[Blindtlk] question about card games

[Mark Tardif]

Good point.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jude DaShiell via blindtlk
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 6:14 AM
To: David Andrews via blindtlk
Cc: Jude DaShiell ; David Andrews
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] question about card games

The clink of money could be added in electronically to slot machines if
the manufacturers were even interested.  That clink in the past was
intentionally used to get player's attention so I can't figure why
casinos took slot machines with that feature entirely removed.

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016, David Andrews via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:37:06
> From: David Andrews via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] question about card games
>
> Well Mark, you would be disappointed these days, everything is electronic, 
> no clink, clink of money.  Very dull and disappointing.
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:45 AM 12/23/2016, you wrote:
>> I haven't been to a casino in about 16 years.  But when I used to go to 
>> Foxwoods in Connecticut, I would never play cards for that reason. 
>> Besides, I liked to throw money in the "one-armed-bandit," otherwise 
>> known as the slot machine.  I liked to hear the clink, clink, clink of 
>> the money as it came my way.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Tardif
>> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Anne Naber via blindtlk
>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 2:11 PM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Anne Naber
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] question about card games
>>
>> Hi-
>> I don't know if this question is relevant to this list or not, but I
>> thought I'd try.
>> I am wondering if anyone has experience with going to the casino as a
>> blind person?  Specifically, how do you participate in card games?  Is
>> it possible to participate in that sort of setting?
>> When you have a small group of people you know, it is easy to just
>> break out the braille cards, and maybe have more verbal communication,
>> but what about a casino type situation?
>> Thanks.
>> Anne
>
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