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Originally posted by Conor Dary View PostIt could be women have more sense.....
Martin Gardner in one of his Dr. Matrix books wrote ....chess is the greatest waste of talent outside of an advertising agency...
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Originally posted by DrJay View PostWhat a luxury, being able to just play chess for a few hours with no pressing tasks at hand for the duration of the summer.
I quickly lost interest.
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Originally posted by DrJay View Post
Chess takes time, and thinking about this makes me lament having life responsibilities (like work). I learned to play chess at age 10 in 1972, along with some neighborhood friends. We played a lot that summer and followed the Fischer-Spassky match in the newspapers. What a luxury, being able to just play chess for a few hours with no pressing tasks at hand for the duration of the summer.
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Originally posted by Bruce Kritzler View PostAnybody watch "Peaky Blinders", English crime family, post WWI with lots of blood and grime. 4 seasons so far, with Tom Hardy and Adrien Brody guesting. Recurring themes include class warfare, Soviet meddling, IRA, ethnic profiling.
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Originally posted by DrJay View PostWe have the first episode of The Civil War on tap for this weekend. But my wife thought that might be a bit depressing so wanted also to start something else. So we watched the first episode of Queen's Gambit last night.
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Originally posted by gh View Post
I started Civil War last night and realized that I never watched the whole thing when it originally ran. The initial episode was completely new to me. I was struck by how much better than Brooklyn Bridge it was...
Best thing about The Civil War is Shelby Foote
There are no strings on me
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Watched the 4-part Hugh Laurie political vehicle Roadkill and he and the plot weren't bad, though it wasn't executed very well. I thought women characters were treated pretty bad, which was kind of surprising for Masterpiece theater (including a massive truck hit/run). But Laurie is just very good so I stuck with it.
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Originally posted by Adam$ View PostWatched the 4-part Hugh Laurie political vehicle Roadkill and he and the plot weren't bad, though it wasn't executed very well. I thought women characters were treated pretty bad, which was kind of surprising for Masterpiece theater (including a massive truck hit/run). But Laurie is just very good so I stuck with it.
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Originally posted by gh View Post
by far! I keep wondering why he is tagged as "writer" rather than "historian"; his grasp of facts is astonishing.
http://cwmemory.com/2015/08/31/the-s...the-civil-war/
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