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19:15 – Hello everyone, I’m going to attempt to assemble a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle tonight.
I’ve moved the table into the bedroom area and set up two make-shift surfaces (boxes) to put some of the pieces on (for sorting mostly).
My fuel is 4 beers from Finland, one doner pizza, and a good night’s sleep (from yesterday). I’m going to try and live blog the whole thing. I have no idea how long it is going to take. You can place your bets in the comments.
The set up.
The Puzzle
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19:20 – sorting by color and type (edge)
19:50 – got all four corner pieces. I’m halfway done.
20:15 – got the radio working http://www.berliner-rundfunk.de/ – Smalltown Boy by Bronskie Beat
20:30 – sorted, seven groups – green, yellow, red, white, edge, dark, half-white – No Milk Today by Herman’s Hermits
Sorted
21:05 – edge complete – You’re so Vain by Carley Simon
Keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be.
22:10 – Green bottle complete, starting on the red – In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry
Time for a beer
23:15 – problem is there’s two red jars – Gordon Lighttfoot – If you Could Read my Mind
00:38 – red jars done – One of Us by ABBA (Never heard this one before)
Having vision problems.
00:45 – going to start the yellow now – I want to Know What Love is by Auslander
Time for sleep
01:33 – sleep
08:33 – back to work – Berlin RundFunk Morning Zoo Crew
08:52 – non-yellow pieces sorted for color and shape – Heart of Gold by Neil Young (CanCon) after two SwedCon songs (ABBA and Roxette)
Sorted!
13:10 – go eat or finish the puzzle? – Lady in Black by Uriha Heap (dare I ask?)
Of course I'm going to finish it.
14:11 – only the white pieces left – You Spin me Around by Dead or Alive
All the remaining pieces are the same colour. FML
14:40 – 69 pieces left – Killing me Softly by Roberta Flack (how appropriate)
16:14 – all done – Dien ist mein Ganzes Herz by Heinz Rudolf Kunze
Finally
Die Hard Three 
They’re playing Gordon Lightfoot on the German radio? Nice!
You’re the slowest puzzler ever. You puzzle slower than I run marathons. Shame.
You bringing it back to Ottawa?? Dibs!
No music @ Ottawa International Airport
(en route to Quebec City)
We’ll see how much space I have in with the toilets.
ABBA! Good idea.
I’ll play ABBA’s greatest while working on the boat today.
The ladies that ran the rehab considered themselves “Dancing Queen”s and so played ABBA all the time. It grows on you after a while.
BTW, the rehab was for my heart after the stent was put in. It was not for booze, drugs, marriage, etc.