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That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is.
I’ve got a back massager which consists of a wooden handle, at the end of which is two golf balls on an axle! Cheers Colin Wilson Australian handicap: 9.9 RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/wilsonc.htm Trentham Golf Club: http://publishing.kyneton.net.au/trentham
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Warning….jargon and more detail than you probably want ahead… As part of the environmental monitoring work that I do, I used to do soil moisture sampling using a little device called a suction lysimeter. It was a foot long cylinder placed in the vadose zone (told you there would be jargon) with 2 small tubes leading to the surface, . I could explain how it works but i’m sure no one is interested..anyway, using a pump on one of the tubes a vacuum is induced in the cylinder…as long as you have the 2nd tube plugged… you guessed it, the only thing we found worked was a golf tee in the end of the tube then the tube bent double and pushed thru a washer. The vacuum drew soil moisture into the cylinder, then to extract it you had to apply pressure to the vacuum tube and the moisture/water would be pushed out the other tube into a sample container. Et Voila… On a more useful note: A friend of mine who shall remain nameless uses his 8 iron to loft his dog’s frozen poop over the back fence into a pasture…don’t try this in summer……Lorry – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. Which reminded me of why I’ve always kept a spare pair of old golf shoes with metal spikes in the closet — for whenever there’s an ice storm (hopefully not any time soon). You can *run* on ice in those things (though I don’t recommend it). Handy to have around if you have to walk your dog in the winter. Then I recalled my first 4-wood, which I wrapped around a tree during my first year of playing golf. As you might guess, it snapped the shaft about four inches above the neck. That was long before I discovered you can actually REPLACE the shaft. Ever since that fateful day, I’ve used what’s left of that club as a paperweight (and a constant reminder to keep my temper in check). So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy website: http://wwwgolfer.home.mindspring.com RSG Roll Call profile: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/brownr.htm RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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Yep, but only Tiger can bounce it a thousand times… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ROFL! Or Lee Lanzen use his to pick up dog poop. I saw Mark Omeara use his long iron to scrape mortar while bricklaying
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If you look on the hill behind my house, you’ll see some Lilies that my wife wanted me to stake – they were falling over due to the weight of the blooms. Yep, a use for the old shafts you’ve removed. TTLites, R-flex, with Golf Pride Lite Wrap grips. Christmas ornaments. Clamp some tees (preferable red) into the vise, put a dab of epoxy on top, and sit balls on them. The next day, drill a small hole on the top of the ball, epoxy a small eye screw in place. Let epoxy set up – insert ornament hanger - hang on tree. Be sure to put your "mark" on them, so your friends will know who gave them the cheap gift. Handle for pull down stairs. At our previous home (Cartpath Manor I), we had a pull-down stairway in the hall – and the lovely Mrs. Cartpath insisted on getting rid of infernal little pull rope. It doesn’t help that we’re short people. No problem. Golfsmith graphite putter shaft (tip trimmed about two feet), wrap style grip, cup hook epoxied into tip of shaft, to hook onto eye bolt protruding from folding stairs. I’m sure the drastic tip trim stiffened the shaft considerably, but it wasn’t noticeable in this application. Tees have long been used to plug the small rubber hoses on auto engines when they need to be pulled and blocked during a tune up – I had some in my tool box long before I ever played golf! I’m sure there are others I can’t remember right now:-) — http://home.midsouth.rr.com/joecartpath RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/reedj.htm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. Which reminded me of why I’ve always kept a spare pair of old golf shoes with metal spikes in the closet — for whenever there’s an ice storm (hopefully not any time soon). You can *run* on ice in those things (though I don’t recommend it). Handy to have around if you have to walk your dog in the winter. Then I recalled my first 4-wood, which I wrapped around a tree during my first year of playing golf. As you might guess, it snapped the shaft about four inches above the neck. That was long before I discovered you can actually REPLACE the shaft. Ever since that fateful day, I’ve used what’s left of that club as a paperweight (and a constant reminder to keep my temper in check). So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy website: http://wwwgolfer.home.mindspring.com RSG Roll Call profile: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/brownr.htm RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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<snippage That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is.
We have smart boards here at work. Those are boards that you projetc computer images onto and the boards are touch sensetive which means your finger becomes a mouse. We put rubber caps on the end of old shafts and use then for pointers and finger extensions… dsc – acssysdsc
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<snippage That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is.
<snippage So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy
I took an old steel shaft from a PW that had snapped off and taped nine 12" leather straps to the end to create a cat-o-nine-tails. I place it in my bag and whip myself repeatedly with it when I hit a poor shot. Besides the pleasure I derive from my own pain, it is very un-nerving to the competition during a money game. Uh… that is probably more than most of you wanted to know. 
Scott (Who actually dislikes pain, but enjoys the un-nerving part)
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Heckofa idea there Joe. Gonna have to make one of those. Will go great with the "R&B" corn on the cob holders 
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A spatula with a broken handle, combined with (the grip end of) a broken shaft + a little shafting epoxy, and you get a great burger-flipper you don’t have to stick your head over the grill/in the smoke to use. Love mine. Joe —–
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Randy, I used to play at a place the owner was really letting go to hell one summer. By the middle of August, the tee boxes were baked so hard you could hardly get a tee in the ground. A guy showed up one Saturday with an old driver head attached to the end of a hammer handle, claiming be was going to use it to drive his tees into the ground. says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. Which reminded me of why I’ve always kept a spare pair of old golf shoes with metal spikes in the closet — for whenever there’s an ice storm (hopefully not any time soon). You can *run* on ice in those things (though I don’t recommend it). Handy to have around if you have to walk your dog in the winter. Then I recalled my first 4-wood, which I wrapped around a tree during my first year of playing golf. As you might guess, it snapped the shaft about four inches above the neck. That was long before I discovered you can actually REPLACE the shaft. Ever since that fateful day, I’ve used what’s left of that club as a paperweight (and a constant reminder to keep my temper in check). So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy website: http://wwwgolfer.home.mindspring.com RSG Roll Call profile: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/brownr.htm RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
Kenny Stultz http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/stultzk.htm
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: So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf : equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Mark O’Mera – brick laying Lee Janzen - pooper scooper Tom Leman – nut cracker Gary McCord – wind chimes — my opinions, blah, blah, blah
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So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment.
A spatula with a broken handle, combined with (the grip end of) a broken shaft + a little shafting epoxy, and you get a great burger-flipper you don’t have to stick your head over the grill/in the smoke to use. Love mine. Joe —–
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ROFL! Or Lee Lanzen use his to pick up dog poop. I saw Mark Omeara use his long iron to scrape mortar while bricklaying
– John Pflum, Jr. PKG Consultants, Inc. 5533 Fair Lane Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 Web: http://www.pkgconsult.com
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I use my 7 iron out in the yard to clip the tops of dandylions. I know it doesn’t get rid of the weed but it sure improves my tempo… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. Which reminded me of why I’ve always kept a spare pair of old golf shoes with metal spikes in the closet — for whenever there’s an ice storm (hopefully not any time soon). You can *run* on ice in those things (though I don’t recommend it). Handy to have around if you have to walk your dog in the winter. Then I recalled my first 4-wood, which I wrapped around a tree during my first year of playing golf. As you might guess, it snapped the shaft about four inches above the neck. That was long before I discovered you can actually REPLACE the shaft. Ever since that fateful day, I’ve used what’s left of that club as a paperweight (and a constant reminder to keep my temper in check). So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy website: http://wwwgolfer.home.mindspring.com RSG Roll Call profile: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/brownr.htm RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html
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I glued a ten inch long gutter nail into the end of a broken shaft. It picks up Magnolia leaves like a charm! —
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My wife used a golf ball to demo an ovule (the female gameteophyte of a seed plant, plus some added tissue..it develops into a seed) to a botnay class…carved a little hole in the top to serve as the micropile! Rob — RSG Rollcall: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/hamiltonr.htm
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It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. <snip| Randy
Metel spikes make great footwear for many things. Mowing the grass on wet hilly lawns is a breeze. — The DeMented Golfer Golf spelled backwards is flog Rick DeMent "Time to pull a quick Hank Snow." RSG roll call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/dementr.htm To reply remove the XX from my E-mail address
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It occurred to me tonight as I was eating my corn on the cob that I may have let golf go a little too far in my life. You see, whenever I eat corn on the cob, I always use golf tees in either end as the cob holders. Hey, when you buy ‘em in bags of a thousand, it’s easy to justify throwing them away. Less things to wash after dinner. Important to consider if you’re a bachelor. That got me to thinking about what other uses there might be for golf equipment. Besides golf, that is. Which reminded me of why I’ve always kept a spare pair of old golf shoes with metal spikes in the closet — for whenever there’s an ice storm (hopefully not any time soon). You can *run* on ice in those things (though I don’t recommend it). Handy to have around if you have to walk your dog in the winter. Then I recalled my first 4-wood, which I wrapped around a tree during my first year of playing golf. As you might guess, it snapped the shaft about four inches above the neck. That was long before I discovered you can actually REPLACE the shaft. Ever since that fateful day, I’ve used what’s left of that club as a paperweight (and a constant reminder to keep my temper in check). So now I’m wondering what others have found as oddball uses for golf equipment. And who better to ask than a newsgroup full of oddballs… Randy website: http://wwwgolfer.home.mindspring.com RSG Roll Call profile: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/brownr.htm RSG FAQ: http://ttsoft.com/thor/rsggolf.html