CPF Spring Training @ Strawberry's (attendance required)

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: I want to buy a box of 1985 Topps commons and teach MiniWolf how to flip. Not old-skool flip, but flip like we did in the mid-80s, with colors.

That's how I came to build my complete 1975 set.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember flipping where the second person would have to match or "dematch" the first flip.

Here's how it would work: I'd walk up to you and say, "Flip ya Larries!" Since I called Larries, you'd have to go first. So you'd flip the card and it would spin to the ground, landing either face up or face down. You'd then say "Match" or "Dematch." If it's Match, my card has to land the same way yours did. If Dematch, the opposite. If I succeed, I keep both cards. If not, you do.


We'd also play Five Larries or Ten Larries, where each player would have a stack of five or ten cards. We'd then alternate putting a card down face up (like playing War) and if I placed a card down that had a color match to yours, I'd take the discard pile and put it at the bottom of my hand. First player to have all cards in his hands gets to keep them all. (Unless you called no keepsies.) Once again, whoever calls Larries gets the "home field advantage." If you don't have Larries, you have to go first in every round.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Never did the first style of flipping described by Grimm.

When someone told me "Flipya10cardlarries" it meant that we'd face one another with a stack of 10 cards which we'd "flip" -- put face up in the middle, one on top of the next until the "colors" matched, at which point the matcher wins the stack.

We also did a little bit of "scaling" cards. Throwing 10 each one by one toward a wall where the closest to the wall won. The skill in that game was to get a "waller" -- a card leaning against the wall, and/or to destroy your opponent's waller with a well-aimed takeout scale.

Sometimes we would "scale for farness" (I guess we weren't comfortable with the word "distance" then). I became so good at this* nobody would scale me for farness.

* - I can still kick your ass.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sounds like what you called Flipya10cardlarries, we called "Ten Larries". (I never found out who "Larry" was.) We did scaling, too. I had forgotten about that. It was, as I recall, third in popularity behind the standard color-matching game and the match/dematch single-card game.

[seawolf17]

We did the color-matching game. I distinctly remember a severely beat-up Pedro Guerrero card that was something of an in-joke among us; it must have bounced around all of our hands at some point.

[Guest themetfairy]

We flipped with Larries. Larries, Shades & Dubs was the popular challenge in my elementary school.

[Guest themetfairy]

With six days to go, I have a couple of basic questions -

[list:imy5o325]What time are we meeting?
Do we have a head count?
Do we have a reservation?[/list:u:imy5o325]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah, game starts at 1 so be there by then.

Looks like Wifey Bucket and Lunchpail have bailed on me, leaving me to go solo (and needing to take a cab there!) She needs to haul him to granny's so we have a babysitter for school offdays next week. She's offered to give me a ride home.

Anyhow, I'll call for a reservation later this week.

[Guest themetfairy]

Sounds good Lunchie - thanks for taking care of that!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Barring an Act of God, YoungerPooper and I are in.

[Chad ochoseis]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Looks like Wifey Bucket and Lunchpail have bailed on me, leaving me to go solo (and needing to take a cab there!) She needs to haul him to granny's so we have a babysitter for school offdays next week. She's offered to give me a ride home.

I'm going via the BQE and can prolly give you a ride. PM if you're interested.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Looks like Wifey Bucket and Lunchpail have bailed on me, leaving me to go solo (and needing to take a cab there!) She needs to haul him to granny's so we have a babysitter for school offdays next week. She's offered to give me a ride home. I'm going via the BQE and can prolly give you a ride. PM if you're interested.

Dude!

[Guest themetfairy]

For anyone considering mass transit, there's a 12:19 LIRR train out of Penn Station that arrives in Douglaston at 12:50.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm thinking of going, but I'm scared that the Fairy is gonna whack me the back o' my head with a bottle of detergent if I show up. A full bottle.

[Guest sharpie]

Still a mebbe. Make that a prolly.

[Guest Kong76]

Wonder if Straw will be there to stir the drinks!

Mags, I'm coming with metfairy ... I'll make sure she's
detergent-free before we get on the train lol. Looking
forward to seeing everyone, and hopefully a few new
faces.

There will be door prizes ... I still have some Jorge Toca
rookie cards to unload!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I still have no idea who's gonna be here but I made a reservation for 10.

Hey you! Show up!

[Guest The Second Spitter]

metfairy was gracious enough to show me how to get there, last August.

[Guest themetfairy]

Yes - it was all part of my plan to take you on a tour of Long Island

[Guest Edgy DC]

Darryl's gonna be there tonight celebrating his 49th.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think that's a good sign for his showing up tomorrow.

Don;t forget to turn y'll clocks ahead

[Fman99]

Have fun y'all be sure to punch each other in the necks for me.

[Guest themetfairy]

Had a great time. Wish y'all were there -



Not pictured - latecomer Sharpie

[Ceetar]

Where's Darryl? (oh, he must be _taking_ the picture right?)

[Guest themetfairy]

Reportedly he was en route back to St. Louis.

He was just ducking me. He knew I was going to give him Hell for skipping the Empire State Building Run-Up

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

That's a fine looking group of Mets fans!

[Guest themetfairy]

Artie's presence makes us all look better

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ocho looks unsure of LWFS. Awesome pic. One of these days would love to hang w/ all u guys.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm a little unsure myself. Is he about to baptize his wee one there?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey-- she was warned not to speak ill of Dickey. She chose to ignore the warning. I would be remiss as a parent if I didn't follow through with the lesson about accountability. (I get a lot of that look these days; I blame the Philthy/terrorist facial hair stylings.)

Artie's presence may have made the lineup look better; her clubhouse presence was a little Milledge-cum-Everett by the end, though. That she made it that long was due entirely to tmf sneaking her fruit and croissants from the brunch buffet.