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muppyman
12/05/2005
21:29:38
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 Subject: Global Bounty Hunters#88
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Welcome drron, make yourself at home and stay for as long as you like. stinky we will see you when you get back :)
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julianlore
12/06/2005
02:17:13
[ report this post ] | Hello drron !
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Welcome to the best team of gameknot! Good Huntings!
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grandphish
12/06/2005
07:40:54
[ report this post ] | Welcome to GBH
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Welcome to the best team at GameKnot, Ron. Glad to have you along for the ride. Live long and prosper. Do you like tostitos sprinkled on peaches? :) Will we see you in Atlanta around the end of the year? Just curious.
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drron
12/06/2005
09:13:29
[ report this post ] | Joining the best Team on Gameknot
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Hi everyone. Thank you all for having me.
Some intro to who I am:
About Me: I'm Ron Goldstein - A New York City boy, born and raised (ala Neil Diamond)- born in The Bronx. I'm a mathematician/computer scientist and have enjoyed both and academic and business life. As an academic, I've been a professor of mathematics and computer science at various universities such as: Univ. of Notre Dame; Univ. of Miami (Go Canes!!!!!!!!!) - where I took early retirement; and Univ. of Warwick (England). Presently, we have a software consulting company (-> www.themedwiz.com) and live in Miami, Florida, USA. I'm a sports nut - favorite teams are (naturally!!) Canes, Heat, Dolphins. I have lived at various times in England, The Peoples Republic of China, Italy. Last, but not least, I'm married to a gorgeous, young, blond "trophy" wife - Donna.
My favorite quotes:
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him do the backstroke." -- me "If your opponent is drowning, throw the sonofabitch an anchor." -- James Carville "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." -- Albert Einstein "Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything." -- Harry S. Truman "A man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything." -- Edward Phelps "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke and finally: "I'm proud to be an American." -- drron - One of many.
I'm addicted to this type of chess and love meeting, chatting, and making friends from all over the world as a side effect of playing this web-based chess.
I'm looking forward to being a member of this team.
Ron
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daddysgirl
12/06/2005
11:38:04
[ report this post ] | drron
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welcome to the craziest, friendliest and greatest team on GK:)
GO GBH
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drron
12/06/2005
12:06:25
[ report this post ] | daddysgirl
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Hi daddysgirl,
Thanks for the welcome. Good to be on such a friendly team!
GO GBH x 2
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chimane
12/06/2005
13:04:41
[ report this post ] | Welcome dronn
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glad to have you here...May you collect much bounty...speaking of which, we are DOWN to 69...now I know some of you seem to think that is a great number, but please you don't have to bring the whole team down to your level! ;)
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carpe_diem
12/06/2005
13:12:50
[ report this post ] | Welcome drron!
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A warm welcome to this whacky team! Seriously, you won't find a better team on GK! But, look out for Stinky's match-ups, especially since your rating is up there :)
Go GBH !!!
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muppyman
12/06/2005
13:36:30
[ report this post ] | should have warned you ron,
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Our esteemed captain does have a habit of overclocking us occasionally, just in case we might happen to win, and then he can say "Good, now I know I can safely match you against higher rated players" :))
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deadofknight
12/06/2005
14:25:04
[ report this post ] | The DOC is in the House!
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Welcome aboard and may I suggest that we are clearly the best team on this site...and that your
addition to the team is evidence enough of that truth.
Love your quotes...may steal one for my profile page..
Good Luck Hunting Ron.
Ty
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drron
12/06/2005
14:42:58
[ report this post ] | re: deadofknight
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Hey Ty,
Thanks for the welcome!! This is a real friendly team. i know I'm going to enjoy it!
You can rip off all my quotes - after all, I ripped them all off of somebody else. "lol"
Ron
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drron
12/06/2005
14:46:05
[ report this post ] | chimane & carpe_diem
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Hi guys. Thanks for welcoming me. I'm also excited by the "69". I knew this team was the right one! "lol"
Ron
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muppyman
12/06/2005
15:13:37
[ report this post ] | good to see,
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that deadofknight is one of the countless millions who "hold these truths to be self-evident" :)
Here's another quote from Einstein for you, There are two infinites, one is the size of the universe, the second is the depth of human stupidity, and we are still not sure about the first one.
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flyerguy1012
12/06/2005
15:26:31
[ report this post ] | WELCOME drron
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You have joined a truly unique and special team........the best on GK..............may you do well in all of your team games and it is great to have you on board...........GO GBH !!!!
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drron
12/06/2005
15:30:31
[ report this post ] | re: good to see
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That's one of Einstein's that I don't recall, but I'll rip that one off. A good one, muppyman
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drron
12/06/2005
15:33:27
[ report this post ] | re: flyerguy welcome.
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Thanks for the positive thoughts flyerguy. But an Eagles fan? Even after last nite?
I'm a lucky fan - my Dolphins actually won one - against the lowly Bills. But still,... it's a win! :-)
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leo_london
12/07/2005
01:33:43
[ report this post ] | drron.
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Hi there Ron, welcome to GBH.
I'm fairly new on this team, they are a very friendly bunch...and always active in the forums. Have you joined " The Lost Social Foum " club yet ?...some of our more " opinionated " team-mates are members ( myself included )..gives us an opportunity to chat about " non-chess " subjects.
Best wishes from across the pond..
Leo
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kapablanca
12/07/2005
06:40:52
[ report this post ] | Welcome drron
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Welcome to our team. I hope you enjoy being with us and help us.
Best Wishes,
Kapablanca
PD: Team I'm sorry that I'm not being very participative lately, but a lot of things happened: I'm writing my thesis, working part time and soon will be father. I'll be participating more ASAP.
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drron
12/07/2005
06:59:00
[ report this post ] | re: The Lost Social Forum
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thanks for the welcome Leo, and the heads-up re the aforementioned forum. I'll join up as soon as I figure out how ;-)
Ron
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drron
12/07/2005
07:01:09
[ report this post ] | kapablanca
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Thanks and much luck with your baby - I wish for brilliance, beauty and health!!, and with your thesis.
Ron
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chimane
12/08/2005
08:14:16
[ report this post ] | 69,69,69,68,67,66,65,64....
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and I think I just made it 63...wrong way for us guys lets get back to collecting bounty and not giving ours away to lesser life forms....
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chimane
12/08/2005
08:16:05
[ report this post ] | Cap'n is gone...
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as is evidenced by our downslide....no more partying and boozing...well only the normal is allowed.
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muppyman
12/09/2005
01:56:31
[ report this post ] | Cap'n will be back,
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ahaaarrrrr Jim lad, would e pour me a good tot o rum to be goin on with. And now, by Flints bones methinks it behoves us to storm a few enemy ships betwixt our cap'ns goin and returnin, so that we'll not be gettin keelhauled when he gets back. Me barnacle scars are still healing from last time. :)
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astinkyfart
12/09/2005
06:17:21
[ report this post ] | arrrrrrrrgggggghhhh
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im back. we really need to change our loseing ways. its time to kick arse and take names. actually i dont even care if you take names we dont need the names. just make sure they remember ours ;)
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leo_london
12/09/2005
06:45:45
[ report this post ] | I have
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just won a team game. A real win this time..not a time-out.
Us crumbly old folk are are doing our bit...eh muppyman ?
;-)
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muppyman
12/09/2005
12:06:04
[ report this post ] | Leo,
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Yep, a win would feel pretty good if I remember rightly, you know how it is when we get to my age the second thing we lose is our memory. :)
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muppyman
12/09/2005
17:13:04
[ report this post ] | and leo
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I just discovered that I have just won a team game too. Trouble is I cant remember what I just said about how it should feel. sighhhh. Old aint cold! :)
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flyerguy1012
12/09/2005
19:48:30
[ report this post ] | OK team....
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Time to focus.............let's get em back...............we've done it before and we can do it again........
Nice job Mup and Leo........we'll take em one at a time if we have to......
GO BOUNTY HUNTERS !!!!!!
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muppyman
12/10/2005
11:44:33
[ report this post ] | o.k. team
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I can report another win for the Bounty Hunters oldboys section :) This time it was a long tough struggle. Rather satisfying really.
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muppyman
12/11/2005
12:21:04
[ report this post ] | I wonder
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if the team members have forgotten where our team forum is????? no posts for a couple of days?
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leo_london
12/11/2005
14:22:20
[ report this post ] | Shhh..muppyman
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Saturday/Sunday...all sleeping-off their hangovers.
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muppyman
12/11/2005
14:36:55
[ report this post ] | leo,
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its Monday here, so we could add the monday morning feeling?
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astinkyfart
12/11/2005
19:19:15
[ report this post ] | i think im gonna
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lose two games. :( dang
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muppyman
12/11/2005
20:03:23
[ report this post ] | oh dear oh dear
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going to lose two games?? Want us oldies to help you find them??? where did you last see them?
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daddysgirl
12/12/2005
05:48:43
[ report this post ] | muppy...
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I clearly remember where our team forum is..I just dont know where I am... and to add to my woes I have forgotten how to play chess...I'm seeing moves that just aren't there!!.. think its time to walk the plank... OR maybe..just maybe.. I want to prove Muppy's axiom was wrong:))
I'm off to try and find my game..
Happy Hunting:))
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muppyman
12/12/2005
14:35:25
[ report this post ] | daddysgirl,
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I cant help wondering to which axiom you are referring, and also wondering how an axiom can be disproved, since by definition it is a statement so obvious that it requires no proof. Curiouser and curiouser. You might find your game esconced somewhere with the two that stinky thinks he is going to lose. :)
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daddysgirl
12/12/2005
15:14:32
[ report this post ] | Muppy in wonderland..
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Muppy:- "stinky, you better give d.girl a heap of match games, because come what may, that gal is a natural winner!!!" described by yourself as an axiom.. I havent won a game since!!(but then wasn't winning much before:)) )..
do you seriously expect me to search amongst those Stinky games!!
I need help (nothing new there then:)
Happy hunting:) ... especially for lost game(s)
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muppyman
12/12/2005
15:52:12
[ report this post ] | dgirl
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Of course you are a natural winner, and that involves far more than chess games. You won the hearts and respect of virtually every team member here, with one exception, and she is gone forever now. So winning a few games is of secondary consideration, and you will do that also, soon enough. :)
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daddysgirl
12/13/2005
11:54:23
[ report this post ] | no wonder
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you are allergic to honey my dearest Muppy.. you are just too sweet...:)
I do hope you are right about the games tho, only luck I'm having is bad.. my pitch fork just isnt working....:(( may have to change my profile pic:((
happy hunting :)
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muppyman
12/13/2005
14:35:28
[ report this post ] | My dear young lady,
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Luck deserves no place in assessing chess results. Your games, by and large, will be won or lost by a combination of skill, experience, concentration, application, and ATTITUDE!!!!!!!! The last of the afforementioned virtues is the one most likely to tip the scales in your favour. Sometimes you teenagers take a while to ingest the fact that attitude is not a fortuitous thing, it is the result of a deliberate decision. And while I am in a mood to reveal some normally guarded secrets, here is a beautiful law of life for you; Nothing will ever happen unless and until it doesn't matter!!! So stop allowing it to matter and start enjoying the actual doing. :)) By the way, everything I say happens to be true.
Here endeth the umpteenth lesson from the chronicles of Muppywisdom! :)
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daddysgirl
12/13/2005
15:04:07
[ report this post ] | It has been a long while
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since I was referred to as a teenager!! I have 3 of my own, boy do they know about attitude!!!
Once again, I am grateful for the re-emergence of the Muppy wisdom!! thank you:)
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muppyman
12/13/2005
16:51:58
[ report this post ] | dgirl,
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Firstly, you are welcome. Secondly, even if you had 6 of them you would still be, in my perspective, a teenager, and always will be. :)
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muppyman
12/13/2005
17:35:39
[ report this post ] | Damned timeouts,
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no matter how many times it happens, winning two team games by an opponent timing out still leaves a nasty taste in my mouth even though it gives points to our team. :(
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daddysgirl
12/14/2005
05:12:34
[ report this post ] | My... My....
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arent we 'the glass is half empty' Mr Muppy?... think how nasty it must taste to the captain of that team! right now we need the points and will take them however our opponents wish to hand them over:)
now we are back on 69.. lets do battle and see if we can scare more opponents into giving us more:)
Go Hunters!!
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flyerguy1012
12/14/2005
06:23:04
[ report this post ] | Dgirl
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is right Mup.......we'll take em anyway we can get em.....
GO GBH !!!!!!
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astinkyfart
12/14/2005
12:56:20
[ report this post ] | mupster
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its taste much better than timeouts against us. score baby score i dont care if you shoot your opponent. ok maybe thats too extreme but you get my drift ;)
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muppyman
12/14/2005
15:17:13
[ report this post ] | yep, we'll take em,
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and any others that anyone wants to throw away. :)
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astinkyfart
12/14/2005
21:20:30
[ report this post ] | before this thread is gone
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i want to congratulate markallen. he has gone from -34 to finally breaking even on his team score. this is a fantastic turn around. so for those of you feeling bad about your score....dont worry it can be turned around. way to go mark.
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muppyman
12/14/2005
21:26:00
[ report this post ] | marvellous,
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That is nothing less than a magnificent achievement by Mark, and well worthy of recognition. Inspirational stuff!
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daddysgirl
12/14/2005
22:25:36
[ report this post ] | way to go Mark
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excellent effort:)
Go GBH:)
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flyerguy1012
12/15/2005
06:29:55
[ report this post ] | Nice job Mark
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way to turn things around......
up to 73 today....let's keep em comin'
GO GBH !!!!!
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