GeeGee

Voted 5, oh oops 6

Very belated post. Could have done it ages ago. My name is Geoff Gray, 59, just retired, I live in Northwood, NW London. I'm secretary of the Sobell Bridge club, http://www.sobell-bridge.org.uk/ My bridge is rubbish, but the club we play in raises around £40,000 a year for the local hospice, http://www.michaelsobellhouse.co.uk/

Saw him live in Solihull (just south of Birmingham, England), late 60's when I was at uni. A true great, a wonderful concert. Geoff

Me too, 'happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happey birthday dear .........'

Very well done!!! :D I'm now down to beer, and up often during the night. :) Geoff

No 2: - Scrabble? I met a new bridge partner at a Christmas bridge holiday last year. She wasn't that hot at bridge, but we had some fun spare time playing 'rude word Scrabble' Geoff Edit:- Oops, hadn't seen the bit about the spreadsheet. How can you and Jeffrey work on a spreadsheet at the same time? Or is that what's causing the aggravation? :D

I got this one as well..... I was asked 'what's 3 x 2?' '6', 'what's 5 + 1?', '6', 'what's 2 + 2 + 2?', '6'. 'Name a vegetable', 'carrot'. Just automatic, then the piece of paper turns up with the word 'carrot' on it. So I thought I must try this on my friends:- 'What's 3 x 2'? '6'... and so on, then 'Name a carrot'. :) . Geoff

Great news, and about time, considering the charity work he's done. Congrats to Sir Beefy :wacko:

Red, mostly, or closed. :wacko: Geoff

The best bridge player that I know personally, has been in the years I've known him, a market stall trader, a pub bouncer, a general-purpose handyman, and is now helping in the building trade, restoring homes. All I can say about his bridge ability is, he has superb natural judgement on both bidding and play, and everyone knows this and are frightened of him as a result. They do not play to the best of their ability against him, because they expect to lose. Geoff

wow! We've now got Bridgmates, if we could add something like this it would really enhance our sessions. But I guess it won't cure the slow players Geoff

From the current Cricinfo bulletin - 'It's been an unequal struggle so far on this tour. No West Indian has yet scored a century; England have compiled seven in three innings, from six different batsmen. ' What's happened to the Windies? As an Englishman, I can recall the days of the so-called 'Blackwash' where Lloyd, Sobers, Greenidge, Marshall, Holding and Garner, and the rest, just decimated us. It was upsetting to us, but it was also great to see class in action. Why, after Brian Lara, has Windies cricket descended to become so ordinary, when it was once so exciting? Geoff

It is only a game after all?????!!!! Oh no it isn't, ask Mrs Bennet! I'd be seriously inclined to use capitals except I know it's rude to shout. :P I never knew about Scrabble timing devices. I have a nice lady bridge partner with whom I occasionally play 'rude word scrabble'. It rarely lakes long to play when you are allowed rude words. B) Back to serious. As a club level TD, I have learnt who are the slow ones, and I will warn them and then penalise them if necessary. It's awful though for the non-offending pair, that they cannot play a board that could be a top for them. (our slower players are also the poorer players). I do wonder about how you cope at regional or higher levels, where the TDs may never have met the players before. I also wonder about the top-level tournaments, where I have read of a player taking 20 minutes to play one card, in the middle of a hand! Geoff

How to get to Paris from New York. Use Google maps, get directions, enter from location New York, to Location Paris, and then see instruction 21. Geoff B)

Err, oops, sorry keylime, for "honest!!", read "honest" Geoff