BTW, Jess, I did not know about this wonderful way to use a Segway:

http://www.citysegwaytours.com/

If an northern worker died of exhaustion or exposure or poor factory working conditions, there was a multitude in the overpopulated city ready to take his place to earn a meager wage and keep the factories churning profits. If an expensive slave would have "down time", the replacement would rarely occur because of the up-front cost.

Thanks!>

Anything for my liege. Coinkidinkally, last night I was replaying Gettysburg for the zillionth time.

The chess connection of the Civil War, of course, is understanding Morphy. The years leading up to the CW are known in art and music as the Romantic era. Ivanhoe was the most popular book and young men and women actually spoke in the language of that book. We can only guess at the nature of this romantic attitude. Perhaps the naive, uncompromising nature of romance hastened the onset of war.

Thank you for your insights.

There may be more to the story than that. He did constantly believe that his brother-in-law who married his sister arranged to take over his inheritance. There was, perhaps, some provision in the family will to bequeath a vast majority of the belongings to an heir who was married at the time of the division of property. This would insure it would "remain in the family" and possibly continue to be passed on. Paul was unmarried, of course, so the will left him out for the most part.

Morphy then used his knowledge of the law, and all of his subsequent energies, to spawn law suits against the brother in law.

THIS was also not looked on favorably by the local townspeople, and may have contributed more to his lack of clients than any attachment to his chess prowess.

Sorry, I don't believe in "free speech."

So no more <pseudo-creationist gauche uninformed philistinic money grubbing boasting slavery-apologizing arrogant condescending obtuse prevaricating mendicant peurile CRAP> from you in here anymore, OK?

You can attempt to organize your own cult in your new <forum>.

I've niether the interest nor the time to host your very sad confusion any longer.

"A little learning is a dangerous thing"?

Maybe.

But it's sure an <annoying thing> so CUT IT OUT BUDDY.

You're not really a "listener", per se, are you?

Contrast your informed response to my question with <Ed's> terse, and, as it turns out, woefully inaccurate response to my question.

Which I asked you, not him, of course.

LOLOLOL

BTW, are we playing tonight?

I can't play tonight. Can we play Wednesday Thursday or Friday?

I am free all three of those evenings.

I have to show up at the Consulate downtown at 8 AM normal time.

I get the VISA five bidness days later, just in time before my flight.

I'm flying out a week Friday.

So we can play on Wednesday, 8 o clock in <Sea horse>?

Bobby Fischer bowled after midnight for like 10 games, which was sent to me by the only email contact I have with Fischer. Apparently he was full of energy after being excited about beating Spassky for the second time, so he was only averaging 137 while throwing his arm out (practically).

So, apparently, Fischer did bowl during the 1972 World Championship.

I had no idea about this, I had no idea about Fischer really liking bowling to begin with.

I just talked to them on the phone today and they assured me my VISA would be ready before my flight.

So Wednesday, 8 o clock my time in Seahorse?

I just read your emails, very intriguing I have to say.

Don't worry about what I say. Who cares about me?

I have dozens of <mortal enemies> at this site but you are more fun to make sport of than all of them. If you're tired of being a figure of fun to me, no problem. I'm not out to crucify you, I don't even know you.

I will never delete your posts or put you on <ignore>. When I said I "don't believe in free speech" I was in fact lying.

If I become irritating to you, simply put me on Ignore or something.

Trust me, I have no emotional investment in this whatsoever.

<Deffi> and <Wilson> were "fake" mortal enemies anyways.