tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post970099766943398296..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Two Plumbers, Two Swans and Two Mahjong LessonsMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66679284000200530612022-05-02T11:47:28.237-04:002022-05-02T11:47:28.237-04:00I have played Mahjong online and it's nothing ...I have played Mahjong online and it's nothing like the real game. It's more like gin rummy only with tiles instead of cards.<br /><br />Swans are truly beautiful creatures, aren't they, but very mean and territorial.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-79972633997055200762022-05-02T10:46:52.171-04:002022-05-02T10:46:52.171-04:00I play Mahjong online and I love it. I know that ...I play Mahjong online and I love it. I know that is probably nothing like the real thing but I would love to learn. Black Swans. After seeing some black swans at a restaurant while I was still living in the country in Louisiana, I really got a craving to have black swans. I already had ducks and chickens - yes, this city girl went full-tilt country, so I thought I might be successful with Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894294588507668479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-70950716756136423722022-04-30T15:43:29.982-04:002022-04-30T15:43:29.982-04:00A math test? I guess I understand that. I've n...A math test? I guess I understand that. I've never even wanted to learn how to play most card games.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45750207037347585842022-04-30T15:09:36.340-04:002022-04-30T15:09:36.340-04:00I am absolutely terrible at table games -- cards, ...I am absolutely terrible at table games -- cards, board games, etc. I get embarrassed and nervous, especially if I'm on a team or have a partner who I always let down. I guess I have no head for that kind of strategy -- it all feels like a math test to me. LOLdonnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-89280174500624180682022-04-26T09:36:12.572-04:002022-04-26T09:36:12.572-04:00Blogger comments is acting up today. If you have t...Blogger comments is acting up today. If you have trouble its them not you.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-69134491746106994452022-04-26T08:36:30.830-04:002022-04-26T08:36:30.830-04:00Welcome! CCC's really make a lot of sense for ...Welcome! CCC's really make a lot of sense for we childless seniors. We have a lot of them here as well a people whose families are too spread out to be of help.<br /><br />I figured it wouldn't be smart to try to learn two versions of Mahjong when I'm a complete newbie. I don't know about all CCCs but this one the Life Enrichment Director helps anyone who wants to start a group Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-51350437021001600472022-04-25T21:47:28.725-04:002022-04-25T21:47:28.725-04:00I'm new to your blog. I was my husband's c...I'm new to your blog. I was my husband's caregiver for 9 months - and then he died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I miss him terribly. Since we didn't have children, I am starting to look at CCRCs in the Dallas area. <br />I learned how to play American Mahjong League mahjong in the early 1970s, and I still have a few cards from that time period. When I retired 10 years ago, I found aLizbethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82770008574758584912022-04-25T11:02:12.090-04:002022-04-25T11:02:12.090-04:00I'm kind of impressed and shocked at the same ...I'm kind of impressed and shocked at the same time that college kids played bridge. I loved math in college and did well in it but I really had to pay attention.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88646460948843439082022-04-25T10:19:08.681-04:002022-04-25T10:19:08.681-04:00The milky water thing must be more common than I e...The milky water thing must be more common than I ever imagined. There is a LOT of information online about it. <br /><br />I guess a lot of the Mahjong clubs play for money. The set we use even has a slot on the tiles rack for putting your money. Love what your friends do with their pots. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-71510374570352604472022-04-25T10:16:22.824-04:002022-04-25T10:16:22.824-04:00Milky water would put me off, too. I've seen t...Milky water would put me off, too. I've seen the phenomenon, and watched a glass full of water clear up after a few minutes, but still...<br /><br />Your tale of the Mahjong hierarchy reminds me of the division between regular bridge players and duplicate bridge players. I'm not sure at all of how those two versions of the game differ, but I know duplicate players are SERIOUS as heck, andshoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-74049744808280753892022-04-25T10:08:25.913-04:002022-04-25T10:08:25.913-04:00Yep, the water pressure does cause water to not be...Yep, the water pressure does cause water to not be clear. We have that sometimes, it comes and goes. I have a friend who plays Majhong with a circle of friends and they've been doing it for years. They put money in pot weekly and once a year go on a cruise together. The only thing about it I know is doing the puzzles on line where you match the tiles against the clock, which I've not Sandyhttps://4ccccs.blogspot.com/2022/04/ta-dah-another-finished-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-62353218340324750232022-04-25T07:45:03.994-04:002022-04-25T07:45:03.994-04:00It's such a confusing game I honestly don'...It's such a confusing game I honestly don't know why people who play together don't just throw out half the rules. Someone suggested it at our second lesson but I think we have to learn any game the right way before inventing your own version.<br /><br />I feel the same way about the water. I'm still not drinking water from the bathroom.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-76045942464952285082022-04-25T01:14:30.711-04:002022-04-25T01:14:30.711-04:00I was shown once how to play and I was so confused...I was shown once how to play and I was so confused she gave up on the two of us. She wasn't patient either with me. So needless to say I can't play Majhong 🙂<br />While I believe the plumbers and Google University, it would still be off putting to see milky white out of my tap. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247428494327269983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-42979367681659469592022-04-24T16:47:53.555-04:002022-04-24T16:47:53.555-04:00No, I don't have a private message feature. If...No, I don't have a private message feature. If you want to put your Facebook name (or email if you don't have one) in a reply/comment box, I promise not to publish the reply so we can connect that way.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-34439859106564153842022-04-24T16:15:43.381-04:002022-04-24T16:15:43.381-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cinderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947401514478118035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14839463032961364852022-04-24T15:59:32.077-04:002022-04-24T15:59:32.077-04:00The site really did go down hill over the past 10 ...The site really did go down hill over the past 10 years. Not really surprised by that. When I left I started selling humorous caregiver related articles elsewhere and the owner of the website where you and I met tried to stop me, said he taught me everything I knew and I couldn't use that knowledge anywhere else. He didn't have a leg to stand on since I was writing all personal antidotal Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-12284369183375193502022-04-24T15:11:37.584-04:002022-04-24T15:11:37.584-04:00I'm not sure that I knew your age all those ye...I'm not sure that I knew your age all those years ago. I just remember how much I liked you, and the laughter. Plus all the times you helped me deal with everything that was going on.<br /><br />I'm so sorry to hear about Pam, I know you 2 were close. I was on the site last night, looking around. Decided to write on the blog section. Sue commented that she remembered me. <br /><br />ThereCindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-73914228748013526932022-04-24T12:46:19.320-04:002022-04-24T12:46:19.320-04:00I just turned 80 so it's official, I got my me...I just turned 80 so it's official, I got my membership card to the Old Ladies' Club and everything. I tried to find you several times online and through the old site that shall not be named. Hope all is well with you. Asha comments here once in a while and she is happy. Her son is in meds school. He was just a young boy back when she had her stroke. Pam passed away. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-80019532885572638372022-04-24T12:11:18.313-04:002022-04-24T12:11:18.313-04:00Old ladies? How old are you, now? And yes, I'm...Old ladies? How old are you, now? And yes, I'm absolutely the same Cinder. Cindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-13176561984905600592022-04-24T11:50:22.072-04:002022-04-24T11:50:22.072-04:00Play one game each of Solitaire and Spider every d...Play one game each of Solitaire and Spider every day. I call it my brain exercises so I don't have to feel guilty about it.<br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-88796148743199025332022-04-24T11:47:59.171-04:002022-04-24T11:47:59.171-04:00I waste too much time playing Solitaire on the com...I waste too much time playing Solitaire on the computer. At least you get to socialize a bit while you are playing with a group. Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10715147826706058202022-04-24T09:41:57.881-04:002022-04-24T09:41:57.881-04:00I've always wished I could take a class in com...I've always wished I could take a class in computer coding...just to understand the basics at least. Learning all those stupid traditions of Mahjong seem to me to be as complicated. It's brain exercise, though, so I'm hoping I learn to love the game. I need some weekly group activity that uses my brain. There are cards of some kind almost every day, sometimes twice. Taking up Bridge, Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-65796758258895085112022-04-24T09:29:24.715-04:002022-04-24T09:29:24.715-04:00I can walk around the building or invite myself ov...I can walk around the building or invite myself over to a friend's apartment when they hatch. Now that it's nicer out I'm going to try to walk by the lake every day...as far as the swans will let me.<br /><br />There's a space on our Mahjong racks that someone asked what it was for and the instructor said "money." I thought she was kidding and I laughed. Aren't I theMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-54044439228578592972022-04-24T09:22:58.270-04:002022-04-24T09:22:58.270-04:00That would be fun. I don't know about other pl...That would be fun. I don't know about other places but here we dressed like the old ladies we are.<br /><br />Are you by chance the Cinder I knew years ago from a stroke support group? Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-20148249788185203772022-04-24T07:31:07.857-04:002022-04-24T07:31:07.857-04:00I'll stick with computer mah jongg, thank you....I'll stick with computer mah jongg, thank you. The real deal is very complex, and there are some New York clubs that have been in existence for ages. It's a game with a lot of tradition.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.com