Welcome back, Charlotte. The triangle brings back to mind the time a lunch group would spend at the local diners around the Plants where I worked. In my early career we didn’t have cell phones, let alone social media to occupy our time ignoring each other while waiting for our food. So we needed the triangles to avoid having to talk to each other. Not much has changed save for a lot of technology which makes it even easier to not converse as we all have our own device and don’t have to wait our turn.
I made the triangular version in my middle school woodshop class, and like you I was obsessed with discovering all the different ways to solve it. I kept it in my dresser for many years, and was actually a little disappointed to discover it not there today (we called it Chinese Checkers; why I do not know).
My mom was a waitress at a Friendly’s when I was a kid. That triangle version of the peg game featured heavily in my visits to the restaurant. (As did half-price half gallons of ice cream!). Never seen the “sundae” version of the game tho. What era was that featured?!?
Loved this! I grew up going to Cracker Barrel and playing the triangle version (I think I have one somewhere….) I am also trying to be on my phone less and my current keep-my-hands busy activity is puzzles.
I hope this comes out as the compliment because I mean it as one: I figure TWT is to many of us our own version of the peg board game. At least for me, reading these just helps me disconnect from the things that overwhelm and allows me to reset, to refocus, and to feel that being calm is okay. So at whatever pace you write and post these, thank you.
Welcome back, Charlotte. The triangle brings back to mind the time a lunch group would spend at the local diners around the Plants where I worked. In my early career we didn’t have cell phones, let alone social media to occupy our time ignoring each other while waiting for our food. So we needed the triangles to avoid having to talk to each other. Not much has changed save for a lot of technology which makes it even easier to not converse as we all have our own device and don’t have to wait our turn.
I made the triangular version in my middle school woodshop class, and like you I was obsessed with discovering all the different ways to solve it. I kept it in my dresser for many years, and was actually a little disappointed to discover it not there today (we called it Chinese Checkers; why I do not know).
My mom was a waitress at a Friendly’s when I was a kid. That triangle version of the peg game featured heavily in my visits to the restaurant. (As did half-price half gallons of ice cream!). Never seen the “sundae” version of the game tho. What era was that featured?!?
I loved the Jim Dandy and Reeces peanut butter cup sundae
Loved this! I grew up going to Cracker Barrel and playing the triangle version (I think I have one somewhere….) I am also trying to be on my phone less and my current keep-my-hands busy activity is puzzles.
Loved this Charlotte. Excellent purchase. As a Long Island kid Friendlys was cooler than the local diner.
I really enjoyed reading this. Thank you Charlotte!
I hope this comes out as the compliment because I mean it as one: I figure TWT is to many of us our own version of the peg board game. At least for me, reading these just helps me disconnect from the things that overwhelm and allows me to reset, to refocus, and to feel that being calm is okay. So at whatever pace you write and post these, thank you.
Charlotte, you are a wonderful human being and your writing is great but have you never been to a Cracker Barrel???