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November 2009 Birthday Pickles: Claire Keyworth, Faye Holdren, Vreny Middleton and Greg Woo
(Photographer: Greg Smentek)
How Do You Know If You Are A Pickleball Addict?
- You have postponed a hip replacement, knee surgery, and a dental appointment so you won't miss a pickleball game.
- You consider warming up before playing pickleball is a waste of good court time.
- You can no longer read the Pro-Lite label on the face of your paddle.
- You wash your paddle with soap and water after every game.
- Your collection of paddles includes wood, composite, and graphite.
- You played on a day when you had to wear gloves, three sweaters, sweat pants, and a jacket.
- You strap on two knee braces, two elbow braces, and a back brace and yell "I'm warmed up, who wants to play?"
- You come off the court after an hour straight, hyperventilating, wiping sweat with a towel, sit down, take a swig of water and then immediately jump up and yell "Let's go, I can only play for another hour!"
- You got angry because it rained two days in a row.
- You got upset because you didn't win a 50 cent bronze medal at the last tournament.
- You got excited because you won a silver medal in the last tournament and there was one other entry in your age category.
- You have a different pickleball T-shirt for every day of the week.
- You figure your game is so bad you have to do something, so you purchase the latest Pro-Lite "enforcer" .
- You actually named your dog, Pickles.
- Someone yelled "dink" and you didn't look down to see if your fly was undone.
- Your only reason for going to Walgreens is to buy a bottle of Aleve.
- You make a trip to Wal-Mart to buy a brace for your elbow, your wrist, and both knees.
- You get up in the morning and it takes you five minutes to roll out of bed.
- You know that 2-4-1 is the score of a game and not a sign at a flea market.
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