It's Time for Recess

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Alex

But in addition to that, I'd love to have a spot where pickup games of badminton and pickleball are possible.

Pickleball! One of my all time favorite games.

[Alex]

Me and my college roommate spend two or three afternoons a week playing pickleball. Way under-regarded as a game.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

It was great at improving ball juggling skills for soccer.

Nope. Played it in elementary school (which I completed in 1976).

[partial non-sequitur] Reminds me of the guy I ran into at the LA County Fair a few years ago. He was manning one of the gazillions of vendor booths. He was selling rubber stamps and had a sign claiming that he had invented thermography (for printing - not imaging). I took great joy in ripping him a new one: that thermographic printing has existed for longer than he had been alive. He was quite upset with me (as I did this in front of several potential customers). I noticed that when I passed by his booth later in the day, the sign was down [/partial non-sequitur]

[MouseWife]

We had a tether-ball in our yard, too. That was cool. There were a lot of us kids so my dad tried to create fun for us at home. We had the mandatory swingset {which my brother flipped over when I was on it}, the volleyball net, a basketball hoop, as well as tennis rackets and raquetball rackets. Of course, none official sized areas and of course, I never mastered a single one. Oh, I forget croquet.

All of this talk reminds me of a movie, is it 'The Twilight Zone', where the old people come out at night and play?

[katiesue]

My Mom still has a teatherball pole in her garden. We used it some but its on dirt so it doesn't work quite the same.

[Kevy Baby]

Oh, and even though I was taller than most, I too hated tetherball

[Betty]

I love badmitton. It was finally a sport that I was naturally good at and beat pretty much everyone else in girl's gym playing. That's saying something as I hated P.E. - probably because I was chubby and usually didn't play very well...

In College I even took a badmitton class - which about half way through I managed to somehow trip and break my ankle. That ended by badmitton days.

I recently bought a summer fun pack of lawn toys and badmitton was included. The f-ing net is so complicated to put up I read and re-read the directions a few times, tried it this way and that, went inside for a drink and never got any farther.

Someday I'll play again - makes me want to go give that damn net another try.

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

All of this talk reminds me of a movie, is it 'The Twilight Zone', where the old people come out at night and play?

I remember that too! Was it Cocoon, maybe?

[BarTopDancer]

Do we need a LoT picnic somewhere with racquetball courts (to play handball, of course)?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

I remember that too! Was it Cocoon, maybe?

I thought 'Cocoon' as well but something is picking at me that it was perhaps from the Twilight Zone movie...but it's been so long since I've seen either!


LOL BtD, that would be fun to watch. ;0) {I was never good at any sport with eye hand coordination....}