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[hartungcards]

Thank God it's Pokémon Friday - again.

[mam98031 · Accepted solution]

What is this thread for?  What did you want to discuss? 

[chapeau-noir]

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@hartungcards wrote:

Thank God it's Pokémon Friday - again.

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So I ask you...are they up? Or are they down? Anything new? Anything old? 

[roccotacodad54]

   Pokeman...One more thing I was blissfully unaware of.............

[chapeau-noir]

Pokémon is big where I live, though the only thing that interested me was Pokémon Go which is a weird augmented reality/real world game, as I'm too hyperactive for 'regular' gaming. 

[hartungcards]

"What is this thread for?  What did you want to discuss?"

I was hoping for an extensive list of active links to eBay pages that might explain what the heII is the deal with Pokémon Friday - every freaking Friday.  This thread is for stuff that you may not be interested in.  Sorry to bother you - again.

[roccotacodad54]

   I never got the online game bug like alot of people in my orbit.

I always thought online games were too fast paced and hurried. I'm more the horseshoes, cornhole, dominoes/backgammon in the shade type guy. Especially with younger friends and relatives that I can tease on how they can't even beat an old man. LOL. Especially if I can pocket some of their money at the same time.

[hartungcards]

"I'm more the horseshoes, cornhole, dominoes/backgammon in the shade type guy."

I always liked lawn darts, and seeing who could get sent to the hospital first.

[wri-8727]

We were just at the park today having lunch and noticed that they still have 2 horseshoe pits. Hmmm and wonder if expression  'you pegged it' comes out of horseshoes, (which got an affirmative). Then I further wondered if frisbee golf is the new horseshoes (not knowing when to keep my mouth shut).

[roccotacodad54]

   When I was a teen I had a huge pair of stainless scissors (1 ft. or so) and we invented this game called scissors. We should have named it scissors & stitches. LOL.

[chapeau-noir]

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@roccotacodad54 wrote:

   I never got the online game bug like alot of people in my orbit.

I always thought online games were too fast paced and hurried. I'm more the horseshoes, cornhole, dominoes/backgammon in the shade type guy. Especially with younger friends and relatives that I can tease on how they can't even beat an old man. LOL. Especially if I can pocket some of their money at the same time.

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Card games and board games (analog style) are back in a big way amongst younger generations where I am - they gather in a taproom or coffee house and play. I've seen older patrons do it, too. A lot of the neighbourhood taprooms and coffee houses have board games stacked in a corner (along with books). Silent book clubs are popular, too. TBH, I think there's a lot of people of all ages going back into the analog world. I've been using computers since the early 80s and I'm appreciating the analog world more and more. 

[roccotacodad54]

   I think it's the human interaction that makes in person games more fun (for me at least).

   We keep board games in the house and in our camping gear.

   I've been into computers since the 90's and I agree with you on appreciating the analog more as time goes on. 

   I digitized all of my music collection though (MP3's). My old ears can't tell the difference anymore. I still have the vinyl & CD's sealed and stored in the spare bedroom closet for a time capsule for nieces, nephews and grandkids if they want them when I'm no longer.

   Not sure what a silent book club is but if people are reading text on paper I'm all for it.

[mam98031]

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@hartungcards wrote:

"What is this thread for?  What did you want to discuss?"

I was hoping for an extensive list of active links to eBay pages that might explain what the heII is the deal with Pokémon Friday - every freaking Friday.  This thread is for stuff that you may not be interested in.  Sorry to bother you - again.

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Only because you are trying to stir up a conflict on the thread, which you so enjoy.

[chapeau-noir]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@hartungcards wrote:

"What is this thread for?  What did you want to discuss?"

I was hoping for an extensive list of active links to eBay pages that might explain what the heII is the deal with Pokémon Friday - every freaking Friday.  This thread is for stuff that you may not be interested in.  Sorry to bother you - again.

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Only because you are trying to stir up a conflict on the thread, which you so enjoy.

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Hmmm...seems like it was just a humorous remark, like most of @hartungcards remarks. 

[chapeau-noir]

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@roccotacodad54 wrote:

   I think it's the human interaction that makes in person games more fun (for me at least).

   We keep board games in the house and in our camping gear.

   I've been into computers since the 90's and I agree with you on appreciating the analog more as time goes on. 

   I digitized all of my music collection though (MP3's). My old ears can't tell the difference anymore. I still have the vinyl & CD's sealed and stored in the spare bedroom closet for a time capsule for nieces, nephews and grandkids if they want them when I'm no longer.

   Not sure what a silent book club is but if people are reading text on paper I'm all for it.

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@roccotacodad54 You might like this - a silent book club is just a time and a place where people get together, usually in a taproom and all read books together. Doesn't have to be the same book, it's just book lovers sitting and having a glass and reading with other book lovers. The 'silent' means you don't have to talk, just read. It's a great way to meet other book lovers, exchange book ideas, etc. after the readings. You can use a Kindle, too, I'm sure, but the point is that one is reading a book. Our 'local', which is the taproom in the neighbourhood south of us, has a silent book club on Sunday afternoons (they also have a running club on Wed evenings, rain or shine, all speeds welcome and no one left behind, plus a knitting group and a mom's night and dad's night - oh yeah, and excellent taps, plus non-alcohol offerings - it's a cool place!).