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dontmean2bepoliticalbut · 2 years

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#us politics #2022 #twitter #tweet #peter kalmus #climate crisis #climate emergency #climate reform #global warming #science #trust the science #heat wave #natural disasters #draughts

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cosmogenous · 6 months

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if anyone calls me mommy i'm taking them to a prom and leaving them out back in a dumpster

#draughts #oc #⌖

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retrocgads · 1 year

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UK 1985

#UK1985 #SUPERIOR SOFTWARE #ACTION #STRATEGY #ADVENTURE #EDUCATIONAL #BBC #ELECTRON #PERCY PENGUIN #MR. WIZ #CHESS #CENTIBUG #STRANDED #ALIEN DROPOUT #WORLD GEOGRAPHY #INVADERS #FRUIT MACHINE #DRAUGHTS #REVERSI

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afrotumble · 9 days

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#checkers #draughts #board games

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potatoknitsmysteriouscoinkidink · 10 months

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Resin Chess Set ♟

Now with added draughts!

#resin chess set #chess #draughts #checkers #resin #resin crafts #is it called draughts or checkers the internet is not helping

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scotianostra · 2 years

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James Wyllie the Scottish world draughts champion was born on 8th July 1818.

Born in Piershil, Edinburgh, Wyllie was raised in Kilmarnock after his father died on army service It was during his formative years in Ayrshire that he developed a love for the game, visiting towns and villages and defeating players twice his age. Oh and for those of you in the U.S you call the game checkers

Wylie was one of the leading proponents of the board game throughout the 19th century, travelling as far afield as the US and New Zealand to take on all comers. James Wylie went by the nickname, The Herd Laddie, on account of the fact his earliest patron worked as a cattle farmer.

By the age of 30, he had won the world championship for the first time. He would go on to dominate the tourney, holding on to the title until 1894, apart from two brief spells when up and coming opponents got the better of him.

The game was popular among all classes over a long period.The Scottish contribution to draughts is not widely recognised among the public, but there is extensive literature on those times in the National Library of Scotland and the Mitchell Library.

James Wylie died aged 80 at his home in Glasgow, he is buried atScoonie Cemetery in Leven, Fife.

You can read more about James Wylie including details of some of his biggest matches at the link below

http://www.wylliedraughts.com/

#Scotland #scottish #draught player #draughts #checkers #board game #history

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soryualeksi · 2 years

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I don't think we've ever had such a DRY heat or at least I can't remember.

Like. You step outside and your mucus membranes go dry immediately, as far as the back of your nose and mouth.

Not a fan.

#draughts #heat wave #german stuff

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fieriframes · 2 years

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[Other hand I had never been any good at all at draughts.]

#s12e02 from kraut to couscous #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #other hand #draughts

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schlorian · 2 years

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#inktober52terrain #inktober52 #cloud #rainfall #draughts #dryness #cartoon #drawing

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tenth-sentence · 23 days

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Mrs. Phillips was always glad to see her nieces; and the two eldest, from their recent absence, were particularly welcome, and she was eagerly expressing her surprize at their sudden return home, as their own carriage had not fetched them, she should have known nothing about, if she had not happened to see Mr. Jones's shop-boy in the street, who had told her that they were not to send any more draughts to Netherfield because the Miss Bennets were come away, when her civility was claimed towards Mr. Collins by Jane's introduction of him.

"Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen