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Dominoes, the games #14127658 09/12/21 09:24 PM
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Not pizza. I was raised on a small farm in a small farm community. This was back in the days before TV, so the main form of entertainment was dominoes, primarily 42. There would be large “42” parties that were played tournament style where the champion team was crowned at the end of the night. The winners would receive a small prize, normally something that someone had made to be presented to the winners. As a kid we did not participate in these adult games. Us kids were busy playing grab a— with one another or chasing lighting bugs. As we got older some would move into participating in the games after being taught to play at home. I was one that never developed an interest in dominoes and never learned the games. I was thinking about this today and realized that I never hear about anyone playing dominoes. How about you guys, does anyone play the games or is this truly a thing of the past?

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Originally Posted by Po Boy
Not pizza. I was raised on a small farm in a small farm community. This was back in the days before TV, so the main form of entertainment was dominoes, primarily 42. There would be large “42” parties that were played tournament style where the champion team was crowned at the end of the night. The winners would receive a small prize, normally something that someone had made to be presented to the winners. As a kid we did not participate in these adult games. Us kids were busy playing grab a— with one another or chasing lighting bugs. As we got older some would move into participating in the games after being taught to play at home. I was one that never developed an interest in dominoes and never learned the games. I was thinking about this today and realized that I never hear about anyone playing dominoes. How about you guys, does anyone play the games or is this truly a thing of the past?

I wish I would have learned to play 42..not sure why but is on the list of thing to learn. Yes it is still played

Re: Dominoes, the games [Re: Po Boy] #14127665 09/12/21 09:30 PM
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Played “moon” on midshifts for $2 a game back in the day. Primarily a game for olds, along with cribbage




Re: Dominoes, the games [Re: Po Boy] #14127670 09/12/21 09:35 PM
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Played them as a kid with my grandpa and my sisters. I haven't played them in years, but most of my family still does at family get togethers. There used to be some old guys that met up at one of the local gas stations by the lake house that would play pretty much every day. The station sold and I'm not sure if the old guys still play there, or not.

Re: Dominoes, the games [Re: Po Boy] #14127673 09/12/21 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Po Boy
Us kids were busy playing grab a— with one another or chasing lighting bugs.

The restaurant industry is the GOAT of perfecting grab a— skills. The old “helicopter trick” can get you fired now..but almost everything else is alive and well in restaurants across America.

Re: Dominoes, the games [Re: Po Boy] #14127676 09/12/21 09:43 PM
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Our family used to play 42 from time to time. Guys vs girls. Now the kids like board games. We’ve played straight dominoes while camping.

My dad had a good friend and they’d play straight dominoes all weekend. I’d watch and get them beers when needed.

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Straight dominos but some of my friends played “Moon” . Straight was usually $5 with 4 players and the good players would know what everyone had in their hand after the “down”. And there were a few “talkers” and they were pretty subtle about it. I still have some “Rocks” and a pegboard for keeping score but havent played in years. 2 handed had a “Bonepile” which usually was the kiss of death- but not always!


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On party day all of the men would head to the woods before day light to squirrel hunt. They would split up and go to three or four different den trees and wait out the squirrels. By 8:00 AM they would have enough squirrels for a big stew that night before the games started. The stew was cooked in a big cast iron wash pot. Us kids were not allowed to go on these hunts because we could not be still or quite enough at the den trees. Did not have much money in those days but they knew how to enjoy their selfs.

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We have recently started playing Mexican dominoes. It’s pretty fun.

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Originally Posted by gregpaul
Played “moon” on midshifts for $2 a game back in the day. Primarily a game for olds, along with cribbage


Grandma taught us a game called shoot the moon. She didn’t take our money.

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All I ever did with domino’s is line em up and topple them over

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Love 42, haven't played in 22 years since we moved out of the city, the old neighborhood we moved from would have 42 tournaments regularly. And spades as well.

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When I was a kid my parents and neighbors would play 42 almost every weekend. My grand parents lived in a farming community in New Mexico, The men all wore khaki pants and shirts and played dominoes in the square around the court house on Saturday afternoons.


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dominoes: retirement home entertainment.

aunt/uncle owned 2 when I was a kid (then they didn't when the feds busted them) and I used to hang out some and watched/played with the olds of yore.

no idea what games we played but my allowance didn't last long.


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Originally Posted by Po Boy
On party day all of the men would head to the woods before day light to squirrel hunt. They would split up and go to three or four different den trees and wait out the squirrels. By 8:00 AM they would have enough squirrels for a big stew that night before the games started. The stew was cooked in a big cast iron wash pot. Us kids were not allowed to go on these hunts because we could not be still or quite enough at the den trees. Did not have much money in those days but they knew how to enjoy their selfs.


was this in McKinney?
great story

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i play this & Wahoo
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