Finished. Unfinished. 
This is what you get for buying used puzzles, but I don’t mind 🙂
It’s already stored back in the box. I puzzling and how the design is starting to show up but after finishing I “destroy” it and put back in a box without a problem. I know friends who can’t destroy puzzle after it’s finished.
How about you!?
Ilze
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I’ve never been a great puzzler but my mum was, often making them of several ‘000 pieces. The more difficult they were the more she enjoyed them.She perhaps left them completed for a short time others to see, including me, then back in the box. That one you did clearly was nit easy with so many pieces similar.
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You know I’m doing another one. It’s pitty we don’t have cheap used puzzles! I haven’t tried more than 1000… Don’t know why but I start to think that 500 would be just enough to be in “comfort zone” and stay”exited”.
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Sometimes we find cheap used ones which may be marked ‘complete’; ie someone has made them up to be sure all the pieces are there.
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My mother used to occasionally lacquer them together then frame them. Nice work, poor little lost piece!
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I don’t know why but I don’t like the idea of framing… I bet it’s “puzzle again” – I hope I can give them to girls or gandchildren later on 🙂
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My mom does those 5000 piece puzzles and then frames them. Me, I do them and immediately take them apart and back into the box.
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I should try 2000, 3000, 5000… but so far 1000 is enough 🙂
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I think it’s a lot!
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I need to challange myself.. to do 5000! But I bet I can’t find table big enough to put it together!
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Probably! She takes up our entire dining room table!
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That missing piece would have driven me crazy, like an itch that you can’t scratch!
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It’s easy if you are buying used puzzles 🙂 Cause, you know it’s no there and it’s not your fault. If this puzzle would be new it would be annoying – YES!
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It’s a beautiful picture, you could frame it!! I used to do jigsaws withe my mom and dad when they got older, it kept them busy. We started out with 1000 then went down to 500 and 300 as they got older. Before we moved my mom to assisted living she could just barely pick out the flat edges…now they have them doing 12 pieces and huge, but she can do it, a sense of accomplishment and she enjoys it❤️
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I have no trouble taking apart a puzzle after I’ve completed it because I know it’s time to start a new one. I’m addicted to jigsaw puzzles and use them as a stress reliever.
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I feel the same… 🙂 I run out of puzzles!
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