tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362071738334838602024-03-12T19:58:58.984-07:00Cribbaholics UnanimousGratuitous Cribbage for the disciples of Sir John SucklingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger512125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-8229465865438672602010-12-20T20:08:00.000-08:002010-12-20T20:08:07.677-08:00Cribbage in an igloo!Grand Haven family builds an igloo in their yard<br />
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http://cribbage.org/CribWorld/cw_sept10.pdfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-13305244720194033602010-07-18T10:03:00.000-07:002010-07-18T10:03:10.043-07:00Cribbage couple pegs out...http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/97715184.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-4833317287420645272010-07-09T22:09:00.000-07:002010-07-09T22:14:18.252-07:00Gertrude Keegan celebrates 100 years... and cribbage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shorenewstoday.com/images/stories/thumbs/L2hvbWUvY29udGVudC9yL3Qvci9ydHJhdmVycy9odG1sL3NudC9pbWFnZXMvc3Rvcmllcy8yNzEwL0NNQy9PQy1LZWVnYW4tMi03LTcuanBn.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 166px;" src="http://www.shorenewstoday.com/images/stories/thumbs/L2hvbWUvY29udGVudC9yL3Qvci9ydHJhdmVycy9odG1sL3NudC9pbWFnZXMvc3Rvcmllcy8yNzEwL0NNQy9PQy1LZWVnYW4tMi03LTcuanBn.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.shorenewstoday.com/index.php/ocean-city-mainmenu/ocean-city-general-news/2199-gertrude-keegan-celebrates-100-years.html">Shore News Toda</a>y:<br /><br />"“She was always a competitive games player and an avid crossword puzzle solver. She plays competitive Scrabble and Cribbage. She and I still play Scrabble at least once a week and she and my brother continue to play Cribbage.”"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.shorenewstoday.com/index.php/ocean-city-mainmenu/ocean-city-general-news/2199-gertrude-keegan-celebrates-100-years.html">Full article by Ann Richardson here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-68248419142203815102010-06-01T21:07:00.000-07:002010-06-01T21:10:45.696-07:0029 hand... after 50 years of cribbage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxrAYmKKqn0gyxlVgYJTYU5Q3pH9cW0YOijX58xx3qlR-6z3x7Tv9RWMrMNyIh1t5siHJta1uoMLgUH1kntFbSWxXPTMBKP4WKiW13-jENJ_DksJPjGWZ_rtz8Tt2lBB16u8Xl2sW_ZP9/s1600/29hand.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxrAYmKKqn0gyxlVgYJTYU5Q3pH9cW0YOijX58xx3qlR-6z3x7Tv9RWMrMNyIh1t5siHJta1uoMLgUH1kntFbSWxXPTMBKP4WKiW13-jENJ_DksJPjGWZ_rtz8Tt2lBB16u8Xl2sW_ZP9/s400/29hand.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478023796480500946" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.mcrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=375&ArticleID=56026&TM=24218.58">Morrison County Record</a>:<br /><br />"Jerome Olesch and his friends play cribbage on a regular basis at the Little Falls Senior Center. He has been playing the game for over 50 years and Thursday, Feb. 11, while playing with Dick Tedford and Clarence Stockwell, he dealt himself the five of spades, five of clubs, five of hearts and the Jack of diamonds. "I thought, how great it would be to have the five of diamonds cut," he said. When Stockwell did cut the five of diamonds, Olesch jumped into out of his seat and threw down his hand for his opponents to see. The odds of getting a perfect cribbage hand of 29 in a game with three or four players are one in 649,740. Olesch did win that game, skunking both his opponents. "We play every Tuesday and Thursday while waiting our turn during the pool tournaments," said Tedford. "Everyone is welcome to to join us." Shown with the perfect hand are (from left): Tedford, Olesch and Stockwell."<br /><br />Original article <a href="http://www.mcrecord.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=375&ArticleID=56026&TM=24218.58">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-87215833400332800782010-04-30T14:32:00.000-07:002010-04-30T14:35:41.229-07:00Aurora Sentinel Archives News The beat goes on as former music teacher turns 100<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aurorasentinel.com/content/articles/2010/04/29/news/doc4bd9b77dc1729133856261.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 403px;" src="http://www.aurorasentinel.com/content/articles/2010/04/29/news/doc4bd9b77dc1729133856261.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2010/04/29/news/doc4bd9b77dc1729133856261.txt">Aurora Sentinel Archives News The beat goes on as former music teacher turns 100</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-70253258963599306342010-04-30T14:27:00.000-07:002010-04-30T14:28:45.153-07:00Macaroni and cribbage... on video.From cribbage19.com:<br /><br />Grat stuff and lots of trash talking...<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FsNdVI0GBm8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FsNdVI0GBm8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-42844834621020807502010-03-25T20:18:00.000-07:002010-03-25T20:21:04.861-07:00Winners of today's Crash Cribbage tournament on eCribbage.com!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0I42Fu2lgatTXCI1Uy0cKHH2kdbBySmzUXFOJKFTI66ruOCgWJYsLqV9mbZK4JaR3YOsyvIMERm3D2a5s38UgCwG-gnfnVJtWJ-D3xQcf80wKLiQOB5nKHrSIXgvA0lTst42a6f_FUJw/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0I42Fu2lgatTXCI1Uy0cKHH2kdbBySmzUXFOJKFTI66ruOCgWJYsLqV9mbZK4JaR3YOsyvIMERm3D2a5s38UgCwG-gnfnVJtWJ-D3xQcf80wKLiQOB5nKHrSIXgvA0lTst42a6f_FUJw/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452777109798155154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-90632688133430699632010-03-19T12:25:00.000-07:002010-03-19T12:28:18.140-07:00The lessons of Cribbage...Fron <a href="http://www.chicoer.com/lifestyle/ci_14438664">ChicoER.com</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Susan Levine shares cribbage, and all its lessons<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">By MARY NUGENT - Staff Writer</span><br />Posted: 02/20/2010 12:00:00 AM PST<br /><br />CHICO — Susan Levine thinks Cribbage is so much fun, and so valuable, that she devotes time to teaching children to play.<br />"It's complicated — but it's less complicated than bridge," she said Tuesday, as she played the game with fifth grader Gage Sell at Citrus School.<br /><br />Gage, 11, likes the game and looks forward to the days Levine visits his class. "I've been playing for a year," he said. "I taught my 15-year-old brother to play."<br /><br />That's exactly what Levine hopes will happen — that her students will teach their families and friends.<br /><br />Levine, a retired school library clerk who most recently worked at Citrus School, said there are endless reasons why she likes the game that originated about the same time the Pilgrims were settling at Plymouth...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chicoer.com/lifestyle/ci_14438664">Full article here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-80755114898083594652010-03-09T18:19:00.000-08:002010-03-09T18:24:09.307-08:00Pegged Out: 114-year-old Mary J. Ray<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/03/09/1268111344_7226/300h.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 300px;" src="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2010/03/09/1268111344_7226/300h.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/03/09/mary_j_ray_oldest_person_in_the_us_dead_at_114/?page=1">The Boston Globe</a>:<br />"Almost until the end, Mary Josephine Ray would take song requests, crooning traditional Acadian tunes from her childhood and Tin Pan Alley standards. From her New Hampshire nursing home, she played cribbage with a youthful zeal, tallying every point herself. At 106, she shrugged off hip replacement surgery like she had skinned her knee.<br /><br />She said the rosary, watched her soaps, and cheered on her beloved Red Sox. Hershey’s Kisses were always close at hand. Sometimes, so was a dainty snifter of port.<br /><br />Ray, who died in her sleep Sunday at the age of 114, had been widely acknowledged as the oldest person in the United States and the second-oldest person in the world. As she climbed the ranks of the world’s most aged, she would say she owed her longevity to God alone. But another reason, her family believes, was that she welcomed each day with gratitude and wonder..."<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2010/03/09/mary_j_ray_oldest_person_in_the_us_dead_at_114/?page=1"><br />Full article here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-7296867823459678032010-02-04T20:26:00.000-08:002010-02-04T20:27:54.973-08:00Michigan man's card game score one for the books...From the <a href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100131/News01/1310325/-1/XML">South Bend Tribune</a>:<br /><br />"...the crowd at American Legion Post 90 in Lake Linden, Mich., on Dec. 30 witnessed something even rarer: a perfect hand of cribbage.<br /><br />Jim Goldsworthy accomplished the feat, which occurs in about one of every 216,580 hands. <br /><br />"In 3 1/2 years of our club, nobody's gotten a 29," said Don Hannula, who runs Lake Linden's cribbage club and is also Region 6 statistician for the American Cribbage Congress."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100131/News01/1310325/-1/XML">Read full article here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-20207829975322158782009-11-21T14:12:00.003-08:002009-11-21T14:15:23.826-08:00Pegged Out: Gene Cohen, 65, psychiatrist who broke ground in geriatrics - The Boston Globe<a href=http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/11/13/gene_cohen_65_psychiatrist_who_broke_ground_in_geriatrics/>Gene Cohen, 65, psychiatrist who broke ground in geriatrics - The Boston Globe</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-28709784948274643462009-09-22T09:16:00.000-07:002009-09-22T09:19:58.682-07:00Cribbage tournament brings nation's best players to Grand Rapids...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.mlive.com/grpress/lifestyles_impact/photo/david-aiken-cribbagejpg-58b1030474397f93_medium.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 339px;" src="http://media.mlive.com/grpress/lifestyles_impact/photo/david-aiken-cribbagejpg-58b1030474397f93_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From Mlive.com:<br /><br />Paul L. Newby II | The Grand Rapids Press<br /><br />A full deck: David Aiken plays a game of cribbage with a fellow member of the Grand Rapids Square Peggers during their weekly meeting.<br /><br />Ace cribbage players are sticklers for the rules, but the state’s mightiest wooden board warrior said all is fair in friendly banter.<br />While game code is sacred and “timber haulers” are despicable, that doesn’t stop experts from serving up a tall tales and trash talk.<br /><br />These human calculators “love to drink, play cards and tell lies,” said Jeff Shimp, 70, of Grand Haven, who holds the imposing title of Life Master One Star in cribbage circles....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/09/cribbage_tournament_brings_nat.html">Read full article here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-26001885373907559382009-09-04T07:30:00.000-07:002009-09-04T07:31:21.508-07:00New eCribbage video on YouTube...<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQvpoBRRK-Y&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQvpoBRRK-Y&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-60822890324515746102009-08-30T10:22:00.000-07:002009-08-30T10:23:43.979-07:00Advanced Cribbage Computer Opponent 'Hal' to Join eCribbage.com FamilyFrom PRWEB:<br /><br />Damien Blond, founder of eCribbage, announced today that the worlds best cribbage artificial intelligence software "HalsCrib" will be integrated as a computer opponent into eCribbage.<br /><br />San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 29, 2009 -- Started in 2008, eCribbage focuses on a wide variety of fun and challenging cribbage games being played in a family friendly community. eCribbage will now be bringing Hal Mueller's cribbage robot into its online software so that players can play 1 player games and hone their cribbage skills.<br /><br />"We are very excited to be bringing the premier computer opponent to eCribbage," said Blond. "Many of our players have been asking for a computer opponent and we wanted to bring in the best."<br /><br />HalsCrib designer Hal Mueller has been developing, improving, and refining his software for about 25 years. His math and programming background allow his cribbage robot to provide the greatest challenge to all cribbage players around the world.<br /><br />American Cribbage Congress Master Robert Milk describes HalsCrib as "Certainly the strongest and most analytical cribbage program available. HalsCrib not only plays an excellent game (it remains undefeated in computer vs. computer matches), it also provides detailed statistical analysis and recording for serious cribbage students." Hal Mueller is ready and willing to match up his cribbage software against anything else in the world to prove that his software remains the undisputed cribbage champion.<br /><br />eCribbage's partnership with HalsCrib allows its players to not only play friendly and competitive matches against other players from around the world, but now competitive matches against the computer. This enhances eCribbage to become an even richer experience for any cribbage gamer.<br /><br />About eCribbage: eCribbage is the leader in online cribbage gaming and boasts the largest collection of unique cribbage games available online. These games consist of Traditional Cribbage, Manual Count Cribbage, Kings Cribbage, Cribbage with Jokers, Back up 10 Cribbage, Team Cribbage, Cribbage with Muggins, Lowball Cribbage, Crash Cribbage, and Toss 5s Cribbage. eCribbage prides itself in its friendly community and constant enhancements to the site, which makes it the perfect online cribbage experience. In order to promote friendly competition, eCribbage now hosts daily tournaments covering all of its cribbage games. eCribbage is free for anyone who wants to play, and has a membership aspect for advanced features. Visit http://ecribbage.com for more details.<br /><br />About HalsCrib: Hal is the best "cribbage robot" because it weaves several branches of mathematics together - game theory, probability, and statistics - into its decision-making.<br /><br />Priority one is board position that determines one of 5 rule-based strategies - safe, defense, optimal, offense, and bold that determines its choice when discarding and pegging.<br /><br />HAL uses frequencies obtained from look-up tables that were iteratively computer-generated, not based on any human's records.<br />For information, including orders, visit HalsCrib Central - http://home.mountaincable.net/~halscrib/<br /><br />###Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-44410333414063063912009-08-05T15:33:00.000-07:002009-08-05T15:49:12.850-07:00Cribbage Craftsman...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news_graphics/124945342447378200.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 274px;" src="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/news_graphics/124945342447378200.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=124945337595528500">Forrest Grove News Times</a>: <br /><br />A Craftsman for all Seasons<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">By Debby De Carlo<br /></span><br />"Mickey Johnson doesn’t make walking sticks, cribbage boards, rolling pins, gavels or wine stoppers for the money. That’s a good thing, since he gives a lot of what he makes to friends and relatives..."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/features/story.php?story_id=124945337595528500">Read more here...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-69727277364941675282009-07-21T23:12:00.000-07:002009-07-21T23:14:13.008-07:00New vendor for Crash Cribbage!!!Woohoo... now you can get Crash Cribbage at <a href="http://www.cribbagesupply.com/crash-cribbage.html">Cribbage Supply</a>! Click on the link to learn more.<br /><br />The URL is: http://www.cribbagesupply.com/crash-cribbage.htmlUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-26336637877719587632009-07-19T13:51:00.000-07:002009-07-19T13:53:32.089-07:00Look at this one... wohoooo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczQ8m33IDmEDySbXV0t5WjMV4h7dWY6TnKHyx58tasIZd3QLAJJhMbFl5GccSX3oV0aNO9RKKdazZ5nL7z2ehfjNDuKfWLI4lPCWEfvvjaSs0_JWnPjGioFKA1upH_0MsV-gLcXIV2N-H/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiczQ8m33IDmEDySbXV0t5WjMV4h7dWY6TnKHyx58tasIZd3QLAJJhMbFl5GccSX3oV0aNO9RKKdazZ5nL7z2ehfjNDuKfWLI4lPCWEfvvjaSs0_JWnPjGioFKA1upH_0MsV-gLcXIV2N-H/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360276970461408178" /></a><br /><br />You could get a hand like this too at ecribbage.com.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-77976230629288967842009-07-19T13:34:00.000-07:002009-07-19T13:38:48.078-07:00Cribbage board poject...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lumberjocks.com/assets/pictures/projects/76595-438x.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 438px; height: 329px;" src="http://lumberjocks.com/assets/pictures/projects/76595-438x.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19172">Don in Ottawa</a>:<br /><br />"A co worker of my son’s knew I was ‘into woodworking’, as he puts it and asked him if I could make her a crib board that was a little different. After browsing around and giving her some options, this is what I cam up with.<br /><br />Yes, there are a few drunk holes in it but with that grain, who really notices :o)<br /><br />I made the board from Rosewood and the base from Mahogany."<br /><br /><a href="http://lumberjocks.com/projects/19172">Read original post at Lumberjocks.com...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-45951087211805057312009-07-18T15:12:00.000-07:002009-07-18T15:15:41.842-07:00Cribbage Congress membership up for the count...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://auburnjournal.com/uploads/inline/1247531507_a0bc.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 247px;" src="http://auburnjournal.com/uploads/inline/1247531507_a0bc.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From the <a href="http://auburnjournal.com/detail/119180.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&user_id=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&event_ts_to=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=">Auburn Journal</a>:<br /><br />by Gus Thomson<br /><br />"For about two dozen players who regularly hunker down over pegged boards at a North Auburn meeting hall for Cribbage Congress games, the world of cribbage is more than a placid board matchup with an underground following.<br /><br />Grandmaster Angelo Torrise said he’s watched the game grow in Auburn as it moved from a card room to a mobilehome park meeting room to a restaurant to its current home at the Auburn Multipurpose Seniors Center.<br /><br />On a typical Tuesday, the air will be filled with the flapping sound of cards being shuffled and players voicing their hands and counts..."<br /><br /><a href="http://auburnjournal.com/detail/119180.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&user_id=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&event_ts_to=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=">Read more...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-5553574930304706772009-07-18T07:33:00.000-07:002009-07-18T15:07:01.535-07:0091-year-old loves Cribbage...From <a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/around-58471-old-sit.html">Colorado Springs Gazette.com</a>:<br /><br />"He turns 91 on Thursday.<br /><br />The retired electrician has social networked the old-fashioned way for decades, mostly over card games or for work projects.<br /><br />Sure, he prefers face-to-face interaction, but he’s hip to whatever.<br /><br />He quit wearing a watch after his wife, Eileen, died in 2006. He also adopted a “whatever develops” attitude, which he says “eliminates the stress.”<br /><br />Most of his neighbors at Estates at Cheyenne Boulevard apartments are youngsters, which keeps down the female interference. “In those high-rise senior places, when you got a car, you got a lot of women after you,” Gallentine says.<br /><br />He plants flowers and decorates the back fence behind the white, two-story complex for holidays. Residents like the color he adds to what is otherwise a functional fence behind a cluster of clotheslines. Up now are summery plywood cutouts he painted. He’s plotting Labor Day’s display.<br /><br />Granted, this isn’t news that usually makes the newspaper. Neither is Gallentine, a nonagenarian, spending his golden years quietly doing his thing.<br /><br />Make that, things.<br /><br />“You don’t have to sit home and twiddle your thumbs,” he says.<br /><br />His thumbs find plenty of other action.<br /><br />This is a guy who could do a Facebook status update daily: “Bud Gallentine played cribbage, went fishing, caught a Sky Sox game, fed the nickel slots at Cripple Creek, decorated the back fence.”"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/around-58471-old-sit.html">read more...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-8677305767569614252009-06-27T12:53:00.000-07:002009-06-27T12:55:04.343-07:00Schwag for enumero cribbge fans...From <a href="http://www.Enumerocribbage.com">Enumerocribbage.com</a>:<br /><br />"I wandered over to CafePress last week and put together a small collection of Enumero Cribbage Board "schwag". Just a picture with the Enumero website location didn't seem like enough, so I decided to make the "schwag" functional as well fashionable. With Enumero "Schwag", not only will you look cool and hip and stylish at your next Cribbage Tournament, you can indulge your desire to find a suitable cribbage partner with the humorous slogan, "I'm Begging for Some Pegging...". The image and slogan is available on thong underwear, T-Shirts, mugs, hats and bumper stickers."<br /><br />Here is the location:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/enumerocribbage">http://www.cafepress.com/enumerocribbage</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-54250648892552183302009-05-22T02:35:00.000-07:002009-05-22T02:37:28.384-07:00Green Alaskan Cribbage...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbigET4ERUq-zsTCdMmOeXQ68etq9HyEyy1Lppezni5PcxpzOhDizSzuvGMoUEIrvfXWJujqWgZRJjBtI9LvYbxay-WKNT1NIRrVa3mZbiGf5_KDInFj-x6-_695hMMGZeJkj-A78s2Q/s400/100_8035.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbigET4ERUq-zsTCdMmOeXQ68etq9HyEyy1Lppezni5PcxpzOhDizSzuvGMoUEIrvfXWJujqWgZRJjBtI9LvYbxay-WKNT1NIRrVa3mZbiGf5_KDInFj-x6-_695hMMGZeJkj-A78s2Q/s400/100_8035.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://whistlebeak.blogspot.com/2008/12/anyone-up-for-game.html">Green Alaska:</a><br /><br />"...We have begun a new activity on Monday evenings. It may even become a traditional type thing. One Monday a little bit ago we were looking for something to do. I asked Jul if she knew how to play Cribbage. Now, I remember playing cribbage with her before but it had been a long, long time. She said no and honestly wasn't enthusiastic about playing but the board was dusted off and a deck of cards found. We have been having fun playing each week now for a few..."<br /><br /><a href="http://whistlebeak.blogspot.com/2008/12/anyone-up-for-game.html">Full post...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136207173833483860.post-9841254864372823192009-05-22T02:24:00.000-07:002009-05-22T02:27:06.647-07:00Ray H. Collishaw: pegged out...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/05/20/obits/collishaw_090520.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 350px;" src="http://images.townnews.com/helenair.com/content/articles/2009/05/20/obits/collishaw_090520.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/05/20/obits/collishaw_090520.txt">Helena IR</a>:<br /><br />Entrepreneur and businessman Ray H. Collishaw, 75, died May 17, 2009, in Helena. Born to Madeleine “Jonnie” Johnson and Howard Collishaw on March 2, 1934, Ray joined the Marines in 1952, shortly after graduation from Helena High School earlier that year. It was at Helena High where Ray met his high-school sweetheart, Earlyn Bjork, and they married on Feb. 26, 1954. They were married 55 years until Ray’s passing.<br /><br />After his discharge from the Marines in 1955, Ray decided to relocate to seek his fortune, and he and Earlyn moved to California in 1956. It was in California where Ray began a career as a successful entrepreneur. He built and managed many successful business ventures, spanning several areas of interest, including Collishaw Sprinkler Company, Collishaw Development, Twin Creeks Sports Complex, Mountain Winery, and J R Chops Restaurant. Ray lived in Los Gatos, Calif. until he semi-retired, returning to Helena in 2002.<br /><br />However outstanding his career achievements, they pale in comparison with his life’s greatest achievement: his family. Ray was an avid family man who wanted to give his family the world, and decided to do it one location at a time. His trips with them spanned the globe, including forays from Japan to Italy, Africa, New Zealand, and Hawaii. And yet his favorite trips were often the annual summer visits to his mountain cabin in Nelson with those he loved.<br /><br />Always a man of many interests, it’s no surprise that his personal interests were as varied as his business ventures, and included hunting, fishing, traveling and playing cards. His competitive spirit would often appear during games of backgammon and <span style="font-weight:bold;">cribbage</span>. Ray loved waterskiing and snow skiing with his children and later enjoyed watching grandchildren in their extracurricular activities.<br /><br />Well loved and remembered by all who knew him for his generosity, Ray gave just as tirelessly to his community. He was a constant supporter of multiple charities, giving frequently to schools, parks and recreation. His support benefited many, including the Crippled Children’s Society and the Fisher Middle School Gym. He left an enduring, living legacy with the donation of York Community Park to the city.<br /><br />Facts are not enough to pay tribute to this man. He will continue to live in the memory of his family, his friends and his employees. He is remembered as the husband who once chartered a plane to get his wife to Denver to see her family when the commercial flights were all snowed in, or the father who proudly presented a huge album to his son of every picture and clipping of each game pitched, none were missed, or simply as the friend who offered a young friend of his grandson’s a thousand dollars if she would only quit smoking. His employees say he was the best boss they had ever known, and his reputation only grows from there.<br /><br />Ray is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Earlyn Collishaw; and his five children, Bob, Mike, married to Lisa, Patti, Dave, married to Kathy, and Penny, and his “adopted” daughter, Margaret. He was the proud grandfather of 14 grandchildren, Sara, Dylan, Renee, Lindsay, Megan, Tara, Nic, Casey, Alexa, Jake, Carly, Brianna, Heather and Leslie; and two great-grandchildren, Victoria and Alex. Ray was preceded in death by his parents; and his son, Gary.<br /><br />Memorial services will be held Thursday, May 21, at 11 a.m. at Retz Funeral Home, 315 East 6th Ave., Helena, MT 59601. Those wishing to pay their respects may send flowers to the funeral home or send donations to Westmont, 2708 Bozeman Ave., Helena MT 59601, or to a charity of donor’s choice. To offer condolences to Ray’s family or to share a memory of Ray, please visit www.mem.com.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/05/20/obits/collishaw_090520.txt">Original article...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0