Wednesday is one of our two busiest days (for games at least!).
For these games I am asking for reservations. I'd like to be sure we
have enough players for a game, and do my best to find partners.
Who's coming to play Wednesday? Who'd like to play but needs a partner?
* 10:45 a.m. 499er (0-500) pairs
* 7:30 p.m. Open pairs
We also have a newcomer game at 7:15. I'll send that announcement to the
newcomer list.
Thursday starts the "Winter Wonderland" schedule of Regionally rated
games on BBO. If you're looking for Gold and Red points, here's a chance
to get some this year. Drop in at https://www.acbl.org for the full
schedule.
I'm planning to play a couple of side games at least with Karol Monroe
from Palm Desert. Hope to see you there!
P.S., Hotmail (MSN) has begun bouncing email from my new mail server.
Hopefully they'll resolve the problem before Saturday. I've done
everything I can at this point, and it will probably wait for a human
review before the roadblock is resolved. New servers have no reputation
yet. :(
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
I just completed a class with PCC Extension on "Competitive Bidding"
last week on Tuesday evening.
I have a stack of eight hands left from the class to play and practice
with, so I'm offering that for a couple of hours this evening, starting
at 7:15.
If you're looking for a little informal bridge, here's an invitation to
come play. We'll meet on Zoom, and play cards using the Shark Bridge
teaching platform. After each hand we'll review the bidding and play.
If you'd like to join us, drop me a note and I'll forward the invitation
with the Zoom and Shark links. :)
(If you've never joined one of my bridge classes, take five minutes to
watch one of the videos from the page How to join bridge class
<https://bridgemojo.com/how-to-join-class-online> from the BridgeMojo site.)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Come play on Tuesday morning! We'll have a 0-500 game at 10:45.
Please drop me note if you need a partner (I have a single player
available now), or if you have a friend or family member from out of the
area who'd like to play.
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Tonight is our popular 0-1000 game at 7:15.
Please drop me a note if you'd like to play but don't have a partner, or
if you have a friend or family who would like to play as a guest.
Otherwise, just come play! :)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Did I mention I'd built a new email server? It had to be done.
Part of the cost was having all of my email to Verizon customers delayed
for almost 24 hours. That includes Yahoo and AOL mail accounts as well. :(
When a machine at a new internet address appears on the net sending
email in bunches (as if from a mailing list), they automatically put
that machine on probation until someone can check it out. I had hopes
that wouldn't happen. My previous mail server had a well-protected
"reputation" as a good email citizen. But they wouldn't know.
In any case, the logjam appears to be broken now. We had a great turnout
for the Saturday games!
The 9:30 lesson from this morning has been added to the YouTube playlist
of Saturday mini lessons. Here's a link to the whole list:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5qT1hFf-OreW5_zBRHB3WwF6Ljdp-OS
We have a great *Sunday Open Pairs game at 12:30*. If you'd like to play
but need a partner, drop me a note. If you have a friend or family who
you'd like to have join in, let me know their BBO ID so I can set it up.
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
Saturdays are busy at PPDVBC!
* 9:30 a.m. Free bridge mini-lesson on Zoom (see below)
* 10:00 a.m. 0-500 (499er) Pairs game
* 12:30 p.m. Open Pairs
There's also a newcomer game starting at 12:20 -- see the newcomer list
for information about that game.
Here's information for the 9:30 mini-lesson on Zoom:
Topic: Bridge mini lesson
Time: Dec 12, 2020 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83912578991?pwd=Y1R2UnJ1TFM2dVZzYmsyTDdzeFcydz09
Meeting ID: 839 1257 8991
Passcode: 7ntxx
Finally, I've been working on a replacement email server for the past
several weeks. My old mail server was virtually unmaintainable, and
sadly out of date in terms of security and current practices.
Because my new mail server is, well, new, it's treated suspiciously by
many of the large email companies (like Verizon / Yahoo / AOL). So this
email may have been delayed a bit on its way to you. I'm doing the best
I can to keep everything on the up-and-up and get back in their good
graces. :)
Best regards,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
