are you playing more chess?

as you shelter in place

@lemondrop said
as you shelter in place

The thought did strike me that this is the ideal opportunity to try and improve my game.

So yes I'm playing more but no I'm not making any attempt to get better. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

@neilarini

I am playing much more blitz chess.

@lemondrop said
as you shelter in place

Not any more than usual but having lots of fun in the General Forum! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
Not any more than usual but having lots of fun in the General Forum! 😉

-VR

good for you rusty
have fun wherever you can
these are hard times

@lemondrop said
good for you rusty
have fun wherever you can
these are hard times

Indeed they are,

At least we have ways to communicate even see each other if we wish.

I don't think we would have had that 30 years or so ago. Just the old telephone.

Technology has come so far just in my time.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Indeed they are,

At least we have ways to communicate even see each other if we wish.

I don't think we would have had that 30 years or so ago. Just the old telephone.

Technology has come so far just in my time.

-VR

yeah
I can remember when computers had vacuum tubes and filled a room

@lemondrop said
yeah
I can remember when computers had vacuum tubes and filled a room

Yes, I too remember when a computer filled a whole room now you can hold it in your hand your phone can do it all, texting, facetime or one of the other apps, internet. all in the palm of your hand, providing of course you have big hands....LOL...

-VR

@lemondrop said
as you shelter in place

No.

I had the feeling that organising my work from home-office was actually more time-consuming than going to my workplace...

@lemondrop said
as you shelter in place

nope ....less

@ponderable said
No.

I had the feeling that organising my work from home-office was actually more time-consuming than going to my workplace...

I would think you would also have many disruptions which you would not have at work.

-VR

@ponderable said
No.

I had the feeling that organising my work from home-office was actually more time-consuming than going to my workplace...

I currently work with as many people in the office as I live with - none - so the danger to and from me is the same either way.

I am but only in that instead of moving only in the morning I have been adding another half hour in the evening. Still my game has not improved but that's OK.

😢

Up until last month I was playing OTB chess once a week in my local league.
Of course all that has stopped now.

@lemondrop said
as you shelter in place

i am playing the same amount of chess, more or less
i have found a renewed interest in my old rubik's cube
the vapid stupidity i used to see in fidgit spinners has mysteriously vanished
those lil doohickeys are COOL
i am now a fan of watching grass grow
paint dry
and attempting to detect which insects are ready for mating just by the buzz they produce

i wonder what rocks taste like?