[POOL] Starting match 3

Brian R. Toonen toonen at alcf.anl.gov
Wed Mar 9 15:21:58 CST 2011


Wow.  That's really uncharacteristic for Red.  He's always been very  
pleasant when I've played him, and I generally beat him.  Perhaps he  
gets grouchy when he gets tired.

--brian

On Wed 03/09/2011, at 12:41, Brian D. Robinson wrote:

> He became rather belligerent during our fifth game. He seemed to be  
> mad that our match was going so late. I cannot help it that our  
> match(which was only our 4th) did not start until after 10:30. The  
> previous 3 matches between our teams were very long. The 3rd match  
> was still going on another table when we started.
>
> After he lost, I went over to shake his hand, and he just went off  
> on me. John even came over and basically told him to take it easy  
> because he was getting a bit out of control.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Stacey" <stace at stace.com>
> To: "MCS Pool League - Moe" <mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 12:06:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [POOL] Starting match 3
>
>
>
> Seriously? What happened?
> On Mar 9, 2011 12:05 PM, "Brian D. Robinson" < robinsbd at aps.anl.gov  
> > wrote:
>> Red was extremely rude and abusive. His outburst was not  
>> appropriate and really should not be tolerated in this league.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Hovland" < hovland at mcs.anl.gov >
>> To: "MCS Pool League - Moe" < mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov >
>> Cc: "MCS Pool League - Moe" < mcs-pool at mcs.anl.gov >
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 12:34:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [POOL] Starting match 3
>>
>> No such luck. I had some good shots and some abysmally bad shots  
>> against Bob. I was in almost every game and even got to shoot on  
>> the 8 ball a few times. Nonetheless, I fell a wee bit short and Bob  
>> won 10-0.
>>
>> Craig played an extended 8-2 match against Jim Adduci (who has been  
>> playing exceedingly well) before I arrived and fell 8-0.
>>
>> Eric played a tight match against Adam, but sank the 8 prematurely  
>> on a fluke shot in the final game and fell 6-1.
>>
>> Fortunately, Brian R saved the day, winning a 6:2 against Red 3-2.  
>> Red was pretty grumpy about it.
>>
>> We still have one game to make up.
>>
>> Cheers...
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 8, 2011, at 9:43 PM, John Valdes < valdes at mcs.anl.gov > wrote:
>>
>>>> Paul vs. Bob in a 10-1. Will need a 4th to play Red at some point,
>>>> depending on how short this is.
>>>
>>> I'm heading in in 5 min, so you can win now Paul. :)
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> -- 
>> Brian D. Robinson
>> Linux System Administrator
>> Information Technology
>> Advanced Photon Source
>> Argonne National Laboratory
>
> -- 
> Brian D. Robinson
> Linux System Administrator
> Information Technology
> Advanced Photon Source
> Argonne National Laboratory



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