zapvor
G.O.A.T.
same here. i watched a couple episodes each.
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same here. i watched a couple episodes each.
zapvor
G.O.A.T.
OMG, the Seinfeld stuff is cracking me up.
So, we lost in the semis. In a f*cking tiebreak. To the team that won it
We are women, so we are more adept at breaking than holding...lots of breaks, and we lost a tight first set 4-6.
F*cking TBs!!!!!!
Downs...again, you played lights out tennis in the final. Well done!
SPECIAL THANKS to AQ!!!!
oooo! topaz admits it!
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
McLovin
Legend
Topaz, tough loss. I hate knowing my match is the deciding match.
downs, will the MD team ask you to come along since you declared for the VA team? Are they vindictive like that? Or would they rather win?
On a side note, these Seinfeld references remind me of a situation 22 years ago:
I planning on quitting my job at the end of the summer and move back home to return to school. My company got word of it, and they approached me with a deal: They were planning layoffs, and asked if I would be open to leaving in May and taking the layoff instead of quitting. I took it and moved home earlier than planned.
As a result, I was able to take summer courses to fill in some gaps. So, I had two 4-week sessions that ran from 8-12. But since I was laid off, I was receiving unemployment benefits and didn't have to work over the summer. So, after class was finished, I had the whole day to hang out.
All I did that summer was play tennis, go water skiing, and hit the beach. I will forever refer to that time as "The Summer of Dan"...
downs, will the MD team ask you to come along since you declared for the VA team? Are they vindictive like that? Or would they rather win?
On a side note, these Seinfeld references remind me of a situation 22 years ago:
I planning on quitting my job at the end of the summer and move back home to return to school. My company got word of it, and they approached me with a deal: They were planning layoffs, and asked if I would be open to leaving in May and taking the layoff instead of quitting. I took it and moved home earlier than planned.
As a result, I was able to take summer courses to fill in some gaps. So, I had two 4-week sessions that ran from 8-12. But since I was laid off, I was receiving unemployment benefits and didn't have to work over the summer. So, after class was finished, I had the whole day to hang out.
All I did that summer was play tennis, go water skiing, and hit the beach. I will forever refer to that time as "The Summer of Dan"...
TheJRK
Rookie
I have never seen Seinfeld or Friends either. I'm not getting any of these references.
Side story...
When I first joined the Navy I was in the galley in line to get some food. One of the cooks sees the name on my uniform and says "Hey, Kramer vs. Kramer..."
I just smiled at him. I had no f***ing idea what he was talking about.
Side story...
When I first joined the Navy I was in the galley in line to get some food. One of the cooks sees the name on my uniform and says "Hey, Kramer vs. Kramer..."
I just smiled at him. I had no f***ing idea what he was talking about.
downs_chris
Professional
i had a summer like that once...got laid...off...then didn't work again for 8 months...it was the best thing ever...seriously, i had my ice cream truck then, and worked when i need some cash...played a lot of golf then...good times..
McLovin, luckily i'm good friends with a lot of people on that team...so i got an email welcoming me back! i'm excited for indian wells!! i think their super ringer 4.0 is self-rated, and there might be a weird rule about the self-rated people who got bumped up, have to play at their new level? so he would have to play the 4.5 court, or something...i'm not exactly sure...either way, it should be fun!
what's for lunch people? is there snow this friday? why is it so cold out?
hollywood9826
Hall of Fame
Never watched Friends a ton. Just seemed a little dumb for my tastes.
Have seen some Seinfelds. The early ones sucked that showed the little stand up segments with jerry. I dont like his stand up at all. But the Kramer and George characters made that show for me.
But Curb is way batter than seinfeld could ever be. Mainly becuase I like cuss words.
Have seen some Seinfelds. The early ones sucked that showed the little stand up segments with jerry. I dont like his stand up at all. But the Kramer and George characters made that show for me.
But Curb is way batter than seinfeld could ever be. Mainly becuase I like cuss words.
hollywood9826
Hall of Fame
JRK,
thanks for the link with Dieondra Sanders BBall league. I dont know what to think about it though.
I still wont watch it. I mena the WNBA is bad enough to watch, but know It will be basketball by even less talented players than WNBA has. I dont think the bikinis will save it.
thanks for the link with Dieondra Sanders BBall league. I dont know what to think about it though.
I still wont watch it. I mena the WNBA is bad enough to watch, but know It will be basketball by even less talented players than WNBA has. I dont think the bikinis will save it.
TheJRK
Rookie
https://sites.google.com/site/sophieinnorthkorea/
Google CEO and daughter in NK. I'm always amazed at how weird NK is.
Must... find... a way... to visit.
Google CEO and daughter in NK. I'm always amazed at how weird NK is.
Must... find... a way... to visit.
Like JRK, I get none of these Seinfeld and Friends references...haha
Downs, lucky you rat ba$****!!! haha Congrats dude! Have fun.
TM, how did Sea Bass do in Tri Level?
Topaz, so sorry you guys just missed out - so close! Didn't your mixed dubs partner play Tri Level too - how'd it go for him?
Downs, lucky you rat ba$****!!! haha Congrats dude! Have fun.
TM, how did Sea Bass do in Tri Level?
Topaz, so sorry you guys just missed out - so close! Didn't your mixed dubs partner play Tri Level too - how'd it go for him?
downs_chris
Professional
haha, thanks!
sea bass played a match with me...haha, we won...
but yeah, sorry topaz! sounded like a close match!
sapient007
Semi-Pro
well, just bought some fischer boots. hopefully they are as good as their racquets.
McLovin
Legend
I bought a pair of Solomon ~ 15 years ago. At the time, they were their top-of-the-line boots, but I got them at the end of the year so they were 50% off (still cost ~ $400).
While I've changed skis 3 times now, I still have & wear the Solomons today. Bottom line: It pays to get the good stuff when it comes to ski boots.
downs_chris
Professional
sappy! i'm going to big sky next week...where are you headed this winter?
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Was there a block of cheese and a warm up made of velvet involved ala George Constanta?
tennismonkey
Semi-Pro
congrats to all the TWMAC'ers who made it to post season glory. i don't quite understand who won or who didn't but i just know i'm the washington capitals of usta league tennis. great in the regular season - sitting at home in the post season.
what's for lunch? also a thumbs up recommendation for founding farmers. went to the moco one. good tasty comfort food. best thing -- bacon lollipops. nom nom.
what's for lunch? also a thumbs up recommendation for founding farmers. went to the moco one. good tasty comfort food. best thing -- bacon lollipops. nom nom.
sapient007
Semi-Pro
i'm retiring my salomon boots from yr 2000. the liners are packed out and my feet is wiggling too much. i never liked the heel support of that boot but breaking down boots is a painful process. i'm not looking forward to another season of agony. planning on reusing my footbed and maybe get an intuition liner for the new boot. been to ski charlet in VA a couple of times already trying on boots.
dry this year. cancelled my trip to col for V day. i'm waiting for late march, april time frame to book again. most likely utah... but everything is open. i'll just go to where they have a good base.
JRstriker12
Hall of Fame
Efff... it's cold enough to blow your own snow in DC. Just put a ski lift on Capitol hill.
Looks like it was a freaking traffic apocalypse this morning. 270 shut down for a bit, part of 495 blocked and I swore I heard something about brush fires near rt. 66. Finally, a day where metro was plan "A".
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Speaking of cold. Talked to conejo. He got hitched on the beach down here. Met his now wife when they first started dating. He envys the warm south florida sunshine and is trying to move down here.
Any chance you can make the Sony this year? Have a second bedroom and possibly a back stage pass so you can meet Serena.
JRstriker12
Hall of Fame
Yeah, the Conejo said your Florida sales pitch was quite convincing!
Make Sony? LOL! I'm lucky to make my tennis clinic once a week.
Geoff
Hall of Fame
Sup2DResq Customization
I am proud to announce that 1st Service Tennis has been commissioned to do customization racquet work for Sup2Dresq. The stock frame is on order and the process from beginning to end will be documented here (including pictures). The first step with all VIP clients is to create their own drawer.
I am proud to announce that 1st Service Tennis has been commissioned to do customization racquet work for Sup2Dresq. The stock frame is on order and the process from beginning to end will be documented here (including pictures). The first step with all VIP clients is to create their own drawer.
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Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Del boca vista condominiums phase 2!
sapient007
Semi-Pro
looks like a reel of OG sheep micro 17s. PSOG.. maybe a pack of Tecnifibre LOGGST in 17
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
looks like a reel of OG sheep micro 17s. PSOG.. maybe a pack of Tecnifibre LOGGST in 17
The contract states my shelf should be filled with only alcohol and slim Jim's. I'm not sure why those strings are there.
But if I do string, after a dos xx, I string with Alu power rough.
Geoff
Hall of Fame
looks like a reel of OG sheep micro 17s. PSOG.. maybe a pack of Tecnifibre LOGGST in 17
The contents of the drawer pictured will be reassigned to another drawer. I am awaiting the arrival of Sup2Dresq's contents. Not sure if they will be aligned with the same items in the Sup2Dresq's post!
JRstriker12
Hall of Fame
Serena and Sloane on the court. Considering reaching for the ballparks and pert plus
sapient007
Semi-Pro
hooo
JRstriker12
Hall of Fame
hooo
LOL 10 char
sapient007
Semi-Pro
well.. she can kiss her part time gig of being serena's training partner goodbye.
McLovin
Legend
Put my order in for some demos:
I'm really looking forward to the Yonex frames. The others are just to fill out the 4 racquet order. Anyone have any Yonex contacts? If I like them, it will be real hard to change given the deal I can get on Pacific frames.
downs, if you have any interest in hitting w/ any of these, let me know & we can setup a hit when they come in (scheduled for Feb 1). Of course, if you want to hit before that, I'm game as well.
- Yonex VCORE 97 (310g)
- Yonex VCORE 97 (330g)
- Donnay Pro One 97 (16x19)
- Dunlop F3.0 Tour
I'm really looking forward to the Yonex frames. The others are just to fill out the 4 racquet order. Anyone have any Yonex contacts? If I like them, it will be real hard to change given the deal I can get on Pacific frames.
downs, if you have any interest in hitting w/ any of these, let me know & we can setup a hit when they come in (scheduled for Feb 1). Of course, if you want to hit before that, I'm game as well.
mikeler
Moderator
auzzieizm
Semi-Pro
will demoing his racquet in two different versions allow you to play like Stan Wawrinka??
McLovin
Legend
Depends. Are we talking Stan vs Djokovic from the other night? Or Stan vs Djokovic from 2012 US Open?
Honestly, I prefer NOT to customize frames, so I want to try the lighter version alongside the heavier version & see what I think. Heavier frames are usually my preference, but if the 330g is too heavy, I want to try the 310g stock, and maybe add some lead to bring up to 320g.
McLovin
Legend
You are really getting the equipment bug this year.
Doing my best to help restore our sagging economy...
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Mclovin,
"Look to the black and white cookie" for your answer.
P.s. I tried the 330 yonex and it felt really good. It made me hit flatter than usual, but the feedback was superb. Like being covered with butter ala Kramer
mikeler
Moderator
I'm the same way. I'd rather pick up a frame and start hitting with it rather than adding weight all over it.
Keep buying for the next 4 years...
downs_chris
Professional
yeah, i definitely want to hit...this week i'm a little busy before i leave for my trip this sunday...going to big sky Montana for a week of snowboarding....i'll be back on Feb 2nd -- so we'll set something up after that...
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Geoff is tirelessly working on the sups racquet of destiny (srod- need a new name).
As someone whose customized racquets before, having someone else do the work does wonders for you mentally.
Hopefully Geoff will post more pics.
P.s. to leather grip or not. Hopefully I will love it and buy several matching sticks! Just don't look for an eye patch.
Geoff: should i put in an order of 14 matching racquets?
Sup: yes 'but I don't wanna be a pirate!'
As someone whose customized racquets before, having someone else do the work does wonders for you mentally.
Hopefully Geoff will post more pics.
P.s. to leather grip or not. Hopefully I will love it and buy several matching sticks! Just don't look for an eye patch.
Geoff: should i put in an order of 14 matching racquets?
Sup: yes 'but I don't wanna be a pirate!'
McLovin
Legend
OK, I get the Seinfeld reference, but is that in answer to my question about a Yonex contact? And if it is, assuming I'm the 'white' in the cookie, who's the 'black'?
McLovin
Legend
Definitely a bit jelly (to use Sports Junkies lingo). Wish I had a Colorado trip planned this year, but it's not looking good.
Which reminds me...X-Games starts tomorrow night.
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
Lol. Now this is getting confusing. Like Elaine's boyfriends race.
P.s. I have a yonex contact down here.
Geoff
Hall of Fame
The racquet is complete. I did not do a good job documenting the process. Here is an abbreviated summary of the process and work done.
Sup determined he wanted the 2008 Agassi specs of 355g/32cm/340SW and strung with Lux ALU Rough at 66lbs.
The racquet was measured for unstrung specs with a tournagrip which were 296g/32cm/279SW. Knowing that a set of Lux ALU Rough will change the static weight by ~18g, balance by 1cm and swingweight by 30, those numbers were added to the beginning specs. Sup wanted mass in the head of the frame so we did some trial and error of using the TW Racquet Customization tool to see what happens when adding weight at 12 o'clock. We settled on 4g at 12 o'clock. The new specs were used in the Customization tool along with the target specs to determine where to place the rest of the lead. The balance of the lead was placed as follows:
14.6g at 17.7 inches from the butt
22.4g at 5.9 inches from the butt
Inches were changed to cm to get more exact measurements. The grommets and bumper guard were removed and all lead was applied. There ended up being 2 layers of lead 4" long on the head, 4 layers of lead 7.3 inches long on each side of the head at 17.7 inches, 2 layers of 1/2 inch lead in 8 strips on the bevels at 5.9 inches.
Grommets were replaced, grip rewrapped, and the tournagrip was applied. Racquet was strung 2 piece head to throat at 66 lbs. Old school Head stencil (with red dot).
If Sup likes this frame, the future frames will be better documented. I am happy to answer any questions.
Sup determined he wanted the 2008 Agassi specs of 355g/32cm/340SW and strung with Lux ALU Rough at 66lbs.
The racquet was measured for unstrung specs with a tournagrip which were 296g/32cm/279SW. Knowing that a set of Lux ALU Rough will change the static weight by ~18g, balance by 1cm and swingweight by 30, those numbers were added to the beginning specs. Sup wanted mass in the head of the frame so we did some trial and error of using the TW Racquet Customization tool to see what happens when adding weight at 12 o'clock. We settled on 4g at 12 o'clock. The new specs were used in the Customization tool along with the target specs to determine where to place the rest of the lead. The balance of the lead was placed as follows:
14.6g at 17.7 inches from the butt
22.4g at 5.9 inches from the butt
Inches were changed to cm to get more exact measurements. The grommets and bumper guard were removed and all lead was applied. There ended up being 2 layers of lead 4" long on the head, 4 layers of lead 7.3 inches long on each side of the head at 17.7 inches, 2 layers of 1/2 inch lead in 8 strips on the bevels at 5.9 inches.
Grommets were replaced, grip rewrapped, and the tournagrip was applied. Racquet was strung 2 piece head to throat at 66 lbs. Old school Head stencil (with red dot).
If Sup likes this frame, the future frames will be better documented. I am happy to answer any questions.
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McLovin
Legend
Well, we'll see how these play and I may be taking you up on that. Likewise, I happen to know a Pacific contact if anyone is in need of Pacific frames/strings.
Sup2Dresq
Hall of Fame
downs_chris
Professional
what's for lunch?
snow?
outdoor tennis?
snow?
outdoor tennis?
Angle Queen
Professional
Hey, hey. It actually snowed down here...and school didn't close! Shocking, I tell ya, just shocking.
Lunch are leftover homemade hot wings (that I took to our club's in-house ladies tourney "player potluck" night). The food, sadly, was better than the on-court play. Of the four courts I watched, three were blowouts. My partner and I got dumped in the first round after losing a tough, but insanely played and ultimately enjoyable, #2 seed. 6-4, 7-5.
Lunch are leftover homemade hot wings (that I took to our club's in-house ladies tourney "player potluck" night). The food, sadly, was better than the on-court play. Of the four courts I watched, three were blowouts. My partner and I got dumped in the first round after losing a tough, but insanely played and ultimately enjoyable, #2 seed. 6-4, 7-5.
