Posted by thurlow on November 29, 2012 at 09:49:06 from (74.177.51.237):
In Reply to: OT: Sports vs. Job? posted by jhilyer on November 29, 2012 at 06:31:50:
Personally, I think sports....in general..are highly over-rated in the US of A. This hero worship and the thought that "I'm" gonna be the next Jordan or Bird or Lincecum, etc is symptomatic of the culture we've got. For a kid raised in town or in the surburbs, it might be the thing to do. Never played sports in HS......had to catch the bus and go home.........to do whatever was laid out for me to do on the farm. From the time I married....at age 21/almost 47 years ago.......I've seldom not been involved with sports, after working ......at least.....10 hours each day. Played fast-pitch/organized softball in my 20s; played co-ed volleyball in my 30s and 40s; took up tennis in my late 40s and have been playing twice per week (old, fat man's doubles) ever since. It's actually a co-ed/multi-ethnic group which kinda fell apart a few weeks ago. I've talked to 2 different folks this week about getting it up and going again the Spring.
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