Originally posted by Grampy Bobbytranslation: basically an admission that he doesn't have a life since he retired from his job digging ditches for some big company.
It's an extension of the enjoyment of still playing chess and, truth be known, probably also fills part of the void of retirement from decades of mortal combat in the trenches and on the front lines of Fortune 100 Corporate America. Thank you.
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too bad he can't fill that "void from retirement" by getting a life and some friends.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbysorry, but there's nothing noble about your mental illness.
Most certainly... in the very noblest "intensely competitive/high functioning" sense.
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have a look around the forum with open eyes. you'll see people generally getting along. you're the snake in this garden of Eden.