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Cstelle · 11-10-2018, 11:59 AM

Ok - I have no excuses. I couldn't be bothered to come up with any naughty add-ons, so today I just gave myself to the Great God Puzzle. I started after noon and finished (if I indeed have finished for today) at nine-ish in the evening. Forgot to eat. Did nothing but placed pieces. Didn't even get dressed today...

1) I regret it now. I feel I wasted a day. I didn't even listen to music while I puzzled.
2) I started to feel that weird "just one more piece, then I'll stop"-thing. I don't like it.

Yes - it was a wet and dark day and I wouldn't have done anything "better" - but I almost feel that the Great God Puzzle stole my Saturday.

Tomorrow I'll come up with some naughtiness in order to be more in the present (and less in the puzzle trance), and I'm going to limit the puzzling to three hours!

[EDIT: This sounds like I hated today! I didn't mean that! I had a VERY pleasurable day! I just feel that at some point in the pm I "accidentally" started sort of competing. One more! One more! I can do one more! That sort of thing. But I did have fun today!]

Cstelle · 11-11-2018, 05:54 AM

Aaah!

I did it again! I edged and fell off! Grrr! I meant to try a new thing to slow down my puzzle laying (because I'm almost finished!): I meant to do one naughty thing after each successfully placed piece. 1) Put on cock ring, 2) edge, 3) put on butt plug, 4) edge, 5) put on super painful wooden pegs, 6) edge, 7) take selfie with all above plus hardone, 8) eddddDDDGGGAAAAH!

Plus I think I broke my nipples - they don't stop hurting. (I don't do pain at all well...)

I've still got some puzzle-laying time left, so I won't upload a progress pic yet.

Cstelle · 11-11-2018, 07:39 AM

I am speechless.

Cstelle · 11-12-2018, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Cstelle

I am speechless.

I kept waiting for an explosion. I thought that surely I would go up in a nuclear cloud of frustration --- but that feeling of non-closure (oh so familiar from other parts of my life!) didn't materialise. Weirdly, unexpectedly, I felt that the mystery of the last piece didn't take away from the fun I had had.

I suppose I could email the company with a complaint - but even if they sent me the correct piece (or a new box) I won't be doing the puzzle again.

It's just life, innit. I guess I'm beginning to accept that nothing ever goes the way I expect or wish. (And this was such a small thing. Barely one square inch.)

Wize Will · 12-01-2018, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cstelle

I am speechless.

This is hilarious and sad at the same time.

Are you sure about the pieces next to it? Perhaps the piece just to the left could be swapped?

Cstelle · 12-02-2018, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Wize Will

Are you sure about the pieces next to it? Perhaps the piece just to the left could be swapped?

I'm sure. Just look at the shape of the piece and the shape of the "hole". Somehow one of the pieces had been changed.

Thought: because of the nature of assembling jigsaw puzzles - one keeps adding pieces that fit - a bad surprise (a missing/faulty/duplicate piece) must needs come last. Which is the reason for why the "missing piece" thing is a thing at all. --- See, even a broken puzzle can teach us something!

BTW, I found a great place for online puzzles: Jigsaw Explorer

Wize Will · 12-02-2018, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cstelle

I'm sure. Just look at the shape of the piece and the shape of the "hole". Somehow one of the pieces had been changed.

Look again. It looks like the one to the left could fit in the current hole, that way both pieces fit.

Cstelle · 12-03-2018, 02:55 AM

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Look again. It looks like the one to the left could fit in the current hole, that way both pieces fit.

I see what you mean! You turn the upper piece...

The shapes & sizes aren't right. Sadly I didn't take a better photo - but perhaps you can see it in this quick'n'dirty photoshopping (Gimp, actually)?

Notice especially the lower male apendage of the extra piece: it is almost triangular.

I think there was also an issue with the colour.

Cstelle · 12-17-2018, 03:42 PM

Lidl is apparently selling 1500-piece Clementoni jigsaw puzzles of Schloss Neuschwanstein (in winter!!) for under 7€...!

Cstelle · 02-28-2019, 01:23 AM

If you're sitting by a computer, have a look at the Jigsaw Explorer website! It is very, very good - the best online jigsaw site I've seen.

11-10-2018, 11:59 AM	#16
Cstelle gD Curio Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Norf. ("Lots of planets have a Norf!") Posts: 938 Blog Entries: 163	Ok - I have no excuses. I couldn't be bothered to come up with any naughty add-ons, so today I just gave myself to the Great God Puzzle. I started after noon and finished (if I indeed have finished for today) at nine-ish in the evening. Forgot to eat. Did nothing but placed pieces. Didn't even get dressed today... 1) I regret it now. I feel I wasted a day. I didn't even listen to music while I puzzled. 2) I started to feel that weird "just one more piece, then I'll stop"-thing. I don't like it. Yes - it was a wet and dark day and I wouldn't have done anything "better" - but I almost feel that the Great God Puzzle stole my Saturday. Tomorrow I'll come up with some naughtiness in order to be more in the present (and less in the puzzle trance), and I'm going to limit the puzzling to three hours! [EDIT: This sounds like I hated today! I didn't mean that! I had a VERY pleasurable day! I just feel that at some point in the pm I "accidentally" started sort of competing. One more! One more! I can do one more! That sort of thing. But I did have fun today!] Attached Thumbnails __________________ /Male, fairly weird - and old like Morrissey and Madonna I'm especially keen on hidden/semi public stuff (preferably outdoors) and I like to take selfies; I'm averse to anything unethical, illegal, harmful, painful, messy/dirty/unsanitary/icky or otherwise unpleasant. Last edited by Cstelle; 11-10-2018 at 12:03 PM.

11-11-2018, 05:54 AM	#17
Cstelle gD Curio Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Norf. ("Lots of planets have a Norf!") Posts: 938 Blog Entries: 163	Aaah! I did it again! I edged and fell off! Grrr! I meant to try a new thing to slow down my puzzle laying (because I'm almost finished!): I meant to do one naughty thing after each successfully placed piece. 1) Put on cock ring, 2) edge, 3) put on butt plug, 4) edge, 5) put on super painful wooden pegs, 6) edge, 7) take selfie with all above plus hardone, 8) eddddDDDGGGAAAAH! Plus I think I broke my nipples - they don't stop hurting. (I don't do pain at all well...) I've still got some puzzle-laying time left, so I won't upload a progress pic yet. __________________ /Male, fairly weird - and old like Morrissey and Madonna I'm especially keen on hidden/semi public stuff (preferably outdoors) and I like to take selfies; I'm averse to anything unethical, illegal, harmful, painful, messy/dirty/unsanitary/icky or otherwise unpleasant.

11-11-2018, 07:39 AM	#18
Cstelle gD Curio Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Norf. ("Lots of planets have a Norf!") Posts: 938 Blog Entries: 163	I am speechless. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images __________________ /Male, fairly weird - and old like Morrissey and Madonna I'm especially keen on hidden/semi public stuff (preferably outdoors) and I like to take selfies; I'm averse to anything unethical, illegal, harmful, painful, messy/dirty/unsanitary/icky or otherwise unpleasant.

12-17-2018, 03:42 PM	#24
Cstelle gD Curio Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Norf. ("Lots of planets have a Norf!") Posts: 938 Blog Entries: 163	Lidl is apparently selling 1500-piece Clementoni jigsaw puzzles of Schloss Neuschwanstein (in winter!!) for under 7€...! __________________ /Male, fairly weird - and old like Morrissey and Madonna I'm especially keen on hidden/semi public stuff (preferably outdoors) and I like to take selfies; I'm averse to anything unethical, illegal, harmful, painful, messy/dirty/unsanitary/icky or otherwise unpleasant.

02-28-2019, 01:23 AM	#25
Cstelle gD Curio Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Norf. ("Lots of planets have a Norf!") Posts: 938 Blog Entries: 163	Online jigsaw puzzles If you're sitting by a computer, have a look at the Jigsaw Explorer website! It is very, very good - the best online jigsaw site I've seen. __________________ /Male, fairly weird - and old like Morrissey and Madonna I'm especially keen on hidden/semi public stuff (preferably outdoors) and I like to take selfies; I'm averse to anything unethical, illegal, harmful, painful, messy/dirty/unsanitary/icky or otherwise unpleasant.