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At least with the similar problem of vast expanses of sky over a landscape, there are slight changes of shade of 'blueness' though they're impossible to tell apart in artificial light.
But a jigsaw from any reputable charity shop should be guaranteed complete, when I was a volunteer at the local Oxfam shop all donated jigsaws were taken home to be put together by one of the volunteers.
amber | 19.01.19 - 7:14 a.m. | #
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When I was a kid I would have killed for such a thing! Now that I'm considerably older I obviously wouldn't do such a terrible thing... significant maiming is my absolute limit!
PS I know you'll do it, DG!
MarkMyWords | 19.01.19 - 7:44 a.m. | #
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'There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.'
Peter Drucker
PJS | 19.01.19 - 7:52 a.m. | #
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It could be worse, DG... https://kotaku.com/look-at-this-bad-mario-puzzle-1796881860
TheLupineOne | 19.01.19 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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Not only sky, foliage can be a pain too, it is just relentless persistence, twiddle + check for each piece, yes they are pointless - but that could be said for many things, like watching yet another TV show where a detective with issues/quirks solves a murder, pondering the meaning of life (although you can combine this with jigsawing), writing comments in comments boxes...
Still Anon | 19.01.19 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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I did that jigsaw a year ago and I couldn't believe how badly designed it was - I felt as if whoever created it couldn't imagine anyone actually doing it. They could so easily have added a few minor embellishments to make it simpler. After finishing it, I added a few extra lines with a sharpie myself to reduce the agony in case I want to do it again... I haven't so far though.
The A-Z of London jigsaw (made by the same company) was a lot more satisfying.
Alan | 19.01.19 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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I started if not that particular one then a similar tube jigsaw in about 2010 on a handy rollable surface. Got to the totally white bits and got fed up for the day so rolled it up. I haven't done a jigsaw since so it is still curled up somewhere under the bed destined to be never finished as I don't have the patience.
I | 19.01.19 - 8:32 a.m. | #
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Well you will finish it DG. You're a completist. Many others would do the straightforward bits of the map and then get thoroughly frustrated, scrunching up the puzzle and hurling the lot in the bin.
I've recent completed the New York Subway jigsaw (smaller, but less familiar). My Mum would have been proud of me, too.
Petras409 | 19.01.19 - 9:03 a.m. | #
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When my father had to spend months in hospital in the years after the war, there were only two jigsaw puzzles in the ward. After they had been completed so many times,the patients used to try 'speed' jigsaws. Then when that palled,they turned over the pieces and finished the puzzle on the back blank side. 😳
Jo W | 19.01.19 - 9:07 a.m. | #
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@ Jo W - As a teen I was given a puzzle of the kings and queens. On the back, if I so wished, was just the colour "Royal Purple" to do. I didn't!!
My mum is doing the Underground Map at the moment and is also bemoaning all the white. As she tends to pass the ones she likes on to me I suspect it shall be coming my way eventually!
A few years ago I gave my dad a puzzle which was basically a black line schematic drawing of a Spitfire on a white background - so a lot more white than this one. He gave up!
I agree with the comment above - the A-Z of London is a hugely satisfying puzzle.
Cornish Cockney | 19.01.19 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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Double sided unfilled crossword jigsaw puzzle...very satisfying and very challenging to complete. Took me a decade of staring at the box before I dared to start it though!
B | 19.01.19 - 10:53 a.m. | #
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Pigsaw Juzzle. Quite a nice spoonerism.
RayL | 19.01.19 - 11:42 a.m. | #
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When I did the tube map puzzle a couple of years ago, I started with the river, and worked my way out from there. This was after completing the outer border, which is where I always start. I used to be frustrated by large areas of sky or trees, but over time I have got quite into these bits. If you have a good quality puzzle (like a Ravensburger or a Jumbo, for example) it is quite satisfying to fit the pieces according to their shapes. Cheap nasty puzzles don't seem to have good fits that make this at all enjoyable. There will inevitably be a varying number of bits which you will have to install by trial and error, but it's very gratifying to see the gaps getting smaller. If you don't get the order-out-of-chaos aspect here, then I suspect you may not be a puzzle person.
Dina Junkermann | 19.01.19 - 11:53 a.m. | #
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This puzzle was also (kindly?) given to me around Christmas by my dear daughter. Currently just behind you, dg. The box did tell me that it would 'give hours of entertainment'. Yeah, more like weeks of torture....
REB | 19.01.19 - 12:13 p.m. | #
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Love a jigsaw. Got bought an Ordnance Survey map which was centered on my postcode. Thought it such a good idea that when I finished it I bought a picture frame to put it up on the wall.
Andy S | 19.01.19 - 12:23 p.m. | #
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We actually had an puzzle of a pre-Overground tube map, I think maybe 2008? It definitely had the North London line. But yes, it seemed to have more white space than yours, DG.
I remember we left it out on the kitchen table and for about a week whenever anyone in my family went past they'd sit down for a minute or two to fill in a few more pieces. It was almost disappointing when we finished; it was a little social activity that was now lost.
Leo | 19.01.19 - 12:49 p.m. | #
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@B; I also have the large doublesided crossword jigsaw. Though it's all black and white, on both sides, there's one helpful hint; it had been stamped out on thick cardboard so on most pieces there were indentations to show which was the top. That almost halved the difficulty.
amber | 19.01.19 - 2:34 p.m. | #
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TOP TIP: separate out the 'three luggers' there's only a few of them but it does help.
(I have three identical copies of this Jigsaw - all gifts, and it took me a week to complete the white bits).
Geofftech | 19.01.19 - 3:06 p.m. | #
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...of course, we await the day you post a pic once it all done. and we, the under-signed readers of your blog, will duly congratulate you on said fantastic accomplishment!
Grumpy Anon | 19.01.19 - 3:44 p.m. | #
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"After finishing it, I added a few extra lines with a sharpie myself"
*Twitches*
drD | 19.01.19 - 3:50 p.m. | #
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A friend got me that for Christmas a couple of years ago. It's not been opened yet.
This year he got me a black/white gradient jigsaw. I've not started that one yet either.
Adrian | 19.01.19 - 6:41 p.m. | #
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My son got the same jigsaw for Christmas and made similar progress to you. However, now the school holidays are over, I suspect it may stay in its current unfinished state on our living room floor for the next year.
Nigel | 19.01.19 - 8:09 p.m. | #
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On odd versions of the map on licensed products: we've got a tube map duvet cover which shows all the lines as terminating at the circle line, and more curiously, only Waterloo has a disabled blob.
martin | 20.01.19 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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I did a 1500 piece Mona Lisa jigsaw. Too many dark pieces, with about 100 left I must have made a mistake, cause the last few were definitely wrong, ended up squeezing them in. I used half a roll of duct tape on the back, to keep it secure. Its looks good beside my Warhol, Hokusai & VanGough.
Chrome | 20.01.19 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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@Geofftech
Are all three cut the same? So the pieces would be interchangeable.
mikeS | 20.01.19 - 4:23 p.m. | #
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Not the Warhol, totally non standard pieces, whilst the others are standard they don't match up at the edge, but might internally aka what Dave Gorman did.
Chrome | 21.01.19 - 12:13 a.m. | #
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One of my more fiendish ideas, at one of my regular boardgames and jigsaw evenings, was when I got two copies of the same jigsaw, removed the corner pieces from one, mixed the pieces and let people get on with it.
It was being assembled on a board so it could be kept and brought out again as needed.
It was about 3 meetings later that someone worked out what had happened. They never forgave me.
amber | 21.01.19 - 6:58 p.m. | #
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Does the maker of the puzzle make any other ones of the same size with different patterns? If they do then it may be the cut pattern is the same and the pieces would be interchangeable (for giggles). Dave Gorman did this a few years ago for his TV show "modern life is goodish" with mildly amusing results.
MilesT | 23.01.19 - 6:13 p.m. | #
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