Bridge Blog 1164-B: Buffalo Fall Sectional Part II. Bumps in the road.

The Buffalo Fall Sectional was like a car with more than 75,000 miles on the odometer. Little breakdowns kept slowing things down or bringing them to a halt. On Friday morning, it was a mixup in Boards 1 and 2, which somehow had the afternoon cards in them, if I understood the problem correctly. That also messed up the afternoon cards. No hand records, as a result. 

Then, on Saturday morning, the Bridge Mates, the electronic scoring gizmos, stopped communicating with the director's computer. Director Brian Meyer (pictured) explained later that 1990s ACBL technology was messing things up. For a couple rounds, scores were entered the old-fashioned way, handwritten on pickup slips, then Brian managed to get things resolved. Nonetheless, the morning game finished late. Brian started the afternoon game late. The day lasted about 20 minutes longer than usual. Evening plans had to be adjusted accordingly.