{"id":16709,"date":"2024-01-01T23:07:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=16709"},"modified":"2024-01-01T23:08:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T22:08:37","slug":"thanks-folks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"beautyoftennis.com\/?p=16709","title":{"rendered":"t:hanks f:olks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-16709\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-16709-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-16709-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-16709-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/title_newyear_aachen_IMG_0455.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image \" src=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/title_newyear_aachen_IMG_0455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"panel-16709-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Quite a few visits here today, even at or shortly after midnight. Thanks, folks! That&#8217;s encouraging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-16709-0-0-2\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><center>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px dotted grey; padding-top: 4px; font-size: 70%\">\n\tRight click on the header, then 'open in new tab' in order to watch the image in original size (1920x1080). <br\/>\u00a9 Christian Brockmeier | all rights reserved\n<\/div>\n<\/center>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-16709-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-post-carousel panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-post-carousel so-widget-sow-post-carousel-base-e88b4f5afb40-16709\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"sow-post-carousel-wrapper sow-post-carousel-theme-base\"\n\t\tstyle=\"overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; min-height: 182px\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-title\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sow-carousel-container \">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-wrapper\"\n\t\tdata-dir=\"ltr\"\n\t\tstyle=\"opacity: 0;\"\n\t\tdata-widget=\"post\" data-fetching=\"false\" data-page=\"1\" data-ajax-url=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?_widgets_nonce=f9702aa023\" data-item_count=\"80\" data-carousel_settings=\"{&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;Ease&quot;,&quot;animation_speed&quot;:800,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;continuous&quot;,&quot;pauseOnHover&quot;:false,&quot;autoplaySpeed&quot;:4000,&quot;item_overflow&quot;:true,&quot;autoplay_continuous_scroll&quot;:true}\" data-responsive=\"{&quot;desktop_slides_to_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;tablet_landscape_breakpoint&quot;:1366,&quot;tablet_landscape_slides_to_scroll&quot;:2,&quot;tablet_portrait_breakpoint&quot;:1025,&quot;tablet_portrait_slides_to_scroll&quot;:2,&quot;mobile_breakpoint&quot;:480,&quot;mobile_slides_to_scroll&quot;:1}\" data-variable_width=\"true\" \t>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-carousel-items\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26613\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/header_troisdorf_IMG_8748_bw-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26613\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26613\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26613\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tIn Praise Of Shadows\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26468\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jodar-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26468\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26468\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26468\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\td:isgusting\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26489\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one_bredeney_IMG_1289a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26489\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26489\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26489\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tc:ozy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19762\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/one_salden_bredeney_IMG_7527_02a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-19762\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19762\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-19762\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0697\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18926\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/one_blinkova_luxembourg_IMG_9018_02b-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-18926\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=18926\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-18926\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0674\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26231\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bigpost_linz_ball_in_net_16101009858_IMG_5686-1083x542a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-26231\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=26231\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-26231\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\tt:og&#8217;s f:ault\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=19167\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/one_pribylova_hechingen_IMG_1951_02a-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-19167\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span 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class=\"sow-carousel-item-title\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=20977\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"sow-carousel-id-20977\"\n\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\to:ld &gt; n:ew pic #0463\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-item\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"float: left;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-carousel-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/?p=17457\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url( http:\/\/beautyoftennis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/one_paolini_badsaulgau_IMG_7863c-272x182.jpg )\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"sow-carousel-id-17457\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"overlay\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<h3 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Thanks, folks! That&#8217;s encouraging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[476,27],"tags":[662,665,664,661,663],"class_list":["post-16709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-else","category-togs-talk","tag-662","tag-encouragement","tag-folks","tag-new-year","tag-thanks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16710,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16709\/revisions\/16710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"beautyoftennis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}