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Thanks - I was going to say - I do remember them being funny and somewhat light. Kind of similar to sometimes on Guiding Light where Rick and Buzz had scenes - which I don't remember to be often but.

Gosh watching the clip above brings back such good memories of ATWT. Out of all the characters that were re-cast over the years, really ATWT did very well with Tom and Margo. I loved Justin Deas and Margaret Colin as Tom and Margo. And I loved others as well (well, one exception, Glynis O'Connor - think I got that correct - terrible recast). But otherwise, the Margos and Toms were pretty good. Loved Ellen Dolan and Scott Holmes, and loved of course Hilary Smith and Greg Marx. This clip brought back great memories - I started watching ATWT around this time, fighting for the TV with my sister who watched One Life to Live.

And to add to that era - that little snippet really - you could have put a camera on any one of the girls in that era and you're going to catch something. You really would. But - to add on top of it, Hingis' usual bitchy comments that were tossed about....(so I wouldn't say that these girls today couldn't hang with such comments and behavior - I think they probably could, but the world has changed.) - but I remember Hingis' famous bashing of Mauresmo - saying she was playing half of a man. And a lot of the fans (I was one) - who disliked Hingis - for the simple fact that all she really had was consistency. She didn't have a big weapon of any kind. She had consistency, which was something we saw more of throughout the 70's and 80's as providing a way to win for a lot of girls. Hey, I'm a Chrissie fan, but I realize she didn't have a weapon really - she had the backhand and mental toughness, and consistency (you could argue her PLACEMENT of serve), but she didn't have a weapon really. Oddly, Chrissie would serve as Martina's mentor for a couple of years. But, long post, toss in Hingis's nasty comments from time to time and get out the popcorn. And she would kind of pass the bitchy torch to Henin.

Ah, that's the one. What I felt like was that - at least they're making the show look exciting. And they still had some of our veterans in it too. The music was upbeat, interesting. And I liked the very ending of the music in the opening credits, very easy to take a snippet of it, slow it down, make it sad for music effect during the show.

To me, Rybakina had a really tough trip to the final. That was not an easy quarter to come out of. Sabalenka has shown promise for years and has over the years, beaten some very good players. I don't think the women's final is that bad. What it does underline for me is that Keys is likely won't be winning a Slam, because for a while it was literally almost there for the taking. I'm having doubts about Gauff as well - there comes a point where you have to admit she's no longer the 15, 16, 17, 18 year young prodigy. By no means is it too late, but when you reach 19 years old, if you're going to take control the way so many Women Champion did - it's time. And I said that last year. I do think she's going to win some Slams, but it's not going to be the 12, 15, 18 slams that we might have thought. And what's puzzling is the feeling that - why not? There doesn't SEEM to be anyone THERE. Weird.

I liked the theme that was just before the non-theme (the one before the last just title/nothing). The one that looks like midwest with a more Indiana Jones feel LOL.

I wondered when Vika would become Vika again. So that happened.

I saw bits and pieces of the Rybakina and Ostapenko match....funny. Nothin's changed since the last time I saw Ostapenko. Complaining about every call practically...and I know it's happened before but someone (was that Stubbs?) mentioned, even with the automated line calls she still says it's incorrect.

My gym (a very expensive one) - basically ditched all of their basketball courts - indoor - very nice - 3 of them. for 6 or 9 pickleball courts instead, and they are always busy. I don't mean to be mean, but.....well, maybe I do. And I say this from experience. I come from a gigantic gaggle of volleyball and tennis players as friends. Played volleyball at the Open level for many years. Well, as we've aged....... All of them now play pickleball. It's another cult activity like volleyball was. I'm being totally honest. They are ATE UP with it as we country folk would say. And I mean ATE 8 UP with it. So - again not to be mean, but it's another sport for fat people to think they're workin' out. So many of the people at the gym, you can tell - no athletic ability whatsoever in the case of my gym - so they're not going to be great players. But they have the best time from what I see - and they come out talking about what a GREAT workout that was! And they stood there swinging a paddle for about 30 minutes due to the court time booking. There's not a ton of running because of the space, honestly. And it's not like you're jumping to the moon like you would in volleyball. I think it's a farce. But switch gears back to my competitive friends, and they're ALL up in the $200 and $300 pickleball paddles. I laugh at them and have made my feelings known. Ok y'all. It's not a better paddle. It's not versitile. It's not more "meneuverable". It's not more more more more BETTER because of all the kevlar in it. What are you going to do, hit someone with it? That's why it's $300 and is BUILT TO LAST!?? Um, WHAT? It's a paddle y'all. And should cost about $20. And to prove it, tell me the rules, what do I do? Well, I played with all of my pickleball fanatic friends who are 8 UP with it, and completely kicked some of their asses. 2 of them have their Pickleball Pro card. Whatever that means. No, I'm not joking, they're certified. All that to say - it'll be popular because everyone can think they're athletic. And it's not that great, but that's just me.

Yep almost kind of the same thing....crazy.

I haven't seen much of it, but I'm a huge Collins fan - she's had a terrible draw. LOL. She's had probably 2 of the best unseeded players in the draw - at least one of them was capable of winning the whole thing. And her prize for a 1:00AM finish last night, is meeting Rybakina (SP?) tonight. Weird scheduling - played her first round Sunday. Then 2 days off???? Then 2nd round yesterday with a third round today? This is going to end it for her, but she played really well her first two matches.

wow. I didn't know Jeanne passed....how terrible. I played Tennis just last year at the Evert Center in Ft. Lauderdale (I honestly don't know if it's still called that). But her picture was on the wall and I didn't even know.

Oh I didn't plan on comparing them at all - but Scott was also hot back in the day, and was his own bad boy as well. I liked both of them too.

just so juicy. I don't know why. hahahahaha

Unpopular opinion, Hunt Block was smokin'.

If someone already posted, apologies. Naomi got the preggers so I think that'll be it for her. Naomi Osaka Announces She's Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Cordae (tmz.com) Nothin' like helpin out your own mental health like gettin' a bun in the oven. Hopefully they get it together because if not, that child will have more issues than a Vogue archive. But, she does have a slew of tennis Moms to lean on for advice, like Serena, Lindsay, Kim Clijsters, tons of others....

I mean - it's the AO. I hate to be one of those droning people, but. There's a reason Margaret Court won so many. Not everyone has EVER gone down there to play. Ever. Year in and year out, someone or several BIG players are not there. In Court's era, literally no one was there in a lot of years. It's probably the most under-attended Slam by the players themselves and always has been. In recent years, I don't know what it is...it's almost like when the Slams are over in September (US Open), players just don't recover after the year end championships, then a Holiday break, etc.

Ahhh. So this is their "out". All that has to happen is some of the wonky votes for 'other' candidates....is vote "present" and they'll have a speaker. The ones who only vote "present" can defend themselves that they did the 'right thing' with their conscience by not supporting the nominee, but he gets confirmed by those who did vote for him. And they'll get slammed for not 'supporting' the choice for the rest of their careers, but everyone kind of 'wins' for them if they look at it in twisted fashion. Or ignore what I said they'd do, and they'll do this. Negotiating with a bunch of Devils, just different devils than before.

Well. Victoria Spartz should consider it, no one else would. She's Ukranian for God sake. I have no idea how you could be, and be Republican. But she is. You'd think by now she'd have figured out the Republicans only like her because she's white and foreign so she's naturally a good poster child. But regardless of what horse the remaining Republicans choose to ride, they fully supported Da Dump and he loves some Russia.

The creepy factor though. Does he even know or care that she hates him actually? That's how deplorable these people are. They have no moral bottom. We've all said it. For all of the *itching by Republicans about Hillary and her "lies" and the hearings and ALL of the things, her biggest mistake was she told the honest ugly truth about them. They are deplorable. And they prove it over and over and over and have no idea that they're -- proving it.

The GOP isn't so grand at this point and they're just repeatedly going down like a whore in Vegas. I just don't even know what to say, so I'll say that. lollll.

Should make this like the Pope. When there's smoke, there's a Speaker.

The Republican party does love it. That's exactly it. They love that they get all the white supremacist dregs votes. They're ALLLLLL theirs. They own them and they love it. And they get away with it 24/7 and they LOVE it. They LOVE those votes because they couldn't get in there otherwise - so they pander to the twisted, hateful mass of cancer that it is.

I'd like to believe that but I have no faith. People really are stupid. They (and there are still millions upon millions of Trumpers) - will believe anything. Lies, fantasy, all of it. Most of the people voting Republican at this point - this is an insult to them, and I really don't care - but they've lived off the uneducated and stupid for so long - all they know is that they won the House. If they even understand that much. And so they do not understand why they do not have a Speaker, and think it's the Democrats' fault. Why? Because all they see are the vote numbers and totals coming up. And they see a Democrat right there in the vote and so they think it's their fault for not getting behind one of the other two. They do not even notice or understand there are 2 candidates that their own party is fighting over. They really are that stupid, it's time to face it. This will be twisted into being the Democrats' fault for them not being able to get behind one or the other. It does not matter what is true or factual. They'll believe what they want.

I wish there were thumbs ups on here but I still wouldn't use it because it reminds me of you-know-who of a certain hue of orange. Maybe a "like" button.