Yes, time is a factor too. I'll sometimes have a free evening for poker and then rather than just play one $16 game (about my preferred limit for an evening) and perhaps get eliminated in 20 min… (View Post)

Lol - well, yes, usually you're right. But I'll go anywhere - a prison, a tomb, a mountainside - for a good game of something. I even have a half of cider while playing. Wild, eh? The game … (View Post)

That's great, congratulations! I used to play a lot online and in my local pub, partly because my training in statistics is useful and partly just for fun (and in the case of the pub games socia… (View Post)

Agreed, that's almost free money, failing some unexpected disaster. I know lots of left-wingers, who vary from departure to morose tolerance, but nobody is working to change Starmer. And in trut… (View Post)

I subscribed to an American conversative email list a couple of weeks ago (on a recommendation of an article here in PB) offering thoughtful centre-right views (https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/ )… (View Post)