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 on: Today at 04:17:40 PM 
Started by RED-DOG - Last post by RED-DOG
This is not a golf story, but a few days ago on the golf course, while I was once again blocked out by a tree, I wondered how it was that slow growing things like these actually make it to adulthood, especially the ones like this that stand alone in the middle of a farmers field, or a fairway. How come, when they emerge as a tiny, tender shoot they are not nipped off by a rabbit or a grazing sheep. Why aren't they crushed by a boot or a hoof, or tilled into the soil by an implement? Just how do they survive those first few vulnerable years?

I'm captivated by their beauty and fascinated by the thought of their history, especially the long-lived species like oak or sweet chestnut, which commonly live 700 or 800 years, and many beyond 1000.

I imagine how many land workers have sheltered from the sun or the rain beneath its boughs, how many backs have leaned against its trunk, how many weary feet were rested, lunches eaten, and girls kissed under its canopy. How many generations of a particular species of bird have nested in its branches, and are the ones nesting there now direct descendants of the ones that nested there 800 years ago?



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So yesterday, I was walking through my own little paddock as I do virtually every day of my life on my way to the snicket gate to take the dog for a walk when I noticed this.


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How the Hell did that get there?

I no longer have horses, but evey now and then someone drops one off for me to keep an eye on for a few weeks or months. Perhaps one with an injury or a bad habit. I admit though, now that my friends from another life are getting older, many of them, like me, are out of the "Horse job" so my paddock gets used less often.

That said, it's only two or three years since there were a couple of yearling fillies in there and to the best of my recollection they grazed it bare.

Once a year, if there have been no horses, I wait for a soggy day and I tow a big old tractor tyre all over it for a couple of hours. It keeps it grassy and prevents it from going wild.


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I'm a noticer, I notice things. How could a tree establish itself right in the middle of the paddock without me noticing? What's more, I suspected it was an oak, if it was, how long had it taken to get to this stage?


It's about 3ft tall now so at a guesstimate, 3 or 4 years?

Perhaps it isn't an oak, I thought, maybe a beech or a birch? Time to investigate...

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 on: Today at 01:28:22 PM 
Started by tikay - Last post by Enut
I've always wondered how Trump was so good at golf, he's using your eclectic scoring, oh that and just plain cheating.

I'm going to take up golf again when I retire, after a sabbatical of nearly 40 years (barring one Top Golf adventure in Vegas, but that doesn't count, surely?)

I'm aiming to turn pro within 12 months using this method.

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 on: Today at 01:05:16 PM 
Started by EssexPhil - Last post by Pokerpops
bias aside , i reckon liverpool will finish top fairly easily . arsenal 2nd chelsea 3rd city 4th . boring selections i know , but i just dont see villa or spurs get there

would happily take a friendly wager that utd finish outside top 6

hopefully this thread will carry on into general footy chat over the season

whoever your team is , post your thoughts about anything and everything that makes you happy or drives you mad

international break 1st week of september ffs




This aged well…

Statue of Michael Carrick out for tender.

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 on: Today at 01:00:34 PM 
Started by The Camel - Last post by Pokerpops
Hi Tom, Hope you're keeping well.

When I was around 10 or 11 one of my Subbuteo teams was Shamrock Rovers and the players were not even three diamonds!

My first Subbuteo set was that design. Not Shamrock Rovers, but it was a non 3 D set.

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 on: Today at 10:05:04 AM 
Started by The Camel - Last post by Karabiner
Hi Tom, Hope you're keeping well.

When I was around 10 or 11 one of my Subbuteo teams was Shamrock Rovers and the players were not even three diamonds!

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 on: Today at 06:48:29 AM 
Started by George2Loose - Last post by Pokerpops
Munich didn’t destroy us, a decade of mildly disappointing results certainly won’t.

In memoriam.


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 on: February 05, 2026, 02:50:42 PM 
Started by RED-DOG - Last post by RED-DOG
That looks a bit dangerous for a man as gullible as me Boo.

I got this this morning. I hope they get my payment in time.


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 on: February 05, 2026, 02:25:08 PM 
Started by RED-DOG - Last post by booder
Here you go Tom, plenty of interesting stuff on here to keep you entertained.

https://fmhy.net/

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 on: February 05, 2026, 11:43:24 AM 
Started by tikay - Last post by tikay


Thanks chaps. And as Ralph notes, yes, I play that Course so often, I'm bound to fluke a few of them.

I can & have birdied all the Par 3's (previously), and a few short Par 4's too. For longer Par 4's & par 5's, Pars are rare but have happened when the wind & all other variables are in my favour.

It really is surprising the difference winds makes to shot length.

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 on: February 05, 2026, 11:39:13 AM 
Started by tikay - Last post by doubleup
Snap!

great minds etc  Wink

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