“What the world needs more than anything else in our society today is the antidote to loneliness, and where are they going to get it? Small groups.” As the post title and quote may suggest, we had a small group tonight -- 14 peggers came out. We lost some to hockey (go 'Canes....until you play the Bruins) and some to other life needs :) We paid out only four places and 1 team tonight. Brian Wilson took 1st with a 15 / 7 / 102 John Morch took 2nd with a 14 / 7 / 16 Mike Due took 3rd with a 12 / 6 / 9 Steve Podolski took 4th with a 11 / 5 / 35 The team was Megan Player (10) and Roger Doenges (8) The full results are up on the website, but the top 10 in club (with only three weeks to go) is below: April 17 was the 127th running of the Boston Marathon. The third Monday in April is a Boston city holiday called “Patriots’ Day”. The Boston Marathon has been run on Patriots' Day every year since its inception in 1897, even during the World War years, except in 2020 and 2021. (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Boston Marathon was canceled, while the 2021 Boston Marathon was rescheduled to October 11.) Therefore, sometimes the holiday is referred to as "Marathon Monday". Patriots’ Day is a longstanding and uniquely Massachusetts holiday. But while some might know it commemorates the battle of Lexington and Concord, they probably aren’t aware of how it became a recognized holiday in the Bay State. According to Bridgewater State University history professor Bill Hanna, April 19th, the original date of Patriots’ Day, used to be known as Fasting Day, which was a Puritan holiday held before the planting season where people fasted and prayed. But by the late 1800s, Hanna said, few people in Massachusetts and New England were celebrating Fasting Day anymore, and the governor at the time, Frederic Greenhalge, was looking to replace it with a new holiday. In 1894, the Lexington Historical Society petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to proclaim April 19 as "Lexington Day". Concord countered with "Concord Day". However, the biggest battle fought on this day was in the town of Menotomy—now Arlington, Massachusetts—on the Concord Road between Lexington and Boston. So Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge opted for a compromise: Patriots' Day. Mike Due had a pair of 2s Jerry Gooden had a heart flush Jennifer Johnson had a pair of 2s Megan Player had two pairs, 3s and 6s That's it for this week, sorry it was a short one. Work is kicking my butt this week.
See ya'll on Monday! ~Jennifer
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Joe and Jen both [finally] earned their Bronze awards tonight. Yay to us!“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.” Yep, within a game of each other, Joe Greiner and Jennifer Johnson both earned their Bronze awards tonight. Next medal watches are for:
We'll keep a close eye out these GRPs next season. All three of our "next ups" have made that many points or more so far this season, so we're hopeful that next year is another 3-medal year! We had 20 players on hand tonight for Grass Roots play. As such, we paid out four places and three teams: Jennifer Johnson took 1st with a 15 / 7 / 111 Larry Phifer extended his lead in the Club Champ race, and took 2nd with a 14 / 7 / 116 Jerry Gooden took 3rd with a 13 / 6 / 100 Tom Goeschel took 4th with a 12 / 6 / 15 First team was John Morch (12) and Megan Player (10) Second team was Joe Greiner (12) and Pete Amacher (8) Third team was Mike Due (12) and Brian Wilson (8) Full results are up on the website; current top-10 is below: Inventor and mechanic Walter Hunt patented the safety pin on April 10, 1849 (U.S. Patent No. 6,281). The invention came after a situation where Hunt owed another man $15, and needed to come up with some way to make money to repay the debt. He began twisting a piece of metal wire until he had created a device he called the “dress pin,” with a spring at one end that forced the other end into place and a clasp that kept the pin’s point inside a protective case. Hunt’s invention was not entirely novel; it was actually an improvement on a concept that the ancient Romans had used in jewelry, namely, fibulae, or brooches. His was not the first contemporary version of the safety pin either. A version appeared in 1842 that did not include the spring mechanism that Hunt designed. This feature, of course, exists in virtually all safety pins the world is accustomed to using today. He willingly sold the patent to W.R. Grace and Company for just $400. Sales of the invention would later earn a number of opportunistic businessmen substantial fortunes, but Hunt never earned another penny for his creation. On April 10, 1912, shortly after 12noon, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton's White Star Dock on her maiden (and final) voyage. At that time, she was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built. Her commander was Captain Edward J. Smith, RD, RNR, who had arrived early that morning in preparation for the Board of Trade muster at 8am. As Commodore or Senior Captain of White Star he often commanded the newest vessel in the company, and was the highest paid ship’s captain in the world in 1912. Titanic’s Passenger Certificate certified the vessel to carry a maximum of 3,547 persons - 905 First Class Passengers, 564 Second Class and 1,134 Third Class, with 944 Officers and Crew. Passengers boarded the ship from around 9.30am until 11.30am, and as she left Southampton, Titanic had an estimated 1,846 people on-board. The richest man on Titanic was the owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, John Jacob Astor and his nineteen year old wife. According to the New York Times Astor “put up and owned more hotels and skyscrapers than any other New Yorker” and was estimated to be worth as much as $200 million! Another well-known American couple onboard was the owner of Macy’s Department Store, New York, Mr Isidor Straus, and his wife, Ida, who were travelling back from winter in Europe on Titanic. Once it was clear the ship was sinking, Ida refused to leave Isidor and would not get into a lifeboat without him. A memorial plaque for them can be seen today at the 34th Street Memorial Entrance of Macy's Herald Square. Mike Due had two pairs, 10s and 4s Jerry Gooden had a full house, Queens full of 9s Joe Greiner had trip Aces Liz Henderson had a full house, 6s full of 9s Jennifer Johnson had a full house, Kings full of 4s Megan Player had two pairs, Kings and 10s Andy Wagner had a spade flush I hope everyone has a great week; see ya'll Monday!
~ Jennifer The April winds are magical We had a great weekend of Cribbage this past weekend, at the Raleigh Spring Fling Cluster. Friday's Main event had 42 players, and was won by Luther Lanier. The Consolation had 24 players and Liz Henderson took the prize. Saturday's main had 60 players (!!) and Mike Due won that event. The Consolation was an impressive 38 players, with Dave O'Neil taking the prize. A heartfelt "thank you" to my co-director and partner in cribbage, Megan Player, without whom I would have lost my mind. Probably twice. Thanks to everyone who helped set up the room, give out cards, run the 50/50s, did the cross-checking, bought me meals, or stopped to comment on the tournament. You are all wonderful. We had a smallish 20 players this week. We were pleased to see Jeff Raynes back this week, and hope we see our ol' buddy Bernard back from his hip surgery before long. With 20 players, we paid out four places and three teams. Frank Abernathy took 1st with a 18 / 8 / 89. This brings him to within 7 of Larry's first place in club. Larry earned a 12 card this week, which keeps the gap open a little. Mike Due took 2nd with a 14 / 6 / 95 Jeff Raynes took 3rd with a 14 / 6 / 61 Tom Goeschel took 4th with a 13 / 6 / 56 First Team was Roger Doenges (11) and Kristy Haught (10) Second Team was John Morch (12) and Jennifer Johnson (8) Third Team was Ernie Hodgson (13) and Steve Podolsky (7) The full results are up on cribbage.org; here is the top 10: On April 3, 1948, US President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, to rebuild war-torn Western Europe after World War II, granting an initial $5 billion in aid to 16 European countries. The plan had two major aims: to prevent the spread of communism in Western Europe and to stabilize the international order in a way favorable to the development of political democracy and free-market economies. In the end, a total of $13.6 billion (equivalent to approximately $175 billion in today’s money) was appropriated to the plan. By 1950, the participating countries had returned to, or exceeded, their prewar production levels. Not all participating nations benefitted equally. In addition to economic redevelopment, one of the stated goals of the Marshall Plan was to halt the spread of communism on the European continent. Implementation of the Marshall Plan has been cited as the beginning of the Cold War between the United States, its European allies and the Soviet Union, which had effectively taken control of much of central and eastern Europe and established its satellite republics as communist nations. The Marshall Plan is also considered a key catalyst for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance between North American and European countries established in 1949. European Recovery Program assistance is said to have contributed to more positive morale in Europe and to political and economic stability, which helped diminish the strength of domestic communist parties. The U.S. political and economic role in Europe was enhanced and U.S. trade with Europe boosted. Implementation of the Marshall Plan has been cited as the beginning of the Cold War between the United States, its European allies and the Soviet Union, which had effectively taken control of much of central and eastern Europe and established its satellite republics as communist nations. Truman served only four months as Vice President of the United States before Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office, unexpectedly making him the 33rd President. Taking over just before the end of World War II, Truman made the momentous decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ushering in the Atomic Age and shortly afterward the Cold War. On the domestic front Truman presided over a surge in prosperity following the war and the Great Depression. In Europe he approved the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western European countries and announced the Truman Doctrine to combat the spread of communism. His surprise victory in the 1948 presidential election coincided with the early beginnings of the Cold War; that year the Berlin Airlift resolved the first major crisis between the US and the Soviet Union. In 1950 Truman responded militarily to the outbreak of the Korean War, but the conflict stalemated for three years and helped contribute to the defeat of the Democrats against Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. Jerry Gooden had a club flush Liz Henderson had a full house, Aces full of Queens Jennifer Johnson had a flush in diamonds Megan Player had a straight to the king That's all for me this week; see ya'll Monday!
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