Welcome everyone to 500 today. It is one year since we first ran a series of 6 classes. The classes are billed as teaching how to play but in practice most people were well aware of how to play the game/ The few newcomers to the game picked up the ideas very quickly. Keeping this … Continue reading 500.
In summary we have basically learned or revised the game in the best way. By playing hands with other people, making mistakes and testing the rules. It is a great card game, a little complicated by those darn Jacks or Bowers and by those people who insist on trying Misere. I hope we can get … Continue reading 500
Dealing and suits. No Trumps. Misere How to discard. Any questions? todays talk is on aspects of play. How to assess your hand, communicate with your partner and what to lead and when. You need 5 cards with one of the top 3 cards and an outside ace to open Suit at the 6 level.
Welcome everyone to a series of playing 500 with a little bit of review for those who know how to play and a little bit of advice for those wishing to learn. 500 is played around the world by family and friends and has a basic set of rules. House rules or local rules are … Continue reading 500
500 Card Game Course A brief introduction. 500 is a card game suitable for 3, 4 or 5 players. It has been around for over a hundred years because it is easy to play and very enjoyable after one learns the basic rules. It has elements of Bridge and Euchre in it but is unique … Continue reading 500 club
Before you go to Darwin, could you please compose a paragraph for the newsletter on your next talk about The Nature of Time. The nature of time is that the proper time will disappear into the past before you know it, unless you travel to Darwin at the speed of light. Time flies like an … Continue reading The Nature of Time.
The problems with learning a new language. 1. Learning new words for the ones we use. Most language is repetitive and very few words are used. The spellchecks and interpretive functions on I phones prove this. It is often stated that a basic vocabulary of 3000 words or 5000 or whatever is all that one … Continue reading Italian
Wuhan Coronavirus–a WUWT Scientific Commentary Guest Blogger / February 10, 2020 Guest post by Rud Istvan Introduction The Wuhan coronavirus potential pandemic has been much in the news recently. ctm discussed my doing an update to a rather long comment a few weeks ago. I first agreed but then demurred until now. The reasons for … Continue reading Rud istvan
Reply angech says: March 16, 2020 at 1:26 AM Bindidon Are you serious? – Yes. Outgoing radiation is measured in terms of W/square metres from the top of the atmosphere by satellite on average 100 km out. – You cannot measure it any other way. – It is 240 W/TOASqM. This figure would have a … Continue reading WILLIS
Global Temperature anomalies The problems with land and ocean based reconstructions of global temperature and global temperature anomaly maps is very basic. Why do them at all? This is a serious question and does have some complex answers which lead to more complex questions. The main answer would be to act as an adjunct to … Continue reading Global Temperature anomalies nick stokes