Re: 3rd Ave Golf Balls

From: Ken Poulton (poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 23:53:44 PDT 

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Subject: Re: 3rd Ave Golf Balls 
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:53:44 -0700
From: Ken Poulton <poulton@zonker.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>

> It seems like I have received a limited number of formal reports of
> stray golf balls in light of some of the second hand reports I get
> about how serious the problem is. This creates the impression that
> the problem is not too bad as bad as previously descibed and it
> takes pressure off the City and the golf course to fix the problem
> quickly. The last report I received before Ken's latest report was
> over 5 weeks ago. If the problem is occuring with greater frequency
> than Ken reports, it is important for people to report and document
> the problems (send me a description, take photos, file a report with
> the Course with copy to the City), both so that the City and Course
> understand how serious it is, and also so that there is a strong
> case if legal action is ultimately neccesary.

I have *witnessed* 27 golf ball landing nearby in the 42 days I have
been at 3rd this year. These are ones that have landed within 100 feet
of me (usually within 50 feet) in the approximately one hour I spend in
the parking lot each visit. So this averages to one ball every 90
minutes in ~10% of the lot and rigging areas (although they cluster a
lot). This implies an average of one ball every 9 minutes over the
whole lot.

> The golf course is supposed to have signs up on the ball machines
> and on the stairs to the upper deck. If anyone has checked for
> these, let me know when you checked and if they were or were not in
> place and when you checked. Ken, let me know if you also checked
> the ball machines.

I did not check the ball machines. But the only signs on the stairs
to the deck say "golfers are responsible for balls leaving the premises".
They give no clue there there are people and cars down there, and they
use the language of meaningless legal disclaimers which are read and ignored
routinely.

They're either not trying, or they're not competant.

Ken

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