Person:Alma Klotz (1)

Jon Shultz - Nov 20, 1999 Categories: Family Stories Most everyone has two grandma's. I di d. One in Toledo, the other in Risingsun. One was old and one was youn g. Confusing to a young boy.

   The 'old' one lived in Risingsun-- in the big house.   At least back t hen it seemed big.   It made sense though, the Grandma with the big fami ly had the big house, the Grandma with the small family had the small hous e.

   The big house wasn't quite big enough though.   Ask the women who a te at the third setting around the old table in the dining room.   First w ent the little ones, then the men and older children, and last but not lea st [after all they did the work] was Grandma and the wome

   Don't think that the women had a very leisurely time to eat.   They wo uld sit down to eat and you could hear the sound that only a deck of car ds in the hands of an impatient poker player could make.   Finally the tab le was cleared and you could hear the change emptying out of the men's poc kets and rolling across the table.

   As the men tried to outdo each other with the most bizarre poker rul es they could think of, the women began washing the dishes, some still fin ishing their dessert having been evicted from the table.   The children wo uld be in the living room or more likely upstairs exploring unknown territ ory.   As the women finished the dishes and the poor [men] losers at the p oker began to grumble, the game was opened to those brave women who want ed to take a chance at cards.

   Now the fun began as the remaining men tried to explain the rul es to a card game that had in a period of two hours escaladed to everythi ng wild EXCEPT one-eyed-Jacks.