Re: squash ball question

[Mark Sylvester <msylvest@XNET.IT>]

I've never played racquetball, but I can assure you that these squash balls
are hollow. Another case of a transatlantic nomenclature shift?

Mark

At 10:48 19/10/00 -0600, Dewey Dykstra, Jr. wrote:


> Mark:
> I'm confused.  Racquetballs are hollow, but I don't remember squash balls
> being particularly hollow.
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