Tom, If my email sent a message like I was in any way offended by your statements, it was away from my intent and I apologize for that. English is not my mother tongue, and probably the tone of my email came out harder than I wanted.
Sorry for that and ciao, Marcello 2009/8/2 Tom Flanagan <tflans...@hotmail.com> > Believe or don't, I've been trying to figure out a way to say things that > can't possibly be taken as a dig, a slam, an insult or a denigration of any > kind. This is the damndest society imaginable, when nearly everything said > or written is all too often interpreted totally differently from intent. > Witness the recent Gates/Coleman/Obama nonsense. My use of the term > "moralize" had/has absolutely zero to do with anything you or anyone else > said. > TFlan > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 00:11:14 +0200 > > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Favorite Club for 2009 > From: marcello.fran...@gmail.com > To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com > > Moralizing was far from my mind; it was just an observation called by your > statement about illegal double faced chippers. > > IMHO, one of the things that make golf great is that there are so many ways > of playing it, from the social outing to the serious sport. To each his/her > own, we just all love the game. > > Ciao, > Marcello > (BTW, I'm a "strictly by the rules" guy) > > 2009/8/1 Tom Flanagan <tflans...@hotmail.com> > > Legality for the hackers I often made clubs for seldom was an issue. 15 - > 18 clubs in the bag, doublefaced chippers, illegal grips and heads, illegal > balls, etc. So what? That's the way the guys played the game with their > regular friends. Cheating? "Big deal", they said. "We're all carrying > illegal equipment. It's our business, not anybody else's". Preferred lies, 4 > foot gimmies, rooties, kick it out of divots, practice swings in bunkers and > water hazards, "hey, that's the way we play, how does that affect you"? > We can moralize but that's not an uncommon thing among non-tournament guys > - at least in my experience. > > Speaking of double faced chippers, how about the Acushnet "Bullseye" putter > of years ago? That was a two faced club and perfectly legal. I played one > for many years. It was a great little putter, especially on quick greens. > T > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 20:59:24 +0200 > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Favorite Club for 2009 > From: marcello.fran...@gmail.com > To: ShopTalk@mail.msen.com > > > Beware... putter grip on a chipper is illegal too. > > Ciao, > Marcello > > > 2009/8/1 Tom Flanagan <tflans...@hotmail.com> > > We used to call them "jiggers" or "chippers". 7 or 8 iron length, 8 - 9 > iron loft, wide sole, relatively heavy weights, sometimes with a putter > grip. I have a couple of them in my pile of cast-offs. They even came > double-faced - illegal but my father-in-law had one and used it to great > effect. Every one I've seen was a "off-brand" from component catalogs. I > assembled several over a fairly short period of time for some higher > handicap guys who had troubles with the "flippy wrist syndrome". Use a > putting grip around the green and "jigger" the ball up to the hole. They > work. > TFlan > > > Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:05:00 -0400 > > To: shoptalk@mail.msen.com > > From: j...@clubmaker-online.com > > Subject: ShopTalk: Favorite Club for 2009 > > > > > Now that the golf season has been in full swing for a while and > > you've had a chance to try out 2009 component combo's, I wonder which > > you all had the most luck with. > > My favorite new club is the Cleveland Niblick. I finally gave up > > trying to learn how to chip and the Niblick has saved me on many > > occasions. Last week I sunk two long chips out of 9 holes. > > -- > > > > > > Thanks! > > John Muir > > http://clubmaker-online.com > > http://gripscience.com > > http://thedriverstudio.com > > http://twitter.com/golfcast > > 810.923.7396 > > > > sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo > > http://aldilavoodoo.html > > > > -- > > Shoptalk ** Sponsored by the new Aldila Voodoo. > > Learn more at http://aldilavoodoo.com/ > > ------------------------------ > Get your vacation photos on your phone! Click > here.<http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?&OCID=0809TL-HM> > > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it > out.<http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=PID23384::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:NF_BR_sync:082009> > > > > ------------------------------ > Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. Try > it > now.<http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_express:082009> >
