Comments on: Photo of the Day http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nobody http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347967 Nobody Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:22:06 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347967 Wasted resources:

Huge amounts of land dedicated to having 2 – 5 people playing on one of 18 holes at any given moment. Lets, for argument’s sake, say that there are 10 people playing one hole at a time in our golf course. Looking at an EPA website, the average size of a golf course is 150 acres. 1.2 people are playing per acre.

Another resource would be the large amounts of water wasted to keep the grass fresh.

]]> By: Frank N http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347937 Frank N Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:31:33 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347937 I see dead people.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347438 Jacob Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:16:57 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347438 At least it’s an above ground cemetery. Otherwise the bodies would flood the streets of the city. So in that aspect, this cemetary is not a “wasted resource” because it is serving a purpose.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347437 Jacob Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:16:12 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347437 At least its an above ground cemetery. Otherwise the bodies would flood the streets of the city. So in that aspect, this cemetary is not a “wasted resource” because it is serving a purpose.

]]> By: J sub D http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347385 J sub D Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:09:00 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347385 Oops. HTML tag fail.

]]> By: J sub D http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347384 J sub D Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:08:19 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347384 How, exactly, are golf courses “wasted resources”?

In baseball, you hit the ball and someone throws it back.
In tennis you hit the ball and someone hits it back.
In bowling you roll the ball and a machine rolls it back.
In golf you hit the ball and then chase after it.

Golf is a stupid sport.

]]> By: Judi http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347306 Judi Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:22:41 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347306 Hauntingly beautiful.

]]> By: JP http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347299 JP Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:14:25 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347299 Man, you have a great eye. This is a truly striking photo.

]]> By: Thomas Paine's Goiter http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347238 Thomas Paine's Goiter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:35:17 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347238 How, exactly, are golf courses “wasted resources”?

]]> By: Thomas Paine's Goiter http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347237 Thomas Paine's Goiter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:34:34 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347237 Wow, I don’t like the entire concept of cemeteries, but this might be the best photo you’ve posted. The perspective is excellent and the colors are pretty vibrant for the overcast day that you’ve also capture. Excellent work.

That, or my soft spot for New Orleans is coming out.

]]> By: Nobody http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347232 Nobody Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:26:33 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347232 J sub D, unfortunately there was this belief that the dead would need their bodies later during the second coming of Christ. That view is out of favor right now, since the thought that God couldn’t raise someone up from ash if He wanted isn’t particularly Christian.

I agree with you, however. Visiting a hole in the ground to remember someone rather than, say, someplace that they loved while they were living is as silly as it sounds.

Now, if you want to talk wasted resources, lets talk about all of the golf courses in the US. While Orson Welles’ bottom was huge, he didn’t take up a space the size of even a sandpit in a golf course.

]]> By: J sub D http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347221 J sub D Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:11:00 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347221 When I look at all of the resources expended (wasted?) on funerals in general and planting bodies in a cemetary in particular, I shake my head at the folly of it all.

The contents are gone, the corpse is just an empty vessel. I surreptitiously scattered my wifes ashes at Greenfield Village.

Neat photo though.

]]> By: Harry Lime http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347166 Harry Lime Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347166 That looks like the cemetery from the scene in Easy Rider where they’re on an acid trip.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.theagitator.com/2009/08/27/photo-of-the-day-75/comment-page-1/#comment-347116 Stephen Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:54:38 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=14266#comment-347116 The perspective is interesting on this one. When I first looked, I thought I was looking at a funky street lined with regular sized houses.

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