Fun with Cock de Gorter (sp?)
Tom C. Kerrigan
Well, I was interested in having my program play in AEGON, so I got Mr. de
Gorter's address and telephone number from an ICCA Journal... the read as
follows:
Valkenboskade 607
2563 JE The Hague
The Netherlands
+31 70 34643729 (or something close... this is a tiny handwritten copy)
So I wrote him a letter more than three weeks ago, with instructions on
how to contact me via several means in English and German, and I didn't
hear a thing. I know it's getting close to tournament time (if it hasn't
started already) so I tried to call him today, once at 8 this morning and
again at 7:30 this evening. First attempt: a woman told me something in
Dutch and hung up. Second attempt: I asked if I could speak with Mr. de
Gorter, a man said "no" and hung up. Sooooo, I'm not sure if that means
Mr. de Gorter doesn't live at that number, or if he wasn't in, or if he
was on the pot, or if he's being an asshole, or what. I was wondering if
somebody could confirm that I have the right number, and maybe ask him
what's up if you get the chance? Much appreciated!
Cheers,
Tom
Walter Ravenek
In article <5j3e4l$9...@merlin.pn.org>, kerr...@merlin.pn.org (Tom C.
Kerrigan) wrote:
As far as I understand Cock de Gorter has been given a hard time by the
managers higher up in the AEGON organization. Last year the WWW-site was
such a success that the managers that don't know a thing about chess
started claiming that they had been organizing this thing for years already.
The result was predictable and sad: the tournament almost collapsed. All
sorts of things have gone wrong this year.
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Lonnie
On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:19:03 +0200, rav...@chem.vu.nl (Walter Ravenek) wrote:
|In article <5j3e4l$9...@merlin.pn.org>, kerr...@merlin.pn.org (Tom C.
|Kerrigan) wrote:
|
|> Well, I was interested in having my program play in AEGON, so I got Mr. de
|> Gorter's address and telephone number from an ICCA Journal... the read as
|> follows:
|>
|As far as I understand Cock de Gorter has been given a hard time by the
|managers higher up in the AEGON organization. Last year the WWW-site was
|such a success that the managers that don't know a thing about chess
|started claiming that they had been organizing this thing for years already.
|The result was predictable and sad: the tournament almost collapsed. All
|sorts of things have gone wrong this year.
|
Yeap,
Standard procedure for a couple scholars. Something works well and someone else trys
to embellish it. Just leave it alone and let the Cock run it.
같같같
Lonnie
"...master chess grips its exponent...so that the inner freedom
and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain un-
affected." -Einstein
chrisw
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http://www.demon.co.uk/oxford-soft
Walter Ravenek <rav...@chem.vu.nl> wrote in article
<ravenek-ya0231800...@news.vu.nl>...
> In article <5j3e4l$9...@merlin.pn.org>, kerr...@merlin.pn.org (Tom C.
> Kerrigan) wrote:
>
> > Well, I was interested in having my program play in AEGON, so I got Mr.
de
> > Gorter's address and telephone number from an ICCA Journal... the read
as
> > follows:
> >
> > Valkenboskade 607
> > 2563 JE The Hague
> > The Netherlands
> > +31 70 34643729 (or something close... this is a tiny handwritten
copy)
> >
> > So I wrote him a letter more than three weeks ago, with instructions on
> > how to contact me via several means in English and German, and I didn't
> > hear a thing. I know it's getting close to tournament time (if it
hasn't
> > started already) so I tried to call him today, once at 8 this morning
and
> > again at 7:30 this evening. First attempt: a woman told me something in
> > Dutch and hung up. Second attempt: I asked if I could speak with Mr. de
> > Gorter, a man said "no" and hung up. Sooooo, I'm not sure if that means
> > Mr. de Gorter doesn't live at that number, or if he wasn't in, or if he
> > was on the pot, or if he's being an asshole, or what. I was wondering
if
> > somebody could confirm that I have the right number, and maybe ask him
> > what's up if you get the chance? Much appreciated!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
>
> As far as I understand Cock de Gorter has been given a hard time by the
> managers higher up in the AEGON organization. Last year the WWW-site was
> such a success that the managers that don't know a thing about chess
> started claiming that they had been organizing this thing for years
already.
> The result was predictable and sad: the tournament almost collapsed. All
> sorts of things have gone wrong this year.
Well, I was there for the first two rounds, and can report that the whole
tourney is functioning in its usual efficient and friendly way.
No probs at AEGON :)
Chris Whittington
Tom C. Kerrigan
chrisw (chr...@cpsoft.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> Well, I was there for the first two rounds, and can report that the whole
> tourney is functioning in its usual efficient and friendly way.
> No probs at AEGON :)
> Chris Whittington
Except that my program wasn't there. (I consider that a problem, anyway.)
I still want to know what happened to my letter. And over the phone.
Cheers,
Tom
chrisw
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Tom C. Kerrigan <kerr...@merlin.pn.org> wrote in article
<5jicie$6...@merlin.pn.org>...
You put too many teedy bear and wolly sheep pictures on the front envelope.
Also
Cok de Gorter
Aegon
Europe
The World
Inner Space
Outer space
only works at high school :)
As ani fule kno
Chris Whittington
Tom C. Kerrigan
> > I still want to know what happened to my letter.
> You put too many teedy bear and wolly sheep pictures on the front envelope.
Hum, I always thought the mailman appreciated those...
Cheers,
Tom