March 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Golf is supposed to be fun
Life is supposed to be fun


Why do we have fun at neither?

....cause you worry to much about scores?...
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Anthony Gray

Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2011, 07:09:14 PM »
[quote 2.msg1063481#msg1063481 date=129918lf's no fun you can always quit.

 
« Last Edit: March 03, 2011, 07:11:05 PM by Anthony Gray »
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Adam Clayman

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2011, 07:28:47 PM »
To steal a line "what's this we shit, Kimosabi?"
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Dan Kelly

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2011, 07:35:45 PM »
Quote from: Travis Dewire on March 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Why do we have fun at neither?

Who is this "we"?

I think both of your premises are false.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to make both premises true.
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Adam Clayman

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2011, 07:40:01 PM »
Correct Mr. Kelly. Who said either was fun or fair?  Was it when health care became a right?
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Phil_the_Author

Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2011, 07:46:22 PM »
Because we're always trying to carry hazards that we know we really can't while trying to play a shot we know we can't hit...
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Anthony Gray

Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2011, 07:56:44 PM »
Quote from: Travis Dewire on March 03, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Golf is supposed to be fun
Life is supposed to be fun


Why do we have fun at neither?

  Its easy to like what we are good at.

  Anthony

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Peter Pallotta

Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2011, 07:57:17 PM »
Luck can cover a multitude of sins....but it's best not to count on it.
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Travis Dewire

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Re: golf vs. life
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2011, 08:27:59 PM »
Quote from: Mac Plumart on March 03, 2011, 06:08:44 PM
Life ain't supposed to be fun.  As for golf, that is personal choice.  It can either be fun or misery...we individually make that choice each time we play.

Do you think that we individually make the choice to have fun with life each time we "play" or live a day?
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