Just For Openers Jan 2012 Issue #133

J U S T FOR OPENERS JAN 2012 I S S U E # 1 33PAGE 3Spouse’s Corner (Continued)The basic poker chip colors are $1 White, $5 Red, $10 Blue, $25 Green and $100 Black. In addition to the basics youwill see $2 Yellow, $20 Grey, $50 Orange, $250 Pink, $500 Purple, $1000 Burgundy, $2000 Light Blue (must beCarolina Blue – Go Heels) and $5000 Brown. Funny color for the highest denomination. Bet someone holding manyof those may have an unpopular ego prone to bragging. (Politically correct statement, but you can read between thelines).Check out Wikipedia for detailed information on construction, materials and processes.More Google and I just found lots and lots of Casino Chips Clipart. I usually make pretty quick decisions, but decidingwhich image to use for JFO 2012 Convention badges may be difficult because there are so many beautifulchoices.I Planned to go to the Casino to Make MoneyI Know that Seems Really FunnyNow I’ll go to Look at all the Casino ChipsAnd that is Going to Take Lots of TripsCasino Chips are Easier to Take Through Airport SecurityMaybe the Start of a Future Exonumia Collector?Come Explore the Strip with MeCome See All the Places There are to SeeSee You in Vegas!!Member’s UpdateGeorge Love, JFO member #743, passed away December 31, 2011 after battling colon cancer. George was 85 and alongtime collector of Tennessee openers and especially openers and breweriana from Chattanooga. He attended severalJFO Conventions and was also a longtime regular at NABA Conventions. His daughter will take over his membershipand our condolences go to the family. He was a very nice man who loved the history of his area.San Francisco Trip and Watsonville Beer Show (Nov 1-7 2011)The last few years we have made our annual pilgrimage to San Francisco. We meet Jack Ford for lunch and openertalk at least one of the days of the trip. Jack took the little pictureof Pat and myself at his favorite Mexican restaurant inOakland. This year thanks to the kindness of Pete Nowicki hepicked me up and we drove down to Watsonville for the fall49er Breweriana Show. It is a really good one day show.Along with Pete other JFO members in attendance were JohnCartwright, Bill Muma and Don Williams. I actually bought afew openers at the show and mainly from Bill. Nice show andnice people. The Alameda Flea Market was the next morningbut I passed on going. John Cartwright’s dad found him anopener he had been searching forever for, a F-22-1 Wielands.As usual San Francisco is always a great trip.