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Joined 20 Apr '04 Moves 66729 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
If one were at the bottom end of said scale one wouldn't know. But then it WOULD be a real achievement to find one's equal.
In fact, it would be impossible...
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by CalJust
But then it WOULD be a real achievement to find one's equal.
In fact, it would be impossible... I'll have to ponder that. 😉
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I'll have to ponder that. 😉 Stees ya cant find whats not there.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
Stees ya cant find whats not there. That's what they said to most of the prospectors during the "Klondike Gold Rush" (1896) and look what happened there.
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
That's what they said to most of the prospectors during the "Klondike Gold Rush" (1896) and look what happened there. I know you are a bit older than me but I didn't think you were there for the gold rush.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
I know you are a bit older than me but I didn't think you were there for the gold rush. I wish. 😉
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I wish. 😉 maybe a better time, no tv, no online chess.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
maybe a better time, no tv, no online chess. Right then it would have been "real" correspondence chess eh?
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Right then it would have been "real" correspondence chess eh? back in the day we had a school boat ex tug boat the guy that skippered it played postal chess games took years.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
back in the day we had a school boat ex tug boat the guy that skippered it played postal chess games took years. Now that would have taken lots of patience.
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Now that would have taken lots of patience. I remember being a kid and not having a telephone in the house, outside loo, no tv, no fridge, no supermarkets, and my dad rode a gas bicycle.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
I remember being a kid and not having a telephone in the house, outside loo, no tv, no fridge, no supermarkets, and my dad rode a gas bicycle. Ah, the simple days eh?
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Ah, the simple days eh? all we had to play with was the outdoors.
Joined 14 Mar '04 Moves 175806 Originally posted by redbadger
all we had to play with was the outdoors. A lovely "toy" to be sure. Actually one of my absolute favourites to this day.
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Joined 09 Jun '14 Moves 10079 Originally posted by Great Big Stees
A lovely "toy" to be sure. Actually one of my absolute favourites to this day. yeah its hard to get bored whilst outdoors.
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