cards

 Mate come round today.... and between the nattering.... we had a game of cairds.

When i was a kid, there was a guy called Banjo Bob.

Banjo Bob claimed not to be of this world.

Amongst other things, Banjo Bob claimed to be a werewolf and/or an alien.

Mostly, I think Banjo Bob was a hardened drinker, gambler, and i suspect he had something to do with computer systems design, mostly working abroad.

He came and went like the wind.

Banjo Bob used to come and pick me up and take me swimming every Sunday morning.....  I don't know what his end of the deal was, i suspect he might have fancied my mum or summat, but he was a good guy and I liked his aloof and complex backstory.

At a time when i didn't much have a father figure or male role model, Banjo Bob was a pretty good stand-in.

Banjo Bob taught our small family.... me, my mum, and my sister, to play a couple of card games... they were typical boozer/club card games.... Brag.... and more importantly, cribbage.

If you've never played cribbage, then you're missing out.... it's a fascinating game.

It's a proper old fashioned card game that usually only sees the light of day in the pubs and clubs and is mostly out of fashion these days...... and in America it's largely seen as a bit of a hillbilly or redneck kinda game.....

Anyhow.... we played cribbage today..... it proper cheered me up.

Anyone else know how to play?

Here's a stock image of the exact cribbage scoring board that i own.... if i could be arsed to climb over everything and get it and take a photo, i would, but i can't be bothered.