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dragonair234 wrote:
akafett wrote:
Just got back from vacation in FL. Guess how many games I played at the beach pavilion (which is loaded with outdoor chess tables)?
0.
Biggest disappointment of the trip.
And why the heck didn't you play?!
Because it was void of chess players. Well, I did play against myself; lost every game. It was either that or play against this crab that kept looking at me.
The worst part, Dragon, is that I came back with only one (1) chess anecdote. And I'll post that shortly; I have to take a chocolate shake break.
@ Camber: I am definately sure it was a Firespray. Impressive that you know the make, model, and name.
Ok, anecdote time.
During my recent vacation I came across this guy with a hand-made chess set, board included. It appeared to be made of marble. I asked the guy if he played chess. He said, "No, it takes too long; boring. I get into checkers, though. But check out these chess pieces, aren't they cool?"
He showed me the set. The chessmen were hand-carved square tiki looking guys that looked identical other than the height; the bishop being 1/16 of an inch taller than the pawns, for example. This set of chessmen was so ugly, I think it could have scared the white off of rice.
Then, he took out some other pieces to the game of which he did not know the purpose. They were 24 flat disc shaped pieces; 12 of one color, 12 of another color. "Now, what in the world are these for? Extras, maybe," he theorized.
"No," I said, "Those are for playing checkers."
"So, you play checkers?"
"No, I don't have the patience for checkers."
Oct 6, 2014
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akafett wrote:
Ok, anecdote time.
During my recent vacation I came across this guy with a hand-made chess set, board included. It appeared to be made of marble. I asked the guy if he played chess. He said, "No, it takes too long; boring. I get into checkers, though. But check out these chess pieces, aren't they cool?"
He showed me the set. The chessmen were hand-carved square tiki looking guys that looked identical other than the height; the bishop being 1/16 of an inch taller than the pawns, for example. This set of chessmen was so ugly, I think it could have scared the white off of rice.
Then, he took out some other pieces to the game of which he did not know the purpose. They were 24 flat disc shaped pieces; 12 of one color, 12 of another color. "Now, what in the world are these for? Extras, maybe," he theorized.
"No," I said, "Those are for playing checkers."
"So, you play checkers?"
"No, I don't have the patience for checkers."
Haha way to have some fun with it! By it I mean the conversation. ha. And it sounds like you had a really nice vacation. Btw a chocolate "shake break" sounds very dangerous! lol
@ Dragon: It was fun. The pavillion at the Gulf Coast beach had a chess board (2" squares) built into every table. No boardwalk; just a covered pavillion, sand, and an ocean breeze. It was perfect, except there was no one else there playing chess. Instead, they were just lying around in the sand, baking themselves (I don't know what it is with some people) doing absolutly nothing. So, I joined them.
Oct 7, 2014
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#3408
akafett wrote:
@ Dragon: It was fun. The pavillion at the Gulf Coast beach had a chess board (2" squares) built into every table. No boardwalk; just a covered pavillion, sand, and an ocean breeze. It was perfect, except there was no one else there playing chess. Instead, they were just lying around in the sand, baking themselves (I don't know what it is with some people) doing absolutly nothing. So, I joined them.
Well it's cool they even had chess boards in the first place! I'm impressed! Did you snap any pics by any chance? It sounds like a dreamland. Are you sure you weren't dreaming? lol.
@ Dragon: No, I wasn't dreaming. And no, I didn't snap any pics. The tables were concrete with the squares molded into them and painted. The really bad part is when I got back to the house that evening, I found out that earlier that day a chess club met at a park about 10 min north of where I went (the pavillion). This park is a small peninsula that overlooks a marina where all the billionaires park their REALLY nice sailboats.
We haven't heard from our friend 12/29 in a while. Hellooo?
I must go I AM BORED
Oct 7, 2014
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#3412
akafett wrote:
@ Dragon: No, I wasn't dreaming. And no, I didn't snap any pics. The tables were concrete with the squares molded into them and painted. The really bad part is when I got back to the house that evening, I found out that earlier that day a chess club met at a park about 10 min north of where I went (the pavillion). This park is a small peninsula that overlooks a marina where all the billionaires park their REALLY nice sailboats.
Aw man! lol.
No matter how expensive a sailboat is, I don't care, cause I get sick sea quite easily! =P When I was little my friend would invite me on her sailboat with her parents too and one morning we had pancakes before we went. Well, I saw the pancakes for a second time that day. LOL.
Oct 7, 2014
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#3413
camberfoil wrote:
We haven't heard from our friend 12/29 in a while. Hellooo?
12/29 that's an awesome nickname. Kind of like James Bond's 007. tehehe. And I would like to know where he is too. 
007!
So we have a:
bounty hunter,
a dragon,
but a plane also
and 12/29
What is this thread coming too?
Oct 7, 2014
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#3416
I was going through some "old photos" aka last year, and I had taken this pic of a plane's back end while we were taxiing. ha. This one's for you Camberfoil. 
Oct 7, 2014
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#3417
And since we're talking about vacations (at the beginning of October? lol) here's a pic of the chess book I was looking at on that vacation (Las Vegas!) at the time. If you know this book then you know how basic it is. Don't judge meehhhh! lol
Oct 7, 2014
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#3418
but wrote:
So we have a:
bounty hunter,
a dragon,
but a plane also
and 12/29
What is this thread coming too?
I SO want to write a creative story about this. LOL. And at one point we had varelse1 (Gollum!) I miss him!
dragonair234 wrote:
I was going through some "old photos" aka last year, and I had taken this pic of a plane's back end while we were taxiing. ha. This one's for you Camberfoil.
That's a Boeing 737 outfitted with SNECMA-GE CFM International CFM56 jet engines.
Oct 7, 2014
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#3420
camberfoil wrote:
dragonair234 wrote:
I was going through some "old photos" aka last year, and I had taken this pic of a plane's back end while we were taxiing. ha. This one's for you Camberfoil.
That's a Boeing 737 outfitted with SNECMA-GE CFM International CFM56 jet engines.
Nice! I knew you could identify it, even from that awkward angle. You probably noticed that this is kind of an illusion because there was another plane directly in front of it, so, you can see the other plane's wings' too. Well, this might just be me overanalyzing a not-so-amazing pic. heh.
Just got back from vacation in FL. Guess how many games I played at the beach pavilion (which is loaded with outdoor chess tables)?
0.
Biggest disappointment of the trip.
And why the heck didn't you play?!