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#64626 - 07/23/04 12:00 PM Anyone remember playing jacks?
Songbird Member Registered: 06/03/04 Posts: 2830 Loc: Massachusetts, USA	That was so much fun! Those little metallic "stars" and a ball. So easy to play, on a tabletop or on the floor... I could play for the longest time! Not so long ago I taught my niece to play "Jacks". So many memories!
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#64627 - 07/23/04 12:35 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	I loved jacks, but my older sister was the best. We played for hours on our front porch and tile kitchen floor. Onesies, twosies, all the way to rensies and back down again. One summer while vacationing with another boomer family at the beach we had a rainy day. We went to the local 5 and dime, bought a set and my friend and I taught the kids how to play. It was hysterical. Finally a game that we could win.
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#64628 - 07/23/04 12:42 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
Songbird Member Registered: 06/03/04 Posts: 2830 Loc: Massachusetts, USA	quote: Originally posted by Dotsie: One summer while vacationing with another boomer family at the beach we had a rainy day. We went to the local 5 and dime, bought a set and my friend and I taught the kids how to play. It was hysterical. Finally a game that we could win. Dots: That was funny! "Finally a game that we could win". I'm gonna get myself a new set of jacks-the metallic one, not the plastic imitation- as soon as I find one. Hopefully, if I ever have grandchildren, I'll be able to teach them to play jacks!
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#64629 - 07/23/04 12:44 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
DonnaJ Member Registered: 11/01/03 Posts: 1076 Loc: Ohio, USA	I noticed in our local Cracker Barrel, they are carrying a lot of the old time games. I don't know if the jacks are plastic, but if you're near one, check it out! Donna www.devotionalsbydonna.blogspot.com
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#64630 - 07/23/04 01:04 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
Vicki M. Taylor Member Registered: 01/06/03 Posts: 2196 Loc: Tampa, FL	I loved playing jacks when I was a kid.. and marbles too.. although I think I liked collecting the marbles more. I loved my big glass jar of all the pretty colors and designs. Sheesh, the things we did as kids. I don't know how I never broke that jar, carrying it around everywhere I went, but I didn't. Thanks for the memory. Peace.
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#64631 - 07/23/04 01:24 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
DonnaJ Member Registered: 11/01/03 Posts: 1076 Loc: Ohio, USA	What about those dolls that were so ugly with the hair sticking straight up out of their head?? I had a necklace with one on it in my fifth grade picture -- trolls! Donna www.devotionalsbydonna.blogspot.com
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#64632 - 07/23/04 01:42 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
Songbird Member Registered: 06/03/04 Posts: 2830 Loc: Massachusetts, USA	Donna: I haven't seen any Cracker Barrel in my area, but thanks anyway. Trolls? Those were some ugly dolls, poor little things... I never got any of them, and did not miss them at all . Marbles? My brothers just loved them! ...So sweet to go back in time, reminiscing those days...
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#64633 - 07/23/04 02:20 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
Toni Member Registered: 12/11/03 Posts: 504 Loc: Pennsylvania	Songbird, I loved playing jacks and was pretty good at it; but my favorite game was marbles..I was better than most boys at it and I think it was because I loved winning the beautiful and different colored marbles! Great fun---both of them
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#64634 - 07/24/04 03:11 AM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
DonnaJ Member Registered: 11/01/03 Posts: 1076 Loc: Ohio, USA	My favorite board games were "Chutes and Ladders" and "Candyland." I think both of them are still around. Donna
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#64635 - 07/23/04 04:26 PM Re: Anyone remember playing jacks?
jawjaw Da Queen Registered: 07/02/03 Posts: 12025 Loc: Alabama	We played jacks practically everyday out on the front porch. And to make sure I'd win, I'd talk the whole time breaking their concentration...teehee...what? Remember Pick Up Sticks? Lord, now THAT took some concentrating....talked then too... It's a wonder anybody played with me. JJ
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