What I find so fascinating about this is that, from what I understand, you were a one-week-a-year puzzler before taking on one the largest puzzles in the world!Any other projects you’ve done that you’ve jumped in with both feet rather than worked up to? It seems like sort of an extremist personality trait is present here, which I can kind of relate to as I enjoy a long project now and then, but not to this level. You’ve done remarkably well and I’ve loved every month’s update!
@NatalieinIdaho Hi again, I was telling Mom and Dad that I didn't really have anything much to say for next weeks video and a few people have asked about how I ended up with a big puzzle and I said to them that I might tell the story but didn't know if enough people cared, and then tonight I read your comment. You must have been reading my mind!!! I'll tell the story in next months video. Yes, it seems like my family has always done things to the extreme, and when someone decides to do something the family all joins in (like working on the puzzle). When I was14 years old my Grandfather thought hang-gliding would be fun, so him, a couple Uncles, and Dad and I did that for a while. Dad and I built street rods for a while. My wife and I have ridden motorcycle from Pennsylvania to Alaska and back (took 3 weeks) and made a big circle of the united states (we have ridden motorcycle in 49 states, all but Hawaii).We did the Saddlesore Iron Butt Ride (1,000 miles in less than 24 hours) with dad a few years ago, and I would love to try the Iron Butt Coast to Coast ride sometime (coast to coast in less than 50 hours). Yes, now that I think about it, I probably should get professional help,😁 Thanks for watching and being a part of this, john
@@puzzlemethis. I think you are just going to have to accept that you (and you family) are more interesting than you think. I’m hooked now, so if your next TH-cam channel is motorcycle trips, I’m already in.
I can see a difference in the past 30 days. Looking good but the guy with the "generic pieces left" comment had a point. I'll bet your next project is painting abstract art ! Anything can go anywhere !
@johnmarshall9065 Hi again, I never understood abstract art, I can never get the paintings to look like anything, maybe I don't have enough imagination🙃 john
Depending on the camera angle one thinks that you will be finished in only a few days (in the overview shots the puzzle looks almost complete) or it will be still a tedious job for many months. Your estimate of 6000 pieces left feels plausible - 3 to 5 more months perhaps. Don`t stress yourself with piece counting (piece per day statistics), especially if you do it mainly for us viewers. Enjoy the progress and enjoy each single placed piece!
@LogicMasterSteve Hi again, yes, we don't usually keep track of pieces but sometimes when we get a lot together in a day we wonder how many we got. Looking down across the puzzle, it does look really filled in, but there are a lot of white spots yet but they are getting smaller. I am thinking maybe 4 months yet, but I'll probably be wrong, john
I so wanted to have a look at the Sydney Operahouse with that white cardboard 😅 You've made great progress again! But it makes me a bit sad that the journey is coming to an end. Your videos became a monthly staple. Anyway, good job everyone, keep on the good work. 🙂
@jlu3ai Hi again, Thanks for reminding me about the Sydney Opera House. Yesterday I put some white pieces in the Museum of Contemporary Art building and didn't think about checking the Sidney Opera House. Yes, we are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, but we do have a few months to go yet, john
@rosa733 Hi again and thanks, I wish that I would have kept track of more statistics from the beginning, but it is so hard to remember to count pieces, john
You aren’t just creating a puzzle masterpiece, you are creating memories with your friends and family. You are so very blessed! My husband and I are wondering what are your plans for the puzzle after completion?
@tonyahyche9333 Hi and yes, spending time with family and friends is the best. We'll leave the puzzle on the table for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections and keep it in the box or a tub, that way I can put it together again if I want to or it can be taken all apart if someone wants to do it all again. john
Well done. I came across your latest update and am now going back and watching this build from the beginning. Thank you for sharing journey. I love puzzling while watching your videos and other TH-cam puzzlers.
Wow. It is looking fabulous. CONGRATS!!!!! Its coming together really great now but yes its going to get harder with the generic peices for sure. Great work by everyone involved!🎉🎉
@ruthtumolo9598 Hi again and thanks. I don't know if it's my determination or stubbornness. If you want to meet at Shady Maple Smorgasbord for breakfast sometime, (if it's not to far for you), let me know when and what time. I'm around most days, john
@@puzzlemethis. Gee that’s so nice of you! Unfortunately I’m about 50 miles away from that diner. If I’m in the Lancaster area I’ll give you a shout out. Beautiful area.
Wow! It looks so close to finish now! This has been so fun to watch. An air conditioner is a must. They aren't that expensive if you have a window available up there. See ya next month! 😊
@@puzzlemethis. Used to be it was very expensive to run an AC unit. They are made much more efficient now and do NOT cost as much to use. You would love the comfort.
Hi. Our guess is 10/22/2024, my wife's birthday. Iris Davies living in Dartford, UK. You are an inspiration, you, your family and friends. Be fully blessed.
Excellent!!! I so look forward to 'visiting' with you every month! It's within reach, keep up the great work. I think once you get started with the greens that the textures will become more apparent and it will be less intimidating. I like to do landscapes puzzles and eventually I can sort by large leaves, small leaves, darker, lighter, pine, olive, lime etc. Say hi to your family for me!! 🤗
@BethJedrzejewski-ue9gs Hi again and thanks so much, We have been putting off the green pieces, I think you will be right, once we start sorting them we'll start noticing the differences. I will say hi to the family for you, john
@emilwandel hi, I'm not looking forward to the greens but we will soon need to start working on them. It will be nice to fill in some areas that have a lot of green. I am thinking that sorting them by shape might be helpful, john
The progress is spectacular 👍 more and more scenes are being completed. I remember when you mixed all the pieces together and now it's on the way to the finish line 👏 I was wondering what is going to happen once the puzzle is completed and how you are going to store it. Do you have any idea yet ? Greetings from Switzerland 🐄🍫👋
@Chaskita Hi and thanks for watching, We'll keep it together for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections that will fit in the box or a tub, so that way I can put it together again fast if I want to display it or we can crumble it up and then it can be assembled again. Greetings from Pennsylvania, john
Great progress again this month!! I might need to change my guess😁😁 I believe you'll be through sooner. I hope you'll film the completion day. Love these updates!
@janspearman9310 Hi again and thanks, your guess of Jan 2025 might be close, hopefully we'll be done before that, but we never know. Yes I'll film the last pieces going in. It will be interesting to see if we are missing any, john
@jeancarroccino8574 Hi again, Mom has started to resort some of the cardboards, for color, buildings, and shape. Yes, I think that it will make it easier, john
Looking good, as always. I don't blame you one bit for staying out of the hot attic during summer. It was nice to see another family member working the puzzle. Dec 31 2024 is my current guess date. I don't remember if i guessed before, but this is my current prediction. God bless.
@crazypuzzlechick Hi again CPC, I didn't see your guess, so I put it in the book. I watched your latest video, looking good, looks like you are making progress, john
I am wondering at this point if you mostly a) look at an empty spot and try to find the piece(s) from the many cardboards or b) look at some piece(s), for example of a particular color, and try to find where they go I remember from my largest puzzle that I repeatedly spent an hour or so grabbing pieces which rang a bell and tried to place them. If you stare enough hours at a puzzle, you start to see things - and are right about 50% of the time :'D. It felt a bit disorganized but it kind of worked.
@nilsp9426 H again, Shawna does choice A. she looks for an empty space and then finds the pieces. That doesn't work for me. I have to look through the cardboards for pieces I think I recognize and then walk around the puzzle trying to place them. I also have spent a long time looking at a cardboard and after a while I start to see details that I hadn't noticed before, and you are right, I can find maybe 50% of them, john
@user-ky9lz7vo9m Hi again, I don't know if we'll do another puzzle after this one. There are some puzzles that would be fun to do, like the 24,000 Life puzzle and the 32,000 Window on New York puzzle. Also there should be some new big puzzles coming out soon. So we'll take a little break and then see what we think. We'll keep this one together for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections that will fit in the box, that way it can be put together quick if I want to or it can be taken all apart and done again. john
It's great to see chairs and ermpty space along the sides of the room instead of stacks of cardboard full of puzzle pieces. I sure will miss these videos when you are finished! Texture will probably become very important when you get to the green. Can't wait to see next month's update. Vacation and "fun time" may inhibit your progress somewhat... didn't you take a bike trip last year?
@tinag4262 Hi again, yes, I too like seeing the carboards getting cleaned up around the room. I'm not sure what to think about all the green pieces. Mom thinks color/texture, but I'm thinking that sorting them by shape would help. We'll probably do it by color/texture first and then the pieces we can't find we'll have to sort by shape. Yes, I took a motorcycle trip last summer out to Yellowstone National Park and saw a little of the Rockies. Later this month I'll be going to the beach for a week, so I need to work extra on the puzzle to make up for the lost time.😅 john
Can I but this puzzle from you when you are done? I would love to give it to my mother for Christmas. I dont think she would ever put it together, but it would be a good laugh. I got her a Where's Waldo 3000 piece puzzle last year that took up the dining room table for about 6 months. I underestimated how difficult that puzzle would be. Lots of very similar looking pieces. Dad said never again.
Call me crazy but normally when i do a puzzle i resort all the pieces i have left and try to get them more indetail category have you thought about resorting them
@karrikaski8704 Hi, I did do somewhat of a resort a few months ago, and thought that maybe another one would help, but haven't done it yet, but I think you could be right, and it would be easier finding pieces, john
what day count are we on? been away from the channel for a bit AND i even think my original sub got bumped along the line so I have missed many uploads. Resubbed for the finish line. And you've done it the right way and a REAL big image , not those fake 20 + separate image ones. LIVE stream the final hundred pieces.
@register1430 Hi and welcome back, We haven't been keeping track of the days, but we started on January 9, 2023 and today is July 6, 2024, so as of today, technically we are 3 days short of 1.5 years. I don't know if I can learn how to live stream, but I will film the last pieces going in, john
@@puzzlemethis. Ask the neighbour kids on the LIVE stream, it's dead easy. But do a few practice ones first. Get karen to mention you for that final episode. Good luck with it, What a tremendous feeling for that final piece ! Cheers.
@rebekahnerad4900 Hi, yes, I saw that too , but I filmed the video on the last day of June, so I was holding out hope that we would get it done July 1st by midnight😁😁😁, john
What I find so fascinating about this is that, from what I understand, you were a one-week-a-year puzzler before taking on one the largest puzzles in the world!Any other projects you’ve done that you’ve jumped in with both feet rather than worked up to? It seems like sort of an extremist personality trait is present here, which I can kind of relate to as I enjoy a long project now and then, but not to this level. You’ve done remarkably well and I’ve loved every month’s update!
@NatalieinIdaho Hi again, I was telling Mom and Dad that I didn't really have anything much to say for next weeks video and a few people have asked about how I ended up with a big puzzle and I said to them that I might tell the story but didn't know if enough people cared, and then tonight I read your comment. You must have been reading my mind!!! I'll tell the story in next months video. Yes, it seems like my family has always done things to the extreme, and when someone decides to do something the family all joins in (like working on the puzzle). When I was14 years old my Grandfather thought hang-gliding would be fun, so him, a couple Uncles, and Dad and I did that for a while. Dad and I built street rods for a while. My wife and I have ridden motorcycle from Pennsylvania to Alaska and back (took 3 weeks) and made a big circle of the united states (we have ridden motorcycle in 49 states, all but Hawaii).We did the Saddlesore Iron Butt Ride (1,000 miles in less than 24 hours) with dad a few years ago, and I would love to try the Iron Butt Coast to Coast ride sometime (coast to coast in less than 50 hours). Yes, now that I think about it, I probably should get professional help,😁 Thanks for watching and being a part of this, john
@@puzzlemethis. I think you are just going to have to accept that you (and you family) are more interesting than you think. I’m hooked now, so if your next TH-cam channel is motorcycle trips, I’m already in.
I can see a difference in the past 30 days. Looking good but the guy with the "generic pieces left" comment had a point. I'll bet your next project is painting abstract art ! Anything can go anywhere !
@johnmarshall9065 Hi again, I never understood abstract art, I can never get the paintings to look like anything, maybe I don't have enough imagination🙃 john
So close to done! It's been fun watching the progress. Can't wait to see the final piece go in!
@PuzzlesCatsandLife-ww7iz Hi and thanks for watching, I will film the final pieces going in. I'm looking forward to it too, john
Your progress is incredible and your joy is contagious.
@palatina6626 Hi again and thanks so much for watching, john
Bravo,bravo John👏👏👏
@dariodomitrovic1500 Hi again and thanks so much, john
Depending on the camera angle one thinks that you will be finished in only a few days (in the overview shots the puzzle looks almost complete) or it will be still a tedious job for many months.
Your estimate of 6000 pieces left feels plausible - 3 to 5 more months perhaps. Don`t stress yourself with piece counting (piece per day statistics), especially if you do it mainly for us viewers. Enjoy the progress and enjoy each single placed piece!
@LogicMasterSteve Hi again, yes, we don't usually keep track of pieces but sometimes when we get a lot together in a day we wonder how many we got. Looking down across the puzzle, it does look really filled in, but there are a lot of white spots yet but they are getting smaller. I am thinking maybe 4 months yet, but I'll probably be wrong, john
I so wanted to have a look at the Sydney Operahouse with that white cardboard 😅
You've made great progress again! But it makes me a bit sad that the journey is coming to an end. Your videos became a monthly staple.
Anyway, good job everyone, keep on the good work. 🙂
@jlu3ai Hi again, Thanks for reminding me about the Sydney Opera House. Yesterday I put some white pieces in the Museum of Contemporary Art building and didn't think about checking the Sidney Opera House. Yes, we are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, but we do have a few months to go yet, john
I love all the statistics and such. The whole you tube is looked forward to each month here.
@rosa733 Hi again and thanks, I wish that I would have kept track of more statistics from the beginning, but it is so hard to remember to count pieces, john
You aren’t just creating a puzzle masterpiece, you are creating memories with your friends and family. You are so very blessed!
My husband and I are wondering what are your plans for the puzzle after completion?
@tonyahyche9333 Hi and yes, spending time with family and friends is the best. We'll leave the puzzle on the table for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections and keep it in the box or a tub, that way I can put it together again if I want to or it can be taken all apart if someone wants to do it all again. john
Well done team, Toni from the uk here, I’ve watched from the beginning and I think you have all done amazing! Good luck with the remaining pieces 😍
@tonifuller8962 Hi and thanks for watching, Greetings from Pennsylvania, john
Well done. I came across your latest update and am now going back and watching this build from the beginning. Thank you for sharing journey. I love puzzling while watching your videos and other TH-cam puzzlers.
@rhondafowler6740 Hi and thanks for watching. Yes, there are so many good puzzlers on youtube, john
Such a progress, just amazing.
A great team, family and friends, such beautiful memories.
@evareiss9112 Hi and thanks. Yes, that is the best part, and it makes it a lot more fun, john
Great progress!
@andreagrasselli1169 Hi and thanks, john
Wowsa! Almost done!!!
@rebekahnerad4900 Hi and thanks, yes, we are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, john
Wow. It is looking fabulous. CONGRATS!!!!!
Its coming together really great now but yes its going to get harder with the generic peices for sure. Great work by everyone involved!🎉🎉
@jeancarroccino8574 Hi again and thanks, Mom started today doing some resorting to see if that makes it any easier, it should help, john
wow just wow, on the progress! looking closer!
@tony--james Hi again and thanks so much, yes, hopefully just a few more months, john
Incredible! You’re almost there. Love the video. Your determination is boundless!
@ruthtumolo9598 Hi again and thanks. I don't know if it's my determination or stubbornness. If you want to meet at Shady Maple Smorgasbord for breakfast sometime, (if it's not to far for you), let me know when and what time. I'm around most days, john
@@puzzlemethis.
Gee that’s so nice of you! Unfortunately I’m about 50 miles away from that diner. If I’m in the Lancaster area I’ll give you a shout out. Beautiful area.
@@ruthtumolo9598 Yes, please do, I could use some green pieces sorted 🥴, john
Wow! It looks so close to finish now! This has been so fun to watch. An air conditioner is a must. They aren't that expensive if you have a window available up there. See ya next month! 😊
@LadyMystie Hi again and thanks, Yes, you are right, and we do have windows up there, but Tammy says I'm cheap. See you next month, john
@@puzzlemethis. Used to be it was very expensive to run an AC unit. They are made much more efficient now and do NOT cost as much to use. You would love the comfort.
Hi. Our guess is 10/22/2024, my wife's birthday. Iris Davies living in Dartford, UK.
You are an inspiration, you, your family and friends. Be fully blessed.
@allandavies9862 Hi and thanks so much, I have your guess in the book, Greetings from Pennsylvania, john
Excellent!!! I so look forward to 'visiting' with you every month! It's within reach, keep up the great work. I think once you get started with the greens that the textures will become more apparent and it will be less intimidating. I like to do landscapes puzzles and eventually I can sort by large leaves, small leaves, darker, lighter, pine, olive, lime etc. Say hi to your family for me!! 🤗
@BethJedrzejewski-ue9gs Hi again and thanks so much, We have been putting off the green pieces, I think you will be right, once we start sorting them we'll start noticing the differences. I will say hi to the family for you, john
Wow, you’re getting really close to finishing!!
@inge6280 Hi again, hopefully just a few more months, john
I love puzzeling greens. I hope you start soon, it will be so rewarding.
@emilwandel hi, I'm not looking forward to the greens but we will soon need to start working on them. It will be nice to fill in some areas that have a lot of green. I am thinking that sorting them by shape might be helpful, john
The progress is spectacular 👍 more and more scenes are being completed. I remember when you mixed all the pieces together and now it's on the way to the finish line 👏
I was wondering what is going to happen once the puzzle is completed and how you are going to store it. Do you have any idea yet ?
Greetings from Switzerland 🐄🍫👋
@Chaskita Hi and thanks for watching, We'll keep it together for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections that will fit in the box or a tub, so that way I can put it together again fast if I want to display it or we can crumble it up and then it can be assembled again. Greetings from Pennsylvania, john
Great progress again this month!! I might need to change my guess😁😁 I believe you'll be through sooner. I hope you'll film the completion day. Love these updates!
@janspearman9310 Hi again and thanks, your guess of Jan 2025 might be close, hopefully we'll be done before that, but we never know. Yes I'll film the last pieces going in. It will be interesting to see if we are missing any, john
You may need to resort to dhape sorting for green and other colors left. Thst helps. ❤
@jeancarroccino8574 Hi again, Mom has started to resort some of the cardboards, for color, buildings, and shape. Yes, I think that it will make it easier, john
Looking good, as always. I don't blame you one bit for staying out of the hot attic during summer. It was nice to see another family member working the puzzle. Dec 31 2024 is my current guess date. I don't remember if i guessed before, but this is my current prediction. God bless.
@crazypuzzlechick Hi again CPC, I didn't see your guess, so I put it in the book. I watched your latest video, looking good, looks like you are making progress, john
You’re coming very close to getting this puzzle finished
@AmberRaymond Hi again, yes, hopefully in a few more months, john
I am wondering at this point if you mostly
a) look at an empty spot and try to find the piece(s) from the many cardboards or
b) look at some piece(s), for example of a particular color, and try to find where they go
I remember from my largest puzzle that I repeatedly spent an hour or so grabbing pieces which rang a bell and tried to place them. If you stare enough hours at a puzzle, you start to see things - and are right about 50% of the time :'D. It felt a bit disorganized but it kind of worked.
@nilsp9426 H again, Shawna does choice A. she looks for an empty space and then finds the pieces. That doesn't work for me. I have to look through the cardboards for pieces I think I recognize and then walk around the puzzle trying to place them. I also have spent a long time looking at a cardboard and after a while I start to see details that I hadn't noticed before, and you are right, I can find maybe 50% of them, john
So, what will you do with the puzzle once it is done?
Any plans to do another large puzzle 🧩?
@user-ky9lz7vo9m Hi again, I don't know if we'll do another puzzle after this one. There are some puzzles that would be fun to do, like the 24,000 Life puzzle and the 32,000 Window on New York puzzle. Also there should be some new big puzzles coming out soon. So we'll take a little break and then see what we think. We'll keep this one together for a while and then I'll take it apart in sections that will fit in the box, that way it can be put together quick if I want to or it can be taken all apart and done again. john
It's great to see chairs and ermpty space along the sides of the room instead of stacks of cardboard full of puzzle pieces. I sure will miss these videos when you are finished! Texture will probably become very important when you get to the green. Can't wait to see next month's update. Vacation and "fun time" may inhibit your progress somewhat... didn't you take a bike trip last year?
@tinag4262 Hi again, yes, I too like seeing the carboards getting cleaned up around the room. I'm not sure what to think about all the green pieces. Mom thinks color/texture, but I'm thinking that sorting them by shape would help. We'll probably do it by color/texture first and then the pieces we can't find we'll have to sort by shape. Yes, I took a motorcycle trip last summer out to Yellowstone National Park and saw a little of the Rockies. Later this month I'll be going to the beach for a week, so I need to work extra on the puzzle to make up for the lost time.😅 john
Can I but this puzzle from you when you are done? I would love to give it to my mother for Christmas. I dont think she would ever put it together, but it would be a good laugh.
I got her a Where's Waldo 3000 piece puzzle last year that took up the dining room table for about 6 months. I underestimated how difficult that puzzle would be. Lots of very similar looking pieces. Dad said never again.
@isualum13 Hi, that may get you kicked out of the family! The Where's Waldo puzzle would be a hard one, john
Call me crazy but normally when i do a puzzle i resort all the pieces i have left and try to get them more indetail category have you thought about resorting them
@karrikaski8704 Hi, I did do somewhat of a resort a few months ago, and thought that maybe another one would help, but haven't done it yet, but I think you could be right, and it would be easier finding pieces, john
what day count are we on? been away from the channel for a bit AND i even think my original sub got bumped along the line so I have missed many uploads. Resubbed for the finish line. And you've done it the right way and a REAL big image , not those fake 20 + separate image ones. LIVE stream the final hundred pieces.
@register1430 Hi and welcome back, We haven't been keeping track of the days, but we started on January 9, 2023 and today is July 6, 2024, so as of today, technically we are 3 days short of 1.5 years. I don't know if I can learn how to live stream, but I will film the last pieces going in, john
@@puzzlemethis. Ask the neighbour kids on the LIVE stream, it's dead easy. But do a few practice ones first. Get karen to mention you for that final episode. Good luck with it, What a tremendous feeling for that final piece ! Cheers.
“That’s Uncle John! Hi Uncle John!” -Goldie
@shawnastoltzfoos8727 Hi Goldie!!!!!!!
I didnt see my guess for finishing the puzzle! My guess is 10/31/24! Halloween!
@mccalloliver4034 Hi again, sorry, I must have missed it, I just went up and wrote your guess in, so you are now in the book, john
I saw a July 1,2024 not xed out yet
@rebekahnerad4900 Hi, yes, I saw that too , but I filmed the video on the last day of June, so I was holding out hope that we would get it done July 1st by midnight😁😁😁, john
My guess is November 8, 2024.
Ok, I'll put you in the book, john