[blml] normal lines

[Brian]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:12:08 -0500
Ed Reppert <ereppert at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> 
> My lawyer has an entire wall full of books of laws. Not to mention a  
> "law library" in a separate room. You seem to want directors (and  
> players) to have to deal with the same (ridiculous, imo) volume of  
> crap. I say no, and Hell no.
> 

Well, I'll support Nigel in one thing that he said (which Ed didn't
quote). It may be all very well for the likes of Kojak and MadDog to
"get inside the head" of the players, but once in a while, *someone*
needs to remember the poor sod who has had his arm twisted into taking
his turn as playing director of the weekly duplicate at the village
bridge club. Last I knew about it, such people have to use the same FLB
as Kojak. 

Yes, I think providing such people (I include myself, if our local
club ever resurrects itself) with a cookbook-style approach to settling
disputed claims/concessions would be very useful, even if it meant a
small increase in the "volume of crap". Call them rules, laws,
regulations, appendices, semi-offical cheat sheets, unofficial guidance
from expert TDs, whatever, the name doesn't matter. 

The one thing I *do* know for sure is that it certainly decreases the
subsequent grumbling from the players if you can point to a piece of
paper that backs up your decision, rather than claim some kind of
semi-telepathic abilities. 


Brian. 

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