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a little love story
George and I played bridge last night; he was a perfect partner and I tried my best. We used our time in the car (about an hour on the way to the game) to go over the recent system changes; much of what I play came from George’s system with Alfredo, but as is often [...]
Published by stacy on August 30th, 2008 tagged Bridge | 3 Comments »
sarah who??
Published by stacy on August 29th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
one down, one to go
7:58 a.m., stopped in town to get The Big Girl a bagel across the street from the Middle School (where has the time gone?). Walked her in, left her in the middle of a gaggle of excited girls.
Twenty minutes until we hit the road for Second Grade. Life is good. No more complaints [...]
Published by stacy on August 25th, 2008 tagged Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
weather report
The seasons of Back-to-School and Hurricane are upon us, not all that coincidentally. I’d seen them approaching but wasn’t at all prepared last week for Tropical Storms Middle School and Second Grade, which hit the local shopping mall last Wednesday morning and lasted through Thursday afternoon.
Retailers of insufficiently durable goods — sneakers, windbreakers, gluesticks, [...]
Published by stacy on August 23rd, 2008 tagged Complaints | 3 Comments »
how do you bid this?
AKx
AKQJT876
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Jx
Playing MP, everybody vul. I’m forcing a 2C opening and 2S response (showing an AK in the same suit). If you can’t stand the methods feel free to protest, otherwise go ahead and bid 3H, over which partner bids 3S. Again, if you can’t stand 3H, tell me why; otherwise, what do you do over [...]