From Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel:
"It's time to take off our hats of hypocrisy.
We sponsor state lottery games but oppose slot machines.
We rake in $225 million a year from the Maine Lottery and wring our hands in worry that gambling preys on the poor.
We progress from $1 instant games to games that cost $10, $20 and more and shut down a $5 cribbage game by WW II vets at the VFW hall.
We require Hollywood Slots in Bangor to return at least 89 percent of wagers to patrons, while returning only 63 percent of Maine Lottery wagers to the players..."
Full article
Friday, November 16, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Cribbage player Pedroia wins rookie of the year...
From Courant.com
"Before Terry Francona and Dustin Pedroia began their daily pregame battles in cribbage, the rookie second baseman forced Francona to play a difficult hand.
After the season's first month, Pedroia was hitting .182, and a steady drumbeat of dissent was heard on Boston airwaves and in Fenway seats. The rookie had to go.
But Francona held his ground and soon the debate about Pedroia was about his rookie of the year chances."
Full article
"Before Terry Francona and Dustin Pedroia began their daily pregame battles in cribbage, the rookie second baseman forced Francona to play a difficult hand.
After the season's first month, Pedroia was hitting .182, and a steady drumbeat of dissent was heard on Boston airwaves and in Fenway seats. The rookie had to go.
But Francona held his ground and soon the debate about Pedroia was about his rookie of the year chances."
Full article
Game legality murky... Cribbage players run afoul of state law
From the Kenebec Journal Morning Sentinel:
AUGUSTA -- Cribbage players are confused.
Lawmakers are confused.
And Maine State Police say rules governing games of chance are anything but easy to explain.
Two weeks ago, a state inspector shut down cribbage games and tournaments at American Legion Post 4 in Gardiner.
The inspector told players their game was illegal because the Legion did not have a license to host games of chance.
Since an article about Post 4 appeared in the Kennebec Journal last week, Sgt. William Gomane of the State Police said he has been "fielding calls" from the public.
"These rules are not easy to understand and it's hard to explain to people," Gomane said. "Without knowing the circumstance, it's difficult to say (if a game is legal or illegal). If it's a community center and it's social gambling, it's legal. If you went to a place where you have sports betting in a for-profit bar, it's illegal."
THE LAW SAYS
So what is social gambling?
Title 17-A: Maine Criminal Code Chapter 39 Unlawful Gambling, says: "Social gambling is gambling, or a contest of chance, in which the only participants are players and from which no person or organization receives or becomes entitled to receive something of value or any profit whatsoever, directly or indirectly, other than as a player, from any source, fee, remuneration connected with said gambling, or such activity as arrangements or facilitation of the game, or permitting the use of premises, or selling or supplying for profit refreshments, food, drink service or entertainment of participants, players or spectators."
Quite a mouthful.
Some people, including Post 4 American Legion Cmdr. Bob Mckay and Rep. Earle McCormick R-West Gardiner, believe the rules were part of a bill that passed in the last Legislative session that dealt with Texas hold 'em card games.
The bill granted charities the right to run Texas hold 'em tournaments six times a year.
"I think that bill did change the licensing fees, but it was primarily for Texas hold 'em and high stakes beno," McCormick said recently. (The American Legion's) intent is to provide a place for people to play. Are you violating the law? I don't understand it. But we'll get to the bottom of how (State Police) are interpreting (the law) and if it should be interpreted differently and enforced differently. It seems like they're enforcing this pretty aggressively."
VETS GROUPS TARGETED
The Gardiner Legion wasn't the only veterans' organization visited by a state inspector.
Al Michaud, quarter master at the Waterville Veterans of Foreign War, said cribbage is no longer played at that post since a state inspector stopped in.
The Augusta VFW also pulled its boards.
Shawn O'Conner, quartermaster at that VFW, said his post has no intention of applying for a game of chance license. It's too expensive.
The post could purchase a special license for just $7.50 a year, provided it charged no more than $1 a person and players did not gamble even a penny. Otherwise, a yearly license is $700.
"The rules are there; we don't understand them," O'Conner said. "(Cribbage) is like playing monopoly or dominos. We don't know where the law came from. They just made it up. In Waterville, they went in and confiscated their cribbage boards and cards. They were just playing for fun and not having a tournament or anything. Just a couple of guys playing at the bar."
Rep. Stephen Hanley, D-Gardiner, said it's not only veterans who are being hurt by this law; senior citizen and community centers also are feeling the pinch. And what about all the office sports pools and bars and taverns that supply cribbage boards for their customers, he said. Are they illegal?
For years, on Old Hallowell Day, organizers have held a cribbage tournament.
"It's a big deal," City Councilor Phillip Lindley said. "There's money involved and prizes."
Gomane said without knowing the circumstances, it would be difficult to say whether those games are legal.
Cribbage had been played for more than a year every other Friday at the American Legion Post 40 in Winthrop until Eleanor Harrington, who runs the games, read in the newspaper that they might be in violation. "We're not going to take a chance," Harrington said. "We always have it downstairs. There's no bar or any food. We just play cribbage. I don't think we were doing anything illegal, but I don't know. In the meantime, we're stopping. I feel so bad for these people. They just love it. Ninety-nine percent of them are elderly people. I'm 74. There's not much we can do to go out and have fun. And playing cribbage is fun."
GOVERNOR WEIGHS IN
Hanley said he has received numerous calls from cribbage players, some who play every Tuesday at the Buker Center in Augusta and others every Monday at the Cohen Center in Hallowell. "This hasn't died down," Hanley said. "It isn't just the vets groups. I went down to Hannaford Bros. to get a few things and it took me two and a half hours to get out of there. Everyone was hitting me up on this saying don't you people have something better to do."
Hanley said he will be working with his legislative aide to craft emergency legislation that will exempt veterans' organizations from licensing fees so their members and spouses can play cribbage at their posts.
The Legislature reconvenes in January.
"They've given a lot to their country in different services," he said. "If they want to go over and play cards, it's not the state's business if they want to wager money. Let them. Who cares. We're not talking big money. The state doesn't need to be grabbing a percentage of that. Let them play cards."
Gov. John Baldacci agrees.
Speaking on behalf of the governor, David Farmer said the governor believes the law is outdated and needs to be modernized. Farmer said the key to this law is that it has to do with establishments where liquor and food is sold and cribbage games and tournaments are used to make money.
"It clearly wasn't what was going on at the American Legion and we need to fix that," Farmer said. "We're going to have to do it through the law, but the governor has asked the Department of Public Safety to work on a fix. I'm not sure what that will mean or what it will look like, but it clearly needs to be modernized. It needs to take into account levels of harmless activity."
Mechele Cooper -- 623-3811, Ext. 408
mcooper@centralmaine.com
AUGUSTA -- Cribbage players are confused.
Lawmakers are confused.
And Maine State Police say rules governing games of chance are anything but easy to explain.
Two weeks ago, a state inspector shut down cribbage games and tournaments at American Legion Post 4 in Gardiner.
The inspector told players their game was illegal because the Legion did not have a license to host games of chance.
Since an article about Post 4 appeared in the Kennebec Journal last week, Sgt. William Gomane of the State Police said he has been "fielding calls" from the public.
"These rules are not easy to understand and it's hard to explain to people," Gomane said. "Without knowing the circumstance, it's difficult to say (if a game is legal or illegal). If it's a community center and it's social gambling, it's legal. If you went to a place where you have sports betting in a for-profit bar, it's illegal."
THE LAW SAYS
So what is social gambling?
Title 17-A: Maine Criminal Code Chapter 39 Unlawful Gambling, says: "Social gambling is gambling, or a contest of chance, in which the only participants are players and from which no person or organization receives or becomes entitled to receive something of value or any profit whatsoever, directly or indirectly, other than as a player, from any source, fee, remuneration connected with said gambling, or such activity as arrangements or facilitation of the game, or permitting the use of premises, or selling or supplying for profit refreshments, food, drink service or entertainment of participants, players or spectators."
Quite a mouthful.
Some people, including Post 4 American Legion Cmdr. Bob Mckay and Rep. Earle McCormick R-West Gardiner, believe the rules were part of a bill that passed in the last Legislative session that dealt with Texas hold 'em card games.
The bill granted charities the right to run Texas hold 'em tournaments six times a year.
"I think that bill did change the licensing fees, but it was primarily for Texas hold 'em and high stakes beno," McCormick said recently. (The American Legion's) intent is to provide a place for people to play. Are you violating the law? I don't understand it. But we'll get to the bottom of how (State Police) are interpreting (the law) and if it should be interpreted differently and enforced differently. It seems like they're enforcing this pretty aggressively."
VETS GROUPS TARGETED
The Gardiner Legion wasn't the only veterans' organization visited by a state inspector.
Al Michaud, quarter master at the Waterville Veterans of Foreign War, said cribbage is no longer played at that post since a state inspector stopped in.
The Augusta VFW also pulled its boards.
Shawn O'Conner, quartermaster at that VFW, said his post has no intention of applying for a game of chance license. It's too expensive.
The post could purchase a special license for just $7.50 a year, provided it charged no more than $1 a person and players did not gamble even a penny. Otherwise, a yearly license is $700.
"The rules are there; we don't understand them," O'Conner said. "(Cribbage) is like playing monopoly or dominos. We don't know where the law came from. They just made it up. In Waterville, they went in and confiscated their cribbage boards and cards. They were just playing for fun and not having a tournament or anything. Just a couple of guys playing at the bar."
Rep. Stephen Hanley, D-Gardiner, said it's not only veterans who are being hurt by this law; senior citizen and community centers also are feeling the pinch. And what about all the office sports pools and bars and taverns that supply cribbage boards for their customers, he said. Are they illegal?
For years, on Old Hallowell Day, organizers have held a cribbage tournament.
"It's a big deal," City Councilor Phillip Lindley said. "There's money involved and prizes."
Gomane said without knowing the circumstances, it would be difficult to say whether those games are legal.
Cribbage had been played for more than a year every other Friday at the American Legion Post 40 in Winthrop until Eleanor Harrington, who runs the games, read in the newspaper that they might be in violation. "We're not going to take a chance," Harrington said. "We always have it downstairs. There's no bar or any food. We just play cribbage. I don't think we were doing anything illegal, but I don't know. In the meantime, we're stopping. I feel so bad for these people. They just love it. Ninety-nine percent of them are elderly people. I'm 74. There's not much we can do to go out and have fun. And playing cribbage is fun."
GOVERNOR WEIGHS IN
Hanley said he has received numerous calls from cribbage players, some who play every Tuesday at the Buker Center in Augusta and others every Monday at the Cohen Center in Hallowell. "This hasn't died down," Hanley said. "It isn't just the vets groups. I went down to Hannaford Bros. to get a few things and it took me two and a half hours to get out of there. Everyone was hitting me up on this saying don't you people have something better to do."
Hanley said he will be working with his legislative aide to craft emergency legislation that will exempt veterans' organizations from licensing fees so their members and spouses can play cribbage at their posts.
The Legislature reconvenes in January.
"They've given a lot to their country in different services," he said. "If they want to go over and play cards, it's not the state's business if they want to wager money. Let them. Who cares. We're not talking big money. The state doesn't need to be grabbing a percentage of that. Let them play cards."
Gov. John Baldacci agrees.
Speaking on behalf of the governor, David Farmer said the governor believes the law is outdated and needs to be modernized. Farmer said the key to this law is that it has to do with establishments where liquor and food is sold and cribbage games and tournaments are used to make money.
"It clearly wasn't what was going on at the American Legion and we need to fix that," Farmer said. "We're going to have to do it through the law, but the governor has asked the Department of Public Safety to work on a fix. I'm not sure what that will mean or what it will look like, but it clearly needs to be modernized. It needs to take into account levels of harmless activity."
Mechele Cooper -- 623-3811, Ext. 408
mcooper@centralmaine.com
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Cribbage criminals plead guilty, face sentencing...
Once again truth is stranger than spoof...
GARDINER, Maine -- The World War II veterans charged with illegal gaming at their local American Legion Post have plead guilty to a lesser charge of "prohibitted pegging" and now face sentencing before city judges.
Billy "Point Man" Pegs, Rodney "Cut Throat" Crandal and John "The Jack" Intrown, all in their mid to late 80s, were arrested last week after a raid on an American Legion post by state inspectors in Maine.
"We know we did wrong," said Pegs. "And we have all agreed to seek counselling and to perform community service far away from the 'temptations of the board.' Bottom line is we have been so caught up in the lifestyle for so long it is going to be a difficult transition. Part of our sentence will be to talk to young people... tell them about the pitfalls of pegging to often, or for money."
Fellow crib-criminal Intrown agrees. "You might think a penny a point is nothing, but think of it over the term of a lifetime! We've been playing since World War II for god's sake! I'm just glad it has finally come to an end before someone got hurt!" he cried.
Court officials say the three men face a lengthy course of treatment to help them overcome their addiciton to the game.
"We don't want to lock up these war heroes," said Judge Johnny Suckling. "We just want them to get the help they need and not go back to the self-destructive behavior. So, we've got them enrolled in Cribbaholics Unanimous - a place where they will meet others like themselves and be connected to a worldwide community of recovering cribbaholics via the online resources."
According to Suckling, there are many more people suffering out there who can learn a valuable lesson from these men.
"Lets face it," Suckling said, "These are men of the great generation that fought a world war. If they can get help so can others... just type "Cribbaholics Unanimous" into your favorite online search engine and let the healing begin. Your fears of being skunked are over!"
See original article at www.thespoof.com
The beaver is a proud and noble animal! But will it play cribbage?
From talisker
"The weekend itself was uneventful. I attempted to teach the Grogans how to play cribbage, but since we didn't have a board, we had to rely on pen and paper to keep track of the pegging. Still, we managed to get two hands in and I think it might catch on when we finally do get a peg board."
Full post
Bruce says..."They Can Have My Cribbage Pegs...
...when they pry them from my cold, dead hands."
From the mAssBackwards blog:
"No disrespect intended, but the fact that they're "old veterans" shouldn't even enter the discussion. The fact that American citizens are being assessed a fee [read: confiscatory tax] by the government to play a friggin' game of cribbage should (in a perfect world) be sufficient grounds for armed insurrection."
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From the mAssBackwards blog:
"No disrespect intended, but the fact that they're "old veterans" shouldn't even enter the discussion. The fact that American citizens are being assessed a fee [read: confiscatory tax] by the government to play a friggin' game of cribbage should (in a perfect world) be sufficient grounds for armed insurrection."
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Cribbage, cigars, and Canadian men...
From Scott McKeen, The Edmonton Journal
"We used to meet in a cigar shop. That's how the Unauthorized Downtown Edmonton Men's Club formed. There were no dues, or membership lists. One by one we discovered the place, wandered into the back and saw men smoking cigars over cups of espresso, chess boards, cribbage matches, or a game on TV."
Full article
"We used to meet in a cigar shop. That's how the Unauthorized Downtown Edmonton Men's Club formed. There were no dues, or membership lists. One by one we discovered the place, wandered into the back and saw men smoking cigars over cups of espresso, chess boards, cribbage matches, or a game on TV."
Full article
Sunday, November 11, 2007
WWII vets pegged as cribbage criminals...
Sometimes truth is stranger than spoof...
From Jack Battler:
GARDINER, Maine -- A group a World War II veterans are being held without bail on charges related to an illegal gaming ring they ran through their local American Legion Post.
Billy "Point Man" Pegs, Rodney "Cut Throat" Crandal and John "The Jack" Intrown are the apparent ring leaders of this primarily octogenarian syndicate of cribbage playing scallywags. The ring was uncovered last week after a raid on an American Legion post by state inspectors.
"I know what this looks like," said Special Agent Imas Kunker, who was in on the initial raid and in charge of cracking the dastardly ring of patriotic peggers. "The big bad police are picking on poor little old war heroes in wheel chairs, but there is a lot more to the story than meets the eye in this case."
According to Kunker the three ringleaders go well beyond just playing a couple of rounds of the classic game of chance while having a beer with aging foxhole friendlies.
"The thing is," Kunker said. "These guys play cribbage in ways that many of us would never consider. We put up hidden cameras and microphones and you would be shocked at what we learned from monitoring the games. I mean, I've been trying to figure out the game for decades and these guys are spitting out '15-2s', 'double run for 8' and 'For his knobs' like real pros. It's not like we are dealing with novices... these are true cribbage criminals."
Billy Pegs, 87-year-old World War II ex-gunner's mate, admits that paying the $5 entry fee on Sundays is actually a bit more extreme than in the old days. "We used to play a penny a point on the USS Lexington," Pegs said. "Now I guess maybe inflation took over or maybe it was our pure and simple greed that did it. It's true we aren't just having fun any more. It's like a business and everyone wants their cut of the action. It's easy to forget you're playing with friends sometimes.
"I once pegged out 60 points ahead of my best friend from the war Johnny Intrown, or "The Jack", as we call him. Being skunked like that has effects on a person. It's almost like PTSD... and I did it to him like he was some nobody who never stood up for his country," sobbed Pegs. "I'm almost glad we got busted before things got too out of hand."
Article here
From Jack Battler:
GARDINER, Maine -- A group a World War II veterans are being held without bail on charges related to an illegal gaming ring they ran through their local American Legion Post.
Billy "Point Man" Pegs, Rodney "Cut Throat" Crandal and John "The Jack" Intrown are the apparent ring leaders of this primarily octogenarian syndicate of cribbage playing scallywags. The ring was uncovered last week after a raid on an American Legion post by state inspectors.
"I know what this looks like," said Special Agent Imas Kunker, who was in on the initial raid and in charge of cracking the dastardly ring of patriotic peggers. "The big bad police are picking on poor little old war heroes in wheel chairs, but there is a lot more to the story than meets the eye in this case."
According to Kunker the three ringleaders go well beyond just playing a couple of rounds of the classic game of chance while having a beer with aging foxhole friendlies.
"The thing is," Kunker said. "These guys play cribbage in ways that many of us would never consider. We put up hidden cameras and microphones and you would be shocked at what we learned from monitoring the games. I mean, I've been trying to figure out the game for decades and these guys are spitting out '15-2s', 'double run for 8' and 'For his knobs' like real pros. It's not like we are dealing with novices... these are true cribbage criminals."
Billy Pegs, 87-year-old World War II ex-gunner's mate, admits that paying the $5 entry fee on Sundays is actually a bit more extreme than in the old days. "We used to play a penny a point on the USS Lexington," Pegs said. "Now I guess maybe inflation took over or maybe it was our pure and simple greed that did it. It's true we aren't just having fun any more. It's like a business and everyone wants their cut of the action. It's easy to forget you're playing with friends sometimes.
"I once pegged out 60 points ahead of my best friend from the war Johnny Intrown, or "The Jack", as we call him. Being skunked like that has effects on a person. It's almost like PTSD... and I did it to him like he was some nobody who never stood up for his country," sobbed Pegs. "I'm almost glad we got busted before things got too out of hand."
Article here
Cribbage... it doesn’t thrill me (?!)
from denise at "stripped of natural charm"
"I’ve learned a lot of card games in the past 4 months: cribbage, poker, and rummy. It started with rummy on nights we felt restless, and then we started playing it when we weren’t restless. Jason asked me if I knew how to play cribbage and I admitted that I’d never heard of it before; he picked up a board one day and that became our next card game. We still played rummy and I actually preferred it because while I know how to play cribbage now it doesn’t thrill me."
Full post at: http://dashley.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/new-things/#comment-15346
"I’ve learned a lot of card games in the past 4 months: cribbage, poker, and rummy. It started with rummy on nights we felt restless, and then we started playing it when we weren’t restless. Jason asked me if I knew how to play cribbage and I admitted that I’d never heard of it before; he picked up a board one day and that became our next card game. We still played rummy and I actually preferred it because while I know how to play cribbage now it doesn’t thrill me."
Full post at: http://dashley.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/new-things/#comment-15346
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Cribbage "criminals" of the WWII generation...
From the Boston Channel:
"GARDINER, Maine -- A weekly cribbage tournament at an American Legion post has been shut down after a state inspector said the games were illegal because the post didn't have a license to host games of chance.
Bill Meserve, an 87-year-old World War II veteran, said paying the $5 entry fee on Sundays was an inexpensive way to have fun on a fixed income. He can't understand why anyone would tell a bunch of old veterans they can't play a simple game of cribbage. "We're just having fun.
Where else can you go and spend three hours having fun for five dollars," he said. "You can't go to the movies for five dollars." A number of inspectors regularly visit establishments to check for unlicensed games such as games of chance, card games or money wheels, said Maine State Police Sgt. William Gomane.
The American Legion needs a license to hold cribbage tournaments because it sells things to players, such as food and alcohol, he said. A license for games of chance costs $15 a week or $60 or month, while a yearly license goes for $700, he said."
Original article:
Monday, November 5, 2007
15,705 days of cribbage...
From Brett Rogers' beatcanvas.com:
"Where I live is a wonderful place, surrounded by good neighbors and trees and bike paths and a park nearby. Sitting on my back deck and playing cribbage with Tamara is my every evening's joy, diggin' the scenery and laughing.
Every day is worth so much. I pray that I never waste one day, and that I work to make the most of each precious day."
Complete post: http://www.beatcanvas.com/content_view.asp?id=936
Sunday, November 4, 2007
C. U. Hall of Fame...
"Shrizo" a.k.a. Eric Schroeder
Winner of the first Kings Cribbage Online Tournament - 2007! Congrats!
See his story here
***
Here is Patti, a true heroine of the game. You can tell just by looking at her sweater.
CU
Want to nominate someone for the Cribbaholics Unanimous Hall of Fame? Just email me at Crashcribbage@yahoo.com.
Winner of the first Kings Cribbage Online Tournament - 2007! Congrats!
See his story here
***
Here is Patti, a true heroine of the game. You can tell just by looking at her sweater.
CU
Want to nominate someone for the Cribbaholics Unanimous Hall of Fame? Just email me at Crashcribbage@yahoo.com.
Cribbage at the summit...
From: Stacey Kawecki – Observer, Mount Washington Observatory
"We work together, eat together, we pass free time playing cribbage, watching movies, hiking, practicing our dance moves, or figuring out what to do with the next snow. This is precisely why working on the summit is such a unique work environment."
Full post at: http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/comments/?year=2007&month=11#3-11-29
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Mysterious missing pegs.... within the mayhem...
From Annie's blog, "Peace Within the Mayem"
"It's good to sit for a while in the peace of my kitchen this morning. My mother and aunt and uncle came down from Vermont on Sunday night to spend Monday with us. It was a whirlwind tour of lunches and antiquing, and driving and learning to play cribbage. I have wanted to learn that for years and even bought a cribbage board which sat around the house for about 5 years. I thought it came missing the pegs and directions and finally, since a teacher hadn't been in sight for so many years, threw it out or put it into the goodwill bag just weeks ago. Then my family arrives with a cribbage board and knowledge. Now, if I could find someone else who knew how to play, it could very well be my new addiction. (Oh, they laughed when I said my board hadn't come with pegs. Apparently, there's a slider on the bottom of all of them where the pegs are stored. Mine was all wood so I never noticed it.)"
Full post: http://peacewithinthemayhem.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-good-to-sit-for-while-in-peace-of.html
"It's good to sit for a while in the peace of my kitchen this morning. My mother and aunt and uncle came down from Vermont on Sunday night to spend Monday with us. It was a whirlwind tour of lunches and antiquing, and driving and learning to play cribbage. I have wanted to learn that for years and even bought a cribbage board which sat around the house for about 5 years. I thought it came missing the pegs and directions and finally, since a teacher hadn't been in sight for so many years, threw it out or put it into the goodwill bag just weeks ago. Then my family arrives with a cribbage board and knowledge. Now, if I could find someone else who knew how to play, it could very well be my new addiction. (Oh, they laughed when I said my board hadn't come with pegs. Apparently, there's a slider on the bottom of all of them where the pegs are stored. Mine was all wood so I never noticed it.)"
Full post: http://peacewithinthemayhem.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-good-to-sit-for-while-in-peace-of.html
Cribbage Jack... 13, crib champion...
"Like many teenage boys Jack Beattie loves football, rugby and playing out in the park with his friends but, unlike many of his pals, he is a whizz at the popular pub game cribbage.
The 13-year-old Bloxwich boy proved his prowess this week when he became the youngest player in history to win the Walsall & District Monday Night League Division 2 Captain’s Cup. Jack, captain of his team, played counterparts from four rival pub squads and won every game to take the title. He will be presented with a cup at a presentation ceremony this year.
The Walsall Academy pupil was introduced to cribbage, called crib for short, by his father and now team mate Ian Beattie, who is
landlord of The Royal Exchange, Bloxwich.
He first played at just nine-years-old and took to it like a duck to water.
Full article: http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/10/31/jack-13-is-a-crib-champion/
Monday, October 29, 2007
Knitting and cribbage...
From rndnrnd we knit:
"Jon taught me to play Cribbage and I beat him in our first game (although he won best out of 3). During the game, we might have talked for a while in mock British accent and for some strange reason, he kept calling me Smedley. ..."
Full post at: http://rndnrnd.blogspot.com/
"Jon taught me to play Cribbage and I beat him in our first game (although he won best out of 3). During the game, we might have talked for a while in mock British accent and for some strange reason, he kept calling me Smedley. ..."
Full post at: http://rndnrnd.blogspot.com/
Saturday, October 27, 2007
In the thick of it — Cribbage at the battle at An Loc
Caption: Sonny Perry in front of a tank while he was at An Loc, South Vietnam in 1966.
From the Kennebec Journal
"...We got settled in and went around meeting the guys in the 73rd. Most of us were drinking beer. There was a group playing cribbage, and one of the guys was “short,” going home in three days. He was happy.
Nighttime came and the guys moved their game to someone’s small tent. I went to my tent and got a little sleep. I was awakened by gunfire, explosions, shrapnel tearing through the top of my tent, and guys screaming as they got hit by enemy fire.
The North Vietnamese army had overrun a quad-fifty outfit (all Americans), killed them all, then hit us around 3 o’clock in the morning. They hit us with rockets, mortars, machine guns and whatever else they had...."
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From the Kennebec Journal
"...We got settled in and went around meeting the guys in the 73rd. Most of us were drinking beer. There was a group playing cribbage, and one of the guys was “short,” going home in three days. He was happy.
Nighttime came and the guys moved their game to someone’s small tent. I went to my tent and got a little sleep. I was awakened by gunfire, explosions, shrapnel tearing through the top of my tent, and guys screaming as they got hit by enemy fire.
The North Vietnamese army had overrun a quad-fifty outfit (all Americans), killed them all, then hit us around 3 o’clock in the morning. They hit us with rockets, mortars, machine guns and whatever else they had...."
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Cribbage players thinking big....
Fron the Ottawa Citizen:
"...Marcel Gervais has broken out of prison. It is a tale of -- first -- finding friends, then together finding purpose.
Over the course of last winter, Mr. Gervais would routinely play cribbage with another resident, Alcide Yelle, 73, also an amputee. Keith Baker, 50, would join them in the activity room. Not a cribbage player, he would often keep score.
Mr. Gervais, it became clear, could no longer see the cribbage board, normally a rectangular piece of wood with 120 small holes.
"When I saw the problem these guys were having, my mind started working," said Mr. Baker, who suffers from complications related to extreme obesity. Why not make the board bigger and brighter? he thought.
A former audiovisual technician, he started fiddling with his laptop computer and came up with a way to produce a colourful grid. He printed out sheets of standard paper, with yellow, red and blue rows, to which he added numbers.
The men asked the hospital for a piece of wood. They glued on the paper, then lacquered it. It wasn't perfect -- air bubbles were a problem -- but they now had a cribbage board about three times the normal size.
Mr. Gervais could see it fine..."
Full post at: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/business/story.html?id=ce467167-bc99-4d6e-98c1-86a98fb54c00
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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