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We do the same as you. Bits and Pieces brand puzzles are the most difficult ones for me to sort edges, they use unusual shapes. Some times we do not finish the edge but work around the missing pieces until we find them.

Good answers.

On edit: I think we do it similarly. Some times new puzzles have pieces stuck together and tear if you try to separate them.

Good questions, I never thought of having rules.

On edit: After much thought, another question - if you buy a used puzzle and the previous owner separated all the edge pieces into a plastic bag, do you mix them back in to sort again, do you even sort at all? It is interesting to learn how others do it.

We use the Lavievert board and case - bought it on Amazon. The trays are nice but too small. We use cafeteria trays with fabric attached with double sided carpet tape. We have it about 2 years, starting to show signs of wear. There may be better products, hopefully others will comment.

Lavievert 1500 Pieces Jigsaw Puzzle Board, Portable Puzzle Case with 6 Sorting Trays, Puzzle Caddy Puzzle Storage Saver with Non-Slip Surface for Adults and Kids

You can get good puzzles at many stores, Amazon, Target, Barns & Noble etc. . Some of our favorite brands include Ravensburger, Springbok, Buffalo, White Mountain, Vermont Christmas Company, SunsOut. There are other brands, hopefully others will comment.

We also use a cheap, "Lifetime" brand 48 inch fold in half round portable table, it is not very sturdy but does hold everything we need.

Good Luck, looking forward to seeing some pictures of the completed puzzles.

Thanks for the suggestion, we did try making pieces the first time we had a missing piece, but decided we would rather do puzzles than fix them. Most puzzles we do are returned to the thrift shop or in the case there are too many missing pieces, we trash them.

Update:

We finished the museum on Shell Isle (island after Nookadoon) and restarted it again as Cool Isle, we still need a tuna to finish the museum. I learned I like it best the first few days when the player does not have one bell to rub against another. However, time moves on and after you get so far it is better to finish it out. Setting the clock to 4:59 am allows you to restart the same day, I did not feel like waiting 2 days for Residential services to upgrade so I used that method to speed it up. Isabelle said we were level 2 and needed more residents. I used the 4:59 am trick to add villagers, after I thought we added the 8th villager Tom Nook said I could not add any more. I figured I screwed it up because I did not talk to Isabelle enough. Prior to adding more villagers She told us we were at level 2 and needed more residents. Anyhow, when I asked she said we were level 5 , a couple hours to go from 2 to 5. We are not creative, so our islands have the basics to be level 5 . We usually use 2 players with nothing to get to level 3, then move our regular players in with their houses. However this time went differently so our regular players came back after reaching level 5.

On our sister Island, my wife's player house has passed 300 thousand score with Happy Home, I thought that was pretty good. She likes to collect photos, I think she has 60+ different villager photos. After she gets their photo she gets rid of them.

However, my favorite scene was Tom Nook shivering one cold morning as he gave the speech. Next time I will make a video.

I understand, we get most of our puzzles from a thrift shop called Goodwill (USA).

Thanks for the review, we never tried that brand, looking forward to seeing the finished puzzle. We have a lot of trouble with darker pictures.

Nice!

Interesting information. Maybe the guy ate too many apples and got sick.

You may be right and I do agree it is sad, but it has been a long time since we actually watched the Peanuts gang. We did have some of the Christmas specials on DVD and just watched the older shows.

Still no fix from Google Support, they do not send the transcripts I requested each time I contacted them, I did get an email to rate Google Support and I gave them a poor rating.