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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:46:17 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Yep, that was my choice. Saw about 15 minutes of Ping Pong.
I used to be the park fieldhouse champ. Jigsaw cut plywood paddles.
No, rubber and no spin.

The cheap paddles used to be covered with sandpaper, which is not as
good as rubber.

Casady

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:03 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
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RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.




Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.

I am waiting for a shipworm to make an boating related post to this
thread.

Casady

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:24:32 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:46:17 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

Yep, that was my choice. Saw about 15 minutes of Ping Pong.
I used to be the park fieldhouse champ. Jigsaw cut plywood paddles.
No, rubber and no spin.

The cheap paddles used to be covered with sandpaper, which is not as
good as rubber.

Yeah, I've seen them. The plain plywood ones we used were bigger than
a reg paddle and probably just cut using the eyeball as a jig. Don't
know was providing them, probably a park district guy where they had a
bandsaw. Used to select them like you would a pool cue.

--Vic

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D.Duck wrote:


In the late 40s ~ early 50's I went to the Y on Keeler and Central. Went
there most every Saturday during the winter months.


When I was a young boy in grammar school in New Haven, I'd take the bus
with a couple of buddies on winter Saturdays to the "Y" downtown to mess
around in the pool, the gym, and on the b'ball courts. It was a great
place in those days, might still be.

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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:43:59 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:50:03 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
m...
D.Duck wrote:
"DownTime" wrote in message
...
RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

That's funny, my gag reflex only kicks in with asparagus.

Mine doesn't; I love Cantonese-style duck with asparagus.

I have a great come back for that one, but I have self control.

I am waiting for a shipworm to make an boating related post to this
thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipworm

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:28:57 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.

To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.

I. HATE. LIVER.


My mother, sticking to the conventional wisdom of the time that liver was
good for you, made bold attempts every once in a while to serve liver.
She'd disguise it as steak or something but nothing fooled me. I hated it.

But, to my surprise, I now enjoy it, if prepared well. Usually like it with
the conventional onions.
Another gagger of youth that I grew to really like is yogurt.

Eisboch

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"hk" wrote in message
.com...
D.Duck wrote:


In the late 40s ~ early 50's I went to the Y on Keeler and Central. Went
there most every Saturday during the winter months.


When I was a young boy in grammar school in New Haven, I'd take the bus
with a couple of buddies on winter Saturdays to the "Y" downtown to mess
around in the pool, the gym, and on the b'ball courts. It was a great
place in those days, might still be.


That "Y" is where I took the basic Scuba course in the middle of one winter
and got my original certification. Still have the card. I was 16 yo, and
the dive club giving the instructions was called "The Yankee Paddlers".

Eisboch

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Eisboch wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:28:57 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

RPSIII wrote:
When I was a kid we used to eat liver at least once a month. Beef
liver
sucked, but chicken liver was tasty.
To this day, just the smell of liver brings back a bad childhood memory
and the ole gag reflex kicks in.
I. HATE. LIVER.


My mother, sticking to the conventional wisdom of the time that liver was
good for you, made bold attempts every once in a while to serve liver.
She'd disguise it as steak or something but nothing fooled me. I hated it.

But, to my surprise, I now enjoy it, if prepared well. Usually like it with
the conventional onions.
Another gagger of youth that I grew to really like is yogurt.

Eisboch





Hmmm. My father liked liver and onions so my mother cooked it about once
a month. That was the one thing my mother cooked I would not eat. I
think it was the smell more than anything else. My mother was a pretty
good cook, a talent she learned from her mother, who was a terrific
cook. My father's mother couldn't boil water, but she was a great
grandmother. She took me to Revere Beach every day in the summer when I
went to visit.

Interestingly, I tried liver and onions a few years ago at a diner, and
I liked it. Smelled the same, too.

My great food awakening came when I first visited my wife's southern
relatives. I did not recognize at least half the stuff that was piled on
my plate at every meal. I still don't, but it tastes good, so I eat it.

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Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
.com...
D.Duck wrote:

In the late 40s ~ early 50's I went to the Y on Keeler and Central. Went
there most every Saturday during the winter months.

When I was a young boy in grammar school in New Haven, I'd take the bus
with a couple of buddies on winter Saturdays to the "Y" downtown to mess
around in the pool, the gym, and on the b'ball courts. It was a great
place in those days, might still be.


That "Y" is where I took the basic Scuba course in the middle of one winter
and got my original certification. Still have the card. I was 16 yo, and
the dive club giving the instructions was called "The Yankee Paddlers".

Eisboch




Do you recall Hull's Hobbies a block down the street toward the Yale
Campus? And there was some sort of diner right across from the "Y" that
I remember. I think it became a Chinese restaurant.

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"DownTime" wrote in message
. ..
Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. wrote:


I hope you watched the Netherlands field hockey team. ;)

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/pla...elcode=sportbd
STINKIN MS!

Why must I add yet another stupid plug-in this time "Microsoft
Silverlight" to watch the video via Firefox? I tried IE, but its temporary
per session and need to tolerate commercials.

Screw em, I'll pass and will wait for the Youtube version.

I've noticed that pop up for Silver a couple of times and finally downloaded
it. No problems and it works just fine.
BTW ... at somebody's recommendation .... (I think Harry) .... I also
downloaded the GOM player. Nice! I like all the custom settings
available, although I haven't tried them yet. But, it seems to be fast and
glitch free.

Eisboch