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5. My sisters all did. All I did with them is step on them barefooted. Still remember how they felt.

Mon Jul 30, 2018, 12:05 PM

Jul 2018

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I remember playing jacks! Ohiogal Jul 2018 #1

My late Mom always used to beat me playing jacks kimbutgar Jul 2018 #2

We played jacks all the time. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #3

I played it in the 70s! choie Jul 2018 #4

My daughters played jacks in the 70s and were quite good at it. Frustratedlady Jul 2018 #6

We played Jacks Yonnie3 Jul 2018 #7

But of course! madamesilverspurs Jul 2018 #8

My sisters did. We all played hop-scotch and hide-and-seek. brush Jul 2018 #9

My older sister got a kick when she beat me BootinUp Jul 2018 #10

This is a different kind of jacks leftieNanner Jul 2018 #12

yup. finally got to that! I played with them, but no formal game. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2018 #21

I'm a Gin and Cribbage girl myself leftieNanner Jul 2018 #23

Like these: The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #17

Yes I got it - see my full response, not just the headline NRaleighLiberal Jul 2018 #20

Yes, and I was pretty good at it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #13

Absolutely! whathehell Jul 2018 #14

I played jacks constantly when I was 10. liberalmuse Jul 2018 #15

I just put some out for a visiting granddaughter Lulu KC Jul 2018 #16

I think they have a phone app for it bdtrppr6 Jul 2018 #18

Yes, I was really good at it. Runningdawg Jul 2018 #22

Indeed, a golf ball Brother Buzz Jul 2018 #24

yes, and board games. Lots of board games. demigoddess Jul 2018 #25

It was a girls' game. No boy would be caught dead playing. Sneederbunk Jul 2018 #26

Was a kid around then, but just wasn't a thing in my area. Fla Dem Jul 2018 #29