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Good grief. Forget about "lab leaks" - or mad molecular scientists for that matter. The scientists have been saying exactly the same thing since this started. Now that Trump is out the same 76 million people that voted for Trump are ballooning their BS because - well - they have nothing better to do. There was no lab leak, Arizona voted for Biden, the tooth fairy does not exist and Big Bird isn't funny.

Sounds pretty discourteous to me. What if it was your wife calling?

Hans van Staverens dealer can be found here: https://www.bridgeba...aler/dealer.php FWIW, I just tried copying the script above into it and it reported a "syntax error". Here is the output of the small default script: # # Sample # produce 5 condition shape(north, any 4333 + any 4423) and hcp(north)>=13 action printoneline which produces: n AJ75.Q7.AKQ7.654 e KT8.98542.JT9.32 s Q2.AK.5432.AK987 w 9643.JT63.86.QJT n K94.Q962.AJT2.QJ e T32.T75.Q83.K865 s QJ75.J8.976.AT94 w A86.AK43.K54.732 n K86.AK7.A96.JT62 e QJ7.QT43.JT7543. s .982.Q8.AKQ98754 w AT95432.J65.K2.3 n KJT5.K5.KQ6.QT82 e Q986.A97.J854.K5 s 742.QJT2.A973.43 w A3.8643.T2.AJ976 n KQ74.KJ2.KT9.AJ6 e 32.T63.AQ53.8542 s A95.754.862.KT93 w JT86.AQ98.J74.Q7 Generated 51 hands Produced 5 hands Initial random seed 1623716891 Time needed 0.000 sec It also works OK with pescetom's code from an earlier post about 1NT openings. Is there a difference between the code format in the original site and the one above?

The Boy scouts in America are simultaneously putting an end to racism and coronavirus. Some in Florida think it's all political.

Some of the reasons that Australia does so well in terms of livability: Education. Completely free K-12, a small fee is charged for some University courses, but you don't have to repay it until you start earning a good wage. Research degrees are completely free, AND you get paid a stipend to do them, which is tax-free, and you do not have to pay it back. Health. If you get sick, you will get treated free, including hip replacements, cardiac surgery, and cancer treatment. - everything. Medicines. No essential medicine costs more than $20, and then only if you are not a pensioner. If you lose your job, you get unemployment benefits. If you retire, you get a decent pension. Weather. Excellent - except for drought, floods, cyclones etc. Poisonous animals. Better off in New Zealand. Airlines. QANTAS aircraft tend to stay in the sky - until they land. Mateship. A much-maligned concept, but here's an example. They tried to do a competitive reality TV show here (Iron Chef Australia) - it didn't work so well because if one of the competitors were having trouble, the others would immediately rush over and help them.

Isn't that Jordan/Truscott? 4 of the bid major and 10+ HCP. Like Jacoby but slightly weaker?

Bet she's feeling a bit seedy now.

What you appear to be suggesting is that it is possible to inject humour into Bridge. This is outrageous.

To make matters worse, we can hypothesise that the outsourcing of polluting manufacturing from Western countries to developing nations such as China, India, Indonesia, South and Central America etc. not only causes an increase in atmospheric pollution but also leads to deforestation. The consequence of which is that animals like civets pivot from the forest to the city. The pivoting civets bring with them a reservoir of viruses that can then be transmitted from animal to human. Now, Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) is suggesting that BLM and the US forestry service ought to change the moon's orbit in order to reduce climate change. Edit: Gohmert discussing the moon:

Here's a link to the "best country to live in 2021 list". According to the US news - whatever that is. The best cities - according to CNBC are: Auckland, New Zealand (96.0)Osaka, Japan (94.2)Adelaide, Australia (94.0)Wellington, New Zealand (93.7)Tokyo, Japan (93.7)Perth, Australia (93.3)Zurich, Switzerland (92.8)Geneva, Switzerland (92.5)Melbourne, Australia (92.5)Brisbane, Australia (92.4)

So, what is your conclusion re this hand?

Or, to put it another way: "It's a good thing I was born in America and not China because I don't speak Chinese." Or, if that doesn't work for you, try to understand why so many victims of domestic violence don't leave.

2NT

Bigger...

The final outcome:

Precision ? Opposite I think. They are playing SAYC. We're playing 2/1. The problem I faced was that my partner was going to be (and was) baffled about the distribution of HCP - to say nothing about the shape.

It's currently the subject of discussion - only (a small) part of the reason for the post. I would be interested to hear the views of any Australian TD's. The club is one of Australia's largest. Easily the largest during the height of the pandemic. There were about 16 tables at this session. I've never played in a Congress so I don't know what rates as 'serious'. The bidding continued:

I was afraid too so I looked it up. Based on Loser count: Not vulnerable: Playing tricks = 13 - losers +3 Vulnerable: Playing tricks = 13 - losers +2 IF PT=10 bid 4 IF PT=9 bid 3 Here it's NV vs V so I'm not sure if there's an adjustment.

Exactly as shown in the Alert.

All great answers - I would probably have chosen 1♣ or 5♣ if it was me, but it wasn't. The bidding came round to me after West opened. Feel free to vote before you peek.

[hv=pc=n&w=sht97da8ckqj98532&d=s&v=n&b=15&a=p]133|200| Matchpoints. NS vulnerable. Both pairs playing 1NT 15-17 and 2♣ "strong". This hand came up yesterday in the Club. I'm North. What would you do with the West hand? [/hv]

...and your evidence for this is? Anti-semitism is everywhere. "Surging" in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. One example - https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/05/17/europes-worrying-surge-antisemitism White nationalism and hatred of Jews are everywhere - especially In Europe.

Why wouldn't you get vaccinated? It's a real shot in the arm.

At the club where I learned to play duplicate. I opened 1NT/P/P/P and when the dummy came down with 10+ HCP and I asked the playing Director (who was my partner) - "Why didn't you bid?" She replied, "I didn't have a 4 card major.". Maybe she was subbing for the North robot.