Still crazy after all these years

[Bill Campbell]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015, Dan Martin wrote:
>
>
>   On 02/16/15, Bill Campbell<linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
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>   ....
>   Work is a four letter word that gets in the way of playing bridge....
>   =========
>   Yearning for retirement to play more bridge tickles my funny bone,
>   coming from a guy who used to drive
>   race cars!   ;-)

Racing cars and playing competitive bridge are both highly
competitive, always challenging to learn more and do better, and
I really have made good friends doing both. 

There's a huge difference though in cost.  I can play for 10 days
in a National tournament for about $3,000 including air fare and
lodging.  In a 3-day Regional race in 1980 tires alone would cost
about $1,600 in 1980 dollars, which is probably about $10,000 in
today's USD.  That's only tires.

I got hooked on bridge as a freshman at Johns Hopkins to the
point I came close to flunking out my freshman year between
bridge, poker, and pool.  I started playing competitive duplicate
bridge about the time I graduated, but quit shortly after I went
to my first SCCA drivers school as there's not enough time and
money for two all-consuming activities.  I played some casual
party bridge over the years, but nothing serious until late 2009
when I was playing at our local community center when somebody
asked if I wanted to play some duplicate.  I said yes, and was
hooked again, now playing 3 or 4 club games a week, and probably
10 or more tournaments which are 3 or 4 days for Sectionals, a
week for Regionals, and 10 days for Nationals.

Bill
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