@hchavers I picked bowling and scuba. I’m terrible at bowling, so I don’t do that. And I haven’t been been in the water with a tank since my certification dives despite having been a frequent participant when I lived in Miami.
@el1c1a Absolutely! They also encourage the use of golf carts to get to the courts as no one who isn’t deaf wants to live within a half mile of them. Even taking a morning walk that goes past them leaves people looking like the figure in Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
@cengland0@el1c1a@hchavers Don’t forget the free weekend busses to the local casino where you get a free lunch and cash credit to play Keno or slots. My mother did that. Actually, for a while when she was younger (in her 70s) she was a bus “hostess” where her job was to greet everyone and make sure that at the end of the day, all the people on the manifest were back on the bus.
I still do not fully understand pickleball as a concept. I guess it was originally meant to be a lower impact variant of tennis for older folks? Maybe? But these days some people take it so seriously that it might as well be a major league sport in their minds. Damn near $200 for a single paddle for this sport is not something I can wrap my head around. It seems like a cross between tennis and paddleball that takes itself WAY too seriously.
@PooltoyWolf It seems like there is nothing which people do for enjoyment that is immune to being turned into a competition for fame, glory, money, or power. FTS.
No, but I have no strong feelings either way. So maybe someday. Right now I’m too busy playing music and trying to find time in the wood shop to take on any new hobbies.
I’m not refusing to ever play it, but I don’t currently foresee any situation where it’ll come up. And I have no interest in going out of my way to participate in sports.
I must revise my stance; I now have an informed complete lack of interest. Having gotten just barely curious enough to go find out a little more, I recognize pickleball as a thing I know I’d be terrible at, so I will continue to ignore it. To those with the speed and coordination to play it, I say “Have fun.” I’d be at least as bad at it as I was at tennis, which would frustrate the hell out of whoever was on the other side of the net. I prefer to do the things that I can do well, and this would not be one of them.
I don’t mind that a game invented by a father to keep his family amused became a national sensation. But I can’t stand that it is now ravaged by a league created by rich “Hollywood” team owners in a play to win at no cost, with hard core 20 somethings, for money and “national” titles. Like corn hole, this is going too far.
Pickle ball is a great game. Not as strenuous as tennis and a step up from ping pong, senior citizens get exercise, and young children can compete without chasing an 80 mile an hour ball.
PS: Ape language music videos are the next big rave!
@werehatrack If we were neighbors several hundred yards apart in the country, I could see that becoming competitive.
And the ammo would no doubt escalate.
Racquetball instead
Nope. You?
I don’t think I want to learn, too much swearing & running around!
I must admit that I did play in college. I needed the physical ed credit, and she was really pretty.
@hchavers I picked bowling and scuba. I’m terrible at bowling, so I don’t do that. And I haven’t been been in the water with a tank since my certification dives despite having been a frequent participant when I lived in Miami.
@hchavers @werehatrack
We didn’t have scuba, I would have loved that. I did meditation and something else very low level functioning.
@werehatrack Long ago college physed requirement - I took archery and fencing. I like stabbing things with sharp objects.
Can anyone confirm if Pickleball is mandatory/highly encouraged if moving into an adult 55 over community???
@el1c1a Only on Tuesday and Thursday. Water aerobics are Monday, chair Yoga is Wednesday, and Friday is kids day.
@el1c1a @hchavers Plus Bingo on Saturdays
@el1c1a Absolutely! They also encourage the use of golf carts to get to the courts as no one who isn’t deaf wants to live within a half mile of them. Even taking a morning walk that goes past them leaves people looking like the figure in Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
@el1c1a @rockblossom Hairless and dressed like monks?
@werehatrack Or maybe balding and wandering the streets in a dressing gown, which is not uncommon in retirement communities.
@cengland0 @el1c1a @hchavers Don’t forget the free weekend busses to the local casino where you get a free lunch and cash credit to play Keno or slots. My mother did that. Actually, for a while when she was younger (in her 70s) she was a bus “hostess” where her job was to greet everyone and make sure that at the end of the day, all the people on the manifest were back on the bus.
@el1c1a usually not, but just make sure it’s not an upside down pineapple community. That’s pickleball on a different level…
I have a complete lack of interest in pickleball, and don’t know how it’s played or what the objective would be.
Poll: No, but I’ve learned to never say never (except in this sentence).
@phendrick well, now I’m just confused.
(Cross-posted from the deal thread)
I still do not fully understand pickleball as a concept. I guess it was originally meant to be a lower impact variant of tennis for older folks? Maybe? But these days some people take it so seriously that it might as well be a major league sport in their minds. Damn near $200 for a single paddle for this sport is not something I can wrap my head around. It seems like a cross between tennis and paddleball that takes itself WAY too seriously.
@PooltoyWolf It seems like there is nothing which people do for enjoyment that is immune to being turned into a competition for fame, glory, money, or power. FTS.
@werehatrack I looked it up and apparently pickleball actually started 50 years ago as a backyard game for children…go figure.
@PooltoyWolf @werehatrack Then those kids grew up and made it unfun.
Nah, too pretentious for me.
No, but I have no strong feelings either way. So maybe someday. Right now I’m too busy playing music and trying to find time in the wood shop to take on any new hobbies.
@SSteve sounds like a healthy solution to me. Go for it!
Too much other stuff to do.
I’m not refusing to ever play it, but I don’t currently foresee any situation where it’ll come up. And I have no interest in going out of my way to participate in sports.
I have no plans to ever play it. That said, one never knows what will happen. (My cousin’s son was a national 19 & under champion at it.)
That’s a rather personal question and I refuse to answer. :p
I must revise my stance; I now have an informed complete lack of interest. Having gotten just barely curious enough to go find out a little more, I recognize pickleball as a thing I know I’d be terrible at, so I will continue to ignore it. To those with the speed and coordination to play it, I say “Have fun.” I’d be at least as bad at it as I was at tennis, which would frustrate the hell out of whoever was on the other side of the net. I prefer to do the things that I can do well, and this would not be one of them.
I don’t mind that a game invented by a father to keep his family amused became a national sensation. But I can’t stand that it is now ravaged by a league created by rich “Hollywood” team owners in a play to win at no cost, with hard core 20 somethings, for money and “national” titles. Like corn hole, this is going too far.
Pickle ball is a great game. Not as strenuous as tennis and a step up from ping pong, senior citizens get exercise, and young children can compete without chasing an 80 mile an hour ball.
PS: Ape language music videos are the next big rave!
I think I’ll take up trebuchet beanbag toss, since that appears to not be a fecking competitive “sport”.
@werehatrack If we were neighbors several hundred yards apart in the country, I could see that becoming competitive.
And the ammo would no doubt escalate.
Bring back pasta drop!!
@sylvandoc Yeah the mice in my house finished off the last of the previous drop.