OT The Ryder Cup

On Oct 5, 7:06*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-05 07:44:35 -0400, Giles said:





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" wr
ot
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 demons
tr
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 blight
er
s)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States o
f
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and de
li
mi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early deca
de
s
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Brita
in
*(
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 {w
hi
ch
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforementi
on
ed
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or rat
he
r,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales, Co
rn
wa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the V
ir
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 his
to
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 o
f
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 inclusi
ve
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 geogr
ap
hi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort o
f
le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the Americ
an
*t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in exac
tl
y
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, rig
ht
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 Wi
sc
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 Europea
n
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 t
he
venue in question at this time of year, I'd wager) "we" are wel
l
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 h
e
has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -

Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an app
le
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!- Hide quoted text -

Idiot.

g.

Heehaaw. *Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -


Dimwit.

g.

On 2010-10-05 19:56:20 -0400, Giles said:

On Oct 5, 7:06*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-05 07:44:35 -0400, Giles said:





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"
wr
ot
e:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder C
up
*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 demo
ns
tr
at
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for do
g
on
ly
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blig
ht
er
s)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States
o
f
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and
de
li
mi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early de
ca
de
s
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Bri
ta
in
*(
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
{w
hi
ch
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforemen
ti
on
ed
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or r
at
he
r,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales,
Co
rn
wa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the
V
ir
gi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvio
us
*t
o
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world h
is
to
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
o
f
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) th
e
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol
of
*t
he
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclu
si
ve
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room agains
t
a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration o
f
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 geo
gr
ap
hi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort
o
f
le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the Amer
ic
an
*t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in ex
ac
tl
y
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, r
ig
ht
ly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European tea
m
bo
as
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess tha
t
is
,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like abo
ut
*a
*h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

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

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

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

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 200
1.
*
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
h
e
has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -

Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an a
pp
le
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!- Hide quoted text -

Idiot.

g.

Heehaaw. *Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -


Dimwit.

g.

Silly pedantic fool.

But, you are fun to ride. Giddy up.

On Oct 5, 7:50*pm, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-05 19:56:20 -0400, Giles said:





On Oct 5, 7:06*am, D. LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-10-05 07:44:35 -0400, Giles said:

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"
wr
ot
e:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Well, I've been aware since early childhood that Sthe Ryder C
up
*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 demo
ns
tr
at
e.

In the first place, it is interesting that what began (for do
g
on
ly
knows what half-baked reasons, born of whatever besotted blig
ht
er
s)
as
a sporting competition between residents of the United States
*o
f
America (a fairly specific and more or less well-defined and
de
li
mi
te
d
region, it must be admitted....or at least so in the early de
ca
de
s
of
the 20th century)and the residents of the island of Great Bri
ta
in
*(
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
{w
hi
ch
may or may not be a portion of one or another of the aforemen
ti
on
ed
geopolitical entities.....no one seems to quite sure.....or r
at
he
r,
there are just too many competing sureties} Scotland, Wales,
Co
rn
wa
ll
,
New South Wales, Quebec, the Malvinas, Wales {Wisconsin}, the
*V
ir
gi
n
{heh, heh, yeah} Islands, Van Diemen's Land and
Johannesferchrissakesberg)in a time when it was all too obvio
us
*t
o
th
e
literate minority in what was, admittedly, at time in world h
is
to
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
*o
f
becoming (however unfairly and for however short a period) th
e
cultural, political, economic, military and sporting capitol
of
*t
he
known universe, eventually evolved into a somewhat more inclu
si
ve
event, pitting the obvious elephant in the living room agains
t
a
somewhat larger and broader adversary.....or conglomeration o
f
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 geo
gr
ap
hi
c
scope and population.....at least for the time being. *Sort
*o
f
le
ve
ls
the playing fiels, wot?

Equally interesting.....and perhaps even more so.....the Amer
ic
an
*t
ea
m
(at least this year) is represented by players residing in ex
ac
tl
y
8
of the roughly 50 states comprising the union (discounting, r
ig
ht
ly
,
since they are indeed NOT states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
(um.....hm.....) Islands, and Canada), while the European tea
m
bo
as
ts
residents of 7 countries out of the incomprehensible mess tha
t
is
,
was, and presumably always will be Europe. *Sounds like abo
ut
*a
*h
or
se
apiece to this fan.

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

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

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

giles
who notes that a team never named on the scorecard won in 200
1.
*
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
*h
e
has
trained his little pony.- Hide quoted text -

Cretin.

g.

That's a good pony. *Feel free, pony, to reward yourself with an a
pp
le
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!- Hide quoted text -

Idiot.

g.

Heehaaw. *Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -

Dimwit.

g.

Silly pedantic fool.

But, you are fun to ride. *Giddy up.- Hide quoted text -


Moron.

g.

On Oct 3, 10:56*am, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

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

Bill

Not much into following golf except for Brandt Snedeker, #37 PGA, who
didn't make the Ryder, but is $1.6 mil US so far this year.

Dave

"DaveS" wrote in message
...
On Oct 3, 10:56 am, "Bill Grey" wrote:
Hi Roffians,

How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

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

Bill

Not much into following golf except for Brandt Snedeker, #37 PGA, who
didn't make the Ryder, but is $1.6 mil US so far this year.

Dave

Any relation?

Bill

"Todd" wrote in message
...
On 10/03/2010 10:56 AM, Bill Grey wrote:
How many of you are interested in the Ryder Cup.

Ryder Cup? Is that a beer stein? :-)

If empty it could be a Dryer Cup

Bill