Word: shuffleboard
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Some leisurely took in the pub’s furnishings, while others headed straight for the gaming area, with its pool table, shuffleboard, and dartboard...
With old artifacts and a gargoyle adorning the walls, past and present merged yesterday as over 700 people crowded into the Cambridge Queen’s Head in Loker Commons for a grand opening ceremony featuring finger sandwiches, shuffleboard, and the cutting of a giant crimson ribbon...
...Armstrong, 33, insisted he was finished, though he?s not quite ready for shuffleboard. ?I?m an athlete,? he said after Saturday?s time trial. ?I?m not going to sit around and be a fat slob.? But he?ll take his time deciding what?s next. ?I don?t know the next time [when] I?ll ride a bike will be,? he said after clinching the title. ?I?ve got to refocus my life and try to find a new balance. I need goals, but they won?t be sporting goals. I can?t imagine a life of vacation...
...retire--and he did both. Rothman, a TV comedy writer, moved to a retirement community in Florida to see what his life would look like in 40 years. His conclusion: "chaise lounges, thunderclouds, midsized sedans, tile floors and ear hair." While among twilight's own, he tries to save shuffleboard (even old people prefer tennis) and gets out-foulmouthed by seventy-somethings. But Rothman's only as funny as he is sad. The problem with lifetime friendships with old folks, he realizes, is that one of you has a lot more lifetime left...
...about hockey being canceled is like trying to throw a party for the last episode of NYPD Blue. ESPN doubled its ratings by replacing the cancelled NHL games with a Michael Madsen drama about poker called Tilt. They could have matched NHL ratings with a Steve Buscemi musical about shuffleboard...