A cribbage mystery...

From Washington Horror Blog:

"...A few miles to the west, Charles Wu got out of a taxi, and a doorman escorted him into the Ritz Carlton. “Welcome back, Mr. Wu!” Wu pressed a fifty-dollar bill into the man's hands and headed into the Westend Bistro for lunch with his friend from the British Embassy. The junior diplomat had already set up the cribbage set and shuffled the cards, but he did not see Wu approach because the man was blind. Wu greeted him cheerily, they shook hands, and then Wu sat down to the martini already ordered for him. The junior diplomat picked up the braille-enhance cards and began dealing; with his sympathy-evoking disability and Wu's legendary attractiveness, they were a babe-magnet team extraordinaire..."

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Deck of Cards fun...

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Text book Cribbage...

From Kimberly Simon:

"In the past few years I have learned to and played quite a bit of cribbage. In the textbook, when the author discusses chess masters ability to avoid thinking through every possible strategy and instead only thinking through superior strategies it reminded me of playing cribbage with friends of mine who have been playing for years. While I think about every possible combination when discarding cards to the crib (hopefully someone plays cribbage and therefore this makes sense to them), my friends who are "expert" cribbage players can quickly discard because they look at the chunks or sets of cards and are able to just think quickly through the best strategies. I think it's fascinating to see the process of the quicker retrieval of recalling chunks of information in place."

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Keeping the toys in the family

Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
Rainville made wooden trucks, cribbage boards and spool holders that caught the eye of a salesman who began selling the goods on his behalf. ...
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Volunteers the lifeblood of Just a Second

Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada ... for younger children, by learning to play bridge and/or cribbage with an older adult, playing pool/billiards or computer games with an older adult. ...
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You better believe it.

SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA "He and mom would sit at the table playing cribbage, and the rooster would be there." For Crocker, a retired paperworker, "It was entertaining attention," ...
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