DO. NOT! PLAY. SOLITAIRE while you're sheltering-in-place!!

[lastlib]

If you start, in a couple of minutes, someone will come looking over your shoulder and tell you to play the red eight on the black nine--and you're exposed!! Social distancing, people!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I haven't had that happen to me!

But I play on my computer, and nobody bothers me.

[Stuart G]

2. Did you know how dangerous ....SOLITAIRE...is? Well once you get started,,,,,,

everything else stops. So you play a game, and replay it, to see if you could have won by playing different cards..Then you play it again, and after a while you stop playing that game of SOLITAIRE and then start playing another game of SOLITAIRE...

yES....SOCIAL DISTANCING PEOPLE...!!! Solitaire is the answer...or typing on the computer at Democratic Underground in the ...LOUNGE... is also an answer.

[Stuart G]

24. It is time to report in about ...SOLITAIRE.... I started playing solitaire 3 hours ago..and...

I planned to get to sleep at about 9pm..Friday night...well...it is 11:45 pm on Friday. I got stuck playing a type a type of SOLITAIRE that I had an opportunity to beat and win.

...... So, I replayed the game over and over and over ........................................and you know the rest.....over and over.....until I beat the damn game. Now, I probably won't get to sleep for another hour, because I am upset over being up so late....BUT HELL,I DID BEAT THAT DAMN GAME!!!!!!

..............................................................................................................................................

......I may stay away from the computer for a while.........you get the picture.. You understand..AND,
.........................Thank You for reading this. It seems kind of ridiculous................................
........................................But it is the truth..........Yes, it is..............
............................................I really couldn't make this up............
..................................................ps...it is now midnight, plus 7 minutes...........
..............................................................It is Saturday, 12:10am.............good night......
......................................................Also: see post 18 below, I am not alone...by Grammy23

[Skittles]

3. I live alone

cannot see that happening

[lastlib]

5. That's no protection--someone will sneak in; it's irresistible!

[C Moon]

16. :D

[Stuart G]

7. ....Just remember this...............anything can happen....for example:

....the very last thing I thought would happen is that the current idiot who is the President, would become the President. Didn't think that was possible..................................................
...................Wait, it this some sort of dream???.............a bad dream?...............................

[Skittles]

10. it will forever boggle my mind

that ANYONE could have actually voted for a pussy-grabbing reality TV show con man TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - there is absolutely NO EXCUSE

[3catwoman3]

12. Mine, too. I am still stuck in the "denial and disbelief"...

...stage if grieving. Incredulity is my constant state of mind.

[DENVERPOPS]

19. Amen to that SG

WASF

[wnylib]

15. I live semi-alone. No other hoomans,

but the cat does not like such concentration on something besides her. So, she is right there, attacking my fingers on the mouse as it moves. Also likes to pace back and forth across the desk between the screen and me, blocking my view.

It's obvious that she knows the pacing disrupts me because she does a quick little fast step as she passes in front, like a phony "Oops. Pardon me." Then scoots quickly out of reach, turns, and does it again.

But, both her ladyship and I are indoor dwellers now, so I don't consider her an exposure risk.

[Skittles]

17. WFH is getting on my nerves

my cat has been staring at the same spot on the wall for 20 minutes and there is NOTHING THERE - so distracting

[wnylib]

20. LOL. Unnerving when they do that,

isn't it?

Yesterday, mine kept staring at me, off and on, with that omniscient look that cats have, as if they know something you don't. I had gone out for supplies earlier and I thought about how cats and dogs sometimes sense, from scent or whatever else, that a person is sick.

I started getting spooked that maybe I had picked up something while out. Then common sense prevailed (I hope) and I realized that even animals would not sense something that quick. So the look of "I know something you don't know" probably came from some mischief she pulled while I was out. I expect to find an earring tucked into a shoe soon, or a cat toy stuffed begind a sofa cushion.

[Skittles]

21. LOL

it's just that he stares to intensely I know he is seeing SOMETHING, then sometimes he trails off, like it's MOVING

totally freaky

[wnylib]

22. He might be hearing something beyond

human range. I live in an apt building. Sometimes my cat will stop in the middle of doing something and turn her head in a particulsr direction as if she is staring at something. But later I realize that she was only adjusting her head direction to better pick up a distant sound, which becomes clear to me when it gets close enough for me to hear it, too. Often it is the elevator on the way up to my floor. Or a distant siren outside.

Other times, maybe they see microscopic dust particles in the air.

Or they just like spooking us out?

[Skittles]

23. ooh

that is a good theory - I will put my ear up to that spot on the wall next time...…..if I hear nothing, I will understand that my cat certainly has special powers to make me do weird things

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Thanks for the warning. I never realized the danger before now.

[lastlib]

6. My PSA for the day!

Happy to help! Safety of my fellow DUers is paramount!

[lunatica]

8. The upside of living alone with my cat

He doesn’t know how to play solitaire.

[frazzled]

9. It's a great stress reducer

I’ve been playing solitaire on my computer for years, as a break from work, or when I need to empty my mind completely when too many stressful thoughts start to overtake it.

Really, after a few games your brain is completely rid of demons, and all you are focused on is getting that eight of spades you need. Better than seeing a therapist.

For Mac users, I highly recommend Solitaire Til Dawn. Forty Thieves still my favorite game. (app also available for iPad)

[2naSalit]

11. That never happens to me.

But I only play solitaire when I'm alone.

[gratuitous]

13. I really liked this song when I was younger

It mentions playing Solitaire. Then I heard it again some years later, and realized it was a peppy little tune about crushing depression.

[Permanut]

14. Brings back memories..

Navy boot camp, San Diego, October 1965, tinny little radio, no TV, no phone:

Countin flowers on the wall,
That don't bother me at all.
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one.
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do.

Still like that song.

[Grammy23]

18. My problem with playing Sol on my iPad

is I keep saying...
just one more game. Just one more game.

Next thing I know it is 2 a.m. and I’ve drifted off and the iPad
has slid off my knees and is headed for the floor. That’s what I get
for playing Sol sitting up in bed.

But it does work when I can’t sleep.
It’s better than a tranquilizer.