Playing in tournament shuffleboard, and I've gotta imagine other sports too, one sometimes has to rely upon a good sense of humor.  Some of the shuffleboard clubs have signs posted that say "NO WHINING" ........ I'm not real sure the history behind the signs, but can guess and say that in shuffleboard there are a lot of excuses tossed around as to why certain games were lost, why certain shots were missed at a most critical moment, and so on it goes. At the district level there are a lot of "draw" tournaments. i.e. you draw for your partner and it is a random chance as to whom you are teamed up with for that particular tournament. We hear on the shuffelboard circuit many times, "I drew a bad partner", or "my partner was off his/her game yesterday - That, we call - WHINING .... and we use it freqently. Not as an insult, but rather "constructive" dialog with a bit of humor.  I'm an avid tournament shuffleboard player and if I've insulted someone, I apologize.  In one of the other blogs it seemed that this Geezerjock site was being "admonished" (I borrowed the word) 'cause it didn't have anything about soccer.  Soccer seems like a fine sport - one I can't play, but I admire those who are able and have the desire.   If you want to promote your sport - do it - or not.  It's not the site's fault if there are no blogs about it.

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