On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:03:17 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons wrote:

> On Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10:14:30 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> We had pickle ball trophies, and Denise Thompson - Homecoming Queen,
>> who drove an Opel, and I - Stoner Burnout dude, who drove a moped
>> won the trophy our senior year. We were the only co-ed team of 2
>> and we had some serious Asian ping pong players as competition.
>> Half the School was Asian in Silicon Valley 1984. I was pretty proud
>> of that one for about three days.
>>
>> I never did pick up the Trophy - I hope Denise did. It was topped by
>> two males with tennis rackets. They didn't have bi-sexual Pickle
>> Ball trophies back then (So who knows, maybe they have Man vs. Child
>> Basketbear trophies by now, too).
>>
>> Needless to say, I didn't hang out with the preppie crowd after our
>> Championship Win and she didn't become a stoner either. So alas, we
>> never married.
>>
> I had never heard of pickle ball until a year or two ago.

I'm pretty sure Dave here is the Pickle Ball Pro. I'd never heard
of it either until I got to my senior year, Denise too. She was 55%
of the team (she kept me in check, which wasn't easy).

I sent her a facebook message last night after 36 years. She hasn't
responded. Looks like she's in France now, her husband is not the
homecoming King <snork>.

The ball in pickle ball moves so slow it's easy to get on top of and
judge the spin by the way the opponent hits it. It's like slo-mo
ping pong with big paddles.

-sw