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Post #201 Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:51 pm 
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Hi Aidoneus, OK to view this photo :)
Fresh pineapple juice.

This is my stupid technique:
- Take photo with iPhone.
- Mail it to myself -- when it asks for the resolution, this is where I can shrink it. :)
- Save the received, shrunk photo to phone.

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Hi Aidoneus, now it's dinner time; OK to view this photo :)
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Post #203 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:08 am 
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Cheese sticks, mmmm! I hope that your clothes still fit! :lol:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X 1 . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
( Local time Fri Nov 28, 2014. 11:56 am. In a public library :) )

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Post #205 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:57 am 
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A public library reminds me that my library request should be ready for pick up of Starborne by Robert Silverberg, a novel in which Go plays some element. At least according to http://www.usgo.org/aga-annotated-bibli ... ks-english

Although Silverberg is known for his science fiction works, my favorite novel of his is Lord of Darkness, the story of an English sailor captured buccaneering off Brazil in the late-16th century and imprisoned/indentured by the Portuguese in Angola, Africa.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . 1 . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . . . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


Yeah, I saw it coming too late! I looked at various tries at cutting, such as F8, but I couldn't see any good result. Therefore, time to run, I guess. I sense disaster coming, but I'm afraid to look up and see the meteor coming. If Ed's around shodan, maybe he should have given me 9 stones! Or more!! :lol:

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Post #206 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:05 am 
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No criticism of the one space jump. Never bad, as the saying goes. :)

But not answering the peep? Listen to those proverbs. :)

Black is still ahead, I think, but probably not for long.

Edit: Unhidden.

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Post #207 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:15 pm 
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Hi Aidoneus, instead of library photos,
here's a Vietnamese dessert: crepe, mango, & ice cream --
OK to view this photo :)
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Post #208 Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:22 pm 
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Ed your culinary travels are amazing.

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Hi Loons, Thanks.
I actually have taken 10x more food photos than shown here.
But I'll just post a few teasers. :)

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Post #210 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:44 am 
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Hi Ed,

Perhaps you should pitch one of the cable channels to do a world cuisine television show. Call it Fed by Ed. :lol:

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Hi Aidoneus, I just eat here. :)
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . 1 . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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Post #212 Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:40 pm 
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EdLee wrote:
Hi Aidoneus, I just eat here. :)

OK, maybe Ed Gets Fed (Up)? ;-)

I've got to think about my move in the morning. BTW, I cannot believe how much time I have wasted playing free games on my iPad over this holiday! (Instead of studying my new Go books. I am now a level 19 farmer, woo hoo!) Part of the reason for spending so much time with the iPad, though, is listening to Pandora.

I'm curious, can some of the early hidden comments be revealed? Basically everything that I have written so far can be viewed by you for laughs. And I would think that the early comments by you and outside observers could be revealed now. That way, I might be able to learn some things piecemeal rather than trying to digest everything at one sitting. (See, I'm staying with the culinary theme.)

Good night from me, or perhaps in your case, have a nice breakfast! :)

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Hi Aidoneus,

Level 19 farmer... in a Farming game ? :)

Sometimes, when people feel a previous comment can no longer affect the outcome of the game, they may say so. They may even un-hide it themselves.
I usually take a very conservative approach with kibitz.

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Post #214 Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:21 am 
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OK, I can wait to see comments. I don't think that the game will last that much longer anyway. :cry:

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . 1 . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O . . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


To me, this is an incredibly powerful move that squishes my chain against his wall while threatening to cut me up with a move at E11 or (maybe better?) roping in even more territory by playing somewhere around G13. If White plays at G13, now, I think that I will cross-cut with G12. I did consider playing at G13 and relinquishing all of my stones on the left, but I have become rather fond of them.

Wow, though, I was trying to play very carefully and avoid big trouble before I ignored Ed's peep. For just a couple moves there, I thought that I was accomplishing something! In retrospect, I should have either connected with an empty triangle or maybe capped at G15.

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EdLee wrote:
Level 19 farmer... in a Farming game ? :)

I am the Eggman. Coo coo ca choo! ;-)

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[go]$$Wm93
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O 1 . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]
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This sequence seems forced, should black choose to play it...
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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . 6 3 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X 1 2 . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O 5 X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


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[go]$$Wc
$$ -----------------------------------------
$$ | . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O . O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O . . O . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O X X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . X . . . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O 2 . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O 3 . 4 O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O 5 6 . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]

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Post #218 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:41 am 
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@Ed: I was making a(n obscure) joke about Hay Day, a farming game on iPad. Lyrics from I am the Walrus by the Beatles.

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$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . O X O . X . . O . . X . . X O . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . . , . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . O X O O . X . . . . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . X O . |
$$ | . O X . . X . . . . . . X . . O O . . |
$$ | . . . X . O O . . . . . . . X X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . . . . . . . . X O O O . . |
$$ | . . O X . X . . . , . . . X O X . . . |
$$ | . . O . . . O . . . . . X O X O O . . |
$$ | . O X O O . . . . . . . . . X X O . . |
$$ | . X X X . . . . X . . . . . . X . . . |
$$ | . . . . X . X X O . . . . . . . X . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . O X X . . . . X . . O . |
$$ | . . X X X O . O O X . . . . O X X O . |
$$ | . X O O X O . . . X . . X X X O O . . |
$$ | . . . . O . O . . . . . . X O . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ -----------------------------------------[/go]


My first reaction was to answer with E12 (table shape), but then I saw White can play F14 (a squeeze tesuji?) and I couldn't see any way to squirm out. Similarly, playing F14 myself doesn't save anything as far as I can see. So, bye bye little stones, you'll never grow up into a healthy group. (I want to cry again over not connecting against the peep. :cry:

Reorienting myself to the new situation, I decided to lift my top moyo with this move versus others in the area because it connects G15 and N13 with two large knights moves. If White caps at K12, I can play J9 to lift my other moyo. If White plays J9 instead, I will probably play L8.

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Post #219 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:41 am 
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That's the spirit! :)

Edit: Unhidden.

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Hi Aidoneus,

Thanks for explaining the reference! I had no clue.
Today instead of food, I attach this photo.
I think it's an elegant entrance; OK to view it. :)
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