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ananda

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24. OMG. That is amazing!

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 01:22 PM

Oct 13

Well, I have played against all our club's
world champions at one time or another.

A year or so ago, one of the recent ones told me
he was working on his own bidding system,
and he was getting another world champion
to play it at tournaments.

I asked him, "Are you going to write a book
about it?"

He said, "After it gets a couple of national
championships." His partner, who is also a pro,
said he'd play it in the tournaments."

A few months later, I asked him how he was doing
with it. He said he was having to simplify it to make
it easier to remember.

Well, obviously his team worked out their system because
they won world's a couple of months ago. I think Denmark
got second.

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Atlantic Crossing and anachronisms. [View all] ananda Oct 12 OP

The first television station started in 1928. BBC began in 1936. Ms. Toad Oct 12 #1

Google tells me that TV news broadcasts began in 1939. yardwork Oct 12 #5

BBC says its broadcasts started in 1936. Ms. Toad Oct 12 #7

Google is often wrong. yardwork Oct 12 #8

If it's the AI summary that appears at the top of Google - Ms. Toad Oct 12 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author tinrobot Oct 12 #11

Um, BBC suspended its television broadcasts in1939, for the duration of World War II Brother Buzz Oct 12 #6

I was responding to the assertion that there weren't television stations around in 1940 Ms. Toad Oct 12 #9

How many television sets do you suspect were around in 1939? Brother Buzz Oct 12 #12

You're off by a factor of 10. Ms. Toad Oct 12 #13

You're right, of course. However, MineralMan Oct 13 #25

Cool! n/t Ms. Toad Oct 13 #26

So it's still an anachronism. ananda Oct 13 #15

Don't forget Ely Culbertson jcboon Oct 13 #23

OMG. That is amazing! ananda Oct 13 #24

Thank you. ananda Oct 13 #14

I likewise despise anachronisms PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 12 #2

Your comment about men's wedding rings is not even remotely true NoRethugFriends Oct 12 #3

In what way not true? PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 13 #18

I don't think that's true. yardwork Oct 12 #4

Just go back and look at old TV shows, movies, photos of celebrities. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 13 #19

I'm basing my thought on personal memories. yardwork Oct 13 #20

Do a little research. Became common in early 1950s NoRethugFriends Oct 13 #22

I didn't like it, either, but only got a couple of episodes in before I decided it was not for me. Silver Gaia Oct 13 #16

I don't dislike the show generally. ananda Oct 13 #17

I've tried JustAnotherGen Oct 13 #21

I like it fine. ananda Oct 13 #27