3 point turn

OK, general question to anyone who's bored enough to read my blogs.

When initiating a 3-point turn (yes, the manuever everyone remembers from driver's training) in a car initially parked at a curb in a residential neighborhood, do you:

1. use only the street area to complete the 3-point turn
2. look for the nearest driveway, pull in, back out, and go the other way

Notes:
If there were no cars parked on the curbs, the street would be wide enough to make a complete U-turn (without having to do a 3-point turn). The street is not a busy street with car traffic.

Tennis Sucks Part 2

Guess what? I freakin' broke another set of strings today. This is on the "backup" of my backup racquet. Like I said. TENNIS SUCKS (at least for me since I can't seem to hit the ball right without busting my strings).

I thought tennis would be a good way for me to get some exercise, but after a health checkup, apparently I need a more INTENSITY in my exercise. My arteries are losing their elasticity, so I'm supposed to do high-intensity workouts for 5-12 min. Sprinting (not just running) was suggested. Anything to get a high cardio workout. Tennis has too many pauses between points to be a continuous intense workout. So now, in addition to my weekly tennis workouts, I try to do a daily 10 min on the stationary bike at home as fast as I can go. Really gets my heart pumping. Hopefully this will help keep my arteries from hardening so I can live a bit longer.

OK, "getting old" sucks more than tennis.

Tennis sucks

OK, I've been on hiatus for a while attending to personal business. However, I felt compelled to jot down a frustration of mine. I play recreational tennis (or at least, "think" I play tennis) and for some reason I can't find the right strings for my racquets. I was breaking the strings on my old racquet pretty often so I decided to buy a new one with a bigger "sweet spot". I hoped this would lead to my strings lasting longer. Unfortunately, the strings on my new racquet only lasted about 8 outings. Now I gotta freakin' dish out more money to get it restrung. I gotta stop "hacking" and hit better. I'm going to see if I can slow down my stroke and work on getting to the ball (i.e. better footwork). Or maybe just take up a different sport. Maybe cycling.