Good Tuesday Morning

RawAlex · 2005-01-25, 11:21 AM

Cleo, badminton is, well, let's see... tennis with a high net but with a (I love this name, I want to make a porn site out of it) shuttlecock instead of a ball. Think of tennis with faster reactions and less sore elbows.

Most likely to be played well by asian people, as it seems to suit their physical abilities best. most of my asian friend who play have fun beating on the white guy when we play. Making the old guy run is fun (most of the people I play "hard" games with are 20-25 years old... so at 40, I am pretty much a dead duck!).

If you can find a video of olympic badminton (singles or doubles) you will be surprised and amazed how hard and how darn fast the game can get.

It's my only real exercise (besides the obvoius, typing).

Alex

Torn Rose · 2005-01-25, 11:38 AM

Morning all, nothing like waking up and trying to argue/discuss on ICQ with a guy who’s first language is not English, and after almost 2 hours of "discussion"

he finally post’s something that I could understand, so the whole thing could have been avoided had I been able to speak Dutch, or had he spoke better English.

Since I'm an American it must be his fault.

Anyway, the whole issue is resolved, I got what I wanted, and now I can move on.

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2005-01-25, 11:21 AM	#1
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Cleo, badminton is, well, let's see... tennis with a high net but with a (I love this name, I want to make a porn site out of it) shuttlecock instead of a ball. Think of tennis with faster reactions and less sore elbows. Most likely to be played well by asian people, as it seems to suit their physical abilities best. most of my asian friend who play have fun beating on the white guy when we play. Making the old guy run is fun (most of the people I play "hard" games with are 20-25 years old... so at 40, I am pretty much a dead duck!). If you can find a video of olympic badminton (singles or doubles) you will be surprised and amazed how hard and how darn fast the game can get. It's my only real exercise (besides the obvoius, typing). Alex

2005-01-25, 11:38 AM	#2
Torn Rose "Faith is believing what you know ain't so." ~ Mark Twain Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 4,806	Morning all, nothing like waking up and trying to argue/discuss on ICQ with a guy who’s first language is not English, and after almost 2 hours of "discussion" he finally post’s something that I could understand, so the whole thing could have been avoided had I been able to speak Dutch, or had he spoke better English. Since I'm an American it must be his fault. Anyway, the whole issue is resolved, I got what I wanted, and now I can move on.