tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post5785964113353474282..comments2023-10-24T08:46:59.775-05:00Comments on Touch of Grey: A Smith & Wesson Beats Four AcesSugar Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-37255109538514383302009-10-30T05:45:06.818-05:002009-10-30T05:45:06.818-05:00Mr. Ocker - a pleasure to have you visit our site....Mr. Ocker - a pleasure to have you visit our site. Spades! We, too, used to play spades. I was taught Spades as a child, and remember many games with my grandmother and mother. I wish there were Spades players here, too....if I find any, maybe we COULD have a tournament in this area. That would really be an enjoyable afternoon for me.<br /><br />Anybody out there enjoy SPADES??Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-35819657375751601032009-10-27T21:02:04.362-05:002009-10-27T21:02:04.362-05:00Hey sugar, thank you for the invitation. I enjoyed...Hey sugar, thank you for the invitation. I enjoyed your blog on card games. I was 13 when we moved to Victoria, and I had trouble making very many friends for the first year or so. As a result, I spent a lot of time at home on weekends. A good deal of that time was spent playing cards. Our game of choice was spades. To this day, I still love a good game of spades. The problem is, with the popularity of poker, I can't seem to find anyone to play spades with. I wish someone would hold a tournament or something.<br /><br />anyhow, thanks again. I hope to swap some interesting stories and info.Matt Ockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699384694613751467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-971012875021303562009-10-21T17:53:54.757-05:002009-10-21T17:53:54.757-05:00Love your post on aces and eights. The Loon and I...Love your post on aces and eights. The Loon and I were talking about how the dead man's hand is the kind of cultural knowledge you have to live -- it isn't easily acquired.not securely anchoredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979789156769394267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-19143036763359184762009-10-18T22:05:28.364-05:002009-10-18T22:05:28.364-05:00Edith Ann - you're welcome. I, too, remember c...Edith Ann - you're welcome. I, too, remember card games always present during my childhood. The sound of the poker chips hitting the table is a sound I will always associate with good times. I was taught to play canasta at an early age, and when mother passed away, I lost my canasta partner. Haven't played a canasta game since, nor do I intend to. But I still have plenty of family to enjoy poker with. <br /><br />As a family, we also played many board games. Risk, Stratego, Battleship, Chess, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Yahtzee, and of course, all manner of dominoes. I believe I am a very lucky girl.Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-83916167452405025192009-10-18T21:23:07.181-05:002009-10-18T21:23:07.181-05:00Amazingly, there are a few good memories from my m...Amazingly, there are a few good memories from my marriage, and many of them surround card games played from 10 p.m. at night until 5 or 6 a.m. the next morning. Boy, those were the days. I was raised in a family that played cards, and my kids and their spouses still play cards on a regular basis with friends. <br /><br />Thanks for making me think of that.Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.com