It's been a slice...

[David Ottosen]

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What does the CFC have to do with any of this?

good question...

No argument with the national federation. No bad feelings. I'm not returning my life membership or that sort of thing

maybe you can answer it yourself?

[Gary Ruben]

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And what do I care about your relationship with the CFC?

What does the CFC have to do with any of this? This message board is not a CFC message board. The CFC has not been involved in correspondence chess organizing. The CFC has nothing to do with any of this.

Why don't you stick to topics with which you are familiar? Unless your purpose is to provide entertainment.

[David Ottosen]

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It was simply for anyone I know who might wonder why I'm not listed in any of the recent events on the CCCA web site. I find it preferable to simply disappearing from play or becoming a "whatever happened to" trivia question.

I would wager significant amounts that no such question was ever forthcoming on chesstalk. And what do I care about your relationship with the CFC?

[Paul Bonham]

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Well, I just have one question for the climate change skeptics:

It is January, where is the snow?

Perhaps, we should listen to the sandwich boards guys, once in a while.

The snow is in Alaska. Sarah Palin had to hire some Russians to dig out her driveway, the plows couldn't get through!

One winter without snow south of Edmonton or Thunder Bay does not a climate change make. But seriously, is there no snow at all even in the snow belt areas of Ontario?

Cold and snow are coming this week to the U.S. midwest. Crisis averted.

[Gary Ruben]

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Where did I say this? I imagine your playing and organizing was long and praiseworthy, and your post would likely have been very interesting on whatever the international correspondence chess forum is to the many other seniors who still play it.

However, on chesstalk, this silly post cries out "look at me", and that is borne out by the fact that despite 30 subsequent posts, only 1 or 2 are actually about your original post.

The original post required no replies at all. It was simply for anyone I know who might wonder why I'm not listed in any of the recent events on the CCCA web site. I find it preferable to simply disappearing from play or becoming a "whatever happened to" trivia question.

I don't find others wanting to use the topic for other things to be a problem or annoying.

The fact is that if your assertion top level international correspondence chess, which is what this is all about, was correct regarding seniors, I wouldn't be retiring.

All is good, David. No argument with the national federation. No bad feelings. I'm not returning my life membership or that sort of thing. It's actually quite refreshing and much less time consuming.

[David Ottosen]

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If Ottosen wants to call my playing efforts and organizing efforts in over the board and correspondence chess whoring I can certainly live with that.

Where did I say this? I imagine your playing and organizing was long and praiseworthy, and your post would likely have been very interesting on whatever the international correspondence chess forum is to the many other seniors who still play it.

However, on chesstalk, this silly post cries out "look at me", and that is borne out by the fact that despite 30 subsequent posts, only 1 or 2 are actually about your original post.

[Gary Ruben]

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Unduly Harsh.

Thank you, Kerry.

I can say I always gave it my best shot when I represented Canada in International events.

If Ottosen wants to call my playing efforts and organizing efforts in over the board and correspondence chess whoring I can certainly live with that.

At least I was never a whore for poker.

[Vlad Drkulec]

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Well, I just have one question for the climate change skeptics:

It is January, where is the snow?

Perhaps, we should listen to the sandwich boards guys, once in a while.

Climate changes all the time. The skepticism deals with man's role and ability to change it. In interglacial warming periods there is usually some global warming and hence less snow hence the hysterical need for the chicken little crowd to pretend that previous interglacial warming periods didn't happen since if primitive man was able to survive them, a few degrees Celsius wouldn't matter now either.

Why is this thread being hijacked? The chicken little crowd is getting their butts handed to them on a platter over there so the contagion must spread further? Is that the deal?

If so, don't expect the arguments to work on a new thread either.

[Zeljko Kitich]

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Spelling, spelling. :D

science first, spelling second :D:D

[Bob Gillanders]

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Then I ain't gonna believe you pardner. Especially because you ain't anywhere near 150 years old. Even assuming your misty coloured memories of growing up at the north pole are 20/20. Now my having been born in early January can tell you there wasn't always snow on the ground for my birthday. Sometimes I had to walk 3 miles to school and ski 2 miles back just to get back in time to open my presents. But hey if the sandwhich board fits, wear it.

Spelling, spelling. :D

[Zeljko Kitich]

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You are taller now? :D

When I was a child, there was always snow on the ground in January!
Yes, I know it's anecdotal, but what of it. You want me to study snowfall patterns? That ain't gonna happen.

Then I ain't gonna believe you pardner. Especially because you ain't anywhere near 150 years old. Even assuming your misty coloured memories of growing up at the north pole are 20/20. Now my having been born in early January can tell you there wasn't always snow on the ground for my birthday. Sometimes I had to walk 3 miles to school and ski 2 miles back just to get back in time to open my presents. But hey if the sandwhich board fits, wear it.

[Bob Gillanders]

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I can tell you snow used to be up to my waist when I was a child walking to school but that
doesn't happen these days. Can you spot the flaw in my reasoning - I knew you could :)

You are taller now? :D

When I was a child, there was always snow on the ground in January!
Yes, I know it's anecdotal, but what of it. You want me to study snowfall patterns? That ain't gonna happen.

ps. You need one more edit. Check the spelling of sandwich.

[Zeljko Kitich]

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Well, I just have one question for the climate change skeptics:

It is January, where is the snow?

Perhaps, we should listen to the sandwich boards guys, once in a while.

That would be anecdotal and unscientific evidence. You might as well rely on Uncle Joe's trick knee to tell you when it's going to rain.

The correct basis of evidence would be to study snowfall patterns back as far as the record goes (recognizing that this itself may be a limited amount of evidence) to determine whether no snowfall yet this year is an anomoly. Of course you would first have to define what part of Canada you are talking about. You would then need to determine if it's cold enough to have snowed but just not snowed yet due to rain patterns. I can tell you snow used to be up to my waist when I was a child walking to school but that
doesn't happen these days. Can you spot the flaw in my reasoning - I knew you could :)
Sometimes the guy with the sandwhich board needs to do more than just shoot from the lip.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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who plays a dying form of chess

chess.com blooms with this form (it is called Online chess, while 1, 5 min etc - Live chess ), thus "dying" is just premature.

[Kerry Liles]

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I'm glad to see the thread focused on interesting topics instead of some guy who plays a dying form of chess making an attention whore post about how he's not going to play anymore. Hint: the thread should make it clear to you that no one really cares.

Unduly Harsh.