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LA Proved Too Much For The Man

by Jake Jacobs
10 August 2009

Jake Jacobs

"So he's leaving, on a midnight plane to ... Singapore!?"

Actually, it was a noon drive to Saugus, then an afternoon flight a few days later to Tucson, then after packing nearly a hundred boxes and putting them into storage, an early morning flight to Tokyo, followed, a few more days after that, by a flight to Singapore.

Do they still have midnight trains to Georgia?

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Subject: Re: LA Proved Too Much For The Man

From: Coolrey

Date: 12 Aug 2009 09:12 EST

Always fun Jake... But maybe you didn't get enough rest before the Calcutta, where I announced the names of THREE previous 3 time winners!

The third one is the tough but unassuming Bob Glass, who played many a match at the Cavendish West club before you showed up there.

Bob is a great player and a class act, as are you. Norm is tough under pressure and won a couple matches with comebacks when the outcome of our side bet was still in doubt. That is why I was so confident, (with him as my teammate), because when the smoke clears Norm [retired LA County Fire Captain] is usually standing.

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