072:365-March 13-Piece By Piece
Well I have been threatening but I finally did it. Started a puzzle. I have a number of friends who are puzzlers and they always make the experience sound so rewarding. "Oh I just thought I would put a few pieces in my puzzle while I was waiting." "Our daughter loves doing them. She never does one under 1000 pieces" " I just love going and working on my puzzle after dinner." Or the best one of all............"I love it! I take my coffee downstairs, turn on the fire and settle in to work on my puzzle." It all sounded so idyllic that I decided I wanted in on it too, so I bought me a puzzle. My first shock was opening the box and seeing just how many 550 unmatched pieces really are. Anyway, after a couple cups of coffee and my inhalers I opened the bag and the unmatched pieces went everywhere. So now I had to gather them up and count them. Yep 550 all accounted for. Now to just put it together. What a nightmare. Finally after a couple days of trying I rang up my friend and asked her what to do. " Well" says she, "after I have all the pieces spread out and turned up the right way I usually start with the border." All the pieces spread out!!!! I had been trying to do it by taking one piece out at a time and then routing through the pile looking for another one that looked somewhat similar. So now I have the pieces spread out on every flat surface in the room and sort of sorted, and have managed to match up about 12 of the unmatched pieces. Just doing the math quickly I reckon at the rate I am going I should have this thing finished in 1320 days time. I am so glad I didn't buy the 3200 piece puzzle I had in my hand.
072:365-March 13-Piece By Piece
Well I have been threatening but I finally did it. Started a puzzle. I have a number of friends who are puzzlers and they always make the experience sound so rewarding. "Oh I just thought I would put a few pieces in my puzzle while I was waiting." "Our daughter loves doing them. She never does one under 1000 pieces" " I just love going and working on my puzzle after dinner." Or the best one of all............"I love it! I take my coffee downstairs, turn on the fire and settle in to work on my puzzle." It all sounded so idyllic that I decided I wanted in on it too, so I bought me a puzzle. My first shock was opening the box and seeing just how many 550 unmatched pieces really are. Anyway, after a couple cups of coffee and my inhalers I opened the bag and the unmatched pieces went everywhere. So now I had to gather them up and count them. Yep 550 all accounted for. Now to just put it together. What a nightmare. Finally after a couple days of trying I rang up my friend and asked her what to do. " Well" says she, "after I have all the pieces spread out and turned up the right way I usually start with the border." All the pieces spread out!!!! I had been trying to do it by taking one piece out at a time and then routing through the pile looking for another one that looked somewhat similar. So now I have the pieces spread out on every flat surface in the room and sort of sorted, and have managed to match up about 12 of the unmatched pieces. Just doing the math quickly I reckon at the rate I am going I should have this thing finished in 1320 days time. I am so glad I didn't buy the 3200 piece puzzle I had in my hand.