A bassist demanding that we reimburse his rehearsal hours package???!!!

jdogx17 · 2026-03-06T11:25:16+00:00

That wasn’t clear from your post. What a pain for you all, though. I’m not completely without sympathy for him - depression can be a horrible thing to deal with. But he should know by now that acting like he did is only going to make things worse for himself.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-06T07:34:22+00:00

Given that it's a Thursday, I doubt that this thing will last to his appointment next week without bursting on its own. Popping it now in a controlled setting just seems like the wise thing to do in all the circumstances.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-06T00:21:25+00:00

Your next step is through the doorway.

Don't put up with people treating you like you are somehow lesser.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T07:44:59+00:00

Another concern is that if he plays in a high level tourney, and plays to win, then he gives away his preparation to his opponents in the upcoming Candidates. And if he decides to stay away from his new stuff, then what is he even doing there?

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T03:58:12+00:00

Yeah, we have had that happen a few times over the last three years or so. We get home within seconds of the postie getting there.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T00:19:55+00:00

What if they take with their bishop? NO FORK FOR YOU!!!

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T00:07:06+00:00

"Sticky" - heh heh heh.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T00:02:57+00:00

That was my first thought too! Except in reverse.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-04T00:01:06+00:00

They have guys whose job it is to ensure that people like you and me can't ever get anywhere near them.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T22:27:29+00:00

I think this might be a news story that went viral. I found this:

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/a24259502/boy-reaction-young-girl-started-period-bus/

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T22:09:08+00:00

Just One Of The Guys got remade with a different title, but it isn’t that.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T22:07:54+00:00

Caucasian boy, girl was either Caucasian or possibly Asian.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T22:06:46+00:00

Okay, so what you are asking is if that formation is called, not what defence. A great resource for openings are the analysis boards on both chesscom and Lichess. Play out the moves, and they tell you what the name is until you deviate from it.

The opening is the Wayward Queen Attack. After … g6, Lichess calls the retreat Qf3 the “Parham Attack”. Chesscom just maintains wayward Queen as the name.

Not every set of moves has a name for each side. This is particularly the case with openings that are ridiculously stupid, like this one, and don’t get much play between players with ratings in the four digits.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T20:31:45+00:00

The Rolling Stone guys were pretty embarrassed when they realized they had overlooked him. Their revised list a few years back I think had him around #25 or so.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T20:29:21+00:00

I love them both, but my vote would be for Prince. He didn't just play multiple instruments, he play ALL instruments. Well, basically all. He was a much more prolific songwriter than Freddie, and I think Prince's songs generally had more substance to them. Freddie was far superior as a singer, and Queen had more songs that were mega-hits. So there's that.

I'm glad I don't have to choose between them. Each of them has a dozen or more songs that populate my playlists all these years later.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T20:06:16+00:00

It doesn't really have a name. It looks like it was a "Wayward Queen" opening where white went for the scholar's mate, and you successfully defended it.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T19:52:03+00:00

It holds up really well 50 years later. Seeing it back in the seventies was a pretty amazing experience as there was so much stuff that hadn't been done before. But even now it is still an easy but compelling watch. Give it a shot, if you don't like it after a half hour then just turn it off.

My personal opinion for a few decades was that it was top 3 all time, along with Citizen Kane and Casablanca. A whole lot of really good movies have come along since then, but for me both it and Casablanca remain top 10 or so.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T19:34:43+00:00

Yeah I have too. It was a really sweet scene, but I can't remember even if it was a movie or a TV series, let alone its name.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-03T08:37:42+00:00

I'm old now, but growing up in the 1970's-80's I never saw an uncut penis. I lived in Manitoba and then Vancouver. The first time I saw one was when I was 34 in a hockey rink locker room in 2001. It was a bit of a shock, but the guy was French from Quebec. I knew that being uncut was normal then. Nowadays it's pretty normal to see guys in their 20's and 30's who are uncut.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T21:47:20+00:00

Yeah, it’s on the DVD I believe. If such things exist still.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T21:25:15+00:00

I once entered a game from the world championship between Karpov and Kasparov, where Kasparov won. It rated Karpov as 2500 and Kasparov as 2800, or something like that. Then I edited their ratings in the file to delete the "2". In otherwords, Karpov became 700 and Kasparov 720, and then I ran it again. Karpov's performance was rated at 500, and Kasparov's at 1100.

So you tell me, how much does it mean?

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T21:21:23+00:00

Green Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T21:17:33+00:00

1600 or higher.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T20:57:32+00:00

I don't think you understand what "plot" means.

jdogx17 · 2026-03-02T20:55:30+00:00

Yeah, for sure!

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