New Chess Set Premium Jigsaw Puzzle

I played as a youngster. Never could figure out how to check mate but put up a really good fight.

Don't have the patience to play chess, more in to cribbage, my mom loved bridge, but didn't care for it either. Rather do puzzles!!!

I've never learned to play cribbage. No one in the family played it.

My dad & played it a lot, & hubby & I use to play it a lot when he was in rehab after he broke is neck, it was good to help with some of the problems he had with is hands.

I can play chess but, unfortunately, mostly play defensively. Never played cribbage but my maternal grandmother and I used to love to play canasta together.

When I was a child, my mother and grandmother started a "guest home" -- a home for folks over 65, kind of like assisted living these days. I grew up around dozens of grandmas and grandpas, and I was always playing card games with them. How my small hands could shuffle for canasta was a wonder to some of them. We also played Hi-Low Jack, and cribbage and poker for toothpicks. I still love to play cribbage but can only do so with the Hoyle Game Suite on my computer.

Here's a joke I ran across today. Thought I'd share it. Made me chuckle:

A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. "Have you ever done anything of particular merit? " St. Peter asked.

"Well, I can think of one thing, " the cowboy offered. "On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off or I'll whale the livin' tar outta all of ya! '"

St. Peter was impressed and asked, "When did this happen? "

"Couple of minutes ago."

That was a good one!!! That will teach someone to never mess with bikers.

Good one!

Great joke LuvsWesterns. Shared it with hubby & he loved it, too.

Love it!

Try the online games, rahrah. There is much less stress involved, and quite a large choice of apps and game sites.

Thanks for the suggestion, retire, I'll do that. :)

Retirenow14, do you play?

No, I am not that good at seeing moves that need to be made a few ahead. And I am not in the slightest bit competitive. I even purposely do worse in games if I play against someone who doesn't do as well. No sense crushing their self esteem. My brother plays, though. He had an electronic chess game that used real pieces back in the mid 70's! Back then there was no internet, so this was the best practice method to be found.

I'm not all that good either, my chess partner use to let me win to boost my confidence until I became a better player, then he made me work hard for the win! lol I painted a ceramic chess set years ago, and he turned a wooden cigar box into a game box for me, with dividers. It was lined with felt, and we used felt between the pieces. Good memories.

Neat memories, rahrah. As people age, old memories are often much more appealing than new occurrences.

Prayers sent. Hugs.

Prayers sent from here, too.

So young to be plagued with these kinds of difficulties. Praying for her.

Leia, my nephew had surgeries on his liver, beginning in his early 20s. Every surgery brought more adhesions, which resulted in more surgeries, etc. It all started with a shadow on his liver. He is fine now for many years, with a healthy liver that is full size. Your daughter is in my prayers.

Prayers sent.

Am praying for your daughter and for you.

Thank you aussiesapphire, trynfindit, LuvsWesterns, aknan and Coravee, and anyone else who is praying for my daughter. Your kindness and compassion will always be remembered.

Prayers and hugs.

Thank you :)

Keep us posted on how she is coming.

Thank you so much for your concern. It was recommended that we get a liver specialist to look at the MRI results before she gets a biopsy. That appointment is being scheduled out of town. So we are hoping and praying the specialist will give us positive feedback.

Used to play backgammon and solatire.

I think the glass sets are pretty.

My husband had a glass set and it was beautiful. He tried to get me to learn but could never the hang of it.