[blparent] Braille on playing cards

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

That's why casinos don't allow Braille playing cards, smile.

Bridgit
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:05:44 -0600
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [blparent] teaching braille
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My mom learned braille, and my brother picked it up just for something
to 
do.  He can still read a bit of uncontracted stuff here and
there--enough to 
spot mistakes when they happen on elevators or restrooms--but the
biggest 
thing he ever did with braille was to cheat at cards!  I didn't realize
it 
till much later, but he and my mom always won card games because they
could 
see what I, and others, were holding by looking at the indentations on
the 
backs of the cards.