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X002548
Not Just a Number
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 Posted - 2005-08-15 : 11:14:14
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| In a display of some of the worse putting I have ever seen for en entire field...Phil Mickleson has won Baltusrol, in springfield, NJ....which is about 15 minutes from here.Tickets were like $100 to the event (that's per person, per day) and the spectators were treated to 2 100+ days, with some very serious thunderstorms....a lot of people had no electricity Saturday and Sunday...They would clear the course of players after their lightning detection systems went off....but the spectators just hung out...suprised no one got hurt...It rained several times, but after the first rain, the temps dropped 25 degrees.....Brett8-)Hint: Want your questions answered fast? Follow the direction in this linkhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx |
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steamngn
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2005-08-15 : 13:25:40
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Hey Brett,Hard to believe anyone would want to stay outside up here this past weekend, let alone out in the middle of the course first with the swealtering heat and then with the wild storms. I'm about 70 miles north of Baltusrol in NY...The company I work for gets comp tickets for practice days, and occasionally for Thursday and Friday rounds. I stayed home and watched from the couch with a cold drink and the A/C on...And just where did you see any putting going on? All I saw was some guys with sticks trying to cut some grass... AndyThere's never enough time to type code right, but always enough time for a hotfix... |
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TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-08-15 : 13:51:00
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| Were you at the event, Brett? See anything outrageous? I stayed home from work this morning to see the conclusion...I mean to run some errands.Be One with the OptimizerTG |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
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steamngn
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
306 Posts |
Posted - 2005-08-15 : 15:09:37
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| Hunter is about 50 miles from here (20 east, 30 north).I'm in Middletown, 18 miles east of where PA,NJ, & NY come together. If it wasn't for some silly-ass mountain range, it would only be about 45 miles to the golf course...AndyThere's never enough time to type code right, but always enough time for a hotfix... |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2005-08-16 : 09:15:16
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| I was out that way once...stayed at villa roma...last time I'll do that..I thought they had a ski area there....it was more like a backyard hill....and man is it out there in the middle of no where...Drove to Elk Mountain..even that was a ride....did Holiday mountain too...which was a little hill as well...but for a family of 5 to ski for 50.00 bucks...can't pass that up...I think it was a tuesday night special or something...Go to the track much?Brett8-)Hint: Want your questions answered fast? Follow the direction in this linkhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
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Posted - 2005-08-16 : 12:15:19
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Originally posted by X002548
They would clear the course of players after their lightning detection systems went off....but the spectators just hung out...suprised no one got hurt...
lightning detection systems? What's that? Some guy standing outside going, "Yep! There was a flash of lightning. Y'all see that?"---------------------------EmeraldCityDomains.com |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2005-08-16 : 13:57:02
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| I guess it's more of warning system..They have'em all over the fields where I coach....Don't know how it works, but it must sense ozone or watever fried air consists of...and it detects from like x miles away...don't know how far, but it's pretty acurate...it give off 1 loud burdt and a strobe starts flashing...3 short bursts means all clear....EDIT: Here it is:http://www.thorguard.com/faq.aspBrett8-)Hint: Want your questions answered fast? Follow the direction in this linkhttp://weblogs.sqlteam.com/brettk/archive/2005/05/25/5276.aspx |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
3246 Posts |
Posted - 2005-08-16 : 17:06:36
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| You guys on the East Coast come up with some interesting inventions... I guess given the wacky weather you've had lately, that if I were out standing in the middle of a large grass field holding a post in my hand that resembled a lightning rod, I'd probably want some sort of detection system, too.---------------------------EmeraldCityDomains.com |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-08-17 : 03:25:11
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They have'em all over the fields where I coach
You crazy yanks! Why would you want to coach SQL in a field |
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steamngn
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2005-08-17 : 20:59:01
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| I haven't been to the track in god know when...had my own locker at Holiday mountain when I was in high school, was on the ski team and that was the regular hill. Price there is usually very good. Villa Roma is an overpriced sorry excuse for a resort that just happens to be owned by the same people that own Holiday mountain! (go figure) Middletown is actually pretty big these days, have had something like 10+% growth every year since 9/11. Now Elk mountain, THAT is in the boonies!andyThere's never enough time to type code right, but always enough time for a hotfix... |
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Mickleson wins NJ