Pat Hartman has left the building (1 Viewer)

[Thales750]

Don't beat yourself up, it was bound to happen with or without you. Life goes on.

If you really want to know the truth, I think I did a pretty good job of showing restraints, over all.

 

[AccessBlaster]

If you really want to know the truth, I think I did a pretty good job of showing restraints overall.

Well, by all means give yourself a pat on the back.

 

[Thales750]

Well, by all means give yourself a pat on the back.

I know that sounded like I was congratulating myself but what it meant was that I didn't get any pleasure out of responding to her outrageous attacks and as a result of that I didn't pull the trigger as hard as I could have on quite a number of occasions.
I certainly did not take the high road, I just didn't take the lowest when I could have.

 

[Isaac]

If you really want to know the truth, I think I did a pretty good job of showing restraints, over all.

I actually tend to agree. You both lobbed the occasional insult but in your case it didn't come across as you were actually Angry - in a serious way.
In Pat's, it did. She was angry in a very serious way and couldn't take it any more as I mentioned earlier. I think seeing me leave the Trump Devotion cult sorta pushed her further over the edge of frustration. Not that I was ever really in the cult, I always thought, I'll take it day by day. Finally too many days came when I was like WTF
ya know, one too many WTF days can kill ya

 

[BlueSpruce]

If you really want to know the truth, I think I did a pretty good job of showing restraints, over all.

If anyone put the batteries on her, it was me in our final debate, and I have no guilty conscience nor remorse for having done so. It was bound to happen sooner or later with or without me.

OMG, how could goggleAI get what I said about putting batteries on someone so wrong?

 

[moke123]

Saw this article naming her town and figured she's gonna hit the roof.

CT Election Results: Democrats Flip Stratford, Milford, New Britain Amid National Surge | CT News Junkie

The election results mirrored a national trend that saw the Democratic Party pick up major wins in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and in California, where voters approved Proposition 50 to counter the Trump administration's congressional redistricting push in Texas and other states.

ctnewsjunkie.com

 

[BlueSpruce]

Saw this article naming her town and figured she's gonna hit the roof.

CT Election Results: Democrats Flip Stratford, Milford, New Britain Amid National Surge | CT News Junkie

The election results mirrored a national trend that saw the Democratic Party pick up major wins in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and in California, where voters approved Proposition 50 to counter the Trump administration's congressional redistricting push in Texas and other states.

ctnewsjunkie.com

Hmm, she still shows up as AWF super moderator when doing a google search.

 

[AccessBlaster]

It's her residual self image

 

[CJ_London]

Somewhat out of date - message count is about 800 down

 

[Isaac]

I will say, though, that her devotion to Bridge has left me curious about it. I've read testimonials where people said stuff like "I had always heard of Bridge but never tried it, just learning now and it's the most fun I've had my whole life" etc. etc.

I just may have to learn and join a group

 

[Isaac]

I'm sure it will take Google a while to catch up, if ever

 

[BlueSpruce]

I'm sure it will take Google a while to catch up, if ever

In the mean time, this is showing up ... not good

 

[ColinEssex]

I used to play Bridge. I preferred not to brag about it.
Col

 

[BlueSpruce]

I will say, though, that her devotion to Bridge has left me curious about it. I've read testimonials where people said stuff like "I had always heard of Bridge but never tried it, just learning now and it's the most fun I've had my whole life" etc. etc.

I just may have to learn and join a group

It's similar to the game of spades, but any other suit, such as diamonds, hearts, and clubs, can be the trump suit, (no relation to DT). The trump suit is determined at the begining of each round (aka hand) via a bidding process. Who ever bids the highest determines the trump suit for that hand. Players can also bid "no trump", e.g. "3 no trump", meaning that no suit is trump and the team that made that bid must pull 9 tricks to achieve their contract. If they fail make 9 or mire tricks, they loose 90 points. The team that first reaches 100 or more points wins a game. The team that wins 2 games wins what's called "the rubber". Back in 1973, I used to play with co-workers during lunchtime. I haven't played in a long time and would like to start again, but you have to have a partner that knows what they're doing, or you'll get chewed out by someone like ...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

her devotion to Bridge has left me curious about it.

Some years ago - on the order of 55-60 - I actually taught bridge at UNO as part of their adult community interests program. I even represented UNO in a regional bridge tournament. My partner in that tournament was one of my students. He was new to the game and made a few minor errors, but we still scored in the upper middle of the four-session competition.

During my college days, my best friend and I were bridge partners, playing in various sanctioned "club" games sponsored by local organizations and community centers. She and I were decent on offense (a.k.a. "declarer" play) but on defense, we were considered to be "sharks." When I graduated with my PhD, we drifted apart for political reasons. I was conservative, she was more liberal. Our lives went in different directions. Once the world of real work started, I stopped paying my dues to the American Contract Bridge League, the primary USA sponsoring organization. ACBL had some really great publications and I subscribed to the magazine for a little while until my mother's health turned for the worse. I decided I did not need any more distractions.

If you want to learn about bridge, there are many excellent books describing several styles of play. Not every book will have the approval, but if it is "ACBL approved" then it should be at least decent. I used the "Standard American" style, which is the most common style used by beginners. Although for me, sometimes it was "Stranded American" when I got stuck in the wrong contract.

To play bridge well, you need the ability to count to 13 several times per hand, you need to be able to reasonably deduce what cards your opponents hold based on their actions and bidding, and you need to be able to laugh when it all goes to - which sometimes it does, despite your best efforts. The strategies change depending on which variant you are playing - "party" bridge or one of several tournament variations. The "party" variation is most likely to be Standard American. In tournaments? Some of the variants will be hard to recognize as even being a part of the game of bridge.

Mechanically, the game is relatively simple. Strategically, not so simple. Programmers who can think logically during code debugging should be capable of the level of analysis required for bridge.

 

[BlueSpruce]

It's similar to the game of spades, but any other suit, such as diamonds, hearts, and clubs, can be the trump suit, (no relation to DT). The trump suit is determined at the begining of each round (aka hand) via a bidding process. Who ever bids the highest determines the trump suit for that hand. Players can also bid "no trump", e.g. "3 no trump", meaning that no suit is trump and the team that made that bid must pull 10 tricks to achieve their bid. Scoring is based on achieved bids won. The team that wins 100 points, wins a game. The team that wins 2 games wins what's called "the rubber". Back in 1973, I used to play with co-workers during lunchtime. I haven't played in a long time and would like to start again, but you have to have a partner that knows what they're doing, or you'll get chewed out by someone like ...

The sweetest feelings are finessing tricks and setting opponents, usually done when your hand is void of a suit and you're not the dummy hand

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The sweetest feelings were finessing tricks and setting opponents, usually done when the non-dummy is void of a suit

I'm going to DM you with a bridge story that might make you laugh - or gasp in shock. It would be of limited interest to the forum as a whole.

 

[BlueSpruce]

I'm going to DM you with a bridge story that might make you laugh - or gasp in shock. It would be of limited interest to the forum as a whole.

I loved to see the facial expressions on opponents when I trumped their Aces. You could literally hear their minds saying "OMG, the King and Queen I based my bid on are no longer good. We're not going to make our contract "

 

[Isaac]

Some years ago - on the order of 55-60 - I actually taught bridge at UNO as part of their adult community interests program. I even represented UNO in a regional bridge tournament. My partner in that tournament was one of my students. He was new to the game and made a few minor errors, but we still scored in the upper middle of the four-session competition.

During my college days, my best friend and I were bridge partners, playing in various sanctioned "club" games sponsored by local organizations and community centers. She and I were decent on offense (a.k.a. "declarer" play) but on defense, we were considered to be "sharks." When I graduated with my PhD, we drifted apart for political reasons. I was conservative, she was more liberal. Our lives went in different directions. Once the world of real work started, I stopped paying my dues to the American Contract Bridge League, the primary USA sponsoring organization. ACBL had some really great publications and I subscribed to the magazine for a little while until my mother's health turned for the worse. I decided I did not need any more distractions.

If you want to learn about bridge, there are many excellent books describing several styles of play. Not every book will have the approval, but if it is "ACBL approved" then it should be at least decent. I used the "Standard American" style, which is the most common style used by beginners. Although for me, sometimes it was "Stranded American" when I got stuck in the wrong contract.

To play bridge well, you need the ability to count to 13 several times per hand, you need to be able to reasonably deduce what cards your opponents hold based on their actions and bidding, and you need to be able to laugh when it all goes to - which sometimes it does, despite your best efforts. The strategies change depending on which variant you are playing - "party" bridge or one of several tournament variations. The "party" variation is most likely to be Standard American. In tournaments? Some of the variants will be hard to recognize as even being a part of the game of bridge.

Mechanically, the game is relatively simple. Strategically, not so simple. Programmers who can think logically during code debugging should be capable of the level of analysis required for bridge.

Thank you for that explanation. I'm soaking it up and may get a book or watch some videos to start me out (I prefer the book method or being taught in person).

 

[Isaac]

I used to play Bridge. I preferred not to brag about it.
Col

Don't be shy, tell us more. It's OK to talk about playing bridge, I'm pretty sure that's not a restricted subject.