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  • Re: lead tape

    From PeteWasLucky@21:1/5 to Rich D on Sat Jun 17 10:59:20 2023
    On Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 1:42:19 PM UTC-4, Rich D wrote:
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?

    Does it have any use besides tennis?

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    Rich
    You can use it as a straw to mix sugar and creamer in your daily tea and coffee

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=c3=b6s?=@21:1/5 to Rich D on Sat Jun 17 21:02:21 2023
    On 17.6.2023 20.42, Rich D wrote:
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?

    A wee bit here and there. I like swing weight.

    Does it have any use besides tennis?

    Sure. You can wrap some around the ankles of annoying people to make
    them sink faster.

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    The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"
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  • From Rich D@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 17 10:42:17 2023
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?

    Does it have any use besides tennis?

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    Rich

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  • From Whisper@21:1/5 to Rich D on Sun Jun 18 18:18:14 2023
    On 18/06/2023 3:42 am, Rich D wrote:
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?



    Yes, I got a Federer racket but a light weight version - added 40gms of
    lead and it's great.


    Does it have any use besides tennis?


    wtf?



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    Rich

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  • From The Iceberg@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 19 04:43:09 2023
    On Saturday, 17 June 2023 at 19:02:25 UTC+1, Pelle Svanslös wrote:
    On 17.6.2023 20.42, Rich D wrote:
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?
    A wee bit here and there. I like swing weight.
    Does it have any use besides tennis?
    Sure. You can wrap some around the ankles of annoying people to make
    them sink faster.

    yes, couldn't you also put it on your teeth to make you look like Frankenstein at fancy dress parties?

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  • From RzR@21:1/5 to Rich D on Thu Jun 22 11:05:59 2023
    On 6/17/2023 8:42 PM, Rich D wrote:
    Anybody here add lead tape to his rackets?

    Does it have any use besides tennis?

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    Rich

    yeah, at 12, 9 and 3 :) on my vcore95..

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