Thread:GoldenDoodle/@comment-26544836-20160708140057/@comment-26544836-20160709022609

Billy Jean did wonders for the sport! Finally women are now getting paid on an equal basis. There was a time when tennis players (men at the time) got paid basically shit while driving in old station wagons to events. I also learned to play pool by my 2 older brothers when my dad bought us a slate table with leather pockets which we leveled and installed in our basement recreation room, next to my dad's dark room where we developed film and made pictures. And, poker was fun, I used to read Hoyle's book of games, as we played a myriad of poker games, Up and Down the River, etc. I was a tomboy for sure. And, lastly, before my pillow beckons me, I have to brag that I met Martina Navratilova at the US Open several years ago. She go had just played a stunning match which we had been in 2nd row at Louis Armsrong and when we came out of the bathroom, we heard 'CLEAR THE HALl,' and when we came out, there she was with 3 bodyguards, and we bowed to her and she said, hello and thank you ladies!' End of story, but I will always remember that. Such class and a spectacular woman who came out before it was fashionable.