I Love A Good Jigsaw Puzzle
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
Momence, Illinois
September 5, 2017 8:29am CST
Doing a jigsaw puzzle was just about the only thing I found to do during my broken wrist time. The bigger the better as far as I'm concerned. I am currently working on a 2000 piece puzzle.
I have 11 puzzles the smallest being 1000 pieces. I don't have a table big enough for what I need so hubby got a piece of plywood and put it on a small table I have in my dinning room. It's almost large enough to work a 3000 piece puzzle.
Another thing that I could easily do while my arm was in a cast is going to yard sales. So my husband and I went to a lot of them during the summer. Some of the 11 puzzles I have were from yard sales so I'm hoping they all have all their pieces. The last yard sale we went to was a week ago and they had a huge box of jigsaw puzzles. I went through them and found one of a pile of donuts that I liked so I carried it over to pay the ladies.
It was a Saturday and most people don't have yard sales on Sundays so they were getting ready to pack it up. As I was paying the 1 dollar for the puzzle the lady asked me if I enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles. I told her that I did. She took my dollar and then said well take the whole box. There were about 25 puzzles in that box. I told her I couldn't take all her puzzles and she pleaded with me to take the whole box for the dollar I had just paid her. So I took the box.
13 of the puzzles plus the one I really wanted are nice puzzles. Good thick pieces. The other 11 were very thin pieces and small 300 to 500 piece puzzles. So I'm keeping the 13 and giving my great niece the others. She didn't mind they were cheaper puzzles because she knows as I complete a puzzle I give them to her.
I'm please with all the puzzles I now have for the long cold winter ahead. It gives me something to do.
Do you like doing jigsaw puzzles? What's the biggest one you have ever done?
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@just4him (305442)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 I finished it just after Easter.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
I was wondering if you had completed it. Very nice Valerie.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
It's such a good activity for the little ones. Amazing you can sit on the floor and do them with her. I have to have mine on a table. I think my sitting on the floor days are long over.
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@vandana7 (98720)
• India
5 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 .. I can.. still.. :) Getting up and sitting at first is a bit difficult but somehow I manage.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
@vandana7 I have young great nieces and occasionally I sit on the floor, but that usually doesn't last to long.
@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
6 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 I am sure you will decide on one soon. You have a lot to choose from.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
@velvet53 And a bit of a way to go before the one I'm working on is done.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
I was so pleased when I got home and took a good look at them. Now my next decision is which one to do after I'm done with the one I'm working on.
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@LadyDuck (457374)
• Switzerland
6 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 I like those computer games where you have to find hidden objects, I am incredibly good in those games.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
@LadyDuck I don't think I have ever tried any of those.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
They are really great when the weather is nasty and you have nothing better to do.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
5 Sep 17
Great score! I enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles, too. I don't remember how many pieces my last one had, but it took forever to complete it. My older son has one of the Constitution framed and hanging in his old room. I dust and dust, and dust it.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 All his diplomas and awards, ribbons and medals, too, are here, and here they will stay. He refuses to hang any in his office or home. Kids! I certainly hope your puzzles last you through the winter.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
@DianneN What's up with him not wanting his diplomas on the wall. My son said as much to me. Both his Bachelors and Master's Diplomas are in a drawer somewhere. He needs to put them on a wall somewhere.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
And dusting you will continue to do lol. Yea it was a really great score, now I have more than enough to do over the winter.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
6 Sep 17
i like jigsaw, but maybe my eyes will get tired of the design and the jigsaw pieces.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
9 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 i use bifocals and i think the lens went higher again but i can still manage my specs now.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
Yea you can only do so much and then you have to take a break from them.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Sep 17
@ridingbet I have trifocals lol, didn't even know that was possible. I however don't care for the lowest portion of the glasses the reading part.
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@rebelann (111073)
• El Paso, Texas
5 Sep 17
I wish I could but that range of motion is hard on my neck @fishtiger58
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
I tried an online jigsaw puzzle once, I about lost my mind, I prefer holding those pieces in my hand.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
@rebelann I can understand that after a couple of hours doing a puzzle I have to quit too usually it's my back giving me fits.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Sep 17
We do like jigsaws and I have a few in Florida where we really have more time to relax and enjoy them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
2 Oct 17
@fishtiger58 Yes me as well, I set it up on the table in our dining room in Florida. We mostly eat in front of the TV lol
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
2 Oct 17
I have a 2000 piece one going right now, but I really like them in the winter when it's to darn cold to do anything else, and I'm sick of the computer and the tv.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Oct 17
@BelleStarr We do too eat in front of the tv, my table is set up in our dinning room right next to my computer.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
5 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 I hate a good book to end too.
I remember when I read "Malcom X", I was afraid of turning the last pages. It was such a good book.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
@marlina I have read many books like that.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
I like the big ones because like a good book I hate for it to end.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
5 Sep 17
My parents always had a puzzle going - she had the room for a big table in the living room near a window for good light. I don't have the place/space for that here. If you went to visit them the rule was you had to spend 15 minutes working on the puzzle!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
5 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 Oh yes, lots of time but I think it was good for them to work puzzles.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
I like that rule. I love puzzles but they take a lot of time which with your parents doing them you know how long they can take.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48887)
• United States
16 Sep 17
Yes, I love doing them. I think maybe a 1000 pieces.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48887)
• United States
16 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 it is very relaxing to me to put them together.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Sep 17
I only have space to do 2000 pieces but would love to try a 3000 piece one.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Sep 17
I do ... but have not done a real puzzle for many years... but I occasionally do an electronic puzzle on my tablet... which is fun and helps me to keep my hand in... lol
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
10 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 yes ... it's more fun... and more relaxing....
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Sep 17
I tried a jigsaw puzzle online once but didn't care for that. I prefer to touch and hold the pieces.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
10 Sep 17
@sueznewz2 I love it and some days I really need it being retired I sometimes get bored. Working a jigsaw puzzle helps with that.
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@shshiju (10342)
• Cochin, India
6 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 You are right interest is the key
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
5 Sep 17
you don't have to be smart to do a jigsaw puzzle.
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@poehere (15126)
• French Polynesia
6 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 Have you ever tried the dollar tree. I bought a ton of them there one time to leave for the kids and to make a few of them myself. They are great, but normally only 500 pieces.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
@poehere No but I will be sure to look there as well thanks
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
I did puzzles long ago and then life got in the way and not time for them. I'm retired now so I have the time. And they have gotten more expensive since I quit doing them and started again. Yard sale puzzles however is the way to go. Much cheaper,.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Sep 17
I really enjoy them and so glad I started to do them again. It helps on those days there's nothing to do.,
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Oh, I love jigsaw puzzles! The largest one I have done was around 2000 pieces. I got several from my aunt Helen's house after she passed away. She had one of those 50 gallon totes full of them. I picked out several and so did other family members. I can't wait until I can actually put one of them together.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Sep 17
Winter is a great time for that, but I will work them all year long,
@Marilynda1225 (79574)
• United States
6 Sep 17
I haven't done a jigsaw puzzle in years but I always enjoyed them. I dont' know why I stopped but maybe I should get some to help me relax. Wow that's quite a score that you got a whole box of puzzles for $1
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
you should it might be just the thing for you, yea 1 dollar is quite the steal.
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
7 Sep 17
I love puzzels, when we were young my parents had one on the go in the sun room all year, its hard to walk by without finding a few places... I often glued the finished project to paper and had frames made for some of my faovites. Sadly moving so often I sold them framed at yard sales..
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
I have never glued one, but maybe I will someday. I just enjoy putting them together.
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@gtdoss (1013)
• United States
6 Sep 17
Let's just say that I greatly admire people who are good with jigsaw puzzles and can actually finish them. My problem with them is that I don't see patterns very clearly, so you can imagine how much trouble I'd have with a jigsaw puzzle! Hope you enjoy your 13 new puzzles. What a find!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Sep 17
I have to admit my husband is actually better at jigsaws then I am and he is retired but he loves to fish and has projects to do while the weather is warm. He will probably join me in the winter working them.
@catsholiday (460)
• Derby, England
3 Dec 17
We enjoy puzzles and often have one on the go on our dining table. We have a special board which we can keep it on if we need to use the table. We just spend ten minutes or so each tie we pass putting in a piece or two.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
4 Dec 17
I love them, they are especially great for those long dark cold winter days.
