Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Locally a family bought a residence backing onto a well established golf course in a very desirable area. They got to be surrounded by picturesque green nature, a small lake and had pleasing views across the well maintained and landscaped course. Sometimes a stray ball would land in their property. These new residents objected vociferously to these incidents. I understand that the golf club apologised but politely pointed out that the course has been there for some time. The exchange became emotive with accusations of potential assassination of various family pets and visiting grandmas by lethal golf balls arriving in a veritable constant hail akin to the beaten zone from five machinegun emplacements. Eventually the club erected 20 metre high massive posts along the property line and strung dense netting across the whole area. The residents are now completely safe from any incoming golf balls or views. I grin whenever I drive past. Reminds me of some other folks in another city where I lived. They insisted that the local authority open up farmland for housing development even though it was directly next to the end of the main runways of a military airbase. Of course they then complained loudly and campaigned to have flight hours restricted because it gets noisy. A little further down the road, market gardeners with greenhouses suffered some damage from a sonic boom where an aircraft accidentally exceeded the allowable speed some time ago. When the military investigated the widespread damages claims that followed, they were quite surprised to find that many panes had somehow broken from the inside out, much like might occur if someone were to strike the glass with a hammer from the inside of the greenhouse. Large wooden support beams were also damaged, luckily pottery planters survived unscathed. Also noticed were a number of unusual varieties of tomato plants growing amongst the market vegetables. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ Pick up your camera and make the best photo you can. -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] Golf club life Nathan wrote: Good thing the golf club has liability insurance: http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#414262401_9fHd6-O-LB Cheers, Nathan Nathan, I live on a golf course in Boynton Beach, Florida. Behind my house is the first fairway for the gold course. After we moved here, we began experiencing broken windows like you just had. Fortunately, we have 4-mil mylar film attached to the insides of all our windows to block UV and protect the windows. A golf ball will break a window but the ball and no glass chips will come into the house. This was especially important when a golf ball broke a bedroom window. We would have never gotten all the glass chips our of the carpet. But the film worked. I have since installed clear Lexan polycarbonate sheets over all the windows facing the golf course. Now when we get a hit, we hear the bump but no marks are left. A side benefit of the mylar film is to block 98% of UV radiation to virtually eliminate fading of my print collection and well as make the furniture last longer. This is really important here in South Florida where the tropical sun can be vicious and we have sun almost every day of the year! Is mylar window film available in Spain? Best regards.... Ken Lassiter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information