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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My favorite one is “Time Killer 3: No more mister nice time”
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
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.
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.
The Meh Forum, obviously
@Kyeh Well played.
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.
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.
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.
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.