Thinking of old people
reminded me of something I was thinking of yesterday. I was sitting in the lab with 15 minutes to kill while an experimental run was underway, and so I was filling in my time constructively - playing solitaire on the computer. I wasn't doing very well, and it occurred to me that my gran used to play the game (with real cards, of course) and win quite frequently.

Then I remembered that she used to cheat. If she got stuck, she'd just lift a stack of cards and turn one over. Must be allowable when you get old!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 10:12, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My dad used to kill time playing various forms of solitaire
And he seemed to win quite often. I never until now suspected him of cheating but thinking about it, it is exactly the kind of thing he would do.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 10:17, Reply)

I used to play a lot of solitaire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solitaire_card_games

Get a deck of cards and try some of those. It was a while ago so unfortunately I can't remember which ones are good.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 10:20, Reply)

Clock is good.
For some reason it seems easier, too.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 10:25, Reply)

That and the standard one, spider and stack are all ok
but I found a few much more interesting and challenging ones going through that list.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 10:29, Reply)

Clock is pointless.
The outcome is decided the second the last card is dealt. Given that the cards are dealt in a specified order, that means that the outcome is decided as soon as you stop shuffling the cards.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Thu 11 Feb 2010, 11:40, Reply)