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Old 04-27-17, 09:02 AM
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I dunno, guys. It's clearly very useful for holding a ball, depending on the size of the ball. In my family, tennis was the thing.
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Originally Posted by Rollfast
When you told a kid to go play in traffic it was safer back then and there was a good chance they would come back just fine.
And a lot of times, if a kid wanted to hang around the house, their loving mothers would MAKE them go out to play. 🙄
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After losing a couple of things I learned to not trust those rat traps.
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Well everyone outside is gonna kidnap and kill them, or so the news wants us to believe. So you have two options, kids go die, or kids play inside.

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Back in the day when i first moved to Calfornia it was perfect for putting a 12 pack of lucky lager on the back of my Nishiki. This was pretty much a daily routine as I was sharing an apartment with my best friend andh is brother we decide that we should drink less, but better beer.....so we ended drinking better beer (but not less)

Flucky, from BC!; you had good taste on a low budget!
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Originally Posted by rhm
I dunno, guys. It's clearly very useful for holding a ball, depending on the size of the ball. In my family, tennis was the thing.
Indeed! A Wilson T2000 (grip sticking out the back) and a box of Tretorn balls - spent many a summer of my youth with this setup
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Originally Posted by jcb3
Indeed! A Wilson T2000 (grip sticking out the back) and a box of Tretorn balls - spent many a summer of my youth with this setup
Wow, I had one of those rackets! Those were the days!
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Originally Posted by jcb3
Indeed! A Wilson T2000 (grip sticking out the back) and a box of Tretorn balls - spent many a summer of my youth with this setup
Jimmy Connors (who used that racket) was my favorite player. Still is.

I had a cheap Spalding version of that racket.
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