Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

Do you mean you use the clamp to pull the knot tight?

now i'm also perplexed as to why this fresh job just snapped within 30 minutes not having been used at all.

Yea I use the clamp as a pair of pliers more or less. With Parnell (I cant cooment on other knots) yo have to pull both of the loops or it wont get tight and snug. I just feel like I can get the knot tighter by using the clamp tighten the knot.

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by coolblue123

try and prestretch as well. especially if you are using a multi. You'll get some additional tension lost if you don't. Sometimes, when I do a more flexier multi, I usually leave it unwound for an hour for the string to relax. Otherwise, look at your gripper and clamps as well. When was the last time you've cleaned it? Could be slipping. With my dropweight, I clean every 4th job.

Some of that grain alochol lying in your cabinet or rubbing on a shoe lace does a great job. Then I used gun oil to lube the bottom of my fixed clamps.

Gun Oil good idea. Just dont google it, becuiase apprently there is some stuff called gun oil that is used for other types of "guns". Unless of course you need osme lube for something.

[coolblue123]

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

Gun Oil good idea. Just dont google it, becuiase apprently there is some stuff called gun oil that is used for other types of "guns". Unless of course you need osme lube for something.

And i quote the great Ed McMahon, "Hey Now..." or was it someone else that said that?

[tennischemist]

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

Yea I use the clamp as a pair of pliers more or less. With Parnell (I cant cooment on other knots) yo have to pull both of the loops or it wont get tight and snug. I just feel like I can get the knot tighter by using the clamp tighten the knot.

I agree completely, i do the same thing.

[tennischemist]

Can someone describe a parnell knot in words

using rope terms "standing end" and "working end"

it's possible that i'm not tying it properly

[TheJRK]

Dats - Sounds like my kind of basketball game, haha. And as far as your secret restaurant goes... the last time you recommended a place and we went, a rat jumped up on the table and went all Ratatouille on us.

[coolblue123]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

Can someone describe a parnell knot in words

using rope terms "standing end" and "working end"

it's possible that i'm not tying it properly

why not show it in a video? =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUFjDax7xK4

[tennischemist]

oddly enough it is much harder for me to learn a knot from watching it tied

i have a much easier time w/ verbal steps


since my days in boy scouts

i could learn them, just not from pictures

[sapient007]

i have an electric pull stringer so i like to give myself the lux of having the stringer doing the pull. i use a clamp to hold the tensioned end of the string and leave the knot end slightly longer. i then use the longer string to loop through the arm of the stringing machine.. crank on 2 additional lbs and pull and knot... perfect knot every time.

[mikeler]

Originally Posted by coolblue123

And i quote the great Ed McMahon, "Hey Now..." or was it someone else that said that?

It was the other dude on the Gary Shandling show.

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

oddly enough it is much harder for me to learn a knot from watching it tied

i have a much easier time w/ verbal steps


since my days in boy scouts

i could learn them, just not from pictures

Ill try man.

Parnell

You go over the main
under the main
Through the loop
Over the main
under the main
Through both loops

You have to pull the inside (first loop) to get it tight. If you simply pull the end of string you will end up with alot of slack you cant get rid of. By pulling the inner (first) loop you can get it alot snugger. Then pull the outside (last) loop which is the end of the string to fisnish up.

This has a few pictures to get a little better understanding what Im talking about.

http://www.keohi.com/tennis/misc/knots.htm

[tennischemist]

hollywood that's perfect! that's exactly the kind of explanation that works for me!

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by tennischemist

hollywood that's perfect! that's exactly the kind of explanation that works for me!

That will be 6-pack of Moretti La Rossa for services rendered.

Payable at some point in the future. You better not be like TFM (god rest his soul) 1978 and bilch on bets that you never won in the first place.

For the record TFM (god rest his soul) 1978 does pay up his bets when said bets are won.

TFM (GRHS)1978 - you can serve 110 MPH that faster than you think
Me - after numerous blastings of serves with no gun readout becuase my girth was blocking the gun finally hit 127 "Beer please"
TFM (GRHS)1978 - eventually paid for said beer, or got someone to buy it for him and he gave it me.

I dont know.

Anyway Moretti La Rossa 6-Pack from you or someonne representing you. To me.

Zap has been known to over bay for Boars Head hot dogs so maybe you can trade him some hot dogs for some Moretti La Rossas and give them to me.

On the other hand I dont want beer Zap traded for hot dogs.

Enjoy your knots.

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by coolblue123

did u make any lead changes/ strings to the Londy?

so i played really well with the rqis so not touching the london yet :P

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by downs_chris

I had baby food in a squeezable pouch. It definitely helped!

Hunh...where did you get that idea?

I hit the wall...HARD...in my last match. Not as hard as others though...no ER visit for me, thank goodness. /uninsured

Originally Posted by coolblue123

perplexing chipotle vs chik fila. please discuss....

Chipotle.

Originally Posted by schap02

Dont forget your pre-natal vitamins.

Don't joke...pre-natal vitamins are GREAT for your hair!

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by Topaz

Hunh...where did you get that idea?

I hit the wall...HARD...in my last match. Not as hard as others though...no ER visit for me, thank goodness. /uninsured



Chipotle.


r!

topaz you dont have insurance!

[datsveryinterestin]

Originally Posted by TheJRK

Dats - Sounds like my kind of basketball game, haha. And as far as your secret restaurant goes... the last time you recommended a place and we went, a rat jumped up on the table and went all Ratatouille on us.

JRK... u r so funny but im laughing cuz its true too!
you know me too well.

the yelp reviews for secret mexican place aren't great for some reason.
but they are from a bunch of courthouse yuppies that get scared when
they enter "the real deal". im talkin drunk sombrero wearin mexicans hunched over in the corner with a bottle of tequila. muchachas wearing
tons of makeup and not much for clothes working it for tips.
real deal my amigos... real deal.
jwoww goes there with me and always gets the "lomo saltado". i think that might be spanish for "rat meat in ketchup" but she likes it!

the food is bueno yo! cmon... i know its no 100yr grease burger
but the TWMAC invasion of this place would be so classic.
Sap needs to bring GOPRO vidcam and Zapvor and HW attendance is
mandatory!
JRK can grow a beard and wear babyR in a bjorn for full effect.
we drink cervezas and pound enchiladas... or vice versa.

JRK.. we're goin back to kenmore middle school on thursday for more
horrible basketball. be there at 6pm and plz bring a trunk full of weapons...
ya know.. just in case.

[zapvor]

Originally Posted by datsveryinterestin

JRK... u r so funny but im laughing cuz its true too!
you know me too well.

the yelp reviews for secret mexican place aren't great for some reason.
but they are from a bunch of courthouse yuppies that get scared when
they enter "the real deal". im talkin drunk sombrero wearin mexicans hunched over in the corner with a bottle of tequila. muchachas wearing
tons of makeup and not much for clothes working it for tips.
real deal my amigos... real deal.
jwoww goes there with me and always gets the "lomo saltado". i think that might be spanish for "rat meat in ketchup" but she likes it!

the food is bueno yo! cmon... i know its no 100yr grease burger
but the TWMAC invasion of this place would be so classic.
Sap needs to bring GOPRO vidcam and Zapvor and HW attendance is
mandatory!
JRK can grow a beard and wear babyR in a bjorn for full effect.
we drink cervezas and pound enchiladas... or vice versa.

JRK.. we're goin back to kenmore middle school on thursday for more
horrible basketball. be there at 6pm and plz bring a trunk full of weapons...
ya know.. just in case.

hahahha.
man you kinda make me wanna play some bball

[coolblue123]

planning to go to American History Muesum morrow during lunchtime heard they have an exhibit on Julia Child. Her famous kitchen where she hosted her show is there. I saw an pic of her kitchen, its pretty impressive for a 60’s home, actually, its impressive even for today's standards.

[sapient007]

was there last year for a caci holiday party. the julia childs kitchen was under whelming. but el flordiano should be close by to get the cuban bahn mi


dats:taco bell was great lastr night. 2 thumbs up...great rec. ,.. all the muchachas maybe there for the home depot , not taco. my leg has been jacked up from running. my knees hurt.. also needzzz tennis shoes as my heel is bruised. however tennismonkey pointed out it may be my weight instead of shoes.