Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThere was nothing 'carrot and stick' about him... he was all stick and,
[b]That truth is ultimtely the kindest cut of all. That my early hard-nosed mentor, E.M. Reubens, was on his game when
he kept pounding simple concepts and principles into my green head (knowing full well, that although politeness ruled,
his repetition was boring me to tears). An example was his insistence that the primary objective in ches ...[text shortened]... his morning, all these decades later, to learn my often homely rhp draws exceed my loses by 20%.
though most charming, cold as the Russian winters he knew so well.