Comments on Puzzle #390: A Mechanic's Mess
By Jan Wolter (jan)
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#1: Tara Pibel (tarap56) on Mar 25, 2006
This is a great puzzle! It was challenging, but not impossible, and I am amazed at the details that can be created by a bunch of black squares!#2: Jan Wolter (jan) on Mar 25, 2006 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#3: nancy king (naneki) on Mar 30, 2006
I really enjoyed doing this puzzle. It ran smoothly, not to easy yet not hard either.#4: Mark Conger (aruba) on Apr 1, 2006
It's amazing you could get this one to be solvable. Very nice!#5: Gitte Olesen (granny40) on Dec 16, 2006
Great puzzle. :-)#6: Adam Nielson (monkey) on Jun 24, 2008
Very smooth. Turned out great. Easily solvable.#7: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jul 2, 2009
I really enjoyed this one again. Very fun to solve, with a very rewarding image.#8: Byrdie (byrdie) on Nov 24, 2009
This was a tricky one and a bit fiddly but it was quite rewarding to solve.#9: Beth Baumgartner (valleygirl2) on Oct 1, 2013
Hallo Jan! Wie geht's? I notice by your name & the title of 1 of your puzzles - could u possibly be German? If so, I'd LOVE 2 chat with u - I could use the practice! Enjoyed solving this puzzle! Thx 4 your creative!#10: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 1, 2013
Well, yes and no. Mostly no. My parents grew up in Germany. Shortly after they married, my father was offered a research post at the University of Michigan for one year. That one year turned out to be something like the "three hour tour" in Gilligan's Island. Because they kind of meant to go back to Germany, they gave their American-born kids German names and kept speaking German at home. Eventually they did return to Germany, but after two weeks they decided they liked nothing about at, returned to America, applied for citizenship, and lived happily ever after. So, although my first language was German, and I took speech lessons in elementary school to eradicate my German accent (I spent years practicing "th" sounds), I've since mostly lost my German. Never learned to read or write it, can speak it only haltingly, but understand it fluently.#11: Beth Baumgartner (valleygirl2) on Nov 21, 2013
Vielen Dank, Jan! How ironic is that? Here I am,trying to cultivate a German accent! LOL! Paß auf dich auf! Tschüß!#12: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Oct 1, 2017
Another gem left behind in Jan's legacy. Glad I found this.#13: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Jul 6, 2020
Great image and fun to solve puzzle.#14: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Sep 28, 2024
Solve and resolve Jan's puzzles! Always a great time.#15: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Sep 29, 2024
Wow, hi Joanne, I just finished this today!
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