Bill

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• Elderly Cynic commented on A world-building puzzler
  "... wouldn't even have to touch the national parks, just expropriate the shooting estates owned by the likes of David Cameron's family." Which would be a tragedy. They are essentially the last open spaces left in the UK. Yes, there are things that could be done, but playing the old, discredited class warfare card would be catastrophic. We have seen that in the House of Lords. When that Welsh windbag kept giving That Woman get-out-of-jail-free cards, who stood up for our civil liberties? Which is, of course, the real reason that Blair emasculated them....
• Greg. Tingey commented on A world-building puzzler
  No Just D Trump's golf-course & one or two others, as long as the "Royal & Ancient" is left alone .... cough...
• paws4thot commented on A world-building puzzler
  The R&A could maybe accommodate 20 families https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_and_Ancient_Golf_Club_of_St_Andrews . It's just a golf club, and doesn't actually own (and never has owned) a course....
• Greg. Tingey commented on A world-building puzzler
  I was thinking of the famous course, which, being in Scotland is "closed" (for golf, that is) on Sundays & anyone in the town can & does walk over it & enjoy the scenery (Assuming there isn't a Nor'Easter blowing of course!) Here's why - pretty, isn't it?...
• paws4thot commented on A world-building puzzler
  I presume you mean the "Old Course", which, with the New, Eden and Jubilee Courses, is owned by the "St Andrews Links Trust", a genuine charitable body set up in 1973 to manage the named courses. You're correct about the Old Course being closed for golf on Sundays (except during tournaments), partly because of 19th century presbyterianism and partly to give the greens a rest (Summer tee times are every 10 minutes from 06:00 to 20:00, and Winter from sunrise to 2 hours before sunset. Even then you need to book a place in the draw for a tee time...