Couldbecousin will answer all, without fear or favor.

[Queen Victoria]

Me too. Used to play a lot when I was younger.

I have quite a few chess sets and more than enough chess books to donate.  Just need to find some school or other to give them to.  Hopefully, chess is something that hasn't been engulfed by computers yet.  Yes, PA did play chess programs on the computer.

Computers are better at chess than humans, but it's been years since I last played against a human.

I'm shit at chess.  I can't think far enough ahead.  I've heard that checkers is more difficult than chess, but I've only played against my sister as children, so not really a good basis for comparison.  Scrabble and word puzzles are my preference, although I'm fairly good at finding hidden figures in puzzles.

[odeon]

Me too. Used to play a lot when I was younger.

I have quite a few chess sets and more than enough chess books to donate.  Just need to find some school or other to give them to.  Hopefully, chess is something that hasn't been engulfed by computers yet.  Yes, PA did play chess programs on the computer.

Computers are better at chess than humans, but it's been years since I last played against a human.

I'm shit at chess.  I can't think far enough ahead.  I've heard that checkers is more difficult than chess, but I've only played against my sister as children, so not really a good basis for comparison.  Scrabble and word puzzles are my preference, although I'm fairly good at finding hidden figures in puzzles.

It's not necessarily about calculation and how far ahead you can see, but about understanding what you want to do.

[Queen Victoria]

Me too. Used to play a lot when I was younger.

I have quite a few chess sets and more than enough chess books to donate.  Just need to find some school or other to give them to.  Hopefully, chess is something that hasn't been engulfed by computers yet.  Yes, PA did play chess programs on the computer.

Computers are better at chess than humans, but it's been years since I last played against a human.

I'm shit at chess.  I can't think far enough ahead.  I've heard that checkers is more difficult than chess, but I've only played against my sister as children, so not really a good basis for comparison.  Scrabble and word puzzles are my preference, although I'm fairly good at finding hidden figures in puzzles.

It's not necessarily about calculation and how far ahead you can see, but about understanding what you want to do.

I guess I'm too impatient to think, much less understand what I want to do.

["couldbecousin"]

  People!  It's my ask-away thread.  Ask me stuff. 

[Gopher Gary]

  People!  It's my ask-away thread.  Ask me stuff. 

Why are tennis balls fuzzy? 

[DirtDawg]

Do you have a furry side on the bottom of your weeble?

 

['andersom']

^ when the Weeble sits on Gary, she will have that. Might be somewhat gorey.

 

["couldbecousin"]

  People!  It's my ask-away thread.  Ask me stuff. 

Why are tennis balls fuzzy? 

  Maybe to make them stick a tiny bit to the racket?  I really don't know. 

["couldbecousin"]

Do you have a furry side on the bottom of your weeble?

 

  No.  Weebles are smooth. 

[Gopher Gary]

  Maybe to make them stick a tiny bit to the racket? 

Then why aren't racket balls fuzzy? 

["couldbecousin"]

  Maybe to make them stick a tiny bit to the racket? 

Then why aren't racket balls fuzzy? 

  That's to make them better missiles to chuck at vermin!   

[Gopher Gary]

["couldbecousin"]

  If Gary Gopher had an ask-away thread, I would ask why gophers are fuzzy.

[Gopher Gary]

I do have one.    http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,22688.0.html

[Queen Victoria]

Why does hair stop growing at different lengths on different animals?  Or even dogs and cats?  Why do humans have different hair length growth limits on various parts of their body?