Saturday Afternoon Chess/Open Thread (Featuring Dress Pr0n) 09-16-2017

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Good afternoon morons and moronettes, and welcome to the Saturday Afternoon Chess/Open Thread, the only AoSHQ thread with content specifically for all of us chess nerds who pay homage in the temple of Caïssa, goddess of the chessboard. Also, dress pr0n. Each week, I pick out a few lovely, modest, conservative dresses for the 'ettes to admire and appraise. And, for those of you who aren't nerdly enough for chess, you can use this thread to talk about checkers, or other games, or politics, or whatever you wish, only please try to keep it civil. Nobody wants to get in the middle of a food fight on a Saturday afternoon. Unless you're starving.

Problem 1 - White To Play (177)

Hint: White mates in 2

r3rn2/p7/3qp2k/1p5n/3P1p1p/1PPQ1P2/P1B2P2/6RK w - - 0 1

Chess GAINZZ

What about your chess GAINZZZ, brah?

Problem 2 - Black To Play (575)

White is threating Qxg7#. What is the best way for Black to stop this threat?

Hint: Set up a discovered attack

6k1/3q1pp1/3b3B/4n3/8/6Q1/5PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1

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Problem 3 - To Play (556)

Hint: White wins material

4r2k/pR5p/6p1/4b3/3B4/2P2K2/1P6/8 w - - 0 1

(h/t ChessZebra)

Problem 4 - White To Play (BWTC 74)

Hint: White can force a mate in 9

r1b4k/ppp2Bb1/6Pp/3pP3/1qnP1p1Q/8/PPP3P1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1

Endgame of the Week (576)

It is Black (yes, Black) to play. What can he do, if anything, to stave off the queening threats?

Hint: create mating threats

6r1/p1P2p2/3P3p/8/P7/5k2/8/7K b - - 0 1

For the 'Ettes -- Dress Pr0n

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Solutions Update

Problem 1 - White To Play

r3rn2/p7/3qp2k/1p5n/3P1p1p/1PPQ1P2/P1B2P2/6RK w - - 0 1

1.Qh7+ Nxh7
2.Rg6#

1.Rg6+ Nxg6 2.Qxg6# is also mate, but Black isn't forced to capture the rook. Ibstead of capturing he could do this

1...Kh7
2.Rf6+ Kh8
3.Rh6+ Kg8

...and there's no easy path to a mate.

Problem 2 - Black To Play

6k1/3q1pp1/3b3B/4n3/8/6Q1/5PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1

1...Ng6!

Blocks the mating threat and now two White pieces are attacked and so he'll lose one of them.

2.Qe3 gxh6
3.Qxh6

Instead of that, I came up with this:

1... Nf3+
2. Qxf3 gxh6

Which doesn't win material. But it does stop the mate.

Problem 3 - White To Play

4r2k/pR5p/6p1/4b3/3B4/2P2K2/1P6/8 w - - 0 1

1.Rb8! Rxb8

1...Rg8 loses to 2.Bxe5#

2.Bxe5+ Kg8
3.Bxb8 and White's material advantage should be enough to win

Problem 4 - White To Play

r1b4k/ppp2Bb1/6Pp/3pP3/1qnP1p1Q/8/PPP3P1/1K1R3R w - - 0 1

1.Qd8+! Qf8

Not 1...Bf8 because 2.Rxh6+ Kg7 3.Rh7#

2.Rxh6+ Bxh6
3.Qf6+ Qg7
4.Rh1 Bh3

Or 4...Qxf6 5.exf6 Nd2+ 6.Kc1 Nb3+ 7.axb3 Bh3 8.Rxh3 f3+ 9.Rxh6# is an alternate line.

5. Rxh3 Nd2+
6. Kc1 Nb3+
7. axb3 Qxf6
8. exf6 Re8
9. Rxh6# 1-0

Endgame of the Week (576)

6r1/p1P2p2/3P3p/8/P7/5k2/8/7K b - - 0 1

This is one of those problems I would never be able to see OTB, but only by working through the position a few times. Maybe a GM could see it, though.

White is about to queen one of his advanced pawns, but his King is positioned poorly. Black takes advantage of this by playing

1...Kf2!

This sets up a mating threat. If now 2.d7, then 2...Rg5 followed by 3...Rh5#.

2.Kh2!

Now Black can't play 2...Rg5 because 3.c8=Q Rh5+ 4.Qh3 or instead 3.Kh3 f5 4.Kh4 and Black has pretty much hosed himself. Instead, Black plays

2...f5!

This moves cuts off g4 as an escape square for White's king and also blocks the c8-h3 diagonal in case of White moving c8=Q.

3.Kh3

Trying to escape via h5

3...Rg1

Oops, that won't work, let's try attacking the rook

4.Kh2 Rg5

There's no stopping 5...Rh5#.

My chess app saw all that and instead played 3.c8=Q Rxc8 4.Kh3 Rd8 which avoids the immediate mate but he loses most of his material doing so.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 05:03 PM

Comments

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1 Ran out of chess paintings, eh?

Posted by: HH at September 16, 2017 05:03 PM (mIJBI)

2 Check!

Chick!

Posted by: scrood at September 16, 2017 05:04 PM (cQdY5)

3 I'll keep a eye out for some, now quickly to figure one out before all the masters get here

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:05 PM (ghofu)

4 Sonobi is blocking the clue to #1 so will have to figure what is supposed to do and who to move first

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:06 PM (ghofu)

5 #1 R-g6+, NxR;
QxN#

Maybe

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:08 PM (ghofu)

6 I think I may have all four tactical poozles.

Posted by: fluffy at September 16, 2017 05:08 PM (U0v/A)

7 You don't need to play chess to get dementia!!!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at September 16, 2017 05:09 PM (J2oJa)

8 Say, who's the hot chick in the pink?

Posted by: Roman Polanski at September 16, 2017 05:10 PM (J2oJa)

9 Why can't you let CBD handle the dress pr0n thread? He might come up with something unexpected.

Posted by: Duchess Krauthammer at September 16, 2017 05:11 PM (/qEW2)

10 >>> Maybe

Black could just retreat to h6, but that's not so good.

Posted by: fluffy at September 16, 2017 05:12 PM (U0v/A)

11 #1 Qh7+ NxQ
Rg6#

Posted by: Giacomo at September 16, 2017 05:13 PM (gdAPT)

12 Ran out of chess paintings, eh?

Posted by: HH at September 16, 2017 05:03 PM (mIJBI)

There are plenty of chest pictures on the Internet, so I am told.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 05:13 PM (EkNES)

13 So, we're back in the Paris "treaty"! So much winning! Amnesty! Climate! Tell me why we needed trump again?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 16, 2017 05:14 PM (BoMuO)

14 Problem 1:

Rg6+

Problem 2:

... Ng6

Problem 3 (assuming white to play):

Rb8

Problem 4:

Qd8+

Right or wrong, those are the moves I would play.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:15 PM (rZ+mb)

15
I may be a minority of one, but to me a becoming dress makes a woman look beautiful instead of just looking hot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 05:16 PM (vZvre)

16 Black could just retreat to h6, but that's not so good.

Posted by: fluffy at September 16, 2017 05:12 PM (U0v/A)

Black is on h6. If you meant retreat to h7 then moving the rook away discovers check and captures black's queen.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:17 PM (rZ+mb)

17 I may be a minority of one, but to me a becoming dress makes a woman look beautiful instead of just looking hot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 05:16 PM (vZvre)

Yes, the dress makes her look beautiful. Taking it off makes her look hot.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:18 PM (rZ+mb)

18 I may be a minority of one, but to me a becoming dress makes a woman look beautiful instead of just looking hot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 05:16 PM (vZvre)

Especially when the dress becoming off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 16, 2017 05:19 PM (EkNES)

19 I actually do scroll through the chess. I don't really go straight to the ladies in dresses. But I confess I don't know a damn thing about chess.

Posted by: Eromero at September 16, 2017 05:19 PM (zLDYs)

20 5th dress.

Picture taken at Boulder, CO. The Flatirons are in the background. Dress is Meh. I wonder if her grandmother is widowed?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:20 PM (hyuyC)

21 I imagine you could boost the IQ scores of those 4000 Venezuelans by just giving them some FOOD too. Eh, nevermind, let them eat chess.

Problem 1 -- Qh7+, forces knight to take
rg6 mate.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 05:21 PM (0ogQG)

22 Pretty sure sonobi increases your i q.

Pretty sure

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 05:23 PM (bPzl3)

23 5 Skip

Problem 1 can be mate in 2 as described, but an uncooperative black can move the king to H7 to gain one move, so mate in 3.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:24 PM (hyuyC)

24 You don't need to play chess to get dementia!!!

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States

If you have billionaires funding construction of a cyborg brain and liquid metal body for you, you don't have to worry about fending off dementia by giving up alcohol and exercising your mind.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 05:24 PM (/qEW2)

25 Ran out of chess paintings, eh?

Posted by: HH at September 16, 2017 05:03 PM (mIJBI)

Naw, I've got a crapload saved up. I'm just doling them out slowly because I don't want to use them up so quickly.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:24 PM (Z76KH)

26 OM, I made some good strides on my book last night.

So, so much left to do, though.

I thought that the human condition would be easier to write on than even my field of expertise (since I've observed it my entire life), but it will be a long slog. The illustrations are gonna be tough as well.

All right, now to the content. . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:25 PM (GsAUU)

27 Also, for problem #1, Sonobi is letting part of the hint out of the bag. It's finking on OM's chess thread.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 05:25 PM (0ogQG)

28 Chess and chess!
What is "chess"?!

Posted by: Kara at September 16, 2017 05:25 PM (mJ8mX)

29 20 5th dress.

Picture taken at Boulder, CO. The Flatirons are in the background. Dress is

Meh. I wonder if her grandmother is widowed?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:20 PM (hyuyC)

Heh. You can pretend it's the 70s again. Dress kind of reminds me of that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:26 PM (Z76KH)

30 So, we're back in the Paris "treaty"!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 16, 2017 05:14 PM (BoMuO)

Kind of, it seems. The White House seems to be trying to be in it - which is triply amazing because it never went before the Senate and we were never "in it" to being with.

The bullshit from the WHite House is starting to pile up pretty high and pretty quickly these days.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:26 PM (rZ+mb)

31 Sheriff where latest school shooting took place talks guns.

https://tinyurl.com/ya3hmyqx

Caveat: Link to Goofy Glenn.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 16, 2017 05:26 PM (Nwg0u)

32 A study of 4,000 Venezuelan students showed rises in IQ scores 4 months after instruction.

Pity that wasn't done before they voted in Chavez.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:26 PM (sdi6R)

33 A train in the desert? Dress 3 is impractical, but the model exudes confidence, rather than wondering where her Uber driver is.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:27 PM (hyuyC)

34 I like chess, but Iike hot models more.

Kinda meh this week. Needs more Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 16, 2017 05:27 PM (89T5c)

35 27 Also, for problem #1, Sonobi is letting part of the hint out of the bag. It's finking on OM's chess thread.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 05:25 PM (0ogQG)

I really need to look at this site without an ad-blocker. When you guys first started talking about some guy name sonobi, I had no idea what you were talking about.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:27 PM (Z76KH)

36 #2
I would think pushing the g pawn (g6) is enough to thwart it, but what do I know. Ng6 does the same. Neither are attacking moves, though.

Ah, how about Ng4. Bishop attacking the queen, knight protected and white bishop under attack also.

Posted by: Giacomo at September 16, 2017 05:28 PM (gdAPT)

37 may be a minority of one, but to me a becoming dress makes a woman look beautiful instead of just looking hot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 05:16 PM (vZvre)

Yes, the dress makes her look beautiful. Taking it off makes her look hot.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
========
One of the few things I remember from high school literature was an anonymous poem:

My Love in her attire doth show her wit,
It doth so well become her:
For every season she hath dressings fit,
For Winter, Spring, and Summer.
No beauty she doth miss 5
When all her robes are on;
But Beauty's self she is
When all her robes are gone

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 05:29 PM (/qEW2)

38 Aw. Cute kid. They're so much fun at that age.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 05:29 PM (NWiLs)

39 Holy carp.
That white dress looks almost exactly like my wedding dress, except the skirt on this one is a bit fuller. I even had a white-flower thingy, just a bit wider than hers, in my hair instead of a veil.

Dear Lord, I would look silly in that today!
But back then? Very, very pretty.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 05:29 PM (0jtPF)

40 I was looking for a different rhyme for 'fit' and 'wit'.

Posted by: andycanuck at September 16, 2017 05:30 PM (mJ8mX)

41 29 OregonMuse

Well, maybe her grandmother has lent her the dress. It does have a '70s vibe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:31 PM (hyuyC)

42 Caveat: Link to Goofy Glenn.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 16, 2017 05:26 PM (Nwg0u)

Um.. Greenwald or Beck?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:32 PM (Z76KH)

43 One of the few things I remember from high school literature was an anonymous poem:

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 05:29 PM (/qEW2)

You whipped that out from memory? I'm impressed.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:33 PM (Z76KH)

44 Greenwald or Beck?

-
Beck

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doppelganger To the Stars! at September 16, 2017 05:33 PM (Nwg0u)

45 Ng6 does the same. Neither are attacking moves, though.

Ah, how about Ng4. Bishop attacking the queen, knight protected and white bishop under attack also.

Posted by: Giacomo at September 16, 2017 05:28 PM (gdAPT)

Ng4 allows the white bishop to defend the white queen. Ng6 doesn't allow that - bishop must be lost, at the least.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:33 PM (rZ+mb)

46 I'd like to make fun of that pink marshmellow of a dress, but I don't want to make the little girl cry.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 16, 2017 05:33 PM (pvjTE)

47 For great dress pr0n, go to Bing and look up Monet Woman With Parasol.

(Mrs. Claude Monet)

http://tinyurl.com/y7a3aebo

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:34 PM (GsAUU)

48 35 I really need to look at this site without an ad-blocker.

Posted by: OM

I keep the ad blocker on for the main page, but disable for the comments, because the blocker also hides videos youse guys thoughtfully (or not) post.

I just turned on ad blocker for the comments, and sonobi went away. Meh. It's mostly see-thru, so it doesn't bother me much. Much.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 05:35 PM (0ogQG)

49 Interesting dress selection. Right now I'm watching "Meek's Cutoff", set in 1845, and the ladies are all wearing prairie dresses and poke bonnets. Theirs are a lot dustier and faded, of course, but very pretty.

Dunno, I usually wear dresses but I think I would have been a bit of a transnormative cross-dresser if I were a Westward Ho. I can't imagine dragging those long hemlines through mud and briars all day long.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 05:35 PM (qJtVm)

50 Gals in photos 3 & 5 are deluxe. Rancho deluxe.

Posted by: Slim Pickens at September 16, 2017 05:35 PM (5fVVR)

51 Problem 3 is cute.

1. Rb8 Rxb8
2. Bxe5+ Kg8
3. Bxb8

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:36 PM (sdi6R)

52 Goya also painted a lot of Wom[e]n With Parasol.

Beautiful stuff.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:36 PM (GsAUU)

53
You whipped that out from memory?

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 05:36 PM (X9M8/)

54 OK, I'll say it. The little girl looks like she was wrapped in cotton candy at the State Fair. No wonder there is a small smile. Hello sugar coma.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 16, 2017 05:37 PM (hyuyC)

55 ...improved reading scores more than a non-chess-playing students

Well, somebody hasn't been playing enough chess...

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 05:38 PM (pszv/)

56 46 I'd like to make fun of that pink marshmellow of a dress, but I don't want to make the little girl cry.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 16, 2017 05:33 PM (pvjTE)
----
Watch out, she may be Darth Princess!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/105834659966453570

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 05:39 PM (qJtVm)

57 Chess GAINZZ

What about your chess GAINZZZ, brah?

I'm learning to embrace the weekly shame and humiliation.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 05:40 PM (pszv/)

58
#1
1. Qh7+ NxQ
2. Rg6++ (because of Knight on H7)

Posted by: Arbalest at September 16, 2017 05:41 PM (FlRtG)

59 Some guy down the street from me has a "Chess Business". Tools around in a mini-car that has a giant ad for his chess business.

Imma try to get a pic.

He has been doing it a couple of years. Guess he is doing okay.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:42 PM (XkSQF)

60 Woot! Game thread!

With microtransactions, there's an argument that videogames are becoming akin to online casinos. Should the Feds regulate them as such?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCat7KI8a0

The short answer is, that's the wrong question - it IS going to happen, probably in Europe first, whatever the "should" answer is. I don't see American politicians on either side going to bat for the SJW scumbags running the industry.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:42 PM (6FqZa)

61 Fuckin' A, Gaytors pick off Vols right at the 1 yard line.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:42 PM (GsAUU)

62 I kinda like the black and white dress with the palm-frond print.
It's the sort of thing that would be perfect for an evening soiree on the French Riviera. Or maybe for an elegant cruise in the tropics.

And then, after you fall on hard times, you could cut it up and make charming curtains for the double-wide.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 05:43 PM (0jtPF)

63 Playing chess grows dendrites, which conduct brain signals, and the prefrontal cortex, which coordinates planning, judgement, and self-control.

That sounds an awful lot like White Privilege.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:43 PM (sdi6R)

64 I'm more of a Chutes and Ladders man myself.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:43 PM (XkSQF)

65 The last one looks like Penelope Cruz.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 05:45 PM (PUmDY)

66 Windows 10 lagged the hell out of videogames in its "gamer-friendly" patch last week. D'oh!!

There are fixes, and workarounds, of which the most popular seems to be "upgrade to Windows 7" or, G-d save us, 8.1.

There are other fixes too:
http://windowsreport.com/boost-low-fps-amd-pc/

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:45 PM (6FqZa)

67
#4

1. ... Kf2
2. ... Rg4 (preparing for Rh4++)

Posted by: Arbalest at September 16, 2017 05:45 PM (FlRtG)

68 64 I'm more of a Chutes and Ladders man myself.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:43 PM (XkSQF)

--How about this?

https://youtu.be/l0IS-Vv6XKs

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:45 PM (GsAUU)

69 Those pretty women in their beautiful frocks are from a different era. Today I was at the Walmart pharmacy and the two pharmacists (not the clerks) both had blue hair. One was quite overweight and also sported tattoos and piercings to round out the look. Two lesbos, who were customers, both looked alike; short, dumpy, stringy dirty hair under baseball caps. They were in heaven, though, draped all over each other and smooching. We are in a different world and I don't think we're going back.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 05:46 PM (7m3t8)

70
Endgame (not #4)
1. ... Kf2
2. ... Rg4 (preparing for Rh4++)

Posted by: Arbalest at September 16, 2017 05:46 PM (FlRtG)

71 Women in dresses are God's way of saying "You are a man and see? I totally get that."

"Your welcome."

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:47 PM (2wRtc)

72 I read that as "how cheese helps your brain".

I should go eat something.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 16, 2017 05:47 PM (gIRsn)

73 Just wondering about other board games as a kid you played, Stratego came up on the radio and my wife asked if I knew what that was. Of course, I layed that very often. What was your favorite?

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:48 PM (ghofu)

74 #1
1. Qh7+ NxQ
2. Rg6++ (because of Knight on H7)

Posted by: Arbalest at September 16, 2017 05:41 PM (FlRtG)

2. ... Kh7
3. Rxe6+ Kh8
4. RxQ Re1+

??

I would attack with the rook, first, instead of giving up the queen at the start. Then the queen is still around to clean things up.

Maybe there's a mate I'm missing, but if not ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:48 PM (rZ+mb)

75 So disappointed in the dress pron.... unless Amish.

Then, +10

- 5 for no horses

Or wash basins and clothes lines.

Posted by: Deplorable Redneck Bitter Clinger at September 16, 2017 05:49 PM (MCEs2)

76 The Malays banned Steam because Steam was offering a game which had the Prophet 'Isa (pbuh) battling some other gods. I mean other false idols pretending to be gods!! La ilaha illa Allah (ta'ala).

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:49 PM (6FqZa)

77 73 Just wondering about other board games as a kid you played, Stratego came up on the radio and my wife asked if I knew what that was. Of course, I layed that very often. What was your favorite?
Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:48 PM (ghofu)

--Didn't play it until junior year of HS, but Axis and Allies, no contest. Before that it was Risk! but it's JV in comparison.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:50 PM (GsAUU)

78 GO GATA!

Posted by: Corinne Brown at September 16, 2017 05:50 PM (GsAUU)

79 Posted by: logprof
===

Trump is going to drain Molasses Swamp.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:51 PM (2wRtc)

80 #1 R-g6+, NxR;
QxN#

Maybe

That's what I was thinking, but 1. ... Kh7 is also available. One move- that's where my crystal ball gets murky.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 05:51 PM (YXJ+5)

81 Rxe6+ Kh8
WHY YOU NO
F E N REPLY
JIM?

Posted by: the horta at September 16, 2017 05:51 PM (mJ8mX)

82 Some guy down the street from me has a "Chess Business". Tools around in a mini-car that has a giant ad for his chess business.
Imma try to get a pic.
He has been doing it a couple of years. Guess he is doing okay.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:42 PM (XkSQF)

What does he do for his "Chess Business"? Sell boards and pieces and stuff? Will analyze for food?

Send me a pic and maybe I can post it on a future chess thread.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:51 PM (Z76KH)

83 Trump is going to drain Molasses Swamp.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:51 PM (2wRtc)

--Have a hoppy Gloppy Christmas!

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:52 PM (GsAUU)

84 Before that it was Risk! but it's JV in comparison.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:50 PM (GsAUU)

We played Risk a lot but I don't think we ever got to finish a game. Almost always someone kicked the board over because they were being teamed up on and just about to lose.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:52 PM (rZ+mb)

85 You whipped that out from memory? I'm impressed.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader

Nope, nope. All I remembered was the last two lines:
"But Beauty's self she is
When all her robes are gone"

And I looked it up.

Speaking of mental atrophy (in the opening graphic) I think Socrates was *against* written language, because he thought it would cause mental atrophy, because people would no longer get in the habit of memorizing things. I'm starting to think he may have had a point, especially with the rise of the internet. It's getting towards the point where if you need to know how to do something with some tool (say Sybase or perl or whatever), you don't really need to make an effort to memorize it. Just look it up when you need it.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 05:53 PM (/qEW2)

86 Tennessee can't even get a win when it's gift-wrapped and handed to them.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:53 PM (GsAUU)

87 Hey OM,

I think he is a tutor-type guy for kids. Improving thinking skills, etc.

I keep wanting to call the number on his car and cheat on the answers to the Chess Thread.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:53 PM (2wRtc)

88 78, lol

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 05:54 PM (PUmDY)

89 74
I would attack with the rook, first, instead of giving up the queen at the start. Then the queen is still around to clean things up.

Maybe there's a mate I'm missing, but if not ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:48 PM (rZ+mb)

Yeah, Queen sac leads to mate in two. Bang-bang.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:54 PM (sdi6R)

90 --and Tennessee's kicker has a problem with kicks *under* 50 yards.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:55 PM (GsAUU)

91 I kinda like the black and white dress with the palm-frond print.
It's the sort of thing that would be perfect for an evening soiree on the French Riviera. Or maybe for an elegant cruise in the tropics.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 05:43 PM (0jtPF)

++++

Yes, that. Or, if you need to go outside and dig something out of the shed.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 16, 2017 05:55 PM (pvjTE)

92 I read that as "how cheese helps your brain".

I do hope some talk about how certain fats help with myelin (=braaains) make it to the food thread. We had some good talk about the rabbits earlier. And how, or if, vegetarians can supplement these fats if they aren't eating bacon.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:55 PM (6FqZa)

93 45 re #2 Ng6 doesn't allow that - bishop must be lost, at the least.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPairTrue. Though it's more a swap, bishop for pawn, as queen can move to h row and capture the pawn. That evens the odds up quite a bit then overall. I predict a draw for this game, assuming no bonehead moves.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 05:56 PM (0ogQG)

94 We played Risk a lot but I don't think we ever got to finish a game. Almost always someone kicked the board over because they were being teamed up on and just about to lose.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:52 PM (rZ+mb)

--Same with Car Wars (okay, so it's not technically a board game). Shit, I probably had more fun designing cars for that game than playing it.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:56 PM (GsAUU)

95 All the dresses are great.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 05:56 PM (LTHVh)

96 I kinda like the black and white dress with the palm-frond print.It's
the sort of thing that would be perfect for an evening soiree on the
French Riviera. Or maybe for an elegant cruise in the tropics.
==

Or something to let puddle around your lovely ankles on the floor, to surprise Mr. Deville?

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:56 PM (2wRtc)

97 And mumble mumble Mario has nipples now etc etc.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 05:57 PM (6FqZa)

98 Posted by: Arbalest at September 16, 2017 05:41 PM (FlRtG)

Sorry, arbalest, my mistake on my reply to you. I didn't see that you were taking the queen all the way to h7.

Very nice move. I totally missed that.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:57 PM (rZ+mb)

99 Tennessee - Florida is a cripple fight.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 05:57 PM (LTHVh)

100 99 Tennessee - Florida is a cripple fight.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 05:57 PM (LTHVh)

--Yup.

I was gonna say it's a field goal fest, but the Vols have missed their last two kicks.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 05:58 PM (GsAUU)

101 Problem 2:

1. ... Ng6

Now White's queen and bishop are both under attack.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:58 PM (sdi6R)

102 TD Purdue 35-3 over Missouri's Shame.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (LTHVh)

103 Two lesbos, who were customers, both looked alike; short, dumpy, stringy dirty hair under baseball caps. They were in heaven, though, draped all over each other and smooching. We are in a different world and I don't think we're going back.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 05:46 PM (7m3t

I suspect the public smooching was not because they're naturally affectionate, but rather it's more like a virtue-signalling political statement.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (Z76KH)

104 That last dress looks vey nice.

Well, they all do.

And the two girls in the first photo are beautiful as well.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (EyPfd)

105 Tennessee - Florida is a cripple fight.

Hey!

Posted by: Jaguars - Texans at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (6FqZa)

106 Peyton wept.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (2wRtc)

107 Yeah, Queen sac leads to mate in two. Bang-bang.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 05:54 PM (sdi6R)

My brain was stuck on the Queen sac at g6, with all its problems. I didn't even think about h7. It was very clever.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (rZ+mb)

108 Of course, I layed that very often. What was your favorite?

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 05:48 PM (ghofu)You can love the game. Just don't *love* the game

Posted by: No One of Consequence at September 16, 2017 06:00 PM (+F0Wk)

109 I suspect the public smooching was not because they're naturally affectionate, but rather it's more like a virtue-signalling political statement.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (Z76KH)

+++

I sorta thought the same thing. They seemed overly pleased with themselves.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:00 PM (7m3t8)

110 Number 3: An alternate best move is BxB, with a likely draw, and I'll give $1 million to anyone who can prove me wrong.

Posted by: Fischer at September 16, 2017 06:00 PM (IlI+g)

111 I don't stare!

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:00 PM (7m3t8)

112 103 Two lesbos, who were customers, both looked alike; short, dumpy, stringy dirty hair under baseball caps. They were in heaven, though, draped all over each other and smooching. We are in a different world and I don't think we're going back.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 05:46 PM (7m3t

I suspect the public smooching was not because they're naturally affectionate, but rather it's more like a virtue-signalling political statement.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (Z76KH)

--No shit.

I have it on decent authority that most lesbian couples do not even "have sex" with each other after six months together or so.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

113 I suspect the public smooching was not because they're naturally affectionate, but rather it's more like a virtue-signalling political statement.
Posted by: OregonMuse,

When we went clubbing back in the [too many decades ago] we'd sometimes see chicks grinding against each other. (They were admittedly prettier.)

Also trolling for the male attention.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:02 PM (6FqZa)

114 105 Tennessee - Florida is a cripple fight.

Hey!
Posted by: Jaguars - Texans at September 16, 2017 05:59 PM (6FqZa)

--You mean Bengals-Texans?

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:02 PM (GsAUU)

115 I finished many a Risk games, sometimes it was a all day Saturday thing

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 06:02 PM (ghofu)

116 Esp. At Wal-mart

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (PUmDY)

117

Posted by: washrivergal
===And then you hear about the suicide of Rosie O's "ex" , (I presume the one that she adopted all the kids with).

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (2wRtc)

118
I have it on decent authority that most lesbian couples do not even "have sex" with each other after six months together or so.
Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

+++

So just like marriage, as some of the morons around here say.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (7m3t8)

119 I have it on decent authority that most lesbian couples do not even "have sex" with each other after six months together or so.
Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

What do they do, then? Sit around and bitch about the patriarchy?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (Z76KH)

120 oh, yes, Bengals-Texans.

Jaguars-Texans was Olympics versus Special Olympics.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (6FqZa)

121 I have it on decent authority that most lesbian couples do not even "have sex" with each other after six months together or so.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

They can only carry on the dickless charade for so long. Eventually, it's just not worth the effort.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (rZ+mb)

122 "I sorta thought the same thing. They seemed overly pleased with themselves."

I wonder if it would be a turn-off for them if one were to just watch them, all while chuckling slowly, and touching themselves.

Maybe toss in a Befis and Butthead laugh or two.

Ask to video them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (EyPfd)

123 We
played Risk a lot but I don't think we ever got to finish a game.
Almost always someone kicked the board over because they were being
teamed up on and just about to lose.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPairAh, the heckler's veto. Yeah, Risk is a combo of skill, luck, and threats of MAD if attacked. "I'll go all Nork on your ass if you do that!" Heh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (0ogQG)

124 I finished many a Risk games, sometimes it was a all day Saturday thing

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2017 06:02 PM (ghofu)

Obviously, you played with a better class of people than I

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 06:05 PM (rZ+mb)

125 I used to play Risk and Stratego. That was back when I had friends to play against.

Posted by: rickl at September 16, 2017 06:06 PM (sdi6R)

126 When we went clubbing back in the [too many decades ago] we'd sometimes see chicks grinding against each other. (They were admittedly prettier.)

Also trolling for the male attention.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:02 PM (6FqZa)

+++

These two were not of the moron fantasy ideal.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:06 PM (7m3t8)

127 Yeah, Risk is a combo of skill, luck, and threats of MAD if attacked. "I'll go all Nork on your ass if you do that!" Heh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (0ogQG)

And you always had that idiot who thought he could hold Asia.

Risk is where I learned "Kamchatka" from!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 06:06 PM (rZ+mb)

128 Who the xeap makes out at Walmart?

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:06 PM (PUmDY)

129
They can only carry on the dickless charade for so long. Eventually, it's just not worth the effort.
===

The "freeze-out" is sexual leverage on a guy. For lesbians?

Like trying to stick the like poles of two magnets together.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:07 PM (2wRtc)

130 Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPairAh, the heckler's veto. Yeah, Risk is a combo of skill, luck, and threats of MAD if attacked. "I'll go all Nork on your ass if you do that!" Heh.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (0ogQG)

I think of Risk as the low-rent version of Diplomacy.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:07 PM (Z76KH)

131 Crap

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:08 PM (PUmDY)

132 Posted by: washrivergal
===And then you hear about the suicide of Rosie O's "ex" , (I presume the one that she adopted all the kids with).

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (2wRtc)

+++

I can't imagine even being a friend to the woman. Seems like a nasty beast. Wouldn't want to know her.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (7m3t8)

133 Today I was at the Walmart pharmacy and the two pharmacists (not the clerks) both had blue hair. One was quite overweight and also sported tattoos and piercings to round out the look. Two lesbos, who were customers, both looked alike; short, dumpy, stringy dirty hair under baseball caps.

We can, justly, laugh at the People of Walmart but, really, what examples do they have to do better? Sixty years ago, would any person think of going out dressed the way a lot of people do today? Then, the public face of celebrities was well-groomed and elegant. Now it's a race to the bottom. Little wonder the general population has followed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (X9M8/)

134 Fuckin' Gaytors.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (GsAUU)

135 Sorry, arbalest, my mistake on my reply to you. I didn't see that you were taking the queen all the way to h7.

Ah, that's definitely it. Love those endings where you force him to hem himself in.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (Sv2/X)

136 Chameleon or Amber Ablaze? It's nail polish dilemma time.

Chess? What?

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at September 16, 2017 06:10 PM (Id9+8)

137 128 Who the xeap makes out at Walmart?
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:06 PM (PUmDY)

++

It is really a strange place with odd people and I don't really know why.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:10 PM (7m3t8)

138 We can, justly, laugh at the People of Walmart but, really, what examples do they have to do better? Sixty years ago, would any person think of going out dressed the way a lot of people do today? Then, the public face of celebrities was well-groomed and elegant. Now it's a race to the bottom. Little wonder the general population has followed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (X9M8/)

--I admittedly slum it when I go out shopping on the weekend (during the week I am in my business dress), but I shun Wal Mart unless I am buying certain things. Too many Latrinos there clogging up the checkout lines..

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:11 PM (GsAUU)

139
What do they do, then? Sit around and bitch about the patriarchy?

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:03 PM (Z76KH)

Get into arguments and beat the shit out of each other. Something that's not worth mentioning when domestic violence is discussed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:12 PM (X9M8/)

140 I finished many a Risk games, sometimes it was a all day Saturday thing

We finished many games in college. Or, maybe it was beers... In any case, Saturday night was also involved.

Clever game. I'll still go on binges playing the computer version.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 06:12 PM (YXJ+5)

141 Great catch-and-run by the Vols.

Make it count.

Gaytor down.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:12 PM (GsAUU)

142 It is really a strange place with odd people and I don't really know why.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:10 PM (7m3t

It's why Our Betters like to make fun of it. Can't say they don't have plenty of material to work with.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:13 PM (Z76KH)

143 96---Or something to let puddle around your lovely ankles on the floor, to surprise Mr. Deville?
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 05:56 PM (2wRtc)
---------------------------------------
Well, er, yes. It's definitely a puddle dress.
Not many modern outfits are puddlers, are they?
Nothing wrong with jeans or business suits, mind you, but they simply do not drape properly for puddling.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 06:14 PM (0jtPF)

144 I hate Tennessee even if that Fat Fuck Lying Fulmer isn't their coach anymore. It even overpowers my long time dislike of Florida teams.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (LTHVh)

145 Get into arguments and beat the shit out of each other. Something that's not worth mentioning when domestic violence is discussed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:12 PM (X9M8/)

Right, and we'll never know, because woe betide the researcher who asks how the rates of domestic violence/abuse among lesbian couples compares with heterosexual couples.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (Z76KH)

146 Besides Risk we also played Waddington's Campaign. See the sock link for description. It was pretty good.

I don't think we ever finished a Risk game either although that was usually due to the eventual winner being obvious so we'd go for a swim instead.

Posted by: andycanuck at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (mJ8mX)

147 Ha! Wide right!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:17 PM (LTHVh)

148 We can, justly, laugh at the People of Walmart but, really, what examples do they have to do better? Sixty years ago, would any person think of going out dressed the way a lot of people do today? Then, the public face of celebrities was well-groomed and elegant. Now it's a race to the bottom. Little wonder the general population has followed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:09 PM (X9M8/)

+++

I really don't know what set off people. Was it the original hippie movement, the grunge look, the ghetto wannabes.
I don't know, but it has gotten worse. People's overall weight has exploded, they dye their hair clown colors, stick gauges and rods and other piercings all over their bodies, and then the obsequious tattoos, as if in a race to look as grotesque as possible.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:17 PM (7m3t8)

149 145 Get into arguments and beat the shit out of each other. Something that's not worth mentioning when domestic violence is discussed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:12 PM (X9M8/)

Right, and we'll never know, because woe betide the researcher who asks how the rates of domestic violence/abuse among lesbian couples compares with heterosexual couples.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (Z76KH)

Anecdotally speaking I've heard that DV in lesbian couples tends to be more intense than in heterosexual or even ghey couples.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 16, 2017 06:17 PM (NWiLs)

150 144 I hate Tennessee even if that Fat Fuck Lying Fulmer isn't their coach anymore. It even overpowers my long time dislike of Florida teams.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (LTHVh)

--It's great to be a Florida Hater!

Can't stand the Gaytors, and I say that as one with friends who went to FU and even know some Seminole-Gator couples.

I despair that there will never be as good a year as 2013 again.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:17 PM (GsAUU)

151 I like the libs that refuse to step foot in Walmart because of global warming or something

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:18 PM (PUmDY)

152 Shit, TD GATA

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:20 PM (GsAUU)

153 151 I like the libs that refuse to step foot in Walmart because of global warming or something
Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:18 PM (PUmDY)

+++

Please don't tell me these are all conservative shoppers I am looking at.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:20 PM (7m3t8)

154
Her Majesty and I are thinking of going to Brewingz for dinner. Can anyone tell me if there's a reason not to?

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:21 PM (X9M8/)

155 Or not?

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:21 PM (GsAUU)

156 That looks like a touchback to me.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:21 PM (LTHVh)

157 What is the best way for Black to stop this threat?

That's easy: give in to their demands.

Posted by: John Roberts at September 16, 2017 06:22 PM (pszv/)

158 Her Majesty and I are thinking of going to Brewingz for dinner. Can anyone tell me if there's a reason not to?

Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:21 PM (X9M8/)

--Where is that?

Sounds awesome.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:23 PM (GsAUU)

159 NO TD GATA

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:23 PM (GsAUU)

160 Used to have a WalMart near me that was smaller than most and had really quirky stuff -- a really big sewing and crafts dept, x-large socks, big selection of tall clothing, great kids clothes (not the same-same as everywhere else) -- but it is now just like all the others. Dull.

Posted by: mustbequantum at September 16, 2017 06:24 PM (MIKMs)

161 Tennessee's RB looks really good, but their quarterbacking sucks donkey ding dongs.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:25 PM (GsAUU)

162 Florida looks bushed.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:26 PM (LTHVh)

163
Walmart should have WalMarti stores in lib areas with a bearded, beret-wearing greeter in camos.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:26 PM (X9M8/)

164 Florida should call timeout.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:26 PM (LTHVh)

165 Should have called timeout.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:27 PM (LTHVh)

166 Woo hoo!

Go GATA!

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:27 PM (GsAUU)

167 Imagine how much fabric went into those two dresses at the top.

Posted by: KT at September 16, 2017 06:27 PM (BVQ+1)

168 For great dress pr0n, go to Bing and look up Monet Woman With Parasol.

(Mrs. Claude Monet)

http://tinyurl.com/y7a3aebo

Posted by: logprof

When it comes to a choice between the Paolo and Monet, women will choose Monet.

Posted by: Paolo at September 16, 2017 06:28 PM (/qEW2)

169 That was a bullshit penalty.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:28 PM (GsAUU)

170 Ah,
the heckler's veto. Yeah, Risk is a combo of skill, luck, and threats
of MAD if attacked. "I'll go all Nork on your ass if you do that!" Heh.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 16, 2017 06:04 PM (0ogQG)

We used to make up rules. Thermonuclear Risk was really fun. If someone started losing big they could take everyone with them.

It was also a real good way to close the back door from North to South America, or Africa to South America if you were wanting to concentrate on a push and not loose forces for a Westwall defense, or to set up a choke-point to defend

Posted by: Kindltot at September 16, 2017 06:29 PM (Gv+zt)

171 Nothing wrong with jeans or business suits, mind you, but they simply do not drape properly for puddling.
====

The *puddling of feminine finery makes a man's life worth living.

*and the First Amendment

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:29 PM (2wRtc)

172 Know what's better than chess for yo brain? Hookers and blow, that's what.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at September 16, 2017 06:30 PM (xInes)

173 All this talk of chess making you smarter and the first dress picture is giving me a hard on.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 16, 2017 06:31 PM (5VlCp)

174 That was a bullshit penalty.

In my day the students would have bounced a bottle off his face in lieu of a penalty.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:31 PM (LTHVh)

175 Right, and we'll never know, because woe betide the researcher who asks how the rates of domestic violence/abuse among lesbian couples compares with heterosexual couples.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:15 PM (Z76KH)

I don't know about lesbians, but domestic violence is sky high among gay couples. That subject is conveniently never discussed.

Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 16, 2017 06:32 PM (nvMvs)

176 171 Nothing wrong with jeans or business suits, mind you, but they simply do not drape properly for puddling.
====

The *puddling of feminine finery makes a man's life worth living.

*and the First Amendment
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:29 PM (2wRtc)

+++

I don't think there is a woman alive who does not look better in a dress. *says woman who wears a dress far too seldom, but has opinions on the matter*

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:32 PM (7m3t8)

177 174 That was a bullshit penalty.

In my day the students would have bounced a bottle off his face in lieu of a penalty.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:31 PM (LTHVh)

--------

You had bottles?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 06:33 PM (gC2IV)

178 You had bottles?

It was the olden days.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:33 PM (LTHVh)

179 . Yeah, Risk is a combo of skill, luck, and threats of MAD if attacked. "I'll go all Nork on your ass if you do that!" Heh.

That was me. If I wasn't going to win, I was darn sure going to influence the outcome of the game.

So, if it came to a point where I didn't have a path to 270 (mixed metaphor alert!) I'd mass my armies and choose someone to destroy.

People feared the crazy green horde.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 16, 2017 06:33 PM (gIRsn)

180 When it comes to a choice between the Paolo and Monet, women will choose Monet.
Posted by: Paolo at September 16, 2017 06:28 PM (/qEW2)

--The painting in the National Gallery of Art with Monet's wife and son is sweetly beautiful. We have a copy print at home.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:34 PM (GsAUU)

181 You had bottles?

It was the olden days.
===

The village potter handcrafted and fired each one.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:35 PM (2wRtc)

182 I have it on decent authority that most lesbian couples do not even "have sex" with each other after six months together or so.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:01 PM (GsAUU)

The technical term for this is "lesbian bed death". Seriously.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 06:35 PM (/qEW2)

183 A Same-Sex Domestic Violence Epidemic Is Silent

http://theatln.tc/2wy0BgG

Posted by: Michael the Texan at September 16, 2017 06:36 PM (nvMvs)

184 178 You had bottles?

It was the olden days.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:33 PM (LTHVh)

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Luxury! We used to dream of having bottles. Or cups. Or anything you could fashion into a crude drinking device.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 06:37 PM (gC2IV)

185 Walmart has crazy shoppers.

And pretty good ammo prices.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (EyPfd)

186
All we had were urns and chamber pots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (dmAeF)

187 TD Florida

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (LTHVh)

188 I don't think there is a woman alive who does not look better in a dress.
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It's so funny. All the talk about "strong women" and feminist this and that.

Want to put a man on his knees? Wear a flattering dress.

It's speaks to something primal.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (2wRtc)

189 GO GATA!!!!!

Posted by: Corinne Brown at September 16, 2017 06:39 PM (GsAUU)

190 Luxury! We used to dream of having bottles. Or cups. Or anything you could fashion into a crude drinking device.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 06:37 PM (gC2IV)

You had something to drink?

We had to lick our own sweat for moisture on our parched lips.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:39 PM (bPzl3)

191 Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (2wRtc)

++

Absolutely have to agree.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:40 PM (7m3t8)

192 I've heard that DV in lesbian couples tends to be more intense

Filters.

A woman who gets angry at her man will usually know, yeah, fight I can't win. A man has an instinct not to beat women. Two men together will fall into a hierarchy where alpha doesn't bully beta and beta doesn't challenge alpha.

OF COURSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS AND IT IS NEVER NICE TO WHOOP ON THE OTHER PERSON IN THE RELATIONSHIP (sorry, have to put that in for the sjws)

But as any bartender can tell you, chick fights are no damn joke.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:41 PM (6FqZa)

193 153---Please don't tell me these are all conservative shoppers I am looking at.
Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:20 PM (7m3t

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Depends where you are, no?
Here in the hills of SW VA, most of them probably vote conservative, even if they haves tattoos and purple hair. Trump won WVA by 40 points and you can bet 90% of those voters shop at Walmart --- as do I, BTW!

OTOH, it's also a favorite store for the more urban FSA. The clientele at Walmarts in NoVA (furriners) and Richmond (homies) would be very leftish, I should think.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 06:42 PM (0jtPF)

194 You had something to drink?
We had to lick our own sweat for moisture on our parched lips.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:39 PM (bPzl3)

You had liquid already there?

Luxury.

We had to make our own water by bashing oxygen and hydrogen atoms together.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:42 PM (Z76KH)

195 Black versus white and the sjw/dnc want black to win. This is the story of obama.

Posted by: colfax mingo at September 16, 2017 06:43 PM (V8TVq)

196 Damn, this game has opened up.

Posted by: Corinne Brown at September 16, 2017 06:43 PM (GsAUU)

197 /Demotard sock

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:43 PM (GsAUU)

198 Who says my brain needs any help?

Posted by: freaked at September 16, 2017 06:44 PM (UdKB7)

199
But as any bartender can tell you, chick fights are no damn joke.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:41 PM (6FqZa)

+++

I seem to remember a couple of scraps between two girls in junior high and that was the extent of it. Today it appears to be much more prevalent - this physical fighting.

Posted by: washrivergal at September 16, 2017 06:45 PM (7m3t8)

200 We had to make our own water by bashing oxygen and hydrogen atoms together.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:42 PM (Z76KH)

Rich boy i see. You had oxygen?

We had to hold our breath.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:45 PM (bPzl3)

201 Like the sun rises in the East, Auburn getting unsportsmanlike calls.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 06:45 PM (PUmDY)

202 TD Vols

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:46 PM (GsAUU)

203
We had to make our own water by bashing oxygen and hydrogen atoms together.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 06:42 PM (Z76KH)

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Knowledge of atoms would imply you went to school. What was that like, Mister one percenter?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 06:46 PM (gC2IV)

204 Rich boy i see. You had oxygen?

Must've been hard for Vic back in the Archaean Eon.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:47 PM (6FqZa)

205 My favorite dresses are the two at the top and the green and white dress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 16, 2017 06:47 PM (iVOAv)

206 Walmart is for .22lr and bugwash, and maybe parking your camper overnight if you ain't near a campground.

Posted by: Eromero at September 16, 2017 06:47 PM (zLDYs)

207 Liquored up idiot kicker

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:48 PM (GsAUU)

208 Regarding picture 2, I have my momma's patterns in a safe box. It is full of those kinds of dresses. All the dresses are nice, but #2 is full of nostalgia for me.

Posted by: jazzuscounty at September 16, 2017 06:48 PM (ah116)

209 I don't know what I would do without this place. Ten minutes ago I was stressed out. Come in here and there always a good laugh to be had. I feel better already.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at September 16, 2017 06:49 PM (CNHr1)

210 Choke!

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:49 PM (LTHVh)

211 Interception Vols!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 06:50 PM (gC2IV)

212 This awful game. Will it ever end?

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:50 PM (bPzl3)

213 Woo hoo!

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:50 PM (GsAUU)

214 212 This awful game. Will it ever end?
Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:50 PM (bPzl3)

--Which one?

UT-Gaytors started out horrawful but now it's fun.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:51 PM (GsAUU)

215 UT-Gaytors started out horrawful but now it's fun.
Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:51 PM (GsAUU)

I have seething hate for both. My boys have to play them both.

Every year.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:53 PM (bPzl3)

216 when did ken burns morph into ho chi minh?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 16, 2017 06:53 PM (KP5rU)

217 I have seething hate for both. My boys have to play them both.

Every year.
Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:53 PM (bPzl3)

--As a 'Nole fan, I have no love for either, but the Gaytors are at the bottom of the pond.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (GsAUU)

218 One reason of many we'll miss Jerry Pournelle: he had no time for North Vietnam / Viet Cong apologists. His "there will be war" books had a lot of asides about what the communists actually did in Indochina, including Vietnam. (Khmer Rouge tends to get written off as an aberration.)

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (6FqZa)

219 --As a 'Nole fan, I have no love for either, but the Gaytors are at the bottom of the pond.

Oh no. None lower than Miami.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (LTHVh)

220 Maybe I'm being unfair, but wouldn't gay men be more prone to having the most sadistic impulses? I keep thinking of these cases like Armin Meiwes and of course Jeffrey Dahmer. These might be extreme cases, but doesn't it show on a scale that gays are more likely to be extreme than lesbians? Of course, that's not to dispute that the PC censors will try to understate any form of domestic violence in the homosexual community.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (/qEW2)

221 I have seething hate for both. My boys have to play them both.

Every year.
Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:53 PM (bPzl3)

--Georgia? 'Cocks?

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:56 PM (GsAUU)

222 As a 'Nole fan, I have no love for either, but the Gaytors are at the bottom of the pond.

Oh no. None lower than Miami.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (LTHVh)

Can I interest you in an Auburn war eag err tiger err whatever?

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:57 PM (bPzl3)

223 Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 06:56 PM (GsAUU)

The team with the greatest mascot in sports.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:58 PM (bPzl3)

224 Man, I saw some fine fine boobs in the student section. I'll roll back during this timeout.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 06:59 PM (LTHVh)

225 Looks like OT.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 16, 2017 07:00 PM (gC2IV)

226 218 One reason of many we'll miss Jerry Pournelle: he had no time for North Vietnam / Viet Cong apologists. His "there will be war" books had a lot of asides about what the communists actually did in Indochina, including Vietnam. (Khmer Rouge tends to get written off as an aberration.)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (6FqZa)

--Vox has offered freebies of There Will Be War this week. Looking forward to Volumes 1 and 2, compiled at the end of the Vietnam War.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (GsAUU)

227 Tennessee-FU tied up.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (GsAUU)

228 GO GATA!

Posted by: Corinne Brown

Wasn't she forced out of congress for some kind of corruption charge? And she is part of NOT ONE, BUT TWO favored demographic groups, as well as being a Democrat. If she could be brought down, why is it so hard to 'drain the swamp', so to speak?

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (/qEW2)

229 One reason of many we'll miss Jerry Pournelle: he had no time for North Vietnam / Viet Cong apologists. His "there will be war" books had a lot of asides about what the communists actually did in Indochina, including Vietnam. (Khmer Rouge tends to get written off as an aberration.)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (6FqZa)

Funny and sad that most of the US and the World seems to have forgotten the bloodbath initiated by the North Vietnamese with their Red Chinese and Commie Russian backers.

Where are the war crimes trials? The Euros couldn't wait to drag the Serbs into the Hague for killing muzzies, but when are marxists gonna be dragged in there for all the millions they killed.

Crickets.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (5VlCp)

230 Can I interest you in an Auburn war eag err tiger err whatever?
Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 06:57 PM (bPzl3)

--Auburn is $EC West, though.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:02 PM (GsAUU)

231 Funny and sad that most of the US and the World seems to have forgotten the bloodbath initiated by the North Vietnamese with their Red Chinese and Commie Russian backers.

Where are the war crimes trials? The Euros couldn't wait to drag the Serbs into the Hague for killing muzzies, but when are marxists gonna be dragged in there for all the millions they killed.

Crickets.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (5VlCp)

Good intentions and all that rot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at September 16, 2017 07:03 PM (rb1zT)

232 -Auburn is $EC West, though.
Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:02 PM (GsAUU)

True.

Have to play those inbred hillbilly devil worshipers every year too.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 07:04 PM (bPzl3)

233 That was LSU style clock management.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 07:05 PM (LTHVh)

234 Funny and sad that most of the US and the World seems to have forgotten the bloodbath initiated by the North Vietnamese with their Red Chinese and Commie Russian backers.

Where are the war crimes trials? The Euros couldn't wait to drag the Serbs into the Hague for killing muzzies, but when are marxists gonna be dragged in there for all the millions they killed.

Crickets.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 16, 2017 07:01 PM (5VlCp)

--A hilarious take I've seen in comments sections is that since the Vietnamese deposed the Khmer Rouge, they weren't so bad after all.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:05 PM (GsAUU)

235 Whoa.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 07:05 PM (LTHVh)

236
Funny and sad that most of the US and the World seems to have forgotten the bloodbath initiated by the North Vietnamese with their Red Chinese and Commie Russian backers.

Where are the war crimes trials?

Winners don't usually put themselves on trial.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 16, 2017 07:06 PM (IqV8l)

237 Way to shit the bed, Vols.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:06 PM (GsAUU)

238 General Sumter, Revolutionary War, was the Gamecock. And of course Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. But the best, of course, are the Clemson Tigers. It is known.

Posted by: Eromero at September 16, 2017 07:07 PM (zLDYs)

239 Damn, Vols, just PI that guy.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:07 PM (GsAUU)

240 Damn, Vols, just PI that guy.

yep. Just tackle them on the line of scrimmage.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 07:08 PM (LTHVh)

241 General Sumter, Revolutionary War, was the Gamecock. And of course Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. But the best, of course, are the Clemson Tigers. It is known.
Posted by: Eromero at September 16, 2017 07:07 PM (zLDYs)

That's some genuine frontier gibberish right there.

Posted by: weirdflunky at September 16, 2017 07:08 PM (bPzl3)

242 Roll Tide!!

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at September 16, 2017 07:08 PM (PUmDY)

243 I want to see Butch pop an aneurism.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at September 16, 2017 07:09 PM (LTHVh)

244 Now to Louisville-Clemson

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:10 PM (GsAUU)

245 216 when did ken burns morph into ho chi minh?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at September 16, 2017 06:53 PM (KP5rU)

1983.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:10 PM (Z76KH)

246 Please don't tell me these are all conservative shoppers I am looking at.

Depends on the area. Mine is jam-packed with illegals. Regardless, we all obey the laws of economics.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 07:10 PM (YXJ+5)

247
And of course Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox.

Leslie Nielsen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 16, 2017 07:10 PM (IqV8l)

248 OM!!

Chess car pitchers sent.

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 07:12 PM (2wRtc)

249 Where are the war crimes trials?

No, no. Those are only for the bad kind of war crimes.

Posted by: The MFM at September 16, 2017 07:13 PM (H0quv)

250 Winners don't usually put themselves on trial.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 16, 2017 07:06 PM (IqV8l)

Someone forgot to tell that Spanish "judge" who wanted to drag General Pinochet to court for his "war crimes". Wonder he never went after the Castro brothers.

And all those Warsaw Pact devils were never tried for anything by the West.

Although the Romanians had the correct solution.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 16, 2017 07:13 PM (5VlCp)

251 Solutions up.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:15 PM (Z76KH)

252 And of course Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox.

Birth name John Wayne, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 07:15 PM (H0quv)

253 Chess car pitchers sent.
Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 07:12 PM (2wRtc)

Got it, thanks.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:15 PM (Z76KH)

254 "Maybe I'm being unfair, but wouldn't gay men be more prone to having the most sadistic impulses?"

This speaker at the Women's march seems pretty sadistic. Donna Hylton:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/zc9ssyn

Link to the American Spectator

Posted by: X-ray at September 16, 2017 07:16 PM (vzgzF)

255 220 ---......These might be extreme cases, but doesn't it show on a scale that gays are more likely to be extreme than lesbians?......
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 16, 2017 06:55 PM (/qEW2)
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Well, MEN are more likely to be extreme than women when it comes to that sort of thing, whether they are gay Dahmers or hetero Bundys.

So yeah, I also find it hard to believe that women of any orientation would be as physically violent as men.

But I hear a lot of stories from ER nurses and clerks about lesbo fights. One week a woman is seen for injuries. A couple of weeks later it's her partner that is seen. Or sometimes both come in after the same incident. It sounds like nasty, mutual fighting more than regular DV. I dunno.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 16, 2017 07:17 PM (0jtPF)

256 Hey, anybody hear a Gator final score?

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at September 16, 2017 07:17 PM (4J/TP)

257 Today is Mexican Independence Day.

Except Mexico is pretty much a failed state dependent on the USA.

Posted by: logprof at September 16, 2017 07:18 PM (GsAUU)

258 when did ken burns morph into ho chi minh?
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After sucking so much Yankees' dick in the baseball series.

Posted by: andycanuck at September 16, 2017 07:19 PM (mJ8mX)

259 Today is Mexican Independence Day.
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I was gonna say...

Independent from what , exactly?

Posted by: Mortimer - disappointed at September 16, 2017 07:20 PM (2wRtc)

260 Ace has nood up.

Posted by: olddog in mo at September 16, 2017 07:20 PM (Dhht7)

261 I think "lesbian bed death" would be a great name for a band.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:21 PM (Z76KH)

262 Walmart has crazy shoppers.

And pretty good ammo prices.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at September 16, 2017 06:38 PM (EyPfd)

13 boxes of .22lr found a new home yesterday thanks to you.

Posted by: Country Boy - official AmbASSador to the CenTexMoMee - Molson labe! at September 16, 2017 07:21 PM (D2vc1)

263 ... Nf3+
2. Qxf3 gxh6

Which doesn't win material. But it does stop the mate.

The pawn could capture the f3, leaving the mate in play.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 07:22 PM (7ulel)

264 I'm so proud of kid the elder right now. Her younger sister called her, waking her up from a nap, to ask for help with her math homework.
So she's been helping her with it, and then started teaching her derivatives, which is the next chapter. All while still in her bed, over video call.

Apparently younger sister 's math teacher is not very good.

Posted by: votermom pimping great books! at September 16, 2017 07:28 PM (hMwEB)

265 Apparently younger sister 's math teacher is not very good.
Posted by: votermom pimping great books!

I dunno, looks to me like she found a good one...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, SERENITY NOW! at September 16, 2017 07:30 PM (66CWr)

266 261 I think "lesbian bed death" would be a great name for a band.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:21 PM (Z76KH)
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Especially if it's an all-male death metal band.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at September 16, 2017 07:31 PM (qJtVm)

267 The pawn could capture the f3, leaving the mate in play.

Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 07:22 PM (7ulel)

Which is why my solution blows chunks.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:45 PM (Z76KH)

268 >>>The pawn could capture the f3, leaving the mate in play.

>>>Posted by: t-bird at September 16, 2017 07:22 PM (7ulel)

Which is why my solution blows chunks.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader at September 16, 2017 07:45 PM (Z76KH)

Then BxQ.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 16, 2017 08:36 PM (rZ+mb)

269 Check this game out where our hero correctly identifies a cheater:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/174909141?t=2h06m10s

Posted by: Andy at September 16, 2017 09:04 PM (2AMwB)

270 In problem 2, instead of 2.Qe3 White could play 2.Rd1 Bxg3 3.Rxd7 Baf2+ 4.Kxf2 gxh6. Probably still a draw?

Posted by: bof at September 16, 2017 09:26 PM (bNftD)

271 Not just for the 'ettes; the dress pron makes the he-morons smile, and what better thing can a dress do!

Posted by: Otto Zilch at September 16, 2017 09:49 PM (9NZ4M)

272 #2. If Ng6, how does Black meet Rd1?
If bxf3 then Rxd7, and both the White and Black bishops are en prise. But if Black doesn't play bxf3 then there doesn't seem to be any way to defend the bishop. It looks like the best option then for Black is gxh6 but after Rxd6 White maintains the material advantage.
Or am I missing something obvious? It wouldn't be the first time.

Posted by: Bob L. at September 17, 2017 01:49 AM (1Qy9l)

273 I love Lichess. I'm Ironwood there. You can share a link and someone clicking it can come play you.

https://lichess.org/5FZAk5AN

This is a one minute time limit game. Lets play!

Posted by: Ironwood at September 17, 2017 10:29 AM (3T/nT)

274 Ok, no one has showed up to play and I've been distracted by something shiny.

Posted by: Ironwood at September 17, 2017 10:36 AM (3T/nT)

275 Problem 1, why is Rg6 mate ? Kh7 is an escape, the bishop is masked by the rook.

My line was rg6+, if Kh7 then Rh6++, and then Qg6+ if Kg7

Posted by: Ed Snack at September 17, 2017 07:39 PM (xdWix)

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