Tennis Warehouse-Mid Atlantic Chapter

[PaulMan]

^^^ lol zap, you have a career in the making as a politician with that answer!

[tennismonkey]

so regardless of what time we arrive, it's $20 donation per person to the tennis center to play on center court.

if we want to branch out to outer courts, there is an additional cost.

who's up for showing up at 10am to play on center court?

[PaulMan]

So here's the gist:

2:30 start time with possibly 10-12 players. So 2-3 courts total if everyone plays simultaneously. Anyone using center court for any amount of time should each make a $20 donation or if you prefer, play dubs on on the side courts for roughly $3 per hour per person.

Have I summarized the cost/plans correctly zap???

[PaulMan]

Originally Posted by zapvor

i just mentioned that they told me noone would be using the court that day, so technically 10am start is possible. however i am not arriving until later so if you guys do come early you are welcome to use one of the outdoor courts. does that make sense?

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

so regardless of what time we arrive, it's $20 donation per person to the tennis center to play on center court.

if we want to branch out to outer courts, there is an additional cost.

who's up for showing up at 10am to play on center court?

tm, from zap's answer, I pretty sure he means if he's not there technically we can't use center court - just the side courts.

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by PaulMan

So here's the gist:

2:30 start time with possibly 10-12 players. So 2-3 courts total if everyone plays simultaneously. Anyone using center court for any amount of time should each make a $20 donation or if you prefer, play dubs on on the side courts for roughly $3 per hour per person.

Have I summarized the cost/plans correctly zap???

The pricing break down structure is very confusing. 2 hot dogs and 1 bottle of shampoo per hour of court time?

[PaulMan]

Originally Posted by downs_chris

The pricing break down structure is very confusing. 2 hot dogs and 1 bottle of shampoo per hour of court time?

Hear ye hear ye! I second this notion!!!

[downs_chris]

Occupy stadium court?

[tennismonkey]

i am very confused. but i'll be there at noon with hot dogs, shampoo, cold cash, tennis balls. i'm pretty sure this is going to go down as the best TWMAC Meet of all time or the worst TWMAC Meet of all time. there's no in between.

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

i am very confused. but i'll be there at noon with hot dogs, shampoo, cold cash, tennis balls. i'm pretty sure this is going to go down as the best TWMAC Meet of all time or the worst TWMAC Meet of all time. there's no in between.

i've heard $20 donation....$12 / hour...a variety of times...let's just get there at noon, and figuring out the rest later?

now to the important stuff...who's bringing what kind of food?

[tennismonkey]

i think hollywood said he's bringing a grill. and i think we have the hot dogs covered. i think auzzie has a new demo racquet too.

the most tennis friendly food i know is bbq ribs and buffalo wings.

[hollywood9826]

This is turning into a serious cluster bang.

No grill.

I said dont even worry about food. Wait till after and just go somewhere.

Im half tempted to just go play Senaca Creek Disc Golf course on my way there and meet you guys at 230.

Are there any public courts close by to meet before hand?

[tennismonkey]

aight fine. no food. it's a big hassle anyway.

i'm half tempted to join you for frisbee golf and skipping the tennis meet. back in the day i used to be a pretty accomplished frisbee hurler. maybe even 5.0 level. but then girls, drugs and rock & roll changed all that.

hey zap what's the latest head count for sunday?

[downs_chris]

Originally Posted by hollywood9826

I said dont even worry about food. Wait till after and just go somewhere.

this works too....

[hollywood9826]

Originally Posted by tennismonkey

aight fine. no food. it's a big hassle anyway.

i'm half tempted to join you for frisbee golf and skipping the tennis meet. back in the day i used to be a pretty accomplished frisbee hurler. maybe even 5.0 level. but then girls, drugs and rock & roll changed all that.

hey zap what's the latest head count for sunday?

Theres rock and roll (portable radios) and plenty of drugs (mostly weed) on the disc golf course. Not many girls though.

[PurePrestige]

Hotdogs and Shampoo is going to be a synonym for humping a doorknob at this point..... That's what it seems like the planning for this TW meetup is. I have been combing through the posts all the way back to the inception of the meet and haven't been able to make heads or tails of how this has gotten so far and gotten no where at all. :-/. So I had to chime in just so I (even though I am probably the only one confused...) understand...

As far as I am understanding right now.....

ON THE ISSUE OF!...Le Center Court:

1. It is run by 'The Foundation' and Zap needs to get confirmation.
2. Zap, has said that Foundation has said yes (i think?) and we could use the court, for 3+, 4+ hours...provided those hours are between 2:30-5:00pm?
3. Since* 'The Foundation has pulled a Sup2Dresq and said "Hey sure, use the court all you want; also, come visit me in south florida.". Zap, has (suggested? implied? proffered? adjective'd?) a $5-10..($20)..donation per person if we use Center Court?
4. Stats: Outdoors. No Lights...Time Frame akin to solar eclipse.

ON THE ISSUE OF!...Zap's Meet Architecture:

1. *Zap has said he won't be there til 2:30. And thus the scheduled meet will be 2:30-5:00?*
2. 2:30-5:00 Window to Fun? (familiarly the WTF?)
a) Could be...2:30-5:00 (or probable earlier darkness) is window simply for center/outdoor courts.
b) Could be...5:00pm could be the window limit that Zap could get us for Center/Outdoor/Indoor from foundation and tennis center peeps.

ON THE ISSUE OF!...Meeting Early Due to Severe Mild Unclearness:
1. Zap will not arrive until 2:30. Thus, all court use will be at regular rate $12/hour for Outdoor, no idea if available or cost of Indoor court time, so $?/hour.
2. Whispers of meeting at alternate location to hit on outdoor courts (not sure if people have decided/planned where) prior to Zap's arrival for the 2:30-5:00pm window. Then moving from this location to meet up for the 2:30 mark.

PUREPRESTIGE FAQ:

1.*The Hype?*aka Center Court (doesn't sound appealing to me?)
a) Zap has said we should do a $5-10 donation, also he mentioned $20 donation? $20 donation total? Otherwise, it is (for ~12 people) $60 @$5, $120 @$10, or $240 @$20 per person.
b) Zap has said it could be ~3-4 hours, but also has said only when he is there thus 2:30 until 5:00. Thus, 2.5 hours or less depending on darkness @ the above posted $.

2. COURT AVAILABILITY.
I don't know if I can decipher. Zap has said, we can come early and are 'welcome to use the courts' implying we could just use them. But also 'standard court fees will apply'. So we are welcome to use the courts just as we are welcome to eat whatever we want at McDonalds..we just gotta pay$.

a) CENTER COURT: For those donating=playing for a few minutes each switching out with others...eh? No lights. Also, isolated from rest of TWMAC who will need to use side/indoor courts.

b) SIDE COURTS: Outdoor as well, unclear as to whether $rates$ apply or not, also whether they apply 'both' before and after Zap arrives. Also will not be lit due to lighting some street and cost to someone unknown.

c) INDOOR COURTS: Unclear whether our meet will strictly be on outdoor courts or also indoor. Unknown if we will be able to have 1 (preferably several?) Indoor courts available for the meet after darkness falls and temperatures fall. Also, again whether $rates$ apply.

Le Conclusion:
Zap is a great guy! Stepping up to fill Sup's lil' shoes that he has forgone for his Florida flipflops (but Sup keeps telling me all these girls keep leaving flipflops at his house...I feel bad for the guy... Sup calls flipflops thongs though...I guess like some people say soda and some say pop?)

Hopefully this post is useful...or people can explain it to me because I have poor reading comprehension *embarrassing*. My head hurts from reading all those pages...or from Sappy's weather forecast update for the wrong date. :P

[hollywood9826]

I call Thongs or FlipFlops Slippers.

And you pretty much nalied it with the summary.

Im playing disc golf. Senaca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg, MD at 10AM will mosy down to the place after that.

Still not bringing a grill, and will not eat Kai Rabert again. That is the most overhyped dish of all times.

[tennismonkey]

hahaha. best summary ever. nailed it on the head. i'm just showing up at noon and winging it. if the whole thing ends up a bust, i will salvage my day by finding something delicious to eat in DC.

ok so the kai rabert was overhyped for you hollywood. how about the bonchon chicken and beer slushies?

[sapient007]

cliff notes:

20 nov2011

show up at center court at 230 if you want to play center court <- zap is the POC

show up early if you want to play on the side courts <- coordinate amongst yourselves.

[PaulMan]

Awesome PP!! I couldn't have said it more perfectly and as lengthy! Hahaha

[JRstriker12]

Originally Posted by sapient007

cliff notes:

20 nov2011

show up at center court at 230 if you want to play center court <- zap is the POC

show up early if you want to play on the side courts <- coordinate amongst yourselves.

The cliff notes of the cliff notes version: It's a trap!