Dissectology

[AdvancedSetup]

Thanks. Quite a few

 

[NewTricks]

My Disability Services Coordinator, Melissa at the summit of a mountain by Old Forge. She's the person who provides puzzles, space to do them, official support with classes, intervention with instructors, creative solutions problems, equipment loans and electronic gifts.

Her Department is where I do the puzzles. I met Rebecca yesterday, the young student who had started the Halloween Candy puzzle. We compared notes on those missing pieces. I was drawn to her-she whipped out her cell phone and wrote me short phrases I could read in order to communicate. 😊That was nice. Despite her doing most of the work already she asked if I wouldn't mind her joining me. That was so cute! And yes, I have waffled once again, and do some when the spirit moves me.

 

[AdvancedSetup]

Having people to bond with and work with or share with is an essential part of life. She sounds like a great person

[NewTricks]

People here are also essential to me.

[NewTricks]

Revisiting post ID:1586616:  Soapie and Lulu inspired a private language.

[NewTricks]

On a dashboard for my coursework, I see something familiar from Post ID:1583519

This Tiles puzzle also caught the eye of someone who designed  Brightspace. Small world.

FYI a snippet from Wikipedia: Brightspace combines a Learning Environment, ePortfolio, Learning Repository, Video Recorder, Virtual Classroom, and Mobile apps, in one cloud-based platform.^[20]

^{Disclaimer, all the above links may not work.}

Edited October 5, 2023 by NewTricks
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[NewTricks]

Guess what? MaddCapp is at a local store!

[AdvancedSetup]

There you go, nice 😄

[NewTricks]

Bouncing back to language: The Cat's Pajama's

Using this in a sentence: The Madd Capp animal puzzles are the cat's pajama's.

[NewTricks]

Forgot about this summer one. The hardest part was the door.

[AdvancedSetup]

Another nice one

 

[NewTricks]

I ventured into the "office" today and saw an abandoned Charles Wysocki puzzle.  Part of the reason is (apparent) missing border pieces, despite 3 people scouting them out.

The cottage was partially done, but incorrectly. So I moved and shifted some pieces, which led to this area coming together. I make no plans for continued work, whatever happens, happens.

Taking a photo helped me see one misplaced roof piece. This puzzle is diabolical in that pieces not having an exact fit seem to be OK.

Edited November 17, 2023 by NewTricks
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[AdvancedSetup]

Border cat

[NewTricks]

She was waiting for me...and now, she's purring.

[NewTricks]

Seems like being bummed about the majority of the border pieces missing is spurring us on to conquer this. I'm doing the left side,  hunched over the table with my nose 5 inches away from the pieces. It's working.

Edited November 29, 2023 by NewTricks
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[AdvancedSetup]

Missing borders would really dissuade me from trying to complete it.  Glad you have the resolve and determination to proceed

 

[NewTricks]

11 hours ago, AdvancedSetup said:

Missing borders would really dissuade me from trying to complete it

It was all the things you might expect; but then a combination of curiosity, challenge and acceptance won out. I think of it like having a brief relationship with someone I never would have chosen, but started to look at differently once they were in front me. There's something I can learn from it.

[AdvancedSetup]

Great outlook

[NewTricks]

Going the distance with this because it's SUCH a mind bender.

All my strategies didn't work, so I took a metaphorical machete to hack through the tangled 'undergrowth.'

I resisted annoyance & frustration and exited through appreciation for the person who designed this ribbon cut puzzle. 

Next, the sky. 

[AdvancedSetup]

Another great example of perseverance and fortitude to get the job done. Well done @NewTricks

 

[NewTricks]

Thank you, it's nice to have encouragement. This particular experience has shown me that a change of perspective is the key to moving past things I "must have."

(I must have the border first, I must like what I am doing, I must finish it in a certain amount of time, I must get 'in the zone', I must have absolute certainty, I must prove myself)

Strangely, leaving all that behind has given me more satisfaction and desire to continue.

[AdvancedSetup]

I agree, not an easy road to change to, but obviously many projects or issues can have multiple ways to approach it.  Just have to keep an open mind to other possible methods

 

 

[NewTricks]

On 12/4/2023 at 7:10 PM, AdvancedSetup said:

many projects or issues can have multiple ways to approach it.

So very true and this was a perfect example. 

The end result, in numbers, is 55 missing. Out of 1000, according to my math, that's 94% present. Good enough certainly to get the picture, but leaves an undescribable feeling behind. When I figure it out, it will become a decision point.

So long, Charles Wysocki's "Supper Call." As if those boaters could hear that horn anyway. 

[David H. Lipman]

 

[NewTricks]

Great tune!