This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
think they know how old it might be?

Cover

http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg

Inside front:

http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg

Inside back:

http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg

Lou

On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be?
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
> Lou

cool.

your pal,
blake

On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:17:38 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be?
>>
>> Cover
>>
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>
>> Inside front:
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>
>> Inside back:
>>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>>
>> Lou
>
>cool.

It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
the time capsule.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
> summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
> had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
> company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
> you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
> night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
> gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
> chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
> the time capsule.

Contrary to popular belief, one of the hardest things
to burn is a book. I was told that by an old bookseller,
who told me about his biggest score. He bought a collection
on flowers that had been in a house that burned down.
Insurance paid it off, he bought the books, removed the
dust jackets, aired them out, and sold them to a collector
in France.

On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:05:37 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
>> summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
>> had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
>> company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
>> you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
>> night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
>> gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
>> chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
>> the time capsule.
>
>Contrary to popular belief, one of the hardest things
>to burn is a book. I was told that by an old bookseller,
>who told me about his biggest score. He bought a collection
>on flowers that had been in a house that burned down.
>Insurance paid it off, he bought the books, removed the
>dust jackets, aired them out, and sold them to a collector
>in France.

I only grabbed furniture for the fire. The books I wanted. I guess I
can see how it came out wrong. There's a bunch of other old stuff I
grabbed that we haven't researched yet to see the value or evaluate if
we're going to keep. I agree that books should never be burnt or
tossed. When I thinned out my cook books I loaded them in the trunk
and drove with them for a month and everyone we saw got to pick what
they wanted. What was left was given to a resale store. There were
hundreds of books and not one ended up in a landfill.

Lou

On Sat, 29 May 2010 14:43:23 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:17:38 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
>>> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>>> think they know how old it might be?
>>>
>>> Cover
>>>
>>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>>
>>> Inside front:
>>>
>>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>>
>>> Inside back:
>>>
>>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>>cool.
>
> It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
> summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
> had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
> company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
> you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
> night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
> gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
> chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
> the time capsule.
>
> Lou

you're selling your cabin?

your pal,
blake

On Sun, 30 May 2010 12:41:27 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 14:43:23 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

>>
>> It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
>> summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
>> had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
>> company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
>> you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
>> night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
>> gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
>> chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
>> the time capsule.
>>
>> Lou
>
>you're selling your cabin?

It's killing me financially. Dumping it isn't going to help me much
(if at all) but it will be one less thing to worry about. It's not a
cabin but a 3 bedroom- 2.5 bath house. 2 car garage, 600sq.ft. deck
etc. It's in a gated vacation/retirement community of 1400 homes less
that 2 hours from Chicago. 128 are on the market plus the ones in
foreclosure. Nothing's selling there. One house was on the market
for $399k and after 3 years it went for $239. I bought mine as an
investment and planned on using it until kids grew up and figured my
money was safe there.

Was I ever wrong.

Lou

On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:48:35 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Sun, 30 May 2010 12:41:27 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 29 May 2010 14:43:23 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>>>
>>> It cracked me up when I saw it. We had the yearly garage sale at the
>>> summer joint. I'm getting it ready to sell so I didn't shop but we
>>> had friends up who did. The association has a deal with the trash
>>> company for a Monday pickup after the sale and they take as much as
>>> you put at the street. They wanted a fire so I went out Saturday
>>> night and collected furniture to burn and found a big stack of old
>>> gaming books and the white castle thing was mixed in with it. I see
>>> chemo found some on eBay and it's not worth anything to it will go in
>>> the time capsule.
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>>you're selling your cabin?
>
> It's killing me financially. Dumping it isn't going to help me much
> (if at all) but it will be one less thing to worry about. It's not a
> cabin but a 3 bedroom- 2.5 bath house. 2 car garage, 600sq.ft. deck
> etc. It's in a gated vacation/retirement community of 1400 homes less
> that 2 hours from Chicago. 128 are on the market plus the ones in
> foreclosure. Nothing's selling there. One house was on the market
> for $399k and after 3 years it went for $239. I bought mine as an
> investment and planned on using it until kids grew up and figured my
> money was safe there.
>
> Was I ever wrong.
>
> Lou

well, i'm sorry to hear it. it sounded like a sweet place.

your pal,
blake

On 5/29/2010 9:27 AM, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be?
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
> Lou

From the clothing, hair styles, and home decor I would say probably
either late forties or very early fifties. No copyright date on the back
cover?

On Sat, 29 May 2010 10:45:27 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>On 5/29/2010 9:27 AM, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be?
>>
>> Cover
>>
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>
>> Inside front:
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>
>> Inside back:
>>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>>
>> Lou
>
> From the clothing, hair styles, and home decor I would say probably
>either late forties or very early fifties. No copyright date on the back
>cover?

No dates but I think you're right. It's so primitive it's funny.

Lou

On May 29, 10:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. *I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. *Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be? *
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
> Lou

I bet a former typesetter would be able to give you a year range, at
least. Be able to narrow it down for you. That font was very
popular.

On Sat, 29 May 2010 08:58:40 -0700 (PDT), "Catmandy (Sheryl)"
> wrote:

>On May 29, 10:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. *I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. *Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be? *
>>
>> Cover
>>
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>
>> Inside front:
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>
>> Inside back:
>>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>>
>> Lou
>
>I bet a former typesetter would be able to give you a year range, at
>least. Be able to narrow it down for you. That font was very
>popular.

That's a good idea Sheryl but it would have to be a pretty old person.
I know and old printer but don't see him much anymore. I think he's
about 80. Thanks for the idea.

Lou

On May 29, 7:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. *I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. *Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be? *
>
as a wag, i'd say early 1950's. i have some old food pamphlets from
the early 1950's, and the models were dressed the same way.

harriet & critters

On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:16:01 -0700 (PDT), "critters & me in azusa, ca"
> wrote:

>On May 29, 7:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. *I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. *Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be? *
>>
>as a wag, i'd say early 1950's. i have some old food pamphlets from
>the early 1950's, and the models were dressed the same way.

I like the bow tie and the sox the guys are wearing. I actually have
a few of those ties and some bad-ass hats from a little before that
time.

Lou

On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:

> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be?
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg

Oh, heck. Since we're on nostalgic booklets, I found this the
other day. It's a first edition magazine that reviews "erotic"
software (unoffensive link).

http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=...Wt98y4gA%3D%3D

I'll sell it to the highest bidder above the cover price.

-sw

On Sat, 29 May 2010 11:35:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:19 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be?
>>
>> Cover
>>
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>
>> Inside front:
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>
>> Inside back:
>>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
>Oh, heck. Since we're on nostalgic booklets, I found this the
>other day. It's a first edition magazine that reviews "erotic"
>software (unoffensive link).
>
>http://tinypic.com/useralbum.php?ua=...Wt98y4gA%3D%3D

I'll take the one on the left. She's beautiful. You can have the
other two and the guy. You're younger than me and I can't handle them
all.

Lou

In article >,
Lou Decruss > wrote:

> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be?
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
> Lou

<http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/whitecastle>

Claims that they started giving the cards out in 1929. That
sets an early limit on it. The graphics do look like the
forties or fifties to me. I found a bunch of similar ones
for sale, but none that claimed a date. It did say they usually
had the locations of area restaurants. It might be possible to
figure out something closer if you knew when various locations
opened and closed.

Mike Beede

On Sat, 29 May 2010 13:42:51 -0500, Mike Beede
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>
>> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. I don't know if it's
>> from the 40's or 50's. Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
>> think they know how old it might be?
>>
>> Cover
>>
>> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>>
>> Inside front:
>>
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>>
>> Inside back:
>>
>> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>>
>> Lou
>
><http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/whitecastle>
>
>Claims that they started giving the cards out in 1929. That
>sets an early limit on it. The graphics do look like the
>forties or fifties to me. I found a bunch of similar ones
>for sale, but none that claimed a date. It did say they usually
>had the locations of area restaurants. It might be possible to
>figure out something closer if you knew when various locations
>opened and closed.
>
> Mike Beede

Great link Mike. Thanks. This has no locations. It's cool though
and I'm keeping it. I don't know how to play bridge though. <g>

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
>
> Great link Mike. Thanks. This has no locations. It's cool though
> and I'm keeping it. I don't know how to play bridge though. <g>

Who does? That's like cribbage or something.
It's only played in old folk's homes.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Lou Decruss wrote:
>> Great link Mike. Thanks. This has no locations. It's cool though
>> and I'm keeping it. I don't know how to play bridge though. <g>
>
> Who does? That's like cribbage or something.
> It's only played in old folk's homes.


I played a lot of bridge when I was in university. It's a great game. I
haven't played it in years, but I have been thinking about getting back
into it.

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:54:49 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Mark Thorson wrote:

>> Who does? That's like cribbage or something.
>> It's only played in old folk's homes.
>
>
>I played a lot of bridge when I was in university. It's a great game. I
>haven't played it in years, but I have been thinking about getting back
>into it.

Haven't played it in years, either, but it's a brilliant game. My
mother was a life master and essentially forced me to learn the
game...so she'd always have a fourth. I particularly liked duplicate
bridge. Great game of strategy and knowledge of a very complicated
game. I'm getting a brain cramp just trying to remember conventions
beyond short club (?) and Stayman <g>

OB: My mother had bridge parties - usually 3 tables of 4 - and she put
out sweets, such as bowls of butter mints and chocolate covered
cherries, as well as cheese balls and chips and dip. By the time I hit
my 9th birthday, I learned how to mix a martini and a Manhattan, as
well as bid and play a hand for a lady who had to use the rest room.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


To reply, remove "spambot" and replace it with "cox"

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Lou Decruss wrote:
> >
> > Great link Mike. Thanks. This has no locations. It's cool though
> > and I'm keeping it. I don't know how to play bridge though. <g>

It's just like Hearts, but way different.

:-)

> Who does? That's like cribbage or something.
> It's only played in old folk's homes.

Bridge is an interesting game. It takes four to play, but only three
people actually play the hands. Thus, any time you find three hard core
bridge players, they are always in search of a fourth. When I was first
in college, there were three grad students from China living in the same
rooming house I was in. They were studying nuclear engineering. They
were a little older, and had wives and children back in China. The
Chinese government was very clear about the families back in China. If
they allowed them to come to the US, China knew they would never see
these students again. The families were basically hostages to ensure
their return. The Chinese government was paying everything, including
support for the families. They were expert bridge players, and were
always looking for a fourth. So I learned a little bridge.

Many years later, we went to church camps, and there always seemed to be
three expert bridge players. I wasn't interested, but I mentioned my
young son, who is a genius. They taught him some bridge.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On May 29, 10:27*am, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> This is a bridge score book from White Castle. *I don't know if it's
> from the 40's or 50's. *Has anyone here ever seen one of these or
> think they know how old it might be? *
>
> Cover
>
> http://i48.tinypic.com/2h4dv7t.jpg
>
> Inside front:
>
> http://i45.tinypic.com/azanic.jpg
>
> Inside back:
>
> http://i47.tinypic.com/6rpvzp.jpg
>
> Lou

I'd guess early fifties. Looks like some cookbooks my mother bought
at the time.