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She's into sports?

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Vintage 50's Roller Derby Ladies Anyone who knows me personally would never have figured me for a sporty gal.  But there was a time in my life when I lived for sports; or rather two very specific sports.  The type of unconventional sports for girls, kids or people in south Mississippi at the time;  Speed Skating & Diving/Swimming. I wanted to be a speed skater before Apolo Ohno even started training full time; but Quad skating, not ice.  I would have gone out for ice had I not lived in a sub tropical climate & ice sports had been readily available to me.  I might have been training to be a Hockey super star. However, I quickly realized that my need for wrecklessness outweighed my need for speed.  I saw a picture once, of women in a time period I've never known (refer to left) & read the words,   'Roller Derby' and that's what I knew I should train for. I'm the most enthusiastic person in the group - what can I say, I lived to SK...