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This is Dumb
| quote: | Pauline Sammut is scared to go out of her house, and she wants to give those responsible what for.
Or maybe that should be what fore.
Sammut and her husband Charles live about 160 metres from the Islington Golf and Country Club near Dundas and Islington. And for years their home has been pelted by dismal duffers making the kind of shots generally relegated to big screen comedies.
But it’s no laughing matter for Pauline, who has to brave the danger of being hit by a flying tee shot if she dares to venture outside.
“I feel like a hostage in my own home,” she complains. “I cannot sit out in the front, I can't walk out in the front and neither can anybody else. When visitors come, I have to tell them to move quickly.”
To add insult to her fear of injuries, she also has to contend with the damage to her property.
She has a wheelbarrow filled with more than 15,000 golf balls, some of which have left divots in her siding, cracks in her windows and a hole in one on other parts of her house.
Her husband finally put up a gazebo to try and deflect the errant shots, and the club put up a barrier to try to control the incoming missiles. But it wasn’t enough.
In the last week alone, many golfers have missed their mark on the green and left the Sammuts black and blue. “Since they put that fence up a week ago, we've got 11 golf balls hitting the house,” Pauline laments.
No one's exactly taking deliberate aim at them, of course, but not all golfers sympathize with their plight. “Who builds a house on the golf course?” wonders Nick Kenny as he lines up his next shot. "You want a golf course view, you're going to get a couple balls in your yard."
Tired of puttering around, the Sammuts finally took a swing at the courts, suing their neighbour for damages.
They won $14,000 and an order for the club to figure out a way to stop the home wreckers within the next two weeks.
Still, it may be a Pyrrhic victory. It cost the couple $50,000 in legal fees to make their point. But despite all the aggravation, the Sammuts think it’s worth it and they have no intention of leaving.
The reason? “Because I want to live in my home, that's why,” concludes Pauline simply. "Golf ball free."
June 22, 2005 |
What they didnt tell you.... The house has only been there for a few years. The golf course has been there for decades. The fault is squarly on the developer who built the house, the city for approving it, and the idiots who bought it. The golf course should NOT be responsible. But of course this is Canada where you can build a house next to a train track and then successfully stop all the trains because they keep you up all night.
This guy said it best:
| quote: | | “Who builds a house on the golf course?” wonders Nick Kenny as he lines up his next shot. "You want a golf course view, you're going to get a couple balls in your yard." |
I'd elect Nick Kenny for mayor if he ever ran 
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