I've ruined some of the forums, haven't I . . .

@Very-Rusty said
@moonbus, I assume you aren't talking or judging about everyone and used Pondy as an example because you've actually met him in person. 😉

-VR

You and I once met in MacDonalds sir. You didn't know it was me, or that I put salt in your coffee.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
You and I once met in MacDonalds sir. You didn't know it was me, or that I put salt in your coffee.

I meet a lot of B.S.'er's at MacDonald's!!!! 😉

I'm very doubtful you were on of them.

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
I meet a lot of B.S.'er's at MacDonald's!!!! 😉

I'm very doubtful you were on of them.

-VR

You underestimate my reach sir...

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
You underestimate my reach sir...

@Ghost,
Not at all the only way you could do that is if you were serving behind the counter and your English accent would stand out like a sore thumb! 😛

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
@Ghost,
Not at all the only way you could do that is if you were serving behind the counter and your English accent would stand out like a sore thumb! 😛

-VR

I am the master of accents. On the occasion in question I spoke with a Texan drawl.

The orange shirt by the way made you look like a satsuma.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
I am the master of accents. On the occasion in question I spoke with a Texan drawl.

The orange shirt by the way made you look like a satsuma.

@Ghost,
You must be the biggest B.S.'er on the Site by far!!!! 😛
You think you're being smart, but you just make yourself look silly!!!

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
@Ghost,
You must be the biggest B.S.'er on the Site by far!!!! 😛
You think you're being smart, but you just make yourself look silly!!!

-VR

Hey, you were the one in the orange shirt...

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
Hey, you were the one in the orange shirt...

@Ghost,

Yea, right and you were the4 one with the clown hat on. (Sarcasm) as you may not get it.

-VR

@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
Hey, you were the one in the orange shirt...

@Ghost,

Yea, right and you were the one with the clown hat on. (Sarcasm) as you may not get it.

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
@Ghost,

Yea, right and you were the4 one with the clown hat on. (Sarcasm) as you may not get it.

-VR

So you do remember me...

@moonbus said
Methinks you do flatter yourself, that anyone here looks for your posts.

You despise me, don't you, Rick?

If I gave you any thought, I probably would.


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It's really usually just my one loyal downvoter. 😉

That was quite a scene you linked to -- thank you for that. The deliveries in that interchange were quite something to behold and admire.

@Arkturos said
It's really usually just my one loyal downvoter. 😉

That was quite a scene you linked to -- thank you for that. The deliveries in that interchange were quite something to behold and admire.

The movie bears re-watching. It is full of fine scenes, fine lines, and splendid acting. Hollywood was churning these out weekly and the writers were literally re-writing scenes while they were filming; they did not know what the ending would be until they got to it. I'm pretty sure the last of the actors who were part of it have died by now, but several of them were themselves people who had escaped Nazi Germany or occupied countries and were happy to have roles in the film. For example, the girl who plays the French girlfriend had actually escaped occupied France. There was another film, Algiers, with Charles Boyer and Heddy Lamarr, which just didn't have the same je n'sais quoi of Casablanca.

PS Bogey really did play and enjoy chess.

@Arkturos said
with my cosmocentripetal and perspicacious assertions which might have come off as reductive rather than succinct to some.

Well, sorry about that!

I don't think you've ruined any of the forums, nor do I find your opinions here to be objectionable at all.

What I do think is you occasionally sabotage your game scores by resigning in positions where you could have fought on and possibly won, this is a lesson that took me a few years to learn as well. Your opponents were not masters and were prone to blunders like anyone else.

JMHO - Stop tinkering with your profile, try to rediscover your competitive spirit, fight on in difficult situations. Make your opponents earn their wins.

A comeback win is twice as sweet as a regular one. 🙂

@mchill said
I don't think you've ruined any of the forums, nor do I find your opinions here to be objectionable at all.

What I do think is you occasionally sabotage your game scores by resigning in positions where you could have fought on and possibly won, this is a lesson that took me a few years to learn as well. Your opponents were not masters and were prone to blunders like anyone ...[text shortened]... ons. Make your opponents earn their wins.

A comeback win is twice as sweet as a regular one. 🙂

Thank you, but you must not have seen my most objectionable posts.

As for early resignations, if you have a look at my rating graph, the sudden downslides were usually just me rage-quitting the site because of some forum interactions (which I know was unsporting and unfair to the other players, who had nothing to do with the forum stuff). Working on that!

I agree with your conclusion. Of course one of my dream scenarios would be to blunder away my Queen but win anyway.

@moonbus said
Methinks you do flatter yourself, that anyone here looks for your posts.

My thread is still charting in the Top Five (at time of writing). 😉