Re: An introduction

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 ScottSaylo@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/8/99 1:40:15 PM EST, Hauptman@concentric.net
writes:
> << 
>  Let's see, I'm 43 and I've been playing games ever since I can
remember. My
>  father was a frustrated Bridge and Pinochle player, so I got
"tutored" in 
> card
>  and board games from *real* early on - whether I wanted to or not
<g>.  Hint
>  Of The Day: Do *not* try and teach your 6 year old son to play
tournament
>  rules Bridge - having been on the receiving end of that treatment, I
can tell
>  you from personal experience that it does *not* work. :)  However,
Cribbage,
>  Gin Rummy, Canasta, and other rummy varients work just fine at that
age.
>   >>
> 
> My parents waited til I was 10 to teach me contract bridge - I used to
play 
> duplicate years back, til I moved away from my favorite partner and
just 
> never got back to playing. 

I never did pick up bridge (for some odd reason :).  However, Pinochle
turned
out to be a really fun game - 3 handed single deck cutthroat with a
widow is
just too much fun to have with cards.

> I did learn to count 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-jack-Queen-King-Ace however.

Hehehe - try that with a Pinochle deck, and you'd learn to count
"9-9-10-10-jack-jack-queen-queen-king-king-ace-ace"! <g>

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