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I am counting myself ( 23 months & a few days) because it was a long and really hard way.

Absolutely true, word by word.

I have managed to give it up after many unsuccessful tries. I suppose that more than 70% "Water Coolers" dont smoke, is it right? We will see. Robert

Another aspect, Obama's administration seems not to care in it current economic moves about the danger of rising inflation. Europeans, especially germans hate inflation, if it will swap from the USA to Europe, Obamas popularity here will lower rapidly, for sure. Robert

bjp = bon jour p, bsr= bon soir nehme ich an. Hier kann man alle Spiele der letzten 30 Tage abrufen: http://online.bridgebase.com/myhands/index.php

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Ich würde am Anfang folgenderweise vorgehen: Erstmals die allgemeinen Optionen so verändern, daß Du nach dem Einloggen sofort eine komplette, gefilterte Liste aller anwesenden deutschen Spieler siehst: in der Windows Version von BBO >>> klick auf "Options" >>>klick auf "more Options" >>>> klick auf das Feld "nur mein Land"....dann listet das Programm alle Spieler mit deutscher Flagge auf ( das funktioniert so nur wenn Du in deinem Profil selbst die deustche Flagge hast. Dann kannst du die Profile dieser Spieler durchgehen, sie ansprechen, an ihre Tische gehen ( Zeiger auf den Nick, rechte Maustaste drucken, aus dem Menu " An "NICKXXX" Tisch gehen" wählen). Du kannst sie als "Freunde" markieren, dann siehst Du immer sofort wo sie sich aktuell befinden. Dies alles, wenn Du unbedingt einen Spieler mit Forum D suchst...aber der französische SEF soll fast identisch sein, und mit dem SAYC durftest Du auch keine Probleme haben... Robert

Before the financial crisis began in autumm, there were 1000 & 1 articles, reports, documentals, in all german media about this theme, day by day and now? Opel, bad banks, good banks, billions-€-rain over the economy...and any single article about global warming in mainstream media's. Politicans? Silence! I am afraid the couple of years are lost before it returns on world's agenda seriously. Robert

What about the other sort of "pirates", who illegal over-fished totally Somalia coasts through 2 decades after the central goverment was collapsed in 1991 and there were nobody who was able to protect Somalias rights. More than $300m-worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are being stolen every year by illegal trawlers (western vessels too). For many of these todays pirates was fishing the only source of income. This is not excuse for their excesses but we should think and talk about it too. Robert

Who of you is better in provoking GIBs to make weird bids?

Pakistans presidents, prime ministers, goverments are not the deciding player in this geo-strategical game, deciding is...what Pakistans generals are thinking and doing, I suppose the US influence in this circle is still so strong as ever. If the situation will get worse, I am sure they will introduce a strong military dictatorship with internal war law, etc, etc...and all this with full financial und military support of the USA, according to the motto : democracy is fine, but stability and control is better. Robert

Due to these todays strong and serious secessionist tendencies in Belgium is interesting to know how Roosevelt thought about it as a new ,"after war" Europe....was in planning:

maybe the same voices that often try to squeeze me, to take the finesse in wrong direction :P

Have you ever scored more then 4 touchdowns in a single game, or this high school record belongs still to AL? :P

No to sobie popisze tutaj pierwszy raz troche po polsku, bezuzyteczne i przypadkowe rzeczy maja byc tu zamieszczane, nic prostszego, ten wpis mozna w pelni do tej rubryki zakwalifikowac.

hmmm, maybe a right place to discuss such topics like: Is American Football a real football or only handball with strange rules ;)

/off-topic/I remember, my first machine had a 20MB hard disk, enormous piece of space, I did not use a half of it! :)

An interesting idea. I am not certain of the effect. My three previous car purchases have been in 1980, 1990, 2001 so this subsidy, if available to me in around 2012 or so, could be a bonanza for me. A cash prize for doing what I do anyway. A nine year criterion, if adopted here, would mean I would be eligible in 2010. Would this induce me to change my buying style? Could be. Perhaps interestingly, if I did decide to go that route it would reduce my spending for this year. My Honda has about 115K miles on it. Hondas are great, requiring little attention, but around this mileage they need some stuff to guard against future problems. I have been meaning to bring it in, but if I decide to get a new car next year I'll just skip it. But of course your main point is that the 2500 does not require the car be German, and I highly approve of this. I hope we can all find ways to work together on coping with common problems. So...2 months have gone...and whole Germany seems to be in a "buy-a-new-car-fever", there are over 1 000 000 requests for this 2500€ subsidy in only 10 weeks and the goverment expects another million in next months. I have read here, US-administration is interested in this venture, asked about german experiences etc. Robert

I would vote for the Havana Bad Boys ;)

That's right. If the hours I have spent on reading BBF would only count I am sure to be in the Top30. Its the only bridge book I have ever read, but it's a never-ending one! :) Off topic: FC Bayern München has lost 1-5 ....and it makes my day! :lol:

simply, because he had no time to change between X dates he had this day.

Yes, but more importantly: do they play bridge? Will there ever be an interstellar bridge championship? I suppose the Borg can't compete, their basic abilities make them cheat the whole time. To get the answer to these questions, we should engrave f. ex. Meckwells's CC in the Voyager Gold Record and send it with the next mission. :lol:

P opened 1NT Are there reasons not to respond 4♦ holding: K1083 Q108742 10 A8 ?

Bases on Jeff Rubin's "Bridge on the Moon" I would say no. The bidding systems described in that story are truly lunatic. Maybe their card play is great, I don't know. Sure, but we dont know anything about Alpha Centauri Precision and how to defend it in the possible first Galaxy Bowl :(

a logical question for the unavoidable next poll : Could "they" better play bridge than us if they would know this game? :(