Chess for Oldtimers --- Good Idea !

Speaking of old geezers, does anybody remember Major Hoople? Believe he lived in a boarding house and was very full oh himself. Use to go around muttering something like Haft Kaft?

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Onelaneblktop: Major Hoople ? The name does seem familiar but I can't seem place it ( perhaps one of our other vistors ? ).

Anyone know about the "Fake Sam Sloan" scandal that engulfed the Polgars (and me).

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cab: On a lighter note , Roseanne Barr said something similar about Cheerleaders. She was rejected by that fraternity for some reason, and in late life said: " If all,cheerleaders were laid end to end, it would not surprise me." Sour grapes perhaps, but a great quote.

Thanks for the post Kaynight. Yes I imagine that at the time when Roseanne was rejected it was quite a blow to her ego. 

I personally find that playing Online Chess gives me an equal playing field when I play the young players.  Don't have to worry about beating a clock and I can focus on tactics and strategy.

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Cdowis75: You make some good points.

I don't know if Roseanne said it, cabby, but if she did, she was stealing from Dorothy Parker.  Parker's line was a reference to the prom at Yale:  "If all the girls attending it were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."  (If there's such a thing as a Dorothy Parker groupie, I am one...;-) )

--- Motherinlaw: I am shocked ! Someone in showbusiness stealing from somebody else ? ( mind you that was part of Milton Berle's act for years  lol ). I also liked Henny Youngman a lot:  " Take my wife --- Please ! "

"I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport."

"I've been in love with the same woman for 49 years.  If my wife finds out, she'll kill me."

""The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip."

"Getting on a plane, I told the ticket lady 'Send one of my bags to New York, one to Los Angeles, and other one to Miami.'  She said 'We can't do that!'  I said 'Why not?  You did it last week!'

"God sneezed.  I didn't know what to say to him."

--- Thanks for the post Motherinlaw. Yes indeed, Henny was the King of the one- liners, now we are talking real comedy.

Spot on cab, ever tried to get into a plaster when you are bleeding, or a pair of scissors hermetically sealed in plastic, when you need those scissors to get into them? I think designers are not what they used to be. Don't get me started on IKEA.

--- Thanks for the post Kaynight. Well they have put people on the Moon and up to the Space-station as well so I'm sure that things will improve soon ( now if only they could make a decent zipper  lol ).

Spot on cab, ever tried to get into a plaster when you are bleeding, or a pair of scissors hermetically sealed in plastic, when you need those scissors to get into them? I think designers are not what they used to be. Don't get me started on IKEA.

I think online chess has taken away a lot of denial from players who used to proudly say they never studied theory, a key edge the young have.

Also if a 10 year-old kid can become a GM, it's logical that someone starting at 30 should be able to do it by 40 or sooner.

--- Thanks for the posts BetterOffSingle. Yes playing Chess can take up time when one is not busy plus it also helps to keep the old brain working.

I recently found a good item from Douglas Adams: " A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of compete fools . " ( boy he was right on target there  lol ).

Great quote -- I hadn't heard it before.

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Motherinlaw: Yes I got quite a chuckle out of that item, I've met a number of people who are covered by that rule  lol.