Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 13:23:10 01/25/05
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On January 25, 2005 at 16:14:28, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On January 25, 2005 at 15:56:49, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On January 25, 2005 at 15:27:45, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>On January 25, 2005 at 13:07:12, Andrew Williams wrote: >>> >>>>On January 25, 2005 at 12:35:06, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >>>> >>>>>I did a few quick intersections of the CCT6 & CCT7 sets, and I am getting pretty >>>>>disappointed. I understand there is still some time left to sign up, but we are >>>>>missing quite a few of the CCT6 participants: Hiarcs, Junior, Ruffian, Quark, >>>>>Searcher, Yace, Rebel/Pro Deo, Pepito, Falcon, Green Light, Comet, King of >>>>>Kings, Postmodernist, Ikarus, Wildcat, Blackbishop, Spiderchess, Frenzee, Djinn, >>>>>Bodo, Dorky, Tao, Johnny, Matador, and Celes. >>>>> >>>>>In fact, of the previous top 10 finishers, only Crafty, Pharaon, Thinker, and >>>>>Zappa have returned! (Hiarcs, Junior, Ruffian, King of Kings, Yace, and Comet >>>>>are absent). We do gain Fruit & SmarThink, but any way you slice it, CCT7 is >>>>>looking to be a lot weaker at the top than CCT6. >>>>> >>>>>SO SIGN UP, PUNKS!!!!!!! >>>>> >>>>>anthony >>>> >>>>I hope that PostModernist will be there. The problem I have at the moment is >>>>that the Sunday is the day of the big Manchester City vs Manchester United game >>>>here. I'm not willing to miss this because those useless red bastards are not >>>>going to abuse themselves, are they?. If the game is on, I'll miss one whole >>>>round (the first round on the Sunday) and the start (first 15 minutes) of the >>>>next round. However, there is the small chance that the football match will be >>>>postponed if United are involved in a Cup replay. If the match *does* go ahead, >>>>I've got someone who is willing to "operate" PM for the time when I am absent, >>>>but I want the agreement of the TD to do this - it's not very fair on my >>>>opponent for the round when I'm not there at all. I'll know what the position >>>>with the football match is on Saturday 29th January, so I'll do something about >>>>all this on Sunday 30th. >>> >>>Come on Andrew, your City folks have no chance against the Uniteds. Better play >>>chess and avoid watching a crushing defeat ;) >>> >> >>Well the last two home derbys have ended 3-1 and 4-1 in City's favour. >>Unfortunately, I'm not expecting City to win this one. United are playing well >>at the moment. >> >>>Omid (a Manchester United fan) >> >>Oh yes? And how many miles from Manchester do you live? :-) > >A few miles more than you it seems :) > >BTW, are there any statistics as to which of the two teams are more popular >amongst Mancunians? > > The popular view is that City is the club supported by Mancunians, but that is not really the case. With the recent success of United and the (ahem) temporary lack of success for City, Manchester has far more sad losers than City fans these days. Andrew
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