SultanOfSwing

Wankers works as a somewhat milder alternative.

I'm not sure how far reaching the name was, it could have been a bit of both.

GeniB

Ah I used to think that too.. Until the wretched game 'hooked' me. You live for that one moment when you hit the 'sweet spot' and that blessed ball rewards you with a shot from heaven. Like anything else involving a ball. Its those brief moments of joy.
will you have another 'go' when you move ? You've got some lovely courses around there as I recall

GeniB

Well we only just found out what a veeeryyyy good friend of Trump he is. Pushing that agenda to death on TV right now.. Plus his veeeryyyyy exclusive one time only interview with the orange blimp. I wonder if Jezzer will just 'pop in' to it as well.. And well there you have it. Mission impossible accomplished.

macliam

In the UK, I drive through one 9-hole course to my house, which is opposite another 19-hole course in a town with another 2 golf courses within spitting distance, yet, like BB, I have never been attracted to chasing the little white ball. I recall the looks from the keen golfers at work when they learned of these circumstances, though I did think the description "like a eunuch in a whorehouse" took it a bit far.

Bahtatboy

That sums up 90% of rounds for 90% of players, although usually without that one brilliant shot.

BuckinghamshireBoy

Despite the fact that we'll be in Maria-Ter-Heide, within very easy distance of the Royal Antwerp, the Brasschaat Open and the Antwerp International courses I won't be having another attempt. My back is still slowly, slowly recovering from the double disc hernia, and I have to protect it at all costs. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I do however intend to take up snooker again. Geneva being a Portuguese stronghold, there are pool bars and clubs all over the city, but I only ever saw one snooker table, and it was in such a bad condition that I never returned. My pool is at a quite reasonable level, but the snooker is obviously very rusty.

The only proper game I've had in the last 30 years was in the bar of Plymouth Crownhill police station, which has to be one of the best venues in Plymouth. I was there as a guest rather than an inmate as my brother used to be 'on the job' and had asked his management if he could bring me in for a tour. That was a brilliant evening, we drove in to the rear car park, I was put down the prisoner chute straight into the cell block where I was 'processed' by non other than brother's mate and colleague B****, whom I've known for many years.

Downtown Brasschaat has a very nice looking pool and snooker club, so that'll be one way of whiling away the chilly winter evenings.

And they have Leffe on draught.

mikelincs

Maybe I shouldn't have smiled bu no-one was injured, but could have been much worse, hope it was her last drive.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/elderly-wo...100753347.html

GeniB

That was us when we lived in Southport macliam.. surrounded by nine golf courses ... never learnt to play in the UK.. We prefered the squash type pf ball then.

GeniB

WOW You will be moving in elite circles.. watch out for the 67 + Dutch millionaires who live in and around Brassschaat . Surely playing with golden balls.
We never played Royal Antwerp, but there is another course close by belonging to some Count or other... played there... veeeery posh Many have great restaurants attached
We used to go with friends and stay in the little hotel attached to the Stiemerheid Golf and Country club (nearer to Genk) These are great places to stay for a weekend.Restaurant had a Michelin star ,but the prices were ridiculously low... at least in those days

BuckinghamshireBoy

Ah, Limburg... just got to love the music over there that's more of a joke between brother-in-law and myself, we spent an almost long weekend there last autumn ...

Good looking restaurants attached to that hotel, I've book-marked it, thank you

Ingles

This :-
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/respons...every-step-way

Lion in Winter

Counting butterflies.




https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44895558

SultanOfSwing

That man is a bloody national treasure.

Lion in Winter

He ought to be maintained in perpetuity by the National Trust.

SultanOfSwing

We were born too late to explore the earth and we were born to early to explore the galaxy but we existed at just the right time to listen to him narrate some of the best produced wildlife documentaries that will ever be seen on TV.

A little trite, perhaps, but you get the idea