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Old 06-30-2006, 01:34 PM   #1
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Old 06-30-2006, 03:27 PM   #2
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God what a bunch of whiners the locals are, suck it up and enjoy the tourny for the weekend. Its certainly good for the Newport economy and the state of RI. Its a great event, deal with it for a few days ya big babies.

Good lord the newport folks are whiners. They cant handle some traffic for a few days during a nice event.
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Old 06-30-2006, 04:31 PM   #3
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God what a bunch of whiners the locals are, suck it up and enjoy the tourny for the weekend. Its certainly good for the Newport economy and the state of RI. Its a great event, deal with it for a few days ya big babies.

Good lord the newport folks are whiners. They cant handle some traffic for a few days during a nice event.

Heh. I hope they have footage on the news tonight. Then you'll understand. And unless they figure out how to do things better, you definitely will Sunday morning if you're parking in Middletown at St. George's. You'll be "parked" conservatively 4 miles before you park to get on the bus.

Good for the economy is highly relative, I bet business is slow at many businesses because of the traffic. Anyone who tries to come to the SWE from the West probably isn't going to make it, they're going to give up, turn around, and go home due to the traffic.

Some old couple actually parked in my driveway today since they didn't want to park at St. George's. I wasn't home at the time they arrived otherwise it NEVER would have happened. If that vehicle is in my driveway again tomorrow when I get home from work I'm going to have a field day with some dead eels. I doubt they'll try again though after the talking to they got when I saw them trespassing across the yard on their way back to their Ford Escape. I'm sure they didn't hear language like that anywhere on the golf course. Hopefully I ruined their day in Newport.

If tourists and visitors had an ounce of respect I suspect "locals" wouldn't get so ticked off.
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Old 06-30-2006, 04:45 PM   #4
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I was just offered free tickets abut I said no because of PeteG advise plus I'd rather rest up for fishing.
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Old 06-30-2006, 04:52 PM   #5
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They may well figure it out better tomorrow. They even use overhead surveillance to spot back ups, so it may get better.

If you love golf I'd go for it. Maybe park at the SWE and ride a bike to Ocean Drive. Or just go earlier or later. I'm not kidding about the traffic leading up to the satellite parking at St. George's though. 4 miles, maybe more if you're approaching from the West during the main rush.
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Old 06-30-2006, 03:31 PM   #8
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yep, and assuming she makes the cut, she'll be playing 36 holes on Sunday. That alot of Natalie! Should be fun, i've never been to a pro golf event, let alone the US Open.

Just wish i were aloud to bring my camera and take some pics of the course.
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