dallashistory

The famous Texas domino game, that is!. I've known about it since I was a boy. My parents and their generation were always playing it after supper. Eventually I got old enough to be initiated into playing it. Not too hard to learn.
I wonder how much longer folks will play it with so many modern distractions to contend with...

My wife and I love to play 42. She introduced me to the game as I had no idea what 42 was other than a domino game. Her parents were big on playing as you said "after supper". My parents were Bridge players, so I played more cards games growing up.
Oh, I just love going Nel-O

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Steve
My mother grew up in a strict Baptist home and didn't allow playing cards in our house but she had no problem with dominos or playing 42 until dawn.
And her mother was the same way.
42 played a part in me getting hitched.
When we were single Theresa and I would go to a friend's house once a month for a big Spades tournament. She liked to get there early to help set up and I liked to get there early so 3 other guys and I could play 42 until the card party started. So I'd pick her up on my way to the game. Later we'd go out for coffee afterwards, then moves on the weekend and so on until she fell head of heals.

My folks were bridge players and and later canasta sometimes. The last game they learned together was probably 42. After my father was gone my mother learned "Spite and Malice" and played that with friends the rest of her life.

Ronnie wrote:Steve
My mother grew up in a strict Baptist home and didn't allow playing cards in our house but she had no problem with dominos or playing 42 until dawn.
And her mother was the same way.
42 played a part in me getting hitched.
When we were single Theresa and I would go to a friend's house once a month for a big Spades tournament. She liked to get there early to help set up and I liked to get there early so 3 other guys and I could play 42 until the card party started. So I'd pick her up on my way to the game. Later we'd go out for coffee afterwards, then moves on the weekend and so on until she fell head of heals.

Did you or any of you other guys (or gals) enjoy the "Washer Toss" game I was introduced to that one several years ago by a neighbor. Fun to play "after supper" on an evening like tonight

Did you or any of you other guys (or gals) enjoy the "Washer Toss" game

Did and still do.
Pits and boards.
When ever we go on vacation we always take our boards.
For several years my son and I hosted a washers tournament in McKinney and he and my son-in-law have played in other tournaments as well including the one at the Bandera County Fair in Johnson City which draws around 200 participants a year. Have we ever won? No.But we sure have met some great Texans and had a bunch of fun.
The old gray haired dude is yous truly

Excellent Thanks for sharing and especially your pics Looks like "a bunch of fun"

When I was a young kid, my mom's mother lived with us until my little sister came along and was about 4 (I was 8 years older). There were many evenings that after supper a card table would be set up in the living room and we four would play 42 while listening to the evening programs on that huge piece of furniture called a radio.

From the mid-'60s until 2000, many of us at work would play 42 or Hearts while we ate lunch. Folks down on the assembly line would toss washers at boxes they had built, about 2x2 ft. ....Just after HS, my squadron in the Naval Air Reserve from NAS Dallas went to NAS North Island (San Diego) for two weeks. We dug holes and tossed washers every day during breaks and at lunch.

Thanks for the memories!

Fred

I mentioned on another thread about Mike's dad's love for dominoes and then Fred-- your post about "washers" brought back a flashback from the 70s with Mike's dad talking about the game and I think showing us how to play.

Anyway it was a sweet remembrance on Father's Day, so thank you.