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conulyEva is registered for a free tennis program this summer. Starts at 1pm, twice a week.
So we got off the bus at Jersey Street and asked direction from a pair of kids, and headed up the hill. And up the hill. Aaaaaaaand up the hill - honestly, it was like a completely different neighborhood. Eventually, when we were 191 feet up, we found the tennis courts. I know we were 191 feet up because there was a plaque. It said "191 feet above sea level", and I believe it! Not sure why they put the plaque there, though - the park continues uphill from there for some time.
There were two people playing tennis, but not a group. Happily, one of them explained the situation. Apparently, this was a new location this year, and people complained they "didn't know where the park was" (yeah, right. they complained because it's near the projects and oooh, scary, Jersey Street. the way people act you'd think there were murders there every night and day!) so they canceled the location and moved it to the usual one, and then assigned these two to tell any wayward people where to go.
But they didn't send an email or anything to those of us who signed up. They *have* all our emails, and our phone numbers too. Well, it turns out they did send an email... at 1:28 that same day. So we didn't make it to tennis. We'll make it next week. Seriously, though, talk about some poor planning.
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So we got off the bus at Jersey Street and asked direction from a pair of kids, and headed up the hill. And up the hill. Aaaaaaaand up the hill - honestly, it was like a completely different neighborhood. Eventually, when we were 191 feet up, we found the tennis courts. I know we were 191 feet up because there was a plaque. It said "191 feet above sea level", and I believe it! Not sure why they put the plaque there, though - the park continues uphill from there for some time.
There were two people playing tennis, but not a group. Happily, one of them explained the situation. Apparently, this was a new location this year, and people complained they "didn't know where the park was" (yeah, right. they complained because it's near the projects and oooh, scary, Jersey Street. the way people act you'd think there were murders there every night and day!) so they canceled the location and moved it to the usual one, and then assigned these two to tell any wayward people where to go.
But they didn't send an email or anything to those of us who signed up. They *have* all our emails, and our phone numbers too. Well, it turns out they did send an email... at 1:28 that same day. So we didn't make it to tennis. We'll make it next week. Seriously, though, talk about some poor planning.
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In the 1920s, the Now-Forgotten Flood of 'Girl Mayors' Became the Face of Feminism
Linguists team up with primatologists to crack the meaning of monkey calls
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First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language
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I want to print this comic out and pin it up on my fridge
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Hundreds of animals freed as 140-year-old Argentina zoo closes its doors
In rare twist, Palestinian man rescues wounded Israelis
City Workers Accidentally Dismantle a Secret Earthquake Science Landmark
Shark attack! 1916 deaths sparked fear that endures today
Why One Woman Pretended to Be a High-School Cheerleader
Tainted Water Prompts Capitol Officials to Offer Blood Tests (Yeah, I bet. Because when it's them, they care.)
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