I really want to play
I really want to play tennis against my uncle tonight, but unfortunately it 'm playing in a tournament down here, so I've got to practice up and I can't do that if it's pouring down rain.
Tennis is a big sport in south Florida, despite the age of the residents. My grandparents live in one of those "old folks neighborhoods" where you have to be at least 55 to move in. There is very competitive bingo every Wednesday night which is open to people not from the neighborhood, although if they ever win then the residents complain that it is a fix and that the "outsiders" shouldn't be allowed to play. They also sometimes arrive 1-2 hours early so they can reserve their "lucky seats" and arrange their bingo cards in a certain pattern. But the craziest thing of all is the tennis. There are people in the neighborhood in their 90s who have had knee replacements, hip replacements, and heart bypass surgeries, who still play tennis every morning even when the heat index hovers around 100 degrees. And they don't just stand there and bounce the ball back and forth, they play hard and even fall down. Then the clock strikes 11 AM and it's time for lunch, The Price is Right, and many heated discussions about the physical ailments of everyone else in the neighborhood.
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