From richard.hills@immi.gov.au Tue Feb 1 01:05:07 2005 From: richard.hills@immi.gov.au (richard.hills@immi.gov.au) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:05:07 +1100 Subject: [blml] Obiter dictum In-Reply-To: <41F9F35D.10805@hdw.be> Message-ID: ACBL Appeals Committee obiter dictum: [snip] >>>As a matter of self-interest, though, a player should strongly >>>consider explaining the **intended** meaning of his bid [snip] >>>Since this is a tough case to make without written evidence >>>(such as a notation on the CC or system notes) a player will >>>often be better off explaining his own understanding of a >>>disputed call, **regardless** of which partner was mistaken. {RJH emphasis added} Richard Hills rant: [snip] >>suggest that a player lie about a partnership agreement Herman De Wael question: >I believe the suggestion is not to lie about a partnership >agreement, but rather to volunteer information about what one >thinks the partnership agreement is? [snip] Richard Hills interpretation: No, I think that a literal reading of the ACBL AC advice is that if: (a) a player has temporarily forgotten their *partnership* agreement, and (b) consequently misbid, but (c) later realises their partner's subsequent misdescription of their cards is a correct description of their *partnership* agreement, however (d) does not have documentary evidence available about their *partnership* agreement, then (e) the ACBL AC has adopted the De Wael School advice that a player should save time by lying about their *partnership* agreement, inventing a *unilateral* non-agreement which corresponds with their original intention to describe their actual cards. Best wishes Richard Hills Movie grognard and general guru From richard.hills@immi.gov.au Tue Feb 1 04:17:55 2005 From: richard.hills@immi.gov.au (richard.hills@immi.gov.au) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:17:55 +1100 Subject: [blml] Toil and trouble In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Imps Dlr: North Vul: None The bidding has gone: WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH --- 1C(1) Dble(2) Pass(3) 4S Dble(4) Pass ? (1) 15+ hcp, any shape. (2) Both majors. (3) Artificial game force. (4) Takeout double, but North would bid 4NT with a 5/5 (or better) distribution with both minors. You, South, hold: Q6 AQJ65 J7 T975 What call do you make? What other calls do you consider making? Best wishes Richard Hills Movie grognard and general guru From yylwgznf@cgocable.com Tue Feb 1 05:02:11 2005 From: yylwgznf@cgocable.com (Brian Roe) Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:02:11 +0100 Subject: [blml] Canada Phmaracy Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------098942487822395 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----464151692282180073" ------464151692282180073 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Canuck Prhamayc *****on premediation requisite***** * Lowest Prices * Valor, Xray, Vitality, Supa, Amor, Philosophy, moo!! * Fearful Desire *****on premeditation requisite***** ------464151692282180073 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =