WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-17-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Jan-16-26 WannaBe chessforum   WannaBe: 12m in. Not impressed      Jan-16-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: Zed's dead. Zed's dead. (if one is to go down the 'Pulp Fiction' path) "That is A tasty burger!!"      Jan-16-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: Kershaw will pitch for Team USA in World Baseball Classic in March https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb/br...      Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie    WannaBe: This one is from Henry Cho: "I'm changing the caller ID of my wife's phone number to Potential Spam" If you have not seen or heard of Henry, he is worth some of your time on YouTube.      Jan-14-26 Dickson    WannaBe: Apparently, it was a "far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"      Jan-12-26 Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955    WannaBe: I was thinking baseball bat, tire iron, or brass knuckles.      Jan-11-26 Tata Steel Masters (2026)    WannaBe: So, the Tata Steel blitz were held in India, and players have 6 days to fly to NED for the next (or 2026 first) major event... What is the flight path? Here are some ideas: https://www.flightroutes.com/CCU-AMS      Jan-06-26 Atterdag chessforum    WannaBe: <OCF> Not to mention when TV stations switch red (dem) and blue (rep) to what we know today... On a similar note, in Asia, if the stock shows red, it mean up, green, means down. Go fig.      Jan-04-26 OhioChessFan chessforum   WannaBe: This is for you, with some deeper insight on drone productions, Russian, and now with the cut-off of oil from certain S. American country https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUB...      Jan-01-26 chessgames.com chessforum    WannaBe: That is weird, I posted the answer to <TGA> at 7PM Pacific/10 PM Eastern, and now it shows as I posted Jan 1 2026(???????)

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 302 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-05-08    Robin01: <WannaBe>Thanks for the link to the post positions. I think we are going to see a Triple Crown this year. Jun-09-08    Robin01: I guess we are not!! Good thing I did not bet any real money on it. Jun-09-08    Robin01: <WannaBe>How was Vegas and the National Open? Jun-09-08    WannaBe: <Robin01> Vegas, hot, hot, hot... Over 100 degrees... National Open, good to see old faces, and new one(s) especially <Keypusher>!! Pictures: http://mysite.verizon.net/jyu1/inde... Jun-09-08    suenteus po 147: <WannaBe> Thanks for posting pictures from the National Open! I wish I could have been there. Jun-09-08    WannaBe: <suenteus po 147> We missed ya!! Hope to see you at the next one, if not, sooner!! :-) Jun-10-08    keypusher: Nice to meet you, Jimmy! And the pictures look good, even the ones of me. I finished with 3 1/2 and played some interesting games, so I am pretty happy with the tournament. I had to leave in a hurry after getting squashed in Round Six because my wife had left her wallet in our hotel and was out on the Strip with no money, which is not a good state of affairs. Anyway, sorry I didn't get to say goodbye. Jun-10-08    Robin01: <WannaBe>Great pictures! Jun-10-08    WannaBe: <keypusher> I always thought, that wife with no money in Las Vegas was a dream come true! :-) Jun-10-08    keypusher: <WannaBe: <keypusher> I always thought, that wife with no money in Las Vegas was a dream come true! :-)> Not if you're a few blocks away with a credit card, alas... Not that I have anything to complain about. She didn't buy hardly anything there, while I went nuts on old tournament books. Neither one of us gambled so much as a nickel, come to think of it. Jun-10-08    Travis Bickle: I was looking at your nice pictures from the Las Vegas tournament. You look different in person than your avatar. ; P Jun-11-08    WannaBe: Ouch! I lost 42 pts from the Las Vegas tournament... I'm now officially in the negative territory. =( Which really sucks, since I had 2 won games, only to <BLOOOOOOOOOW> them both. *sob* Jun-11-08    keypusher: <wannabe> how do you know how your rating changed? Jun-11-08    Benzol: <WannaBe> Have you submitted to <chessgames> a photo for Scott Thomson yet? Jun-12-08    WannaBe: <Benzol> No, I don't want to be sued by Scott!! :-)) Jun-13-08    ravel5184: I am the inventor of the ravel5184 gambit! (1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Ke2) Jun-13-08    WannaBe: Wooooo.... Tempting, have to try it out on the next OTB tournament!! :-) Jun-14-08    whiskeyrebel: Hey pal, you were a great roomie in Vegas, even if you did flood the room, shortsheet my bed and fill my boots with shaving cream. Next year I'll retaliate with the old live crawdad in the sock drawer bit. Jun-14-08    WannaBe: <whiskeyrebel> You better bring an ol' Texas (extra large) sized rattle snake!! =) Then we'll see how much 'fun' we can have in the tournament hall! Jun-14-08    Open Defence: heh! better yet a burmese python Jun-14-08    Toppleton: Yah a constrictor is all good fun after all. A good defense could be made in court I bet, which would be hard to do in the case of loosed cobras. Here's to enjoying the whole chess experience! Not just the games but the people, the personalities, the ambiance of a tourney. I think it's a "low-key blast." Jun-17-08    WannaBe: Alright!!! Got Apache 2.2.0, MySQL, <AND> PHP 5.0 installed on my Vista!! Woo, woo!! (Dang thing only took me 1.5 hours =) Jun-18-08    Travis Bickle: So Bugs er.. WannaBe you have Vista? Well you are a software engineer. ; ) In your opinion what is Microsoft and Gates going to do about all these Vista problems. I have to admit I want to get a new comp and I dont how to use Mac, so whats in store for the future? Your pal Travis Jun-18-08    WannaBe: <Travis Bickle> Buddy, well, it all depends on what you want to do with a computer (new or not...) 1. Vista is truly terrible, Gates and Microsoft will have to go back to the drawing board on this one, this product's failure or 'sucky-ness' is on par with Windows ME (Millenium Edition). 2. If you can find a refurbished/used with Windows XP. Get it, XP is actually faster booting up and shutting down, and get things loaded into RAM. 3. More RAM will make your PC run faster, less disk swapping time (if you have a lot of things running...) so, if you can get a Windows XP, and it have slots for more RAM(s), get yourself a Gig of RAM, or two 1-Gs, (and throw the old 512 RAM away, or the 2-512s away, or donate them to your local school) Hope this helps, let me know if you need more help/details. =) Jun-18-08    Travis Bickle: Thanks WannaBe, I was 1 of the unfortunate suckers to have purchased Windows Millenium about a year before XP came out and I never got around to upgrading mine. Now I figure this comp is too old to put money in it. I really only use a comp for chess related sites such as Chessgames, Playchess, ICC, chess dvd learning software, emailing friends, research, and sometimes making cd's. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 302 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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