Challenge Met
If you have been following Relative Something for a while, you may recall that in December I posted a picture of a puzzle that my niece, Tricia, gave me. It stymied me for days, and then weeks, until I set it aside and forgot about it. Often that is just the trick for solving problems, isn’t it?
I have to credit my son, Julian, for renewing my interest. He visited on Sunday and picked up the puzzle, appearing to make a bit of progress with it. That was all the inspiration I needed. Yesterday I started messing with it again and quickly reversed what little headway Julian had achieved.
Not long after that, something happened that led to some noticeable progress. Then, I have no idea how, the pieces came apart. Success! I think. If you can call it that.
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Fantastic!
…Can you reproduce the success? Or, for that matter, can you re-tangle it to the original puzzle configuration?
I want to know the solution… but don’t tell me!
jwh
January 28, 2015 at 6:22 pm
I found it almost just as hard to re-tangle it. I left them separated to savor the success, until you commented. I think I now have them back to the way they were. I’ll let it set for a while, but I think I know the steps that happen to solve it, just not sure in what order they need to happen.
johnwhays
January 28, 2015 at 6:58 pm
Well done you!
Jane
January 27, 2015 at 8:10 am
Thank you! I’m floating on the puzzle-solved-endorphins today. 🙂
johnwhays
January 27, 2015 at 9:31 am