Ah yes, Jacks! When I was in the 5th & 6th grades I played jacks with the girls during recess. I just looked at it as an exercise in hand/eye coordination. It helped me when we played ball during the lunch hour. I don't remember playing football in grammar school until I was in junior high. Then we played the sport that was in season during our lunch hour. We had a physical education class. During that period we played volleyball and soccer. I never liked soccer. Too rough!. I liked volleyball. I played at the net a lot because of my height. I was 5' 10" tall. I became a reasonably good shot blocker and spiker. Must have been a carryover from when I played jacks. Do ya spose? Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:27:59 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ML] dolls and jacks > > I loved Jacks but was never very good at them. I probably did not play them > often enough but cousin, Letitia, was a whiz at them. I would ask her to > keep going even after I lost just to see her do all the different stages. > > Marilyn > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:10 AM, Barbara Mangan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I remember those paper dolls and their clothes to. Do you remember > > 'jacks'? I was really good at playing jacks. When my oldest sister got > > married and moved downstairs of us, I used to play baseball with her son, > > my nephew. We had a very small yard and he was pitching to me and I hit > > the ball right through my sister's window. I taught him the names of the > > Pittsburgh Pirates, what base they played at. He was about 7 or 8 at the > > time. Now he is 6' 3 ins. tall and weighs about 225 lbs.and is 60 years > > old and has 2 girls. > > Barb > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, > and it starts your day differently." > > Johnny Cash > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message