Why I don’t like 1000 piece puzzles!

My daughter surprised me with this puzzle because she knows how I love my 300 piece donut puzzle that looks very similar to this one. I can do that one in an hour or so, which is why I like it. This 1000 piece puzzle took about 12 hours, split up over 3 days. I constructed a tray to hold it with edge guides and also a tray for pieces out of foam board, also with edge guards.

And I suffered with some eye strain and an eye strain headache too. It drew me like one of those giant cartoon magnets!
 
Michael Z said:
My daughter surprised me with this puzzle because she knows how I love my 300 piece donut puzzle that looks very similar to this one. I can do that one in an hour or so, which is why I like it.
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I knew I recognized it! I have the 300 piece version.

I have the whole spare bedroom devoted to puzzles. It contains shelves for my books and 30 puzzles. I limit myself to 30 so when new ones come in I make myself part with an equal amount. Most have been done about ten times.

I start one every Wednesday so it will be done by Saturday when my son and I use the table for Scrabble or art. So I stick with 300 or 500 piece puzzles for speed and for their large, easy to see and handle pieces.

Nothing is as peaceful and relaxing to me as doing a puzzle while listening to the radio.
 
Bubba-Joe is bragging to his friend Billy-Ray. "I got one of them 50-piece jig-saw puzzles for Christmas and I must be some kinda jeen-yus 'cause I got it done in a couple of weeks!"

Billy-Ray scratches his head and answers, "Waal, I ain't never heard nobody call you a jeenyus before. A couple of weeks, you say? Is that fast?"

"You betcha!" Bubba-Joe retorts. ""Just look at the box here where it says '2-4 YEARS'!"
 
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Michael Z said:
I can’t leave it alone until it is finished! My daughter gave me this puzzle. It was fun, but consuming!

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That borders on being an addiction @Michael Z,
I am the same way, once I start something, I have to finish it or it drives me crazy.
Your dounut puzzle is a crazy one indeed. The borders around the dounuts are the only thing that makes it looks easier.

My Mother almost always had a puzzle on a table in her rec room. Anyone could sit down and have a go at it.
She framed some of them also.
It was a fun good way to socialize, people felt more at home that way.
🤗
 
IrishEyes said:
If my hubby had the chance to get a regular Chess partner ....
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I'm a Chess.com member and I'm able to get games with people at-or-near my level fairly easily. (You can put out an open challenge and specify an ability range (say) no worse than 200 below your rating ... and up to 500 points above your rating.)

Getting a game is pretty easy.
 
Phil 1:21 said:
I'm a Chess.com member and I'm able to get games with people at-or-near my level fairly easily. (You can put out an open challenge and specify an ability range (say) no worse than 200 below your rating ... and up to 500 points above your rating.)

Getting a game is pretty easy.
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He's done that and the last game he played he comes out and says we agreed to a 24 hour limit for a move, he's been 2 days now.
Finally the guy moved. Chris made his move within a few minutes and the guy took another 2 days. Finally the guy never
came back. He maybe isn't just finding one who will stick to his game as promised. I have no idea how it works.
He has a class of Expert on Chess.com and can't get higher due to not finding beneficial opponents. His rating is
nearing the 2000 mark.
 
I've enjoyed jigsaw puzzles since early childhood, but have gone long stretches without doing them during adulthood. I tend get on a puzzle jag for a while, then stop for a few years.

Puzzle assembly isn't in my near future because they tend to be sources of instant fascination for hands-on preschoolers.

My preferred puzzle size is 500 pieces. Life is filled with enough challenges without adding 1000-3000 piece puzzles to the mix.
 
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