tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post938484469758049266..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: In the jingle-jangle morningBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-79433416904809019072008-02-16T14:18:00.000+00:002008-02-16T14:18:00.000+00:00Lordy, you've been through the mill a bit too. Hop...Lordy, you've been through the mill a bit too. Hope your back is OK and giving you no trouble whatsoever. I've been there too so I know what it's like. And donds for whoever invented contact lenses, eh? The 'ball sense' is taking me back to that Rammstein vid........https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-59534971204050242192008-02-16T11:48:00.000+00:002008-02-16T11:48:00.000+00:00No, I don't play. Hampered by bad astigmatism, my...No, I don't play. Hampered by bad astigmatism, my instinct is to duck and cover my eyes whenever a ball comes near me. Contact lenses sorted out the eyesight when I was twenty but too late to develop any ball sense. <BR/><BR/>Subsequent back troubles too, ending in a discectomy (sp?), have ruled out a lot of activities as well.Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632549982981770230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-23462963060090269982008-02-15T21:27:00.000+00:002008-02-15T21:27:00.000+00:00Tennis was the only sport I was remotely intereste...Tennis was the only sport I was remotely interested in PLAYING - not that I was any good but quite enjoyed posing at the local tennis club...love watching it though and these days I take Wimbledon fortnight off work and sit in a darkened room. Annoyingly enough I've only been successful in the ballot since I moved to Scotland. Still, it's an outing.treefrogdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668655760960757921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-29889211564585289942008-02-15T16:12:00.000+00:002008-02-15T16:12:00.000+00:00Eeeh! Rod Laver! Now that takes me back. Lovely me...Eeeh! Rod Laver! Now that takes me back. Lovely memories you have - do you play too? I used to until a back operation sort of buggered my ability to run fast. I could still stand on a court and welly balls back and forth though! My old tennis teacher wore Long. White. Trousers. Was called Mr Harland and was a real old sweetie.Generations away from today's young whipper snappers. Still think Nadal is sex on two legs, though.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-75601657498504894172008-02-15T15:42:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:42:00.000+00:00Now FP, stiffen that lip and stop whimpering. I'm...Now FP, stiffen that lip and stop whimpering. I'm old enough to remember Rod Laver. My dad had been a county player back in the 1920s and even played once on the hallowed turf in a qualifying round. He knew a couple of the stewards and we used to go along in the afternoon mid-week, back in the days when you could get a seat on No. 2 court without queuing, and before you knew what was happening, he'd bump into an old mucker and we'd be in the front row on No. 1 or the Centre Court. Ah, those were the days! Whimper!Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632549982981770230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-66874347601012339982008-02-15T15:15:00.000+00:002008-02-15T15:15:00.000+00:00Nice one TFD. Now all you need is a little rain an...Nice one TFD. Now all you need is a little rain and Sir Cliff to serenade you all. No seriously I'm very very pleased for you - it's a brilliant thing to do. I saw Navratilova kicking five kinds of sh-te out of her opponent when she was at the top of her form - on centre court. She did a brilliant smash and I cheered very loudly. She looked right up at me and grinned broadly. I later heard her say in an interview that she always felt the crowd wasn't rooting for her because of her sexuality and she often thought 'c'mon guys, I'm busting a gut out here'. Perhaps that's what she was thinking when she grinned up at me - 'OK so SOMEONE up there likes me'. My dad actually managed to purloin the balls from a Lendl/Conners match and we played with them on our local courts - complete with grass stains and all. A little tip - just take your own strawberries and cream, won't you? At about £6 a shot, they're very overpriced. By the way, am I showing my age here? You lot DO remember Navratilova, Lendl and Connors don't you??? (Whimper)....https://www.blogger.com/profile/12459690684592261821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-32002421121040414672008-02-15T09:10:00.000+00:002008-02-15T09:10:00.000+00:00'Spillers luck's at work - yesterday I got 2 tix f...'Spillers luck's at work - yesterday I got 2 tix for No 1 Court on the 2nd Tues, and I rarely get anything in the ballot. Now to start saving up for the strawberries & cream!glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-59389133933503025212008-02-14T18:16:00.000+00:002008-02-14T18:16:00.000+00:00Thanks all - it's great to be able to drive to wor...Thanks all - it's great to be able to drive to work in daylight! No surf though - mud, more like. <BR/>Plus, I'm extra happy today as the Wimbledon fairy has waved her wand and given me 2 centre-court tickets for the men's semi-finals...treefrogdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668655760960757921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-34281929508042429362008-02-14T17:41:00.000+00:002008-02-14T17:41:00.000+00:00fab stuff! i'm inspired to do my journey to work n...fab stuff! <BR/><BR/>i'm inspired to do my journey to work now!<BR/><BR/>blimpyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-84388529285831053172008-02-14T15:39:00.000+00:002008-02-14T15:39:00.000+00:00Another beauty, TFD--the dark silhouettes of the t...Another beauty, TFD--the dark silhouettes of the trees, the unbelievably pretty colors of the dawn. The landscape looks very otherworldy at sunrise. And the sound was good, too.steenbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870117999742670522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-523255702557979802008-02-14T09:37:00.000+00:002008-02-14T09:37:00.000+00:00Ooh, dawn - haven't seen one of those in years. Wo...Ooh, dawn - haven't seen one of those in years. Works well, and lovely scenery - did I see some surf?glasshalfemptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571305610728989814noreply@blogger.com