[spwdo]

hi,

minor milestone in the "A Bridge Too Far" history as we host sunday this tourney for the 100the time, thanks to all subs,players and co-tds that made it possible to come this far, cant name them all defantly not players and subs

a couple of sidenotes

1. one time someone ask a co-td why the name " a bridge too far" as it reminds to a a unfortunaly event in wo II. i said to that td that it was a reminder of things happend in past/present/ future that makes a bridgeissues occuring in a tourney really minor in overall life view

2.a nother reason for the name "A Bridge Too Far" stands for a bid to far, saw that mutiple times as comment of kibitzers that saw a overbid occuring at the table

3. As things run now in our tourney ther will come another 100 more(this tourney is aldough the numbers enterring it very manageble thanks to the hard work of very excellent co-tds and a great group of regulars playing it)

4. when i made my first add to the lobby asking for a td to explain me the works on a tourney i got 2 replies, one helped me and her first thing she said after was"u did great and im sure i will host many more tourneys on bbo" maybe she was on to something

5.My mentor in the beginning was mike(trpltrbl) he taught me lot of things wtich still are helpfull today, thx mike

6.The co-td that helped me the most is without dought borko, im sure we hosted +100 by now, we came this far that i dont have to ask him nomore, he helps everyday unless he is playing rubber bridge live on monday and thursdays, after he comes online those days i always ask him to play total points, he turns me down every time lol. thx boris, u deserve a day in the sun

7.several yellows including uday/fred thanked me for my beeing online much and for my efforts , it was/is my pleasure and im very great and thank full that it allowed me to meet so many nice people

8.hosting a lot means also that some problems occur once in a while causing some players to get blacklisted(not getting into details)as a strong believer of second chances , sunday will be a day of new chances for the vast majority of members that got listed

9.thx team bbo(yellows and staff) for all you kindness and help, gerardo,beky,uday,nafiz,ritong are the first that come to mind

10.topnumber of actual registration are 122 tables thats 488 players at once, hope to see as many on sunday

11. want to name a few that i feel shoud be named and im sure i will forget a name :gwen,ece,aisha,sam,dave,irem,jan,ingrid,boris,ara... u really are friends in every meaning of the word


thx marc

®spwdo

[aramesh_]

hi marc,
congratulations on your 100th bridge too far on sunday.
To all those who read this-i wud like go on record that just like marc had mike as mentor in the early days i had marc who taught me to direct and he did it so well.
Thanks marc . Thru u i met many more wonderful people at BBO and i love every minute of my trips there.
wishing u a trillion more bridge too far
may your tribe increase
ara

[aisha759]

Congratulations Marky mark!!!
When I was talking about having special characteristics to TD, yours come to mind whenever i complain about something or someone, Mark has something positive to say.... i wish i could help you more often, but i dont have those qualifications needed to TD, and my mood sometimes gets the better of me, so i tend to refuse ( i hope you don't take it personally ) Like i said, it needs a certain pesonality, and consistency...... you've got it Mark!! We have fun Td'ying together, maybe too much fun sometimes!!
Well done, keep up the good work
Aisha

[ariakas]

a long way ... Congratulations Mark ! ! !
just as you always do..

Special thnx for letting me a chance to meet you and helping you.. ive learnt a lot from you.. how to behave and to direct and so on, you are very well on these !
In fact i am a bit excited because its my first writing on the forum. ( but i should to it anyway because its you Mark deserve it a lot )

And finally as being a TD we all need help , but we have a great chance because we know whose door to knock ! and we surely know that door will be open..

As my friends said: Go ahead i believe you are in the right direction..

irem

[Trpltrbl]

Nicely Done, Mark.
Keep it up, it's too bad I don't have much time left to be here on BBO, but when I retire I will be back in full force. Only 30 years to go, yihaaaaaaaa

Mike

[slothy]

aisha759, on Mar 25 2004, 03:25 AM, said:

Congratulations Marky mark!!!
When I was talking about having special characteristics to TD, yours come to mind whenever i complain about something or someone, Mark has something positive to say....

But you dont go to Marc when you want to complain about Marc do you???



If only you knew, Marc......the hours and hours, till the break of dawn and the birds first twitter, i have had to sit there listening to Aisha droning on and on and on complaining about you, about how you adjusted this and didnt adjust that, the decision you made here and didnt make there- but being the very good listener i am, i sat there and listened and nearly succumbed to the urge to stand up for you. The only saving grace i suppose is that by complaining about you she wasnt complaining about anybody else ...



Alex


PS Only being vindictive coz you didnt mention me in the people you thanked!! If you remember i did sub for you in your 24th tourney......i got disconnected after 5 mins and couldnt come back but we wont mention that

[spwdo]

hi,

thx all for support and nice posts.

to alex, be glad i dint report u for intentionel disconnect lol, seruiosly i appreciate your long record as both sub(5 minutes) and director(one whole tourney), i probaly dint see more hilaric anouncements then last night , i probaly post one or two in tds funnies.






thx all

[Frosty]

#smooch Marc -

My belated congratulations on your 100th. You are a prince and a generous soul to give of your time for the enjoyment of others. I'm sorry my Forums abstinence caused me to miss this milestone .

Here's to many 100's more!

Best Regards - Frosty