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NORTHSOUTH=West,N/S,IMP, North ♠AQ,♥AQ962,♦K1032,♣QJ ♠KJ98643,♥3,♦AQJ7,♦A] I was at a loss how to bid this hand :D -- the bidding went 1♥, 1♠, 3♦ and I saw slam in diamonds and didn't know how to pursue it in spades. What should my next bid have been? And the subsequent bidding? Give me a big hand, and I panic every time. Roberta[/NORTHSOUTH]

I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am to you for this site. I came on BBO early in 2007 and for several months just watched people play (because I sat in terror of someone writing Partner????????? -- like I saw so many people do). And, I finally worked up the courage to click on find me a game -- and guess what -- parnters fled from me as though I was typhoid Mary -- many after making sure I was properly insulted. In May of that year I discovered BIL (through my cousin) -- she said it was the best -- and she knew from whence she spoke. I started attending the classes -- and they were great. My total lack of knowledge of conventions, and BBO abbreviations etc. did have it's funny moment-- such as people would say DONT partner, and I'd say "Don't What?" or they'd say: nt partner if I didn't make a hand -- and I'd say, "Why should we have been in NT?" And when people wrote in lol -- I thought they were giving me lots of love. My first class with lioncub -- I had the contract and after the lead, he said "claim" and the opponent claimed -- I was beside myself wondering how the opp could claim all the tricks without letting me at least play it out. And let's not talk about how I couldn't find my way into the tournaments, etc. EGADS. But -- what a wonderful time I've had on this site. For the past year I've been crawjodi's assist -- and BILManger for her and hondo -- I've met people from all over the world and made many good friends. This Thanksgiving, as last, I'm going to once again be thankful to BIL and what a difference it has made in my life. So Happy Birthday BIL and MANY MANY thanks to Maureen for making this all possible.