Double boxcars = what number?

[Muse]

In Jon Carroll's column in todays SF Chronicle he declares it's his birthday, and made a vow that (if he remembered) he'd write a column about the milestone, just as Herb Caen did. So, what's that number?

 

[skyking]

boxcars = a pair of 6's
Either they guy does not know english, dice, is going to be 24, or thinks he is going to live to 132.
I think he is referring to a 66th birthday myself.

 

[Muse]

boxcars = a pair of 6's
Either they guy does not know english, dice, is going to be 24, or thinks he is going to live to 132.
I think he is referring to a 66th birthday myself.

Likely. He addressed a class I was in at Vista Community College (now Berkeley City College) some years ago.

 

[BoomerD]

Never seen a pair of dice before?
(6's are known as boxcars)

Have you ever heard of double nickels?
(can you guess what age that might be?)

 

[Muse]

Never seen a pair of dice before?
(6's are known as boxcars)

Have you ever heard of double nickels?
(can you guess what age that might be?)

Baby, that's the first pair of dice I've set eyes in in a looooooooooooooong time. Haven't stepped into a casino since I became eligible to gamble, actually. Double nickels? Hmm. :\ I'm stumped. What?????

Edit: Ah, with some help from my search engine (where would I be without them?), I'm deducing 55.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=double%20nickel&defid=1482229

 

[skyking]

Yeah well, boxcars are 6's on a pair of dice, so double boxcars is just confusing.
rolling boxcars twice in a row is a freight train and it would be a "freight train from hell" if you are looking for low rolls.

 

[arcenite]

double boxcars = 24. Duh.