\nWhen i was a kid on Saturday night on our small Tv we watched Paladin, Then Gun smoke and then Saturday night fights.<\/p>\n
\tMr grand mother used to sit on the edge of the couch and cheer for Matt Dillon.At 63 i can still see that.
\n\tI can now watch Gun Smoke everyday at 4 pm if i want and relive those times, many others have said the same.<\/p>\n
\tAs a craps player i wonder what those years were like. Then, unlike now there were very few casinos and
\n\ti imagine the great craps players were known by name in all the pits in Vegas or Atlantic City.<\/p>\n
\tTimes have changed, there are casino’s all over the country, as many you can count yet alone visit. For
\n\tme the mystery of that has changed. Though Today i was going through the list of players on the board. A few post
\n\tand many do not. As i looked over the list some of the names jump out at you, as if these names belong
\n\tnot to us but histry in a time when a name meant more .<\/p>\n
\t Imagine if you will the real gamblers of those
\n\tdays remembering over a 10 cent beer . The names that jump into your mind, Missouri Rick, Slot
\n\tmachine Kelly, Backjack Barton. Names you cant forget in a craps pit, Aligator Rose, Billy the Kid
\n\tJimmy the Wrench now those were the shooters, you have to include Pit Boss, Sandman, Goddess, shooters
\n\tyou want at your side when your broke and when you really need a lift there was Captain Jack , Six Shooter, Shady Sadie and Take the Odds.
\n\tThose were the good old days when shooters could make a pair of dice dance like a monkey on a string. I can
\n\thear that conversation now, even though all these names live not in the past, but today on our board.<\/p>\n
\tFrank and Dom think back to the Captain and the Arm and i am sure their own memories of what they
\n\thave done.<\/p>\n
\tI think today most of us play for money, not memories. Leaving a table with fewer chips but no recollection
\n\tof who was at the table because there are so many tables and so many players.<\/p>\n
\tThere is no more Bonnie and Clyde cleaned us out last night again,, now it is that old fart was sure
\n\tlucky. or imagine that young guy thought he could control the dice……. i guess they just dont know….. who we are. Yet??<\/p>\n
\n\tgman<\/p>\n
Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on June 3, 2012, 11:22 am<\/p>\n \tOther show we used to watch were Sunday night "The Colgate Variety Hour" and on Saturday "The Hit Parade." There are many more to be sure but too many to name.<\/p>\n \tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n