[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[also grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"You have to act when things look like 
they are going to happen; if you wait 
until you know for certain, it's too late."
        ~ Russell Schweickart
(There is a 1 in 45000 chance the 
asteroid Apophis  will collide with the 
earth AD2036.)                                      
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no>
To: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] By the pricking of my thumbs [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
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>> +=+ I apologize for not having followed this topic closely.
>> However, seeking to refresh my mind, may I ask whether it
>> has been settled that:
>> 
>> 1. The Director having been called Law 9B2 applies.
>> 2. When he arrives, the 1S bid on the table being insufficient,
>> the Director will apply Law 27.
>> 
>> (I have not seen it said that the offender actually changed his
>> bid before the Director arrived. I may have missed such a
>> statement when deleting numbers of messages.)
> 
> Are you saying that for Law 25A to apply the offender should 
> have changed his inadvertent call immediately when noticing his 
> error and before the Director arrived? 
> IMO this would have been a clear violation of Law 9B2, and 
> the offender should not lose any of his rights under Law 25A 
> by delaying his "immediate" correction of the call until the 
> Director had arrived at the table?
> 
> Or are you saying that because he became aware of his 
> mistake from a subsequent action (not a call!) by his partner 
> Law 25A is no longer applicable? 
> 
+=+ I am not saying either of these things. I am saying that when
the Director has been called no player is entitled to take any 
further action and the Director will make hias ruling on the facts 
as he finds them upon arrival at the table. 
        Regards,
                                                ~ Grattan ~   +=+