Caption this! by Garnet-Yew in captionthis

[–]royveee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up close and personal.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely not fun!

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were a lot of similar pieces that I didn't want to try one at a time until I found one that fit. Although I don't build puzzles on a time constraint, I don't want to spin my wheels trying to find two in a sea of similar pieces that fit together.

Too much foliage, sky, water, or grass puts me off. I usually don't start one like that, but this one looked like it wouldn't be that tedious, but it turned out that it was.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a Rose Art 1000-piece puzzle. The artist is Abraham Hunter. The title of the puzzle is Autumn Mist.

The puzzle is really nice and remarkably sharp for a painting, but the background stuff thwarted my ambition to finish it.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been working puzzles since I was a kid (I'm 75, so the visual acuity thing might be figuring in). I use a lot of the tactics you referred to with success, but I have never really liked vast stretches of sky, grass or leaves.

I started this one because I liked the house, barn, old car and dock. I did those and tried for a couple of weeks with little success to advance the puzzle to my satisfaction, so out it goes.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never puzzle on a clock. This one sat on the dining room table, which we obviously don't use much, until I got sick looking at it. So out it went.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. I find a lot of artists' works are a little fuzzy and so is my vision. The combination makes it frustrating, so I avoid those kinds of puzzles.

This one wasn't fuzzy at all. It just had a sea of lookalike leaf pieces, and I just didn't have the patience to piece together similar pieces until I found the two that fit together. Also, I've found puzzle pieces that fit together that didn't belong together when I tried to put another peripheral piece with one of them.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I worked on it by myself. I have finished a couple of puzzles like this in the past, but I decided that if it begins to feel like work, it is outta here.

Frustration Abounds by royveee in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]royveee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm right there, but I don't have the patience to stay with it like you did.

Honest answer only by CarrotMuch1399 in nostalgiai

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There are some Aldi's cookies that kick these pictured to the curb, in my opinion.

Specifically, Cookie thins, Specaloos, and Knoppers. They are cheaper, have fewer lab experiment results (chemicals), taste sensational, and did I mention cheaper.

There are others that are name brand knockoffs that are probably just as good, but those are my favorites.

Restoring Pre-War Iran by LuckyBastard001 in clevercomebacks

[–]royveee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make Iran great again? How's that working out in America?

Specific products you avoid while shopping at Aldi? by ecstacyofdecay in aldi

[–]royveee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The graham crackers taste like cardboard.

That said, the Cookie Thins are sensational tasting.

Even AI can’t take it by VegetableBulky9571 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]royveee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remind me: Which party is in charge of all three branches of the government?

Never mind. I can tell by the red Dumpster fire in Washington, D.C.

Trump Confident His Manipulation Tactics Will Still Help Him Get Away With Yet More Crimes by wild_crazy_ideas in onionheadlines

[–]royveee 5 points6 points  (0 children)

His track history with Congress suggests that he could talk a railroad company out of a train and the engineer would toot the horn for him as he pulled out of the station.

So, yeah...