[aguahombre]

jillybean, on 2012-April-26, 19:38, said:

4 bucks? For ACBL sanctioned games? That can't include coffee and dare I say, hand records?

We don't have the Hand generating stuff. We shuffle. Lots of coffee, people bring munchies; we occasionally supply pizza for all, give free sessions to everyone. Rent is per-table and cheap. We add a dollar for NAPS and STACS, even though the additional expense is more than a dollar per person.

At the end of the year, for this once a week game, there is about 3K left over for the party. We have a web site, too for results, announcements, etc.

[Vampyr]

aguahombre, on 2012-April-26, 19:45, said:

We don't have the Hand generating stuff. We shuffle. Lots of coffee, people bring munchies; we occasionally supply pizza for all, give free sessions to everyone. Rent is per-table and cheap. We add a dollar for NAPS and STACS, even though the additional expense is more than a dollar per person.

At the end of the year, for this once a week game, there is about 3K left over for the party. We have a web site, too for results, announcements, etc.

That's amazing. At our once-a-week game we do have Bridgemates and hand records, but those are already paid for. Card fees are 5GBP for members and we use playing directors. Rent is our biggest expense.

Though we may be the only club in London who provide free tea and coffee (instant )*

*For Americans: Instant coffee is a sort of brown powder that you mix with hot water; this produces something vaguely like coffee.

[aguahombre]

We do have Bridgepads, the coffee is real and made by an expert (me). Churches in the community (not LDS) are more than willing to accomodate with nominal rent. Liability insurance is only about 150 a year. The game owns its own tables, laptop, etc.

It would cost about 4K to purchase the hand-generating system and the new boards for the machine to spit the cards into. That's one and a third annual bashes.

[blackshoe]

Coffee is best taken with a good shot of Jameson's.

[bluejak]

Vampyr, on 2012-April-26, 21:54, said:

*For Americans: Instant coffee is a sort of brown powder that you mix with hot water; this produces something vaguely like coffee.

In a hotel that I shall be playing in a team with Steffie they have tea and coffee which you pay for. Allegedly. The tea tastes like weak coffee, and the coffee tastes like .....

[richlp]

bluejak, on 2012-May-02, 09:29, said:

In a hotel that I shall be playing in a team with Steffie they have tea and coffee which you pay for. Allegedly. The tea tastes like weak coffee, and the coffee tastes like .....

Cham....................................................POO

[mycroft]

bluejak, on 2012-May-02, 09:29, said:

In a hotel that I shall be playing in a team with Steffie they have tea and coffee which you pay for. Allegedly. The tea tastes like weak coffee, and the coffee tastes like .....

shy tea?
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