{"id":1614,"date":"2023-08-03T21:17:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2023-08-03T21:17:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:17:28","slug":"little-plastic-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/little-plastic-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Plastic People"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/03\/little-plastic-people\/srm_8_23_112039\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?fit=720%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SRM_8_23_112039\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?resize=64%2C96&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SRM_8_23_112039.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike many of my friends, I\u2019m not much of a player.. of foosball that is. I can hold my own if backed into a corner or in this case challenged to a game. My only real hope is when I\u2019m paired with someone more experienced and skilled at this miniature version of tabletop soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This vintage table slowly rusting away under the slightly protective cover of an outdoor gathering place seems ripe for retirement or at least an upgrade. The battered and well-worn players have held their color and not much else, each waiting their turn to spring into action under the skilled or not-so-skilled hands of an approaching gamesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was lots to discover here with the movement of hands forcing a shot and the blur of the white ball rebounding along the sideboards off the worn plastic feet. 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