Old people again!!!

[leaney]

In that case they would be as bad as you.

If you make 'Tongue in cheek' comments then make them a bit more obvious.

Yes, next time I will send you a PM so you're aware.

Lighten up and don't take things so seriously.

Forums are meant to be fun, where we can all have a moan and where we can all celebrate something but I don't think that picking holes in threads is the way it's meant to be.

 

[SocketRocket]

Yes, next time I will send you a PM so you're aware.

Lighten up and don't take things so seriously.

Forums are meant to be fun, where we can all have a moan and where we can all celebrate something but I don't think that picking holes in threads is the way it's meant to be.

Lighten up yourself. If you want to come on a forum and complain about your round of golf then expect that someone may disagree with the arrogant way you express yourself. I happen to think that dicrimination is serious.

 

[richart]

I'm looking at joining Ham Manor, do you know it? What do you think of it

We have a reciprocal at Ham Manor. Haven't played it yet, but it looks good on the website.

 

[bobmac]

Going back to the OP,
They were well out of order driving while you were still in range. But
if they were in a buggy, would they not be quicker than you?
And isn't there something written down somewhere that says you should call quicker groups through?

 

[bluewolf]

Why would being in a buggy make them quicker? In my experience, some groups slow down as soon as driving a buggy is involved.

 

[Hobbit]

Leaney.

I dislike people that have ignorant prejudiced views and discriminate a whole group of people as if they are all the same.

If your thread would have been titled 'Bad behaviour again' I would accept your point but why just blame people older than yourself. I guess you may still have parents, do you dislike them because they are older than you.

Driving a ball into the group in front is wrong and shows a lack of manners. Your discrimination also shows a lack of maturity, do you imply that young people never drive balls into people in front? Please take a little time to reflect on this and hopefully with a little consideration you will see that ageism does you no credit.

He used a descriptive word. He didn't say all old people are to$$ers. Not discrimination.

The world is going PC mad and we are all falling for it and becoming overly sensitive. Whether its the race card, or ageism, or whatever its reaching the point where we daren't even mention lime green polo shirts...

 

[Billysboots]

Taste of your own medcine me thinks! Mind you thats if its true, and not just a story, to excuse your bad behavior the other week.!!!!!!

I'm so glad it isn't just me who finds the whole saga ironic and hypocritical. I sat and read the opening post in jaw dropping disbelief.

Okay, the circumstances are very slightly different, in that you (allegedly) hit through the group in front whilst they were to one side, but the underlying theme is absolutely identical. Neither you, nor these "old people again" had the patience to wait for the players in front, and both chose to try and barge their way through. And you are absolutely appalled at their behaviour.

Please, Leaney, tell me that you can see the irony.

 

[Dodger]

Why would being in a buggy make them quicker? In my experience, some groups slow down as soon as driving a buggy is involved.

+1 two in a buggy can be a frigging nightmare to follow.

Buggies should be reserved for those who really need them not for unfit,lazy bastards but that's for another thread.

 

[Snelly]

I assume Leaney that you play at Hill Barn and you were playing the 6th which is overrun at peak times by pig ignorant muppets who think it is their right to hold up the entire course for the duration of their round or smash the ball up the back of you whilst you wait for the group in front to clear/be safely out of range. Unfortunately unless you fancy paying absurd membership and playing Worthing you're stuck without travelling to play. That and the snobbishness of Worthing GC is unbearable to all but the snobs.

Next time someone does that just stopping putting the pin back in after you clear each green until they grow a spine and try to say something. Only agree to start putting pins back in after they've apologised and admitted they're a knob.

Stop putting the pins in? That is an utterly childish response. Grow up.

And your comments on Worthing are a long way wide of the mark. Number one, it is not any more expensive than Devils Dyke, Ham Manor etc. Two, I know at least 50 members of Worthing and you could not say that more than are couple of them could be termed as snobbish. It is a decent club with a good membership and has the best scratch team in the county.

You are 100% wrong about the place.

 

[leaney]

Going back to the OP,
They were well out of order driving while you were still in range. But
if they were in a buggy, would they not be quicker than you?
And isn't there something written down somewhere that says you should call quicker groups through?

We were waiting for the pair in front of us to finish putting, so I'm not sure why I would let the pair behind me through when I'm having to wait at every hole?

If the course wasn't so busy then maybe they would have been quicker than us but there was no where for them to go, even if they went past us.

 

[leaney]

I'm so glad it isn't just me who finds the whole saga ironic and hypocritical. I sat and read the opening post in jaw dropping disbelief.

Okay, the circumstances are very slightly different, in that you (allegedly) hit through the group in front whilst they were to one side, but the underlying theme is absolutely identical. Neither you, nor these "old people again" had the patience to wait for the players in front, and both chose to try and barge their way through. And you are absolutely appalled at their behaviour.

Please, Leaney, tell me that you can see the irony.

We weren't holding anyone up and they could see how busy it was.

I admitted I was wrong but if you think that insisting on playing through is the same as actually hitting a golf ball at someone who is only 150 yards away, then you need your head examined.

 

[Billysboots]

We weren't holding anyone up and they could see how busy it was.

I admitted I was wrong but if you think that insisting on playing through is the same as actually hitting a golf ball at someone who is only 150 yards away, then you need your head examined.

Semantics, Leaney. You really don't get it, do you?!

I accepted in my earlier post there was a slight difference in the way things were done, but the fact remains both you and these "old people again" were guilty of the same arrogant, selfish behaviour. Both of you either played through, or tried to play through a group ahead without being invited. You both let your frustrations get the better of you.

I simply cannot believe that you should find their behaviour so objectionable given your own actions just a week or so ago.

 

[Basher]

Can somebody lock this thread, it's turning into a bitching session again.:blah:

 

[Billysboots]

No reason to lock it, Basher. There's a difference of opinion which to my mind can be discussed.

If the OP did not want opposing views then, to be honest, he should not have started this thread straight on the back of the other one.

 

[stevie_r]

The thread should not be locked, there is no need.

Leaney, it would appear that unfortunately, in the eyes of some on here, you must bear the mark of Cain for a considerable period of time. Bit ott really

 

[Billysboots]

The thread should not be locked, there is no need.

Leaney, it would appear that unfortunately, in the eyes of some on here, you must bear the mark of Cain for a considerable period of time. Bit ott really

That's not really fair Stevie!

I just find it staggering that someone who was so vocal about his apparent right to play through people in front of him without being invited should find similar behaviour so abhorrent merely because he is on the receiving end.

He really can't have it both ways.

 

[bluewolf]

No reason to lock it, Basher. There's a difference of opinion which to my mind can be discussed.

If the OP did not want opposing views then, to be honest, he should not have started this thread straight on the back of the other one.

With all due respect, you don't have an opposing view. You're calling him a liar. Now, if you can prove that he's lying then fair play, but seeing as you probably can't then it's all a bit pointless really.

He admitted he was wrong regarding the previous incident. Everything else is irrelevant to me. You appear to have a difference of opinion regarding THAT. That's you're opinion and I respect it.

 

[stevie_r]

That's not really fair Stevie!

I just find it staggering that someone who was so vocal about his apparent right to play through people in front of him without being invited should find similar behaviour so abhorrent merely because he is on the receiving end.

He really can't have it both ways.

He apologised I seem to recall and has (hopefully) learned from last week. People make errors of judgement and occasionally behave in a less than acceptable fashion, it's human nature. The trick is to not make the same mistake twice. Personally I'm not one to use a previous misdemeanour as a stick to beat someone with for an indeterminate length of time.

 

[Billysboots]

With all due respect, you don't have an opposing view. You're calling him a liar.

No. You've lost me there. Where in this thread have I called anyone a liar, or even vaguely suggested it? If you're referring to the "apology" then, yes, I am more than sceptical. But this thread is nothing to do with that.

I've made my point more than once here. But to clarify, I am literally aghast that anyone should claim to be so appalled by the behaviour of another having been guilty of almost identical behaviour himself such a short time ago.

I actually thought the opening post was a wind up.

 

[bluewolf]

Between this thread and the last, you have left no one in any doubt of your opinion. I get it. You don't believe he rang up to apologise. You don't believe that there was another incident that resulted in the group being thrown off the course, and now you read the opening post in jaw dropping Disbelief........I understand your opinion, but why prolong the original discussion. Why not let this thread stand on it's own. Leaney stated clearly that he was originally wrong. That's enough for me. This is a forum, not the European courts. Let it go, smile knowingly to yourself and enjoy your golf. That's why we are all here.