Week 17 - Toys & Games
Being raise in the country, with no classmates within walking distance, my family spent many afternoons and evenings playing board games, cards, and working jigsaw puzzles.
We had an assortment of board games to choose from including Sorry, Monopoly, Clue, Easy Money, Aggravation, Chinese Checkers, Game of the States, Scrabble and probably more. Our family favorites were Sorry and Aggravation. We also played Yatzee and Scrabble. We also played card games including Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Gin Rummy, Spades, Canasta and Solitare. Shirley and I played double solitare by the hour during our summer vacations.
When I was about 4th grade, my parents taught me to play Pinochle. All the Reppel family loved the game. I remember playing it with Papa Reppel and Aunt Bobbie. We would play 4 handed, 5 handed and 6 handed depending on who was available to play.
My Dad loved to play games. He was a big man, but he would get down on the floor and play solitare. When Patrick was just old enough to learn his numbers, he and Dad would play solitare together. When we would get together with Dad and Alma, we would get out some game and play. Often we played Mexican Train Dominos. We would match up to dominos and create the largest train possible. Once Daddy had his all lined up except he had made a matching error to his detriment. We laughed about it. After that when ever anyone screwed up their train, we called it an "Eli".
We had an assortment of board games to choose from including Sorry, Monopoly, Clue, Easy Money, Aggravation, Chinese Checkers, Game of the States, Scrabble and probably more. Our family favorites were Sorry and Aggravation. We also played Yatzee and Scrabble. We also played card games including Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Gin Rummy, Spades, Canasta and Solitare. Shirley and I played double solitare by the hour during our summer vacations.
When I was about 4th grade, my parents taught me to play Pinochle. All the Reppel family loved the game. I remember playing it with Papa Reppel and Aunt Bobbie. We would play 4 handed, 5 handed and 6 handed depending on who was available to play.
My Dad loved to play games. He was a big man, but he would get down on the floor and play solitare. When Patrick was just old enough to learn his numbers, he and Dad would play solitare together. When we would get together with Dad and Alma, we would get out some game and play. Often we played Mexican Train Dominos. We would match up to dominos and create the largest train possible. Once Daddy had his all lined up except he had made a matching error to his detriment. We laughed about it. After that when ever anyone screwed up their train, we called it an "Eli".
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