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6-2 from the bar

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 2:00 p.m.

In Response To: 6-2 from the bar (Walter Trice)

I can confirm some of this. Back in the late 90s, Ron Whitney - the late director of the New Jersey Backgammon Club referred to Joe Schwartz on a number of occasions in the context of 62 from the bar.

I think that the set of dice rolls is large enough that we can let Schwartz and Mellen share credit for their role in publicizing 62 from the bar and Coolrey can stake his claim for 26 from the bar. There. I have divided the baby with Soloman like wisdom.

All I can say of Coolrey is that while he may not have authored the phrase "26 from the bar", he has made it his own, much as the Beatles did with "Twist and Shout". Of course "26 from the bar" is not exactly what we mean by "rolls with names".

Messages In This Thread

• Rolls and names
  Christian Munk-Christensen -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 9:11 p.m.
  • Rolls and names
    Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 9:22 p.m.
    • 6-2 from the bar
      Walter Trice -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 1:15 a.m.
      • 6-2 from the bar
        Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 2:00 p.m.
        • 6-2 from the bar
          Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 2:51 p.m.
          • 6-2 from the bar
            Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 5 February 2009, at 4:13 a.m.
    • Rolls and names
      garyo -- Friday, 20 July 2012, at 2:11 p.m.
  • Rolls and names
    Stick -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 9:48 p.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 10:02 p.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 9:57 a.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Seth -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 6:33 p.m.
  • Rolls and names
    Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 3:44 a.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Sam Pottle -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 7:43 a.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Caryl Stephanson -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 9:38 p.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Coolrey -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 11:47 p.m.
      • Rolls and names
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 5 February 2009, at 4:08 a.m.
  • Rolls and names
    John Little -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 5:39 a.m.
    • Rolls and names
      Gregg Cattanach -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 1:08 p.m.
    • Rolls and names
      garyo -- Friday, 20 July 2012, at 2:07 p.m.
      • Rolls and names
        Art Grater -- Friday, 20 July 2012, at 11:32 p.m.
  • The final say on 62
    Stick -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 8:08 a.m.
    • 26 from the bar??? (!)
      Coolrey -- Thursday, 5 February 2009, at 12:01 a.m.
      • 26 from the bar??? (!)
        Tad Bright -- Thursday, 5 February 2009, at 1:10 a.m.
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        neilkaz -- Thursday, 5 February 2009, at 1:30 a.m.