Completely off topic, but I'll bet someone recognizes this card game

> Yesterday, my Mom and I tried to remember the rules to a double deck rummy
> (including jokers) game that we learned in the mid 1970's.
> Basically, the first deal was 7 cards and you had to get 3 or 4 of a kind
> to
> make your first play. The second you needed a run of 4 (2,3,4,5 of hearts
> for example).
> The only other hand we can recall is a deal of 13 and your last card
> picked
> up must be in your final meld....
> Cheryl

>

>
>> Yesterday, my Mom and I tried to remember the rules to a double deck rummy
>> (including jokers) game that we learned in the mid 1970's.
>>
>> Basically, the first deal was 7 cards and you had to get 3 or 4 of a kind
>> to
>> make your first play. The second you needed a run of 4 (2,3,4,5 of hearts
>> for example).
>>
>> The only other hand we can recall is a deal of 13 and your last card
>> picked
>> up must be in your final meld....
>>
>> Cheryl
>
> That sounds like Canasta, a game that's still played a lot here in South
> Florida.
>
> Lucille
>>
>

>
>>
>>> Yesterday, my Mom and I tried to remember the rules to a double deck rummy
>>> (including jokers) game that we learned in the mid 1970's.
>>>
>>> Basically, the first deal was 7 cards and you had to get 3 or 4 of a kind
>>> to
>>> make your first play. The second you needed a run of 4 (2,3,4,5 of hearts
>>> for example).
>>>
>>> The only other hand we can recall is a deal of 13 and your last card
>>> picked
>>> up must be in your final meld....
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>
>> That sounds like Canasta, a game that's still played a lot here in South
>> Florida.
>>
>> Lucille
>>>
>>
> Close, Lucille. It's not exactly Canasta - but I totally remember the game.
> It's something like Rummy 500 or similar. I'll ask my DB - we played that
> game hanging out in the Tennis pro shop in the 70's. I learned it from some
> of his pals - alternatives to Hearts, Spades, and Crazy Eights. I'm sure
> he'll remember. And I'll do some looking, as well.
>
> In my family, there was a lot of Gin Rummy (the grandparents played all the
> time - especially at the beach clubs), as well as Canasta & Pinochle, plus
> Mah Jong. I picked up Bridge later at uni. But, my DB and his gang were
> into Pinochle, and all these Rummy game variations.
>
> Ellice
>

> On 7/30/09 11:55 AM, in article C6973ABD.1607D%egirl22@verizon.net, "ellice"
>
>>
>>>
>>>> Yesterday, my Mom and I tried to remember the rules to a double deck rummy
>>>> (including jokers) game that we learned in the mid 1970's.
>>>>
>>>> Basically, the first deal was 7 cards and you had to get 3 or 4 of a kind
>>>> to
>>>> make your first play. The second you needed a run of 4 (2,3,4,5 of hearts
>>>> for example).
>>>>
>>>> The only other hand we can recall is a deal of 13 and your last card
>>>> picked
>>>> up must be in your final meld....
>>>>
>>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>> That sounds like Canasta, a game that's still played a lot here in South
>>> Florida.
>>>
>>> Lucille
>>>>
>>>
>> Close, Lucille. It's not exactly Canasta - but I totally remember the game.
>> It's something like Rummy 500 or similar. I'll ask my DB - we played that
>> game hanging out in the Tennis pro shop in the 70's. I learned it from some
>> of his pals - alternatives to Hearts, Spades, and Crazy Eights. I'm sure
>> he'll remember. And I'll do some looking, as well.
>>
>> In my family, there was a lot of Gin Rummy (the grandparents played all the
>> time - especially at the beach clubs), as well as Canasta & Pinochle, plus
>> Mah Jong. I picked up Bridge later at uni. But, my DB and his gang were
>> into Pinochle, and all these Rummy game variations.
>>
>> Ellice
>>
>
>
> I eventually found 10 Step or Florida Rummy
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Step
>
> We'd play it for days, especially when it was rainy or too hot to move...
>
> C