The year is fleeing and NCBC-ers are still hanging on in the masterpoint races.  Adam Kaplan continues to make us look good with 624.72 points, positioning him as No. 189 in the Barry Crane, No. 2 in the Youth Section, No. 5 in Juniors, and No. 10 in the Mini-McKenney (1000-2500 bracket).  What a kid!!

Bill Early's 313.82 on-line points places him as No. 122.  What a guy!

Arriving at the playing area at the Danbury, CN Regional, I made a note to be very careful about entering the room as the "wall " was made up of several glass partitions which all looked alike, including the entry door.  The usual hospitality break was announced after the first three rounds.  I left the room late, (we were following a very slow pair) and got to the ladies room to find a long line.  There was nothing for me to do but wait in line.

The team of Clark, Dabbs, Coley and Coley left for the Daytona Regional with the goal of winning those last few gold points that Pat needed for Life Master.  He needed about three.

It was a cliff-hanger.  Tuesday--no luck.  Wednesday--no luck.  Thursday--no luck.  Finally, on Friday evening, the team won the second round of knock-outs!  So Pat is now both a Life Master and a Bronze Life Master.

Good work, guys, and congratulations to Pat!!

The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer hearts attacks (myocardial infarcts) than Americans and New Zealanders do.  Contrarily, Mexico natives eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans and Australians do.

The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans, but the Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans and Canadians.

Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausage and other fatty food and suffer fewer heart atacks than the British and Americans.

Scientists of repute¹ are now concluding you should eat and drink whatever you like, since speaking English is apparently what kills you.

¹nondescript repute.

Karen Alpaugh forwarded an e-mail about the new bridge at Hoover Dam.  Perhaps you got it.  Unfortunately, I can't use it "as is" on The Daily Recap, and couldn't extract the pictures.  The e-mail is far better than this article, and contains the story of its construction.

However I was able to get some shots of the dam from the internet.  It's pretty impressive.  It has been 38 years since I've been there, but I remember the current, twisting road well, as it descends from a height, revealing glimpses of the dam as you go.