Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

[Topaz]

Also, how do you know outdoor league (which I co-captain) is starting?

By the 30+ emails in my inbox!!!

For the love of PETE!!! Make it stop!!!!

[Vermillion]

So you guys gettin' better in this chapter? Hows MJ doing? What about the Safintuchova fan?

[TheJRK]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Sounds like Yuka?

Yep, that was her... now I remember her name. Is she on your USTA team too?

Originally Posted by Topaz

... if you're interested in some ideas (you know, other than rubbing JO on your arm).

Yeah, I tried the JO thing and it just made my dogs attack me.

Sup - Didn't that guy die? Sake is good, although I only drink the chilled, milky-looking sake (nigori?). My sensei told me that hot sake was a gimmick invented to trick foreigners into drinking crappy sake... I'm not sure if that's true but I avoid it anyway.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by TheJRK

Yep, that was her... now I remember her name. Is she on your USTA team too?
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No, we were doubles partners back in the day...the summer I first came back to tennis. We had a good run together, but since she was 2.5 (she is now 3.0) and I was 3.0 (now 3.5), when it came time for indoor we had to play on different teams. I do still see her from time to time and email as well...ironically she actually had a horrible bought with TE last season, and missed a big chunk of it. I think if she hadn't missed so much that she would have gotten bumped to 3.5 as well.

I know and also work with her pro, and he is 100% percent sure that her problems (which are now reoccuring) are from bad technique on her forehand. I played her in singles recently, and she talked about it, and she knows that is the problem as well, and instead of taking time off is just trying to correct the technique. Knowing her, she won't be taking time off anytime soon! She's a good player, and works very hard on her game.

[tfm1973]

hola folks. just got back from the beach. the kids are watching horton hears a who and chubby baby is on the floor eating my camera. sure beats work.

i take one day off and i miss 3 pages of TW MAC posts. very hard to keep up.

getting a bucket of crabs tonight. i'm pushing for crab legs though. i like them cuz they are easier to open and more reward for the effort.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by tfm1973

hola folks. just got back from the beach. the kids are watching horton hears a who and chubby baby is on the floor eating my camera. sure beats work.

i take one day off and i miss 3 pages of TW MAC posts. very hard to keep up.

getting a bucket of crabs tonight. i'm pushing for crab legs though. i like them cuz they are easier to open and more reward for the effort.

I'm thinking sushi tonight, but then again, I'm still not feeling real well. Wondering if I've picked up something from the 450+ students I encounter every week. You would think by now that I have the immune system of...well...SUPERMAN!!!

Can I say that? Will Sup get mad?

[JRstriker12]

Originally Posted by tfm1973

hola folks. just got back from the beach. the kids are watching horton hears a who and chubby baby is on the floor eating my camera. sure beats work.

i take one day off and i miss 3 pages of TW MAC posts. very hard to keep up.

getting a bucket of crabs tonight. i'm pushing for crab legs though. i like them cuz they are easier to open and more reward for the effort.

+1 on the crab legs. Sometimes it's just too much work opening a bunch of smaller crabs. It's hard work and you end of feeling hungry after you crack open a whole plate of them.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Depends on what you were painting.

Our school was renovated recently. In our lobby area, we have four plain white columns. We are in the process of painting Matisse inspired shapes onto the columns (with acrylics) to spruce it up a bit.



We started on Wednesday, and I've devoted about six hours to it so far myself. It is a lot of fun!

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by TheJRK

Sup - Didn't that guy die? Sake is good, although I only drink the chilled, milky-looking sake (nigori?). My sensei told me that hot sake was a gimmick invented to trick foreigners into drinking crappy sake... I'm not sure if that's true but I avoid it anyway.

Is that why Shcmad and KoreanHB both turned red after the sake in Balitmore?

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by Topaz

You would think by now that I have the immune system of...well...SUPERMAN!!!

Can I say that? Will Sup get mad?

Blasphemy!

In all seriousness, something wicked is going around. TheJRK can attest to it. My advice is to take ColdEz to help your very NON-SUPERHERO immune system a boost.

[sapient007]

NYC hot spot on sake for USO

sakegura. it used to be one of my spots when i worked in NYC. it's in a basement of an office building and you literally walk down the stairs and knock on the door (think beerfest). the food is good but most importantly try their sake sample line to get all the different flavors.

http://www.sakagura.com/


oh there's a rather large sake barrel right outside of the men's room. please refrain tfm from his urges to piss there. it's for decore no matter how drunk he is or how much it looks like a enlarged chamber pot.

P.S.S JRK, are you making a day trip to USO?

[Xisbum]

Originally Posted by tfm1973

hola folks. just got back from the beach. the kids are watching horton hears a who and chubby baby is on the floor eating my camera. sure beats work.

i take one day off and i miss 3 pages of TW MAC posts. very hard to keep up.

getting a bucket of crabs tonight. i'm pushing for crab legs though. i like them cuz they are easier to open and more reward for the effort.

Hey, T-man. Thought of you tonight at the Tennis for Nature tournament at the Worldgate. One of the team we played enroute to our consolation round championship was a Mutt and Jeff pairing. The younger guy was 6'6", and his partner was - I swear - 5'1". Man, I'm not used to towering over another guy. And he was the power player on that team!

You would have loved the irony.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Hey, T-man. Thought of you tonight at the Tennis for Nature tournament at the Worldgate. One of the team we played enroute to our consolation round championship was a Mutt and Jeff pairing. The younger guy was 6'6", and his partner was - I swear - 5'1". Man, I'm not used to towering over another guy. And he was the power player on that team!

You would have loved the irony.

That irony is that those guys were the captain and co-captain of my 7.0 mixed team. I got paired with both of them throughout the season. They are both actually 3.0s. Nice guys, but I never won a match with either of them. Got close, but no cigar. The only time I actually got paired with a 3.5 guy...no problem.

[Xisbum]

Originally Posted by Topaz

That irony is that those guys were the captain and co-captain of my 7.0 mixed team. I got paired with both of them throughout the season. They are both actually 3.0s. Nice guys, but I never won a match with either of them. Got close, but no cigar. The only time I actually got paired with a 3.5 guy...no problem.

Tres cool. Interesting team to play, but not much of a challenge. My partner didn't really find his serve until the last match, so Mutt and Jeff pushed us a bit. The little guy (ha, how I love saying that!) was a bit combative at times, but then again I used to be that way until I found out there WERE people shorter than I in this world.

Nice paint job, by the way. Schools should be bright and colorful. You done good.

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by sapient007

P.S.S JRK, are you making a day trip to USO?

Yeah TheJRK .. are you going to join us? Sapient 007,. you should go too! Tues - Friday (Aug 26th-Aug 29th). TFM and doing a road trip.. we will video blog if possible.

Anyone else able to do those days.?

Send me an email Sup2dresq@aim.com

Assistance needed! Right now we are trying to book a decent hotel or crash at someone house (hint hint) for those short 3 nights. So if Sapient or others have NYC hotel/room suggestions, we would love to here it!

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Nice paint job, by the way. Schools should be bright and colorful. Yo done good.

Ain't that the truth!

[PurePrestige]

Shcmad and I are accepted challenges in doubles, with his new Microgel we are an unstoppable doubles force.
Somos los favoritos en cualquier superficie.

[peter]

Originally Posted by Xisbum

Hey, T-man. Thought of you tonight at the Tennis au Naturelle tournament at the Worldgate.

*Mind runs wild with the images that pop up*

Oh. It didn't say that. What a pity...

[Sup2Dresq]

Originally Posted by PurePrestige

Shcmad and I are accepted challenges in doubles, with his new Microgel we are an unstoppable doubles force.
Somos los favoritos en cualquier superficie.

Hmm, I think PP has been drinking again.

Its Beer Pong.. not Tennis Pong!

[sapient007]

how crowded is the quarterdeck place on wkds? i'm thinking about crabs tomorrow.