Pinochle

In my last post I mentioned that I was going to go to the Genealogy club at the Sun City Lodge. Well, I did, and yes, I enjoyed it very much. The leader of the group took me, and it was a group meeting, with a speaker. She was the head Archivist for the State of California, and had some very interesting information on how to preserve (store) family documents and pictures. It was really an interesting meeting. However, I'm not sure how much I am going to be able to attend, because all their meetings are in the evening, or Sunday afternoons, and my old bug-a-boo of transportation is always there.

Tonight I went to play Pinochle. They have a group who meet on Wednesday evenings to play single deck, and another group (I'm sure some of them are the same prople) who meet on Friday afternoon to play double deck. Since I do not play double deck, I am stuck with the evening group. Artymae took me down this evening, and was going to come get me to bring me home, but I found a gentleman who lives just the next block over from me, who brought me home, and is willing to provide me with rides whenever he can. He's really a nice guy. As I say, he lives just the next street over, parallel to Hidden Hills. He is black, and drives a Golf cart - it's neat. I am really looking forward to getting to know this bunch - they seem to have a kot of fun. When we were in Washington in 1954, a lot of the Olsons played pinochle, and they had a way of scoring where if you thought you were going to be able to take all the tricks, you could claim that you would Shoot The Moon, and if you were successful, you got 75 points instead of 25. If you were not successful, you lost 75 points and did not get credit for what you did get. Believe me it is not easy to take all the cards, but it could have happened two out of four hands at the last table I played at. But, we both chickened out and did not claim it, so of course, we did not get it.

Maybe, just maybe, I have finally found a group I will be able to mix with. I sure hope so. And especially Pinochle, because I do love playing. There is one lady who plays who will be 100 years old in November. She seems sweet, but of course, is very hard of hearing, and when she goes to the ladies' room, you can figure she will be gone at least 10-15 minutes.

Well, this is short, but I am excited about getting a chance to get involved, so, I just had to write it while I could.

More next time - that's all for now,

Beth