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Scott_Burroughs

You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« on: January 07, 2005, 11:57:27 AM »
you see some road construction of a new on-ramp, and think to yourself: "too much modern shaping"

(happened to me over Xmas break in Idaho)


anyone else got any?
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 11:59:04 AM by Scott_Burroughs »
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Tommy_Naccarato

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2005, 11:59:01 AM »
Your transformation is complete! ;)
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A.G._Crockett

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2005, 01:15:53 PM »
You play EA Sports Tiger Woods 2005 on the pc constantly so that you can earn enough "money" to start designing your own course to play against Palmer, Ballesteros, etc., and it all makes sense to you!
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 01:16:13 PM by A.G._Crockett »
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BCrosby

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2005, 01:32:56 PM »
- When you email a friend and type in "TOC, ANGC and P2" and he emails you back to say he doesn't know what in the hell you are talking about.

-  When you decline an invitation to play a new Rees Jones course because it will require you to drive 65 miles.

- When your wife points to a very famous professional golfer/architect on TV and asks "Tom Paul?"

Bob
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 01:42:29 PM by BCrosby »
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Mike_Cirba

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2005, 01:33:21 PM »
...when you find yourself becoming jealous of how many more posts Tom Paul has than you.  

...when your children start conversations with "Boy, that Tom Doak is sure something", just to get your attention.  

...when your wife or fiance says in a sultry voice, "honey, are you ready to come upstairs?", and you find yourself saying, "just a minute dear", as you finish reading or typing another post you know is going to take 10.  
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TEPaul

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2005, 02:38:16 PM »
This is a bit the converse because I just dodged a bullet with this subject but I knew I spend too much time on here after I stopped in at a tractor place because I need a new tractor out on the farm. The salesman asked me what I wanted with the tractor and I told him really all I'm gonna do with it is mow fields. He said; "Are you sure you don't want a bucket, because there's a lot of neat stuff you can do with a bucket like move earth."

My eyes lit up for a second and you know damn well what I was thinking, but thank God I had the presence of mind to tell that salesman;

"Nah, I really don't want to go there but I don't have enough time right now to tell you why!"

;)
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 02:39:09 PM by TEPaul »
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Joe Hancock

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2005, 04:18:13 PM »
...when you learn that the key to being a great superintendent is catching 1000 fish per summer.

Joe
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Michael Moore

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2005, 04:43:07 PM »
 . . . you post fifty-seven times in one day.
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George Pazin

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2005, 04:51:03 PM »
When someone says Michael Moore & you think of the guy who writes for New England Golf....
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blasbe1

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2005, 04:52:13 PM »
when your wife thinks you're a member of a radical interenet chat room cult . . . oh wait I am . . . .   ;D
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Joe Hancock

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2005, 04:55:26 PM »
Quote from: Jason Blasberg on January 07, 2005, 04:52:13 PM
......a radical interenet chat room cult

Jason,

I take exception to that. This is a discussion group, not a chat room! ;D

Good one...

Joe
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"People aren't picking a side of the fairway off a tee because of a randomly internally contoured green ."  jeffwarne, February 24, 2017

Jim_Kennedy

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2005, 04:56:03 PM »
.....you have the time to reply to this topic.  ::)
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George Pazin

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2005, 04:57:08 PM »
Quote from: jim_kennedy on January 07, 2005, 04:56:03 PM
.....you have the time to reply to this topic.  ::)

Hey, come on, it's almost happy hour on the east coast!
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Big drivers and hot balls are the product of golf course design that rewards the hit one far then hit one high strategy.  Shinny showed everyone how to take care of this whole technology dilemma. - Pat Brockwell, 6/24/04

Jim_Kennedy

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2005, 05:00:40 PM »
Thanks for reminding me George. I was wondering what the spasms were in my left elbow.
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Joe Hancock

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2005, 05:02:10 PM »
Quote from: jim_kennedy on January 07, 2005, 05:00:40 PM
Thanks for reminding me George. I was wondering what the spasms were in my left elbow.

Jim,

You aren't getting this thread confused with your "other" website addictions, are you? ;)

Joe
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" What the hell is the point of architecture and excellence in design if a "clever" set up trumps it all?" Peter Pallotta, June 21, 2016

"People aren't picking a side of the fairway off a tee because of a randomly internally contoured green ."  jeffwarne, February 24, 2017

Bill Gayne

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2005, 07:49:08 PM »
When you really think that GCA.COM participants have "big brains."
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Daryl "Turboe" Boe

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2005, 08:02:39 PM »
...When you kids can recognize GCA by that familar brown stripe down the left hand side from across the room, and shout to mom, "Its OK he's not working he's on that golf thing again!!!!!"

By the way what is that brown stuff down the left hand side supposed to be anyway some kind of pseudo-wood grain???  Marble pattern???  What exactly?
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Mike_Trenham

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2005, 08:06:28 PM »
Quote from: Daryl K. Boe on January 07, 2005, 08:02:39 PM
By the way what is that brown stuff down the left hand side supposed to be anyway some kind of pseudo-wood grain???  Marble pattern???  What exactly?

Maybe its persimone (sp?).  Funny story... we had a young looper a few years ago and he asked my buddy "I have a question.  Why do they call them woods?"
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 08:09:31 PM by Mike_Trenham »
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JakaB

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2005, 08:08:31 PM »
When it ruins a perfectly good evening to see tour players riding in cars from the tee to the green....I though I heard Kaye yell "Shotgun" and beat Tiger to the front seat...
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 08:22:50 PM by John B. Kavanaugh »
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Mike Hendren

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2005, 10:24:30 PM »
You spend an hour arguing that Bandon Dunes is not affordable when you otherwise could have billed a client $250 / hour.
« Last Edit: January 07, 2005, 10:24:53 PM by Mike_Hendren »
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Dale_McCallon

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2005, 09:23:38 AM »
when shopping for a new computer, one of your criteria is how fast will I be able to download photos from the site
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Casey Wade

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2005, 05:05:09 PM »
#1 Reason-I spend more time on GCA then I do searching for porn and playing golf combined!
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Andy Doyle

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2005, 12:28:36 AM »
When you get back home on Sunday night at midnight after a weekend of playing golf in Orlando, and the first thing you do is log on to find out what the discussions have been over the weekend.

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Brian Phillips

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #23 on: January 10, 2005, 12:38:55 AM »
When you get up at 6am to finish a powerpoint presentation about the redesign of a golf course but still cannot resist 'just popping' in here just see what has happened overnight even though you 'just popped' in here 6 hours ago...

...as my mate Dougie says....sad, very sad.

Brian
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Jeff_Brauer

Re:You know you spend too much time on GCA when....
« Reply #24 on: January 10, 2005, 08:59:50 AM »
Well,  my post count of nearly 1500 is one clue, even if it dates to Feb. 2000, when Ron Whitten tipped me off that he had taken some heat for using swear words in a "oblivious internet site" interview.....so that still averages close to one post a day.  Every time my post count gets close to a rounded milestone, I feel as if I should slow down.

A reminder came when I bought a laptop with the wireless internet card last year, feeling I couldn't wait to get back to the office for emails any longer.  My wife has said (often) the $1000 was a waste of money "just to look at golf course sites."
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