[blparent] Braille on playing cards

Thu Apr 11 19:24:33 UTC 2013

Yeah, eights and aces.  The dead man's hand.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Baldwin
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:25 AM
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You thinking of the Dead man's Hand?
The hand that  Wild Bill Hickok was holding while he was assassinated.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Star Gazer
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 07:50
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Isn't that the Dead Man's hold or am I thinking of that guy that was playing
cards and dropped dead while he was holding onto a certain hand?
Come on, Bob you're going to be a grandpa soon so that means you are
required to know this s***.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Shelton
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:41 PM
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Here in Texas, they shoot you if you hold your cards, or anything else,
under the table.

-----Original Message-----
From: Erin Rumer [mailto:erinrumer at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Braille on playing cards

Yes, and holding your cards under the table works nicely as well. GRIN

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Feliz
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 9:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Braille on playing cards

I learned never to hold my cards in a fanned out style; I held them all in
the palm of my hand and could memorize the ordering.
This put a stop to my brothers cheating.
Mark Feliz

On 4/5/13, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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>
> To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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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.
>
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