Golf Random Irritations

[Bdill93]

Trying to arrange a knockout game, Jesus why do some of these guys bother entering. Emailed this guy 3 weeks ago only replied last week with one date, then promptly said he couldn't make that date after I'd booked it. Given him at least 5 weekday dates and 2 weekend. He can't do any and the closing date is this Sunday. Asked him.if he is conceding in that case.. no is his reply

I feel your pain! Having this exact issue with a pairs match at the moment!

Last year the same thing happened in round 3 of the pairs and we ended up having to stand on the tee box at 12.00pm on deadline day, prepared to play, to get the automatic win

 

[patricks148]

I feel your pain! Having this exact issue with a pairs match at the moment!

Last year the same thing happened in round 3 of the pairs and we ended up having to stand on the tee box at 12.00pm on deadline day, prepared to play, to get the automatic win

The other guy I'm playing replied straight away and booked a time within hours of contact. It's a mindset sometimes. The guy I'm struggling with works in an office of a company his dad owns, the guy that sorted itvsyraiht away is a consultant surgeon at the local hospital.

 

[Golfnut1957]

Only slightly golf related. I have just read that SW Water have introduced a hosepipe ban in parts of Devon.

Our course has been closed almost as much as it has been open. We have had one of the wettest springs in living memory, did the South West manage to avoid all the precipitation or is someone just managing things badly.

 

[D-S]

Only slightly golf related. I have just read that SW Water have introduced a hosepipe ban in parts of Devon.

Our course has been closed almost as much as it has been open. We have had one of the wettest springs in living memory, did the South West manage to avoid all the precipitation or is someone just managing things badly.

I saw this and living in Gloucestershire, about 60 odd miles away from the Devon border, I find it barely credible.
This winter (Dec to Feb) rainfall here was slightly above average, however for Spring (March to May) we have already had record rainfall in the past 20 years with over 5 weeks to go!
This says more about the Water company performance than climate.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Took a mate out for a round yesterday, never played my track before. It was dull, overcast, and piddled down much of the time. Course played fine but nowhere looks or plays it’s best on days like yesterday. Lovely this morning…

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Only slightly golf related. I have just read that SW Water have introduced a hosepipe ban in parts of Devon.

Our course has been closed almost as much as it has been open. We have had one of the wettest springs in living memory, did the South West manage to avoid all the precipitation or is someone just managing things badly.

You probably can't answer this question but on the off chance........We keep hearing about water shortages in the south, hosepipe bans in summer etc. Are the water authorities capturing more water, building more reservoirs? It seems like the obvious thing to do, capture the water in the wet winters for the dry summers, but is it being done?

 

[cliveb]

Only slightly golf related. I have just read that SW Water have introduced a hosepipe ban in parts of Devon.

Our course has been closed almost as much as it has been open. We have had one of the wettest springs in living memory, did the South West manage to avoid all the precipitation or is someone just managing things badly.

I can only guess that South West Water have brought in management from the rail industry, and that all the stuff that's been falling out of the sky is the wrong kind of water.

 

[Old Colner]

Trying to arrange a knockout game, Jesus why do some of these guys bother entering. Emailed this guy 3 weeks ago only replied last week with one date, then promptly said he couldn't make that date after I'd booked it. Given him at least 5 weekday dates and 2 weekend. He can't do any and the closing date is this Sunday. Asked him.if he is conceding in that case.. no is his reply

It really is tiresome at times, even worse in the pairs, I no longer play the KO's at ours.

 

[YandaB]

You probably can't answer this question but on the off chance........We keep hearing about water shortages in the south, hosepipe bans in summer etc. Are the water authorities capturing more water, building more reservoirs? It seems like the obvious thing to do, capture the water in the wet winters for the dry summers, but is it being done?

There is evidence of it happening, though I have only heard of this one and mainly becasue of the news reports about the protests: https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/proposal-for-giant-reservoir-faces-continued-opposition/

I have to say I would feel a little unsure about living near such a thing.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

It really is tiresome at times, even worse in the pairs, I no longer play the KO's at ours.

I haven’t entered any pairs KO comps this year as I might be called away to MiLs at any time, and trying to reschedule a match in four diaries - often with a deadline approaching rapidly - is just a pain I can do without, and I wouldn’t want to let down a partner by having to concede/withdraw.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

There is evidence of it happening, though I have only heard of this one and mainly becasue of the news reports about the protests: https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/proposal-for-giant-reservoir-faces-continued-opposition/

I have to say I would feel a little unsure about living near such a thing.

Why? I'm not sure I can a problem.

If we don't have them then the shortages continue. Hoping people will use less is not going to be the solution, we need more capacity.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

You probably can't answer this question but on the off chance........We keep hearing about water shortages in the south, hosepipe bans in summer etc. Are the water authorities capturing more water, building more reservoirs? It seems like the obvious thing to do, capture the water in the wet winters for the dry summers, but is it being done?

One of the guys in our swindle works for Anglian Water and he said it wouldn’t surprise him if some areas have a hosepipe ban soon

The levels last year were ridiculously low and even over the winter we had Feb which was the driest Feb in decades apparently

Even the level of rain we have had over the last couple of weeks or since March doesn’t go near replenishing what’s needed which staggers me when I see the level of the nearby canal and Brook and also our ponds and water tank.

We can see the greens etc already starting to dry out

 

[YandaB]

Why? I'm not sure I can a problem.

If we don't have them then the shortages continue. Hoping people will use less is not going to be the solution, we need more capacity.

Were it a typical dam or large submerged lake then fine, this appears to be a giant above the ground resevoir. Dams, typically hold water back with constructions that act like arches in a building where the pressure makes the bricks knit closer together and therefore stronger. This is built more like the levees in US but there the pressure is alleviated in general because the river is flowing into the sea. These only become an issue when the sea rises (e.g. during extreme low presssure scenarios) and then they can break. Now, I accept that these will be engineered to a high degree and that safety standards will be applied but I still wouldn't fancy living near a 15-20m wall of water where the force of the water is constantly pushing it's way towards me. It might be irrational but I would have a bit of a concern.

 

[D-S]

Yet Thames Water said, when they lifted their hosepipe ban in October, that just 60% of normal rainfall this winter would be enough to replenish aquifers fully.

 

[PJ87]

Why? I'm not sure I can a problem.

If we don't have them then the shortages continue. Hoping people will use less is not going to be the solution, we need more capacity.

its the same with everything tho, we need more solar, nuclear, reservoirs, wind turbines etc etc yet nobody wants them in their neighborhood.. hell people dont even want mobile phone masts even though they complain about lack of signal

 

[D-S]

The levels last year were ridiculously low and even over the winter we had Feb which was the driest Feb in decades apparently

Last year as a whole was bang average around here albeit with a hot dry spell in the middle but made up for by a very wet Autumn. Feb was incredibly dry but this was more than made up for as March was double the normal amount and April is already above average.

 

[JonnyGutteridge]

You probably can't answer this question but on the off chance........We keep hearing about water shortages in the south, hosepipe bans in summer etc. Are the water authorities capturing more water, building more reservoirs? It seems like the obvious thing to do, capture the water in the wet winters for the dry summers, but is it being done?

I believe I am right in saying that there hasn’t been a new reservoir completed in the UK since 1991, which was Carsington and that was started in the 80s.

The water industry was privatised in 1989.

Very damning(…) tbh

 

[D-S]

There is an excellent website which is local to me (Filton, Bristol about 8 miles away) which gives real time weather (including rainfall) info. as well as daily, monthly, seasonally and annual data going back 20 years - a very interesting and useful resource.

Weather data for Horfield and Filton, Bristol UK

Current weather data from an automatic weather station since February 2004, including webcam, monthly archive, live updates. Temperature, humidity, rain, pressure, wind, solar and UV

www.martynhicks.uk

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I believe I am right in saying that there hasn’t been a new reservoir completed in the UK since 1991, which was Carsington and that was started in the 80s.

The water industry was privatised in 1989.

Very damning(…) tbh

Crazy when you consider, in the south especially, there seem to be shortages nearly every summer. It seems like a pretty basic lack of planning.

 

[cliveb]

Crazy when you consider, in the south especially, there seem to be shortages nearly every summer. It seems like a pretty basic lack of planning.

The water companies do lots of planning, but they have to prioritise what they plan for.
And of course since they have been privatised, the most important thing they need to plan is making profits.