On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10:14:30 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 01:48:15 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 1:32:21 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> You went *6* whole days without a pre-dawn screed, which was a new
> >> record for the last 364 days. Don't forget to change the sign on the
> >> fridge:
> >>
> >> https://i.postimg.cc/cJKwdhVs/screed.jpg
> >>
> >> Cheer up, tomorrow is "Only 3 more days of basketbear!" day.
> >>
> > Is there a basketbear trophy with *your* name on it in your high
> > school's trophy case? Yeah. That's what I thought.
> We had pickle ball trophies, and Denise Thompson - Homecoming Queen,
> who drove an Opel, and I - Stoner Burnout dude, who drove a moped
> won the trophy our senior year. We were the only co-ed team of 2
> and we had some serious Asian ping pong players as competition.
> Half the School was Asian in Silicon Valley 1984. I was pretty proud
> of that one for about three days.
>
> I never did pick up the Trophy - I hope Denise did. It was topped by
> two males with tennis rackets. They didn't have bi-sexual Pickle
> Ball trophies back then (So who knows, maybe they have Man vs. Child
> Basketbear trophies by now, too).
>
> Needless to say, I didn't hang out with the preppie crowd after our
> Championship Win and she didn't become a stoner either. So alas, we
> never married.
>
I had never heard of pickle ball until a year or two ago.
>
> -sw
>
--Bryan