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Card Parties
Hi All; At the risk of thread drift, a card game that you don't see very often these days in casino. It was very popular during and after WWII. There were 13 points per deck and you would try to capture the cards that held the points. Casino is only a two person game but moves quickly enough...- Dthunderchicken
- Post #7
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Getting by during the Great Depression
Hi All; My mom was rather well off till the depression. She used to tell how they turned her mom's flower garden to a vegatable garden and that her and her sisters would follow the milk wagon to collect the horse manure for the garden. The house was still in the family when I was little. Huge...- Dthunderchicken
- Post #35
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Golden-Era Hot-Rodding
Hi All; If I may jump in here, I know second hand that drag racing was happening in St. Louis in the `30s. My grandma used to talk about how my grandpa and his racing buddies would block off Market St. (The main east-west street at that time.) and race on Sundays. She said there was no flying...- Dthunderchicken
- Post #19
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Whiskey
And yet another newb jumps in. HI All; I'll second 2the9s vote for George Dickle white label. It's the only whisky I've recomended to a friend as yummy. A glass of that and a Daniel Silva novel and I'm set for the evening. FWIW, Jack Daniels used to be better than it is today. I've heard...- Dthunderchicken
- Post #69
- Forum: The Connoisseur
