Happy New Year !

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I wish a Happiest New Year to everyone and accomlish things which you haven't done yet in 2009. Be healthy, be wealthy, smile and I wish you in 2010 have more white lines than black lines ... like these White Tigers

[john reade]

Thanks Alex. Best wishes for 2010 to you too! John.

[Alan Millhone]

Hello Mr. Alex:

Nice photos ! Hoping 2010 will be a banner year for our game.

Happy New year to you and all Checker/Draughts players around the globe.

Sincerely:
Alan Millhone, President
American Checker Federation

[whitefork]

watch out for those white tigers! Just ask Roy Horn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_&_Roy

[Ingo_Zachos]

Actually Roy Horn suffered a stroke on stage and the tiger took him behind the stage when he collapsed.
Horn still recovers from that stroke.
The tiger did not harm him.
Or do you think he has an evil eye that causes strokes ) ?

Greetinx from cold Dortmund, Germany

Ingo Zachos

[whitefork]

I saw the S&R show maybe 10 years ago, seated stageside. Shook Siegfried's hand and got slightly sprayed with elephant pee.
Those cats are immense.
I hadn't followed the full story with regard to Roy's stroke prior to the "mauling" as it was reported at the time. Thanks for pointing that out.
I don't have much belief in the evil eye - if there was anything to it I'd have been turned to stone years ag.......rrrrrrgg gah!!