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Paulie_D:

--- Quote from: duke3016 on March 05, 2017, 12:53:16 PM ---Now we all know the larger than life character that is Jack "Tecnolog" Prime. A regular on the APAT circuit and a jolly nice chap.

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I"ll just leave this here and exit quietly.

duke3016:

--- Quote from: Paulie_D on March 06, 2017, 14:20:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: duke3016 on March 05, 2017, 12:53:16 PM ---Now we all know the larger than life character that is Jack "Tecnolog" Prime. A regular on the APAT circuit and a jolly nice chap.

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I"ll just leave this here and exit quietly.


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Oh Memories

duke3016:
The stories surrounding the origin of April Fool"s Day are widely various and it"s hard to be certain about the truth - especially when you consider that people feel they have carte blanche to make things up when it comes to this subject. Still, whether it"s true or not, one popular tale dates the tradition to 1564, when France formally changed its calendar to the modern Gregorian version, and thereby moved the celebration of the New Year from the last week of March to 1 January. In this version of events, those who continued to celebrate the end of New Year"s Week on 1 April were derided as fools - or, as they are known in France, poissons d"Avril.

The question is - Do people really still play pranks. The problem with the modern April Fool"s is that pranks are so thoroughly embedded into our culture that a day specifically devoted to them can almost seem redundant. As denizens of this forum will no doubt testify.

Now, however, the PC people are charging in. The Health and Safety Executive, acting on a stream of complaints, has ordered an investigation into the potential risks of practical jokes in the workplace, with particular regard to 1 April. And an MP has tabled a motion calling for "this vile and outdated practice to be outlawed at once", or have I been caught by a media joke a couple of weeks early?

duke3016:
So it's Blackpool this weekend. Looking forward to this immensely.

Now followers of this blog have heard me say a few times that I am a recreational poker player. This is very true I enjoy the friends I have met and the craic that ensues.

I was looking at another forum where a guy was abused for playing a hand all wrong, he actually did quite well in the tournament he was playing but got all sorts of dog's abuse for one particular hand (others defended him but as is normal defenders are always outnumbered by attackers). He had his reasons and tried to explain them, however my point to him would be why bother explaining. Constructive criticism is a good thing, name calling and abuse is not.

My point of all this drivel.

If you encounter me at a table this weekend please remember that I am an eejit and I won't get upset if I am called one either. However, don't anyone be getting upset if I make a 'donkey' play and outdraw you, it's not personal, and you will win in the long run anyway, get over it.

Fatcatstu:

--- Quote from: duke3016 on March 07, 2017, 18:26:10 PM ---So it"s Blackpool this weekend. Looking forward to this immensely.

Now followers of this blog have heard me say a few times that I am a recreational poker player. This is very true I enjoy the friends I have met and the craic that ensues.

I was looking at another forum where a guy was abused for playing a hand all wrong, he actually did quite well in the tournament he was playing but got all sorts of dog"s abuse for one particular hand (others defended him but as is normal defenders are always outnumbered by attackers). He had his reasons and tried to explain them, however my point to him would be why bother explaining. Constructive criticism is a good thing, name calling and abuse is not.

My point of all this drivel.

If you encounter me at a table this weekend please remember that I am an eejit and I won"t get upset if I am called one either. However, don"t anyone be getting upset if I make a "donkey" play and outdraw you, it"s not personal, and you will win in the long run anyway, get over it.


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Its going to be epic :)

Bring on Thursday, a few beers being had?

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