Love this thread.
Been away for a long time, tied up with some work stuff, really appreciate getting back and reading your comments again. Nice to come back to a comfortable place, where things are normal, and stable, where people can disagree without rancor (mostly). Pleasant contrast to my recent environments.
Don’t do raised beds (I’m a condo guy), but did play intramural basketball in the early eighties. One year we had a better team than most (meaning we had two of us with organized ball experience, rather than just me…) and got assigned to a fairly weak group. We managed to sweep all our games in the group and went into the intramural “tournament” ready to play. Won a squeaker in our first game, then the wheels came off.
Second team we played was the defensive secondary from the football team. Fast, quick, strong, and fundamentally good. Worst beating I was ever part of on a basketball court – I think they outscored us close to 4:1. I can remember trying to get my ass onto somebody to block them out and ending up laying face down on the wrong side of the basket. Not rough, or even getting fouled, just a really strong guy moving a much weaker guy out of his way…
Gave me a really good appreciation as a kid for the skill levels of the real athletes, so I tip my hat again to those of you in that group.
