Hi @Historylover 

First - I am so glad you found your coffee filter - starting the day without coffee is not good at all - and it was inside your coffee jug - of course it was - that's why you couldn't find it anywhere else. Aw - wow!!

Yeah - I really hate Monopoly - I haven't played it since the day I was losing - I was a teenager - and asked if I could just leave and my mother was winning and said I had to play on - and I threw the whole thing across the room - not one of my finer moments - still - I was never asked to play again - so that was good.

I think canasta is played with two packs of cards - pretty sure it is - 2 to 8 players - and I seem to recall you can call something and win - I'm not sure though - it's been a long time in which a divorce took place and cards were not part of the deal at the time.

I must look and see if there is an on-line version of Trivial Pursuit. Hang on - I'm looking. YES - there is - fantastic - I will have to have a look at that. Maybe friends are required or maybe they are waiting for me - that is next on my list after lunch.

My Gran lived with us so my family was glad when I was old enough to be a fourth for their games of 500. My father was a serious player and soon expected me to know who had what after the 4th trick - I had a large stack of old playing cards and quietly taught myself to count them. Dad - you were a policeman - did you have any idea your first born was learning something illegal? I had an interesting childhood.

I had to google ChatGPT - I have not heard of it before - so tell me - is it an algorithm to play against? I am interested - it could be tricky - but then - tricky can be challenging. It does sound like it.

The telescope is a challenge. I need to get a folding table to put it on so I can have the eyepiece at a sensible level - the lens has to be tilted up so the eyepiece can be very low and I have arthritis. It will take time - I do know where the planets are most of the time and yes - it does take practice to follow them. Venus and Uranus were in conjunction one clear night about a week ago - that means they were apparently close together - in reality no - that's impossible. I couldn't see them with the telescope - and alas - my binoculars - I tried - they were low in the west and were setting fast before I got a good view - I couldn't see Uranus. Never mind - all this is something else to think about.

I'm so glad you found your coffee pot filter - I love brewed coffee - when I was in Hobart last year I had breakfast delivered to my room with a pot of brewed coffee every day - two cups - aw - I could go back there just for the coffee - yes.

All the best to you.

Owlunar