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      12-06-2024, 12:22 PM   #9549
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...when this item was a normal part of your high school life, mostly in gym class or any of the shop classes.

The holes made it more aerodynamic thereby increasing the speed of the swat.
It was a regular occurrence to get a swat from our gym teacher in Jr. high school when you didn't run your required laps around the track.
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It was a regular occurrence to get a swat from our gym teacher in Jr. high school when you didn't run your required laps around the track.
I used to really piss my high school gym teacher off when we had to do our annual 12 minute run. Passing grade was one mile in 12 minutes. I lived over 1/2 mile from the school, and used to walk more than a mile back and forth for lunch every day. Doing over a mile walking in 12 minutes was no problem, but the gym teacher accused me of cheating every year because I walked the entire time and didn't run one step.....
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I used to really piss my high school gym teacher off when we had to do our annual 12 minute run. Passing grade was one mile in 12 minutes. I lived over 1/2 mile from the school, and used to walk more than a mile back and forth for lunch every day. Doing over a mile walking in 12 minutes was no problem, but the gym teacher accused me of cheating every year because I walked the entire time and didn't run one step.....
That's impressive. If I were the coach I'd be shaking your had. 5 mph walking is hard to do without transitioning to running.

Some coaches just like to bust your chops. They think it's a motivating technique. This technique works for some, but not for all.
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you know you're old if you get this

I get it. Do I win a prize?
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I get it. Do I win a prize?
Yep, same here. 👍
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I guess I'm not old enough. Which may not be a bad thing.
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I guess I'm not old enough. Which may not be a bad thing.
Young people do it too.
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I guess I'm not old enough. Which may not be a bad thing.
Besides, aren't you retired? You're old enough.
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I guess I'm not old enough. Which may not be a bad thing.
Let us know when you are tired of trying to figure it out.
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Let us know when you are tired of trying to figure it out.
I saw a reference to Pickle Dance, but that doesn't seem to fit the image.

I guess I'm just unhip.
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I saw a reference to Pickle Dance, but that doesn't seem to fit the image.

I guess I'm just unhip.
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Ah, light dawns over Marblehead.

Why would getting that in the first place mean you are old?
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Ah, light dawns over Marblehead.

Why would getting that in the first place mean you are old?
I think it's believed that mostly old people play it and maybe they did but it's gaining popularity with younger players as well.

Here are some statistics:

https://www.pickleheads.com/blog/pickleball-statistics
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You know, I think that BP-OT needs a separate thread about pickleball.....
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TBH, I never recorded a song off a transistor radio onto a tape recorder, but did record a song (and full albums) from the radio onto a cassette.
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Fairly easy, if you’re old

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I missed more of those than I thought I would.
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You know, I think that BP-OT needs a separate thread about pickleball.....
Okay, I nominate you to start said thread.
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...when this item was a normal part of your high school life, mostly in gym class or any of the shop classes.

The holes made it more aerodynamic thereby increasing the speed of the swat.
Applied to the seat of knowledge.
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Applied to the seat of knowledge.
It's where most people's brains are anyway.
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It was a regular occurrence to get a swat from our gym teacher in Jr. high school when you didn't run your required laps around the track.
Our PE/coach teacher didn’t swat us. Instead, we received a D, or worse.

The only time I remember our coach hitting anyone is when one student
called him by his first name. Our coach punched the kid in the jaw and
knocked him out cold, without warning. Nothing ever came of the incident.
This happened in ‘64 or ‘65.
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