Relaxing but also obsessive. They make me stay up too late because I want to finish this one part or find one more piece. I don’t do the super hard puzzles (e.g. all one color), they are frustrating.
I got hooked on puzzles a few years ago until my wife bought me a 1500 piece puzzle. Its been about 25% completed through the last year of Covid social distancing, and will probably be put in the foot of my casket that way.
I just don’t have a super comfortable spot to do it… ya know? I can do it on the coffee table but I’m either sitting on the floor or awkwardly folding myself in half. I need a poker table or something downstairs where I can do puzzles and things without clogging up my dining room table where I eat my food.
We tried a big puzzle on vacation (1000 pieces?) and got nowhere for an entire week. Then I bought a smaller number of pieces for at home. My husband retired and spent weeks working on it. Now it is framed. I wonder if 300 pieces is ok, or it is still a full time job? I also wonder if the cat is going to walk across the table and make us lose pieces? I found a few around the house with the one my husband did.
Another favorite is Sudoku, but before I can do more from books I’ll need new eyeglasses. I know I can do them online but it’s harder to cheat. You can’t make notes in the margins. Annotation add-ons don’t seem to be an answer.
Alternative time killers:
Candy Crush Saga
Reddit
Grammar policing
@njfan Your second and third options go hand in hand, no?
/giphy Reddit grammar
@narfcake lol
My favorite one is “Time Killer 3: No more mister nice time”
An interesting way to watch someone commit suicide after they get so frustrated they can’t open/solve it.
@Evansdoor Suicide seems a little harsh in this case.
I just open up the app Life Waster 3.1.1 and go.
Rubik Cube for me. I’m on 6x6 now
@hammi99 *Rubik’s
Relaxing but also obsessive. They make me stay up too late because I want to finish this one part or find one more piece. I don’t do the super hard puzzles (e.g. all one color), they are frustrating.
play 3 games on my iPad for about an hour a day if I have the time. yes, waste of time but that is why I do it just to relax.
I got hooked on puzzles a few years ago until my wife bought me a 1500 piece puzzle. Its been about 25% completed through the last year of Covid social distancing, and will probably be put in the foot of my casket that way.
@texmarc maybe then you will time to finish it.
Nonograms (Picross)
I just don’t have a super comfortable spot to do it… ya know? I can do it on the coffee table but I’m either sitting on the floor or awkwardly folding myself in half. I need a poker table or something downstairs where I can do puzzles and things without clogging up my dining room table where I eat my food.
I haven’t put a puzzle together since I’ve been a kid.
We tried a big puzzle on vacation (1000 pieces?) and got nowhere for an entire week. Then I bought a smaller number of pieces for at home. My husband retired and spent weeks working on it. Now it is framed. I wonder if 300 pieces is ok, or it is still a full time job? I also wonder if the cat is going to walk across the table and make us lose pieces? I found a few around the house with the one my husband did.
@smilingjack If you can get paid to put together puzzles, retired or not, I say take it.
The Meh Forum, obviously
@Kyeh Well played.
I do love picture puzzles.
Another favorite is Sudoku, but before I can do more from books I’ll need new eyeglasses. I know I can do them online but it’s harder to cheat. You can’t make notes in the margins. Annotation add-ons don’t seem to be an answer.
NYT Crossword puzzles. On paper, in pencil.
/image crossword
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, my Plex etc.
Finally getting into locksport. It’s even more maddening than puzzles, but it feels at least a little useful.