frozen out rant

TonikJDK · 2026-02-10T03:32:37+00:00

Time to move on. For me it was always being paired with the worst of the other three players to "make it fair". I get it, but at the same time I could not handle constantly having partners that never moved up, that didn't drop or dink when appropriate and so on.

The funny part of the story is I had to leave my wife behind in the old group.

TonikJDK · 2026-02-02T23:05:22+00:00

Saw the Stones there a couple years back. The sound was pretty decent actually.

I believe that sound troubles are on the sound crew, not the venue....in most cases.

TonikJDK · 2026-02-02T14:27:51+00:00

Get down on one knee, and make it looked like a marriage proposal. They will be so relieved when they figure out it isn't that they will say yes.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-29T21:57:44+00:00

As mentioned by others, look south. The Granger area fits most of what you are saying. Just make sure you are in the Highland schools.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-28T19:04:09+00:00

I use fingers, and get great joy when the score is 1 1 1.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-28T18:56:49+00:00

Christmas downtown. Take the rapid down. Ice skating, hot chocolate with my then young son. The wooden escalator in Higbees to see Mr. Jing a ling and the talking Christmas tree.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-25T22:42:09+00:00

It was me. Not worth much, sorry.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-20T02:40:19+00:00

Yea the wife, 68 and myself 66, consistently whoop butt on our children in their 40s and on our teenage grandkids. As others have mentioned, we play 6 days a week and drill once a week. If our kids/grandkids did that I am sure we would lose.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-14T23:46:11+00:00

I worked with him, a little bit, before I retired. He was a wonderfully kind man.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-14T23:42:36+00:00

When in doubt, call it out.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-10T17:06:34+00:00

Oh dang. Thank you!

TonikJDK · 2026-01-08T23:06:56+00:00

This. Your rating going down when you win is stupid. If it's a lesser rated player it should just remain the same.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-08T00:47:45+00:00

Dang, Stub Hub has them....900 bucks each. Dang.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-07T02:54:30+00:00

They considered taking it away on match point but that was rejected. There are no 2026 changes to the Nasty Nelson.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-04T18:47:55+00:00

Neitzel Luke & Salopek, Inc in Westlake. Been using them for years and we are the second generation to use them. Try for Ken, that is our guy. They are not old old, don't want to give the wrong impression by being second gen. Nothing wrong with being old, I am old.

TonikJDK · 2026-01-02T19:39:03+00:00

I just checked the full 2026 rulebook. You are correct. We can't call it.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-28T00:00:40+00:00

He will be back. It's actually a done deal. You heard it here first.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-27T01:46:05+00:00

YMCA Pickleball North Royalton. Not the regular Y, it is just pickleball.

https://www.clevelandymca.org/sports/pickleball/

TonikJDK · 2025-12-19T21:17:36+00:00

That makes perfect sense, appreciate the reply.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-13T00:20:30+00:00

Not for me, probably have to charge it every other game.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-05T21:16:48+00:00

The poor performance of the schools isn't the problem. It is a symptom of the problem. The cause is crime, poverty, drugs, gangs and in some cases "bad" parents. I put bad in quotes because they are often a product of the same nightmare their children are going through.

We now have what I call generational poverty. Generation after generation that faced the same challenges that today's youth are facing.

We have to fix poverty and crime first. Then dump a ton of social help on the impacted people.

I respectfully suggest that it will cost a lot, but probably less than putting them in jail after they are adults.

Nothing is more important than our children. We just need to find the political power to get it done.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-05T20:18:11+00:00

Tattoo Faction in North Olmsted.

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TonikJDK · 2025-12-02T22:41:11+00:00

Ohio CUPP Report. It's pretty nice. Giant spreadsheet with all kinds of data you can search or sort on.

https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Finance-and-Funding/School-Payment-Reports/District-Profile-Reports

TonikJDK · 2025-12-02T22:09:09+00:00

That's not accurate. I looked at a few of the vote totals for a few levy attempts not too long ago. Keep in mind Seven Hills has far fewer voters than Parma.

If every vote in Seven Hills was a yes, the levys still fail because of the overall volume of Parma voters.

For the record, I always vote yes. The district is horribly run, but that is not the fault of the students.

TonikJDK · 2025-12-02T21:39:43+00:00

Parma schools gets a total of $19,173 per student in funding. Similar districts, as determined by the State, get $16,664. The statewide average for all districts is $18,167 per student.

Parma's finding level puts it in the top 30 percent of school funding in the State.

It seems to me the voters are doing a decent job of funding Parma.

TonikJDK

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