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Nov-01-22 jessicafischerqueen chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: Thanks <Fred,> and give my regards to <Mrs Bear> as well!      Sep-07-22 playground player chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: <Ohio> lol and the inevitable "defund the police" thrown in there towards the end, almost as if it's so "de rigeur" that he almost forgot to mention it. Interestingly, the informal "street bosses" who step up to occupy the positions of defunded police street ...      Sep-07-22 Susan Freeman chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: <z> I remember that, unless there was more than one "that" and I missed a few. I recall him flooding the forum with passages from Goethe in order to enrage <Travis Bickle> or; and/or; <Hozza>. Mephistopholes was the work in question. He posted a new ...      Aug-30-22 chessgames.com chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: <OhioMissScarlettFan> I agree with your sentiment here: <OhioChessFan: <Missy> I appreciate your measured tone throughout this. And I agree a very high % of the time with what you're saying. Really, you're mostly saying what I am already thinking.>      Aug-28-22 perfidious chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: Your over there regimen sounds salubrious! Interestingly, in Canada we save time by spelling "music and poker" as "moker." Initially we spelled it "poomus" but that sounded a little too declasse, even for us...      Aug-24-22 Kibitzer's Café    jessicafischerqueen: So the Pacific Ocean can play a boat at chess! Nice one      Aug-24-22 Charles Kalme    jessicafischerqueen: <wwall: Kalme did not win the 1954 US Junior championship. Ross Siemms won in 1954. scoring 7.5. Kalme and Saul Yarmak tied for 2nd-3rd, scoring 7.> According to Imre Konig in "CHESS LIFE (Volume 8, Number 23, August 5, 1954)" The top 4 finishers were: 1. Siemms ...      Aug-22-22 Carel van den Berg    jessicafischerqueen: hmm... or the Furman Wikipedia photo is wrong...      Aug-13-22 Biographer Bistro    jessicafischerqueen: Game Collection: Charousek - Maroczy Game Collection Voting      Aug-10-22 WannaBe chessforum    jessicafischerqueen: <MannBee> sneak preview: TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, MATE, TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 219 OF 644 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-13-13    OhioChessFan: User: yummy Feb-13-13    OhioChessFan: User: BODY User: heart User: Organ User: colon User: Lung User: pancreas User: brain User: The Brain Feb-13-13    OhioChessFan: <Yer Majesty: In that vein, you'll note that the second convention <Doggimus> violated is actually a Bridge Convention. The idea is that you have a hand suited to a no-trump contract, so you want to know straight off if your partner has at least 13 points. If she did, you'd know that a lofty contract might be feasible. So you bid "One club," asking for the response "Two clubs," meaning your partner has the points. I can't remember how the rest of the convention goes, I haven't played since Middle School. There's one bid that means "yes" and one that means "no," but it's tricky because if you are asking for a point count with "One club" it means you are aiming at a no-trump contract and you have at least 16 points. So your partner won't want to let the bidding peter out if she has 10 points or so, lest you miss a chance to make a medium level contract.> Apropos of nothing, for 30 years I read the Bridge column every day in the newspaper, though I never happened to play the game. I think I could play a decent game from having done so, though I wouldn't know how to bid. I bought a book once, but couldn't force myself to read it. Anyway, one day the column had an interesting hand, and I noticed a desperation play by the defense that the author didn't mention. It involved giving up a trick, and declarer then had to be careful to unblock a suit in dummy. Not too hard to see, probably the equivalent of a Thursday puzzle on this site. I called the author of the puzzle at the contact number listed in the column and mentioned the idea. He was rather flattered someone would care enough to do so, and asked me about my playing activity, social, tournament, etc. I told him "I've never played a hand", and after he recovered from his shock, he got a good laugh out of it. Feb-13-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Jess I know you never heard of this guy. He had some funny records in the 60's. ; P Hello Muddah Hello Faddah - Allan Sherman http://youtu.be/Ea2EuozaJ7s Feb-13-13    Phony Benoni: Be forewarned. Allan Sherman was one of the formative influences of my life. He was the man who pointed out that the plural of "half" is "whole". Feb-13-13    OhioChessFan: User: BATMAN User: robin User: bruce User: wayne User: Dick User: grayson User: night wing User: jason User: Todd User: Red Hood User: Red User: Hood User: Carrie User: kelly User: tim User: drake User: Batgirl User: vicki User: vale User: silver User: Saint User: Cloud User: Barbara User: Gordon User: jim User: Gordon User: Stephanie User: Brown User: Alfred User: joker User: Riddler User: Penguin User: Scarecrow User: cat User: Woman User: two User: Face User: mister User: freeze User: Poison User: ivy User: Oracle User: Azrael User: Cassandra User: kane Feb-14-13    chancho: User: ras al ghul User: the joker User: penguin User: killer User: croc User: riddler User: scarecrow User: madhatter User: firefly Feb-14-13    OhioChessFan: Wow. I thought I tried ras al ghul. Watch your capital letters btw. User: The Joker User: THEJOKER User: ThePenguin Feb-14-13    hms123: <OCF> It is the space, not the capital letters that matter. User: thejoker User: THEJOKER Feb-14-13    OhioChessFan: ISTM if the user uses all caps, then the kibitz should use all caps. Either one leads to the user, but for the sake of historical accuracy, the user's wishes per caps/lower case should be respected. For example, if you copy the browser address on User: THEJOKER you'll find all caps. Surely <that> is the correct way to post that user name anywhere else. Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <tbonesteaks> Thanks for that <Alan Sherman Tank> song about summer camp. That would be a successful novelty song, one I never heard before. Did it make a hit in the US also? Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <ISTM> Aha another one I don't know and refuse to GARBLE. Ahhh I'm a member of the internet generation and I don't know any of the slang. Except a few days ago I learned that it's cooler to give "brotips" than "protips." Here is a visual aid: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l... I See The Moon. In Spain Tim Marries. I Sink Tat's Might. Am I close yet? Feb-14-13    Travis Bickle: Yes Jess, Allan Sherman was a big hit in the U.S. He also is known for his version of The Twelve Days of Christmas. ; P Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: heh I will look that up 12 days of Christmas. He's pretty funny all right and his head looks like Mr. Potato which adds to the comedy. Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: Visual aids: 1. http://heirloomradio.com/images/All... 2. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_20Y7xuD0W... Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <Ohio> ok, courtesy of <Phony Benoni>: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation... I have re-written the Loewenthal bio sentence to read: <He contacted the newspaper's editor, who in turn gave him a letter of introduction to Charles Henry Stanley, the Albion's managing chess column editor.> Would you please take a crack at <Ohioizing> that if you can see a way? Doesn't seem quite right to me as is. Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: "Don't Simonize, Ohioize." Visual aids: 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyd... 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZUZ... IF SCRATCHES DRIVE YOU CRAZY then switch to option (2) Feb-14-13    OhioChessFan: <After some weeks, however, he chanced upon a chess puzzle in the New York Albion<,> > < which rekindled his passion for chess, instilling a desire to join the company of strong American players. > Disagreement of verb cases. Maybe: which rekindled his passion for chess, and instilled a desire to join the company of strong American players. <He contacted the newspaper's editor, who in turn gave him a letter of introduction to Charles Henry Stanley, the Albion's managing chess column editor.> If that was the official title, fine, but otherwise(and maybe still) the word "managing" is a real boulder in the flow of the sentence and should be removed. <and ushered him into the fold of the New York chess circle.> I prefer "introduced him to the New York chess circle". Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <The Ohioizer> Excellent, thanks- all three Ohioizations added. Feb-14-13    OhioChessFan: <After some weeks, however, he chanced upon a chess puzzle in the New York Albion > Dele the "however", and caret a comma after "Albion" Feb-14-13    hms123: <jess> Sherman was the subject of much (ok, a little) discussion at <Boomie's> place a few years ago. I am surprised you missed it. Boomie chessforum (The 2010 YouTube links no longer work.) Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <Ohio> don't we need the "however" to signify a change in direction from 1. Not intending to play chess at all- to 2. Moving to an urge to make chess his primary income source, which is what in fact he did. Feb-14-13    jessicafischerqueen: <H> heh I think I just forgot about <Sherman Tank>, it does seem more familiar now. Feb-14-13    OhioChessFan: I've always thought "however" is a throw away word, is much overused, and disrupts the flow of the narrative. Maybe that's just me. The narrative does a good enough job signifying the change for my tastes. If I had to signify the change, I'd start the sentence with "But", ie "But after some weeks, he chanced....." That's probably mostly an issue of style, which is pretty individual. I am certainly not the final word and it wouldn't bother me a bit for you to go another direction. Feb-14-13    Travis Bickle: Hey Jess what are you writing over there The Gettysburg Address? P.S. I have confidence an English Literature Grad like you can write that in your sleep. ; P Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 644) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 219 OF 644 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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