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Pickle Ball and How Annabelle's brain works.

Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:56:48 GMT

I always say I'm a female version of "Where's Waldo".

So follow this....I went over on HSN because someone here asked if anyone was going to buy HSN's special.

So I tuned over to HSN and low and behold they were showing Sketchers.

So the hostes (I think it's Marilyn or something...she's cute but a little ditzy).

So she said about the Sketchers, "My daughter is a runner da da da. But they are actually good for Pickle ball".

My brain is like, "Hummm??? What is pickle ball? Then I went to the vast internet and posted exactly that..."What is pickle ball".

It's supposed to be the most popular sport and everyone is playing it.

I say to myself WHAT? I'm the only person who doesn't know what pickle ball is? How did that happen? I try to pride myself on know a lot of useless stuff!

Well, the lady on YouTube (I think it was that...) described the court and all of the this feet that way and those feet this way went way over my head....

So, I actually said out loud to Bill the cat, "Is this lady going to tell me what pickle ball looks like".

Well, she lost me so I never got to see people hitting the pickle ball (incidentally it is not shaped like a pickle, it's more like a whiffle ball).

But beware, if you play it inside, you need one kind of pickle ball and outside another kind of pickle ball. (i.e. If my daughter was here she'd say, "Marme (she calls me that from Little Women) you just like saying "Pickle ball". Humph!

Where was I? Are you still with me here (good for you because I'd have been long gone by now).

So, I learned something new. One of the fastest games in this country is called pickle ball.

This lady says it's hard to do (the paddles look like ping pong paddles) kinda...

I'll try to post a picture here because I think if you're like me (Good grief I hope you aren't and if you are don't admit it)...You'll want to know all about pickle ball...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLWj2LXecHU

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:58:27 GMT

One more thing...don't be like me and forget to close out the lady giving pickle ball lessons.

I forgot and now I've got her in my head saying "pickle ball".

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Kachina624 — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:59:56 GMT

Okey dokey then.

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LizzieInSRQ — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:07:11 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 I adore how you type how you speak LOL

Now I have to go down the Pickle Ball rabbit hole because of you.

Ill be back in an hour or five lol

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:14:04 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ OK, I was going to do my favorite thing...(lay in my sleep number bed, eat an ice cream sandwich and watch TV), but I'll hang in there and wait for you to come back here and tell me what you think about pickle ball and if you're going to get into the pickle ball game.

OK, I'm still here.

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:16:09 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ Are you still learning how to play pickle ball?

You didn't forget me...did you? I'm still here.

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eddyandme — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:16:27 GMT

@Annabellethecat66, I won't admit that I'm the one who asked about the TSV; nor, will I own up to the fact that I, too, have never, ever heard of Pickle Ball......

I did get a look at the sketchers though!

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:18:15 GMT

@eddyandme What is the TSV? I don't think I saw it. I got wrapped up with pickle ball and sketchers...

What is the TSV? Now I'm curious.

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Annabellethecat66 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:20:54 GMT

@LizzieInSRQ I've been sitting here waiting...then I re-read your post.

It said you'd be back in an hour or five. OMG! That ice cream sandwich has my name on it.

I'll check back either later tonight or tomorrow.

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eddyandme — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:24:01 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 wrote:
@eddyandme What is the TSV? I don't think I saw it. I got wrapped up with pickle ball and sketchers...

What is the TSV? Now I'm curious.

It's a Dalton10 make-up set. You just missed the showing. Don't feel bad, I missed the pickle ball discussion! It will be on again at 8pm. - the make-up not the pickle ball!

I didn't watch it all, but read reviews on the concealer - it really works. If I don't find a really good concealer they're gonna put me in the NFL!

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itsmagic — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:49:41 GMT

I have friends who winter in Florida and he always talked about playing pickleball. That was the first I heard of it. So a couple years ago my grandson and I went to camp together and they had a class in pickleball which we took. I was able to hit the ball but it seems to have a lot of rules and there was no way my grandson and I could remember them all in one class.

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Zaimee — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:23:44 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 @I live in South Florida. Many of the over 55 communities have pickle ball. I don't live in one but have friends who do and they love pickle ball. Kind of a less strenuous game of tennis.

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January121 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:58:30 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 ..... I love to read your posts.....the way you write makes me smile .... love ya!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Pantsonfire2 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 03:26:17 GMT

@January121 ... Me too ... I look for the "Annabellethecat" first, then check out the topics. I am soooo sick of politics and COVID I will read anything she writes, including info on bidets which I thoroughly enjoyed !!

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 03:59:09 GMT

@Annabellethecat66 Pickleball is HUGE here in Washington state, has been for a long time.

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tansy — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:16:10 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
@Annabellethecat66 Pickleball is HUGE here in Washington state, has been for a long time.

And in Arizona. The game supposedly originated in WA state.

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Love my grandkids — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:41:11 GMT

@tansy @Annabellethecat66 Tansy is right, it originated here.

A few weeks ago the magazine supplement to the Seattle Times had a lengthy article and interviews with the folks who invented . Most interesting.

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Lindsays Grandma — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:50:15 GMT

Oh my gosh Annabellethecat, you gave me my laugh of the day, thank you, thank you, thank you. I still don't know what Pickle Ball is and you know what? I really don't care, and I have the feeling you don't either.

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Hayfield — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:56:14 GMT

We've been playing pickleball since we retired and moved to southeastern North Carolina over two years ago from Northern Virginia. It's so much fun, we love it! It's really big here and all the more active adults play it in our community. I play 3-5 times a week as does DH but he plays golf too. I just got a set of golf clubs and will be taking lessons. We wanted a different lifestyle for our retirement years and we are having a ball, literally and figuratively! We spend the majority of our time outside, the reason we moved from Northern Virginia. Luckily we can handle the heat & the humidity in the summer and we are able to play pickleball and golf through the winter. Moving from Northern VA was the best thing we ever did!

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Anonymous032819 — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:18:47 GMT

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