Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Greasing the Wheels

We don’t get many phone calls here in Florida and when we do they are usually wrong numbers.

The other day I got a phone call from the organizer of the Heartland Games Pickle Ball Tournament.  He asked for Barb.  I told him she was out.  He asked me if she realized that her and her partner Ross, in the mixed doubles tournament, would be playing in the 55 and under category.  I said that I thought she did.

He said that Ross was 72 years old.  Usually people will play down one level but he has never seen someone come down that many levels.

Barb found out later that the organizer also phoned Ross and asked him the same question.

Ross said, “Yes, I have taken out the WD40, to grease the wheels on my wheelchair”.

Barb and Ross went out and won the bronze medal in the 55 and under category.  They got their names in the paper but not their ages.

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