Wait times suck in the US, too. I snapped my collarbone when I fell off my bike. It was gnarly. I waited in the waiting room for three hours to get a bed in the hallway then I waited another another two hours to have my first x-ray. Between waiting for each nurse or PA, I was there for 9 hours. And during that time all they did was take some x-rays, told me my collar bone was really fucking broken and scubbed dirt out if my wounds. I was sent home considerably uncomfortable. I had to wait a week to see a doctor to assess my collar bone and another week have the surgery. It sucked
And here's another fun example: I started having chronic nonstop migraines a few years ago. After a couple very long months of back and forth with my primary care, I finally got a referral to neurology, but I had to wait over a month for them to contact me, and then even after they finally contacted me I had to wait EIGHT MONTHS to finally have a video appointment.
I do the borders first to remove them from the free pieces and remove some noise. The i start with the very center and work my way out. I occasionally get distracted by other areas if I see patterns in some of the remaining pieces.
It provides a different challenge than a typical image-based jigsaw. As you can see, the pieces are all pretty unique. So instead of looking for an image on a piece, you look for specific shapes and patterns.
My rough guess would be around 18-20 hours per puzzle. I don’t think I'm particularly fast. For me it’s more about the challenge of completing them than doing them as quickly a possible.
I can feel the cuts on the roof of my mouth from that bread.