National Solitaire Day 2024
My grandma Sallie used to love to play solataire. She would have a couple decks of cards and sit there for hours flipping and arranging and I always marvelled at just how much she enjoyed the game.Today is National Solitaire Day. It is observed each May 22nd and is meant to take note of the entertainment value of the game — which has been played for a long time now.
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I have often wondered how Grandma would take to the computerized version supplied with Windoze so long ago, Sadly, she didn't live to see that iteration. This particular version was written to encourage new users to pick up that mouse and have at the windoze interface.
Mother and I used to laugh and enjoy the sun on the card backs of sol.exe (the first iteration) which would sprout sunglasses and stick out it's tongue when a number of good moves were made by the user.
I am reminded about the sad song Solataire once an item on the popular music charts. That's about my only intersection with the card game. It seems like so much else in the computer world a program has do do something I require to gain my interest.
Better luck next time windoze !
See Also:
National Solitaire Day 2023