The total flailing cringeworthy mediocrity of Skyr Toolmakersson is an unexpected but profound source of joy in a sometimes menacing world
It's a decent speech. You could/would have written that before you saw it. Try doing something else. You were interesting, intelligent and informed on drugs policy last night.
Who thought cocaine was the bees knees and the cure for everything from depression to morphine addiction (really), and caused an epidemic of perfectly legal cocaine taking which, guess what, transformed the takers into arseholes.
As someone who was turned into an arsehole daily when you began drinking at 4pm in your former guise as @IshmaelZ , you'd know all about that.
I thought identifying previous names was verboten?
I like LBC's "Biden moment" approach. 62 is not that young, after all.
"The return of the sausages" Sounds like a forthcoming movie title?
I think this pretty much wraps it up for Starmer. I am struck by the fact that Rayner was revealed yesterday as having a personal "vanity photographer." Liz Truss enthusiasts will remember a similar move on her part, and why she did it, and what happened next.
The total flailing cringeworthy mediocrity of Skyr Toolmakersson is an unexpected but profound source of joy in a sometimes menacing world
It's a decent speech. You could/would have written that before you saw it. Try doing something else. You were interesting, intelligent and informed on drugs policy last night.
Who thought cocaine was the bees knees and the cure for everything from depression to morphine addiction (really), and caused an epidemic of perfectly legal cocaine taking which, guess what, transformed the takers into arseholes.
As someone who was turned into an arsehole daily when you began drinking at 4pm in your former guise as @IshmaelZ , you'd know all about that.
I thought identifying previous names was verboten?
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
I am two people away from The Duke of Wellington. My Grandmother died in 2014. Her Grandfather was a boot boy for the Duke.
So I listened on the radio while driving hence full attention. Sausages apart that was a good speech. I particularly liked the theme of collectivism running through it. Also I thought the political narrative - the vision thing if you like - was clearly expressed.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
I am two people away from The Duke of Wellington. My Grandmother died in 2014. Her Grandfather was a boot boy for the Duke.
So your great-great grandfather was a Wellington boot boy?
I like LBC's "Biden moment" approach. 62 is not that young, after all.
"The return of the sausages" Sounds like a forthcoming movie title?
I think this pretty much wraps it up for Starmer. I am struck by the fact that Rayner was revealed yesterday as having a personal "vanity photographer." Liz Truss enthusiasts will remember a similar move on her part, and why she did it, and what happened next.
Funny story, Rayner’s photographer was Rishi Sunak’s photographer three months ago.
304/7, that seems a little too high to be chasable in the dark.
Once played a 20 over cup final in late August. Add in the faffing associated with village level, by the time I strode out to bat it was very dark indeed. Reader, I did not last.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N.
Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon?
You randomly met Nigel Short in the park, or a proper tournament game? I remember him being the UK #1 for years.
What do we think of Harris's husband getting paid $250k for a campaign speech ?
By UK standards - a disgrace By US standards - why so little?
A good first question is - Who is paying him that ?
It is not a big amount in US politics. As an example, for the position of Iowa (population 3m) Attorney General the campaigns raised $4.9m in 2022.
The big donors to both parties are the ultra wealthy, who since donations have spiralled have taken an ever greater share of economic growth and led to disillusionment with politicians.
So I listened on the radio while driving hence full attention. Sausages apart that was a good speech. I particularly liked the theme of collectivism running through it. Also I thought the political narrative - the vision thing if you like - was clearly expressed.
I think he got that over a lot better than he has before. There was at least an attempt to sell the end destination. Before it’s felt like he’s often talked about policy for policy’s sake.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N.
Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon?
You randomly met Nigel Short in the park, or a proper tournament game? I remember him being the UK #1 for years.
Interesting article in NYT today re: Nebraska - NOT a daily occurence!
Subject is failure of Trump lobbying effort, spearheaded by . . . wait for it . . . Lindsey Graham, to get a fillibuster-proof super-majority of legislators in Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to pass legislation making the Cornhusker State winner-take-all for POTUS electoral college voting. Instead of awarding three EVs on congressional district basis, which resulted in Obama winning the Omaha CD in 2008 and Biden in 2020.
Reason for MAGA failure due to refusal of key NB legislator to go along, a senator (all members of officially non-partisan Unicameral are styled suchlike) from Omaha who is a former Democrat now Republican, who's term-limited AND gearing up to run for mayor of Big O.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
I am two people away from The Duke of Wellington. My Grandmother died in 2014. Her Grandfather was a boot boy for the Duke.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Probably already mentioned — one of the grandsons of US president from 1841 to 1845 John Tyler, who was born in 1790, is still alive.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N.
Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon?
You randomly met Nigel Short in the park, or a proper tournament game? I remember him being the UK #1 for years.
Robert Colvile @rcolvile Tweeted this yesterday and then a load of people pointed out they do have a problem with the gifts themselves, because MPs legislated/regulated to ban huge swathes of workers like them from accepting such gifts, due to the risk of corruption. Which is a fair point.
Robert Colvile @rcolvile · 2h ‘It is deeply wrong for a banker/civil servant to accept dinner from a client but my Taylor Swift tickets are just fine’ does have a certain inconsistency.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N.
Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon?
You randomly met Nigel Short in the park, or a proper tournament game? I remember him being the UK #1 for years.
That was a bit of a cheat. It was a simultaneous display at a club, so not an official game.
Though I did win
That definitely counts. ♟️
I wonder how many of these exhibitions the GMs play, there must have been thousands of people who have played Magnus over the board, and tens of thousands who have played him online.
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
The last US Civil War widow’s pension was paid until 2020, 155 years after the war ended, to a lady who was 17 when she married a 93-year-old veteran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil _War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st _century
This custom of young women marrying old veterans was widely practiced at the time, deliberately to screw the government on the lifetime pensions.
It was more about providing security and income to the women than screwing the government per se. A lot of them were cousin marriages
Does anyone have fond memories of the early 1990s?
First girlfriend? Does that count?
It was my favourite period musically. My most listened-to musical period is still 1990-1992. The Pixies and the Wedding Present were still extant and baggy was in its heyday.
Actually, ages 14-17 were a really good period of my life - I was starting to interact with girls and alcoholic drinks and other things I could do with my emerging freedom. It wasn't that the times were better than they are now, objectively; it was that the trajectory with which each year was better than the last was so good. And that, my friends, is the real key to happiness.
First year at Uni (1991-92). First girlfriend including you know. Played rugby for Uni first team including playing London Irish U21's, came top in year, learned to drive and acquired a first car, Swindon an established second tier team.
Hell yes I remember the early 90's fondly.
Heh, that's another PB age surprise for me - I'd have put you a similar age to me, i.e. ten years younger!
I'm old. Having a son at 50 is ok in theory but I wonder if its much easier when you are younger...
I'm old too. I remember going to my great grandmother's 90th birthday party in 1950. She was fiercely Irish with a shillelagh on the wall and played the fiddle. She was born in 1860.
She was born the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President just before the American Civil War. And I knew her and remember her. I've told my grandchildren so that in 2060, they can say my grandfather remembered etc etc.
I have a weird fascination with chains of connection such as that. How few people who actually met could you get back to say Roman Britain? Or 1066?
Chess players have a "Morphy number". Players who played Morphy have a Morphy number of 1, players who played that set of players have the number 2, and so on. My Morphy number is 5. There are a handful of very old chess players still alive with a Morphy number of 3, including Leonard Barden, chess columnist of the Guardian.
My Morphy number is also 5 (at worst). Flatlander v Short, N.
Wasn't there a Holywood game for 'degrees of separation' involving Kevin Bacon?
You randomly met Nigel Short in the park, or a proper tournament game? I remember him being the UK #1 for years.
That was a bit of a cheat. It was a simultaneous display at a club, so not an official game.
Though I did win
That definitely counts. ♟️
I wonder how many of these exhibitions the GMs play, there must have been thousands of people who have played Magnus over the board, and tens of thousands who have played him online.
Maybe not as many as they used to, at least in person.
In those days (1990s) there wasn't a vast amount of money in chess. I don't think even Nigel made an awful lot despite the match with Kasparov.
Exhibitions were thus quite a common way to make a few quid. I did wonder if it was in the contract to throw the odd game although I did get him mired in a total swamp that neither of us had much clue about. [He played about 30 boards and won on 28].
In a similar vein I think my Dad may well have played Paul Keres in a simul, which gives him a Morphy number of 4.
The total flailing cringeworthy mediocrity of Skyr Toolmakersson is an unexpected but profound source of joy in a sometimes menacing world
It's a decent speech. You could/would have written that before you saw it. Try doing something else. You were interesting, intelligent and informed on drugs policy last night.
Who thought cocaine was the bees knees and the cure for everything from depression to morphine addiction (really), and caused an epidemic of perfectly legal cocaine taking which, guess what, transformed the takers into arseholes.
As someone who was turned into an arsehole daily when you began drinking at 4pm in your former guise as @IshmaelZ , you'd know all about that.
I thought identifying previous names was verboten?
Misidentifying possibly even more so?
You are more level headed than Ishmael who was just an arse even when sober
"Shattered Nation: how to save Britain from becoming a failed state" (2023), Danny Dorling. A lecture at the David Hume Institute, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCUfqIND8mQ , 92mins.
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Those potty-mouthed pensioners.
When I last mentioned it the gap was close to 9pp, the advantage that Clinton had on this metric in 2016.
One to keep an eye on.
Presenter rails against GWR after being forced to sit by the lavatory for two hours due to overcrowding" (£)
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/first-class-train-ticket-buys-mariella-frostrup-a-spot-on-floor-by-the-loo-qp78w8z99
Yes, “Six degrees of Kevin Bacon” is a real thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
The big donors to both parties are the ultra wealthy, who since donations have spiralled have taken an ever greater share of economic growth and led to disillusionment with politicians.
NEW THREAD
It was actually Melania; I just wanted to see what the reaction would be.
Though I did win
Subject is failure of Trump lobbying effort, spearheaded by . . . wait for it . . . Lindsey Graham, to get a fillibuster-proof super-majority of legislators in Nebraska's unicameral legislature, to pass legislation making the Cornhusker State winner-take-all for POTUS electoral college voting. Instead of awarding three EVs on congressional district basis, which resulted in Obama winning the Omaha CD in 2008 and Biden in 2020.
Reason for MAGA failure due to refusal of key NB legislator to go along, a senator (all members of officially non-partisan Unicameral are styled suchlike) from Omaha who is a former Democrat now Republican, who's term-limited AND gearing up to run for mayor of Big O.
Ditto Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and (dare I say?) John Bercow.
I wonder how many of these exhibitions the GMs play, there must have been thousands of people who have played Magnus over the board, and tens of thousands who have played him online.
In those days (1990s) there wasn't a vast amount of money in chess. I don't think even Nigel made an awful lot despite the match with Kasparov.
Exhibitions were thus quite a common way to make a few quid. I did wonder if it was in the contract to throw the odd game although I did get him mired in a total swamp that neither of us had much clue about. [He played about 30 boards and won on 28].
In a similar vein I think my Dad may well have played Paul Keres in a simul, which gives him a Morphy number of 4.