It's a Musical Bingo Thursday on Blind Cafe
Julie Parker
Good Morning members, It’s a Wheel Of Fortune Thursday on Blind Café!
*Thanks to all our hosts and hostesses who work very hard to entertain our members.
“We hope you enjoy your day, on Blind Café,”
Date: February 13th, 2014:
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*Mystery Theatre. Press F6 and listen to one of our very own produced mini who dun nit plays, starring our very own Blind Café Members.
* Press F6 in our Faith Chapel and listen to one of Pastor Jonathon or Pastor Volly Nelson’s Sermons.
*Press F6 in The Pirate’s Cove and sail away to the Islands with Jimmy Buffet.
*Press F6 in Laughing Leprechaun and enjoy some luck of the Irish. Coming soon our members Saint Patrick’s Day Limerick’s.
*Gadget’s Tech Room. Hit F6 and hear instructions on how to use I Phone Ap’s.
*I didn’t know that learning Centre. Hit F6 and listen to our learning tutorials.
*Café Premier Events Room. Sit back, hit F6 and get ready to listen to our full length, hilariously funny Christmas play that our Blind Café members starred in. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”
* Blind Café’s 2013, Murder in the Café Manor Halloween Horror Production by Julie P and Patti Woodworth
**Our 2013 Café Expresso Christmas Play, starring Willie and Jeannie Wilson as Santa and Mrs. Claus. See how our members turned into rogue toys and elves. Laugh along as poor Sweet P gets hit with the white stuff that she hates so much and last but not least, see how Lorraine runs Grandma over with the reindeer. For some reason Confetti and crew seem to have a hard time with getting Willie off the ground. Written and Produced by Julie Parker and Patti Woodworth, it’s definitely a must to listen to.
*T.V Land. Kick back, put your feet up, relax on one of our comfortable couches, hit f 6 and watch one of our old time classic T.V shows such as Alf
Andy Griffith
Brady Bunch
Dragnet
Gilligan’s island
Green acres
Highway to Heaven
Jefferson’s
Leave it to beaver
Mash
Mork and Mindy
Mr. Ed
The Munsters
The Walton’s
W.K.R.P in Cincinnati
We have more shows coming soon.
*The Café Comedy Lounge. Hit F6 and get ready for some great comedians like Jeff Dunham, Roy D Mercer, Bill Cosby, Rodney Carrington Songs, James Gregory, and Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy, Jeanne Roberson, Hee Haw episodes and our very own John Harris and Willie in the Copper Clapper! Enjoy a great laugh whenever you want to get happy!
*Movies, Movies, Movies:
We have over 600 described movies for your enjoyment. Come in to Willie’s cinema and watch the movie of your choice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Press F6 from the main room window, and choose the movie you would like to play. Happy movie watching, and don’t forget to bring the popcorn.
*Thursday’s Seniors Menu:
7 am Join Willie in the Donut and Coffee Shop for our Breakfast Club.
*2pm Zilch Join your host Shawn and his computer C 3 P O for a game of Zilch.
4 pm The Prayer get together with Andrew in our Faith Chapel.
7pm Tech Talk in Gadgets Tech Room. Join our Tech Team, Patti W, Jim O’ Neal, Lorraine and Geoff Eden.
* 8 pm Veteran’s join Sergeant Rock in our Veterans only room.
*8pm join your host Mikey and Julie for Wheel of Fortune.
*9pm Musical Bingo with your hosts Julie and Patti W.
*10:30 pm join your host Matt in the Winners Circle for an impromptu game of Uno.
*11:30 Join Shammy for our late night chat in Café after Dark.
**BLIND CAFÉ’S New Events Menu:
This Saturday Night at 8:30pm we will be starting our Talent Contest. We are also show casing our Auction bidders songs. These songs will be permitted to be entered into the contest. We have some great talent on our site guys so come on out and support your fellow members, while enjoying a great evening of entertainment.
New Event:
Our Bowling League will start Monday night at 9pm. If you wish to sign up, please contact Terry or Lorraine and let them know your team name. You will have to purchase the Ten Pin Bowling Alley Game at the address below.
If you click on the link for windows it will take you to a page for audio games.
There is a $150 Gift Card to be split between the winners. For more details see Terry or Lorraine.
***For our Classic Menu including times and explanation of games, please read below. All times are Eastern Standard:
7 am The Donut and Coffee Shop opens:
Join Willy and our breakfast club crew and find out about world events and what the weather is like in each others neck of the woods. If you are an early riser you will find one of us lingering around our freshly brewed coffee. If you like to dunk your donut, you had better grab one quick before Willie eats them all!
11:30 am the Bistro Opens Sponsored by Chris Spencer:
Share your lunch hour with us. Come by and chat while we serve you a freshly made sandwich, croissant or French pastry. Fresh on the Menu today. Sent in by Peaches
Velveeta Cheese Fudge
1
pound Velveeta
1 pound butter
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa
4 pounds
powdered sugar
2 cups nuts
2 tablespoons vanilla
Melt cheese and butter
over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and consistent being careful not
to burn. While mixture is melting, combine thoroughly in large bowl or pot,
cocoa, powdered sugar, nuts and vanilla. Pour cheese mixture into cocoa mixture
and combine with hands being careful not to burn hands. Spread into a buttered 9
by 13 inch pan.
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The 4 Ingredient Cookbook:
Vegetables
Rice
Green Chili Casserole
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained
2
cups sour cream
3 cups cooked white rice
8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese,
grated
Combine chilies and sour cream. Place 1 cup cooked rice in bottom of 1
1/2 quart casserole. Spoon a third of sour cream mixture over rice and top with
one-third of the cheese. Do this two more times. Cover and bake 20 minutes at
350 degrees. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer.
Makes 6
servings.
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2 pm Zilch Out Room Sponsored by Patti W:
Join your host Shawn and his computer C 3 P O the Zilch out room. All you need to know about this game is don’t Zilch out!
4 pm the prayer get together in our Faith Chapel:
Join your host Andrew for The prayer get
together. Bring prayer requests
before the throne of god. The following areas
can be lifted up in
prayer ourselves, the world, our governments and much
more. The
whole hour will go as the lord leads it and will take as much
time as
it needs. So come one and all and pray
4 pm Senior moments Sponsored by our Vets:
Join Willie, Alan, Julie or Patti for happy hour. Of course that’s if you can remember where the room is! If you have to hold the key down for an extra second because you can’t remember what you were going to say, don’t worry, you’re in the right room. I think!
7 pm: Tech Talk in Gadget’s Tech Room. Sponsored by Jim O’Neal:
Join Patti W, Lorraine, Jim and Jeff. For tech talk. Bring along your I-Phone and computer questions.
8 pm Veteran’s only room. Sponsored by Sergeant Rock:
Veteran’s, please join Sergeant Rock, in our Veteran’s Only Room.
8pm Wheel of Fortune In Games R Us Sponsored by JB Heart:
Join your hosts Julie, Mikey and Patti W for this new and creative game based on the popular T.V show Wheel of Fortune. Come spin the wheel, pick a letter and see if you can solve the puzzle. We even have a bonus round with the letters R.S.T.L.N and the vowel is E.
9pm Musical Bingo in Games R Us Sponsored by JB Heart:
Join your hosts Julie P and Patti for Musical Bingo.
Do you remember your hits of the 80s? Still bopping along to the sounds of the swinging 60s? Do you remember old and new movie themes? Can you identify cartoon characters or TV themes? Then this is the game for you.
Yes it's here the all-new Musical Bingo.
The first team to call a bingo wins.
10:30 pm Uno in the Winners Circle Sponsored by Chris and Cheryl Spencer:
Join your host Matt, for an informal game of Uno.
11:30 pm Café after Dark opens Sponsored by Terra Lee:
Come on in and Join Shammy! Anyone for a late night chat? Let’s see who can stay awake the longest. If we survive until 7am we can always go down to the Donut and coffee shop and join the breakfast club where they meet every day.
****What’s for Dessert in the Members Corner:
*Tiffany’s Interesting Food Fact of the Day:
February 13
National Tortellini
Day
National “Eat Italian Food” Day
**Thought of the day.
Thanks Sharon for the thought of the day.
> Dog: You pet me, feed me, play with me,
love me ... you must be a god!
> Cat: You pet me, feed me, play with me,
love me ... I must be a god!> Thanks Sharon for the thought of the day. *** Joke of the day: My father was in the dentist's
chair having a root canal done. Every
so often, the dentist would stick a
large toothpick-like object into the
tooth's canal to see how far he had
drilled. Each time, this thing caused
my father great pain, but whenever he
complained, the dentist replied,
"Oh, that doesn't hurt -- it's just a
measuring device.
This happened a couple more times. Again my father
complained --
again he got the same response. Finally my father sat up in
the chair,
took all the stuff out of his month and looked straight at the
dentist.
"Excuse me for a moment," Dad said. "I have to go out to my truck,
get my tape measure and whack you in the head with it. It shouldn't
hurt, though. It's just a measuring device."
Of course! Boom Boom! Hahahahahahahahaha
. By the way Don’t forget to
visit Shammy tomorrow night in the Café Comedy Lounge at midnight for open mic
night! We don’t want him getting lonely in that room all by himself because he
can get into a lot of trouble you know
****The 1st Typewriter by Alan Dicey:
The first typewriter was
introduced to the United
States in 1868 by
Christopher Latham
Sholes. His first attempt to build a typing device
consisted of a crude and
sluggish machine that was far from perfect. The
design used letters and
characters on the ends of rods which were called
typebars. When a key
was struck, the typebar would swing up and hit the
ink-coated tape which
would transfer the image onto paper.
The original design of the keyboard
positioned keys in alphabetical order in
two rows. Makes sense, right?
Well, this arrangement caused the typebars of
the most commonly used
combination letters of the alphabet (I e. T H and S
T) to be positioned
close together, so when the keys were hit right after
the other with a speed
faster than a snail, the keys would jam.
The attempt to solve this
malfunction resulted in a rearrangement of keys.
In 1868, in collaboration
with educator Amos Densmore, Sholes arranged the
letters on the keyboard for
better spacing between popular keys used in
combination. The results was
that this initially made it difficult for
people to find the letters they
needed to type efficiently.
However, someone who mastered this new key
arrangement would actually be
able to type faster because the keys wouldn't
jam. This was the beginning of
the QWERTY keyboard, which first appeared in
1872.
The first typewriter machine found its way on the market in 1874
through
Remington & Sons. The device was called the Remington No. 1.
You're probably
thinking it sold out in minutes since it was the latest and
greatest
technological device to be mass-produced.
The truth is, most
people ignored it. Sure, the machine still had some
quirks and Sholes
had yet to figure out ideal customers for his invention,
but in the late
1870s, the idea of "mechanical writing" was just plain
strange for most
people.
The accepted norm was to write letters in legible longhand and many
people
found mechanical writing uncouth or even offensive. Sholes figured
his
device would appeal to clergyman and men of letters first and then he'd
branch out to the general public; he didn't even consider its use in
business. All of these factors probably played a part in the typewriter's
initial lack of sales.
Four years later, after slight modifications
to the arrangement of the
keyboard were made, Remington & Sons produced
the new Remington No. 2 model.
The Remington No. 2 included the arrangement
of keys we use today along with
the ability to type both capital and
lowercase letters by using the shift
key. The shift key received its name
because it caused the carriage to shift
position in order to type either a
lowercase or capital letter which were on
the same typebar. Although the
shift key we use on our keyboards today does
not cause the machine to shift
mechanically, the name stuck.
As the typewriter rose in popularity,
people stopped complaining about the
weird arrangement of keys and started
memorizing the keyboard and learning
how to type efficiently. Although other
alternate keyboards tried to break
onto the market, most people decided to
stay with the QWERTY board, and none
of the other type-writing machines
proved successful.
One prominent attempt at a replacement keyboard
occurred in the early 1930s
when Professor August Dvorak of Washington State
University set out to
develop a more user-friendly keyboard. He ultimately
redesigned the keyboard
so all of the vowels and the five most commonly used
consonants were
arranged on the home row (AOEUIDHTNS).
Although the
design required a typist to frequently alternate hands to type
most words,
with the Dvorak keyboard, a person could type approximately 400
of the
English language's most common words just by using the keys of the
home row,
compared to 100 words on the QWERTY keyboard. In addition, using
the Dvorak
keyboard, a typist's fingers would not have to travel as far as
they did on
Sholes' keyboard to type the majority of words.
Dvorak set out to prove
his machine superior to Sholes', but his keyboard
never caught on. Many of
the studies used to test the effectiveness of his
keyboard were flawed or
were deemed a conflict of interest since Dvorak
conducted them himself.
A
U.S. General Services Administration study in 1953 of Dvorak's keyboard
determined it didn't matter which keyboard was used. Experienced typists in
either keyboard typed at approximately the same speed, with variance based
more on their individual skill rather than either keyboard design being
superior to the other in a larger sample-size or words.
This ultimately
killed the Dvorak keyboard as the majority of people didn't
want to commit
the time or resources it would take to be trained on a new
keyboard.
Thus, the QWERTY keyboard persevered through today and seemingly
will
continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
As Dr. Dvorak said,
"Changing the keyboard format is like proposing to
reverse the Ten
Commandments and the Golden Rule, discard every moral
principle, and
ridicule motherhood."
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*****Remember This Chess Game sent in by Alan:
February 10, 1996: Kasparov loses chess game to
computer.
On this day in 1996, after three hours, world chess champion Gary
Kasparov
loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM
computer
capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. Man was
ultimately
victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov bested Deep Blue in
the match
with three wins and two ties and took home the $400,000 prize. An
estimated
6 million people worldwide followed the action on the
Internet.
Kasparov had previously defeated Deep Thought, the prototype for
Deep Blue
developed by IBM researchers in 1989, but he and other chess
grandmasters
had, on occasion, lost to computers in games that lasted an
hour or less.
The February 1996 contest was significant in that it
represented the first
time a human and a computer had duked it out in a
regulation, six-game
match, in which each player had two hours to make 40
moves, two hours to
finish the next 20 moves and then another 60 minutes to
wrap up the game.
Kasparov, who was born in 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan, became
the Soviet
Union's junior chess champion at age 13 and in 1985, at age 22,
the youngest
world champ ever when he beat legendary Soviet player Anatoly
Karpov.
Considered by many to be the greatest chess player in the history of
the
game, Kasparov was known for his swashbuckling style of play and his
ability
to switch tactics mid-game.
In 1997, a rematch took place between
Kasparov and an enhanced Deep Blue.
Kasparov won the first game, the computer
the second, with the next three
games a draw. On May 11, 1997, Deep Blue
came out on top with a surprising
sixth game win--and the $700,000 match
prize.
In 2003, Kasparov battled another computer program, "Deep Junior." The
match
ended in a tie. Kasparov retired from professional chess in
2005.
Notes on game between enhanced Deep Blue and Kasparov
Chess experts
said that Kasparov should been able to get a draw in the sixth
game.
Kasparov resigned at move 19. When he heard about the enhanced version
he
became anxious and nervous. After Gary lost, he claimed that IBM got a
grand
master to help the enhanced Deep Blue beat him.
Final Score: enhanced Deep
Blue 3.5 and Kasparov 2.5
Unlike the enhanced Deep Blue Kasparov became
anxious and nervous during the
last game.
GAME 6 MOVES
Deep Blue
(White)
versus
Kasparov (Black)
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3
dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Ng5 Nf6
6. Bd3 e6
7. N1f3 h6
8. Nxe6
Qe7
9. O-O fxe6
10. Bg6+ Kd8
11. Bf4 b5
12. a4 Bb7
13. Re1
Nd5
14. Bg3 Kc8
15. axb5 cxb5
16. Qd3 Bc6
17. Bf5 exf5
18. Rxe7
Bxe7
19. c4 black Resigns
Kasparov had begun the final game of the match
with an odd Carocan opening,
a favorite of Kasparov's arch-rival Anatoly
Karpov, but something Kasparov
would almost never use. He began to goad the
computer to attack, hoping to
force it into a tactical blunder, but the
opposite occurred. Kasparov,
playing
black, was forced into a knight
sacrifice, something that gave him a
short-term advantage but resulted in an
unfavorable position on the board.
After that
he showed little
willingness to go on.
"It is highly unusual for a project categorized as
research to be developed
under such a cloak of secrecy," said Daniel
Sleator, a professor of
computer science at Carnegie Mellon University where
Deep Blue was created.
"They have crossed the line from computer science
research to
self-aggrandizing greed."
The ill-will between Kasparov and
the Deep Blue team had reached a fever
pitch Sunday when the New York Times
reported that IBM had hired additional
Grandmasters to advise them over the
last week and had denied their
assistance on the project.
"There could be
more players on the bench that are too shy to show up,"
Kasparov said
half-jokingly after the match. "Make IBM the player, not the
sponsor at the
same time and we'll see what happens."
Immediately speculation turned to a
rematch, which Kasparov said he would
welcome but would want fairer terms to
even the playing field.
"Enter competitive chess," Kasparov said forcefully
to the IBM programmers
(under the rules of competitive chess the computer
would have to make
its previous games available to other players and agree
not to tweak the
machine throughout the course of the match - something it
was allowed to do
in this showdown).
"Play competitive chess and we shall
see if the machine is a prodigy, is a
unique piece, or it was a lot of human
weaknesses shown in one particular
event. I personally assure you, everybody
here, that if Deep Blue will start
playing competitive chess I'll tear it in
pieces."
Garry admits he's afraid of the machine.
The end happened on
Round 6, Sunday May 11th.
Disaster: I could sense it already early that
morning. In the two weeks we
had all been together in New York I had never
seen Garry so tense. He hardly
spoke, and on the way to the site the mood
was dark. When I saw the game
start I really had a sinking feeling. In 19
moves it was all over, with the
world champion falling into a well-known
openings trap.
There has been a lot of speculation on whether Garry went into
the
disastrous opening line with his eyes open, or whether he had simply
committed a "fingerfehler". How could this have happened? Well, you are
going to have to draw your own conclusions. I will merely lay out the
evidence. For starters I present the drama as it unfolded, with Garry making
the decisive moves. Please note that I have time-stamped the sequence
(hours:min:sec), so you know exactly how it happened.
15:07:31 - Garry
plays 6...e6.
15:07:39 - Joe Hoane plays 7.N1f3 for the machine.
15:09:05
- After 1 min 24 sec Garry plays 7...h6.
15:09:15 - Deep Blue plays 8.Nxe6
out of book. Garry shakes his head
bitterly and writes down the
move.
15:09:28 - Garry plays 8...Qe7 without any further thought.
15:09:40
- Deep Blue castles.
15:09:44 - Garry plays 9.fxe6 à tempo.
15:09:52 - Joe
Hoane tries to move the bishop from c1 to g6 realizing that
it is the other
bishop and corrects the move.
15:10:01 - Garry moves his king out of check
and sinks into deep despair.
The entire drama took just one minute to
unfold.
What went through his mind, what caused him to play this line? There
are
some answers to be found in the final discussion with Garry, given in
the
last video sequence in this article.
Just over an hour later the
world champion had resigned against the
computer. He came up to the press
room to face the journalists and TV
cameras. Naturally I taped the entire
press conference. Here are the
highlights.
Real video: Garry quells the
applause saying "I don't deserve it."
Real video:"It had nothing to do with
science, there was only one goal: to
beat Garry Kasparov."
Video: "Deep
Blue must now enter competitive chess! I guarantee that if they
do so under
regular conditions I will personally tear it to pieces."
Video: "I want to
understand how Deep Blue won the match, I want the
printouts". C.J.Tan
promises to publish them in due time, Monty Newborne
says it is impossible
to repeat the moves in a system as complex as Deep
Blue.
Video: "I cannot
explain what happened today. I am a human being and proved
to be
vulnerable."
Video: "In competitive chess there is no room for friendly
relations. The
next time I'll play 1.e4 and 1...c5."
Real video: "My
biggest mistakes were not to demand better conditions, and
to follow the
advice of computer specialists who all recommended to play
these
openings."
13. A final goodbye - Monday May 12th
On the day after the
disastrous last round Daniel King and I had a final
lunch with Garry, in the
Plaza Grill. Naturally the burning question Danny
had was what had happened
in game six, how had he collapsed in this match?
Video: "I just lost my
fighting spirit, after game five I was emptied
completely. But I would be
proud to play games four and five in any
championship match."
Video: So
how many players in the world could beat Deep Blue? Garry thinks
just
four.
Video: Is there a great difference between Deep Blue and the micros?
Garry
tells us that even the strongest micro program in the world is no
problem
for him.
Finally the question of questions: Why did he play
7...h6 in game six and
collapse in the match? The answer in full length -
draw your own
conclusions.
Real video: "I didn't want to play. I was
sorry about my decision to play
h6. Normally computers don't take on
e6."
With Best Regards,
God Bless
Alan
Plantation,
Florida
Alan Dicey, Vice President
United States Braille Chess Association
- USBCA
"Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play
Chess!"
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******Bizzare News sent in by Terry:
A Florida resident said he
thinks a monkey photographed in his neighborhood might have been behind a pair
of car break-ins.
The monkey in the Mirabay neighborhood of Apollo Beach was photographed recently by a
neighborhood resident, and experts said it appears to be a rhesus
macaque.
Corey Beckman, a photojournalist, said he spotted the monkey a
couple weeks ago while relaxing at his home and soon came to suspect the primate
of being behind two car break-ins the previous week.
Beckman said the
cars were ransacked, but nothing was taken.
"You'd think anybody breaking
into a car wound find it nice seeing a GPS there an iPod but they just left it
all sitting here," Beckman said.
"Maybe it didn't like my music," Beckman
joked.
The monkey hasn't caused any injuries and neighbors said they
would like to see it relocated without being harmed.
*****Zilch Replay by Alan Dicey:
Patti W. Breaks One Round Zilch
Record Score with 5000 points!
Associated Press: Breaking News
…
Tuesday Afternoon, February 11, 2014
When 14 of the bravest Blind Café
Dedicated, Determined Warriors gathered to play one of their exciting, fun games
of Zilch on that cold snowy Tuesday afternoon, none could have imagined they
were going to witness a historic event unfold! Yes, they saw a long time record
being broken!
The Warriors participating in this incredible event, listed in
alphabetical order were:
Alan, Alicia, Connie, Gary, Kathy Rose, Lorraine,
Matt, Patti, Rick, Robert, Ron, Soo Keea, Terra Lee, Tiffany,
That Hostest with the Mostest, Patti W., and her dice rolling computer
“Sparky” hosted the Zilch Game and it was a very special game of Zilch
indeed!
Patti sat on the Zilch Bench the first 2 rounds, and it seem even
after she received 700 points in the 3rd round, it was going to be impossible
for her to catch up with the other Players scores.
And when Matt was first to
reach game point of 4400 it looked like the game might be just about over, as
most of the players were pretty far behind him with their scores.
Most but
not all, Ron our good friend from that famous city of London, Ontario, Canada,
had a strong 3400 points and only needed 1050 to pass
Matt!
Lorraine also had 3400 points and she had a chance also!
Tiffany was
close, she had 3500 and only needed 950 to catch and pass Matt to
get a new game point!
Soo Keea was even closer, she had 3550 and only needed
900 points to pass Matt and win the game.
Kathy Rose was the closest she had
3600 points and a great chance she only needed 850 points!
The other players,
well, Alan had 3300 points, Terra Lee had 3150, Alicia had 2450, Gary had
2450, Connie had 1900, Robert had 1850, Rick went home, Patti had a
lowly 1050 points - (Smile)
Now you the reader must be able to
imagine the surprise on the Zilch Warriors faces, when Patti W., who had been
sitting on the Zilch Bench so long, and even after she got off only had 1050
points, she gave it a try, and She did it!!
She scored 5000 points in
one round to pass Matt with a score of 6150!
She had just broken the All Time
Record One Round score of 4150 points by scoring 5000 points!
Incredible,
Simply Incredible!
Congratulations Patti!
You Won the Game,
You became
Eligible for the February Championship Tournament,
And you now hold the One
Round High Game Score Record!
I would say you had a good game!
What an
inspiration you are to all of us!
I submit the below poem for your approval
Dear Lady!
IT COULDN'T BE DONE
Somebody said
that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it
couldn't,"
But he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd
tried.
So he buckled right in with the
trace of a grin
On his face.
If he worried he hid it.
He started to
sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never
do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and
he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of
a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled
the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it
cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are
thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail
you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a
grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you
tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.
Author - Edgar A. Guest
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