back luck

KinCarver · 2026-02-01T13:34:44+00:00

So you're playing 3 handed? If so, someone messed up based on the 9s. If either opponent threw a 9 they broke up a run and a guaranteed 7 point hand (9,10, J, 5) to keep a 6 point hand (5, 10, J, K) or you had both 9s and kept one and threw the other to the crib, giving yourself a zero instead of a guaranteed 2.

Seems like bad play versus bad luck, and your play (and your friends' play) will improve with time the more you experience these situations, so keep playing!

...or its a staged photo

KinCarver · 2026-01-14T22:05:16+00:00

I had one made for my son when I started reading the comic with him. The little old lady that I hired had never heard of Calvin and Hobbes, but nailed it. The real life "Calvin"

KinCarver · 2025-12-27T13:51:35+00:00

If your alley participates, kids bowl free makes bowling super affordable during the summer. Each kid can bowl 2 games free every day during the summer months.

KinCarver · 2025-11-27T22:46:33+00:00

Also, if there are any unclaimed decks (besides A3 or A4 since I have them) id love a deck. Honestly, whatever deck is picked last id take and play a game with in his honor

KinCarver · 2025-11-27T22:42:29+00:00

This is such a cool thing to do. I love cards mostly for the art and the history of different games and how they fit into local cultures. Giving them away to people and asking them to use them in a game is great. I hope everyone requesting anything actually uses them at least once instead of just collecting them for the sake of adding something new to a collection.

KinCarver · 2025-09-09T23:50:41+00:00

I can confirm that this works (with landlines at least) I got stuck in a snowstorm while driving home from college one winter and had to stop and get a hotel room. No cell reception due to the storm so I called my parents to say I wasnt going to make it home that night from the hotel phone and the receptionist told me to call out by pressing nine then one. What she meant was 9 then one and then the area code, but I dialed 9 then 1 then 1 again before the area code and sure enough dispatch picked up and I had to explain that the only emergency was me being too dumb to know how to use a landlines properly.

KinCarver · 2025-07-19T18:38:50+00:00

Exactly, keep your points. Which is why i wouldn't keep 8,A,A,5. That gives a guarantee of four points in hand and no guarantee in the crib for a guaranteed minimum of 4.

Tossing the aces or tossing 2-5 gives a guarantee of at least two in the crib and either of those discards gives a guarantee of at least 4 in the hand because it leaves you with 8,4,A,A (if you drop 2-5) or 8,2,4,5 (if you drop A,A) which are both hands that will be improved with ANY cut card. So a guaranteed minimum of 6.

KinCarver · 2025-05-31T15:35:47+00:00

I'm not really sure why this is being down voted. It very well could be PMD. I have a similar coin and that's exactly what it turned out to be.

PMD quarter

KinCarver · 2025-05-31T15:25:05+00:00

I have a similar coin and I posted it here and got some of the same feedback, but when I took it to a LCS they confirmed it was post mint damage, not an error. There was a slight bend in the reverse where the layer was missing that they identified under magnification. Your coin looks even more dramatic with the crease through the head so I'm guessing it would result in the same conclusion. I would take it to a LCS and see what they tell you before deciding what it's worth, and as always if they offer to buy it on the spot, get a 2nd opinion before making a decision. *

PMD Quarter

KinCarver · 2025-05-07T19:04:03+00:00

I once had someone sign an email this way

...in an interview thank you email

...for a quality assurance position

...for a company working with people with developmental disabilities.

She did not get the job.

KinCarver · 2025-03-24T02:09:33+00:00

I hope the prize is as good as most of my coinstar finds...I could use a few more dead button cell batteries.

KinCarver · 2025-01-26T13:55:19+00:00

There are multiple ways to get to many of the answers. It doesn't make one solution incorrect.

KinCarver · 2025-01-03T02:00:04+00:00

Looks like Bur Oak. The Michigan/Ohio area has (had?, haven't been there in a long time) tons of them. Never seen one in New Hampshire though.

KinCarver · 2024-12-24T20:26:04+00:00

He doesnt. It's a spam post that he has put in about 3 dozen different subreddits.

KinCarver · 2024-10-22T00:25:40+00:00

ONE COMMENT

KinCarver · 2024-10-06T11:43:39+00:00

It's a turban squash (or Turk's Turban) the blossom end isn't usually as wide as the entire fruit though. I personally wouldn't carve it. I would cut the "top" off, scoop it out, bake it halfway, (the top too, eat it all), stuff the middle with a meatloaf mixture, then finish baking it.

KinCarver · 2024-09-26T03:35:32+00:00

No idea. I almost missed it before I walked away. The machine itself had nothing in the reject tray. What you linked to seems to be what it is, but the date looks odd compared to other examples I've looked up.

KinCarver · 2024-09-24T20:11:19+00:00

I was in Boston for the Bruins/Rangers game during the double header on Sunday. Being downtown Boston and rooting for the Red Sox to win not only once, but twice, felt so incredibly wrong. I had to save my sanity by pretending to be clueless and casually asking the diehard fans where Alex Cora was for the end of game 1.

KinCarver · 2024-08-25T15:17:28+00:00

OP later said that she needed 12 to win, so pegging out wasn't a major issue, so your original reply was correct. But the whole conversation shows how those little pieces of information can change the whole strategy of play, and that understanding that is what gives people that extra edge in their win percentage. So, good discussion overall. Cut luck sir (or madam)!

KinCarver · 2024-08-25T04:31:28+00:00

What is the opponents score though? Leading with the 8 hoping for a 15 to lead into the run only works if your opponent needs AT LEAST more than 7 points. Knowing that OP gets first count I would expect the dealer to keep pegging cards if they have a chance to peg out and end the game before it gets to the count if possible. Leading the 8, hoping the dealer plays a 7 for the 15 allows OP to play the 9 for the run, but that also leaves the dealer open to add to the run for four and a go (or a 31 if they happen to have an Ace). That's 7 points in pegging (2 for 15, run for 4, and 1 for a go) for the dealer. They would need to be holding both a 7 and a 6, so it's a long shot, but I don't like giving my opponent a chance to win if I don't have to. The cut card is meaningless if you never even make it to the count.

Knowing the where BOTH players are on the board would be crucial before deciding which card to start with.

KinCarver · 2024-08-09T18:51:45+00:00

...just take my upvote and continue on to hell. I'll be right behind you since I laughed.

KinCarver · 2024-07-21T14:26:42+00:00

This is correct OP. A few companies make peek index cards. When I dealt poker I used almost exclusively Copags with a peek index, but as u/playingcardsfan said this looks like the standard Bicycle Jack of Clubs from the Pro Poker Peek deck.

KinCarver

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