OT The Ryder Cup

On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup is an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute.....but
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it. *A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstrate.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog only
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighters)as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and delimited
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decades of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain (one
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {which
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementioned
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rather,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Cornwall,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Virgin
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious to the
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world history in
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (sorta
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of the
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, dependin
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geographic
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of levels
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American team
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactly 8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rightly,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team boasts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a horse
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. We ,the
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wisconsin
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather." *Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European team
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well and
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001. *not
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I love it..

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup is an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute.....but
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it. *A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstrate.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog only
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighters)as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and delimite
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decades of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain (on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {which
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementioned
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rather,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Cornwall
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Virgin
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious to th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world history i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (sorta
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of the
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, depend
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geographic
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of leve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American tea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactly 8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rightly,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team boasts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a hor
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. We ,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wisconsi
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather." *
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European team
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well and
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001. *no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I love it
.

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. Davey wants to show the world how he has
trained his little pony.

On Oct 4, 8:52*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup is an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute.....but
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it. *A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstrate.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog only
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighters)as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and delimite
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decades of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain (on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {which
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementioned
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rather,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Cornwall
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Virgin
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious to th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world history i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (sorta
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of the
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, depend
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geographic
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of leve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American tea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactly 8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rightly,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team boasts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a hor
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. We ,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wisconsi
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather." *
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European team
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well and
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001. *no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I love it
.

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. *Davey wants to show the world how he has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -


Cretin.

g.

On 2010-10-04 21:53:57 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 8:52*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup is
an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute.....b
ut
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it. *A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstrat
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog only
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighters)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and delimi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decades
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain (
on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {which
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementioned
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rather,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Cornwa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Virgi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious to
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world history
i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (sort
a
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of the
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, depe
nd
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geographi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactly
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rightly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team boas
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. We
,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wiscon
si
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather."
*
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European te
am
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well an
d
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001. *
no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I love
it
.

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. *Davey wants to show the world how he has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -


Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an apple
or some sugar.

Goin' to bed now, but I'll ride ya tomorrow. Teehee.

Davey, Master of One Trick Ponies

On Oct 4, 9:07*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:53:57 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 8:52*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup is
an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute......b
ut
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it. *A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstrat
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog only
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighters)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and delimi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decades
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain (
on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {which
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementioned
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rather,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Cornwa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Virgi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious to
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world history
*i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (sort
a
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of the
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, depe
nd
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geographi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactly
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rightly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team boas
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. We
,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wiscon
si
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather."
*
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European te
am
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well an
d
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001. *
no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I love
*it
.

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. *Davey wants to show the world how he has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -

Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an apple
or some sugar.

Goin' to bed now, but I'll ride ya tomorrow. *Teehee.

Davey, Master of One Trick Ponies- Hide quoted text -

I think you should read Thomas Lynch's "Bodies In Motion And At
Rest." It won't make you any less stupid. It won't make you a
thinker. But it will at least give you a place to start.....and
having a place to start is a good start.

Moron.

Pig.

g.

On 2010-10-05 07:17:15 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 9:07*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:53:57 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 8:52*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrot
e:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup i
s
an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute....
.b
ut
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it.
*A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstr
at
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog on
ly
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighter
s)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and deli
mi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decade
s
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain
(
on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {whi
ch
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforemention
ed
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rathe
r,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Corn
wa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Vir
gi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious t
o
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world histo
ry
*i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (so
rt
a
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of t
he
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, de
pe
nd
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geograp
hi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of
le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American
t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactl
y
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, right
ly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team bo
as
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is
,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a
h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. W
e
,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day.

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wisc
on
si
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather."
*
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European
te
am
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well
an
d
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001.
*
no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I lo
ve
*it
.

Davey- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. *Davey wants to show the world how he
has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -

Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an apple
or some sugar.

Goin' to bed now, but I'll ride ya tomorrow. *Teehee.

Davey, Master of One Trick Ponies- Hide quoted text -

I think you should read Thomas Lynch's "Bodies In Motion And At
Rest." It won't make you any less stupid. It won't make you a
thinker. But it will at least give you a place to start.....and
having a place to start is a good start.

Moron.

Pig.

g.

Hey, you're up early. Good. I need my after-breakfast ride.

Giddy up!

On Oct 5, 6:35*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-05 07:17:15 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 4, 9:07*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:53:57 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 8:52*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 21:18:20 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 7:18*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-04 20:00:00 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 4, 6:55*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-03 22:37:39 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 3, 12:56*pm, "Bill Grey" wrot
e:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder Cup i
s
an
international sporting event of long standing and high repute.....
.b
ut
I can't honestly say that I've ever paid much attention to it.
*A
quick google reveals that it is about golf.

Hm.....

Not one of my top three guesses. * * *

Still, not necessarily sufficient grounds to disqualify
interest.....however late come by....as we shall hope to demonstr
at
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for dog on
ly
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blighter
s)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States of
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and deli
mi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early decade
s
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Britain
*(
on
e
hesitates to be either more or less specific, geographically,
socially, politically, ethnically, or in matters of familial
consanguinity, for fear of offending.....by inclusion or
exclusion.....residents of Ireland, northern Ireland, Ulster {whi
ch
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforemention
ed
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rathe
r,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Corn
wa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the Vir
gi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvious t
o
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world histo
ry
*i
n
which literacy had not yet blossomed to its fullest potential (so
rt
a
like now, come to think of it), that the USA was on the brink of
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) the
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol of t
he
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclusive
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room against a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration of
adversaries, at any rate. *Europe and the United States can, de
pe
nd
in
g
on just how one defines terms, be seen as rough equals in geograp
hi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort of
le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the American
*t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exactl
y
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, right
ly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European team bo
as
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess that is
,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like about a
*h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

The weather has been pretty poor, especially on the first day. W
e
,t
he
Euopeans, are doing OK at the moment but tomorrows another day..

Someone once explained the difference between California and Wisc
on
si
n
to me thusly: "California has a climate.....we['ve] got weather.."
*
Of
the twelve players on the American team 5, roughly 42%, are
Floridians. *We['ve} got one boy from Madison. *The European
te
am
boasts nine of twelve players from places what got weather, and a
miserly three from places with a climate.

If the weather goes south (not an unreasonable expectation at the
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are well
an
d
truly screwed.

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 2001.
*
no
t
surprising. *they always do.

Just another silly, verbose, pedantic reply from my trick pony.

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Moron.

g.

See? *I say giddy up and you do. *You are MY trick pony. *I lo
ve
*it
.

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Imbecile.

g.

Giddy up, lil pony, giddy up. *Davey wants to show the world how he
has
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Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an apple
or some sugar.

Goin' to bed now, but I'll ride ya tomorrow. *Teehee.

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I think you should read Thomas Lynch's "Bodies In Motion And At
Rest." *It won't make you any less stupid. *It won't make you a
thinker. *But it will at least give you a place to start.....and
having a place to start is a good start.

Moron.

Pig.

g.

Hey, you're up early. *Good. *I need my after-breakfast ride.

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Idiot.

g.