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Sept 11, 2017 15:02:36 GMT
Post by sherri on Sept 11, 2017 15:02:36 GMT
This made me think of Joe.
Doing some proof reading of my dad's notes. I never knew he played poker & not only that, he was a winner!! Mind you, I doubt the competition was much chop, they were all just young men. Plus the accommodation doesn't sound quite as plush as a casino.
This is what he wrote (he was on a navy ship, this was in WW2 in the Philippines area)
Some days they played Tombola-now known as bingo. 6 pence (5 cents) a ticket and this helped break the monotony. Also some nights 6 of us would go to a storeroom a couple of decks below and play poker. It was a small area left for playing cards as you had to lift your cards up close to your face so that no one else could see them. On this trip my luck was in and most nights I won.
Sometimes we played until 2am and then I would get into my work clothes and go and make hot chocolate that had to be ready by 2.30am. It tasted alright but I found it hard to understand why anyone wanted a hot drink as even overnight it was still very warm. You would then start setting up for breakfast and lunch, awaking the others in the same watch at about 4am.
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Sept 11, 2017 18:43:44 GMT
Post by DADDY O on Sept 11, 2017 18:43:44 GMT
Pretty much all servicemen play poker or other gambling games while in the service. The only problem is I have seen young guys lose their entire paycheck for one evening of gambling. Most guys try and kick them out of the game, but usually to no avail.
Just think Sherri.....when you get on one of those big cruise ships in Miami and they clear the 12 mile International Boundary......the casinos open......with free liquor to boot.........bring lots of quarters. I doubt the machines take Aussie coins.
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Sept 11, 2017 21:43:58 GMT
Post by sherri on Sept 11, 2017 21:43:58 GMT
All cruise ships have casinos, usually with plenty of those slot machines, but the machines are very common here in Victoria, every pub has dozens of them, so I've never bothered much with the casinos on ships-can't play poker. I wouldn't count on cruise ships giving free liquor though, that doesn't sound their style at all.
Everything you buy on a cruise ship (including chips I would imagine)-nothing is in cash, it all goes on a cruise card & the total comes off your credit card before you are allowed off the ship. It's easy now to check it daily but on our first cruise you had to get a print out at the desk and by the time we did... let me just say that boy oh boy, it soon adds up.
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Sept 11, 2017 22:07:06 GMT
Post by sherri on Sept 11, 2017 22:07:06 GMT
Pretty much all servicemen play poker or other gambling games while in the service. The only problem is I have seen young guys lose their entire paycheck for one evening of gambling. Most guys try and kick them out of the game, but usually to no avail. Just think Sherri.....when you get on one of those big cruise ships in Miami and they clear the 12 mile International Boundary......the casinos open......with free liquor to boot.........bring lots of quarters. I doubt the machines take Aussie coins. You're probably right, most would have played card games etc to while away the time. I doubt my dad would have been one to lose his entire pay cheque, all through his writing he keeps listing the exact cost of a pie, or a dinner, or a fare & how he managed to save a few pennies.
These were kids who had lived through the Great Depression I guess, so they knew the value of a quid($2), as my dad would have said.
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Sept 12, 2017 12:24:43 GMT
Post by joethenuts on Sept 12, 2017 12:24:43 GMT
I think cards have been around for a very long time all the western movies playing cards at the bar ,and if things went wrong the guns would come out and chairs were broken over others heads. now its played mainly by accountants as its a % game .
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