High and dry

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Is it common sense to use a golf umbrella in an urban situation, or should they be restricted to the tees and greens?

Aug 19th, 2008

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  1. Consultant K Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Of course there is a place for golf umbrellas outside of the golf environment but the question is more to do with all umbrellas in an urban environment. They should only be used when the user is sure they are not going to hit other people in the eye.

    My personal issue is with small people keeping umberellas low over their head.

  2. Consultant C Says:
    August 19th, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Umbrella users are required to show exceptional spatial awareness - this can be tricky when the rain is beating down creating a great deal of noise and discomfort. The responsible umbrella user must show sympathy to fellow users of their immediate environment, allowing them to pass unhindered and, indeed, uninjured.

  3. Consultant C Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Following a very wet journey this morning, I have firmed up my views regarding umbrellas. I propose a complete ban on umbrellas in urban environments. Until the ban is enforced I shall wield a large stick to ensure my safe and unhindered passage passed umbrella users.

    The various European smoking bans have set the precedent for making socially irresponsible behaviour illegal. Umbrella’s are just the next step. I envisage many more unpleasant aspects of todays’ society being deprecated.

  4. Consultant K Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Ah. Now dear C may I ask for some tolerance please. If you go down this route you will be heading towards a fascist dictatorship and that is not so good. Are red headed boys to be forced to dye hair? Is driving at 45mph on the A9 with a caravan to be made illegal? Are people who don’t believe in global climate change to be stoned? Where does it stop. No ban on things like umbrellas but maybe people should start to consider others more. Maybe we can have a law on that?

  5. A good grouse Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am

    I agree with consultant C on this. If the public demands it, the public shall get it, and WE are the public. Indeed, I would like to see big umbrellas being treated the same way 4 x 4s are in cities - despised and should be banned.
    I wonder if there is an overlap between golf umbrella users are those who drive 4 x 4 in the town.
    Now, is it common sense to stick with redundant technology, which, while keeping head and shoulders dry, does not protect the lower torso, when there are superb performance fabrics available to enclose the whole torso? Further, these coats are useful in the wind, unlike umbrellas.

  6. Consultant K Says:
    August 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    How has this moved onto 4×4s? If ever there was an under understood rant then this is one. I personally drive a stupidly efficient small diesel car yet if I put my foot down will get half the mpg that I could achieve if I were to drive sensibly. The design of cars plays its part but it is the end user that plays a greater part - see kettle rant. Yes we should encourage efficient cars (and some of them are 4×4s) but let us just weight all the taxing/evilness onto the fuel rather than pick on a specific type of car (anyway what about campervans!).

  7. Consultant G Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Ah yes, but no one regularly drives their camper van to the shops or to drop their spoilt brats of at school. It is all to do with circumstances.

  8. Consultant K Says:
    August 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Ah I always forget you live in cliche world

  9. Consultant G Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 am

    I live in the world I live in. I think 4 wheel drives are great, and have no grouse about them in their proper place and having frequently used them in appropriate situations. High fuel taxes are having an impact on those who rely on these vehicles (as in really need them) so blanket taxing of fuel may not be the way forward. This does digresses somewhat from the original question which I think C provoded an appropriate answer to.

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