On Feb 20, 1:57 pm, wrote:
This is my first time back to rcgp since 2003. I reluctantly came here
to do some research for my book.

Among other things, I found this:

Mr. Frank Niro (Chess Safari)
Address for legal service available from:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11858781138703849298
Last online: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Online activity indicator (last 90 days): 23/90
Email address: withheld

Would anyone be surprised that Mr. Niro has been very easily
contactable
at all times since he was discharged from hospital? Even Yahoo
correctly
lists his current address in Oregon City. Not locatable? Think again.
Want a copy of Mr. Niro's December mail to PR? Reply here to ask.
Think Bill G. did not have this address during the last 2 months?
Think
again. Think I cannot prove this? Think again.
Mr. Niro should never have been named in this suit. It is shameful he
was
dragged in. I know why the mistatements were made. To protect
innocents.
Similarly all should understand why the FSS statements were made.
To protect innocents.

I'm not hiding from anything or anyone. I can be reached at:

Frank Niro
1114 Washington Street
Oregon City, Oregon 97045

Chess

Recently I published my resignation letter (that supposedly doesn't
exist) in my Archives Blog.
Go here to see it---http://csarchives.blogspot.com/2008/...on-letter.html

Also, please visit my regular blog at:
http:www.twchesssafari.blogspot.com

As for my laptop, it was reasonable compensation (worth about $500 at
the time) for the time I wrked without pay (December 2001 to August
2002). It was taken by Susan and Paul, with permission, at my request.
In any case, it had a hard drive crash in June 2005 and was replaced.
I kept nothing related to USCF business...except the Starategic Vision
outline presented at Cherry Hill in 2002 and my resignation letter.

As for the Sloan suit, I'm available to anyone who needs me. Since I
am a life USCF member, the office has continuously had my address. My
copy of Chess Life comes every month in the mail.

Best wishes,
Frank Niro

Great.

Now just return the laptop computer (which you state is worthless
anyway) and our Internet experts will try to recover it.

We would also like for you to explain in detail why you feel that
taking the USCF's laptop computer was "reasonable compensation". Also,
kindly explain why you wrote a check for $3,000 to yourself your last
day on the job and why you did not tell the USCF Board that you were
not coming to the 2003 US Open in Los Angeles. Also, explain under
what theory you get to decide what your "reasonable compensation" was
for the volunteer work you supposedly did.

You should be sure to contact your assigned counsel, Jeremy Brown at
Proskauer Rose, right away, as he has been searching for you.

Sam Sloan

On Feb 20, 11:20*am, samsloan wrote:
On Feb 20, 1:57 pm, wrote:





This is my first time back to rcgp since 2003. I reluctantly came here
to do some research for my book.

Among other things, I found this:

Mr. Frank Niro (Chess Safari)
Address for legal service available from:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11858781138703849298
Last online: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Online activity indicator (last 90 days): 23/90
Email address: withheld

Would anyone be surprised that Mr. Niro has been very easily
contactable
at all times since he was discharged from hospital? Even Yahoo
correctly
lists his current address in Oregon City. Not locatable? Think again.
Want a copy of Mr. Niro's December mail to PR? Reply here to ask.
Think Bill G. did not have this address during the last 2 months?
Think
again. Think I cannot prove this? Think again.
Mr. Niro should never have been named in this suit. It is shameful he
was
dragged in. I know why the mistatements were made. To protect
innocents.
Similarly all should understand why the FSS statements were made.
To protect innocents.

I'm not hiding from anything or anyone. I can be reached at:

Frank Niro
1114 Washington Street
Oregon City, Oregon 97045

Chess

Recently I published my resignation letter (that supposedly doesn't
exist) in my Archives Blog.
Go here to see it---http://csarchives.blogspot.com/2008/...on-letter.html

Also, please visit my regular blog at:
http:www.twchesssafari.blogspot.com

As for my laptop, it was reasonable compensation (worth about $500 at
the time) for the time I wrked without pay (December 2001 to August
2002). It was taken by Susan and Paul, with permission, at my request.
In any case, it had a hard drive crash in June 2005 and was replaced.
I kept nothing related to USCF business...except the Starategic Vision
outline presented at Cherry Hill in 2002 and my resignation letter.

As for the Sloan suit, I'm available to anyone who needs me. Since I
am a life USCF member, the office has continuously had my address. My
copy of Chess Life comes every month in the mail.

Best wishes,
Frank Niro

Great.

Now just return the laptop computer (which you state is worthless
anyway) and our Internet experts will try to recover it.

We would also like for you to explain in detail why you feel that
taking the USCF's laptop computer was "reasonable compensation". Also,
kindly explain why you wrote a check for $3,000 to yourself your last
day on the job and why you did not tell the USCF Board that you were
not coming to the 2003 US Open in Los Angeles. Also, explain under
what theory you get to decide what your "reasonable compensation" was
for the volunteer work you supposedly did.

You should be sure to contact your assigned counsel, Jeremy Brown at
Proskauer Rose, right away, as he has been searching for you.

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Bald men comb again.

Frank, [excuse the top-post everyone else].

I never liked you.
I never thought you did anything amiss with the stupid lap-top.

Such is the sometimes void of comprehension between how it must be to the
person in the driving seat, and how others [passengers and voyeurs]
celebrate how you 'seem', or rather, how they wish to portray you. USCF is
not working on this problem, since it is a useful one to them still to sac
their Ex Dir, for the non-initiative.

Have a good tournament in Dallas, and do not play the KID against any GMs!


Phil Innes


wrote in message
...
On Feb 20, 11:20 am, samsloan wrote:
On Feb 20, 1:57 pm, wrote:





This is my first time back to rcgp since 2003. I reluctantly came here
to do some research for my book.

Among other things, I found this:

Mr. Frank Niro (Chess Safari)
Address for legal service available
from:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11858781138703849298
Last online: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Online activity indicator (last 90 days): 23/90
Email address: withheld

Would anyone be surprised that Mr. Niro has been very easily
contactable
at all times since he was discharged from hospital? Even Yahoo
correctly
lists his current address in Oregon City. Not locatable? Think again.
Want a copy of Mr. Niro's December mail to PR? Reply here to ask.
Think Bill G. did not have this address during the last 2 months?
Think
again. Think I cannot prove this? Think again.
Mr. Niro should never have been named in this suit. It is shameful he
was
dragged in. I know why the mistatements were made. To protect
innocents.
Similarly all should understand why the FSS statements were made.
To protect innocents.

I'm not hiding from anything or anyone. I can be reached at:

Frank Niro
1114 Washington Street
Oregon City, Oregon 97045

Chess

Recently I published my resignation letter (that supposedly doesn't
exist) in my Archives Blog.
Go here to see
it---http://csarchives.blogspot.com/2008/...on-letter.html

Also, please visit my regular blog at:
http:www.twchesssafari.blogspot.com

As for my laptop, it was reasonable compensation (worth about $500 at
the time) for the time I wrked without pay (December 2001 to August
2002). It was taken by Susan and Paul, with permission, at my request.
In any case, it had a hard drive crash in June 2005 and was replaced.
I kept nothing related to USCF business...except the Starategic Vision
outline presented at Cherry Hill in 2002 and my resignation letter.

As for the Sloan suit, I'm available to anyone who needs me. Since I
am a life USCF member, the office has continuously had my address. My
copy of Chess Life comes every month in the mail.

Best wishes,
Frank Niro

Great.

Now just return the laptop computer (which you state is worthless
anyway) and our Internet experts will try to recover it.

We would also like for you to explain in detail why you feel that
taking the USCF's laptop computer was "reasonable compensation". Also,
kindly explain why you wrote a check for $3,000 to yourself your last
day on the job and why you did not tell the USCF Board that you were
not coming to the 2003 US Open in Los Angeles. Also, explain under
what theory you get to decide what your "reasonable compensation" was
for the volunteer work you supposedly did.

You should be sure to contact your assigned counsel, Jeremy Brown at
Proskauer Rose, right away, as he has been searching for you.

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Mr Niro,

There is absolutely no chance, none whatever, that I will drop the
lawsuit against you. In fact, I have been trying and will continue to
try to have you, Polgar and Truong arrested for the criminal theft of
the laptop. You would be well advised to start taking this matter
seriously by returning the laptop (which I notice that you have not
offered to return).

Every member of the 2002 and 2003 boards has been asked about this and
they all say that the USCF's laptop did not belong to you and you had
no right to take it.

Since the matter is public and is on the Federal Pacer website, I will
now inform you of the name, address and telephone number of your
attorney, who has been diligently searching for you for the past four
months. I think that you need to get in contact with him.

He is:

Jeremy Brown
Attorney for USCF and Frank Niro defendants
Proskauer Rose LLP
One Newark Center
Newark NJ 07102-5211
973-274-3205
jbrown @ proskauer.com

Sam Sloan

Sam,

Do you seriously think that a laptop from that time period is worth
more than the time and legal fees required to sue for it? You have to
resist the urge to file lawsuits for the thrill of it, and restrict
yourself to cases where there is a serious and rectifiable grievance.
If you would limit yourself to pursuing Truong, you would get much
more support and sympathy.

Jerry Spinrad

On Feb 20, 3:26*pm, samsloan wrote:
Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Mr Niro,

There is absolutely no chance, none whatever, that I will drop the
lawsuit against you. In fact, I have been trying and will continue to
try to have you, Polgar and Truong arrested for the criminal theft of
the laptop. You would be well advised to start taking this matter
seriously by returning the laptop (which I notice that you have not
offered to return).

Every member of the 2002 and 2003 boards has been asked about this and
they all say that the USCF's laptop did not belong to you and you had
no right to take it.

Since the matter is public and is on the Federal Pacer website, I will
now inform you of the name, address and telephone number of your
attorney, who has been diligently searching for you for the past four
months. I think that you need to get in contact with him.

He is:

Jeremy Brown
Attorney for USCF and Frank Niro defendants
Proskauer Rose LLP
One Newark Center
Newark NJ 07102-5211
973-274-3205
jbrown @ proskauer.com

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

wrote:
Sam,

Do you seriously think that a laptop from that time period is worth
more than the time and legal fees required to sue for it? You have to
resist the urge to file lawsuits for the thrill of it, and restrict
yourself to cases where there is a serious and rectifiable grievance.
If you would limit yourself to pursuing Truong, you would get much
more support and sympathy.

Jerry Spinrad

On Feb 20, 3:26�pm, samsloan wrote:
Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Mr Niro,

There is absolutely no chance, none whatever, that I will drop the
lawsuit against you. In fact, I have been trying and will continue to
try to have you, Polgar and Truong arrested for the criminal theft of
the laptop. You would be well advised to start taking this matter
seriously by returning the laptop (which I notice that you have not
offered to return).

Every member of the 2002 and 2003 boards has been asked about this and
they all say that the USCF's laptop did not belong to you and you had
no right to take it.

Since the matter is public and is on the Federal Pacer website, I will
now inform you of the name, address and telephone number of your
attorney, who has been diligently searching for you for the past four
months. I think that you need to get in contact with him.

He is:

Jeremy Brown
Attorney for USCF and Frank Niro defendants
Proskauer Rose LLP
One Newark Center
Newark NJ 07102-5211
973-274-3205
jbrown @ proskauer.com

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


That part of Sloan's lawsuit is a joke. Well, I think the whole thing
is a joke, but the inclusion of Frank Niro is particularly idiotic.
Even Sloan hasn't come up with any theory under which Frank had any
connection to the "Fake Sam Sloan" posts. As for the laptop, even if
the USCF had some claim on it (which it almost certainly has not),
Sloan has absolutely no standing in the matter. And has Sloan ever
bothered to make proper service? He's getting close to the statutory
limit.

wrote in message
...


wrote:
Sam,

Do you seriously think that a laptop from that time period is worth
more than the time and legal fees required to sue for it? You have to
resist the urge to file lawsuits for the thrill of it, and restrict
yourself to cases where there is a serious and rectifiable grievance.
If you would limit yourself to pursuing Truong, you would get much
more support and sympathy.

Jerry Spinrad

On Feb 20, 3:26?pm, samsloan wrote:
Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.

Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.

I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.

I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.

The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.

I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.

My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.

Best wishes,
Frank

Mr Niro,

There is absolutely no chance, none whatever, that I will drop the
lawsuit against you. In fact, I have been trying and will continue to
try to have you, Polgar and Truong arrested for the criminal theft of
the laptop. You would be well advised to start taking this matter
seriously by returning the laptop (which I notice that you have not
offered to return).

Every member of the 2002 and 2003 boards has been asked about this and
they all say that the USCF's laptop did not belong to you and you had
no right to take it.

Since the matter is public and is on the Federal Pacer website, I will
now inform you of the name, address and telephone number of your
attorney, who has been diligently searching for you for the past four
months. I think that you need to get in contact with him.

He is:

Jeremy Brown
Attorney for USCF and Frank Niro defendants
Proskauer Rose LLP
One Newark Center
Newark NJ 07102-5211
973-274-3205
jbrown @ proskauer.com

Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


That part of Sloan's lawsuit is a joke. Well, I think the whole thing
is a joke, but the inclusion of Frank Niro is particularly idiotic.
Even Sloan hasn't come up with any theory under which Frank had any
connection to the "Fake Sam Sloan" posts. As for the laptop, even if
the USCF had some claim on it (which it almost certainly has not),
Sloan has absolutely no standing in the matter. And has Sloan ever
bothered to make proper service? He's getting close to the statutory
limit.

** I do not often agree with the previous speaker, [maybe never before on
any topic], though I must remark in his support that his concluding remark
is one I too sense is at a level of absurdity so as to wonder if Sloan's
venal nature [albeit, not for money, but for momentary celebrity, and
thereby to some remuneration...] by way of hurting other people in chess by
scandalizing them, has not rendered his judgment now utterly insensible.

** Who at all thinks Sloan deserves any benefit of any doubt on any issue?
Meanwhile he has issued a 1,000 issues, all of which he has done nothing
about other than grandstand his perceived sense of ill.

** I have asked Sloan previously if it is the material on the laptop that is
of any value, and how come there is no USCF record or duplicate of whatever
it contains? Or is it the value of the cpu, now perhaps worth a try at $7.50
if one attempted to tax deduct it to the Smithsonian?

** Of course, he does not answer, because he answers nothing of consequence
to the issues he raises, yet suggests the imminent fall of Metropolis as we
know it, or all of chess in the country, and only Super-Sloan can save us!
.... what a farce of a person he has become - and his meanness towards chess
is so evident toward anyone else who promotes it, there is scarcely need for
further comment except that I understand he now has 3 zip codes - one for
him, one for his ego, and the last one for his disappointments in life, in
not successfully courting the woman of his dreams.

** One does not need a grey beard and to have come from Vienna to grok the
Sloan.

Phil Innes

Sam,

I am not your enemy. I put my address here so that you or anyone else
that has a need to can properly
contact (or serve) me.

The USCF has continually had my address, so how can someone be
searching for me for four months? If you search my name on Google, it
brings you immediately to my blog. Such has been the case for two
years, at least.

Furthermore, my book is not yet finished so anything can still be
revised.

Finally, if anyone at USCF thinks I owe them money for the laptop or
anything else, just send me a bill and I will pay it as soon as I can.

The laptop is long ago dead and had no files on it in any event that
would be of interest to anyone but me. I can't understand why you
would think otherwise.

Note to Phil: I always have respected you, despite our disagreement
over certain matters, long forgotten by me.

Best wishes to all,
Frank

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Sam,

Note to Phil: I always have respected you, despite our disagreement
over certain matters, long forgotten by me.

Never mind them bananas, Frank. Concentrate on your opening prep, and your
play OTB. If we need to raise $7.50 for the computer, I volunteer the first
50 cents! which is erm, a certain percentage of the whole, though
psychologically the first penny is the greatest, no? I know 2 people you
also know willing to come up with the other 7 bucks.

And one other thing, why don't you stop respecting me and instead write for
Chessville about the gig? We should like a reporter on the scene to give it
some color. Let me know, publisher would we happy to feature your report -
and I will inform him of his opinion.

We are pretty much at Chessville about chess as it exists, rather than what
cudda been, or what shudda been. Though we err towards what aughta, which,
imo, is betta.

Cordially, Phil

Best wishes to all,
Frank