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  • Rallygirl
    Kitsch rules!
    • May 31, 2008
    • 736

    #46
    Originally posted by Operation:Mego
    Glad to see you're making progress and actually keeping on doing it. Excellent perseverance!
    I try to do at least fifty pieces a day, which was the original amount to finish in one year. Although it doesn't always happen (we are 2,535 pieces behind schedule), I do try to put in more. Now on days like today, I only put a few pieces in, BUT I laid all the tree pieces out by shape. It took me an hour, but it will help me with that section of the puzzle. When we get to the large sections of rhino and elephant, I will definitely need to lay out pieces by shape. I cannot imagine any other way to do 4,000 gray pieces.
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    • Mego MkIV
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 9, 2013
      • 376

      #47
      That's dedication I can't wait to see the finished puzzle.

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      • Rallygirl
        Kitsch rules!
        • May 31, 2008
        • 736

        #48
        As of tonight, I have a little over 12,600 pieces in, so 1,000 more and I am to the 3/4 point. I am slowly, but surely, catching up from the spring basement flood, but is hard to say whether or not I will have it done by the one year deadline of November 15. To finish it in one year, I needed to put in 50 pieces a day. This last week, I have had the motivation to put in 150+ pieces a day. All I dream about at night now is puzzle, puzzle, puzzle. Blech!

        The owner of the local game and puzzle store is getting pesky about whether I want to sell them the completed puzzle for display or loan it. I would rather loan it, in case they ever close up or move. He wants to trade it for the newest 18,000 piece puzzle. No way! I refuse to be known as the cray lady who only works huge puzzles.

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        • Operation:Mego
          I'm the Star Spangled Man
          • May 21, 2011
          • 3350

          #49
          Wow, it looks great so far. Nice job!
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          • Hector
            el Hombre de Acero
            • May 19, 2003
            • 31852

            #50
            Originally posted by Rallygirl
            As of tonight, I have a little over 12,600 pieces in, so 1,000 more and I am to the 3/4 point. I am slowly, but surely, catching up from the spring basement flood, but is hard to say whether or not I will have it done by the one year deadline of November 15. To finish it in one year, I needed to put in 50 pieces a day. This last week, I have had the motivation to put in 150+ pieces a day. All I dream about at night now is puzzle, puzzle, puzzle. Blech!

            The owner of the local game and puzzle store is getting pesky about whether I want to sell them the completed puzzle for display or loan it. I would rather loan it, in case they ever close up or move. He wants to trade it for the newest 18,000 piece puzzle. No way! I refuse to be known as the cray lady who only works huge puzzles.

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            He wants to swap your finished puzzle for a new one in a box?

            What a low down dirty dog shyster, talk about trying to basically rob you.

            Oh hell no, don't even consider it, that's one gigantic unfair swap.

            Tell him to complete one himself, see how easy it is.

            BTW, awesome job, and most impressive.
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            • Rallygirl
              Kitsch rules!
              • May 31, 2008
              • 736

              #51
              Originally posted by Hector
              He wants to swap your finished puzzle for a new one in a box?

              What a low down dirty dog shyster, talk about trying to basically rob you.

              Oh hell no, don't even consider it, that's one gigantic unfair swap.

              Tell him to complete one himself, see how easy it is.

              BTW, awesome job, and most impressive.
              He has actually done a couple 9,000 pieces puzzles and they are up on the wall along with other large puzzles done by customers. Really, there isn't much of a market for completed wall-sized puzzles. I am still just going to have it there on loan. He has offered to help me back and frame it.
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              • Rallygirl
                Kitsch rules!
                • May 31, 2008
                • 736

                #52
                Here is the breakdown for September 2, 2013,...

                This is day number 292.
                I have 446 hours and 38 minutes into the puzzle so far.
                12,783 counted pieces are in.
                After a gung-ho week, I made up more than 500 pieces, and am now only 1,817 pieces behind schedule for the one year November 15 deadline!
                I did some math. There are 74 days until November 15. If I can do 74 pieces a day for the next 74 days, I will make the deadline!
                74 in 74 seems like a sign,...I can do it!
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                • Rallygirl
                  Kitsch rules!
                  • May 31, 2008
                  • 736

                  #53
                  October 14, 2013 (day 335)
                  15,959 counted pieces are in. There are 2,281 pieces left to do in 31 days.
                  It doesn't sound like much left until you see that most of those pieces are black or gray.
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                  • Access
                    Veteran Member
                    • May 22, 2013
                    • 258

                    #54
                    Wow! That is just incredible! What a fun distraction

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                    • Mego MkIV
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 9, 2013
                      • 376

                      #55
                      I'm impressed I think you'll do it I have faith in you.

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                      • Rallygirl
                        Kitsch rules!
                        • May 31, 2008
                        • 736

                        #56
                        Fewer than 800 pieces to go by my self-imposed deadline of next Friday, November 15.
                        This is all that is left.
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                        • Rallygirl
                          Kitsch rules!
                          • May 31, 2008
                          • 736

                          #57
                          Only 190 pieces left to do today!!!!! I am also saving 15 pieces on the end of the large elephant's trunk for Friday night when we are having a "Last piece" party. Any of my friends who helped can put in one of those pieces and then I will put in the very last one.
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                          • HardyGirl
                            Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                            • Apr 3, 2007
                            • 13950

                            #58
                            Wow...I never thought you would actually finish! So what are you gonna do w/ it when it's done? Is there actually a frame big enough to display this?

                            Originally posted by Rallygirl
                            Only 190 pieces left to do today!!!!! I am also saving 15 pieces on the end of the large elephant's trunk for Friday night when we are having a "Last piece" party. Any of my friends who helped can put in one of those pieces and then I will put in the very last one.
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                            'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                            Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                            If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                            • rche
                              channeling Bob Wills
                              • Mar 26, 2008
                              • 7391

                              #59
                              Originally posted by Rallygirl
                              Only 190 pieces left to do today!!!!! I am also saving 15 pieces on the end of the large elephant's trunk for Friday night when we are having a "Last piece" party. Any of my friends who helped can put in one of those pieces and then I will put in the very last one.
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                              Last piece party sounds like fun. Kudos on getting it done. What's the next one going to be?

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                              • Rallygirl
                                Kitsch rules!
                                • May 31, 2008
                                • 736

                                #60
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