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Final scores taken from ACLB-site: Nickell 169 Strul 105 Lynch 92 Hollman 162 Orange 127 Baze 144 Schwartz 135 Chang 148 Welland 172 Marston 89 WD Robinson 162 Rubin 91 O'Rourke 103 Moss 118 Shugart 145 Jacob 94

Interesting that the organisers seem to have relocated Chorzow in Poland to St. Lucia. Roland I wish it would be true , because I was born in the direct neighborhood of Chorzow, the town of steel, coal, and dust :rolleyes: One of the favorites, team Jacobs is so early out of the event, what a surprise! Robert

what about Robert De Niro in Psycho VI - Bid Slam or Die :)

The title -"Leading and finessing in L.A." promises more action :)

some Dire Straits evergreens for a good mood on Saturday morning ;)

Metamorphosis - Philip Glass

I suggest a small trekking tour to the Annapurna Sanctuary in Himalaya, a wonderful place for thinking in silence about all this "boards of life" you will play in the future :D Robert

There is no prize money for this event, world top professionals will play for an idea & prestige. Who knows, this tournament may take a same rank in bridge as Ryder Cup in golf after few years.. I am looking forward to watch this amazing field in a strong competition. Robert

According to the official daily bulletin #5 of The Yeh Cup following players will play in the "Ryder Cup of Bridge" in Dublin: Team Europe: Paul Hackett NPC N. Bocchi G. Duboin G. Helgemo T. Helness J. Hackett J. Hackett S. Auken D. von Arnim C. Balicki A. Zmudzinski T. Hanlon H. MacGann Team America: (The captain is yet to be advised) B. Hamman P. Soloway R. Levin S. Weinstein F. Gitelman G. Hampson J. Levin J. Myers Zia Mahmood R. Welland L. Cohen D. Berkowitz http://www.ywt.com.tw/ywt/2006yeh/b5.pdf Robert

I undersign it. In my opinion the exisiting rules of privacy at the BBO are right. The only thing that isn't "privat & free", is my and my table mates behavior. Robert

beer in plastic bottles :)

The Doors Pink Floyd U2 The Verve Classic: W.A. Mozart C. Debussy A. Vivaldi P. Glass

out of Hollywood only.... She returned to Germany and will make a movie in Australia in the near future. (according to the interview she gave at the "Berlinale") Robert

I have found this information on the "YEH-Site" too: Subsidy : Effective from 2006 　 Reigning Bermuda Bowl / Team Olympiad 　 Gold Medalist US$30,000/team 　 Silver Medalist US$20,000/team 　 Bronze Medalist US$10,000/team 　 　 　 　 Reigning Zonal Championships ( Zone 6 / other WBF Zones ) 　 Gold Medalist US$5,000/team 　 Silver Medalist US$4,000/team 　 Bronze Medalist US$3,000/team 　 　 　

The List of Participants is very impressing and promises a great VUG week for all of us. An interesting detail.... C.Balicki & A. Zmudzinski will play again (after many years) for Team Lavazza. Robert

Not quite right. You also find cross country bike riding in most other European countries. I know that this is true for at least Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and Spain. I agree with you, by the way; it's very entertaining. Roland yes indeed! One road bicycle race is for me very entertaining too. Every spring I spend a sunday afternoon in front of my TV screen watching the classic race Paris- Roubaix, that takes place on the historical route including 60-70 km on very rough cobblestones. That makes this competition to "Hell of the North"! Robert

German "ALT" beers brewed strict under the "German Purity Law" of 1516 (the oldest food-releted law does still exists) pure nature! Robert

good old British humor... from Monty's ..through Fawlty Towers ...to Blackadder etc. :lol: Robert

Thank you for the explanation Roland, :) it brings more logic in my understanding of this game, but I suppose... every child in Pakistan knows more about cricket than all East Europeans together. :lol: Robert

short :) : movies with John Malkovich Robert

to play: 1) Basketball 2) Handball 3) Downhill to watch: 1) NBA 2) Handball 3) Ski Alpine 4) Soccer 5) Snooker 6) Biathlon 7) Tennis . . . 3091) Cricket ( If I manage to learn how the points in this game are counted, I will move it on my list to the first thousand :) ) Robert

a few years ago such a bbo meeting could take place in every small street cafe.. todays ....much more space would be needed in Verona... http://www.provincia.asti.it/edu/giobert2/...na/arena_c1.jpg :lol: :P Robert

thanks for info, Uday :huh:

Hi, my BBO bridge partner has a following problem with the BBo software: after upgrading it to ver. 4.5.7. the nicknames in her friends list are not displayed "as a friends" in the lobby. If she added a new friends, they are not displayed too. She uninstalled the client, installed it completely new, but it didn't help. (she has only a small number of names in her list) what to do? Robert

The World Champion titles are achived mostly in team competitions. There are many absolute world class players (top 30 or 50) with rather small chances to win one of them, because the countries their represent have not enough top players to build a super strong team, so I think the title alone is not mirroring the place in the world bridge hierarchy. Robert