In a message dated 3/14/06 1:24:28 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> Not a bad idea. I don't have a badminton racket, but I do have a tennis 
> racket! 

That's MUCH harder -- tennis rackets are heavier, so you can't swing as 
quickly and you'll tire faster.  Pick up a used badminton set at a garage sale 
or 
flea market.  Sometimes you just find the rackets.  I keep one in the house, in 
the garage, in each of the sheds, two in the horse barn (one at each end) -- 
I'm never more than a few feet away from a badminton racket at that time of 
year.  Sometimes I swing at the bee and hit something else instead -- that's 
kind of hard on the racket -- so we always keep our eyes open for replacement 
rackets.     MA