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Patti Petersen's avatar

This reminds me of sitting at the card table with grandpa and dad learning to play a card game called Tonk. I was 6 or 7 years old. We gambled beads until my mother found out and said we couldn't gamble. My grandmother taught me Solitaire at around 7 or 8. By 12 I was playing hearts, gin, and euchre. At 21 years old I started dealing blackjack for a living and that evolved into dealing dice and led a life-long career in casino gaming. At 62 I learned to deal and play poker. Funny how that simple game of Tonk started a love affair with cards and games that never really quit, I still play games for entertainment and socialization today.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

In my family, my parents played regularly with my aunt and uncle. Bridge was one of the only arenas where my father had more power than my mother and he reveled in it. Every time they sat down to play, they all put money in the kitty which they later used to take vacations together. A lost culture.

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