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@anitya said
I kept reading this post today. Fascinating. Actually may have changed my understanding of the General Forum and it's on-line family.

I am here to play chess. Full stop.

Or am I? Now I am not so sure.

Chess and witty repartee are both indicators of an acute mind, are they not ? Why sacrifice one to the other ?

@great-big-stees said
I am old but, don’t need an upgrade.😉

these smart phones are a pain, all I want out of a cell phone is to talk and text the rest is wasted on me.

@badradger said
these smart phones are a pain, all I want out of a cell phone is to talk and text the rest is wasted on me.

That’s why I have a flip phone. Make & receive calls...make and receive texts...oh and take poor quality photos.👍

@great-big-stees said
That’s why I have a flip phone. Make & receive calls...make and receive texts...oh and take poor quality photos.👍

I have a proper camera for the photos, I dont have apps (especialy the covid tracker)

@badradger said
these smart phones are a pain, all I want out of a cell phone is to talk and text the rest is wasted on me.

I had a Nokia 6310i which did that: monochrome screen, battery charge lasted 14 days, but the keyboard eventually crapped out and there's no repairing it. Too bad, it was a great phone/texter.

@mchill said
No Mr. Trev. - The almighty virus that which has put a stop to 98% of the OTB tournaments in my area.

It's somewhat difficult to play in an OTB tournament when there isn't one. 🙄

I thought the states were more open now, no masks, public things open again? The US open golf was packed 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pubs are open again in the uk and Ireland, where there’s an open pub there’s otb chess.

@great-big-stees said
I am old but, don’t need an upgrade.😉

LOL....You're old flip phone, we weren't talking about you. 🙂

-VR

i'm old enough to have had a flip phone but never had one, i didn't get a mobile until 2013, was difficult for the wife to get hold of me pre 2013 when on a pub crawl and also for work to get hold of me, the good old days

@wycombe-al said
i'm old enough to have had a flip phone but never had one, i didn't get a mobile until 2013, was difficult for the wife to get hold of me pre 2013 when on a pub crawl and also for work to get hold of me, the good old days

I didn't have a mobile until I retired from work, and I waited quite a while before getting a home computer. I didn't want to feel glued to anything when I didn't have to. Eventually I needed both to keep in touch with friends.

@Torunn totally understand, i've never been one to embrace technology but at some point you have to give in to keep up with everyone else, i was a very late starter with Facebook and don't use anything other than that, though i do admit i did dabble with MySpace for those that remember that

@trev33 said
I thought the states were more open now, no masks, public things open again? The US open golf was packed 🤷🏻‍♂️

Pubs are open again in the uk and Ireland, where there’s an open pub there’s otb chess.

I thought the states were more open now, no masks, public things open again? The US open golf was packed 🤷🏻‍♂️


OTB chess tournaments in my area are usually in closed door environments, the few that are held require masks.

@wycombe-al said
@Torunn totally understand, i've never been one to embrace technology but at some point you have to give in to keep up with everyone else, i was a very late starter with Facebook and don't use anything other than that, though i do admit i did dabble with MySpace for those that remember that

Yup, embrace the new technology or get left behind.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Yup, embrace the new technology or get left behind.

-VR

Some new technologies you definitely shouldn't embrace.

The thermal friction chainsaw, for example.

@very-rusty said
LOL....You're old flip phone, we weren't talking about you. 🙂

-VR

What type of phone do you have?

@mercury said
What type of phone do you have?

It begins with a "H". 😉

-VR