Chess for Oldtimers --- Good Idea !

I like Sir Ralph Richardson's quote because it's both humorous and too true.  At some of the plays I've attended, you can hear the number of coughs rise as the curtain is lowered for intermission.

Loved the Ralph Richardson quote  ("Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing"), too! 

Another definition of acting (this one from Olivier) --  "Look at me, look at me, look at me, look at me!"

Thanks for the posts.

A short quote from Dizzy Dean: " I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is ? ". 

Because I was a little league pitcher, I used to love watching  the black and white broadcast of Game of the Week on Saturday afternoon with my dad.  Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were the perennial announcers.  Here's rare footage of a broadcast.

   Thanks for the post and for the link Fightingbob.

I just came across this interesting quote from Thomas Carlyle: " The outer passes away: the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever ".

Now that's a man who never had Crohn's Disease.  If he were alive today I could tell him all about it (ho ho ... ho).  But to be less literal-minded, I like Carlyle's sentiment badenwurtca.

Thanks for the post Fightingbob. Yes I had not thought of the quote quite in that way   lol.

Today we have a quote from CCC, ie Charles Caleb Colton: " The excesses of our youth are cheques written against our age and they are payable with interest 30 years later. "  

Good observation.  Of course, in another sense, one tends to be on the receiving end of "interest" much more often during one's youth --- 30 years later, not so much.. ;-D

Thanks for the post Motherinlaw. Yes it seems that time does change us a lot over the years.

yes, it makes us oldtimers.

Thanks for the post AlCzervik. Yup that is true. Btw one of my main jobs these days is keeping track of " The List " ( I hate to admit it but it involves the throne room   lol ).

how's your bucket list (no pun intended)?

My main problem with myself and my level of play is that I can't seem to play up to the standards I used to set for myself.  But I never was what I used to be, was I?  Nor are any of us.  We evolve our style of play over time, and perhaps that means we should accept new goals, and not hold ourselves to the old goals.  What level of play, for example, does USCF 1700, circa 1978,  mean on daily here?  How can it be compared fairly, if at all?   

   ---   Thanks for the post AlCzervik. Well as the years have passed I've reduced plans for doing big things ( or dangerous things   lol ). Mind you I would like to get back to the point where I could look down and see my toes without having to lean way forward.

Samsara15: Thanks for the post. Good questions ( anyone got the answers ? ). 

setting a goal implies you want to work towards something. are you working towards it? are your goals attainable? 

my advice (from an admitted hack) is to play. you have an obvious history with the game. patterns will be seen as you saw them previously.

lastly, everyone here always talks about using the tactics trainer. i myself don't use it, but, i've read it enough to know it must help if you want to improve. 

Thanks for the info AlCzervik.