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What are the rules you set for yourselves when puzzling?
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Good answers.
On edit: I think we do it similarly. Some times new puzzles have pieces stuck together and tear if you try to separate them.
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What are the rules you set for yourselves when puzzling?
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Good answers.
On edit: I think we do it similarly. Some times new puzzles have pieces stuck together and tear if you try to separate them.
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Snoopy "Peanuts Impossible Puzzle" 1000pcs (Roseart)
I don't think I could finish that one!
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Krypt(black) - Ravensburger - 736
Nice, thanks for sharing
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Runaway Boy With Policeman - Parker Brothers - 500+
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Please read the general guideline on posts and comments, this is not a place for political comments
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Runaway Boy With Policeman - Parker Brothers - 500+
I really like the old Norman Rockwell pictures
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Where to buy good puzzles?
We use the Lavievert board and case - bought it on Amazon. The trays are nice but too small. We use cafeteria trays with fabric attached with double sided carpet tape. We have it about 2 years, starting to show signs of wear. There may be better products, hopefully others will comment.
Lavievert 1500 Pieces Jigsaw Puzzle Board, Portable Puzzle Case with 6 Sorting Trays, Puzzle Caddy Puzzle Storage Saver with Non-Slip Surface for Adults and Kids
You can get good puzzles at many stores, Amazon, Target, Barns & Noble etc. . Some of our favorite brands include Ravensburger, Springbok, Buffalo, White Mountain, Vermont Christmas Company, SunsOut. There are other brands, hopefully others will comment.
We also use a cheap, "Lifetime" brand 48 inch fold in half round portable table, it is not very sturdy but does hold everything we need.
Good Luck, looking forward to seeing some pictures of the completed puzzles.
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What are the rules you set for yourselves when puzzling?
Good questions, I never thought of having rules.
On edit: After much thought, another question - if you buy a used puzzle and the previous owner separated all the edge pieces into a plastic bag, do you mix them back in to sort again, do you even sort at all? It is interesting to learn how others do it.
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What are the rules you set for yourselves when puzzling?
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We do the same as you. Bits and Pieces brand puzzles are the most difficult ones for me to sort edges, they use unusual shapes. Some times we do not finish the edge but work around the missing pieces until we find them.
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Finally finished!
I like the picture!
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Pokemon Showdown - Ravensburger - 1000 pieces
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We like puzzles with nice, distinct colors, and Ravensburger puzzles usually do not have as much glare as the cheaper brands. We get most of our puzzles from thrift shops, rarely get Ravensburger quality.
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A 500 pcs Windmill.
Another nice puzzle, thanks for sharing. We usually take turns working on the puzzles, but some times work together.
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Gotta be honest; this doesn't seem quite fair...
We are looking forward to the picture of the completed puzzle !
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Post your current map
Interesting, we just got Avery, our 10th villager today. I restart my Southern Hemisphere island often, I really like the first couple days on a new island. The last 3 islands we Timed Travelled to the first week of January to start, it is a great time for a Southern Hemisphere island, great fishing and lots of bugs.
ACNH is the only game we play, so setting the clock to January does not create any problems. We may time travel within the same day to meet our schedule but do not do any serious time travel until we get the beautify ordinance. We found that most times our Southern Hemisphere island will get shooting stars in early January, so at night I may use a cheap, less than $10 HDMI video capture card and record several hours of the night sky to watch later and get the weather seed as soon as posssible after an island restart. Tomorrow the Beautify Ordinance goes in effect and we will work on the fish and bugs first to fill the museum. We don't always finish the museum, some times it may need 1 or two fossils or a statue we can not get.
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how to breed blue roses
About 2 years ago my wife was able to get blue roses in about 60 days, it was Northern Hemisphere during the snow season. We tried using the same method at the same time in the Southern Hemisphere (summer) but did not do as good and finally gave up. She was extra careful to make sure she did not mix flowers, kept them well isolated. She did not allow them together until step 4, then she kept all the step 4 hybrid red roses together. It took up a lot of room isolating each pair to make sure they did not cross bred with the wrong flower. Each step she planted a new seed flower. We had flowers everywhere, every time we got a hybrid we moved it to a different spot and planted a seed flower next to it. If the pair produced anything other than the desired hybrid flower, it was trashed so not to get them mixed.
I pretty sure this is the method she used:
Step 1 : Seed White + Seed White = Purple
Step 2 : Purple from Step 1 + Seed Red = Pink
Step 3 : Pink from previous step + Seed Yellow = Hybrid Red
Step 4 : Hybrid Red from previous step + Hybrid Red from previous step = blue
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999 piece puzzle from the thrift store.
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We usually mark the box "1 piece missing" but not on the picture. We bought many marked that way.
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Grand canyon national Park - Eaton - 500+
Nice, I like the unusual shaped pieces
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Pokemon Showdown - Ravensburger - 1000 pieces
Nice!
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Goose, our BIg Chicken knows how to handle wasps ( ACNH game video)
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I understand. There are two of us playing, my wife and I restart my island often and have goals for the first day on a new island. I confess my wife usually does much better than I do.
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Weather Seeds show the exact times for shooting stars, as well as rain, and other weather conditions. We use it mostly for shooting stars, likewise if we know there will be shooting stars we can look for Celeste to get star related diys. Celeste is not there every time there are shooting stars. Knowing when it will be raining helps with getting bugs and the rain fish.
At one time we only used time travel for short periods, now we leave the Switch stay there for weeks at a time. We keep the same day of the week, and time of day, just a different starting date.
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Llama - Legami - 1000 pieces
Wow, another nice one!